Relativity, Edward R. Pressman, Chris Brown and Alberto Lensi Along with Pictures in Paradise to Produce Bloodsport

AUSTRALIAN DIRECTOR JAMES MCTEIGUE TO HELM
FROM A SCRIPT BY ROBERT MARK KAMEN DEVELOPED WITH PHILLIP NOYCE
TO BE REWRITTEN BY CRAIG ROSENBERG

(Beverly Hills, CA) July 24, 2013 – Relativity, along with Edward R. Pressman, Chris Brown, Alberto Lensi, Australia-based Pictures in Paradise and Trans-American Films International announced today that together they will produce a re-invention of the iconic 1988 film Bloodsport that explores the morally-conflicted life of 21st Century mercenaries as they collide with the underground world of Brazilian Vale Tudo fighting.

Relativity will distribute domestically and will handle foreign sales through its output partners. Bloodsport is an Australian production that will be shot in Australia and Rio de Janeiro.

The film will be directed by James McTeigue (V for Vendetta, Ninja Assassin, The Raven, and the upcoming The Survivor). The script, written by Robert Mark Kamen (Taken, The Transporter) and based on a story developed by Kamen and Phillip Noyce (Salt), is to be rewritten by Craig Rosenberg (The Uninvited) under McTeigue’s supervision.

Pressman, Lensi and Brown will serve as Producers while Relativity’s CEO Ryan Kavanaugh and President Tucker Tooley will serve as Executive Producers along with Pressman’s COO Jon Katz, Brett Thornquest, Daniel Bernhardt, Heidi Eckes-Chantre, Jeremy Thomas and Mark DiSalle.

Looking forward, Relativity will release the corporate espionage thriller Paranoia (in theaters August 16, 2013), Luc Besson’s comedic action film The Family (in theaters September 13, 2013), Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s daring directorial debut Don Jon (in theaters September 27, 2013) and Jimmy Hayward’s upcoming animated, hilarious buddy comedy Free Birds (in theaters November 1, 2013).

Edward R. Pressman, producer of such classics as Wall Street, American Psycho, The Crow, Bad Lieutenant, and Badlands, is currently in development of a reinvention of the 1994 hit film The Crow to be directed by Javier Gutiérrez (Before the Fall) with Relativity, the Joe Paterno biopic, Happy Valley to be directed by Brian De Palma and to star Al Pacino as the late Penn State football coach, and The Monkey Wrench Gang to be written and directed by Henry Joost & Ariel Schulman (Catfish, Paranormal Activity 3 & 4).

Chris Brown, producer of Mona Lisa, The Proposition, and Daybreakers, has just completed The Railway Man directed by Jonathan Teplitzky (Burning Man) and starring Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, Jeremy Irvine, Stellan Skarsgård and Hiroyuki Sanda.