Feature-Length Dark Sitcom "Love Is Dead!" Begins Presales with Hatchfund Crowdfunding Campaign

NEW YORK - June 1, 2016 - PRLog -- Locked in the Attic Productions and NYEH Entertainment are following up their first filmmaking collaboration, dark thriller catch 22: based on the unwritten story by seanie sugrue, with a new black comedy titled Love Is Dead!  The film's source material is playwright Seanie Sugrue's stage play by the same name, which is currently running at the 13th Street Repertory Theatre in New York.  NYEH's Josh Folan adapted the play for the screen and will direct the film, Sugrue will produce.

The synopsis for the film:

A limited three-part sitcom series that's far too dark and twisted for television, presented as a feature film, Love Is Dead! is a paralytic presentation of murder, deceit and sexism that attempts to prove whether its title holds true, that Love Is Dead!

The two New York-based production companies are bucking crowdfunding industry lynchpins Kickstarter and Indiegogo by partnering with the more artistically-minded Hatchfund to pre-sell the film and help raise the financing.  Hatchfund is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that will allow for the bulk of campaign contributions to be tax-deductible.  On top of the personal tax benefits for donors, a portion of the film's proceeds in distribution will be gifted to the Henry Street Settlement, an NYC-based community support organization that, among countless other services, helps homeless female survivors of domestic violence and their children get back on their feet with their Domestic Violence Survivors Shelter.

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Perks available for campaign contributors range from exclusive digital bundles of the film itself to limited edition graphic novels of the individual "sitcom episodes" comprising the film and Franky the Goldfish - the actual fish that is starring on stage in the run of the play.  The campaign runs through Independence Day, because America.

Love Is Dead! the stage play is running 6/1 through 6/14 in New York, tickets are available on the LitAP website at lockedintheatticproductions.com/loveisdead/.  The team's aforementioned previous film, catch 22: based on the unwritten story by seanie sugrue, is making both its Ohio (Film Festival of Columbus, 6/3 & 6/9) and NYC (Soho International Film Festival, 6/14) premieres in the coming weeks.

For more information on Love Is Dead! the film, or to preorder, visit:

Hatchfund Campaign Site: http://www.hatchfund.org/project/love_is_dead

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/loveisdeadmovie