Film and TV Partnerships on Multiple Platforms Are Unveiled
At the Gaming Industry's Largest Tradeshow
E3, LOS ANGELES, May 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
BAM! Entertainment (Nasdaq: BFUN) today announced it will showcase a broad
portfolio of titles resulting from the company's film and television strategic
relationships on PlayStation(R) 2, Xbox(TM) game console, GameCube(TM),
Game Boy(R) Advance, PlayStation(TM) One, and PC CD-ROM during the Electronic
Entertainment Expo (E3), May 22-24. BAM! Entertainment is located in
West Concourse, room #153-B.
BAM! Entertainment will offer something for everyone from games based on
action films to television's most popular cartoon characters. Some of the
titles to be debuted include:
Reign Of Fire
BAM! is bringing Spyglass Entertainment's major motion picture to multiple
gaming platforms beginning this fall. Reign of Fire, a post-apocalyptic
action film starring Matthew McConaughey and Christian Bale, is being
developed for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube and Game Boy Advance.
Reign of Fire is a third-person game taking place over scorched landscapes,
the result of battles between two species competing for survival -- human and
dragon. The title will tout stunning visual effects, environment rendering,
and a variety of fearsome battles.
Ecks vs. Sever
Based on this fall's movie from Franchise Pictures, Ecks vs. Sever is the
story of two spies who are lifelong adversaries. Engaged in a cat-and-mouse
game, Jonathan Ecks (Antonio Banderas) is an FBI agent hunting Sever
(Lucy Liu), a rogue NSA agent. With 20 single player and four-player
missions, gamers can play as either Ecks or Sever and alternate roles
throughout the game as the storyline progresses. Ecks vs. Sever for the
PlayStation 2 offers locations modeled after the actual film sets and multiple
realistic weapons each with their own special effects and animations. BAM!
will also showcase the Game Boy Advance version.
The Powerpuff Girls(TM)
Continuing on the success of BAM!'s previous Cartoon Network(TM) games,
which have sold over 2 million units worldwide, the company now brings the
heroic trio to the PlayStation(R) 2. Players must fight and destroy a host of
enemies and villains such as Mojo Jojo, The Gangreen Gang and Him. Players
can take their role as superhero supreme by completing dozens of exciting
missions designed to test their gaming ability and deploy devastating super
powers including laser eyes and a host of new super powers. The Powerpuff
Girls(TM): Gamesville on the PC CD-ROM will also be showcased.
Samurai Jack(TM) The Amulet of Time
For the first time ever, the phenomenally popular Cartoon Network series,
Samurai Jack(TM), makes its way to interactive entertainment. Debuting on the
Game Boy Advance, the title will offer beautifully detailed graphics and
extravagant environments. Players can discover vast worlds featuring scores
of characters and explore seven different lands, each with missions to
complete and interweaving storylines.
About Spyglass
Spyglass Entertainment was founded in 1998 by industry veterans
Roger Birnbaum and Gary Barber, whose previous films have collectively totaled
over $4 billion in worldwide box office. Spyglass Entertainment develops,
produces, finances, and distributes high-quality theatrical motion pictures
worldwide. The Company's box office hits include the thriller The Sixth Sense
with Bruce Willis, which earned $661 million in worldwide box-office,
becoming, at the time, the ninth largest grossing film in history. The Sixth
Sense was nominated for six Academy Awards(R) and became the highest selling
video rental title of all time. Other films the company has been involved
with include the Bruce Willis vehicle Unbreakable, Shanghai Noon with
Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson, Keeping the Faith, starring Edward Norton and
Ben Stiller and the critically acclaimed The Insider with Russell Crowe and
Al Pacino which was nominated for seven Academy Awards(R)
About Franchise Pictures LLC.
Franchise is an independent motion picture production and distribution
company founded by Elie Samaha and Andrew Stevens, two of the more prolific
producers in the entertainment industry. Since its inception in 1998,
Franchise has produced and delivered a number of high profile pictures to the
marketplace. Among them have been Heist starring Gene Hackman and
Danny Devito, The Whole Nine Yards starring Bruce Willis and Matthew Perry,
Driven starring Sylvester Stallone, Kip Pardue and Estella Warren, Angel Eyes
starring Jennifer Lopez and Jim Caviezel, Art of War starring Wesley Snipes
and Donald Sutherland, The Pledge starring three-time Academy Award-winner
Jack Nicholson.
About Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network, currently seen in 80.7 million U.S. homes and 145
countries around the world, is Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.'s 24-hour,
ad-supported cable service offering the best in animated entertainment.
Drawing from the world's largest cartoon library, Cartoon Network showcases
unique original ventures such as The Powerpuff Girls, Dexter's Laboratory,
Samurai Jack, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Ed, Edd n Eddy and other Cartoon
Cartoons. Since its launch in 1992, Cartoon Network has remained one of
ad-supported cable's highest-rated networks. Cartoon Network's Web site is
located at http://CartoonNetwork.com (AOL Keyword: Cartoon Network).
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., an AOL Time Warner company, is a major
producer of news and entertainment product around the world and the leading
provider of programming for the basic cable industry.
About BAM! Entertainment, Inc.
Founded in 1999 and based in San Jose, California, BAM! Entertainment,
Inc. is a developer, publisher and marketer of interactive entertainment
software in North America and Europe. The company develops, obtains, or
licenses properties from a wide variety of sources, including global
entertainment and media companies, and publishes software for video game
systems, wireless devices, and personal computers. The company's common stock
is publicly traded on Nasdaq under the symbol BFUN. More information about
BAM! and its products can be found at the company's web site located at
http://www.bam4fun.com.
This release contains statements that are "forward-looking statements"
within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
These statements are based on current estimates and projections about BAM!
Entertainment's business, which are derived in part on assumptions of its
management, and are not guarantees of BAM! Entertainment's future performance,
as such performance is difficult to predict. Therefore, actual outcomes and
results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in such
forward-looking statements due to numerous factors. Such factors include, but
are not limited to those described in the final prospectus dated
November 14, 2001 relating to the initial public offering of BAM!
Entertainment, which was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission. Readers of the release are referred to this filing. BAM!
Entertainment does not intend to update any of these forward-looking
statements after the date of this release.
NOTE: BAM! Entertainment, BAM! and BAM!4 are trademarks of BAM!
Entertainment, Inc. PlayStation is a registered trademark of Sony Computer
Entertainment Inc. Nintendo GameCube is a trademark of Nintendo of America,
Inc. Microsoft and Xbox are registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft
Corporation. Nintendo and Game Boy Advance are trademarks of Nintendo. All
other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
THE POWERPUFF GIRLS and all related characters and elements are trademarks
of and (C) Cartoon Network.
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SAMURAI JACK and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and
(C) Cartoon Network.
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DEXTER'S LABORATORY and all related characters and elements are trademarks
of and (C) Cartoon Network.
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North American Editorial, Susan Kramer,
+1-408-298-7500, ext. 313, or Skramer@bam4fun.com, or European
Editorial, Dawn Beasley, 01225-329-298, or Dbeasley@bam4fun.com,
both of BAM! Entertainment, Inc.
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