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PRODUCTION NOTES

For additional publicity materials and artwork, please visit:http://www.lionsgatepublicity.com/theatrical/marauders

Rating: Rated R for strong violence, language, brief drug use and nudityRun time: 107 minutesU.S. Release Date: July 1, 2016 (In Theaters and On Demand)

For more information, please contact: Liz Berger Lionsgate 2700 Colorado Avenue Santa Monica, CA 90404 P: 310-255-3092E: [email protected]

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SYNOPSIS

When a bank is hit by a brutal heist, all evidence points to the owner (Bruce Willis) and his high-powered clients. But as a group of FBI agents (Christopher Meloni, Dave Bautista and Adrian Grenier) dig deeper into the case — and the deadly heists continue — it becomes clear that a larger conspiracy is at play. MARAUDERS stars Christopher Meloni, Bruce Willis, Dave Bautista and Adrian Grenier. Lionsgate Premiere will release the film in theaters and On Demand July 1.

Lionsgate Premiere, Grindstone Entertainment and Emmett Furla Oasis Films present an Emmett Furla Oasis Films production in association with Aperture Media Partners, The Fyzz Facility and 4 th

Wall Entertainment.

ABOUT THE STORY AND CHARACTERS

FBI Special Agent Jonathan Montgomery (Christopher Meloni) is on the trail of an untraceable group of elite bank robbers who give the stolen loot to charity. As he delves further into the investigation, the lawman discovers a deeper purpose behind the robbery-homicides and a trail of secrets protected by the bank’s owner (Bruce Willis). Featured alongside Meloni and Willis in the high octane, smoldering thriller are Dave Bautista, Adrian Grenier, Johnathon Schaech, and Lydia Hull.

“I’m a huge fan of heist films and MARAUDERS allowed me to sort of play in that genre,” begins director Steven C. Miller, who was anxious to reteam with Emmett/Furla Oasis after their last success. “We were really happy with how Extraction, our last film together, turned out. From a guy that grew up watching films like Heat and really loving Michael Mann’s work, this film gave me a chance to not just have action but some real character moments.”

A Bank Manager has just guided an aging woman to the Hubert National exit when a shotgun chambers and he’s blown through the inside glass door. Four Kevlar clad bank robbers: Tornado, Hurricane, Thunder, and Squall, rush inside and rough up security and customers. Thunder draws a pistol on a teller and activates a creepy order from his smart watch: open the draw, do not hit the alarm or your manager will die. Tornado staunches the manager’s wound and drags him toward the safe; a key-code is entered revealing three million in cash. While Squall bags the cash, Hurricane places a high-tech device on the floor and a cold audio repeats with crystal clarity over restrained sobs that any attempt to leave or call police will activate the sleek explosive. The well-honed team makes their exit, discretely concealing weapons. Eyeballing a security camera, Squall drags the manager toward the entrance, raises his shotgun, and blows off the man’s head. Job finished.

Nervous yet intimidating with his teardrop tattoo, an inmate takes a seat in the plexi-glass visiting booth opposite Jonathan Montgomery. The Special Agent fiddles with his wedding ring; he’s seen the worst of people, yet enough good to keep him going. The man before Montgomery

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has money and slick lawyers, so his death by lethal injection is a good ten years away. Montgomery still dreams about using his own hands to kill the man who murdered his wife; or maybe there is someone inside who would do it for him. But Montgomery has taken an oath to uphold the law, so he numbly exits the Federal Correctional Complex, turns on his phone that buzzes with messages about the bank robbery.

“The script drove very well from beginning to end, and I loved the words that were coming out of my character’s mouth,” admits Meloni, who plays Jonathon Montgomery, an FBI Special Agent whose authority parts a crime scene crowd like the Red Sea. “He’s a very driven guy; fair but a little hard-assed. I think my character is having a crisis of confidence in knowing what is right and wrong.”

Montgomery’s humorous old friend, Agent Greg Stockwell (Dave Bautista), welcomes him to the circus of press and pedestrians that throng the crime scene. Agent Chase (Lydia Hull), a hardworking young woman, invites the two men inside where they are disturbed to learn of the manager’s execution even though everyone complied with the thieves. Chase rattles off details on the haul and Montgomery asks to see the explosive device. With obvious distaste, Stockwell admits that the first Detective on the scene, Mims (Jonathan Schaech), already tagged and bagged it. A print has been found, but Mims is not responding to calls and Montgomery warns they’d better locate him before any cash evidence goes missing

“Montgomery is dealing with so much, and plays so dark - for very good reason, and I loved how Stockwell was that counterbalance and gave scenes an easier tone to them,” begins Bautista on his role. “I loved the relationship between Stockwell and Montgomery; Stockwell’s not the comic relief, but he lightens up the scenes. It made sense and clicked with me, and I could see myself playing Stockwell, especially opposite Chris, being as dark as Montgomery.”

Adds Miller: “Chris brings a certain kind of flare. He’s got a charisma and personality and he represents to me everything that Montgomery is: he’s cool, he’s calm, and he’s got everything under control. And then you’ve got his partner in crime, Stockwell played by Dave Bautista, who is his old friend, the sports guy who fell into the FBI and just happens to be doing this with his buddy, but he’s having a good time. I think there’s such a distinct difference between the two that it gives the movie a really cool look, because you have Dave who is very kind of urban and laid back and Chris who is more buttoned up and tight.”

Detective Brian Mims, played by Schaech, is a shady but good-looking officer, with aggressive charisma. He’s a team leader but completely corrupt and hell bent on pinning the bank robberies on some petty crack dealers. “Mims almost screwed up the prosecution of the guy who killed Montgomery’s wife, so there’s an underlying antagonism and general distrust; he also has a reputation for cutting corners and taking evidence, especially if it’s of a monetary sort,” Meloni recalls.

