De Niro & Pacino Going in for the 'Kill' with Family Room Entertainment
2007-05-18 06:00 MT - News Release
LOS ANGELES -- (Business Wire)
Family Room Entertainment Corporation (OTCBB:FMLY), would like to announce that on Thursday, May 17, 2007, its wholly owned subsidiary, Emmett/Furla Films, issued a joint announcement with Millennium Films from the 2007 Cannes Film Festival that Robert De Niro and Al Pacino would be starring in the feature film “Righteous Kill” for the two companies.
Principal photography for the picture, which is from a screenplay by “Inside Man” writer Russell Gewirtz, is scheduled to begin August 6 in Connecticut. The two stars play cops chasing a serial killer. Jon Avnet will direct
In an interview with Daily Variety Family Room Co-Chair Randall Emmett stated that the idea for the film originated from the two actors’ desire to co-star. “They’re friends, and this really all got started from that,” he said.
FMLY would like to state to its shareholders that its compensation package in connection with this picture has yet to be negotiated.
About Family Room Entertainment:
Family Room Entertainment Corporation, with its subsidiaries, Emmett Furla Films Productions (“EFFP”), Emmett Furla Films Distribution (“EFFD”) and EFF Independent (EFFI”), is a publicly held company trading on the NASDAQ Bulletin Board under the symbol “FMLY”. Family Room Entertainment develops, produces and performs production related services for the entertainment industry. Family Room Entertainment’s goal, through EFFI and EFFP, is to facilitate relationships (and as such, provide production related services) between creative talent (including writers, actors and directors) and companies who produce, finance and distribute motion pictures. FMLY derives its income from producer fees, production consulting and service fees and royalties as well as participation in the profits, if any, of certain of the pictures it produces.
The FMLY co-founders, Randall Emmett and George Furla, believe that they have the expertise and contacts within the entertainment industry, specifically in the competitive development, production and distribution arenas, to profitably acquire content, package product by adding value to the content with top quality talent and arrange with third parties to produce and finance motion pictures which are in the moderate to higher level budgets, which can be distributed by those with the expertise to effectively do so to a mass worldwide audience. However, there is no assurance that any motion picture, which has not yet been released, will be released, that a change in the scheduled release dates of any such films will not occur or, if such motion picture is released, it will be successful.
Forward Looking Statement:
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Contacts:
Family Room Entertainment Corporation
IR Contact:
M. Dal Walton, III, 310-659-9411 x127
ir@fmlyroom.com
Source: Family Room Entertainment Corporation