RE: Voyager International Entertainment, Inc. Launches in Los Angeles With New International Film Sales Company.LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , California--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 19, 1998--VOYAGER INT'L Voyager International Entertainment, Inc., a new, multi-faceted entertainment company, has launched in Los Angeles with satellite offices in Vancouver. Plans call for the company to go public within 90 days. The new entertainment company will provide independent producers a direct pipeline for their product to the international marketplace and provide independent production entities a rolling development fund with up to $500,000 in initial capital. Under the new entertainment umbrella, Voyager will co-venture with L.A.-based Aurora Productions for a new international film sales company, Voyager Film Sales. The new entity will handle international sales for 3-4 films in 1998, with an additional 6-8 in 1999. Voyager Film Sales also launches with a multi-picture deal with Aurora Productions and Vancouver-based Blackcomb Productions. Blackcomb will provide Voyager Film Sales with a television movie entitled, "Sun Peaks", to be filmed in December of 1998. Also in the works is a feature film entitled, "The 9 Circles", set to lens in Egypt in the spring of 1999. Tapped as President of Voyager International Entertainment is producer/director/cinematographer, Warren Wayne, whose production credits include nine feature films for such companies as Tri-Star, Touchstone touchstone Black, silica-containing stone used in assaying to determine the purity of gold and silver. The metal to be assayed is rubbed on the touchstone, and then a sample of metal of known purity is rubbed on the stone right next to it. and 20th Century Fox, as well as more than 200 episodes of television for entities including ABC Television ABC Television may refer to:
n. Southwestern U.S. 1. a. An open or semienclosed shelter roofed with brush or branches, designed especially to provide shade. b. An open porch or breezeway. 2. Inns and many others. Voyager International Entertainment CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. is Nick Meredith, British financier whose background includes an instrumental role in the Guinness/Distiller take-over bid, as well as spearheading 22 successful merger and takeover campaigns for top British merchant banks. Known for developing the concept of "shareholder relations" for The Takeover Panel in London, Meredith is also an award-winning executive producer, whose entertainment magazine television show, "Metro Cafe", won the prestigious 1997 CanPro award for Best Variety Series in Canada. Under the new joint venture, Voyager Film Sales will be established as an international sales company, with discussions already underway with several prominent executives to head up this division. Acting as interim president of the film sales company is veteran producer, William Stuart, President of Aurora Productions, who will supervise the daily operations of the company. Stuart's credits include Vice-President stripes at both Columbia and United Artists. As a producer, Stuart's credits include the big-budget thriller, THE ROCK (Disney), starring Nicolas Cage Nicolas Cage (born January 7, 1964) is an Academy Award-winning American actor. He has also worked as a director and producer, through his production company Saturn Films. and Sean Connery Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born 25 August 1930) is a retired Scottish actor and producer who is perhaps best known as the first actor to portray James Bond in cinema, starring in seven Bond films. , as well as HOLY MATRIMONY MATRIMONY. See Marriage. (Interscope/Disney), starring Patricia Arquette Patricia T. Arquette (born April 8, 1968) is an Emmy Award-winning and Golden Globe Award-nominated American actress. Biography Early life Arquette was born in Chicago, Illinois and was raised in Virginia and California, daughter of Mardi Olivia (Nowak), an and directed by Leonard Nimoy. Notes Meredith: "Voyager International Entertainment is seeking to establish itself as the 'Independents' independent' - a new entertainment company model which seeks to provide funding and support for rising production entities which are carving out a niche in the marketplace. With action/adventure fare the standard product for foreign markets, we are looking to supply a variety of genre films - providing a means for promising new producing and directing talent to showcase their work in different parts of the world. Adds Wayne: "We are committed to producing and selling quality product. We believe our structure will be conducive to facilitating the development and production of deserving, well written, character driven, low to medium budget films that are financially viable and deserving of a worldwide audience." Voyager International Entertainment, Inc., is a full service entertainment company that develops and invests in entertainment- oriented companies through funding and marketing partnerships. CONTACT: Voyager International Entertainment Inc. Nick Meredith, 604/730-9438 604/730-9437 (FAX) John Gray, 800/663-0321 |
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