Dozens of agents in an FBI war room surrounded by tacked up evidence of this brutal, professional and seemingly very personal robbery-homicide. Chase announces to a clearly pissed

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Montgomery that they think the fingerprint belongs to a dead Special Forces Officer, further mystifying him. Furious his team let Mims remove evidence, Montgomery introduces Special Agent Michael Wells (Adrian Grenier), recently graduated from Quantico, decorated Seal, renowned sniper, etc. Stockwell scoffs at the new GI Joe, as the idealistic and athletic new Agent follows Montgomery into his office to answer anomalies in his polygraph. Montgomery cares about honesty. “You lie and keep facts for yourself to get ahead and you’re gone in a flash,” he promises.

“I was really excited by the whole MARAUDERS world because I’d never done a movie with so much action,” admits Grenier, whose last role was someone more timid and scrawny. “For me this is about the character’s posture, where he comes from physically and also mentally. Wells doesn’t reveal much, doesn’t show his cards, so for me it was about doing less not more. Some of the other characters are a little bit more eccentric in their personalities, but Wells is much more reserved, a lot more respectful, and for him it’s what he doesn’t reveal and what’s secret that is the most important. There are a couple moments where Wells has to resort to his training as Ex-Military Special Forces; he’s a killing machine and he will kill if he has to, especially if it is a matter of his own survival.”

In a glistening Cincinnati skyscraper, Jeffrey Hubert (Bruce Willis), president and owner of Hubert National Bank looks out over the expansive view of the city, half-listening to his VP assure stockholders they retain a central role in revitalizing the Queen City. When offered a moment to reassure the stockholders, Hubert seizes on a small-brained brown recluse spider outside that has climbed thirteen stories and has no concept of a plateau – just the metaphor for his bank that will never stop climbing higher to maximize their bottom line. Relieved laughter, he’s exactly the kind of man to look after their money. Hubert excuses himself on a whispered message from an assistant. Stoic at the news of another robbery, his restless intellect finally has something concrete to seize upon

Bruce Willis portrays Jeffrey Hubert, president and owner of Hubert National Bank, and the target of repeated heists. An air of entitlement and authority, he goes ballistic when the local newspaper smells a scandal beyond simple robbery. “There’s a lot of power struggle and I think the power of money and control is one of the major themes. Hubert is trying to take from the rest of us. And of course there’s tension between the FBI and the on the ground cops, the detectives trying to take control of this investigation and who gets to make the decisions,” Grenier reveals.

“The script is very complicated, there are a lot of conspiracies and twists,” begins Hull, who was drawn to the challenge of playing a role typically given to a male actor. “Chase is this strong, smart woman who can hang with the big dogs. The wheels are always turning and she’s the kind of person who latches onto an idea and doesn’t let go, and part of it ends up being right! The story is not only bank robbing with a twist, it’s everything with a twist; it is a fresh story where events are not what you think they are going to be!”

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For Greiner, there’s no doubt that MARAUDERS is a classic story of good and evil. “Jeffrey Hubert is definitely a bad guy, but the story is also subtle because what’s right and what’s wrong isn’t always clear. Sometimes the lines are blurred; sometimes the bad guys can be doing the right thing. I think what really makes this interesting is you’re working with these two very clear cut, opposing forces of the good guys and the bad guys, but then within each there’s some subtleties and that’s the stuff that really gives MARAUDERS its dynamic.”

“MARAUDERS explores the idea of to what lengths you go to right a wrong, and then where does that place you. Does that place you on the side of wrong? It’s almost revenge. And then when does revenge go wrong, or is revenge ever right, or are you avenging something?” Meloni states.

ABOUT THE PRODUCTION

“I knew that I wanted MARAUDERS to be gritty and dark and to have a lot of rain,” recalls director Steven C. Miller, of his first read through the script. “As soon as I got to Cincinnati, it really matched what I wanted to see. I love movies that always have rich architecture and everything in the scene has got a lot of substance to it. You can almost touch the texture in the scenes. Cincinnati is just rich with that; I mean the history of the city, the buildings and the architecture are just a great backdrop. I guess you could say this film is my love letter to Fincher.”

Reteaming with cinematographer Brandon Cox, the duo had a short-hand and share the same cinematic references. “After reading the script, there were three movies that came to mind: Seven, Heat, and Prisoners,” recalls Cox. “Also, Steven and I like anamorphic lenses and used them for Extraction; while we wanted to use the same sort of lenses to keep a visual tone and feel, we didn’t want to repeat ourselves. In order for it to be more moody, there’s always rain outside and it’s a little drearier.” “We were lucky enough during the shoot that most days were super cloudy and rainy and it 100% fits the movie,” Miller continues.

Having done three movies for Emmett/Furla Oasis, Cox was familiar with the pace required for the film’s 16-day shooting schedule. “From my background in music videos, shooting more than a hundred of those over eight years, I learned how fast I can work. You can’t be precious with every image and you have to get what’s best for that scene – making it look good and at the same time work efficiently.”

Miller’s previous film with Bruce Willis proved invaluable, “I understood his process and how he’s gets into the character and moves through a scene.” When casting the rest of the roles, Miller found that a lot of the actors he liked were on producers Randall Emmett and George Furla’s list. A few nights before each actor arrived, Miller gave them a call. “We kind of hashed out what their character was about, their arc and where they were going in the story, and really

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what they as actors wanted to do. Bringing their own style to the mix, their own thing to the game, gives the movie its own personality.”

