Crash Series to Debut in October on Starz

LOS ANGELES, July 14: Crash, a new 13-episode drama inspired by the Academy
Award-winning best motion picture of 2006, will premiere on October 17 on
Starz.

Set in Los Angeles, Crash, which will air weekly at 10 p.m., explores social
and racial tolerance and the meaning of the American dream. The series features
a disparate group of individuals whose lives intersect, including record
producer Ben Cendars (Dennis Hopper), impulsive cop Kenny Battaglia (Ross
McCall), his actress-turned-police-officer partner Bebe Arcel (Arlene Tur),
frustrated Brentwood mom Christine Emory (Clare Carey), her husband Peter Emory
(D.B. Sweeney), former gang member-turned-EMT Eddie Choi (Brian Tee), Ben’s
street-smart driver Anthony Adams (Jocko Sims), illegal Guatemalan immigrant
Cesar Uman (Luis Chavez) and hot-tempered detective Axel Finet (Nick E.
Tarabay).

This is the first original
drama series from Starz Entertainment and it is co-produced by Lionsgate. The
production team is headed by writer and executive producer Glen Mazzara (The
Shield), and includes executive producers Bob Yari, Bobby
Moresco and Paul Haggis and co-executive producers Don Cheadle, Tom Nunan and Mark R. Harris,
who were members of the Oscar-winning theatrical production team, and
co-executive producers Jorg Westerkamp and Thomas Becker.

Joining Mazzara as series
writers are co-executive producers Frank Renzulli (The Sopranos) and Ted Mann (Deadwood, Miami Vice), producer Stacy Rukeyser (One Tree Hill, Without a Trace), executive story editors Chris Collins (The
Wire) and Randy Huggins (The
Shield), and staff writer Sang Kyu
Kim. John B. Moranville (Drive)
is producer, Elizabeth Kling is associate producer and Brad Caleb Kane is consulting
producer.

Starz Media’s Anchor Bay
Entertainment will hold the exclusive U.S. distribution rights, including home
entertainment, to the Crash
series, while Lionsgate will retain international distribution.

—By Jackie Stewart