TELEVISION SERIES TO BE DISTRIBUTED BY SLINGSHOT GLOBAL MEDIA
LOS ANGELES, CA (August XX, 2014) – Slingshot Global Media announced today that they will partner with Centropolis’ Roland Emmerich to direct and executive produce the television series, New Angeles. Stephen Hamel and Keanu Reeves of Company Films brought the project to Centropolis and will executive produce alongside Emmerich. Kirstin Winkler and Aaron Boyd of Centropolis will serve as co-executive producers. Gregg Hurwitz was brought on board to write the project and will executive produce with the others. Slingshot Global Media will produce and distribute the series.
The show will be set in the future, based around a young man who escapes the mundane reality of his life by entering an exciting virtual reality world called New Angeles. Once down the rabbit hole, he adopts a new identity, becoming the man he was always destined to be, and in the process, unlocking the keys to a mystery that has real world consequences for him and his family.
Emmerich will direct the pilot and remain involved in the series as an executive producer. The director is well known for his big-budget, action films such asIndependence Day, Godzilla, The Day After Tomorrow, 10,000 BC, and White House Down. Emmerich is currently in post-production on Stonewall, a film about the historic riots that took place on the streets of New York City in 1969.
No stranger to action films, Reeves is possibly best known for his role as “Neo” in The Matrix Trilogy. His versatility as an actor is apparent from such films asSpeed, Something’s Gotta Give, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Constantine, and The Devil’s Advocate. In 2013, Reeves directed his first film, the martial arts action film,Man of Tai Chi, in which he also starred. Reeves recently completed production on the action film John Wick, opposite Willem Dafoe, and The Whole Truth, opposite Renee Zellweger.
Slingshot Global Media and Reeves recently announced a television series they are developing together entitled Rain.
“We’re thrilled to have Roland and Keanu on board for a project of this magnitude,” said David Ellender, CEO of Slingshot Global Media. “Roland’s masterful vision for this is extraordinary and Keanu’s action work behind and in front of the camera speaks for itself.”
Hurwitz will be penning the pilot script forNew Angeles. He is a critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling author whose novels, including his latest thriller Don’t Look Back, have been translated into twenty-two languages around the world. He is also a comic book writer who has penned stories for Marvel (Wolverine, Punisher) and DC Comics (Batman, Penguin).
“Gregg is an incredibly imaginative writer, and I’m looking forward to bringing his ideas for the show to life,” added Emmerich. “It’s exciting to get the opportunity bring a massive project like this to the small screen within a rapidly changing television space.”
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About Slingshot Global Media
Slingshot Global Media, which formed in early February 2014 in partnership with TPG Growth, develops and produces high-quality drama and comedy television programming for the multi-platform U.S. television market. Veteran television executive and CEO David Ellender and Quan Phung, President of Scripted Television, are working closely with established content creators, as well as young literary talent to nurture and develop commercial returning series and limited run event programming, in addition to serving as the Los Angeles bridge-head between the North American and European television markets, handling with international co-financing, co-production, and pre-sale deals.
About TPG Growth
TPG Growth is the middle market and growth equity investment platform of TPG, the global private investment firm. With $3.6 billion under management, TPG Growth targets investments in a broad range of industries and geographies, utilizing leveraged buyout, growth equity, and private investment in public equity (PIPE) structures. The firm is backed by the resources of TPG, which has $55.7 billion of assets under management. TPG Growth has offices in the United States, China and India. For more information, visitwww.tpggrowth.com.
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