Miller knew that his shooting schedule would move fast and that he wouldn’t have time to guide an actor through the emotional highs and lows that Montgomery traverses as he tries to uphold the law while dealing with the brutal murder of his wife. “Chris doesn’t have a problem being one way and then turning it off and turning on something else which is super emotional,” revealed the director. “With Chris we were on the same page when Montgomery’s back home it becomes more of an emotional journey and you sort of leave that behind when you get to the office. He was really great at figuring that out.”

While Chris brought a certain kind of flare and Dave was a perfect Stockwell, the understated partner in crime, Miller was equally pleased with casting Adrian Grenier as Agent Wells. “His character is sort of in the middle of the two. This is his first action movie and he has really come into it with his head on and really tried to play the game the right way.”

“Chris took me under his wing and we went through some scenes in the trailer before we started shooting,” begins Grenier. “We started to delve into the words and the logic of them, so once we got onto set we knew exactly what we were doing. And then of course Dave is just an intimidating force, but such a sweet guy. I feel like we all have the same goal – to make this movie amazing and have a great time and to really make it exciting. Everybody is very open and excited to play together,” Grenier continues.

A 16-day feature film shoot is naturally demanding, so most of the actors trained with the stunt team, in addition to their own daily work out. “I train Muay Thai Kickboxing just for cardio, because I hate to run,” admits Meloni. “And I’m always very curious and interested about any kind of martial arts techniques. I find all that controlled violence really fascinating and beautiful. So yeah, you get to see me kick ass as Agent Montgomery.”

“There’s a lot more muscles per square inch on set, certainly than on Entourage, so it’s a bit intimidating but that’s part of my character - trying to keep up with the big guys,” says Grenier who was excited to delve into a whole new side of himself and play the role of somebody out to get the bad guys. “This is my first time doing this type of movie, an action-FBI procedural, so I hit the gym right away and started working out a lot. I think it works perfectly because I am the rookie of Montgomery’s crew.”

“The WWE audience is large and I still have a fan base around the world, and they always really appreciate when I’m able to throw in something from my wrestling days,” teases Bautista, the six-time WWE world champion. “The fans love it, they’re such a loyal and faithful audience so I like to give back if I can squeeze in a little wrestling move.”

Shooting in Cincinnati was somewhat of a homecoming for Bautista. “I not only spent a lot of time here wrestling, but my MMA coach is from here, my boxing coach is from here, so throughout the years training I’ve spent a lot of time in the city and the arenas. It doesn’t feel like I had to leave home and come to a strange town; as soon as I got here I went straight from the

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airport to the grocery to stock up on food. It is a comforting to see familiar places and familiar faces.”

“We’re running and gunning, its very high paced, high energy and we just have to be on top of it, and the style of film making and the production really reflects the energy that you’re going to feel on the screen,” assures Grenier. “One thing I really love about this particular shoot and working with Steven Miller is he’s nimble, he’s lean and it really does allow for a vitality, a sort of visceral quality to the filmmaking and in this day and age, you don’t need a lot of fancy lights or set ups to get good story and good action. He’s almost like a Special Forces operative – he gets in, gets the job done and gets out. That’s really exciting to watch that kind of energy; it’s guerilla film making, but on a high, high level,” adds Grenier.

MARAUDERS filmed entirely on location over 16 days in Cincinnati, Ohio. “I’m really used to that kind of filmmaking, and the speed of that kind of filmmaking,” adds Miller whose background is editing. “I come with the movie edited in my head. It really just allows me to see the movie as a whole before I even get to the set. All I have to do is put the cameras where I see the action happening.”

“I’ve always been a fan of gray areas; I think that’s what makes cinema great is that we’re not just black or white,” concludes Miller, a fan of ambiguous characters. “There’s a gray area to cinema and I love that, and with MARAUDERS I just followed that - I just let it be, I didn’t want to try to push one tone or the other.”

ABOUT THE CAST

Christopher Meloni (Montgomery) has established himself as one of Hollywood’s sought after and most respected leading men with an impressive resume of diverse roles, proving to be one of Hollywood’s most engaging talents.

This summer, Meloni will begin production in Hawaii on Amy Schumer’s “Untitled Mother-Daughter/ Action Comedy Project” from FOX, alongside Schumer and Goldie Hawn. Meloni is set to play Rodger Simmons, a man who is on the search for hidden treasure after having been diagnosed with terminal cancer. Meloni currently stars on WGN’s landmark historical series “Underground” as August, a secretive mercenary who walks a tightrope between survival and morality. He will begin production this fall on the series’ second season, in addition to returning as Jones for the second season of the Netflix series, “Wet Hot American Summer.”

No stranger to the small screen, Meloni’s had his breakout role on the award winning cop series, “NYPD Blue,” which lead to being cast on HBO’s gritty groundbreaking series “OZ,” playing a psychotic, bisexual serial killer, Chris Keller. While continuing his role on “OZ,” Meloni simultaneously stared as Detective Elliot Stabler on the popular and long-running NBC series “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” for which he received a Primetime Emmy® nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. Following his 12 seasons on “SVU,” Meloni returned to HBO in a pivotal arc as the head of the Vampire Authority, Roman, in Alan Ball’s wildly popular drama, “True Blood” and Julie Louis-Dreyfus’ trainer, Ray, in “Veep.”

His past film credits include Sony Classics release, Diary of a Teenage Girl with Kristen Wiig, Greg Araki’s White Bird in a Blizzard, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, Man of Steel, 42, They Came Together, Small Time, the Terry Gilliam films Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Twelve Monkeys; the Wachowskis’ first film Bound; the romantic comedy blockbuster Runaway Bride,

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Nights in Rodanthe, and the cult favorites Wet Hot American Summer, Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle and its first sequel, Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay.

