(Vocus) June 24, 2009 — Studio Beyond (http://www.studiobeyond.net) (launched during Cannes Film Festival 2009), has announced a ground-breaking and revolutionary new way of making movies (http://www.studiobeyond.net).

Studio Beyond has created a virtual movie city by offering a worldwide entry point to: talent, projects, funding, distribution, collaboration, networking, casting, press, online advertising, marketing, product placement, and broadcasting. All stages of filmmaking – NOW under one roof!

Studio Beyond has been specifically designed to meet the needs of film producers, sales agents, distributors, talent and casting agents, directors, writers, actors, editors, composers and press members amongst others. Members will be able to pitch their projects, synopsis, books, scripts and music scores to Industry Executives who in turn will be able to search, view and select from a database of projects and talent. Talent and Casting Agencies can discover new talent while Distributors and Sales Agents will be able to view movie trailers of films available for distribution. Studio Beyond can build global awareness for movies ahead of their theatrical release and hold private online screenings for the industry and press. Studio Beyond provides an online distribution channel for its members.

The Movie Portfolio Fund is a unique funding structure available to private investors, for the co-financing and production funding of selected Studio Beyond projects. The MPF is an exclusive partner of major Hollywood production group Pacific Media & Entertainment (PME), founded by some of the most successful executives in the movie business. The MPF co-finances PME’s ongoing slate of movies, produced and released under a first-look deal with major Hollywood studio 20th Century Fox. The MPF has access to distribution resources for movies it brings to the PME partnership.

Commenting on the launch, Jasmin Prosser, CEO of Studio Beyond, said: “I truly believe that Studio Beyond is shaping the future of movie-making, by breaking down barriers and opening the door to the most closed industry in the world – the film industry. Our partnership with the MPF is just one of the great advantages we can offer our members looking to finance and co-finance movies and we are in negotiations with others to strike similar funding deals.”

Gordon Clark, CEO of the Movie Portfolio Fund, added: “We are delighted to join forces with Studio Beyond. Our partnership will allow us to broaden the opportunity we offer our investors and give us greater insight into high-potential, new material as and when it appears.”

The world of movies is changing.

With Studio Beyond Industry Executives can:

• Discover the pool of talent and projects from our membership database of actors, writers, composers, editors, directors, producers.

• Give their products outstanding visibility at any stage to instantly generate advance awareness among our ready- made online audience.

• Make their movie available for online distribution and generate revenue immediately.

• Survey our members’ responsiveness and ensure their success.

• Examine the popularity of key elements of their movie in foreign territories.

• Host a private screening (http://www.studiobeyond.net) for our press members and maximize press coverage for their movie.

About Studio Beyond

Studio Beyond – The Future of Movie Making Began Here.

Launched in May 2009, Studio Beyond (http://www.studiobeyond.net) is a new online media and entertainment platform focused on bringing together movie professionals, new talent, sales agents, studio executives, producers, funding, casting agents, sales agents, and press members in a single place. Providing industry professionals with a unique resource for identifying movie material and talent, Studio Beyond also serves as a platform for self-promotion and online distribution, whilst offering talent worldwide a barrier-free means to facilitating the movie-making process. Studio Beyond aims to revolutionise the way movies are sourced and produced.

About the Movie Portfolio Fund

Hollywood-based the Movie Production Fund is the first international investment fund to focus on a diverse portfolio of Hollywood feature films. In partnership with Pacific Media & Entertainment the fund co-finances a slate of major Hollywood studio movies, building a library of movie assets to provide superior returns for investors. Senior executives of PME have been responsible for some of Hollywood’s biggest blockbuster hits including Men In Black, Wild Wild West, The Fifth Element, In The Line Of Fire, Air Force One, Casino Royale, Erin Brokovich, Enchanted and many more.

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Rating(out of 5): * * *

(20th Century Fox)

Starring: Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Danny Huston, Lynn Collins, Ryan Reynolds

So I figure it’s not really a spoiler to tell you that this one gives us the Big Reveal, pretty early on, that Wolverine (Jackman) and Sabertooth (Schreiber) are half-brothers.

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By: Joel Owens

Started in 1986, writer Alan Moore and artist Dave Gibbons formulate a mystery based on the Cold War, wherein the threat of nuclear warfare is an imminent fear. The story explores the possibility that superheroes existed in the 1940s. Thus, in the setting of the Watchmen graphic novel, superheroes are roughly classified into two. They are either working for the government, donning their suits while on retainer by people’s taxes, or they are outlawed. Most superheroes not working for the government have decided to embark on other productive endeavors like business, leaving crime-fighting and costume-wearing behind. Some continue to be heroes, but are considered as fugitives, thanks to the law that was passed outlawing superheroes.

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