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Press Media Wire (Press Release) - Dec 11,2009 - PressMediaWire - (Austin, Texas) - Owned Entertainment Inc. announced today, along with Steven J. Wong and
Bobby Razak Films, the biggest MMA Entertainment venture of all time
with MMA's most marketable star. The Project is directed by Steven J
Wong and is Executive Produced by James Hergott and Bobby Razak. It
stars Ultimate Fighting Champion Georges St- Pierre and dynamic MMA
fighter David "The Crow" Loiseau and is currently titled "The Striking
Truth".
The Deal signed last week includes 3 years and hundreds
of hours of never seen before HD footage filmed of Georges St-Pierre by
Steven J. Wong, including his training, home life and all that happened
behind the scenes as he grew from MMA fighter to UFC champion. It
juxtaposes the story with former UFC contender David "The Crow" Loiseau
and all of the ups and downs he has faced in his career. Revolutionary
3D technology is being utilized to take the footage shot and edit it in
3D. Additionally new scenes will be shot, including a full David
Loiseau fight in 3D. The film also explores the relationship between
the two athletes and their home life. It will also include several of
St-Pierre and David’s early fights prior to competing in the UFC.
This is the exclusive documentary for charismatic
Ultimate Fighting Champion Georges St-Pierre, who is currently ranked
as one of the top "pound for pound" fighters by multiple MMA sources.
For his exciting brand of fighting Georges St-Pierre (GSP) was named
the Canadian Athlete of the Year by Rogers Sportsnet. Georges’ last
fight at UFC 100; achieved Pay Per View buys in excess of 1.5 million,
making it one of the most-watched PPV events in history according to
Kevin Ioli of Yahoo Sports Online. Georges St-Pierre became the first
MMA fighter to be sponsored by Gatorade (GSP’s Gatorade commercial
includes footage from this movie) and Under Armour. Georges
St-Pierre's UFC fight at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec reportedly
sold out in minutes. GSP's face graced the cover of the official UFC
video game in stores across Canada.
This past week Wong and Hergott made the rounds to several Canadian
Media outlets. Including being interviewed by the Fight Network: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_iy1chCjC0,
the National Post Newspaper released this week, a special segment on
Showdown Joe’s MMA Connected show, which airs tonight on Sportsnet
Ontario at 11:30pm EST and Pacific at Midnight with multiple airings
throughout the week (check local listings) and will be online Dec 11,th
at http://www.sportsnet.ca/mma/,
Mauro Ranallo’s “The MMA Show” which plays on the Score Network Fridays
at 12pm and 3pm & Saturdays at 2am, 2pm & 6pm as well as his
radio show and Newspaper article in the Northumberland News coming out
Thursday December 10th.
MMA is the fastest growing sport and is showing
recession resiliency. The UFC's President Dana White comments on the
sport's success, “The crazy thing about this sport is we haven't even
scratched the surface on how big this thing is going to be. It's going
to be the biggest sport in the world.”
Top MMA Producer and Canadian native James Hergott who
over the past year produced, wrote and directed 10 episodes for a tv
show on HDNET and filmed a movie about the first MMA fights in an
active war zone that will premier in Washington DC for wounded veterans
of the Afghanistan and Iraq war (see trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHM33cURCjM and Inside MMA segment here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKQHMB7cC1k Fox News interview: http://www.foxnews.com/video-search/m/22079298/mma-legacy.htm)
procured the deal and is coming on board to Executive Produce along
with Bobby Razak. In 2005 Hergott procured a distribution deal for his
low budget feature film, getting it distributed in Regal, United Artist
and Edwards theatres, which is the largest theatre chain in North
America. Bobby Razak is MMA's top Director, who for the past ten years
has exclusively directed all of the TapouT commercials and movies
including Simply Believe, Mask, Bloodlines, Drysdale, and Pitfight
Redux (Bobby Razak videos: http://www.vimeo.com/user863668).
Razak is currently working on a Legalize MMA in Ontario and New York
commercial campaign for clothing giant Ecko Unlimited including filming
at Tristar gym in Montreal.
According to
DreamWorks head Jeffrey Katzenberg; Digital 3-D movies usually gross at
least three times as much as their flat-world counterpart. Cynthia
Ludwig, editor of My Bloody Valentine 3D, which grossed over $51
million at the US Box Office this year, will edit the film’s 3D
segments. Hergott comments, "GSP is the Boardwalk piece in MMA and
Razak, Steven and I are going to build a hotel on that piece utilizing
revolutionary technology. We want to create the most stunning MMA
movie ever. And the best part is, it's all real!"
Announced December 4th, 2009, Sony pictures signed a 3-D video deal
for the 2010 world cup. The Japanese electronics and entertainment
company is one of several electronics makers planning or working on 3-D
technology for TVs and movies. Sony makes 3-D capable video cameras,
and plans to sell 3-D TVs for homes next year. Most 3-D releases so
far have been animation films but the feature is gradually spreading to
other genres, such as the soon-to-be-released sci-fi epic Avatar. Sony
Corp. CEO Howard Stringer said, “Sports was definitely one area 3-D
could display its strengths.”
The deal also includes exclusive tracks from French Canadian rapper
Sans Pression, who has done entrance music for GSP for past UFC fights.
Since the Movie was primarily shot in Canada, about Canadian subject
matter and with Canadian crew and cast it is subject to up to 40% in
Canadian and provincial tax incentives and rebates. Sponsorship in the
movie is open at this time. Those interested should contact James
Hergott at jameshergott@gmail.com
About Owned Entertainment
Owned Entertainment, Inc. (www.OwnedEntertainment.com)
engages in producing, and distributing full-length feature films as
well as TV projects and other entertainment entities specifically aimed
at young adult males age 18-35. James Hergott can be reached at
James@OwnedEntertainment.com. Contact Information: Owned Entertainment, Inc.
James Hergott, President
512-284-7888
James@OwnedEntertainment.com
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