Every week, I get several press releases, screening invitations and other notifications from a handful of studio contacts. While I won’t be sharing any information regarding my screening invites, some of the press releases might be of interest to my readers, so I thought I’d start sharing them in toto with all of you. These could include new image galleries for various films or important updates to upcoming releases from various smaller studios and art house production companies.

• Press Release: Primeridian Entertainment and Nicholas Meyer Develop cold War Space Race Series
• Press Release: “Headphones for Hope” Celebrity Fundraiser Begins
• Press Release: “Inside Llewyn Davis” Soundtrack Release Announced

Press Release: Primeridian Entertainment and Nicholas Meyer Develop Cold War Space Race Series

Primeridian Entertainment AND NICHOLAS MEYER TO DEVELOP A TELEVISION SERIES BASED ON THE COLD WAR SPACE RACE

Series to draw upon troves of Soviet information revealed in recent years

June 25, 2013, Los Angeles – Primeridian Entertainment announced today that the company’s principal Arcadiy Golubovich and partner Tim O’Hair will produce and finance a television project about the postwar rocket and space race between the United States and the USSR. The company has hired acclaimed screenwriter Nicholas Meyer (‘Star Trek’, The-Seven-Per-Cent Solution) to write the pilot and series treatment for the show, which will span from the collapse of Nazi Germany through the 1960s. Primeridian has in conjunction optioned the rights to Matthew Brzezinski’s award-winning account of the early space race, Red Moon Rising: Sputnik and the Hidden Rivalries That Ignited the Space Age. Numerous well-known experts from both countries are in discussions to consult on the project, including Sergei Khrushchev, the son of the Soviet Premier who led the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War, Nikita Khrushchev.

The untitled series will examine the tense competition between the US and USSR superpowers at the height of the Cold War, starting with the scramble to capture the remains of the Nazi V2 program. Looking well beyond NASA, the show will compare and contrast the successes, failures, and individuals on both sides, moving behind the scenes to the men who launched the first satellites and set the stage for the modern technological era into space.

Arcadiy Golubovich, head of Primeridian Entertainment noted, “Given my Russian heritage, I’m particularly excited to see Nick Meyer weave together both sides of the story with a balanced approach, creating the most comprehensive and exciting retelling of the space race for television.”

“The series will recount the human-interest stories that we never fully learned in our classrooms,” said Meyer. “We hope audiences everywhere are looking forward to this thrilling tale of rivalries between the United States and Soviet Union and the race to control outer space.”

Meyer is an award-winning screenwriter, bestselling novelist and director. Lionsgate most recently greenlit his History Channel series based on his father Bernard C. Meyer’s Houdini: A Mind in Chains: a Psychoanalytic Portrait, with Adrien Brody to star. His other most recent work includes an adaptation of Dan Simmons’ novel, The Crook Factory, for Johnny Depp, and The Power Broker, Robert Caro’s Pulitzer Prize-winning life of Robert Moses, for Oliver Stone and HBO. Meyer is well-known for The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, his Sherlock Holmes take-off, which remained on the New York Times Bestseller list for forty weeks and won the British Gold Dagger award for crime fiction. Meyer adapted the novel for the big screen. The film, which starred Nicole Williamson, Robert Duvall, Alan Arkin, Laurence Olivier and Vanessa Redgrave, earned him an Academy Award® nomination.

Primeridian Entertainment recently launched with a feature film based on the life of the famed Soviet dissident and Nobel Prize winning author Alexander Solzhenitsy, with Cyrus Nowrasteh (THE STONING OF SORAYA M., The Day Reagan Was Shot) attached to write and direct. The company has also tapped Academy Award® nominated screenwriter Roger L. Simon to pen their second feature project, THE FUTURE IS NOW, which Primeridian’s Golubovich will direct.

Meyer is represented by Alan Gasmer and CAA.

About Primeridian Entertainment
Primeridian Entertainment is an international production company dedicated to producing and equity financing quality feature film and television projects with established filmmakers for the worldwide marketplace. Founded by Arcadiy Golubovich in collaboration with producer and former studio executive Tim O’Hair, the company will produce and finance 2 to 4 films per year.

