The Philadelphia based Focused Studios held a premiere for their latest film “Money Lovers” at the Regal UA King of Prussia followed by a Q & A session with the cast and crew.
“Money Lovers” is a romantic thriller that follows Payton, a seductive crypto currency thief (played by: Tiffany D.) and her gang as they encounter Lyon Collins, a former hacker turned detective (played by Writer / Director: Kyree Terrell).
The film was shot in two weeks in and around Philadelphia. Giving opportunity to new and experience crew members and over 120 local actors. Money Lovers is based on true events surrounding Kyree being scammed out of some money purchasing what he thought was shares of Bitcoin.
This is writer/director/actor Kyree Terrell’s 2nd feature film premiere in less than 2 years. He also premiered a sitcom (Bae vs Bae) in that same time span. We asked Kyree what keeps him so busy?
Kyree: When I wanted to do this with other people and I went to castings and auditions, not getting roles and opportunities became very discouraging. So I decided I would go after it myself. I studied film and television production fomr every angle for the past 12 years and now its my turn to do it myself. I love the fact that I can produce when I want to produce and what I want to produce and no one can tell me “no”.
The film premiere brought out over 500 people on a Thursday night and another 2 hundred people the following night. These were numbers that the management at kop said they’d never seen from an independent film without any big stars attached to it.
Vernon Ray the films Director of Photography and leader of the anti-gun crims movement “Shot Camera’s Not Guns” was happy to be a part of this amazing film
Vernon: Listen, “Kyree is like a brother to me. I’ve watched him work so hard over the last 5-6 years and give so many people opportunities including myself. When he reached out and asked me to be the DP on this amazing film I simply said yes because with his talent and his work ethic I already knew the film would turn out super dope and tonight is a testament to that! Look at all the people who came out to support us!
Up next for Focused Studios is “Work Bae 2” the sequel to last year’s hit film Work Bae now streaming on TUBI. 2023 is poised to be the companies break out year!
