Blaze Entertainment is a diversified media company focused on creating high quality, franchise-level entertainment for global audiences.
We excel at creating stories highlighting diverse and immersive worlds for feature film, television, and non-scripted entertainment.
BLAZE BROTHERS
“If Pulp Fiction were a comic it would be Blaze Brothers...A SMASHING Freshman Success!”
OPPORTUNITY: Kill Bill meets The Fast and the Furious meets Deadpool. The Blaze Brothers franchise was conceived and written as a multicultural 8 book graphic novel series and feature film script - with prominent Chinese Characters created as influential primary characters. Publishing powerhouse IDW released Volume 1 of the Graphic Novel series in October, 2014 and the complete 200 page Graphic Novel premiered at San Diego Comic Con 2016, hitting stores nationwide that same summer.
Although Blaze Brothers will be 100% Live Action,
we assembled a teaser trailer combining graphics from the Comic and like films.
Click to play 2:17 minute trailer:
“Blaze Brothers is an unapologetic, blood-soaked gangsta tale…The Writing Is Loaded With Gems!”
“A straight to the point, bullet-flying, katana-slicing piece of action that delivers.”
“Blaze Brothers is a high-octane tale of honor, betrayal and good old fashioned badassery!”
“Straight out of a John Woo flick.”
“The artwork continues to be nothing short of awesome, better than a lot of artwork you would see from Marvel.”
AWARDS: The award-winning writing and producing team behind Blaze Entertainment, LLC, and Blaze Comics, are Matthew Scott Krentz and Vernon Whitlock III. As early development began on the graphic novel, Whitlock and Krentz entered the film script into two of Hollywood’s most prestigious screenwriting competitions. It placed highly in both. The Blaze Brothers won 1st Prize for Best Action Script in the Annual Fade-In Magazine screenwriting competition, finishing 1st out of 3,200 entries. Soon after, The Blaze Brothers made it to the semi-final round of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science’s Nicholl Fellowships Screenwriting competition, finishing in the top 54 out of 7,200 entries.
“Infused within this action-packed, martial-arts-influenced story are very unique multicultural characters who possess the kind of great witty dialogue one would find from the likes of Mark Millar, Quentin Tarantino and Elmore Leonard.”
“You’ve got the titular heroes’ rocking threads making them colder than ice, with the attitude to match, the first scene (in a church) is delightfully irreverent, and there are times you can almost feel blood dripping off the page.”
“All fans of great storytelling will appreciate Blaze Brothers... Multicultural and with a global setting, the novel’s sharp dialogue, layered characters and compelling images combine to tell a story that’s both arresting and keenly relevant.”
BLAZE BROTHERS GRAPHIC NOVELS are Available on
AMERICAN STREETBALLERS
Click to play 2:04 minute Theatrical Trailer:
American Streetballers has been compared to Coach Carter meets Good Will Hunting meets Spike Lee's He Got Game.
After a 4 city theatrical release, Blaze Entertainment's first feature film American Streetballers was released digitally by Warner Brothers in 90 million+ homes on VOD/PPV/Netflix/BET/Amazon Prime/and others, inspiring millions of viewers globally. American Streetballers made the official Academy list for the 2010 (82nd) Academy Awards making the film eligible for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay.
Synopsis: Searching for sanity in the midst of turmoil, two junior college basketball players find release and therapy while competing at one of the toughest and most respected street courts in the U.S. With a philosophy of Hoops, Hustle and Hope, both men spend the entire summer helping one another overcome adversities. Their dedication and love for the game of basketball transcends from playground courts into each of their dysfunctional lives.
BLAZE ENTERTAINMENT
THE TEAM
The Blaze Entertainment team has 60+ years of combined experience in Fashion, Entertainment, Publishing, and Technology.
KIMORA LEE SIMMONS LEISSNER
(PARTNER)
Fashion Icon, Designer, Entrepreneur, Producer, Reality TV Star, Philanthropist, and Mother.
VERNON WHITLOCK III
(CEO & PARTNER)
Writer, Producer, Director, Graphic Novel Creator, Entrepreneur, and Father.
MATTHEW SCOTT KRENTZ
(PARTNER)
Writer, Producer, Director, Graphic Novel Creator, Entrepreneur, Techie and Father.
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