Oberon Entertainment Properties of Omaha, has signed a distribution agreement with California-based PORCHLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT for its first feature film production. PORCHLIGHT has acquired exclusive rights to sell the film into all foreign and video/TV domestic markets. "The agreement means that we will have access to markets before we start shooting," says Andy Anderson, co-president of Oberon, "That's a very enviable position for most independent production companies."
The film is titled "Full Ride." Aimed at the lucrative teen market, it is a love story set against the background of a high school all-star football camp. The hero is a gifted athlete whose troubled past will keep the audience wondering if he will end up in the hall of fame or a house of corrections. "It is a well-crafted script by one of Hollywood's hottest writers," says Porchlight President and CEO Dr. Bruce Johnson, "We feel that it is a great story that while aimed at teens will be moving to all audiences."
California-based PORCHLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT specializes in sales to domestic and foreign TV/Video markets. Founded in 1995 by Dr. Bruce Johnson, he is a two-time Emmy Award winning producer and former Executve Vice President and General Manager of Hanna-Barbera Entertainment Co. With over 550 half-hours of programming and feature films, Porchlight is a fast-growing distributor of television programs and movies for the worldwide marketplace. Porchlight distributes its own productions as well as product it acquires from independent producers such as OBERON. Porchlight has a library of over 20 feature films starring such acclaimed actors as Dana Delany, Danny Nucci, Matthew Broderick, Harry Hamlin, Michael McKean, Jim Varney, Daniel Baldwin, Fred Dryer and Beverly D?Angelo.
For more information on Oberon Entertainment Properties, contact Mark Hoeger or Andy Anderson at (402) 502-3456 or email mark@oberonentertainment.com.
