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Purposely surprising fans and dropping albums overnight, celebrities such as Beyoncé have started a new trend, but the producers behind the new show ‘Back Stabber’ had no plans of following in their footsteps.Starting 7-years-ago as a final project by a group of students in film school, ‘Back Stabber’ has been dwelling in the minds of the young producers for years now, they said “We originally wrote it during our first year in college, ‘Back Stabber’ was our final project for a script writing class, and though we got a C on it, we knew we had a hit and vowed to never stop shopping it around.”
After years of facing Hollywood’s lack of interest, the group of young producers decided it was time to move on, saying, “We finally realized we could produce it ourselves; we had our own professional equipment, we had the combined skills to make it look professional, and really had nothing to else to lose at that point.”
After filming wrapped last June for the pilot episode, the group of producers were left to choose between continuing with the series or cutting it loose, they said, “Despite all the near-death situations we encountered, we were all shocked by how amazing the show looked, we unanimously agreed to move forward with the full season.” After trying to get the series picked up, and in the hands of execs at networks such as MTV and Freeform [formally ABC Family], the producers finally landed on the idea of releasing it via online streaming.
Originally slated last summer as a Netflix Original Series, the producers jumped ship to Netflix’s #1 rival just days before season 1 was set to film, saying, “People thought Netflix and Amazon provided the funding for production, but that’s not true at all, we are an independently produced show, not a show that they bought from us. We invested our own money, we had no help from Amazon, and payed everything out of pocket. So we realized that it would be highly difficult, and cost the money we didn’t have, to stand out in the abyss of other shows on Netflix. We saw that Amazon was up and coming, and wanted to get in before it became massive, making it much easier to pull in viewers.”
After announcing the project on Amazon in November, ‘Back Stabber’ shot to the #1 most popular series in development overnight, and has now gained hundreds of thousands of followers. But after the 7-year-battle to finish the show, the team is still worried about the leak, the producers said, “The original air date was set for June 24th, but with it being out early, we haven't even had time to hype our fans up about it.”
Despite hitting yet another bump in the road, ‘Back Stabber’ has continued to grow its fan base, and is still set to be re-released on June 24th. And, with such hype and dedication behind the new series, the producers are hoping the accidental leak doesn’t affect their chance at having a successful show premiere.
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