Eva Longoria, Hilary and Haylie Duff to Star in Foodfight!  10/25/05

Threshold and Lions Gate Stock Foodfight! Shelves With A-List Cast Charlie Sheen, Eva Longoria, Wayne Brady, Christopher Lloyd, and Chris Kattan

Join Hillary and Haylie Duff to Voice Animated Epic

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Oct. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Threshold Animation Studios and Lions Gate Family Entertainment are making a trip to the supermarket a superstar affair with the announcement of casting for several voice roles in their animated epic Foodfight! Joining previously announced cast members Hillary and Haylie Duff are Charlie Sheen, Eva Longoria, Wayne Brady, Chris Kattan and Christopher Lloyd, who will give voice to the main characters in the feature which will include more than 15,000 characters in what may be the largest animated scene ever.

Foodfight!, which will be distributed by Lions Gate Family Entertainment and is scheduled for a Fall 2006 release, takes place in a supermarket which comes to life as a city unto itself. The film is being directed by Threshold CEO Larry Kasanoff (True Lies, Mortal Kombat) from a screenplay by Brent Friedman, Rebecca Swanson and Sean Derek, based on a story by Kasanoff and Joshua Wexler. Kasanoff and George Johnsen of Threshold are producing, while Lions Gate's Tom Ortenberg and Wexler executive produce along with Gregory Cascante and Daniel Suh co.

Sheen (Two and a Half Men, Platoon, Major League) will voice the lead role of Dex Dogtective. Longoria (Desperate Housewives) is Lady X, the leader of the villainous Brand X group. Brady (The Wayne Brady Show, Whose Line Is It?) is Daredevil Dan; Lloyd (Back to the Future, Taxi) Mr. Clipboard; and Kattan (Saturday Night Live, A Night at the Roxbury) Polar Penguin. They join Hillary and Haylie Duff (Material Girls) who provide the voices for Sunshine Goddess and Sweetcakes, respectively.

Casting for the film is being handled by Heidi Klein and Robin Klein.

Utilizing a cast of thousands and myriad CG special effects powered by Threshold's association with IBM, Foodfight! is a world unlike anything seen before. In addition to the unique characters developed for the story -- and voiced by the cast of stars -- the creators have acquired the rights to include nearly every consumer packaged goods company's characters as the supermarket comes to life. Included are Mr. Clean, Charlie the Tuna, Twinkie the Kid and hundreds more, who take on the role of supporting background "actors" in the film.

"This cast absolutely completes our vision for these characters. They each bring a unique style and humor to their role, and their voices will add another element of life to the 3D animation and new technology we are using in production of the film," said Kasanoff. "This is a huge movie with an enormous cast, comprised of rising stars and those that have been adored for generations. Securing the right actors to voice the characters was a huge undertaking, and we are absolutely thrilled that Charlie, Eva, Wayne, Chris, and Christopher are joining Hillary and Haylie to make this film as special as we have always anticipated it would be."

Adds Ortenberg, "We're thrilled with the way that this project is evolving. It's shaping up to be a truly top-notch family picture. Everything about Foodfight!, from the groundbreaking animation technologies being employed, to the master storyteller we have in director Larry Kasanoff, to the all-star cast that the project has attracted -- perfectly reflects the nascent Lions Gate Family Entertainment division's mandate to produce large scale, high quality family entertainment."

About Threshold

Within the Threshold Entertainment Group family are: Threshold Entertainment, which produces feature films and television including the Mortal Kombat franchise and the highly anticipated October, 2006 animated feature Foodfight!; Threshold Animation Studios and Threshold Digital Research Labs, who create effects and animation for all mediums, including Threshold produced features, features for all of the major studios, television shows, more than one-third of all the recently introduced theme park attractions in the world, major brand commercials, and more; and Blackbelt TV, the first and only 24-hour digital martial arts network.

The company is at the cutting edge of technology from both a staff and equipment standpoint. Threshold projects are created around the world, supervised and managed from the company's state-of-the-art Santa Monica digital studio. The studio was enhanced by the groundbreaking relationship with IBM, which provides Threshold with virtually unlimited bandwidth and computing power to create the images of tomorrow today.

Actively involved in all aspects of entertainment and associated product offerings, Threshold is a leader in structuring licensing programs for varied properties and will soon set a new standard for charitable programs associated with a film offering. The company is led by visionary Larry Kasanoff and a talented team who believe entertainment starts with a story of interest and reaches new heights when that story is presented in a visually compelling manner.

About Lions Gate

Lions Gate (NYSE: LGF; Toronto) is the premier independent producer and distributor of motion pictures, television programming, home entertainment, family entertainment and video-on-demand content. Its prestigious and prolific library is a valuable source of stable and recurring revenue, and it serves as a foundation for the growth of the Company's core businesses. The Lions Gate brand name is synonymous with original, daring, quality entertainment in markets around the world.

SOURCE Lions Gate; Threshold Animation Studios

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