Sam Shahidi Instagram – I don’t post like this, but this special to my heart that we just released our first movie MUSICA on Amazon Prime. It is a Brazilian American romantic comedy.
Over 10 years ago my brother @john and I met someone special to us and our family, @rudymancuso. His dream was to always direct his own movie.
The strategy was to create great YouTube sketch comedy videos & musicals with no boundaries first then take those ideas and turn it into a movie.
Our first venture together was the hilarious @awkwardpuppets. It took off immediately and we have had a blast releasing videos with our friends.
In 2017, Rudy started developing the script, which was to make a movie of his life story through music. He wanted to be the Creator, Writer, Composer, Director, and Actor of the film.
This project was a long shot. Why? Everything about it was different and not “normal”.
Together we assembled a team of talented believers from writer Dan Lagana & producer Mary Viola.
We had open communication from Day 1, no ego, and a lot of respect (very important in any business, project, etc).
In 2019, we started pitching, and received a lot of Hollywood no’s then Amazon Studios gave us a big YES.
Then…everything went wrong…
Changes in industry, COVID lockdown, writer strikes, budgets, the list goes on, BUT Rudy, the team & our partners at Amazon Studios never gave up and took the punches and kept pushing forward.
Finally, something incredible happened. The amazing @camimendes read the script, loved it, and wanted to be part of the movie as lead role & co-producer.
And now today… it is available on @amazonprime!
Moral of the story… Don’t give up.
Thank you to everyone who has been part of this long journey with us, especially for Rudy.
Also.. check out the @happydad’s in the party scene 🙂 | Posted on 06/Apr/2024 01:16:40
