Comic Bobby Ulrich is coming for the influencer financial system, and he didn’t come alone.
Ulrich Leisure Worldwide has introduced the streaming debut of “Clout,” a brand new scripted comedy that goes behind the filters and the celebrity to skewer the manufactured personas and viral obsession driving social media tradition in the present day.
Ulrich Constructed The Present From The Floor Up
Ulrich created, wrote, produced, and stars in “Clout.” He’s at present out on the highway doing stand-up as an opener for Tiffany Haddish, and the “Ladies Journey” star has already put her assist for the undertaking on the file, reacting to the trailer on her Instagram web page.
“Social media has turn out to be probably the most outrageous phenomena in trendy society. Everybody’s chasing likes, followers, and fame, so I figured it was lastly time somebody made enjoyable of it,” Ulrich mentioned.
Cobra Kai And The Rookie Alums Spherical Out The Forged
Ulrich is joined on display screen by Rayna Vallandingham, recognized to Netflix’s “Cobra Kai” viewers, who takes on the feminine lead function, and Titus Makin Jr., who followers will acknowledge from ABC’s “The Rookie.”
Behind the digicam, the sequence is directed by Riker Lynch, a Billboard-charting recording artist and Cannes Movie Competition winner. Tai Savet, government producer of VH1’s “Love & Listings,” is government producing. Tribeca One Distribution is dealing with distribution, with Tyler Maddox concerned in getting the undertaking out to audiences.
A Full Season May Be Subsequent
The pilot has already generated sufficient buzz to get a much bigger dialog began.
“The primary pilot did so properly, we’re now in talks about doing a full season, with A-list expertise already within the works,” Savet mentioned.
“Clout” leans immediately into the absurdities of contemporary creator tradition, from the chase for followers and viral fame to the more and more blurred line between somebody’s actual life and the model they’re promoting to tens of millions of individuals on-line.
With Haddish publicly in its nook, a forged pulling from tv, comedy, and leisure, and a full season already being mentioned, the pilot could also be simply the beginning for “Clout.”
