What we needed was a piece of IP.
There was a lot of competition.
I knew we had to be first [to option Ben Mezrichs bookThe Antisocial web link].
Angelo said several of those ideas shared the same theme of social media-driven populism.
That is one of the most important forces shaping the world today, she said.
Weve been working for years to develop a cinematic language that would make that experience visceral and connections emotional.
We thought, Finally, heres our opportunity to deploy this skill set.
Schuker Blum added: Our characters arent in the same room, they never meet.
We had to dig into telling this story about this ensemble in a really fresh way.
This included putting on screen the actual TikTok clips that fueled the movement in real life.
Said Angelo: This is a movie about the people by the people.
It felt right to put those TikToks in the film.
Those little videos deserve to be in the film.
Co-stars include Pete Davidson, Vincent DOnofrio, America Ferrera and Seth Rogen.
Amazon graciously let us find our own financing.
Thats when Teddy stepped in, and he ended up fully financing the movie.
Then, during prep, we found our partners at Sony.
Check out the panel video above.
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