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World Wrestling Entertainment Tags Fox Filmed
Entertainment
For Multi-Year Production Deal
February 25, 2008
World Wrestling Entertainment Tags Fox Filmed
Entertainment
For Multi-Year Production Deal
STAMFORD, Conn., February 25, 2008 World Wrestling
Entertainment (WWE) and Fox Filmed Entertainment
have entered into first-look agreements that encompass
both Fox Atomic and Twentieth Century Fox Home
Entertainment (TCFHE). The deals allow for both
Fox Atomic and WWE to create film projects for
release in a variety of distribution mediums including
theatrical, direct digital download, and made-for-DVD.
The projects will incorporate WWE talent and themes
and capitalize on the brand awareness of both
organizations.
“Fox
is a powerhouse that will give great credibility
to our projects, and we look forward to our collaborations
in the theatrical, television and DVD marketplaces,”
said Michael Lake, President, WWE Films. “With
proven success in producing projects for a wide
audience, Fox is a natural partner for WWE.”
“Historically,
action films have been a cornerstone in the development
of highly successful franchises, a genre that
resonates with the massive WWE audience. This
partnership allows Fox to capitalize on this global
audience and the WWE brand’s continued expansion
into the filmed entertainment medium,” said
Tom Siegrist, Senior Vice President Production
for TCFHE.
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WWE’s
previous project with Twentieth Century Fox was
“The Marine,” featuring WWE Raw Superstar
John Cena. It released in theaters on October
13, 2006. The DVD, released on January 30, 2007,
debuted at No. 2, according to Nielsen Videoscan
First Alert, and at No. 1 on Home Media Magazine’s
video rental chart.
FFE
Boilerplate
A
recognized global industry leader, Twentieth Century
Fox Home Entertainment LLC (TCFHE) is the worldwide
marketing, sales and distribution company for
all Fox film and television programming on VHS,
DVD and Blu-ray Disc (BD) as well as acquisitions
and original productions. The company also releases
all products around the globe for MGM Home Entertainment.
Each year TCFHE introduces hundreds of new and
newly enhanced products, which it services to
retail outlets - from mass merchants and warehouse
clubs to specialty stores and e-commerce - throughout
the world. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
LLC is a subsidiary of Twentieth Century Fox Film
Corporation, a News Corporation company.
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