IMDb Launches New Digital Series, UnMade, Enlisting Comedians to Reveal Their Passion Projects That Never Got off the Ground
January 16 2019 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
Ten Comedians Including Tig Notaro, Nick
Cannon, Rainn Wilson and “Weird Al” Yankovic Unearth Unproduced
Scripts and Pitches for New Short-Form Video Series
New Episodes of UnMade Will Debut Weekly on
IMDb.com, IMDb’s Mobile Apps and Social Channels, and on IMDb
Freedive
IMDb (www.imdb.com), the world’s most popular and authoritative
source for movie, TV and celebrity content, today announced the
premiere of UnMade (www.imdb.com/unmade), a new original series
that follows comedians as they share the plots, inspirations and
stories for projects that are not listed on IMDb, because they were
never produced… until now. In each episode, celebrity comedians
remember projects they wrote before they were famous – and, spoiler
alert – Hollywood missed out on some winners. These ambitious yet
sometimes misguided scripts are given a second chance and brought
to life via a team of actors and a professional production
crew.
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Comedian Kristen Schaal shares the story
behind an early pitch in the new IMDb series "UnMade" (Rich
Polk/Getty Images for IMDb)
IMDb dropped the first three episodes today, Wednesday, January
16, with Jay Chandrasekhar, Kristen Schaal and Rainn Wilson sharing
ideas for “unmade” projects. Future guests include Nick Cannon,
Bobby Moynihan, Tig Notaro, Paul Rust, Reggie Watts and “Weird Al”
Yankovic.
Viewers can catch new episodes of UnMade weekly at
www.imdb.com/unmade, on IMDb’s iOS and Android apps, and the
recently launched IMDb Freedive channel, available on IMDb desktop
and Fire TV. Fans will also receive regular updates and show
content on the IMDb Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Instagram
channels.
“UnMade provides fans with a comedic new perspective on how the
industry works, and why certain projects get made… or don’t,” said
Steve Bernstein, GM of IMDb Video. “Following the success of IMDb
original series like The IMDb Show, So Far, No Small Parts, and
Casting Calls, we are thrilled to team up with Big Breakfast to
offer even more original videos for our customers to dive deeper
into the stories that shape the industry.”
“Excited to add this credit of authentic genius to my IMDb
page,” said comedian Kristen Schaal. Schaal’s episode takes viewers
behind the scenes of her film Avant Garde, which she developed
during a college screenwriting class.
"I've watched each one of these episodes maybe 50 times during
the post production process and they still make me laugh," said
series co-creator and Big Breakfast Executive Producer, Luke
Kelly-Clyne. "I'm so grateful to our collaborators at IMDb and to
all of our guest stars for sharing the ideas that made this show
possible."
UnMade is produced for IMDb by Big Breakfast in Los Angeles,
California.
About IMDb
IMDb is the world's most popular and authoritative source for
movie, TV and celebrity content. The IMDb consumer site
(www.imdb.com) is the #1 movie website in the world with a combined
web and mobile audience of more than 250 million unique monthly
visitors. IMDb offers a searchable database of more than 250
million data items including more than 5 million movies, TV and
entertainment programs and more than 8 million cast and crew
members. Consumers rely on the information IMDb provides –
including local movie showtimes, ticketing, trailers, critic and
user reviews, personalized recommendations, photo galleries,
entertainment news, quotes, trivia, box-office data, editorial
feature sections and a universal Watchlist – when deciding what to
watch and where to watch it. IMDb's portfolio of leading
entertainment apps (http://www.imdb.com/apps/) includes its popular
"Movies & TV" app for iPhone, iPad, Kindle Fire, Android
phones, Android tablets and its mobile-optimized website. To date,
there have been more than 150 million downloads of IMDb's mobile
apps worldwide. IMDb X-Ray for Movies & TV Shows is a feature
that revolutionizes the viewing experience by bringing the power of
IMDb directly to Kindle Fire HD, Fire TV and Fire TV Stick. The
IMDb Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/imdb) and official
Twitter account (https://twitter.com/imdb) are followed by more
than 12 million passionate entertainment fans. IMDbPro
(http://www.imdbpro.com) is the essential resource for
entertainment industry professionals. This membership-based service
includes comprehensive information and tools that are designed to
help entertainment industry professionals achieve success
throughout all stages of their career. IMDbPro offers members the
following: detailed contact and representation information; tools
to manage and showcase their IMDb profile, including the ability to
select their primary images and the credits they are best "known
for"; exclusive STARmeter rankings that are determined by page
views on IMDb; the IMDbPro app for iPhone and Android;
IMDbPro Track, which empowers members using the app to receive
personalized entertainment industry news and notifications on the
people and film and TV projects they want to follow; and a
convenient tool that generates custom digital assets to promote
their work on social media and other platforms. Additionally, IMDb
owns and operates Box Office Mojo (http://www.boxofficemojo.com),
the leading online box-office reporting service. IMDb.com is
operated by IMDb.com, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) (http://www.amazon.com). To learn
more, go to: http://www.imdb.com/press.
About Big Breakfast
Big Breakfast, an Electus company, is a full-service production
studio that creates premium comedic content for broadcast, cable,
digital and streaming platforms. Helmed by Head of Development Luke
Kelly-Clyne, company credits include truTV’s Adam Ruins Everything;
Pop’s Hot Date; IMDb’s UnMade and Special Skills, hosted by Jay
Pharoah; Freeform’s upcoming Joss Whedon-produced comedy, Pippa
Smith: Grown-Up Detective; and Facebook Watch’s breakout game show
I Want My Phone Back. The studio is also currently developing IFC’s
satirical and politically provocative sketch comedy The Middle
Passage, as well as projects for Disney Channel, Freeform,
Facebook, Comedy Central, tru TV, Eko and Fuse, among others. As
the studio that made CollegeHumor Originals the #1 most-viewed
comedy YouTube channel, Big Breakfast’s online content is some of
the most-watched and shared on the Internet. The company has earned
20 Webby Awards and 12 Telly Awards, with its digital content
garnering more than five billion views. Operating under the Electus
banner, a Propagate company, Big Breakfast also maintains exclusive
access to talent and leverages ad-integration opportunities with
leading brands. For more information
visit http://www.bigbreakfast.com.
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Katie Sann, IMDb PR, Ksann@imdb.comGregg Brilliant, Shane
Strategies for Big Breakfast, gbrilliant@gmail.com
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