Meloni currently resides in Los Angeles.

Bruce Willis (Hubert) has demonstrated incredible versatility in a career that has included such diverse characterizations as the prizefighter in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction, which won the Palme D'Or at Cannes; the philandering contractor in Robert Benton's Nobody’s Fool; the heroic time traveler in Terry Gilliam's 12 Monkeys; the traumatized Vietnam veteran in Norman Jewison's In Country; the compassionate child psychologist in M. Night Shyamalan's Oscar® nominated The Sixth Sense, for which he won the People's Choice Award; and his signature role, Detective John McClane, in the Die Hard pentalogy.

Following studies at Montclair State College's prestigious theater program, the New Jersey native honed his craft in several stage plays and countless television commercials, before landing the leading role in Sam Shepard's 1984 stage drama Fool For Love, a run which lasted for 100 performances off-Broadway.

Willis next won international stardom and several acting awards, including Emmy® and Golden Globe® honors, for his starring role as private eye David Addison on the hit television series “Moonlighting”, winning the role over 3,000 other contenders. At the same time, he made his motion picture debut opposite Kim Basinger in Blake Edwards' romantic comedy Blind Date.

In 1988, he originated the role of John McClane in the blockbuster film, Die Hard, one of the highest-grossing releases of that year. He later reprised the character in four sequels: Die Hard: Die Harder, Die Hard: With A Vengeance, 1995's global box-office champ, Live Free, Die Hard, one of the box-office hits of summer 2007, and the recently released A Good Day To Die Hard.

His wide array of film roles includes collaborations with such respected filmmakers as Michael Bay in Armageddon, M. Night Shyamalan in The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable, Alan Rudolph in Mortal Thoughts, and Breakfast Of Champions, Walter Hill in Last Man Standing, Robert Benton in Billy Bathgate and Nobody’s Fool, Rob Reiner in The Story Of Us, Edward Zwick in The Siege, Luc Besson in The Fifth Element, Barry Levinson in Bandits and What Just Happened, Robert Zemeckis in Death Becomes Her, and Robert Rodriguez in Sin City and Grindhouse.

Other motion picture credits include 2010's Red, where he originated the role of Frank Moses as well as the sequel Red 2; The Jackal, Mercury Rising, Hart’s War, The Whole Nine Yards and its sequel The Whole Ten Yards, The Kid, Tears Of The Sun, Hostage, 16 Blocks, Alpha Dog, Lucky Number Slevin, and Perfect Stranger. He also voiced the character of the wise-cracking infant Mikey in Look Who’s Talking and Look Who’s Talking Too, as well as the lead characters RJ and Spike in the animated hit features Over The Hedge and Rugrats Go Wild! In 2012, Willis successfully added two critically acclaimed films to his credits: director Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom, for which Willis and the film received Independent Film Award nominations, and director Rian Johnson's sci-fi thriller Looper, co-starring Joseph Gordon Levitt. Most recently, Willis appeared on the big screen in the Barry Levinson helmed comedy Rock The Kasbah, co-starring Bill Murray. 

This past November, Willis made his Broadway debut as the author Paul Sheldon who's tormented by one of his readers, played by Laurie Metcalf, in a new stage adaptation of Stephen King's novel Misery. He established his interest in theater when in 1997 he co-founded A Company of Fools, a non-profit theater troupe committed to developing and sustaining stage work in the Wood River Valley of Idaho, and throughout the U.S. He starred in and directed a staging of Sam Shepard's dark comedy True West at the Liberty Theater in Hailey, Idaho. The play, which depicts the troubled relationship between two brothers, was aired on Showtime and dedicated to Willis' late brother Robert.

An accomplished musician as well, Willis recorded the 1986 Motown album The Return Of Bruno, which went platinum and contained the No. 5 Billboard hit Respect Yourself. Three years later, he recorded a second album If It Don’t Kill You, It Just Makes You Stronger. In 2002, he launched a U.S. club tour with his musical group, Bruce Willis and the Blues Band and he traveled to Iraq to play for U.S. servicemen.

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Dave Bautista (Stockwell) starred as ‘Drax the Destroyer’ in the Marvel feature Guardians of the Galaxy appearing opposite Chris Pratt, Benicio Del Toro, Bradly Cooper and Zoe Saldana. The film follows an unlikely cast of characters including an American pilot and a group of futuristic ex-cons going on the run with a highly coveted object and must join forces to defeat a cosmic force of epic proportions.  The sequel will begin production in 2016 with a May 2017 release date.

In November 2015, Bautista was seen in the Sony feature Spectre the 24th installment of the James Bond series. Starring opposite Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz and Lea Seydoux, Bautista played ‘Hinx’, a fast-driving, battle-hardened hit-man for the secretive terrorist cartel SPECTRE. ‘Hinx’ had some of the most memorable scenes in the film, smashing 007 through walls during the film’s infamous train fight sequence and chasing him through Rome’s empty streets in a one of a kind Jaguar. He was also seen in November in the cation film Heist starring opposite Robert De Niro and Jeffery Dean Morgan.

He recently wrapped production on the independent film Bushwick starring opposite Brittney Snow. The film centers on a war veteran and a young girl who must cross a treacherous five blocks in Brooklyn to escape an invading military force.

Bautista has recently shot the independent film Warrior’s Gate produced by Luc Besson. Warriors Gate follows a teenager who is magically transported to China and learns to convert his videogame skills into those of a Kung Fu warrior.

A former professional wrestler and mixed martial artist Bautista is best known for his time in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), where he was a six-time world champion and an international spokesman for the organization. David retired from the WWE to focus on his acting career in mid-2010.

