Ajmal Zaheer Ahmad and Abdallah Jasim are the creative geniuses behind Crestar and the Knight Stallion. In a Detroit teetering on the edge of destruction – Crestar – a battle-worn vigilante discovers a young man with superhuman abilities. Coming to be known as the Knight Stallion, this new hero fears only one thing – his Arab mother. Pop Culturalist was lucky enough to speak with Ajmal and Abdallah about Crestar and the Knight Stallion. PC: How did this partnership initially form and at what point did you both realize you
Luke Meyer and Keith Newton are the dynamic duo behind The Fourth Wall. Making its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, The Fourth Wall is an intimate documentary series in which the son of cult leaders investigates the transgressive group in which he was raised. This is the story of the Sullivanians, New York’s secretive “psychotherapy cult,” which was hidden in plain sight on Manhattan’s Upper West Side in the 1970s and ’80s. Pop Culturalist was lucky enough to speak with Luke and Keith about The Fourth Wall, the
Reed Horstmann is an emerging storyteller who is captivating audiences with the nuanced and layered characters he’s brought to life in projects including The Expanding Universe of Ashley Garcia and Cattle Call. This year, he’s reprising his role as Jake/Chaos in The Villains of Valley View. The action-comedy follows a family of raucous supervillains who recently ran afoul of the League of Villains, so now they must somehow beat a path to normalcy in a small Texas town. Pop Culturalist was lucky enough to speak with Reed about the new
Whether Joey McIntyre is performing in sold-out arenas around the world with New Kids on the Block or starring in projects like The Heat, he undoubtedly has the right stuff. This July, he stars in Lifetime’s highly-anticipated series, Dawn. V.C. Andrews’ Dawn is a four-part limited series that follows the story of Dawn Longchamp (Brec Bassinger), who after growing up in humble surroundings with a very hardworking family including her devoted father Ormand (Jesse Metcalfe) and older brother Jimmy (Khobe Clarke), suddenly has everything she loves ripped away from her.