[Press Release]

In anticipation of the July 3, 2012 worldwide release of The Amazing Spider-Man™ in 3D, the cast and filmmakers will discuss the movie for the first time as they address the fans at Comic-Con®San Diego. One fan can be a part of the action by proving he or she is the ultimate Spider-Man fan in The Amazing Spider-ManFace of the Fan® contest. The contest winner will be the “face of the fan” at Comic-Con, and have the opportunity to meet the talent and filmmakers and conduct an interview with them.

US residents 18 years of age and older can go to www.faceofthefan.com/TheAmazingSpider-Man to enter the contest, which begins today and runs through June 27, 2011. To enter the contest, users submit a sixty-second video of themselves answering the question, “Why should you be the Face of the Fan correspondent at Comic-Con?” Complete rules and instructions are available at www.faceofthefan.com/TheAmazingSpider-Man.

All entries will be judged and one winner will be chosen to attend Comic-Con San Diego 2011. The winner will meet the cast and filmmakers, and have a chance to ask them fan questions gathered from the social communities on the web about The Amazing Spider-Man.

The prize includes one trip for two (2 days/2 nights) to attend Comic-Con San Diego 2011, including hotel accommodations, roundtrip airfare, and transportation to and from the hotel, as well as two passes to attend Comic-Con.

Commenting on the announcement, Marc Weinstock, president, Worldwide Marketing for Sony Pictures, said, “We’re thrilled to be bringing Spider-Man back to Comic-Con – it’s an exciting place to give the fans an inside look into what the new Spider-Man film is all about.”

Dwight Caines, president, Worldwide Digital Marketing for Sony Pictures, added, “The Face of the Fan® program is all about connecting fans from all over the country to the films they care about the most by using the web and social networking tools. We expect there will be exciting Spider-Man news coming out of Comic-Con, and the contest winner will be the fan correspondent giving moviegoers everywhere an inside look.”

Face Of The Fan® is a Sony Pictures Entertainment initiative that lets moviegoers and TV viewers get involved with Sony Pictures’ projects by participating in online casting calls and contests—turning today’s fans into tomorrow’s stars™. The concept was launched in 2007, tied to Spider-Man 3, when two fans were chosen to bring Spider-Man news to the fans following the film’s website. In November 2010, Face Of The Fan began offering casting calls for various Sony Pictures Entertainment films, including such Screen Gems projects as Lakeshore Entertainment’s Underworld and Rainforest Film’s upcoming Think Like A Man, which is based on Steve Harvey’s national best-seller, Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man. The site also features contests in which winners can have an opportunity to appear on the red carpet at movie premieres, meet or interview talent, filmmakers, and producers, or even go on the sets of their favorite shows. Many exciting opportunities are available through Face Of The Fan®, and this program provides fans with a way to share their enthusiasm and get face to face with key decision-makers and talent.

A Columbia Pictures presentation of a Marvel Studios production, The Amazing Spider-Man, starring Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, and Rhys Ifans, is directed by Marc Webb from a screenplay by James Vanderbilt and Alvin Sargent and Steve Klovesbased on the Marvel Comic Book by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. The film is produced by Laura Ziskin, Avi Arad, and Matt Tolmach.

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“There has yet to be a war film in 3D,… stuff that looks great in 3D”

Australian producers Bill Leimbach and Mandaley Perkins will attendScreenSingapore this week in support of their new $28million projectSingapore Sunset in 3D.

About the Japanese bombing of Singapore and its lead up between December 1941 and February 1942, including the bombing of Britain’s battleship HMS Prince of Wales and battle cruiser HMS Repulse, the film will bring together a multinational cast with production in both Singapore and Australia.

Of their attendance at ScreenSingapore, Leimbach, producer of Beneath Hill 60, said, “We hope to put the spotlight on the project for the first time – a sort of ‘coming out. It’s a project that many have heard we are putting together, in the financial sector and the film sector and now we have all our tools ready: promo video, website, script, budget and the casting and director’s search is well underway. It’s a project ready to start, and this particular inaugural event is a great time to get the film above the radar.”

AN UNOFFICIAL CO-PRODUCTION
Leimbach kept a keen eye on the evolution of soon-to-be-released Bait, the Australian/Singaporean 3D co-production. “I have followed that project very closely. They have created the template for co production with Singapore. Someone had to be the first, the guinea pig. The producers from both countries did a great job bridging relationships, with not only the governments of both countries but the post houses of both countries.”

However, unlike Bait, Leimbach is shying away from an official co-production, wanting freedom in the production’s movements and expenditures. “We want to be a co-production, of course, working together between Singapore and Australia, doing a lot of filming in both Queensland and Singapore, but not be tied to spending a certain amount in each country- more of a co-operation rather than a co-production.  If it’s official, certain amounts of the budget have to be spent in each country. Bait met their official co-production quota in Singapore because they did their post production there. We want to do our post in Australia and we want to do our filming where the locations are best for our needs.

THE WIGHT STUFF
Singapore Sunset in 3D will be co-produced by Andrew Wight, who created, with James Cameron, the 3D work of Sanctum and Ghosts of the Abyss for 3D IMAX.

“Having Andrew Wight join the production has added the confidence we needed to take that big step. He keeps telling us it’s not rocket science. [It] just requires more patience, and a few more weird names on set, like stereographer.

“There has yet to be a war film in 3D,” added Leimbach. “The story is full of air plane raids, torpedos, battleships overturning, car chases, houses getting bombed… stuff that looks great in 3D. We’d love to be the first.”

“By the time Baz finishes his Gatsby and Nicolas McCallum completes his 3D Chinese co-production there will be a field of crew who can handle the new medium. I think it is here to stay for a while.”

As cinemas make the jump to being 3D-ready and 3D TVs come into the market, Leimbach said “There is a growing need for good movies made in 3D. I can see it will be around for a few more years. It will definitely increase our reach, by far. It will only cost us 20% more but we can double our returns.

A UNIVERSAL STORY
At the end of the day however, it’s not only about how the story is told but the story itself and its broad appeal to a cross-genre audience that will make it a financial success. Leimbach believes Singapore Sunset has it.

“It’s a story that affected both countries. 70,000 allied prisoners were taken by the Japanese, most of them Australian. Thousands of Chinese were killed at that same time. The key love interest in the story is a battle for love between an Australian nurse and an English rubber baron’s daughter for a British soldier, with additional characters in a “heroic Chinese songstress” and a “gregarious American naval consultant.” Concludes Leimbach, “the culture is Chinese, the style is Colonial and the five main protagonists are from four countries. It’s a truly Universal story.”

Leimbach and Perkins are packaging, financing and casting all this year and shooting towards the end of 2012.

Hollywood heavyweights Oliver Stone and Tom Hanks will attend SingaporeScreen.

For more information see www.singaporesunset.com.  The producers will be contactable in Singapore on +61 414 425519 and through the Singapore offices of AFG Venture Group (Choo Lye Heng +65 9817 0026 or Christopher Franck  +65 9682 8400) which is assisting the producers to finance the movie.

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