Blueprint Secures Multimillion-Dollar Investment

LOS ANGELES/TORONTO, February 28: Blueprint Entertainment,
founded by former Alliance Atlantis executives John Morayniss and Noreen
Halpern, has secured a multimillion-dollar investment from Robert Lantos and
Jeff Sagansky.

The financing will be used to boost Blueprint’s
international presence and its production slate. Morayniss noted: “This
investment in Blueprint is strategically significant for the company’s future
growth and it validates the efforts we’ve made to make Blueprint the thriving
independent studio it is today. With this equity infusion, coupled with the
extensive experience of Robert and Jeff, we intend to move to the next level
very quickly, by substantially expanding into new arenas and doing what we’ve
always done but on a much larger scale.”

With the announcement, Morayniss will assume the role of
chairman and CEO and Halpern will serve as president, overseeing development and
production.

Lantos founded Alliance Communications, which he took public
in 1993 and sold in 1998. Since then he has concentrated exclusively on
producing motion pictures through his company Serendipity Point Films.
Sagansky’s career includes stints as CEO of Paxson Communications, co-president
of Sony Pictures Entertainment, president of CBS and president of Tri-Star
Pictures. He is a lead investor in entertainment companies including Peace Arch
Entertainment, ContentFilm and Winchester Capital.

Blueprint was founded in 2002 and today generates annual
revenues of close to $100 million. It recently inked a distribution deal with
FremantleMedia for two new properties: Love You To Death and The Best Years.