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Keep the Mayberry spirit alive with this original family-friendly comedy series inspired by The Andy Griffith Show and the Mayberry Man movie.
We are the Howell brothers. Cort on the left and Stark on the right. Our father, Hoke Howell, was a perennial character actor who appeared in countless TV shows over his forty-year career. Lost In Space, Gunsmoke, The Munsters, and The Brady Bunch, just to name a few. Most notably, he played Dud Wash on two episodes of The Andy Griffith Show.
A fan of the show himself, Stark was inspired to write and direct a feature-length movie entitled "Mayberry Man" after attending a Mayberry festival in North Carolina.

With the desire to keep the project family-friendly and include actual fans in the movie, we opted to partner with the Mayberry community to raise the production budget rather than pitch it to Hollywood studios where we would lose creative control. And Mayberry fans came through, helping make Mayberry Man one of the most successful crowdfunding campaigns ever for a fan film.
Response to the movie (released in theatres and on Amazon Prime) has been fantastic, so we think it’s time to explore the next chapter in the Mayberry Man story.

Mayberry Man: The Series is a digital streaming series that picks up where the movie left off.

We’ll find out what happens to Chris Stone and Kate, and whether the spark of a relationship we saw in the movie can grow into something more. And, whether a big-shot movie star can keep his newfound Mayberry Spirit when he returns to Hollywood.

We’ll also get to know the citizens of Mayberry like Barney, Floyd, Gomer and the other tribute artists. What do they do when they aren't being tribute artists? Plus, see what happens to Shane, Chris Stone’s quirky assistant, Mayberry’s newest citizen.

Making a series, as opposed to a movie sequel, gives us a chance to spend more time getting to know these characters. It gives us a chance to tell more stories and has more fun.

But more importantly, Mayberry Man: The Series will take that original Mayberry Spirit embodied by Andy, Barney, Aunt Bee and Opie, from that sweeter, simpler time, and tell modern, family-friendly stories that entertain new generations of fans.

That’s where you come in. With your help, we will create Season One with six, 30-minute episodes.