: Conservative media company Blaze has made its first exclusive movie acquisition in the shape of comedyRe-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 company is in development on a comedy series it describes as “a love letter to small-town America featuring two dune buggy-delivering paperboys at the Dusty Bluffs Gazette” in the vein of “Kelsey Cooke, co-founder of Thisishardtoread Productions, told us: “We are thrilled about our collaboration with Blaze Media and the selection ofas the flagship acquisition for their feature comedy lineup.
Tyler Cardon, CEO of Blaze Media, added: “There have been few events in the history of our country that have caused the kind of widespread fear and panic as COVID-19. Widespread hysteria, justified or not, often provides an embarrassment of riches for comedians and artists willing to “go there.