Seven young social media stars with a combined reach of some 8.3 million fans worldwide have teamed up to make a movie and an independent leap to bigger screens.
Written and produced by British filmmaker Max Marlow and directed by Madison De La Garza (“Desperate Housewives”), “Surprise” is a mystery thriller about a surprise Zoom party that turns tense when the birthday girl’s friends appear to know something she doesn’t.
The film will feature five hugely popular international TikTok actors: Laurel Toupal and Zach Cowan from the U.S., Inka Magnaye from the Philippines, Jason van Tonder from South Africa and Paige Evans from Canada.
The cast members’ popularity in their own territories and the millions of combined followers may well provide “Surprise” with an ideal built-in audience.
“It’s the first time anyone has assembled a cast of trained actors from TikTok to star in an exclusively Pov-style film,...
Written and produced by British filmmaker Max Marlow and directed by Madison De La Garza (“Desperate Housewives”), “Surprise” is a mystery thriller about a surprise Zoom party that turns tense when the birthday girl’s friends appear to know something she doesn’t.
The film will feature five hugely popular international TikTok actors: Laurel Toupal and Zach Cowan from the U.S., Inka Magnaye from the Philippines, Jason van Tonder from South Africa and Paige Evans from Canada.
The cast members’ popularity in their own territories and the millions of combined followers may well provide “Surprise” with an ideal built-in audience.
“It’s the first time anyone has assembled a cast of trained actors from TikTok to star in an exclusively Pov-style film,...
- 7/14/2021
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
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