A devastated father receives recordings from a mysterious stranger that allow him to communicate with his recently deceased daughter.
starring: Tobin Bell, Scott Hamm Duenas, Kipp Tribble, Alison Haislip
produced & directed by: Kenny Yates
“Like an anaconda [that] squeezes you...before [it] knocks everything on its head.”
Chance needs $60,000 to save his mother from nursing home eviction. So he falls back into his old addictive gambling habits, only to learn he’s never lost a bet on Christmas! Christmas miracle? Or just an addict who can’t control himself?
starring: Michael Madsen, Scott Hamm Duenas, Tom Arnold, Fernanda Romero
produced & directed by: Kenny Yates
“Breaks the mold of traditional holiday cinema.”
When Wendy Darling escapes an attempted abduction, her family employs James and Smee to identify the assailant with the help of the only witness: Peter Pan.
starring: Kenny Yates, Kipp Tribble, Derik Wingo, Joanne Wilson
produced by: Kenny Yates, Liam Nelligan, Kipp Tribble, Derik Wingo
“We wanted to make a version of the Pan story that felt contemporary & completely new.”
One night every year the world sees an alarming surge in violent home invasions. This is no coincidence.
starring: Andrea Sweeney Blanco, Bruce Davison, John James, Sunny Doench
produced by: Kenny Yates
directed by: Kipp Tribble
“Tribble gives you a free fall roller coaster ride to hell.”
currently in development
After their van is hijacked by a killer known as The Judge, a college debate team is forced to practice what they preach: civil discourse. In this debate, every disagreement is deadly, and when temperatures rise… the gavel falls.
written by: Abraham Nseir & Andy Bailey
produced by: Kenny Yates
KAYJ Entertainment is a full-service development and production company specializing in feature films, scripted television, original digital content, and commercials. Founded in 2018 by Kenny Yates, KAYJ has been built on Kenny’s two decades of hands-on filmmaking experience—from micro-budget indies to major studio productions.
Kenny’s background as a producer, director, and actor gives KAYJ Entertainment a unique creative edge and an zeitgeist instinct for storytelling that works both on set and on screen. The company thrives on collaboration, adaptability, and an unwavering commitment to making every project the best version of itself that it can be —no matter the budget.
As the independent filmmaking landscape continues to quickly evolve, KAYJ Entertainment is focused on discovering bold new voices, adapting future-thinking techniques and amplifying distinctive stories with style, precision, and heart.
Our mission: to create films audiences will call their favorites—and projects investors will call their smartest.
On the set of Joe Baby in Biloxi, MS.
L>R: George Burt, Ron Pearlman, Kenny Yates, Harvey Keitel, Steven Brand
Casper Van Dien & Kenny Yates
Kenny & Dichen
Kenny Yates, Kipp Tribble, Nelson Hsu, Dane Ortega
On the set of A Christmas Gamble.
Segment produced for “Owning A Piece of America” & SpectrumNews1
Tobin Bell & Kenny Yates
Moonrise; Affirm & Sony Pictures
Fernanda Romero, Scott-Hamm Duenas and Gwendolyn Fuller Mukes discuss pivotal scene in A Christmas Gamble
on the set of BEFORE NEVER
Kevin Sanford & Kenny Yates
with Wolfgang Bodison, Kenny Yates & Scott-Hamm Duenas at the Playhouse West Film Festival
at Sofi Stadium
“Working with good people, people who love what they do, people who are excited about making movies… that’s our priority. We want to get people excited to watch a movie, made by movie buffs, for movie buffs.”
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