The Turner Brothers have released the official trailer for FreeLance, their scripted series that premiered earlier this year at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. The release comes with a direct ask: the Turners want to know if fans are ready for a full season.
FreeLance follows Lance Williams, played by Spence Moore II, an aspiring young filmmaker in Columbus, Ohio, who moves in with a tight-knit circle of ambitious 20-something creatives as they take on unconventional gig-economy jobs, support one another’s dreams, and try to keep the lights on while chasing bigger creative ambitions. As previously reported, roughly 70% of the storyline draws directly from Julien and Justen Turner’s own real-life experiences trying to break into the film industry from the Midwest. Moore also serves as an executive producer alongside Cynthia Turner, Stephen “Dr.” Love Jr., and Kevin “KevOnStage” Fredericks, with the cast rounding out with Lou Young, Lou Ratchett, Bernard “B Nard” Clark, René Vaca, Elijah Cooper, Christianee Porter, Mel Mitchell, Kyle Flood, Jaren Bretz, and London Arrington.
The pilot premiered as part of Sundance’s Episodic Fiction Pilot Showcase, one of just seven projects selected from a record 470 submissions within a historic 16,201 total submissions for the festival’s 2026 edition, 40% of which came from first-time filmmakers. From there, FreeLance kept building momentum across the festival circuit throughout the year, screening at the Yellow Springs Film Festival, Cleveland International Film Festival, Atlanta Film Festival, SeriesFest, ATX TV Festival, BraveMaker Film Fest, and the Washington West Film Festival, where it won Best Director at SeriesFest along the way.
The Turner Brothers run Dreadhead Films, their Columbus-based production company, and have been recognized as Forbes 30 Under 30 honorees and two-time Webby Award winners, with past work for brands including Nike, Jordan Brand, Beats by Dre, and Adidas.
With a full year of festival wins and screenings now behind it, FreeLance‘s next step depends entirely on whether the online response to this trailer turns into the kind of demand that gets a full season actually picked up.