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'Crash' Lands on Starz October 17
Series Stars Dennis Hopper, Clare Carey, Luis Chavez, Ross McCall, Jocko
Sims, Brian Tee and Arlene Tur
Guest Stars Include D.B. Sweeney and Nick E. Tarabay
Distinguished Creative Team Headed By Glen Mazzara ('Life,' 'The Shield')
Includes Writers from 'The Sopranos,' 'NYPD Blue,' 'Deadwood,' 'Without A
Trace' and 'The Wire'
LOS ANGELES, July 11 -- TCA - "Crash," the first original
drama series from Starz Entertainment, co-produced with Lionsgate, will
premiere Friday, October 17 at 10:00 p.m. (et/pt) on Starz.
Inspired by the Academy Award(R)-winning Best Motion Picture of 2006,
"Crash" is a provocative new 13-episode drama starring an ensemble cast led
by film icon Dennis Hopper. Set in Los Angeles, the series explores the
complexities of social and racial tolerance and the meaning of the American
dream through characters whose lives intersect and collide as they strive
to achieve that dream.
The drama features a disparate group of Los Angelenos, including
maverick record producer Ben Cendars (Dennis Hopper); impulsive cop Kenny
Battaglia (Ross McCall); his actress-turned-police officer partner Bebe
Arcel (Arlene Tur); frustrated Brentwood mom Christine Emory (Clare Carey);
her pre-bust real-estate developer husband Peter Emory (D.B. Sweeney);
former gang member-turned-EMT Eddie Choi (Brian Tee); Ben's street-smart
driver Anthony Adams (Jocko Sims); illegal Guatemalan immigrant Cesar Uman
(Luis Chavez); and cocky, hot-tempered detective Axel Finet (Nick E.
Tarabay).
The production team is headed by writer/executive producer Glen Mazzara
("The Shield"), and includes executive producers Bob Yari, Bobby Moresco
and Paul Haggis and co-executive producers Don Cheadle, Tom Nunan and Mark
R. Harris, who were members of the Oscar-winning theatrical production
team, and co-executive producers Jorg Westerkamp and Thomas Becker. Joining
Mazzara as series writers are co-executive producers Frank Renzulli ("The
Sopranos") and Ted Mann ("Deadwood," "Miami Vice"); producer Stacy Rukeyser
("One Tree Hill," "Without a Trace"); executive story editors Chris Collins
("The Wire") and Randy Huggins ("The Shield"); and staff writer Sang Kyu
Kim. John B. Moranville ("Drive") is producer, Elizabeth Kling is associate
producer, and Brad Caleb Kane is consulting producer.
Starz Media's Anchor Bay Entertainment will hold exclusive U.S.
distribution rights, including home entertainment, to the "Crash" series,
while Lionsgate will retain international distribution.
About LIONSGATE(R)
Lionsgate is a leading next generation filmed entertainment studio with
a major presence in the production and distribution of motion pictures,
television programming, home entertainment, family entertainment,
video-on-demand and digitally delivered content. The Company is leveraging
its content leadership and marketing expertise through a series of
partnerships that include the operation of the highly successful FEARNet
branded VOD and Internet horror channel with Sony and Comcast, the recent
announcement of the fall 2009 launch of a new premium entertainment channel
with partners Viacom, Paramount Pictures and MGM, investment in the leading
young men's digital distribution platform Break.com, ownership of the
premier independent television syndication company Debmar-Mercury LLC and
an alliance with independent filmed entertainment production and
distribution company Roadside Attractions. Lionsgate also has forged
partnerships with leading content creators, owners and distributors in key
territories around the world, including Televisa in the U.S. and Latin
America, StudioCanal in the UK, Hoyts and Sony in Australia and Eros
International in India.
The Company has generated more than $450 million at the North American
theatrical box office in the past year and has released a string of hits
including The Forbidden Kingdom, Tyler Perry's Meet The Browns, The Bank
Job, Rambo, The Eye, Saw IV, Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married?, Good
Luck Chuck, 3:10 To Yuma and War, most of which have opened at #1 or #2 at
the box office. The Company has also forged leadership positions in
television and home entertainment with the production of such
critically-acclaimed television series as Weeds and Mad Men, the
distribution of Tyler Perry's House of Payne, Family Feud, South Park,
Trivial Pursuit and The Dead Zone, among others, and approximately 9%
market share and the industry's leading box office-to-DVD conversion rate
in home entertainment. Lionsgate handles a prestigious and prolific library
of approximately 12,000 motion picture and television titles that is an
important source of recurring revenue and serves as the foundation for the
growth of the Company's core businesses. The Lionsgate brand is synonymous
with entrepreneurial innovation and original, daring, quality entertainment
in markets around the globe.
About Starz Entertainment
Starz Entertainment, LLC, is a premium movie service provider operating
in the United States. It offers 16 movie channels including the flagship
Starz(R) and Encore(R) brands with approximately 16.8 million and 31.4
million subscribers respectively. Starz Entertainment airs more than 1,000
movies per month across its pay TV channels and offers advanced services
including Starz HD, Encore HD, Starz On Demand, Encore On Demand, MoviePlex
On Demand, Starz HD On Demand, Encore HD On Demand, MoviePlex HD On Demand,
and Starz Play. Starz Entertainment (http://www.starz.com) is an operating
unit of Starz, LLC, which is a controlled subsidiary of Liberty Media
Corporation, and is attributed to Liberty Entertainment Group (Nasdaq:
LMDIA), a tracking stock group of Liberty Media Corporation.
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