Loam Entertainment Greenlights Indie Film ‘Bad Counselors’ (EXCLUSIVE)

variety.com:

Matt Minton mminton@variety.com Loam Entertainment has ordered a greenlight for the independent comedy “Bad Counselors,” fully financing and producing the project with Zero Gravity, as exclusively learned by Variety.

The log-line for “Bad Counselors” is described as a “fish-out-of-water comedy [following] two partying fraternity brothers who pose as middle-school camp counselors to work off community service and salvage their senior year.” The film is helmed by director Chris Dowling, who has previous credits on “Where Hope Grows,” “Blue Miracle,” “Run the Face” and “Priceless.” Loam Entertainment was recently launched by its national radio network parent company, Loam Media, while Zero Gravity has been behind the four-time Emmy winning “Ozark” and box office success “The Accountant,” which has a sequel coming out later this year.

Additional credits for Zero Gravity include “Beasts of No Nation,” “The Marksman,” “A Family Man” and “Blacklight.” Loam Media chairman Thomas Evans saw the potential to expand capital to inspire younger generations with the recent launch of Loam Entertainment. “Bad Counselors” getting picked up for a greenlight comes as construction continues on a 268-acre media campus in Williamson County, Tenn., set to complete by 2027.

The goal is for Loam Entertainment to place executives in both Los Angeles and Tennessee to focus on developing high concept entertainment.