# SXSW premiere of The Big Door Prize

- Link: https://exclusiveaccess.net/sxsw-premiere-of-the-big-door-prize/
- Published: 2023-03-12T19:52:41-04:00
- Author: EAN

 

 

Last night at the Stateside Theater, Apple TV+ held the SXSW premiere event for “
The Big Door Prize.” The character-driven comedy created by Emmy Award winner David
West Read (“Schitt’s Creek”) is set to make its global debut on Wednesday, March
29. The new 10-episode half-hour comedy starring an ensemble cast led by Chris O’Dowd
and includes Gabrielle Dennis, Ally Maki, Josh Segarra, Damon Gupton, Crystal Fox,
Djouliet Amara and Sammy Fourlas, will debut with the first three episodes on Wednesday,
March 29, followed by one new episode weekly every Wednesday through May 17.

Based on M.O. Walsh’s novel of the same name, “The Big Door Prize” tells the story
of a small town that is forever changed when a mysterious machine appears in the
general store, promising to reveal each resident’s true life potential. Dusty Hubbard(
O’Dowd), a seemingly content, cheerful family man and high school teacher, watches
everyone around him reevaluate their life choices and ambitions — based on the machine’s
printouts — and is forced to question whether he is truly as happy as he once thought.
While he remains skeptical of the machine, his wife, Cass (Dennis), indulges in 
the dream that there’s something bigger out there for her. Like many of Deerfield’s
residents, the couple has lived a relatively safe, uncomplicated life, until the
arrival of the Morpho machine. However, all of that is about to change when the 
community is forced to reconcile with their unfulfilled achievements in pursuit 
of a better future.

“The Big Door Prize” is produced by Skydance Television and CJ ENM/Studio Dragon.
Read serves as showrunner and executive producer. David Ellison and Dana Goldberg
serve as executive producers for Skydance Television; Miky Lee, Young Kyu Kim and
Hyun Park executive produce for CJ ENM/Studio Dragon; with Bill Bost and Sarah Walker.
Anu Valia, Molly McGlynn, Todd Biermann, Jenée LaMarque and Declan Lowney direct
the series.

Photos by Author Mola