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Released with a final budget of under $1700, and falling just short of the final list of nominees for this years’ Golden Globe Awards, the breakout series on Amazon was a still a strong contender for being such a low budget TV series. ‘Back Stabber’ had almost no following leading up to its release on Amazon this past June, yet soon exploded into headlines for its record breaking low-budget and it's controversial commentary on societal issues.Though initially drawing in audiences for its core messages of LGBT acceptance, anti-bullying and equality, it was the shows final 11-episode-budget of about $1700 that skyrocketed ‘Back Stabber’ into the headlines. According to Hype Magazine, hundreds-of-thousands of people streamed and downloaded the series on Amazon, quickly making it one of the most popular shows on the streaming platform. With the massive increase in popularity, the show was also accepted into the preliminary round for The 2017 Golden Globe Awards, though it did not make the top 5 list of nominees.
‘Back Stabber’ was created by 27-year-old and first time film maker Ryan Zamo, who first wrote the show over 8 years ago in film school as a project, he said, “Although it finally landed on Amazon, I cannot clarify enough that it is not an Amazon Original Series, rather an independently produced series airing on Amazon. Most people get that confused, and are perplexed as to why there wasn’t a larger budget…the answer is simple: It was produced independently, meaning Amazon had nothing to do with it, and to this day has no connection to 'Back Stabber' besides hosting the show on their platform.” Zamo also mentioned possibly moving the second season of the series onto another streaming platform, such as Hulu or Netflix.
And although season 1 was a breakout success, it seems season 2 is sticking to the ‘Back Stabber’ theme, Zamo said, “Unfortunately we still have no investors, and even with the success of season 1, we still won't have a very large budget. We are using most of the money we made from season 1 to cast bigger named actors to play the lead roles, and hoping it draws in new fans and a bigger audiences.”
Currently speaking with producers for leading female roles in season 2 of ‘Back Stabber’ are; The Emmy Award nominated actress and star of Netflix’s break out series ‘Stranger Things’, Catherine Dyer, singer and star of ‘Pitch Perfect’, Anna Kendrick, as well as Cameron Diaz, Kristin Chenoweth and ironically after getting fired for issues surrounding the LGBT community; Susan Olsen from ‘The Brady Bunch’. Final casting for season 2 of 'Back Stabber' is still underway, but the show is set to begin production in March, and the show’s producers are aiming for a mid-November release date.
To read all press coverage, and the full story behind the creation of ‘Back Stabber’, visit: BackStabberTvShow.Com/News
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Name: Geff Yabes
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Organization: Green Rock Productions
Website: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01GJ1RU4W/
Release ID: 159816
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