Past film credits include Universal’s Riddick and The Man with the Iron Fists. Past TV credits include “Chuck”, “Headcase” and “Smallville.”

Adrian Grenier (Wells) has a strong creative sensibility that has driven his personal evolution as an actor, filmmaker, musician, entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is as passionate about embodying compelling characters as he is about developing successful business ventures and leading a global evolutionary shift: a campaign toward environmentally responsible conscious living.

In front of the camera, the versatile Grenier is best-known for his starring role as Vincent Chase on “Entourage,” one of HBO’s most popular half-hour series in the network’s history, which ran for eight seasons and was syndicated in nearly two dozen markets worldwide. The much anticipated Warner Bros. film version of Entourage, written and directed by series creator Doug Ellin, was released last year.

Grenier recently completed production on the Independent feature Trash Fire, a comedy take on psychological thrillers, focusing on a man forced to confront his past when he and his girlfriend end up entangled in a web of lies, deceit and murder.

Along with memorable roles opposite Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway in The Devil Wears Prada and in the romantic comedy Drive Me Crazy, his other credits include the Woody Allen films Celebrity and Anything Else, the new indie film Goodbye World, the John Waters comedy Cecil B. Demented and the Sundance Film Festival-nominated The Adventures of Sebastian Cole.

Founder of Reckless Productions, Grenier has also brought his keen eye and love of storytelling to the production of documentaries: as producer and director of Shot in the Dark (2002), writer, producer and director of the critically acclaimed Teenage Paparazzo (2010), producer of Don’t Quit Your Daydream (2010) and executive producer of How to Make Money Selling Drugs (2012), in addition to a variety of short films. Grenier is currently in pre-production on the documentary, 52, which will chronicle the search for the loneliest whale in the world.

Beyond his career as a respected actor and filmmaker, Grenier is a musician and founder of Wreckroom Records, a music incubator for emerging artists which has aided and promoted dozens of rising young performers and bands. An investor and advisor to emerging technology ventures, he is also a passionate environmentalist who has actively supported organizations focusing on habit-changing education. Motivated to do more, in 2009 Grenier co-founded SHFT.com, a content creation/curation hub promoting sustainable green living through film, design, art and food, and is currently extending into a broader conscious lifestyle brand. Its real-world projects include the SHFT Mobile Kitchen Classroom, which provides New York City high

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school students opportunities to engage in experiential lessons around food, health and sustainability. Grenier also serves as a social good advocate on behalf of Dell, championing healthier, eco-friendly choice through digital storytelling and advocacy.

Johnathon Schaech (Mims), born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1969, has a 25-year film career. After a brief stint in Theater at the University of Maryland, Schaech moved to Los Angeles to study with renowned acting coach Roy London. Since Roy’s sudden death in ’93, Schaech has studied at Cameron Thor studios, The Actor’s Studio out of New York and even attended England’s RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts). With starring roles in over 75 roles for film and TV, Schaech has portrayed a wide range of characters, from an overly ambitious African American male trying to pass for Caucasian, to a muscle bound Egyptian mercenary taking down a Greek god. He has made it a career goal not to be just a so-called pretty face. Schaech’s first big break came in ‘95 when he was cast by Stephan Spielberg in How To Make An American Quilt, opposite Wynona Ryder, and in Greg Araki’s cult classic The Doom Generation, opposite Rose McGowan. Tom Hanks followed suit by casting him as the ambitious lead singer of The Wonders In That Thing You Do! Next, Schaech took the male lead opposite Academy Award® winners Gwyneth Paltrow and Jessica Lange in Hush. He then found himself on the cover of Vanity Fair, alongside Leonardo DiCaprio and Will Smith, as Leading Men to Watch. But the actor’s rebellious spirit kept him pursuing his passion for indie films, starring along award-winning actors and directors such as Vanessa Redgrave, Kenneth Branagh, Harvey Keitel, Kathleen Robertson, Robin Wright and Guy Pearce. Taking on the challenge of playing Harry Houdini in TNT's “Houdini” in 1998, Schaech performed all the tricks and stunts himself. He continued to pursue various leading roles in award-winning TV movies, including: “Blood Crime,” opposite legend James Caan; James Patterson's “Suzanne’s Diary,” “For Nicholas,” with Christina Applegate for CBS; Nora Roberts's ”Angels Fall,” with Heather Locklear; and the title character in Tom Fontana’s “Judas” for ABC. Schaech was a regular on Jennifer Love Hewitt’s “Time Of Your Life” from 2001 through 2003, and he has reoccurred and guest starred in series such as “Cold Case,” “CSI,” “The Client List” and Fox’s “Sleepy Hollow.” Schaech briefly changed his career path and honed his skills as a professional writer. He’s written for NBC, MGM, Sony features and Columbia, but mostly notably for Showtime’s “The Masters of Horror” series, and for Stephen King. Schaech co-adapted “Blackhouse” for Akiva Goldsman.

From 2008 to 2014 Schaech made a series of mainstream studio films that reaped a worldwide box office total of over 300 million, including: Renny Harlin’s Hercules; Phantom, with Ed Harris; opposite Bruce Willis in Lionsgate’s Vice; as well as Prom Night, Quarantine, and Takers.His worldly focus has broadened his reach to starring in award winning foreign films with the likes of Italy’s Franco Zefferelli, Mexico’s José Pepe Bojórquez, and Australia’s Stephan Elliott. In 2014 he started to make another national impact with his role as Sean Walker, opposite Liev Schreiber and Jon Voight, in the first season of Showtime’s hit series “Ray Donovan.” Schaech has also been seen in HISTORY Channel’s “Texas Rising,” starring opposite Bill Paxton, and David Fincher’s HBO comedy series “Living On Video.” He will soon be seen as Jonah Hex in Dc's Legends Of Tomorrow on The CW.

