Owned Entertainment Announces Partnership With North American MixedMartial Arts Expo and Southern California Auditions For The MMA MovieOwned’
AUSTIN, Texas, Nov 12, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) — Owned Entertainment,Inc. has announced today they have partnered up with the NorthAmerican Mixed Martial Arts Expo (www.nammae.com) held December 1stand 2nd, 2007 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Orange CountyCalifornia. Owned Entertainment will be holding open auditions for theMMA movie ‘Owned’ at the convention and will have a 10 X 20 booth atthe event. President James Hergott comments, “We are extremely excitedto be a part of the first MMA expo in North America. We look forwardto the auditions as well as networking opportunities with a number ofthe great companies that will be attending the event.”
Those auditioning may email us ahead of time atinfo@ownedentertainment.com or approach us at the convention. Any MMAmedia, clothing companies or other potential business partnerships areencouraged to contact us ahead of time. We are also looking for anumber of ‘Owned’ ring girls to represent us at the event. Theauditions will be covered by the 5thround (www.5thround.com).
About ‘Owned’
Owned’ is an exciting sci-fi action thriller set in the future, whichis more than just a typical MMA movie. It is a mix of ‘Die Hard,’ ‘TheMatrix,’ and ‘A History of Violence.’ We will be looking for acombination of talented actors and MMA fighters for the movie.Recently announced fighters for the movie include Dean Lister and CungLe. For more information on the ‘Owned’ movie visit mmamovie.com,ownedentertainment.com and the official ‘Owned’ myspace athttp://www.myspace.com/ownedentertainmentinc.
About Owned Entertainment
Owned Entertainment, Inc. has emerged as a player in the area ofindependent film production and distribution, once monopolized by themajor film studios. The company engages in investing, producing, anddistributing full-length feature films as well as TV projects, videogames and other entertainment entities. Along with its controllingequity interest in ‘All That I Need,’ released in theatres December2005 and released on DVD February 2006, there are several otherprojects in the making, including: ‘The Other Side’ and ‘Descendant,’written by Damir Catic and Eric Alfio, the action thriller set in theworld of Mixed Martial Arts ‘Owned’ by James Hergott, ‘Brothers’ byTarquin Gotch (whose credits include ‘Home Alone,’ ‘Curly Sue,’Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’) and the Reno 911-type comedic take-off onthe popular ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ TV show entitled ‘Fight House.’ Ourmission at Owned Entertainment, Inc. is to produce high quality andhighly enjoyable feature films that will be widely distributed in themainstream media markets. The corporate offices for OwnedEntertainment, Inc. are in Austin, Texas with additional offices inSouthern California. Owned Entertainment, Inc. has recently announcedadding an Interactive Entertainment division to focus on video gamedevelopment.
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CONTACT: Owned Entertainment, Inc.James Hergott, President512-284-7888james@ownedentertainment.cominfo@ownedentertainment.comwww.ownedentertainment.com