Filmmakers Deon and Roxanne Avent Taylor are expanding their Hidden Empire Film Group (Hefg) production banner to include a new distribution company — Hidden Empire Releasing.
The new film distribution and content sales company specializes in monetizing films across all content platforms and joins the Hefg portfolio which already includes Hidden Empire Productions; the film and television production company, Hyper Engine; and a marketing & branding agency that specializes in reaching diverse audiences.
News of the endeavor comes after the Taylors self-distributed the comedy movie “The House Next Door: Meet the Blacks 2,” which debuted at the top of the speciality box office in June with a $2,408 per-theater average on 420 screens. Written and directed by Deon Taylor, the movie is a sequel to 2016’s cult hit “Meet the Blacks, staring Mike Epps, Katt Williams and Bresha Webb, and has earned $2.89 million worldwide.
Between that success and the industry’s need to adapt to the “new Hollywood,...
The new film distribution and content sales company specializes in monetizing films across all content platforms and joins the Hefg portfolio which already includes Hidden Empire Productions; the film and television production company, Hyper Engine; and a marketing & branding agency that specializes in reaching diverse audiences.
News of the endeavor comes after the Taylors self-distributed the comedy movie “The House Next Door: Meet the Blacks 2,” which debuted at the top of the speciality box office in June with a $2,408 per-theater average on 420 screens. Written and directed by Deon Taylor, the movie is a sequel to 2016’s cult hit “Meet the Blacks, staring Mike Epps, Katt Williams and Bresha Webb, and has earned $2.89 million worldwide.
Between that success and the industry’s need to adapt to the “new Hollywood,...
- 8/5/2021
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
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