Press Release: “Headphones for Hope” Celebrity Fundraiser Begins

MONSTER® AND VIACOM KICK OFF ‘HEADPHONES FOR HOPE’ CELEBRITY FUNDRAISER

Celebrity Signed Monster® DNA™ Headphones Available Today for Bidding with Proceeds Benefitting Charities ‘Save The Music,’ ‘Born This Way Foundation’ and more

Bid Here Now – www.ebay.com/headphonesforhope

Brisbane, CA, June 26, 2013 – Monster®, the world leader in high-performance personal audio, is proud to launch “Headphones for Hope,” a fundraiser featuring celebrity-autographed Monster® DNA™ headphones for sale with bidding beginning today at 10AM PST on eBay. Now through July 1, fans can bid on headphones signed by celebrities and musicians including Snoop Lion, Ben Affleck, Sheryl Crow, Swizz Beatz, Will Ferrell, Kerry Washington, Henry Cavill, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Carrie Underwood and dozens more. As part of a global alliance with Viacom, all proceeds from “Headphones for Hope” will benefit non-profit partners of Viacommunity, Viacom’s companywide umbrella for social responsibility, including the VH1 Save The Music Foundation, Born This Way Foundation, Lifebeat, Caliber Foundation, Second Harvest Food Bank and Spike TV’s Hire-A-Vet Foundation.

Each autographed Monster® DNA™ headphone is one-of-a-kind and were signed during leading Viacom award ceremonies this past year including the MTV Movie Awards, VH1 Divas, LOGO’s NewNowNext Awards, CMT Music Awards, and more. Below is a complete list of participating celebrities and the charities they are supporting with their autographs. Each signed headphone will debut at an opening bid of 99 cents and fans and charity supporters can bid here – www.ebay.com/headphonesforhope.

“This fundraiser is a perfect example of how people can come together to really make a difference, and Monster is grateful that so many great artists, musicians and celebrities have literally ‘signed up’ to help out,” said Noel Lee, CEO of Monster. “This entire campaign has not only been a great way for us to help the causes that we believe in, but to also bring our message of better sound to influential artists and fans, in sharing the many lifestyle benefits of Monster® DNA™ and the elevated music listening experience of our Pure Monster Sound™.”

Monster is redefining what a headphone can look and sound like with Monster® DNA™ headphones, which deliver the company’s outstanding Pure Monster Sound™. Articulate, tight, and ultimately revealing, it’s as close to live music as being on stage with the musicians. Designed with both the music and fashion consumer in mind, Monster® DNA™ features a distinctive “not-round, not-oval,” but totally new, bold and striking triangular shape. The color scheme itself is just as innovative, with the inside color asserting itself just as prominently as the outer headband color.

MONSTER® ‘HEADPHONES FOR HOPE’ – CELEBRITY SIGNED HEADPHONES BY EVENT & BENEFITTING CHARITY

VH1 DIVAS – BENEFITTING ‘SAVE THE MUSIC’
Amber Riley
Bootsy Collins
Buckethead
Jordan Knight
Melanie Fiona

ACM – BENEFITTING ‘SECOND HARVEST’
Carrie Underwood
Cassadee Pope
Chris Young
Dustin Lynch + Greg Bates
Eli Young Band
Florida Georgia Line
Jason Aldean
Jewel
Luke Bryan + Bush Hawg
Miranda Lambert + Kacey Musgraves
Sheryl Crow

VH1 SAVE THE MUSIC SONGWRITERS MUSIC SERIES – BENEFITTING ‘SAVE THE MUSIC’
Bodega Bamz
Swizz Beatz
Walka
Watch the Duck

MTVU WOODIE AWARDS & VH1 CAFE – BENEFITTING ‘LIFEBEAT’
Alt-j
Atlas genius
Haim & Borgore
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Perez Hilton
Skylar Astin
Watch the Duck
Youngblood Hawke
YP

LOGO’S NEWNOWNEXT AWARDS – BENEFITTING ‘BORN THIS WAY FOUNDATION’
Andrew Rannels
Barry Sloane
Carrie Preston
Heather McDonald
JWoww
Kenny Britt
Naya Rivera
Ross Mathews
Skylar Astin
Tabatha Coffey
Vinny Guadagnino

MTV MOVIE AWARDS – BENEFITTING ‘CALIBER FOUNDATION’
Avengers Cast: Chris Evans, Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson + Joss Whedon
Pitch Perfect Cast: Hana Mae Lee + Alexis Knapp
Townies Cast: Seth Rogen, Zac Efron + Danny McBride
Flava Flav
Kerry Washington
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Quvenzhane Wallis
Will Ferrell

CMT MUSIC AWARDS – BENEFITTING ‘SECOND HARVEST’
Brett Eldredge
Carrie Underwood
Cody Alan
Darius Rucker
Dog & Beth, Bounty Hunter
Dustin Lynch
Florida Georgia Line
Kevin Bacon + Michael Bacon
Kree Harrison
Lenny Kravitz
Nelly

SPIKE GUYS CHOICE AWARDS – BENEFITTING ‘HIRE-A-VET’
?uestLove
Andrew Luck
Ben Affleck
Bradley Cooper
Clint Eastwood
David Spade
Dwight Howard
Henry Cavill
Jackie Chan
Jeff Bridges
Jeff Ross
Jimmy Kimmel
Rampage Jackson
Randy Couture
Snoop Lion
Vin Diesel
Vince Vaughn

