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Motion Picture Corporation
of America (“MPCA”) was co-founded by Brad Krevoy in 1986 to focus
on producing, acquiring, and distributing commercial motion picture
and television productions. Since its inception, MPCA has produced,
acquired, and distributed over 100 movies, including more than 20 major
studio theatrical releases. MPCA is best known for its ability
to produce commercial feature comedies, including DUMB AND DUMBER,
the Farrelly Brothers’ first feature film starring Jim Carrey, which
generated gross worldwide box office of $250 million; KINGPIN starring Woody Harrelson, Randy Quaid, and Bill Murray; BEVERLY HILLS NINJA starring Chris Farley; and Disney’s JUNGLE 2 JUNGLE starring Tim Allen.
MPCA recently produced TAKING
CHANCE starring Kevin Bacon for HBO Films, which received 10 Emmy
nominations including Outstanding Made for Television Movie, Outstanding
Lead Actor in a Mini Series or a Movie (Kevin Bacon), Outstanding Directing
(Ross Katz), and Outstanding Writing (Lt. Col. Strobl and Ross Katz).
TAKING CHANCE is based on the heartwarming story of military
escort Lt. Col. Michael Strobl’s journey across America to bring fallen
Marine PFC Chance Phelps to rest with his family. MPCA’s other
recent productions include LINEWATCH, a hard-hitting action film
starring Cuba Gooding Jr. as a New Mexico Border Patrol Agent for Sony
Pictures, and the forthcoming sci-fi action thriller HARDWIRED for Sony Pictures, which also stars Cuba Gooding Jr., as well as Val Kilmer.
MPCA is currently in development on the English-language remake of the blockbuster Japanese motion picture YOMIGAERI (aka RESURRECTION) for DreamWorks which is being written by Oscar-winning screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin (GHOST, THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE). MPCA also has secured the English-language remake rights to this year’s Academy Award-winning Foreign Language film, DEPARTURES. Additionally, MPCA is in pre-production on BEVERLY HILLS CHIHUAHUA 2 for Disney; two Syfy Original Movies; an underground MMA action/fighting movie; and a science-fiction/serial killer thriller starring Cuba Gooding Jr.
Earlier this year, MPCA was
engaged by Tim Allen’s Boxing Cat Films to represent his first independently
produced film, CRAZY ON THE OUTSIDE. Directed by and starring
Allen, the family comedy boasts an all-star cast including Sigourney
Weaver, Ray Liotta, J.K. Simmons, Jean Tripplehorn and Kelsey Grammer.
MPCA successfully concluded a deal with Disney for the distribution
of all international rights to the picture.
Other recent MPCA acquisitions
include THE SLAMMIN’ SALMON, the Broken Lizard comedy troupe’s
follow-up to SUPER TROOPERS and BEERFEST; KILLER MOVIE starring Gossip Girl’s Leighton Meester and Lost’s
Nestor Carbonell; and the family film, MOONDANCE
ALEXANDER, starring Don Johnson, Lori Laughlin, and Kay Panabaker, which was released
by Fox Faith in North America.
In addition to its vigorous
acquisitions arm, MPCA also oversees domestic and international sales
for its in-house productions and enjoys long-term relationships with all the major studios and broadcasters. Among the titles MPCA has sold worldwide
are the Sundance Film Festival premiere BOOKIES; the action pictures BLAST, SECOND IN COMMAND, and THE HARD CORPS; horror film STEPHEN KING’S RIDING THE BULLET; sci-fi thriller SLIPSTREAM;
and the comedies NATIONAL LAMPOON PRESENTS BARELY LEGAL and BOAT TRIP starring Cuba Gooding Jr.
To date, MPCA’s motion picture and television projects have grossed more than $650 million worldwide in all media, earning the company its reputation as a leading provider of commercial motion picture product at all budget levels and an aggressive sales and marketing force with U.S. studios and international buyers.