A lot of you have been guessing what I've been working on. Time to settle up.
π Best Guess: Princesa_904 on IG β you were the closest. Well played.Β
π Most Creative Guess: Michelle Moore on Facebook β I genuinely didn't see that coming.
Reach out to Gratwick on IG and Facebook for your prizes. Thanks to everyone who played along, your engagement means everything.
Now. The news.
I've been in this industry for decades. I've seen how the machine works, who it protects, who it chews up, and what happens to people who don't play along. I've been looking for a project that actually says something about that. I found it.
I'm playing Tony DeFranco in Just Drive.
Tony is a man the world loved, then destroyed. A filmmaker who made anti-establishment blockbusters that inspired a generation until the establishment hit back. Cancelled. Isolated. Forgotten.Β
Then, on the worst night of his life, framed for a crime he didn't commit and hunted by the very system he once exposed.
Now he has one night, hunkered down in a limo with a young driver he's not sure he can trust, and a truth so dangerous someone already tried to bury him with it.
I read this script and I didn't just want to play Tony. I wanted to help build this. That's why I'm also coming on as Executive Producer with Gratwick.
There's a reason this isn't coming from a traditional studio. This story, about what happens when platforms silence you, when the narrative is manufactured, when the powerful decide your truth is misinformation, couldn't survive the system it's calling out.
Gratwick is building something completely different to tell this story the way it must be told. And tomorrow, they're going to show the world what that looks like.
For now, meet Tony DeFranco. I can't wait for you to take this ride with us.
@GratwickEnt | https://t.co/HpKIriDD3J
@AbsolutelyMalc1 Says the Hollywood elitist lecturing people about politics from a burner while hiding behind blocks and posting pictures of an emmy (whyd you delete bro?) no one gaf about.
No wonder Hollywood is in flames.
Tone deaf cliches on and off screen.
Truth cannot be discerned by the character of the speaker. Even the devil can tell the truth.
If he says the sky is blue, does it not remain true?
Truth is not for the lazy, but those who look beyond the character flaws of the speaker to assess the words on their own merit.
@AntonioSabatoJr will be doing his first interview regarding @JustDriveMovie, Gratwick and his 30 year career in Hollywood.
Next Generation Entertainment Soaps airs Monday night at 8 PM Eastern on 2020 The Beacon and Corona FM.
You can listen live tomorrow night at https://t.co/qyJEqPclDd
Or the podcast version of the show will be available Tuesday morning in the Next Generation Entertainment podcast feed.
You've been burned before by projects that promised everything and delivered nothing.
Fair.
How about a Spaces soon where we show you the receipts:
- The actual app (submitted to app stores)
- The patents (filed with USPTO)
- The team (real credentials, real experience)
- The model (blockchain transparency, subscriber influence)
Should we do this? Let us know π
We're not asking you to believe. We're offering to prove it.
Honored and humbled to see all the love @AntonioSabatoJr@GratwickEnt and @JustDriveMovie are getting.
It's been a long time fighting to reach this point where we could share all of this with everyone.
The ride has only just begun!
Yesterday: I'm playing Tony DeFranco in @JustDriveMovie
Today: I'm the spokesman and Executive Producer for an entirely new kind of studio.
@GratwickEnt built their own app, filed 5 patents, and assembled a full c-suite team to create something Hollywood has never seen.
β¨The entire production of Just Drive will be a LIVE interactive reality show. You watch it get made. You participate. You influence it.
β¨When the app drops: β¨π― Weekly trivia with real prizes β¨π¬ Live audition submissions open to EVERYONE
β¨Register now and start earning Gratcoin β https://t.co/HpKIriDD3J
β¨Lifetime subs are limited. Don't sleep on this.
This is what our lead actor text this morning about our announcement this week.
He's right.
We have an opportunity to do something amazing.
Can't wait to tell you more on Wednesday!
@RedPandaKoala Gratwick isn't afraid of ending up dead, that's why we wrote @JustDriveMovie as a life insurance policy.
It's also why we don't take their money, live off their acceptance or carry their secrets.
Hollywood doesn't want you to see how the sausage is made.
We're giving you a front-row seat.
Introducing Gratwick. The world's first transparent entertainment studio.
First production: @JustDriveMovie
Every budget. Every decision. Every take. Open.
The revolution starts now.
"Do you want to know America's dirtiest secret? The American dream is a lie."
That's the opening line of Just Drive.
A young driver. A mysterious passenger. One night that changes everything.
What happens when the truth can't stay hidden?
Coming soon. Transparently.