ABOUT MONSTER
Monster was founded over 30 years ago by Head Monster Noel Lee, who was recently honored with the prestigious Plus X Award®: Lifetime Achievement Award, as a company dedicated to creating products that enhance the sound quality of music. The company engineered the sound of the acclaimed Beats by Dr. Dre® headphones, and has become the world’s leading manufacturer of high-performance, sonically superior headphones, all of which feature the company’s Pure Monster Sound™. Monster is also the world’s leading manufacturer of advanced connectivity solutions for high-performance home entertainment, audio, home cinema, computer and gaming as well as a leading innovator in the field of mobile accessories and professional audio. The company also provides high-performance AC power line conditioning and protection products for audio/video systems, as well as energy-saving power products. Monster continues to lead in innovation with over 300 U.S. and international patents and dozens pending, offering more than 4,000 products in over 134 countries worldwide.

Explore the world of Monster at www.monsterproducts.com. To become a fan of Monster® products, please follow us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/monsterproducts) or Twitter (www.twitter.com/monsterproducts).

ABOUT VIACOM
Viacom is home to the world’s premier entertainment brands that connect with audiences through compelling content across television, motion picture, online and mobile platforms in over 160 countries and territories. With media networks reaching approximately 700 million global subscribers, Viacom’s leading brands include MTV, VH1, CMT, Logo, BET, CENTRIC, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., TeenNick, Nicktoons, Nick at Nite, COMEDY CENTRAL, TV Land, SPIKE, Tr3s, Paramount Channel and VIVA. Paramount Pictures, celebrating its 100th year in 2012 and creator of many of the most beloved motion pictures, continues today as a major global producer and distributor of filmed entertainment. Viacom operates a large portfolio of branded digital media experiences, including many of the world’s most popular properties for entertainment, community and casual online gaming.

Press Release: “Inside Llewyn Davis” Soundtrack Release Announced

Nonesuch Releases Soundtrack to Coen Brothers’ Inside Llewyn Davis on September 17

Album Produced by T Bone Burnett, Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

Record features performances by Oscar Isaac, Justin Timberlake, Marcus Mumford, Carey Mulligan, and Punch Brothers

“Joel and Ethan Coen’s wonderful new film is the kind of great work that cuts right through the noise.” -The New York Times

“Audiences just heard a clean, hard crack: the Coen brothers hit one out of the park. The musical interludes are stunning.” -The Guardian

“A great film by two American masters, the Coens have taken a real time and place and freely made it their own, drawing on actual persons and events for inspiration, but binding themselves only to their own bountiful imaginations. The result is playful and evocative. There is also the joy of the music itself, exquisitely arranged by T Bone Burnett and sung live on set by the actors themselves. The soundtrack is stupendous.” -Variety

Nonesuch Records releases the soundtrack to Inside Llewyn Davis on September 17, 2013. Written and directed by Academy Award©winners Joel and Ethan Coen and produced by Scott Rudin and Joel and Ethan Coen, the film stars Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, John Goodman, Garrett Hedlund, and Justin Timberlake. T Bone Burnett, Joel Coen, and Ethan Coen produced the soundtrack, with Marcus Mumford as associate producer. The album includes 12 new recordings made especially for the film and soundtrack plus an existing recording by Dave Van Ronk. Also featured is a never-before-released version of Bob Dylan performing his song “Farewell,” which was recorded during the sessions for his album, The Times They Are A-Changin’ and is available exclusively on this soundtrack.

Inside Llewyn Davis is the Coen brothers’ fourth collaboration with the Grammy and Academy Award-winning Burnett; his soundtrack to their film O Brother, Where Art Thou? won five Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year and Producer of the Year. Inside Llewyn Davis recently won the Grand Prix at the Cannes International Film Festival and will be distributed by CBS Films in the U.S., where it receives its limited theatrical premiere on December 6. (Studio Canal is handling international distribution for Inside Llewyn Davis.)

Inside Llewyn Davis follows a week in the life of a young folk singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961. Llewyn Davis (Oscar Isaac) is at a crossroads. Guitar in tow, huddled against the unforgiving New York winter, he is struggling to make it as a musician against seemingly insurmountable obstacles-some of them of his own making. Living at the mercy of both friends and strangers, scaring up what work he can find, Davis’s misadventures take him from the basket houses of the Village to an empty Chicago club-on an odyssey to audition for music mogul Bud Grossman-and back again. Brimming with music performed by Isaac and Justin Timberlake and Carey Mulligan, as well as Marcus Mumford and Punch Brothers, Inside Llewyn Davis-in the tradition of O Brother, Where Art Thou?-is infused with the transportive sound of another time and place.