Burt Reynolds and Raquel Welch Film ''Forget About It'' Settles Legal Disputes Monday July 25, 10:10 am ET
HOLLYWOOD--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 25, 2005--Big Screen Entertainment (OTC:BSEG - News) announces a resolution has been reached with Michael Paloma and Red Rock Entertainment regarding the feature film, "Forget About It." BSEG and Red Rock have now resolved all legal disputes involving both companies.
Founder and former CEO, Producer/Director BJ Davis, has worked close with BSEG President Kimberley Kates to stabilize the company for its investors and film properties. Davis stated, "Since all legal disputes have now been resolved, 'Forget About It' is now unfettered and ready for worldwide release."
"Forget About It," a feature film starring Academy Award nominee Burt Reynolds and Raquel Welch, reuniting the two stars after a thirty year hiatus, has been likened to "Grumpy Old Men" and "Analyze This." "Grumpy Old Men" grossed $200 million worldwide, while "Analyze This" did $177 million in sales. Davis stated, "I expect 'Forget About It' to be a strong competitor in all media markets and has an unlimited potential for being a box office success." Burt Reynolds' recent success with Paramount Studios' "The Longest Yard" and the highly anticipated, "Dukes of Hazzard" will highlight the September 2005 release of "Forget About It."
CEO Kates commented, "Our sole focus now is the delivery of film and television productions as commercial properties that will solidify the growth, development and viability of BSEG."
BSEG is preparing for the American Film Market in November, where the company will sell and exhibit its production lineup which includes the supernatural thriller, "Angel's Blood," and "Tow Truck" from the horror genre, a thrilling murder mystery entitled "The Mirror" and the pulp, crime drama, "Tool Girls."
Other completed BSEG projects slated for 2005 release are the films "Dirty Love" co-produced with DoubleDown Entertainment and "Lightfield's Home Video" with Giovanni Ribisi, Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Juliette Lewis.
About Big Screen
BSEG is a full service entertainment company designed to develop, produce, purchase, and exhibit products in all media formats, including motion pictures, television, music and publishing.
Safe Harbor Statement under the 1995 Private Securities Litigation Reform Act: Statements contained in this document which are not historical fact are forward-looking statements based upon management's current expectations that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in or implied by forward-looking statements.
Moderator Registered: 4/17/05 Posts: 155 7/15/05 at 09:22 AM
Hi all - Some of you send us questions that we are not able to answer on this Forum as we are limited to making sure we do not cross any lines with any information and your questions ask for specifics which we can only release in PR's.
As far as our films releases go, please see the press releases. Here is some info from the press releases if you haven't read them: Dirty Love is tentatively scheduled for a theatrical release at the end of September. Foreign sales have been underway for several months with Wild Bunch handling all foreign sales. It's doing well. Domestic distribution deal is in place and it is only a matter of waiting for lawyers to wrap up this deal so we can announce. All the advertising and marketing is being worked on and almost ready to go.
Forget About It is scheduled to be delivered in September as well. We will be able to announce more specific information as deals are solidified.
Lightfield's Home Videos is looking fantastic. It's a wonderful story with the biggest cast of actors of any of our projects.
BigScreen
Moderator Registered: 4/17/05 Posts: 155 7/17/05 at 10:10 AM
For those of you who were asking about Dirty Love and advertising, so far it has been in these publications:
FHM - Jenny on the cover promoting Dirty Love
Playboy
Time
Movieline
Hollywood Life
There will be a publicity blitz mid August or so.
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strange behaviour on the closing bid/ask for the last two days. wide spread bid .032 ask .07 at close but settled back to .04 x .051 on pinksheets site
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have a read thru the profiles on the BSEG website. IMO these people are experienced professionals who mean business and are out to get results. they aint dicking around here.
Big Screen Entertainment Group and Double Down Entertainment Announce Theatrical Release Set for Sundance Hit 'Dirty Love' Wednesday August 3, 9:45 am ET
HOLLYWOOD--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 3, 2005--Big Screen Entertainment Group (OTC: BSEG - News) and Double Down Entertainment have a domestic distribution deal with First Look Studios for Jenny McCarthy's "Dirty Love." Director John Asher's comedy opens in theaters in the United States Sept. 23, 2005. International distribution is also well under way by the French-based Wild Bunch International.
"Dirty Love" premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival and was an immediate favorite among the film-going audiences and professionals in attendance. The film was invited to the prestigious U.S. HBO Comedy and Arts Festival in March and was showcased at the Cannes Film Festival this past May.
Big Screen CEO Kimberley Kates said, "We are all excited about the upcoming theatrical release for 'Dirty Love.' Everyone involved in the production has worked hard to bring this commercial comedy to the big screen with great expectations for its box office success. In the Jenny McCarthy tradition, she is stunningly beautiful and outrageously funny in her stellar performance."
