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EXCLUSIVE: Rivr Media, nan institution down HGTV bid Fixer to Fabulous, is getting connected committee nan vertical video trend.
The company, which was founded by Cleveland Browns proprietor Dee Haslam, is launching a caller vertical bid section and is preparing its first original series, Dash of Fire, created by and starring Jackson Tiller.
The bid follows Michelin-bound cook Troy Davenport (Tiller), who loses his restaurant, his estimation and his narration overnight successful a viral scandal. Forced to rebuild from scratch, he finds himself successful nan past spot he’d expect: a struggling vicinity room tally by fiercely independent self-taught cook Corrine Miller, played by Grace Swanson (I Wish It Were You). What originates arsenic an uneasy confederation becomes a volatile partnership, past thing more. Meanwhile, Troy’s ruthless ex-partner launches a calculated run to destruct them both, mounting nan shape for a nationally televised cook-off showdown that will unit them to face what they’re genuinely fighting for.
Dash of Fire, which is directed by Danny Farber, was changeable crossed Knoxville. It besides stars Rebecca Berg and Antonio Andrés Rosello.
Tiller has starred successful 38 vertical dramas including Dracula’s Kiss: Spellbound by a Doppelganger and From Contract Lover to nan Billionaire’s Bride.
The bid will premiere connected vertical level Shortical connected June 1, 2026.
Jackson Tiller said, “Rivr Films offered thing I hadn’t recovered earlier successful nan vertical play abstraction – a genuine imaginative partnership. I brought nan story, nan characters, nan conviction; they brought proven accumulation expertise and infrastructure. Dash of Fire started pinch a communicative worthy telling and I deliberation it shows. I cannot hold for viewers to spot it.”
Lori Stryer, CEO of RIVR Media, added, “As a shaper pinch decades of experience, we are entering this fast-growing abstraction to build a serious, semipermanent accumulation business. This intends moving crossed some scripted and unscripted genres, pinch platforms, and pinch talent. What makes Rivr Films’ debut truthful breathtaking is that Dash of Fire came to america arsenic a afloat formed imagination from Jackson Tiller – a creator and character pinch 1 of nan astir loyal followings successful U.S. vertical drama. That benignant of talent-originated task is rare, and it is simply a beardown measurement to launch.”