Johnathon Schaech resides is Los Angeles, CA with his wife, publicist Julie Solomon, and their 1-year-old son, Camden.

ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS

Steven C. Miller’s (Director) first film, Automaton Transfusion, premiered at the 2007 ScreamFest Horror Film at the legendary Mann's Chinese Theater. The no budget film was picked

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up by Dimension and released under their Dimension Extreme label. Next, Steven shot two films back-to-back: The Aggression Scale and Under The Bed. The Aggression Scale premiered at South By Southwest in 2012 to critical acclaim and was released by Anchor Bay Films. Under The Bed premiered at the 2012 Fantasia Film Festival, eventually released by Xlrator media.

Miller's big break came that same year, when he was tapped to direct the remake of the cult classic Silent Night, Deadly Night, starring Malcolm McDowell and Jaime King. The film was released in December of 2012 and was very well received. His most recent film, Extraction, starred Bruce Willis, Kellan Lutz and Gina Carano, and was released by Emmett/Furla and Grindstone Entertainment in December 2015.

Michael Cody (Screenwriter) is an Illinois native. As a standout college athlete at the University of Iowa, Cody pursued his education in the world of business until a wolf changed his mind. Cody was watching Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx argue in a cab during a viewing of Michael Mann’s Collateral. When the wolf crosses the street in front of their cab in the middle of Downtown LA, Cody knew he had to be a part of the entertainment industry.

Armed with a five-minute instructional video and an online copy of Fight Club, Cody began the process of learning how to write a screenplay. After a series of trial and error, he began to find his own voice.

Chris Sivertson (Screenwriter) was commissioned by legendary producer Roger Corman to write scripts and direct second-unit action sequences on mini barbarian epics in Russia, after graduating with honors from the School of Cinema-Television at USC. Sivertson then joined forces with co-writer/co-director, Lucky McKee, for the no-budget horror feature All Cheerleaders Die, a bloody revenge tale featuring a squad of zombie cheerleaders. For his solo directorial debut, Sivertson adapted Jack Ketchum’s powerful bestseller, The Lost. It was the first film produced from a novel by this renowned American author. The ultra-dark true-crime thriller garnered incredible reviews from the likes of Variety and the Los Angeles Times, and was released by Anchor Bay in North America.

In addition to producing multiple low budget genre films, Sivertson has edited a variety of features, including the Sundance hit, MAY. And in 2007 he directed the Sony/Tri-Star wide theatrical release I Know Who Killed Me, starring Lindsay Lohan. Also working in television, Chris partnered with producer Jessika Borsiczky to develop Charlie Darling, a gritty female PI series, which sold to ABC. In 2011, Sivertson wrote and directed Brawler, the raw true story of two brothers competing in an underground circuit of illicit New Orleans riverboat brawls. The film premiered at the Fantasia Film Festival and was picked up by XLrator Media. And then he came full circle with the epic remake of All Cheerleaders Die with Lucky McKee and producer Andrew van den Houten of Moderncine. The movie premiered opening night at the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival, where Image Entertainment snapped up American rights.

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Credits

LIONSGATE PREMIEREGRINDSTONE ENTERTAINMENT GROUP and

EMMETT FURLA OASIS FILMS Present

An EMMETT FURLA OASIS FILMS Production

In association with APERTURE MEDIA PARTNERS

In association with 4TH WALL ENTERTAINMENT

Directed bySteven C. Miller

Written byMichael Cody and Chris Sivertson

Produced byRandall Emmett, p.g.a.

George Furla, p.g.a.Joshua Harris

Rosie CharbonneauMark Stewart

Executive ProducersJared UnderwoodAndrew Robinson Slava Vladimirov

Wayne Marc GodfreyRobert JonesBarry BrookerStan Wertlieb

Montgomery BlencoweSteve SaxtonAnthony JabreJason Trawick

Ted FoxVance Owen

Jamie Marshall

Director of PhotographyBrandon Cox

Production DesignerNiko Vilaivongs

EditorVincent Tabaillon

Co-ProducersTim Sullivan

Anthony Callie

Co-Executive ProducerRyan Black

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Music SupervisorMike Burns

Music byRyan Dodson

Costume DesignerBonnie Stauch, CDG

Casting byVictoria Burrows and Scot Boland

Christopher MeloniBruce Willis

Dave BautisaAdrian Grenier

Johnathon SchaechLydia Hull

Tyler Jon OlsonTexas Battle

Christopher Rob BowenRyan O’Nan

Tara Holt

In Association WithTHE FYZZ FACILITY

Associate ProducersARNAUD LANNIC

CHRISTOPH LANNIC

CastHubert BRUCE WILLISMontgomery CHRISTOPHER MELONIStockwell DAVE BAUTISTAWells ADRIAN GRENIERMims JOHNATHON SCHAECHAgent Chase LYDIA HULLDerohan TYLER OLSONTeegan CHRISTOPHER ROB

BOWENDagley RICHIE CHANCEJames Jackson CHRIS HILLAntonio Leon DANNY ABECKASERT.J. Jackson TEXAS BATTLEVanessa Adler TARA HOLTJill ALYSHIA OSCHEMartha CAROLYN A'LISEChris Hall RYAN O'NANSenator Cook DR. DAVID GORDONAndrews RICO SIMONINI

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Velasquez MICHAEL URRIQUIAMiranda TORRIE WILSONAgent Sanders SHEA BUCKNERMichelle KRISTEN RAE MEYERSO'Connell JOE GELCHIONAnderson JOHN DAUERJamie ALORA CATHERINE

