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Indie Studio Sequel Unveils Upcoming Slate Ahead Of Debut Feature ‘The Musical’s Sundance Premiere

Sequel, Will Brill and Rob Lowe in 'The Musical' Sequel EXCLUSIVE: Sequel, a recently launched indie studio bringing together the worlds of film and fintech for the development and financing of indie features, is previewing its upcoming slate exclusively with Deadline ahead of the Sundance premiere of their debut feature, The Musical. Starring Will Brill, Gillian Jacobs and Rob Lowe, The Musical follows a bitter playwright turned middle-school theater teacher, played by Brill, who spirals when his ex (Jacobs) starts dating his sworn enemy, the school principal (Lowe). The teacher then plots revenge by secretly staging the most wildly inappropriate musical imaginable to sabotage the principal’s bid for academic glory.

Sequel, Will Brill and Rob Lowe in 'The Musical'

Sequel, Will Brill and Rob Lowe in 'The Musical'

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  • Watch on Deadline Sequel’s upcoming slate includes Mother Courage, the directorial debut of Cody Fern, led by Sarah Paulson, Naomi Watts, Academy Award winner Dianne Wiest, and Toby Wallace; two feature docs from William Swann and Casey Feldman — the creators of Netflix’s #1 hit docuseries, Trainwreck; the next as-yet-unannounced project from The Musical‘s Bonilla; and additional titles currently under wraps.
  • Tim Gruber, Sequel’s cofounder and CMO, told us that the studio is aiming to move beyond traditional Hollywood financing models, tapping into a new class of global retail investors and practices previously underutilized in the film industry.
  • Their work is supported through Base, cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase‘s onchain ecosystem built to empower creators.
  • The partnership represents one of the first coordinated efforts to improve film financing rails leveraging blockchain finance.
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