A scripted Television series that'due south near crypto — and funded by it — is in development at Beacon Pictures, the independent product company behind "Bring It On", and pop ABC drama "Castle."

According to Deadline Hollywood, the x function Television receiver crypto-comedy serial "Hold on for Dear Life" —  a reference of sort to the slang term 'Hodl' — aims for principal photography to shoot in Puerto Rico from August.

The show, which was created by anonymous crypto insider calling themselves 'Suhh Toshee', will look to reflect the lives of crypto entrepreneurs, and hopefully be funded by them.  Buoy CEO Marking Pennell, told Deadline that:

"Crypto is virtually community. The show is an extension of that community. So, we embraced the innovation by creating an opportunity for crypto entrepreneurs to participate in a show that reflects many of their own stories."

The project is raising funds via crypto by tokenizing the profits on Ethereum, enabling investors to receive their share of the proceeds directly to their wallets.

The producers also hope to greenbacks in on the gold rush effectually NFT collectibles, with plans to mint a series of non-fungible tokens, as well as release the first-ever tokenized full episode of a Goggle box show.

The storyline is focused on Mel, a immature tech founder who launches a token named later her missing all-time friend Aveer and sets off with her band of "misfit" friends to make the Aveer token a success.

"To do so, they must overcome enemies, centralized powers and FUD (Fear Uncertainty Dubiousness)"

The series is set to characteristic cameos from figures in the crypto-world such as billionaire Bitcoin investor Tim Draper, and Crystal Rose, the CEO, and Founder of Sense.

As blockchain technology and cryptocurrency continue to pitter-patter their way into mainstream society, the appetite for crypto-based TV shows and movies is gaining momentum.

Cointelegraph reported on the development of the commencement-ever Thousand-drama crypto-series "Romantic Hacker" in July 2020, which entails a fictional story of a Korean trading exchange being attacked by hackers.

In Oct, acclaimed actress Kate Winslet signed on to star in an MGM production portraying the founder of  the $four billion OneCoin Ponzi scheme and in February 'Silk Road' was released depicting the lead up to the abort darknet Silk Road founderRoss Ulbricht.

The story of how the Winklevoss twins became Bitcoin billionaires was also snapped up by Stampede Ventures earlier that yr, and the same author that penned it, Ben Mezrich is working on a volume and film for MGM and volume that details the GameStop saga.