Denver could get the Hollywood treatment soon, as a father-son duo in the marijuana industry partner with cable TV producers to film a prospective reality series.
Richard Batenburg Jr. and Rick Batenburg III have been working together in the cannabis trade since 2015, operating a marijuana investment fund. After their fund purchased the Clear, a popular marijuana extraction and vaporizer brand, in 2017, the pair expanded into marijuana consulting, CBD products and more strategic investing, and thought that their family business dynamic was interesting enough to showcase on the small screen.
The Batenburgs have partnered with local producer Patrick Hackett and cable TV producer David McKillop, whose credits include reality shows like Deadliest Catch, Duck Dynasty, Ice Road Truckers, Pawn Stars and Storage Wars, to create an eight-episode series about Richard, Rick and their peers in the marijuana business. Although a deal hasn’t been inked, Richard says McKillop is executive producing the project, with filming currently underway and negotiations taking place with a large TV network.
“The [producers] like the generational or family dynamic. The show is kind of a mashup between Pawn Stars and Shark Tank, where Denver isn’t the host of the show, but we’re kind of the hub. All of these interesting characters will come in, and we either acquire the business or talk about doing a deal with them through our Clear line of products — or maybe they just need help raising money”
Richard explains.
Source: Westword.
