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EXCLUSIVE: The All-American Rejects are launching microdrama bid SuperFan. The bite-sized show will tally to 31 episodes and will beryllium disposable connected nan CandyJar microdrama platform.
The crippled of nan bid sees nan set kidnapped by a deranged instrumentality who forces them to merchandise caller music. The communicative soon escalates from basement captivity to full-blown livestream chaos arsenic nan group are forced to decorativeness their medium nether unit while nan net watches.
Poster Child Pictures produces. For nan band, nan bid is simply a caller measurement to beforehand their caller record, Sandbox, which is their first medium successful 14 years.
“SuperFan started arsenic a crazy thought and someway sewage crazier from there,” said Tyson Ritter of The All-American Rejects. “We are each astir being disruptive and CandyJar understands precisely what we are trying to do. Being nan first musicians successful this abstraction makes maine consciousness for illustration nan monkey successful orbit… adjacent stop, nan moon!”
Other names progressive successful nan bid see euphony video and microdrama producer Michael Reich, seasoned tv shaper Chris Collins (And Just Like That), unscripted shaper John Salcido (Welcome to Wrexham), and costume designer Mona May (Clueless).
CandyJar and The All-American Rejects also said they are teaming connected a 2nd project, billed arsenic a “romance-forward original movie that speaks to nan brand’s halfway audience.” SuperFan episodes will beryllium released successful free batches aliases viewers tin subscribe to binge nan full series. U.S.-based CandyJar says 80M episodes are watched each period connected its microdrama app.
“SuperFan is simply a unsocial and unexpected summation to CandyJar’s romance catalog, but we’re assured it will profoundly resonate pinch our audience. While nan contented sits wrong nan drama and thriller genres, location is simply a beardown overlap betwixt our users and The All-American Rejects’ fanbase,” said Ali Albazaz, CEO and laminitis of CandyJar’s genitor company, Inkitt. “The All-American Rejects are iconic, and we’re excited to proceed this business pinch a 2nd romance bid that we cognize our users will perfectly devour.”
