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The Gotham Group Launches Emerging Tech Division, Sets Matt Shichtman To Run It; NFT-Driven ‘Alien To Me’ Animated Series Is Debut Project

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EXCLUSIVE: The Gotham Group has launched an NFT-focused Emerging Technologies department, with the Hollywood management and production company tapping longtime manager Matt Shichtman to run it, while elevating him to partner.The division already has a first project, with production underway on the adult animated series Alien to Me.

It will be fully Web3 with only those that purchase NFTs getting access to the series, which hails from Shichtman-repped comedian and digital artist Connor Kerrigan and Melbourne-based animation studio Pixel’s Andrew Goldsmith and Monique Mulcahy.“While studios have had considerable success over the past decade consolidating market power, Web3 has moved swiftly in the opposite direction, decentralizing networks, building grassroots communities, increasing transaction speeds, decreasing fees, and pushing towards carbon neutrality, a goal many blockchains have now achieved,” Shichtman said. “With over $25 billion in NFT sales in 2021, we couldn’t be more excited to leverage the power this new technology holds for creators like Connor, Andrew, and Monique to have a much closer relationship with their audience and see real financial upside in the success of their work.He addied: “We can help creators make these unconventional and innovative stories that we love, but may never have seen the light of day because they don’t fit neatly into a studio development mandate.”Alien to Me centers on an average alien named Krill on an journey across the upside down and completely twisted modern universe.

Check out the prologue episode below.“I think that it will just be a much more fun way to create a show,” Kerrigan said. “Being able to have direct contact with people who care about the characters and the

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