"Dirty Love" stars Jenny McCarthy, Carmen Electra, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Victor Webster, Kathy Griffin and Kam Heskin. The film also features the rock band Sum 41. McCarthy, who currently hosts "Party at the Palms" for E! Entertainment, also penned the romantic comedy and recently received the "Hottest New Screenwriter" Award from Movieline Magazine for her work on "Dirty Love."
About Big Screen Entertainment
BSEG is a full-service entertainment company designed to develop, produce, purchase, and exhibit products in all media formats, including motion pictures, television, music, and publishing.
BSEG's other completed projects are the feature films, "Forget About It," with Academy Award nominee Burt Reynolds and Raquel Welch, Charles Durning and Robert Loggia, and "Lightfield's Home Videos," executive produced by Academy Award nominee Gus Van Sant, starring Juliette Lewis, Cuba Gooding Jr., Beck and Giovanni Ribisi.
Safe Harbor Statement Under the 1995 Private Securities Litigation Reform Act: Statements contained in this document which are not historical fact are forward-looking statements based upon management's current expectations that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in or implied by forward-looking statements.
Contact:
Big Screen Entertainment Group Rosslyn Hornsby, 323-960-4014 HornsbyR@bigscreenentertainmentgroup.com
Source: Big Screen Entertainment
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I got screwed by these clowns with a reverse split...not going there again......
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Fair enough. Can't see them R/S anytime soon though with an O/S of currently less than 30 million . As long as I can keep track of the O/S and the rate of dilution I should be pretty much prepared for any such splits, and they don't seem to be diluting the crap out of the stock.
They have an investors forum on thier website and seem open to questions. They have also changed the board of directors since the R/S and seem to have settled any legal disputes. 2 Films to be released in the next 2 months. To me this looks good. But this is only my opinion.
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Okay, Dukes of Hazard opened this weekend, with Burt Reynolds who is also starring in BSEG's Forget About It, due for release in September (I think).
Dukes of Hazard grossed 30 million dollars this weekend alone.
BSEG currently has a market cap of less than 1.8 million dollars.
With three films featuring major stars (Reynolds, Raquel Welch, Jenny McCarthy, Carmen Electra etc) due for release, does nobody else think this stock undervalued?
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Hi Tic tToc, et al, I was about to create a BSEG board, but see you have one. The old BVHJ board seems to have disappeared. Just as well. I've been buying shares the last few months. After following all the drama this company has passed through in the last year, I've seen the new management make a real effort to settle all the old disputes and get the company under control and move forward again. Disputes are settled and documented on both sides. The old president has moved on to new ventures and their stalemate is long broken, and he even went back to location in Hoboken (strictly as a hired gun) to shoot the additional needed footage for the Burt Reynolds movie "FAI" on which he was the director, and which they are now getting ready for delivery. They are keeping an open line to investors through their company website boards which are updated almost daily, and questions, even the hard ones, are addressed professionally and sincerely. I think the new management is no joke, and they seem determined to build a going concern. I urge everyone to visit their message board, where they just posted their precise share count and answered questions about how they got there and what they are doing with them. The count is down to 32M !!! and still under 10 cents, with TWO movies with major stars coming out in SEPTEMBER, just a few weeks away. I believe they are making a go of it. I know past investors got burned by previous management, but the diffference between the old and new management is very tangible, like night and day in how they are communicating and fostering trust with the current investors. I believe them, and am following them closely. (Disclosure: I wasn't around for the r/s so I didn't get burned.) I will try to go to one of the upcoming screenings, as they have openly said may have room for BSEG investors who express interest. A lot is happening and most of it good. You couldn't say that about them a year ago, when nothing was happening and most of it was crrisis. Night and day, IMO.
I've been in contact with Special Ops Media and they are working on getting the full Dirty Love website up first week in September. They are first rate and I urge everyone to look at their client list which includes 20th Century Fox, Dreamworks SKG, Focus Features, First Look (distributor for Dirty Love), IFC, Lion's Gate, and the list goes on. I believe we own (have to go back and check) 25% of Dirty Love, and they can market this film in a big way:
As Tic Toc stated the film is also being distributed overseas by Wild Bunch, and I think he posted a link.
Check out the recent posts on the Big Screen Entertainment message boards, where the company responds to questions about the upcoming Burt Reynolds flick "Forget About It" and everything else, and see the new trailers for that and Dirty Love, which looks really funny. Robbert Loggia's line in the "FAI" trailer also cracks me up every time I watch it.
BSEG Board Topics range from "Current Share Structure", questions about the staes of films in production, screenings, and all concerns are addressed with honesty.
