Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, Inc. Announces Landmark Studio Group to Produce Original Interactive Interview Series Inside the Black Box
January 12, 2021 at 09:15 am EST
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Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment Inc. announced Landmark Studio Group’s development of a new Crackle Plus original series, Inside the Black Box, created by esteemed acting coach Tracey Moore, multi-award-winning veteran television, film, and stage actor Joe Morton (Scandal, The Good Wife, The Politician, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Justice League, Godzilla, King of the Monsters,), multi-Emmy-Award nominated producer and creative consultant Rachel Weintraub (The View, The Gayle King Show), and TV and radio veteran David Kolin. “Black Box” is an industry reference to an experimental theater space consisting of simple black walls and 99 seats. The series will spotlight the BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) artists, from actors and directors to producers, writers and musicians, reflecting on how their skin tone influenced their journey to success. Filmed in a theater setting, the series features an A-list roster of talent, including Debbie Allen, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Phylicia Rashad, Shonda Rhimes, Sherri Shepherd, Tamara Tunie, and more, with an audience filled with young aspiring artists. Each one-hour episode, hosted by Mr. Morton and Ms. Moore, will be filled with revealing conversation, performance, workshops and discussions about the role race plays in the entertainment industry. The unique interactive aspect of Inside the Black Box is a significant differentiating component offering at-home audiences an opportunity to participate in the forum via mobile through script reading, Q&As, and auditioning for a chance to win roles in key sponsor ads. Slated for production in late First Quarter 2021 and anticipated to premiere exclusively on Crackle Plus networks on Juneteenth 2021 (June 19, 2021), Inside the Black Box is executive produced by Ms. Moore, Mr. Morton, Ms. Weintraub, Mr. Kolin, Scott Weinstock, Bob Maurer (Impractical Jokers, Project Dad) and Landmark’s (Wally’s Wonderland, Safehaven, Trigger Point) David Ozer and Tim Rouhana.
Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment Inc. is an advertising-supported video-on-demand (AVOD) company. The Company's three flagship AVOD streaming services include Redbox, Crackle, and Chicken Soup for the Soul. The Company operates Redbox Free Live TV, a free ad-supported streaming television service (FAST), with approximately 170 channels as well as a transaction video on demand (TVOD) service, and a network of approximately 27,800 kiosks across the United States for digital video disc (DVD) rentals. The Company creates, acquires, and distributes films and television (TV) series. The AVOD services boast approximately 40 million monthly active users and are distributed through every major distribution platform including Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Samsung, Vizio, Xbox, PlayStation and many more. The Company's Crackle is known for original and acquired content that delivers audiences of scale across a demographic spectrum.