We've called it already that our man Kenny (Ken "Whit" Whitman) is trying to form a "school" to milk somebody, presumably children and the Commonwealth of Kentucky, out of their money. Sure, it's speculation, but the more we see, the more the speculation makes sense.....
Take this "interview" from Wave 3 News:
It is the latest project for Fort Knox native Whit Whitman’s production company, Little Monsters Entertainment, Inc.
It’s about “a bunch of homeless people who find [the] body of the richest man in Danville and so they dress up and go live in his mansion for Christmas Eve. Interesting part is, the guy wasn’t dead.”
Whitman started writing movie scripts 11 years ago. Since then, he has produced eight movies, three of them in Danville.
But what’s a reason to shoot movies in Kentucky?
Well, Whitman tells us the state has tax incentive laws, which help him fund his movies.
“When movies come here, our government actually helps them with whatever money they put into the state of Kentucky,” Whitman says.
He says it’s usually for smaller budget movies up to $1.5 million.
Whitman’s real spark for his passion comes from teaching others.
A lot of the crew members and actors in his movies are local students looking to dip their toes into the film industry.
Whitman tells us he almost gave up on storytelling three years ago, but mentoring is what changed his mind.
“I thought I was getting out of it and then these kids said no will you teach us about this? And so the universe gave storytelling back to me.”
Whitman says he wants to open up a technical school to teach young adults to write, produce, edit and act.
“I would like to take it out of Hollywood’s hands and make a blue collar, small, version that anyone could do. And that’s just gonna require someone like me to teach young kids a system that doesn’t cost a lot of money,” Whitman says.
He tells us another movie is coming up in January and several others are in the works.
“Home-less for the Holidays” is now streaming on Amazon Prime, the Roku Channel, and will be available on Tubi December 12.
Anyone interested in learning more about becoming involved with Little Monsters Entertainment can find their website here.
Wow, a lot to unpack here. 1st this is so not an interview. There is literally only one question asked, "But what’s a reason to shoot movies in Kentucky?" This is a promotional piece for Kenny's "school"....oh, but it actually isn't! "Little Monsters Entertainment, Inc." is listed at the beginning of the piece.
Hmm......Little Monsters? That's not the name of Kenny's company....it was Little Monster (no "s")....what's up with that I wonder?
Oh for fuck's sake! Kenny has a new company! There is a new company that has a rather interesting incorporation date....the same day as the "interview"!
We wonder if this company was created to take advantage of the typo as the one company he has that is actually still active was "Little Monster Entertainment Inc." While there is this alleged school, no direct mention is made of it. The end of the article has a link to the Little Monster website, but NOT to the home page. No....instead it links to his "Actors Retreats" webpage.
This basically make the whole article an ad for the current film and for Kenny's Actor Retreats.
This article is also a bit misleading, because it's mostly Ken's words. The guidelines for those Kentucky Tax incentives are interesting. 1st of, it's not for films "up to $1.5 million" like Whit Whitman says, but it's for films production companies doing a minimum of $10M a year and $1.5M per production! Also the company needs to have 50% of that funding "available" and the "ability to raise the remaining funds necessary"
Now we can't speak for any prospective investors, but Kenny has already been proven to not be able to handle, what?......$186K in Kickstarter funds? Who TF thinks that having $5M on-hand is a good thing for Ken "Whit" Whitman? Not anyone here at NAD. Makes me think that his repeated mantra of "only" paying himself $18K a year is out there for multiple reasons....