They have a movie Executive Produced by Gus Van Sant nearing completion as well, which I'm keen to see. Ask questions on the forum and you will get answers from the new management, sometimes directly from Kimberely Kates. This company is being reborn IMO, and while there is still risk, most of it comes from being in a risky business. The days of worrying about whether you can trust the management's intentions, I feel, have passed. All just my opinion, but they are worth everyone's time to at least DD for themselves. There's still a couple of weeks before we see the films promos in the media, so use it to DD if you are interested in this company. I'll try to post anything new that I find as it pops up too. Cheers and GLTA.
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The fact that over 5M of the 32M shares are restricted is nice to know. The company posted this today on the forum, about the restricted stock, and other matters:
" The total in January was 21.3 mil now total is 32.1 mil. In any case, current management cancelled 108.9 million shares in January, cutting down the O/S by over 400% to help clean matters up.
And yes, primarily the Restricted stock has gone to investors for completion of the current projects, upcoming projects and Stock Options for current Officers who do not take a salary and have their own personal money invested in the company and its films.
Films do have a long turn around time from when you invest and when it is recouped (12-18 months). However, a film, after its investment is recouped, can have years of passive income as there are so many ancillary avenues for revenue to constantly be coming in.
The company has a good deal of investment in all its projects. We are implementing ways of cutting down the ROI (return on investment) time. Primarily on having our own distribution arm within the company and selling directly to foreign buyers ourselves where we cut out the middle men. Thereby cutting the 20-30% distribution fee most companies charge. Starting with the American Film Market in November where the company will be directly selling product to buyers for quicker recoupment time and saving the 20-30% fees which could be translate into hundreds of thousands of dollars or more saved.
All of us here at BSEG are counting on the success of the company and really believe in its future. Come have a visit with us anytime at Raleigh Studios. Our doors are always open."
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Sorry, tried to post a graphic but I guess I don't have the technique down. Thought it was just like html.
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Jenny McCarthy on IGN message Boards! Last weekend of August! Check it out! by IGN Babes
August 27, 2005 - It's true! Jenny's screen name is:
"jennymccarthy1"
That's all you need to know. It's not a hoax; it's not an impersonator; this is for real. The real Jenny McCarthy will be browsing and posting on the IGN message boards this weekend only. (Unless, of course, she falls in love with you and sticks around for other purposes.)
It's all part of her desire to spread the word about her film Dirty Love . It's a first for her both as the star and as the writer, and she wants to get pretty hands-on with the fans - that means you.
So make sure you save some precious time to share with Jenny this weekend by visiting the IGN boards . Tell her we said hello, and we want our boxers back.
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Hey Bialy! glad you have come to join the party. Gotta say thanks for originally bringing this stock to my attention. September should be an interesting month for this stock.
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Dirty Love promotion on Howard Stern TBA Hi Tic Toc, wouldn't miss it for the world. Just bought more on Friday, even though it might dip a bit more...but then again it might not! Did you see this today?:
Announced today on BSEG message board by the company.
"Just found out Jenny McCarthy will be on Howard Stern talking about Dirty Love. We'll find out exact date and let everyone know."
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Dirty Love also has its own stock on the Hollywood Stock Exchange, which everyone should check out for fun. The movie's "stock" is at over $4 there, lol ! :
"Howard Stern Channel Launches On Sirius Satellite Radio In September
August 24, 2005
Sirius Satellite Radio will debut Howard Stern programming in September, with a likely date of September 29 when the satcaster undergoes its annual channel tweaking..."
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Hear ye, Playboy fans: one of the most famous bunnies of all time, Jenny McCarthy, will be gracing the screens in a movie starring (and yes, even written by) the blonde bombshell herself. Entitled DIRTY LOVE, McCarthy will star as a woman named Rebecca who embarks on a sexual quest to find true love after she discovers her lover (Victor Webster) engaged in an act of infidelity. The film promises to offer gross and hilarious antics, and will also star another one of America’s favorite skanks, Carmen Electra.
Now, I am no Ebert, but DIRTY LOVE is most certainly going to be the farthest thing from an Academy Award winning film. However, regardless of whether you find McCarthy to be the butt of all jokes, or the hottest thing on the planet, the truth is fans should expect what will be a laugh and a half…. even if they are laughing at McCarthy’s feeble attempt to fabricate a silver screen marvel.
Look for DIRTY LOVE out on September 23 of this year. Expect nudity, plenty of crude humor and an MPAA ‘R’ rating.
>> Watch the trailer for Dirty Love with Jenny McCarthy CLICK HERE NOW "
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I've written the webmaster at the "Double Agent" site to report the DL trailer doesn't play. He wrote back to say he's looking into it.
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