Owned Entertainment Casts World Champion Grappler Dean “The Boogyman”Lister in Supporting Role in Movie ‘Owned’
AUSTIN, TX. Oct 18, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) – Owned Entertainment, Inc.announced today that it has cast Dean “The Boogyman” Lister in asupporting role in the feature film ‘Owned.’ Mr. Lister comments onthe casting, “I am very excited and thankful to James and Stephaniefor allowing me to be part of ‘Owned’ because it is going to give mean opportunity to showcase my skills as an actor. I have to also saythat I am very much looking forward to playing a villain in the movieand I am sure that will give me an opportunity to show some deadlymoves that I can’t display in the octagon. I can’t wait!”
Dean is a UFC and MMA fighter who was an assistant coach on the thirdseason of the popular Spike TV show ‘The Ultimate Fighter.’ He is atwo time US National Sambo Champion, a four time US Machada NationalBrazilian Jiu Jitsu Champion, former King of the Cage middleweightchampion and National Gracie Jiu Jitsu Champion.
ABOUT OWNED
Owned is an exciting sci-fi action thriller set in the future whichalso includes MMA fighting. It is a mix of ‘Die Hard,’ ‘The Matrix,’and ‘A History of Violence.’ We will be looking for a combination oftalented actors and MMA fighters for the movie. MMA fighter andkickboxing champion Cung Le was recently announced in a key role inthe movie. To read up more about the movie and the company visitownedentertainment.com or mmamovie.com.
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.The Owned Entertainment, Inc. logo is available athttp://www.primenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=4303
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