Hidden Empire Film Group is Launching an Urban Pop Culture Film & TV Label, DARK CIRCUS, with Snoop Dog produced Anthology Series “The Thrill” and “Meet the Blacks 2: The House Next Door” Dark Circus is a specialty label under Hidden Empire Film Group (“Traffik,” “Supremacy,” “Motivated Seller”, the upcoming police drama “.38”), the production company owned and run by partners Deon Taylor , Roxanne Avent and Robert F. Smith, with Shannon McIntosh partnering on the label as well.
The debut project for the Dark Circus label will be a collaboration with Snoop Dog to produce “The Thrill” – a horror anthology TV series centered around a mysterious hotel on a lonely stretch of foreboding highway, where the unlucky guests who check in each week struggle to understand the supernatural events that unfold during their stay. Something dark lurks behind the façade of this roadside motor lodge… something even the macabre cast of regular employees can’t quite explain… an unsettling puzzle new guests slowly piece together during each episode that answers the question: Why have they been inexplicably drawn to The Last Stop Inn? Through a series of flashbacks, each new guest remembers how they arrived and through this story, the guest comes to the horrific realization: The Last Stop Inn is a gateway between Heaven and Hell – a Purgatory in which the guest has been trapped because of something they did… and the fate of that guest’s soul is determined over the course of the episode.
While “The Thrill” will be the label’s debut TV production, Taylor’s urban comedy “The House Next Door” starring Mike Epps, Katt Williams, Rick Ross, Danny Trejo, Bresha Webb, Zulay Henao, Andrew Bachelor (aka ‘King Batch’), Gary Owen and comedians Lil Duval, Michael Blackson and Tyrin Turner, will serve as the debut release from Dark Circus. A sequel to his indie breakout hit “Meet the Blacks” which has gained a cult following since its release in April 2016.
