Newly Famous

A newly famous actor bombarded with attention tries to establish relationships in a world of fame he's not sure he can trust.

  • Tosin Morohunfola
    Writer
    The Pulpit, On Sight, Endowe, Behind Enemy Lines
  • Project Type:
    Short Script
  • Genres:
    comedy, dark
  • Number of Pages:
    14
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • First-time Screenwriter:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
Writer Biography - Tosin Morohunfola

Tosin is an actor and Kansas-transplant now based in LA most known from "Bass Reeves" (Paramount+) and his series regular work in “Run The World” (STARZ). You may also know him from “The Chi” (Showtime), “Black Lightning” (CW), “Chicago Med” (NBC), “Love Is” (OWN), “Julia” (HBO) and ABC’s “Everything’s Trash” (Freeform).

On film, he stars in Amazon’s "Blackbox", BET’s romantic comedy "Always A Bridesmaid", the erotic thriller, "Friend Request" and the bro-mantic comedy, "North of the 10". He was also in Oscar-winner Kevin Willmott’s “The 24th”, nominated for a NAACP Image award. Currently, he costars in the action-heist film, "1992" (Lionsgate) with Ray Liotta. Up next, he'll lead the heart-warming drama "Senior Moments" (Sony).

Tosin is also a filmmaker whose festival-selected shorts are: "The Pulpit: Prelude", a thriller about a progressive pastor under threat from extremists, which is also being developed as a feature, "Endowed", a parable about fear, faith and fatherhood, and "On Sight", a social justice police thriller. Currently, he's producing "Newly Famous", a dark comedy about the dangers of celebrity.

Tosin's writing and filmmaking centers on stories of empathy, awareness, belonging and seeing the human as hero in the face of institutional opposition.

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Writer Statement

One of the perks of being a famous actor is being recognizable. But that too, could also be your downfall…
In Newly Famous, we explore a semi-recognizable actor as he experiences both the admiration of adoring and thirsty fans and the pleasures of a new class of wealth all until he realizes his fame could be working against him. His inflated ego demonstrates how easy it is for a celebrity to get caught up in their own grandeur and self-importance, which can lead to a teenage-like sense of invincibility.
But when you’re flying that high, you realize the new challenge is forming actual relationships you can trust. Even though first-class flights prove his financial economy is doing well, our newly-famous actor must now try to navigate this new trust economy. So will his shameless celebrity ambition and his social media-feeding lead him in the direction? Or will his world of privilege come crashing down?