Ken Estin steers psychic fraud series to American Film Market
Two-time Emmy winner Ken Estin is steering the paranormal comedy Psychic Predators from the Taiwan Creative Content Fest in Taipei to the American Film Market.
Showrunner joins executive producer team
Organic Media Group unveiled the series at the Taiwan Creative Content Fest in Taipei. Estin signed on after reading Steve Chicorel's pilot titled The Voice of God. He will oversee writing the rest of the season if the series gets commissioned. Chicorel created the show and serves as an executive producer alongside Estin.
Mentalist plays himself in drama
The series stars mentalist Banachek playing a famed performer who admits his feats are tricks. He infiltrates as an operative alongside a magician expert at concealment and a resilient female FBI agent. The team investigates fake psychics while dealing with network executives and clashing egos. Later episodes will target pseudoscience, bogus medical treatments and expensive fortune-telling scams.
Banachek draws on skeptic history
Banachek was mentored by the late James The Amazing Randi and took part in Project Alpha. He helped unmask televangelist Peter Popoff whose messages came through a concealed earpiece. The drama shares one rule with reality to stay open to claims but insist on evidence. Chicorel and Kelly Mi Li jointly established OMG, which maintains facilities in Los Angeles, Taipei and Brisbane.
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