SMITHVanessa's Receptionist CHARLOTTE KIRKCarl Bartender JESSE PRUETTJared DERRICK DUCHESNERanger #1 Frank MARTIN BLENCOWERanger #2 Carter JAVIER SEPULVEDARanger #3 Nick JONATHAN GALANISBenjamin JOSEPH LAZOWOfficer Charles CAMERON BREXLERStockholder CHRIS SILEORachel KRISTINA POWERSHutchenson's Daughter

CAROLINE LASSITER

Becky STEPHANIE HEINRICHEerie Female Voice KAREN STRASSMAN

StuntsStunt Coordinator STUART WILSON

Hubert Double STUART WILSONWells/Squall ERIC TOULOUSEHall/Hurricane JONATHAN YURCOThunder THOM ALLPORTTornado BRIAN SEARLECop Driver #2 JAMES CARTERLashawn/James Dbl ASWAN HARRISBank Guard Will WILL MOOREBank One Security BRIAN PETERSCop Driver #1 RICHARD FIKEFemale Customer ROSIE BERNHARDHutchenson CHICK BERNHARDMB Guard #1 KENNY RICHARDSMB Guard #2 MARTY MURRAYUndercover Security #1

JOE KURAK

Undercover Security #3

GREG SPROLES

Mexican Bodyguard E RAY GOODWIN JRPrivate Guard #1 CHAD KNORRPrivate Guard #2 MICHAEL VEHARRapeller #1 CARL FRIESRapeller #2 ANTHONY FRIES

Unit Production Manager

MARY C. RUSSELL

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First Assistant Director JONATHAN SOUTHARD

Second Assistant Director

KARLA STRUM

Post Production Supervisors

MICHAEL J. URANNBEAU J. GENOT

ProductionProduction Coordinator IAN NAVRANAssistant Production Coordinator

ANDREW LITTLE

Second Second Assistant Director

JOE SORZANO

“A” Camera Operator ALEJANDRO LALINDE“A” Camera First Assistant

HUNTER SANDISON

“A” Camera Second Assistant

JOE BOU

“B” Camera First Assistant

AMY FAUST

“B” Camera Second Assistant

MICHAEL WOOTEN

Loader ERIC RANSBOTTOM

Script Supervisor NICK DIROSADay Player Script Supervisor

KIMBERLEE ANDREWS

Public Relations HILDA SOMARRIBAStill Photographer BRIAN DOUGLAS

Sound Mixer GEOFF MAXWELLBoom Operator CHRIS WELCKERSound Utility NIGEL MAXWELLVideo Assist BRIAN WELLS

Gaffer RUSS FAUSTBest Boy Electrician SCOTT LIPEZElectricians BRIAN WHITLOCK

THOMAS VINCENTAdditional Electrics LUCAS ANKNEY

HAL CARLTON FORDSTEPHEN BEAUDIONJAKE HEIM

Key Grip JEFF FISHERBest Boy Grip MIKE DITTIACUR

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Dolly Grip CHRIS SALAMONEGrips MIKE SALAMONE

DAVE SCHWANDNERAdditional Grips GARRET OLLISH

DYLAN COATESHAL CARLTON FORD

Production Accountant SUSAN J. BONNO-BUCKNER

First Assistant Accountant

ELIZABETH HAGAN

Payroll Accountant JOAN DE VILLAAccounting Clerks STEPHANIE

KRUTHAUPTDANIEL STEFFEN

Location Manager NICHOLAS DEROOAssistant Location Manager

JANET HILL

Locations Production Assistants

HOLLIE FISK

ALEKSANDER JOVICNICHOLAS RUENICK BARTELME

Travel Coordinator HOPE FORGUSProduction Assistants NICK AVERY

CAITLIN PROFFITT

Local Casting/Background Casting Director

LYNN MEYERS

Local Casting Assistant BEN RAANANBackground Wranglers BECCA SCHALL

MOLLY ISREAL

Set Decorator BROCK KOMONLeadman RYAN TUDOROn Set Dresser DAVID

SCHELLENBERGERSet Dressers AMY CLUXTON

HALEY SHEPARDJOHN CHAMPIONJOHN ZANARDELLI

Art Director AARON BAUTISTA

Property Master/Armourer

ANDREW WERT

Assistant Property Master

BEN MILLER

Special Effects Coordinator

KEN GORRELL

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Set Foreman WES PERRYPyro Foreman JAMES CARTER

Key Costumers KATIE BISHOPKEITH COULTAS

On Set Costumer JOY GALBRAITHCostumer JACKIE ANDREWSCostumer JESSICA HAFER

Head Make Up Artist KARRI FARRISMake Up Artist RACHEL LISAAdditional Make-Up Artists

