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Eddie Jemison, Noureen DeWulf, Robert Forster topline indie comedy-thriller

By Dave McNary

Eddie Jemison, Noureen DeWulf and Robert Forster are toplining in indie comedy-thriller "10 Habits of Highly Effective People."

Nathan Marshall has commenced filming the pic in Los Angeles from a script by Sigurd Ueland. Producers are Robert Mello, Scott Van Dutton, Nathan Marshall and Gregor Habsburg.

Pic also stars Peter Breitmayer, Richard Riehle, W. Cameron Tucker, Jack Wallace, Denise Grayson, Zibby Allen and Chris Wylde.

Story centers on ten executives secretly meeting to sell off their company, and being murdered one by one.

Contact Dave McNary at dave.mcnary@variety.com

Source: http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118059313

90210's Ryan Eggold: Shirtless for 'Trophy Kids'! REPOST from JustJared!

REPOST from JustJared!

Ryan Eggold: Shirtless for 'Trophy Kids'!

http://justjared.buzznet.com/2011/06/01/ryan-eggold-shirtless-for-trophy-kids/

Ryan and the rest of the feature film "Trophy Kids" cast including David Gallagher (7th Heaven) and Tahyna Tozzi (X-Men: Origins), Director/Co-Writer Josh Sugarman and Producer/Co-Writer Brandon Yankowitz will be attending the festival premiere Sunday, June 5, 2011 at the Laemmle Theatre's Sunset 5 (8000 Sunset Blvd.) as part of the Dances with Films Film Festival.  Red carpet arrivals 9:00pm.

Official Site: AreYouATrophyKid.com

For more: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1457045/combined

For tickets: Dances with Films Ticketing

On twitter:  Director Josh Sugarman, @jb_sugarman | Producer Brandon Yankowitz @BYankowitz

Media Inquiries: media@ppmg.info | +1-310-860-7774 | @ppmginfo

Director Brenton Spencer wins coveted Leo Award for Best Direction in a Television Series

For Immediate
Release June 5, 2010

Brenton Spencer wins coveted Leo Award for Best Direction in a Television Series

Brenton Spencer wins for directing SyFy's Top Rated TV Series Sanctuary, "Pavor Nocturnus"

Hollywood, CA (6/5/10) -- Director Brenton Spencer has captured the coveted Leo Award for Best Direction in a Television Series with Damian Kindler's, SyFy Network series Sanctuary in the episode Pavor Nocturnus.

Spencer, who's television credits include Stargate Atlantis; Mutant X; Body & Soul; The Chris Isaak Show, Earth: Final Conflict; Strange Frequency; Andromeda; Call of the Wild; Hope Island; Poltergeist: The Legacy; The Crow; Dead Man's Gun; First Wave; The Outer Limits; Hawkeye; Cobra; Street Justice and Johnny Depp catalyst 21 Jump Street was thrilled with the win. "This is an amazing series, and I was honored to be a part of the team."

Brenton also has a litany of made for television feature films including Lightning: Bolts of Destruction (Joanna Pacula, Nick Mancuso); and feature films to his credit including Never Cry Werewolf (Nina Dobrev, Kevin Sorbo), Blown Away (Corey Haim, Corey Feldman, Nicole Eggert), The Club (Kim Coates, Andrea Roth, Zack Ward), and Arcana's kick-off picture Paradox (Kevin Sorbo, Steph Song).

Currently filming Tower Prep 1-hour drama for The Cartoon Network, Brenton is in development with Hunting Ground Earth for Hollywood Media Bridge.

Brenton Spencer is represented by Lee Dinstman (Agency for the Performing Arts) and Popular Press Media Group (PPMG).

For more information please contact media@ppmg.info or call +1-310-860-7774.

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PPMG Headlines: Vast Entertainment - Variety

PPMG client Vast Entertainment, founded by Lane Shefter Bishop, secured a deal for their literary property DUFF with McG's, Wonderland, which was reported in Variety by Dave McNary.

Original story: http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118020017?refcatid=13

PPMG client Vast Entertainment and founder Lane Shefter Bishop, secures deal with McG's Wonderland Sound.

