Hidden Empire Film Group

Hidden Empire Film Group

Industry	Motion picture
Founder	Deon Taylor
Headquarters	Sacramento, United States
Key people	Deon Taylor Roxanne Avent
Website	hiddenempirefilmgroup.com

Hidden Empire Film Group is an independently owned, African-American production studio, based in Northern California, that produces a wide range of content over various multimedia platforms and is distributed worldwide. The company was founded by Deon Taylor (writer, director and producer) and Roxanne Avent (producer).

Studio Production Summary

Film

Hidden Empire Film Group has produced several films and television series including a 2016 American comedy film, Meet the Blacks, starring Mike Epps, Gary Owen, Zulay Henao, Lil Duval, Bresha Webb, George Lopez, Mike Tyson, Lavell Crawford, Paul Mooney and King Bach. In its opening weekend, Meet the Blacks grossed $4.1 million, finishing 8th at the box office; ultimately going on to make $9.1 million in theaters nationwide.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Hidden Empire Film Group is also the studio behind the making of Supremacy starring Joe Anderson, Dawn Olivieri, Danny Glover and Derek Luke.^[7]^[8]^[9] Supremacy won the Best Diaspora Feature at the 2014 African Movie Academy Awards. Other major motion pictures produced by HEFG include Chain Letter,Dead Tone, The Hustle, Kicks and Free Agents

TV

Nite Tales: The Series was created after Nite Tales: The Movie due to the success of its airing. Episodes were shot in one day on a 35 millimeter camera and budgeted around $20,000 – $50,000. The series was later aired on WGN in Chicago, Illinois on Friday nights at midnight in 2009. Nite Tales: The Movie was released on DVD in 2008 with a DVD release of the series pending in the future. Taylor partnered with Jamie Foxx to co-direct a future national television release titled Tommy's Little Girl.^[10]

Awards

African Movie Academy Awards | Won Best Diaspora Feature for Supremacy (2014)^[11]
LA Muse Awards | Supremacy (2015) Nominated for Best Picture^[11]

Productions

Film

Year	Title	Cast
2016	Meet the Blacks	Mike Epps as Carl Black Zulay Henao as Lorena Black Lil Duval as Cronut Andrew Bachelor as Freezee Bresha Webb as Allie Black Charlie Murphy as Keyflo Mike Tyson as Mad Clown Tameka Cottle Gary Owen
2015	Supremacy	Joe Anderson as Garrett Tully Dawn Olivieri as Doreen Danny Glover as Sonny Walker Derek Luke as Raymond Lela Rochon as Odessa Evan Ross as Anthony Mahershala Ali as Deputy Rivers Julie Benz as Kristen Nick Chinlund as Hannity Robin Bobeau as Cassie Alex Henderson as Jamar Jenica Bergere as Gerardi Sean Taylor-Corbett as Pedro Tyrin Turner as Reggie Anson Mount as Paul Sobecki Hemky Madera as Miguel
2010	Chain Letter	Nikki Reed as Jessie Cambell Keith David as Detective Jim Crenshaw Brad Dourif as Mr Smirker Noah Segan as Dante Bai Ling as Jai Pham Betsy Russell as Sergeant Hamill Matt Cohen as Johnny Jones Michael Bailey Smith as Chain Killer
2008	Nite Tales: The Movie	Flavor Flav as Himself – Host Dante Basco as Gerard Andrea Bogart as Cindy James Ferris as Cop Sticky Fingaz as Dice Soraya Kelley as Sarah Sandra McCoy as Serena Richard Moorhouse as Bank manager Ariele Senara as Bloody Mary Tony Todd as Clown Jordan Woolley as Tom
2008	The Hustle	Charlie Murphy as Junior Walker Al Shearer as Freddy Manning David Alan Grier as Rev. Isaac Montgomery Paid Tamala Jones as Nikki Tommy Lister as Dog Thief Kym Whitley as Miss Tanya Bai Ling as Han John Witherspoon as Mr. Wikes Tony Cox as Biggman Brigitte Nielsen as Rich woman Michael J. Pagan as Dee aka Dwayne David Faustino as Derrick Darrin Dewitt Henson as Brother Efrom Luenell as Metermaid Ellia English as Mama
2007	Dead Tone (originally 7eventy 5ive)	Brian Hooks as Marcus Jud Tylor as Karina Cherie Johnson as Roxy Germán Legarreta as Shawn Antwon Tanner as Kareem Wil Horneff as Scott/Josh Aimee Garcia as Jody Walters Rutger Hauer as Detective John Criton Denyce Lawton as Anna Gwendoline Yeo as Detective Anne Hastings Jonathan Chase as Brandon O'Connell

TV

Year	Title	Cast
2009	Nite Tales: The Series	Flavor Flav as Himself – Host Brigitte Nielsen as Mona (episode Black Widow) April Scott as "Barbie" (episode "Trapped") Gary Busey as "Army Man" (episode "Trapped") Tiny Lister as "The Wrestler" (episode "Trapped")

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist
2015	"In Love by Now"	Jamie Foxx^[12]

References

↑ "Weekend Box Office Results for April 1-3, 2016". Box Office Mojo. 2016-04-03. Retrieved 2016-04-08.
↑ "Meet the Blacks: Film Reviews". TheHollywoodReporter.
↑ McAleer, Joseph (April 1, 2016). "Meet the Blacks Reviews". CNS. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
↑ Evry, Max (January 14, 2016). "Meet the Blacks Trailer: Mike Epps Parodies The Purge". Comingsoon.net. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
↑ "Meet the Blacks' with Mike Epps, Geo. Lopez & Mike Tyson Get Theatrical Release Via Freestyle". eurweb. January 23, 2016. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
↑ Obenson, Tambay (February 17, 2016). "Red Band Trailer for Mike Epps, Paul Mooney, Charlie Murphy Comedy-Thriller 'Meet the Blacks'". Indiewire. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
↑ Yamato, Jen (June 25, 2014). "Well Go USA Acquires Danny Glover Hostage Thriller 'Supremacy'". Deadline. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
↑ Lowe, Justin (June 20, 2014). "'Supremacy': LAFF Review". TheHollywoodRepoerter. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
↑ Dunaway, Michael (June 13, 2014). "Catching Up With Deon Taylor, Director Of Supremacy". Paste. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
↑ "NBC Picks Up Jamie Foxx's 'Girl' That Could Star Selma Blair And Scot Armstrong's 'Life'". Deadline. October 25, 2010. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
1 2 "IMDB Awards Listings" by IMDB. September 26, 2015. Retrieved January 12, 2016.
↑ "Jamie Foxx - "In Love by Now"". music video credits. jamie-foxx.us. Retrieved January 12, 2016.

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