File - Tobin Costen

Tre & Cecil's
HAPPY
11
05/20
ENDING
Two best friends race
against the clock and
ridiculous odds to avoid
prison
TRE AND CECIL ARE ON 30-DAY HOUSE ARREST... For their investment in a seedy massage parlor. After completing 29
days they discover they have 24 hours to come up with their
restitution or go to prison for 5 years. After brainstorming they
the straight guy and Cecil is all
decide the best course of action
about the angles and usually
to raise the money is to throw the
winds up getting Tre and himself
sickest house party of all house
in trouble. parties. With the help of their neighbor
Fasten your seatbelt and
Benae and Tre's girlfriend Dee
brace yourself because the next
Dee, Tre and Cecil just may be
24 hours are going to be one wild
able to pull it off and get the
ride. "happy ending" they deserve.
Tre and Cecil are the new
urban odd couple of 2013. Tre is
SUMMER 2013
F w
$91M
$28M
BENEFITS FOR INVESTOR
• $100,000 Investment = $500,000
• Urban Comedy Is An Underserved Market
• Opportunity To Be A Part Of A Proven Industry Formula
• Opportunity To Be A Part Of A Franchise Project
• Marketing Plan Available
• Soundtrack Available
• Distribution (DVD/On Demand)
ANCILLARY OVERVIEW
• $50 Billion DVD Video Industry
• 63% Of Studio Revenue Is Generated By DVD Sales
• DVD Sales Rose To a record high, with software
shipments for the year cracking 1 billion-unit mark for
the first time.
DEMOGRAPHICS
• Female 18-49
• Male 18-49
$113M
THE PRODUCERS
Travis Romero
Producer
personal friend actress Lisa Vidal (The
Event, Chasing Papi). He helped raise
over $4,000,000 for the Boys & Girls club
new building fund. Is Co-Creator and Writer of White Collar,
USA Network's Top Rated cable staring,
Matt Bomer and Tim Dekay. He is also
His production company The Plan B
Group, co-produced dozens of
independent films, music videos and
commercials. Justice has worked on
programs that have aired on FOX,
Showtime, Cinemax and IFC. Co-Creator and Writer for the upcoming
NBC Television pilot, Flyy Girl, Inc. staring
Blair Underwood and Jill Scott. Travis has worked on programs that have
aired on NBC, FOX, UPN, and the USA
Network. He also produced The Victim,
Starring Michael Biehn which is being
distributed by Anchor Bay. Justice Bowens
Neville Boston
Producer
Is a graduate of UC Berkeley and has
over 12 years of experience in
finance and marketing. Most recently he served as the COO
for KX Holding-Media Inc., an NYCbased marketing firm representing
such clients as Microsoft Zune,
Pepsi, Moet, Hennessy, The Bermuda
Department of Tourism, Heineken,
and XBOX. Previously he was the CMO at
Crosswalk, a marketing firm, whose
clients included Crown Royal,
Baileys, Tanqueray, Ciroc, and
Smirnoff.
Producer
Is a native of Los Angeles, grew up in the
San Fernando Valley. He spent most of his
youth competing in track and field, martial
arts, boxing and watching a ton of TV.
Justice skipped film school to work under
music video genius Dave Myers (Missy
Elliot, Pink), John Baptiste-Mondino
(Madonna) and film director John
Singleton (2 Fast 2 Furious, Shaft).
After studying his mentors, Justice went
on to direct music videos for multiplatinum artists such as P.O.D. and
Thievery Corporation. He co-produced
and directed a PSA for the Variety Boys &
Girls Club, which featured his close
Mr.Boston helped finance the pilot,
“Soulmates” and helped secure some
of the talent in 2005. He also
EXPERIENCE FROM THE BEST
structured the financing for the pilot,
“In the Know” in 2004. Tobin Costen
Producer
Costen graduated Cum Laude from
Gonzaga University.
Costen began his
career with Master P establishing one of
the industry’s most successful record
labels of the 90’s by producing projects
for Master P, TRU, West Coast Bad Boys,
and the Down South Hustlers.
In 1998, he created his own label Me &
Mine Entertainment and signed Short
Stop label owner and artist Lil’ Troy. The
label gained instant success with the hit
record “Wanna Be a Baller” from the
Platinum album Sitting Fat Down South
(#13 on Billboard top 200 albums).
In the early-2000s, Costen partnered with
former MCA President, Ken Wilson to
produce the independent film Reverend
Do Wrong Ain’t Right starting BET Comic
View’s Lester “Memphis Red” Bibbs.
Costen is featured in Dan Charnas’ book
The Big Payback: The History of the
Business of Hip-Hop.