{"id":6958,"date":"2016-04-25T11:39:39","date_gmt":"2016-04-25T15:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/bret-easton-ellis-preps-thriller-series-for-fullscreen\/"},"modified":"2016-04-25T12:35:45","modified_gmt":"2016-04-25T16:35:45","slug":"bret-easton-ellis-preps-thriller-series-for-fullscreen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/bret-easton-ellis-preps-thriller-series-for-fullscreen\/","title":{"rendered":"Bret Easton Ellis Directs Thriller Series for Fullscreen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES: Fullscreen, which is launching its SVOD platform tomorrow, has partnered with best-selling author and screenwriter Bret Easton Ellis for his directorial debut on a new series, <em>The Deleted<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Ellis is best known for <em>American Psycho<\/em>, <em>Less Than Zero<\/em> and <em>Rules of Attraction<\/em>. In the new original thriller <em>The Deleted<\/em>, the disappearance of three seemingly unconnected people from Los Angeles triggers a collective paranoia among a group of twentysomethings, all of whom escaped from a cult \u200eseveral years back.<\/p>\n<p>The platform is also introducing a first-ever for SVOD daily sketch show, <em>Party in the Back<\/em>. Twaimz, Josh Leyva, Rachel Scanlon and Brandon Armstrong will upload content onto the channel every day giving a behind-the-scenes look at their efforts to create new programming while working at Fullscreen. The ad-free subscription service is producing a series of talk formats, including <em>Explain Things to Me<\/em>, featuring Anna Akana and Brad Gage; <em>Slumber Party with Alie &amp; Georgia<\/em>, a sleepover with best pals Alie Ward and Georgia Hardstark; and <em>Waste of Time with ItsTheReal<\/em>, in which comedian brothers Eric and Jeff Rosenthal invite guests to their apartment to talk rap music, NYC and food.<\/p>\n<p>Targeting audiences ages 13 to 30, Fullscreen becomes available tomorrow on fullscreen.com and via iPhone, iPad, select Android phones and Chromecast for $4.99 per month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe created a new kind of entertainment experience which merges the things we love about premium content and social media,\u201d said George Strompolos, Fullscreen&#8217;s founder and CEO. \u201cWe\u2019re building it for an audience we know and love\u2014a social-first mobile-first generation. 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