Conservative Outlet Blaze Media Makes First Movie Acquisition With Comedy ‘Re-Opening’, Lines Up Scripted Series
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Conservative media company Blaze has made its first exclusive movie acquisition in the shape of comedy Re-Opening.
The company is also lining up further comedy acquisitions and its first scripted series. Re-Opening, which won a handful of awards at North American indie and comedy festivals last year, follows the cast and crew of a struggling theater in Pigeon Valley, Tennessee, as they attempt to prepare the theater to reopen after months of being closed down due to the Covid lockdown.
You can see a trailer below. The mockumentary, which nods to classics of the genre such as Waiting For Guffman, is co-directed, co-produced and co-written by TikTok comedy actory and Groundlings alum Chris Guerra who also stars alongside Kelsey Cooke (who also produces), Patty Guggenheim, Emily Pendergast and Leonard Robinson.
The film will be streamed to BlazeTV subscribers on May 4. Blaze, which is following in the footsteps of fellow conservative site The Daily Wire by launching a film and scripted TV division, tells us it is looking to make further film acquisitions in order to diversify its subscription offering (but unlike The Daily Wire it will focus on comedy).
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