“New Money” Explores the Complications of Sudden Wealth inโ New Comedy
A โขnew โcomedy, New Money, revisits โคcharacters from the 2019 film Freeโข Money to explore the unexpected challenges that โขcome with a $50 million windfall. The film, born from a โdesireโค toโ further develop beloved โฃcharacters, recently premiered and is now available for viewing.
The project originated โคorganically when the filmmaker โคwrote a โฃnew story featuring characters fromโ Free Money and presented it to the actors. Their enthusiastic response -โ “Sure, yeah, absolutely” – propelled theโ film into production.The resultingโข story centers on โthe repercussions ofโ a couple’s newfound riches, โขillustrating the theme โthat “more money, more problems.”
Filmmaker Rannu emphasizedโฃ the crucial โขrole of editing in โshaping the โfinal product, stating, โ”In editing,โฃ you โคcan make it or break it. And there are soโ many things that you can do in editing, especially โall those micro nuances – what โto focus on more, whatโ to focus on less.”
Beyond the central couple,potential future installmentsโฃ are already being considered,with ideas โcirculating to expandโ the narrative and focus on supporting characters introduced in New Money. Rannu revealed, “A couple of good ideas are floating โคaround already,” including โขstories that would โฃbroaden the scope of the Freeโ Money and New Money โฃ universe.
A โtrailer for New Money โis available to view โฃbelow.
[Embedded YouTube Trailer]