Interview: How Amazon's Silicon Valley Comedy 'Betas' Ended Up in Silicon Beach
Amazon Studios recently gave the green light to take ‘Betas' -- a comedy about about four Silicon Valley entrepreneurs who are trying to pitch their app idea to investors -- out of beta and into production. To get there, they had to make a stop at Silicon Beach.
Amazon Studios recently gave the green light to take ‘Betas‘ — a comedy about about four Silicon Valley entrepreneurs who are trying to pitch their app idea to investors — out of beta and into production. To get there, they had to make a stop at Silicon Beach.
“You can’t replace Hollywood,” explained Ron McElroy, CEO and founder of ROC Santa Monica, where the pilot episode takes place. In true Hollywood fashion, both the pilot and the rest of the series will be filmed near Los Angeles, not Silicon Valley.
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