Founders Clint Kisker, Sean Kisker and Jason Kander taps producer Todd Lieberman as adviser
\n\nThe founders of Twin Pines Entertainment see an opportunity to make movies and TV shows geared around professional sports teams aimed at the millions of people in America’s heartland — which they argue are often dismissed by Hollywood.
\n\nTwin Pines was founded by twin brothers Clint Kisker (a Legendary Entertainment alum) and Sean Kisker (a former HBO Max exec) alongside Jason Kander, a former Secretary of State for Missouri. They’re each Midwestern natives — the Kiskers grew up in St. Louis — with backgrounds spanning entertainment, sports and public leadership.
\n\nClint Kisker serves as CEO, Sean Kisker as head of entertainment and Kander as head of business development. The 12-person company is based in Kansas City, Missouri, with offices in Los Angeles.
\n\nThe trio started Twin Pines to produce projects rooted in “unconventional” narratives, often from the point of view of sports teams and their fans: the people in the stands, the families that pass a team down through generations, and the towns that rise and fall with every season.
\n\nThe company plans to produce programming with the mission to “rewrite the story of the heartland,”…
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