ANDREA VIETH

JODI BYRNE

Head Hair Stylist SCOTT REEDERAdditional Hair Stylists SAMANTHA MALONEY

LINDSEY HOWARDCRYSTAL LEWISCAROL HUNTER

Mr. Willis' Personal Hair Stylist

GERRY QUIST

Transportation Coordinator

JEFF COUCH

Transportation Captain CRAIG EASTEPDay Player Transportation Captain

CRAIG METZGER

Honeywagon Driver CHRIS MUSICKDrivers DREW PERKINS

JIM DOWNTOWNBRIAN HINKLERALPH METZGERTOM BROWN

Set Dec Driver WADE NAPIERCast Drivers JOHN CALLAHAN

KATHLEEN FITZGERALD

Van Drivers BILL LYONSBILL BAXTERMARK HALLSCOTT MCMULLEN

Script Clearance JOAN PEARCE RESEARCH

Catering Provided By SALVADOR AND SONS CATERING

Chefs SALVADORE DEANDAALVERO CASTILLO

Cooks LUIS RINCOA-ZAMBRANO

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MARCO LAURENZANA

Key Craft Service PAM FORDCraft Service Utility LARRY FORD

Set Medics CARL MURRAYCRAIG FORSTERKENNY REARDONWILLIAM BARNESJESSICA MOENING

Basecamp Production Assistant

KENDRA BATES

Production Assistants ROB LAKISGARRET OLLISHCOLEY ANGEL

Cast Production Assistant

JONATHAN GALANIS

Additional Production Assistants

KEVIN MCCANE

MEGAN THOBEJOHANNA MCGINLEY

Assistants To Producers

ALEX ECKERT

DANIEL PINARDERRICK RODGERS

Assistant To Mr. Willis & Mr. Bautista

JAYNA SCHIMBERG

For Emmett Furla Oasis

Finance Attorney BOB ABRAMOFFPhysical Production TONY CALLIE

WILLIAM B. STEAKLEYChief Financial Officer CAESAR RICHBOWEVP Business Affairs MARTY BARABCreative Executive TIM SULLIVAN

Production Attorney BOB ABRAMOFFBURGEE & ABRAMOFF

Production Financing ZACK CONROY

Post ProductionAssistant Editor CLAY RAWLINS

Post Production Accountant

JERROLD LAMBERT

Audio Post Services

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Provided ByJUNIPER POST

Supervising Sound Editor

DAVID KITCHENS, M.P.S.E.

Dialogue Editor BEN ZARAI

ADR Editor GONZALO "BINO" ESPINOZA

Sound Designer ROLAND THAI

Foley Editor GONZALO "BINO" ESPINOZA

Re-Recording Mixer DAVID BARBER, CAS, M.P.S.E.

Loop Group THE LOOPING WALLA GROUPALEX D'LERMAKAREN STRASSMANYENI ALVAREZMARCELO TUBERTGUSTAVO REX

Additional ADR provided by

GIGANTIC STUDIOS NYC

Recordist KEVIN PETERS

Dailies provided byFOTOKEM

Digital Intermediate Provided byCOGNITION

Digital Intermediate Colorist

MICHAEL EAVES

Digital Intermediate Producer

STEPHANIE ESCOBAR

Digital Intermediate Conform Supervisor

GUSTAVO MENDES

Digital Intermediate Conform Editor

MICHAEL WILLIAMS

Executive Producer EILEEN GODOYPresident of Post Production

REID BURNS

Visual Effects by

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Visual Effects Producer JASON GANDHI

Visual Effects Artists ROBERT BAYEDAMIAN DRAGOMARLEN GOMEZJOSH STODDARDTODD WEATHERS

Music“We On Fire” “Then It’s Gone”Performed by Tha Vill Performed by Jeremy

KayWritten By William J Fuller (ASCAP)

Written by Jeremy Kay, Tim Feehan

and David Macias (BMI)

Courtesy of Mickey Max Music

Courtesy of The Rejected Group

“Moonlight Sonata” “Frenemy”Performed by Luigie “ Lugo “ Gonzalez

Performed by Destiny Rydas

Written by Ludwig Van Beethoven.

Written by Tristana Rodriguez

Courtesy of Lugo Music

“Almost” “Cielito Lindo“Written and Performed by: Carolyn A’lise

Performed By Abel Campos

Mastered by: Ken Mcmillian

Written By Quirino Mendoza Y Cortés

FILMED ON LOCATION IN CINCINNATI.

THE PRODUCERS WOULD LIKE TO

THANK THE GREATER CINCINNATI &

NORTHERN KENTUCKY FILM COMMISSION FOR

THEIR ASSISTANCE(GC&NC FC LOGO)

The Producers wish to thank the following:THE STATE OF OHIOCITY OF CINCINNATI

KRISTEN SCHLOTMANHAMILTON COUNTY

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SHERRIFS DEPARTMENT

SERGEANT GREG LEWTON & THE

CINCINNATI POLICE DEPARTMENT

Mr. Miller would like to thank the following:

VANESSA MILLERSTEVE MILLER

BONNIE MILLERADAM GOLDWORMCHARLIE FERRAROBRIELLE & ELLIOT

Insurance provided by GALLAGHER ENTERTAINMENTINSURANCE SERVICES

Aerial Photography provided by

SKYLARK AERIALS, LLC

Production Financing Provided by

APERTURE MEDIA PARTNERS

Worldwide Sales Provided by

HIGHLAND FILM GROUP

Revenues Collected and Distributed byFREEWAY CAM B.V.

Lndscape Photographs Provided byDEZ FOTO

Accommodations provided by

21C MUSEUM HOTELMILLENNIUM HOTEL

HYATT REGENCYJOHN VARVATOS

Completion Guaranty by

PROSIGHT SPECIALTY

Walkies by360

COMMUNICATIONS

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Payroll Provided byPAYEES

ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES

Production BankFIFTH THIRD BANK

Cameras and Lenses provided byPANAVISION

(logo - shot in panavision)

THE CAMERA DEPARTMENT

Camera Dollies provided by

MIDWEST GRIP AND LIGHTING COMPANY

Electric and Grip Equipment provided

byMIDWEST GRIP AND

LIGHTING

Travel Services Provided by

WAFA LANGENBRUNNER - PROVIDENT TRAVEL

Ohio Film Commission FOTO-KEM (logo)(Logo

Cognition Juniper(Logo) (Logo)

Aperture Media (Zack Conroy)

SAG/AFTRA logo

(logo)

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Copyright © 2016 Georgia Film Fund 44,

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All Rights Reserved

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