American High Levels Up: How Jeremy Garelick & Will Phelps Are Scaling Unconventional Comedy Company – Comedy Means Business Podcast
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π° What Happened
American High, a comedy production company, is growing in new directions nearly a decade after it started. It was founded by Jeremy Garelick.
This month it released Rolling Loud, a comedy starring Matt Rife and Owen Wilson. The film is loosely based on Garelick losing his 13-year-old son at a hip-hop festival.
It is one of the company's biggest films and its widest cinema release. Most of its 20-plus movies were made for the streaming service Hulu.
π The Backstory
American High also has a second October release called Minimum Wage. It is a short comedy set in a pizzeria, based on a popular low-budget web series.
That series was picked up by Netflix, another streaming service. It shows the company branching out beyond Hulu.
The company's leaders, Jeremy Garelick and Will Phelps, explained the plans on the Comedy Means Business podcast.
π― Why It Matters
Comedy films are a big part of what people watch at home and in cinemas. This shows how a small studio can grow and reach bigger audiences.
American High, a comedy production company, is growing in new directions nearly a decade after it started. It was founded by Jeremy Garelick.
This month it released Rolling Loud, a comedy starring Matt Rife and Owen Wilson. The film is loosely based on Garelick losing his 13-year-old son at a hip-hop festival.
It is one of the company's biggest films and its widest cinema release. Most of its 20-plus movies were made for the streaming service Hulu.
American High also has a second October release called Minimum Wage. It is a short comedy set in a pizzeria, based on a popular low-budget web series.
That series was picked up by Netflix, another streaming service. It shows the company branching out beyond Hulu.
The company's leaders, Jeremy Garelick and Will Phelps, explained the plans on the Comedy Means Business podcast.
Comedy films are a big part of what people watch at home and in cinemas. This shows how a small studio can grow and reach bigger audiences.