He is known for being the most followed person on Vine. He initially enrolled at a film graduate program, but then dropped out and moved to Los Angeles, where he created his exuberant Vine persona, uploading his first Vine video on April 19, 2013.
And in 3 relatively short years, his Vine stardom led to him signing with UTA, and land a recurring role in “House of Lies.” In addition, he is also a series regular on the Adult Swim series, “Black Jesus,” and had a recurring role on “The Mindy Project,” a role in the spoof comedy film “Fifty Shades of Black,” and more.
More recently, in 2015, “Key & Peele” announced that they were teaming up to produce a new comedy starring the social media celebrity known as Andrew “King Bach” Bachelor, whose Vine clips are apparently comedy gold.
The untitled new show, which was set up at Fox, was to be loosely based on one of Bachelor’s online personas, and was to follow an undercover cop who goes back to his hometown to take on childhood bullies.
No word on where that project stands.
Announced earlier this year, “King Bach” is also attached to star in a comedy featured titled “Where’s the Money,” which follows a slacker from South Central L.A. who discovers that, many years before, his father and uncle stole $1 million and hid it in a flop house. Unfortunately, when he heads out to reclaim the cash, it turns out the former tenement is now a USC frat house, forcing him to become a pledge in order to lay his hands on the money.
Terry Crews, Mike Epps, Method Man, and others were to join Bachelor in the film.
“Tosh.0” director Scott Zabielski is helming the film from a script penned by by Ted Sperling and Benjamin Sutor, based on a story by Sperling and Dylan Sellers.
Finally, announced last night, Fox has given a script order to a comedy series titled “B Team,” which King Bach is attached to star in. The project, which hails from writer Danny Mackey, McG, Adam Devine and 20th Century Fox TV, centers on a former Navy SEAL (Bachelor) struggling to adjust back to civilian life, who forms a team of mercenaries with questionable skills (called the “Badass Taskforce of Elite Assault Mercenaries” – hence “B Team”). Unfortunately, they’re not elite enough of a team, but they’re still intent on fighting for the little guy and protecting the law, even if that means breaking it most of the time.
Chris Case will serve as executive producer/showrunner of “B Team.” No other casting announcements at this time.
With around 16 million followers and over 5 billion loops, King Bach has managed to cultivate a large devoted fan base, and use that as currency, effectively, to “buy” into new opportunities for himself, on even grander platforms, like film and TV. In 2016, a TV series drawing 16 million viewers would be a dream for the network. But this is where we are currently folks; if you’re a creative (or even if you’re not), use social media to showcase your talents, and in the process build an audience, and hopefully, eventually, you might find the kind of success that people like King Bach have had in recent years.
Of course we are all already familiar with Issa Rae and the transition she’s been able to successfully make from the web to premium cable TV. And there are others…
Embrace the technology most of us have access to, and be unstoppable!
