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THE URBANS
THE

GREEN
COMPANY/

NEW MAGIC

PICTURES
PREMIERES

ITS NEW

COMEDY
SERIES,

“THE

URBANS.”

"WE ARE THRILLED OUR NEW COMEDY IS
GOING FROM FESTIVALS TO LIVING ROOMS.
AUDIENCES CAN EXPECT A COMEDY WITH A
UNIQUE AND HUMOROUS PERCEPTIVE.”
— CO-CREATOR RASHEED GREEN

When the Green Brothers, Rasheed K. Green and R. Saeed Green, Once educated, they released their first film,
ventured into filmmaking, they never imagined where that path a lesser known sci-fi short titled “The
would take them. Now CEOs of family-owned Green Company/ New Campbell.” To keep the buzz going, they
Magic Pictures, the Green Bros. are on track to premiere their wildly prepared for a debut series, releasing a 5-
talked about new comedy series ‘The Urbans”. The Urbans will run minute short titled “A Tish Served Cold”,
alongside streaming releases from Tubi, Freevee, Amazon, FilmRise, named after their late sister, to test the
and other front running platforms. waters. The short was showcased alongside
several other films at a local screening
But how did it all start? room, and to their amazement, people
absolutely loved it.
In 2006, Rasheed and Saeed Green – who are also identical twins -
contracted a filmmaker they knew to shoot a music video for a “We couldn’t believe how they responded to our film. The
recording artist they worked with. Intrigued by the videography, crowd actually understood what we were trying to
showcase, laughing when we expected them to and
they decided to spice up the look and feel of the video; and from having a good time. Once we knew that we could connect
there…they knew. Motivated by this experience, the brothers began
formulating movie ideas and scripts, and soon after, decided to with the audience, we went head first at it and gave it a
more accurate title – The Urbans.”
invested in digital production equipment and other sophisticated
editing software. Eventually, Their writing and directing skills
garnered the attention of Urban Home Ent.,
a locally-based distribution company who
boasts titles by worldwide figures such as
Tyler Perry, Kevin Hart, Jamie Foxx, and Ron
White to name a few. From there, a POZE MAGAZINE | ISSUE 58
partnership was formed.
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