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If you’re a fan of Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead’s mind-bending universe, you will recognize actor Shane Brady from films like The Endless and Synchronic. But he is also a talented filmmaker. In 2022, Brady’s directorial debut, Breathing Happy, a weird, wonderful journey through grief and recovery, had its World Premiere at Chattanooga Film Festival. Brady is back for Cff 2025 with his sophomore feature film, the hilariously riotous Hacked: A Double Entendre of Rage Fueled Karma, which he wrote and directed, and believe it or not, it’s based on a true story.

In 2021, Brady and his wife Emily were planning to buy their first house but were, unfortunately, the victims of a hacker who stole their $20,000 deposit via wire fraud. So, they decided to make a movie about the experience with the log line, “The first ten minutes of this film are based on true events. The rest...

In 2021, a Tampa family lost $20,000 to a hacker. The first 10 minutes of Hacked: A Double Entendre of Rage Fueled Karma are based on those true events.

The rest? That’s what they wish they could have done to the bastard. And vengeance has never been so fun.

The revenge comedy is written and directed by actor Shane Brady.

Chandler Riggs (“The Walking Dead”), Owen Atlas (Little Evil), Collin Thompson, Katelyn Nacon (“The Walking Dead”), Richard Riehle (Hatchet), Augie Duke (“Mayans M.C.”), Mia Castillo, Brittney Escalante (“9-1-1 Lonestar”), Glenn Stanton (“The Walking Dead”), and Hugh Scott (Deadpool) star.

The Rumble family’s dream of buying their first home turns into a nightmare when Florida’s most elusive hacker, known only as The Chameleon, steals their life savings. But this hacker messed with the wrong family. The banking system failed them. The police won’t help.

Furious and desperate, they...

I scratched my head when I realized that the fuzzy and felt huggable monster gang of "Sesame Street" never really had a live show after five decades. Yes, they've made live appearances outside of PBS (with also a somewhat shaky streaming residency at HBO Max), like the "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" show. But I realized that they haven't really starred in a live theatrical production. And when I mean the Sesame Street gang, I do not mean the "Sesame Street Live!" shows where our tiny gang is converted into adult-shaped body suits.

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