First Participant PanAmerica Film, El Ardor, Starring Gael García Bernal and Alice Braga, Begins Production In Argentina

FIRST PARTICIPANT PANAMERICA FILM, EL ARDOR, STARRING GAEL GARCÍA BERNAL AND ALICE BRAGA, BEGINS PRODUCTION IN ARGENTINA

Participant Media is reteaming with No star Gael García Bernal for the first film under their recently-launched Participant PanAmerica initiative, the Western-inspired action adventure El Ardor. Co-starring Alice Braga (Elysium, I Am Legend), El Ardor has begun filming in Argentina under the direction of Pablo Fendrik (Blood Appears, The Mugger), who…

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Julia Stiles, Scott Speedman and Stephen Rea Star In Supernatural Thriller Out Of The Dark

JULIA STILES, SCOTT SPEEDMAN AND STEPHEN REA STAR IN
SUPERNATURAL THRILLER OUT OF THE DARK

THE PARTICIPANT PRESENTATION IN ASSOCIATION WITH IMAGE NATION
IS BEING PRODUCED BY DYNAMO AND APACHES
AND IS FILMING IN COLOMBIA

Julia Stiles (Silver Linings Playbook, The Bourne Ultimatum), Scott Speedman (The Strangers, The Vow) and Stephen Rea (V for Vendetta, The Crying Game) star in Out of the

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NJPAC Teams with Participant Media for a Series of Film Screenings and Talkbacks for New Jersey High School Students

NJPAC Teams with Participant Media for a Series of Film Screenings and Talkbacks for New Jersey High School Students

1,800 New Jersey Students to Attend “Lincoln” on May 23

(Newark, NJ – April 18) The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) joins Participant Media, the leading provider of entertainment that inspires and accelerates change, for a series of four film screenings and talkbacks for…

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Little Mosque Breaks New Ground in the U.S. on Participant Media’s New Cable Network, Pivot

Little Mosque Breaks New Ground in the U.S. on Participant Media’s
New Cable Network, Pivot

Toronto Canada, April 3, 2013 — Westwind Pictures’ hit series Little Mosque will make its U.S. TV premiere on Pivot, the new cable network from Participant Media (Lincoln, The Help, An Inconvenient Truth). Pivot has acquired all six seasons (91 episodes) of the Canadian show which makes its debut as part of…

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Dreamworks And Participant Acquire Drama About Boston Globe Exposé On Cover-Up Of Catholic Priest Scandal

DREAMWORKS AND PARTICIPANT ACQUIRE DRAMA ABOUT BOSTON GLOBE
EXPOSÉ ON COVER-UP OF CATHOLIC PRIEST SCANDAL

Tom McCarthy to direct and co-write with Josh Singer

Los Angeles, CA (April 2, 2013) – DreamWorks Studios and Participant Media have acquired the feature film rights to the story of the Catholic Church’s decades-long cover-up of its pedophile priests in Massachusetts as uncovered by a year-long investigation by the Boston…

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Rolling Stone and Participant Media’s pivot Join Forces To Celebrate The New Greatest Generation

ROLLING STONE AND PARTICIPANT MEDIA’S pivot

JOIN FORCES TO CELEBRATE THE NEW GREATEST GENERATION

 

Iconic Brand Teams With New Cable Network To Launch

A Multi-Platform Programming Initiative Exploring The Millennial Mind

New York, March 27, 2013 – pivot, the new cable network launched by Participant Media, today announced at its New York upfront presentation that it will…

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This Summer, Participant Media Turns To Television With The Launch of pivot

THIS SUMMER, PARTICIPANT MEDIA

(LINCOLN, THE HELP, AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH)

TURNS TO TELEVISION WITH THE LAUNCH OF pivot 

 

New Network’s Disruptive Model Celebrates Core Audience of Millennials

 

“TV That Matters For The New Greatest Generation” Includes:

Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s Open Source Variety Show, ‘HitRECord on TV!’;

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ROBERT KESSEL NAMED SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, PRODUCTION FOR PARTICIPANT MEDIA

ROBERT KESSEL NAMED SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, PRODUCTION
FOR PARTICIPANT MEDIA

Robert Kessel has joined Participant Media as Senior Vice President of Production. Reporting to Jonathan King, Participant’s Executive Vice President of Production, Kessel will help manage the development, production, and acquisition of narrative films for the company.

Said King, “Robert and I have known each other since we worked together early in our careers. His sensibilities are…

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Participant Media And Magnolia Pictures’ Film ‘A Place At The Table’ Spurs Launch Of First National Action Center To End Hunger In America

PARTICIPANT MEDIA AND MAGNOLIA PICTURES’ FILM ‘A PLACE AT THE TABLE’ SPURS LAUNCH OF A FIRST OF ITS KIND NATIONAL ACTION CENTER TO END HUNGER IN AMERICA

“Action hub gives everyone the power to call, click, text to get involved in your local community”

Los Angeles, CA – February 26, 2013 – Participant Media-Magnolia Pictures’ documentary, A Place at the Table, has ignited a coalition of…

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Participant Media Locks Down Its Social Action Campaign For Snitch

PARTICIPANT MEDIA LOCKS DOWN ITS SOCIAL ACTION CAMPAIGN FOR SNITCH, NEW FILM STARRING DWAYNE JOHNSON,
ON MANDATORY MINIMUM DRUG SENTENCING
AND FAIR SENTENCING OF YOUTH

In the film Snitch, which was inspired by real events, Dwayne Johnson plays a father whose teenage son is wrongly accused of a drug distribution crime and is looking at a mandatory minimum prison sentence of 10 years. For its Social…

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