It's 1972, and while the world outside is grappling with social unrest, sexual liberation, and a brutal war, a group of bright-eyed film school students embark on a journey into the cut-throat world of Hollywood Adjacent

SYNOPSIS:

HOLLYWOOD ADJACENT is a smart dramedy about a thirty-something, upper middle-class wife and mother, Sharon Roseman, who risks it all to find her greater purpose in life. Her world includes an ensemble of creative students from all walks of life. Sharon’s journey will take her to film school, sexual discovery, Hollywood greed, innovation, and treachery. With the world entwined in sexual and political revolutions, Sharon is determined to learn what she needs, avoid the potholes of a “traditional Hollywood” career, and enjoy every moment of life to the fullest

The pilot introduces the audience to the characters and the collective consequences of loss, love, and exploitation. The characters and their stories are told simultaneously. The narrative provided by the protagonist, Sharon, threads the stories through the fabric of her experience and her complex life choices. HOLLYWOOD ADJACENT tells her story, and the story of a group of the people who make up what the film industry is and always was: the relationships of art, money, and people.

The generation of 1972 film students represent the end of the golden era of Hollywood and the beginning of the digital age. The pilot sets the stage for an episodic series jumping decade to decade over six seasons, taking us to 2022 and the state of movie entertainment today, and how the challenge of being relevant, timely and innovative mixes with career dilemmas, trust and teachery, sexual identity, and personal trauma. The human comedy is played out with tears and humor, love and indifference, and the success and action only Hollywood can offer.

HOLLYWOOD ADJACENT