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McG eyes teenage 'DUFF' novel

Wonderland Sound options rights to coming-of-age book

By Dave McNary

 

McG is going after "The DUFF," optioning feature rights to Kody Keplinger's coming-of-age novel to produce through his Wonderland Sound and Vision with Vast Entertainment.
McG will produce with Vast Entertainment CEO Lane Shefter Bishop. Wonderland's Mary Viola will exec produce.

"DUFF," which stands for Designated Ugly Fat Friend, focuses on a 17-year-old high school student who realizes she's the epitome of "Duffness" and subsequently struggles with maintaining her sense of identity while juggling a tumultuous home life.

It is the debut novel by the 20-year-old Keplinger and will be released this fall by Poppy. "DUFF" was featured at last week's BookExpo America on the Young Adult Editors' Buzz panel.

Wonderland is also producing film adaptations of the books "Dead Spy Running," adapted by Steve Gaghan; and "I'm An Evil Genius and I Want to Be Your Class President," adapted by Josh Lieb. The banner also has four TV shows in production, including the new CW drama "Nikita," as well as returning shows "Human Target," "Chuck" and "Supernatural."

Vast Entertainment is producing the feature films "Ghost Keepers" with Sid Ganis' Out of the Blue Entertainment and "Stray" with Evolution Entertainment. It is also producing "Savannah Reid Mysteries" skein for Lifetime and telepics "Girls Guide to Witchcraft" for ABC Family and "Fringe Girl" for Disney Channel.

Contact Dave McNary at dave.mcnary@variety.com

Industrial Color Software Announces Strategic Partnership with MovieSet™

For Immediate Release

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Industrial Color Software Announces Strategic Partnership with MovieSet™

Agreement Brings GLOBALedit® and Advanced Approval Tools to Real-Time Social Media Web Publishing

New York, NY (5/24/2010) -- Industrial Color Software announced today a strategic partnership and technology development agreement with MovieSet™, the leading production and pre-release marketing platform. The new strategic partnership gives independent motion picture, television and web content producers access to a secure marketing service already in use by the major networks and studios.

MovieSet.com is an innovative platform that combines film and television production workflow tools with a consumer-facing social media interface designed to build core audience beginning from the development phase onward through to distribution. Industrial Color Software's GLOBALedit® solution is an online media collaboration system used by leading film studios and network television groups to manage photo shoot projects and online talent approvals.

GLOBALedit®, through its integrated solution set, gives producers online software to edit and manage approvals for large numbers of promotional images around very busy shooting schedules. With the collaborative, easy to use tools available using a web browser or an iPad, GLOBALedit® helps its clients migrate away from traditional paper photo approvals to the web. GLOBALedit® was established in 2002 and is a service of Industrial Color Software.

"We're excited to join forces with MovieSet™," said Aaron Holm, VP Development at parent company, Industrial Color Software. "This partnership allows GLOBALedit® to provide more in-depth services to the growing number of Independent producers utilizing the MovieSet.com platform. We’re looking forward to bringing our Approval Gallery workflow to a broader audience of production groups”.

"GLOBALedit’s approval system is key to providing premium services to Producers and Studio marketing departments who are looking for a streamlined solution that will allow for secure Web publishing of digital assets such as still photos," said Colleen Nystedt, Founder and CEO at MovieSet Inc. MovieSet™ provides basic free approval tools to producers, however, GLOBALedit® offers a superior value-added system. Most importantly, GLOBALedit® has established trust relationships with major clients in the film and television industry, including Warner Bros., Universal, Disney and Showtime. Ultimately, this will assist with adoption and enable delivery of real-time behind-the-scenes content to online audiences”.

To learn more about GLOBALedit, visit https://www.globaledit.com.

To learn more about MovieSet.com, visit http://corporate.movieset.com/.

For more on MovieSet.com, Founder and CEO Colleen Nystedt, contact Media Relations , +1-310-860-7774

For more on GLOBALedit®, contact Meghan Furtado, Marketing Coordinator, Industrial Color Software, , +1-212-792-2747

Indie Filmmakers Make Money In Filmmaking Process with MovieSet.com & SoKap (Biracy)

For Immediate Release
May 19, 2010

INDIE FILMMAKERS MAKE MONEY IN FILMMAKING PROCESS WITH MOVIESET.COM & SOKAP

VANCOUVER, Canada (5/19/10) - A significant deal, preempting Cannes is the strategic alliance formed between internet portal MovieSet.com and crowdfunding social utility start-up SoKap.

