How a failed Adult Swim pilot inspired a Canadian filmmaker to start making cinematic TikTok videos that have garnered millions of views and a $40,000 crowdfunding budget for a short film.
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DangerBean55, the hard-to-forget social media handle of filmmaker Ben Christensen, started making TikToks during the pandemic after his big TV break with Adult Swim fell through due to COVID-19.
Leveraging his large following of nearly 800,000 TikTok fans, Christensen recently crowdfunded $40,000 to make his upcoming short film 'Kill Space', proving the power of social media as a distribution platform for emerging filmmakers.
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Ben Christensen, DangerBean55, Adult Swim, Rick and Morty, Bob's Burgers, Kill Space