Relativity in a Summer Mood

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Feb. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Relativity Media, LLC announced today that it will theatrically market and distribute Smokewood Entertainment's feature film Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer in the U.S. on behalf of the producers. Directed by John Schultz (Like Mike, Aliens in the Attic), the film stars Australian actress Jordana Beatty (Superman Returns) as Judy Moody alongside Heather Graham (The Hangover).

The film chronicles Judy Moody's adventures in which she sets out to have the most thrilling summer of her life with the help of her little brother Stink (Parris Mosteller) and fun-loving Aunt Opal (Graham). The script, penned by Kathy Waugh (Peep and the Big Wide World) and Megan McDonald, is based on the characters in McDonald's popular children's book series, illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds and published by Candlewick Press. There are nine adventures in the bestselling series, with more than 13 million copies in print worldwide, and translations in 22 languages. McDonald has written a novel inspired by the film's script which will be published May 24, 2011. 

Producing are Smokewood's Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness (Tennessee), the Oscar-nominated producers of Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire. Bobbi Sue Luther and Andrew Sugerman are executive producing. CAA brokered the deal with Relativity on behalf of Smokewood. The project is set for a Summer 2011 wide release.

"Judy Moody has an enormous fan base the world over," said producer Siegel-Magness.  "We are excited to partner with the savvy team at Relativity to bring this beloved character to the big screen."

Relativity currently has Golden Globe®-winner and seven-time Oscar®-nominee The Fighter in theatres, via Paramount Pictures, starring Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Melissa Leo and Amy Adams. Relativity's 2011 slate also includes current release Season of the Witch starring Nicolas Cage and Ron Perlman. The hilarious Take Me Home Tonight debuts on March 4th starring Topher Grace and Anna Faris. Following on March 18th, is the much-anticipated Limitless, starring Bradley Cooper, Abbie Cornish and Oscar®-winner Robert De Niro. Relativity recently announced its acquisition of the Untitled David R. Ellis 3D Shark Thriller which will release in theatres on September 2nd. Finally on November 11th, 2011 is Immortals starring Henry Cavill, Stephen Dorff, Isabel Lucas, Freida Pinto, Luke Evans, Kellan Lutz, with John Hurt and Mickey Rourke.

ABOUT RELATIVITY MEDIA, LLC

Relativity Media, LLC is a media and entertainment company that focuses on creating, financing and distributing entertainment content and intellectual property across multiple platforms, as well as making strategic partnerships with, and opportunistic investments in, media and entertainment-related companies and assets. Relativity owns and operates Rogue, a company that specializes in the production and distribution of films targeted to the 13-25 year old audience. Building upon its foundation of financing and producing films, Relativity has grown to include music, sports and television divisions and the next-generation social network iamrogue.com.  Relativity also owns and operates RelativityREAL, Relativity's television arm, which has become one of the leading suppliers of reality television with more than 20 shows in episodic or pilot. 

To date, Relativity has committed to, produced and/or financed more than 200 studio-quality motion pictures through 2014.  Released films have accumulated more than $15.0 billion in worldwide box office revenue.  Relativity's recent films include Salt, Despicable Me, Grown Ups, Charlie St. Cloud, Dear John, It's Complicated, Zombieland, Couples Retreat, Get Him to the Greek, Robin Hood, and, most recently, The Fighter, Little Fockers, Season of the Witch and The Social Network. Upcoming films for Relativity include James Cameron's Sanctum in 3D, Limitless, Take Me Home Tonight, Immortals, Battle: Los Angeles and Cowboys & Aliens.  33 of the company's films have opened at No. 1 at the box office.  Relativity films have earned 60 Oscar® nominations, including nods for Nine, A Serious Man, Frost/Nixon, Atonement, American Gangster and 3:10 to Yuma.  53 of Relativity's films have each generated more than $100 million in worldwide box-office receipts.

ABOUT SMOKEWOOD ENTERTAINMENT

Founded in 2007 by Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Smokewood Entertainment produces films with positive messages for diverse audiences.  The Denver-based company produced the award-winning motion picture Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire, which was nominated for six Academy Awards© including Best Picture, and three Golden Globes®.  The film won the Best Feature category at the 2010 Independent Spirit Awards and captured audience awards at the Sundance and Toronto film festivals.   They most recently produced the family feature film Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer based on characters from the popular kids' book series.  The film is slated for a summer 2011 release.  Previous credits include executive producing the critically acclaimed feature Tennessee from filmmaker Lee Daniels. 

SOURCE Relativity Media, LLC