MovieSet.com helps filmmakers build their core audience online and provides a suite of production management software and behind-the-scenes capabilities. The site also enables producers to stream content to fans over the entire life-cycle of a project - from development to delivery.

"We wanted to create an incentive that would reward filmmakers for investing time into marketing on the front end of production. By partnering with SoKap filmmakers are enabled to monetize their fan bases," said MovieSet.com founder Colleen Nystedt.

SoKap founder, David Geertz, caught the attention of MovieSet.com when SoKap's pilot beta - The Biracy Project - launched several months ago. The Biracy Project is crowdfunding and crowdsourcing a multi-million dollar science-fiction film by engaging fans throughout the filmmaking process.

"We initially planned to develop our own suite of promotions and production tools," says Geertz, "but working with MovieSet made perfect sense" after numerous producers approached him requesting access to SoKap. "Once we decided to open up the platform it became obvious that MovieSet would allow us to leverage their standing with not only filmmakers, but their fans".

For more information on MovieSet.com and Founder Colleen Nystedt @MovieSet or contact Media Relations , (310) 860-7774.

For more on SoKap - The Biracy Project, @biracy and founder David Geertz, visit http://www.biracy.com, or contact Phil Botana , (816) 217-4151.

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Mexico Creates A Tax Incentive Program for Audio Visual Industries

For Immediate Release

March 10, 2010

Mexico Creates Tax Incentive Program for Audio Visual Industries

Playas de Rosarito, Baja California (3/10/2010) -- In order to turn Mexico into the Latin American cinema capital, President Felipe Calderón implemented the Program to Support High-Impact Cinematographic and Audiovisual Industry, designed to attract large movie productions to the country once more.

"Federal Government has proposed to take the necessary measures to give a fresh impetus to the high-range audiovisual and cinematographic industry in Mexico through programs it is supporting in this marvelous renaissance of Mexican cinema, this second Golden Age it has experienced during the first decade of the 21st century," he declared.

In Baja Studios, in Playas de Rosarito, accompanied by state governor Guadalupe Osuna, the President added that this program attempts to put Mexico back on the map of the international film industry, since the cinema is not only regarded as an art, but as an industry that creates jobs and money for the country.

The President explained that the actions that will be undertaken to support the industry and major productions include the budgetary program comprising 20 to 40 million dollars, which will provide direct profits of $260 million USD.

Moreover, major movie productions will be given financial incentives through a 7.5% cash reimbursement for proven local expenses that firms incur in Mexico, which will boost tax collection and reduce tax evasion.

He added that in addition to this 7.5% reimbursement, international investments will have an incentive of up to 17.5% in reimbursement of expenses.

“We want to attract productions involving at least 70 million pesos in production expenses in Mexico or 20 million pesos in post production in the country," he added.

President Calderón declared that last year, the programs designed for the movie industry, such as FOPROCINE, FIDECINE and EFICINE, together with the one beginning today, accounted for nearly 80 million dollars last year, in other words, nearly a billion pesos.

“We will not only be attracting investment and creating new jobs but also contribute to Mexico's competitive integration into an international network of creativity and talent,” he explained.

The President invited both producers, directors, actors and businessmen linked to this industry to use the advantages and opportunities offered by Mexico to promote their artistic projects.

“I am sure that the age-old magic, culture, imagination, history and talent of our country will provide the ideal framework for producing successful, unforgettable films and at the same time, provide work and a decent income for Mexico’s young creative talents, and give work to the actors and movie workers in our country,” he said.

Lastly, President Calderón repeated that investment is crucial to the country's economic growth which is why programs such as this attempt to strengthen key economic features of cinema produced in Mexico.

“The point is to promote cinema as an investment and to make Mexican cinema an activity that can attract capital and investments to Mexico and create jobs in our country," he said.

For more:

Francisco S. del Cueto

Trade and Investment

Consulate General of Mexico in Los Angeles

2401 West 6th St. 5th Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90057

t. (213) 382-3179 ext. 227

f. (213) 382-7203

c. (281) 660-8766

francisco.delcueto@promexico.gob.mx

www.promexico.gob.mx

twitter.com/ProMexicoLAX