Conspiracy theorists, have we obtained the present for you!
A brand new actuality collection referred to as “Flat Earthers” can pay its gamers money if they will persuade a panel of (precise) consultants that the world is flat. Good luck with that.
IndieWire can solely reveal that the just lately launched streaming service The Community is in energetic manufacturing on “Flat Earthers” and can launch all 10 episodes this December.
“Flat Earthers” is described as half docuseries, half competitors present, and it’ll observe 5 households who every genuinely imagine the Earth is flat. However slightly than simply doc their exploits, the households will every be given $50,000 value of assets for analysis and can in the end current their findings to a panel of scientists, theologians, and cartographers. If they will persuade a majority of the panelists that the Earth is the truth is flat, they’ll be awarded a money prize. The quantity of the money prize was not disclosed. It most likely doesn’t even must be determined upon.
There is probably not a “winner” of the collection — we’ll guess in opposition to it! — however the thought is to spotlight the rising subset of Individuals who imagine the Earth is flat. The collection goals to make clear how theories like this acquire traction within the U.S. and all over the world. Mandela Impact-ers, you might wish to sit this one out.
“As we proceed to ship audiences free, premium content material we’re excited to announce this daring and style breaking docu-series,” Aram Rappaport, creator of The Community, mentioned in a press release. “The Flat Earth phenomenon continues to develop on a world degree. ‘Flat Earthers’ will present an interesting view into the psyche of the human situation and what drives perception programs worldwide.”
Should you’ve but to listen to of The Community, it’s a brand new streaming service that simply launched on April 30 this 12 months. The Community is a free, ad-supported streaming platform — however with a singular technique. Relatively than chase quantity to fill out a library, The Community will launch simply two new reveals at a time. Episodes of every collection are launched as soon as every week — comedies on Tuesdays and dramas on Thursday — and the streamer is just going after unique and what it identifies as “premium” reveals. Their principle (not the flat-Earth one) is that there is probably not greater than two items of content material {that a} family will love at any given time.
Presently The Community has simply two reveals, “The Inexperienced Veil” starring and government produced by John Leguizamo, and “Chivalry,” which was created by, written by, and stars Steve Coogan and Sarah Solemani. Each collection have all six episodes of their first seasons accessible, and the streamer already picked up “The Inexperienced Veil” for a second season. John Leguizamo is even a sleeper contender within the Emmys race, with IndieWire itemizing him amongst our “In a Good World” wishlist of nominees.
The Community was created by filmmaker Aram Rappaport, who’s the founding father of the artistic promoting company The Boathouse. The streamer is out there throughout Apple, Android, Roku, and Amazon Fireplace units, in addition to on the internet.