Odyssey Pictures Corporation (OPIX: OTCQB) (Odyssey), a media and entertainment company. has confirmed a co-production agreement with ARTE Le Miroir and DPM Inc. on ?Vauban?, a 90-minute film biography of the great 17th century military engineer.
Arte (Association Relative ? la T?l?vision Europ?enne) is a Franco-German TV network and one of Europe?s most prestigious sources for arts and cultural programming. Le Miroir produces documentary films for international markets. DPM provides worldwide distribution and licensing of entertainment and educational content.
In the co-production deal, Odyssey will finance part of the production budget and acquire all international distribution rights for ?Vauban,? excluding France and Germany. The Odyssey/Arte joint project, ?Vauban?, is based on the life of S?bastien Le Prestre mar?chal de Vauban, known as being one of the greatest military engineers in history and King Louis XIV?s, principal fortress builder and siege planner. ?Vauban? is due to be completed in February of 2011 and will be distributed through international TV, DVD and IPTV markets. The film is directed by noted French filmmaker, Pascal Cuissot, who has directed numerous docu-fiction works with Arte, including ?E=MC2,? ?Expedition to the Abyss,? and ?Leaving/Coming Back?. He was also a prot?g? of famed political filmmaker Costa-Gavras.
?I?m very pleased to be in such good company as this talented consortium of filmmakers,? remarked Odyssey?s CEO John Foster. ?I?m also excited about the content of this project. I firmly believe it is important to produce historically illuminating programming like ?Vauban? so that new generations are exposed to continuing education in the form of entertainment. ?
About Odyssey Pictures Corporation - Initially an entertainment company focusing on financing and distribution of first run feature films. Odyssey has adapted its business model to become a diversified media/marketing services company. The company?s lines of business now encompass branding and marketing, IPTV digit a team with effial delivery technologies, and producer?s representative service. Odyssey producer?s representative service provides an extensive suite of sales and marketing services to independent filmmakers seeking to gain traction in the international distribution and rights markets. These services include international sales, contract negotiation, marketing materials, strategic planning, and completion financing. http://odysseypix.com/
About ARTE-ARTE is a European public-service cultural television channel. Its originality lays in the fact that it targets audiences from different cultural backgrounds, in particular French and German. It is composed of three entities: the headquarters in Strasbourg and two Members responsible for program production and delivery, which are ARTE France in Paris and ARTE Deutschland TV GmbH in Baden-Baden.
About Le Miroir has produced numerous documentaries , putting together various partners such as Arte, France 3, France 5 , Planete, Centre National de la Cinematographie, Procirep, Media, RTL2, SVT(Sweden), RTBF(Belgium), RTSR(Switzerland), TV Catalonia (Spain), SWR(Germany),
About DPM- DPM provides worldwide distribution and licensing of entertainment and educational DVDs and TV syndication content in over eight languages. DPM?s founder and CEO, Dominique Paul Mougenot, has consulted and advised video and television companies for 25 years on program development, production and distribution. His company maintains ongoing agreements with labs, studios, law firms, distribution centers, and marketing firms in the US and throughout Europe.
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