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Announcement Comes Before Book Hits Stores Sept. 24 of This Year; Film Version to Air Globally on National Geographic Channels in 2014 WASHINGTON, March 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With the record-breaking success of the National Geographic Channel (NGC) factual drama of Bill O'Reilly's best-selling history "Killing Lincoln," NGC President Howard T. Owens announced today that the network will once again join forces with Scott Free Productions to produce a film based on...

3.4 Million People Tune in to NGC's First Original Factual Drama WASHINGTON, Feb. 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- National Geographic Channel's Sunday night premiere of KILLING LINCOLN - the network's first original factual drama - proved to be the perfect way to honor President's Day Weekend with stellar ratings that averaged a whopping 2.6 HH rating - tied for the second highest HH in network history - and a 1.1 P25-54 on Sunday, February 17, at 8 p.m. ET/PT. KILLING...

The Most Dramatic Bullet Fired In American History: The Shot Killing Lincoln. National Geographic Channel Adapts Bill O'Reilly's Best-Selling Book Into Its First Original Scripted Drama, Narrated On Camera by Academy Award-Winning Actor Tom Hanks Billy Campbell Stars as Abraham Lincoln and Jesse Johnson as John Wilkes Booth; Ridley Scott and Tony Scott Produce WASHINGTON, Jan. 24, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- April 14, 1865. One gunshot. One assassin hell-bent on killing "a...

Academy Award® Winner Hanks to be the On-Camera Narrator, Providing Historical Context and Perspective to this Fresh Telling of Iconic Moment in American History Film to Premiere Globally on National Geographic Channel in Early 2013 WASHINGTON, Sept.13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- National Geographic Channel President Howard T. Owens announced today that actor, producer, writer and director Tom Hanks is joining the two-hour television event Killing Lincoln from executive...

LOS ANGELES, March 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- IMAX Corporation (NYSE:IMAX; TSX:IMX) and Twentieth Century Fox today announced that Prometheus, the summer's scariest action event picture and director Ridley Scott's return to the genre he helped define, will be digitally re-mastered into the immersive IMAX® 3D format and released in IMAX® digital and film theatres domestically and in a select number of IMAX theatres internationally, starting June 8, 2012. (Logo:...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- National Geographic Channel President Howard T. Owens announced today that the network has partnered with Tony and Ridley Scott to produce the two-hour documentary of Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever, Bill O'Reilly's New York Times best-selling book with co-author Martin Dugard. Media personality Mike Rowe is also on board to be part of the project. "National Geographic has a great...

NEW YORK, May 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- USA Network announced today the launch of a series of short films representing the next evolution of Character Project, an ongoing artistic initiative with the mission to explore extraordinary people, from all walks of life, who make this country unique. In partnership with RSA Films and Ridley & Tony Scott, USA commissioned eight talented filmmakers to create short films that explore the theme of American character through moving image. Character...

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., July 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Oscar® winner Russell Crowe reunites with Gladiator director Ridley Scott to reveal the untold story of a common archer's rise to become a hero in Robin Hood, the $309 million(1) worldwide blockbuster coming to Blu-ray(TM) Hi-Def Combo Pack, 2-Disc Special Edition DVD and single disc DVD on September 21, 2010 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment. All of these versions will feature the theatrical film, as well as a never-before-seen...

AMSTERDAM, July 21, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Today, Philips announce their continued collaboration with renowned film producers, Ridley Scott Associates (RSA) - founded by Sir Ridley Scott - to produce an all-new 3D short film for the Parallel Lines campaign, directed by RSA's Barney Cokeliss. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100721/400650-a ) (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100721/400650-b ) (Photo:...

MUNICH and LOS ANGELES, March 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Starz Entertainment has acquired U.S. television rights to TANDEM Communications' ground-breaking eight-hour television adaptation of Ken Follett's bestselling novel "The Pillars of the Earth." Starz will air the series, produced by Tandem Communications, MUSE Entertainment and Ridley and Tony Scott's SCOTT FREE Films, as a summer event. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100302/LA62857) The $40 million series is directed by...