Dolphin Secures Financing for Six New Films

LOS ANGELES, October 30: The Citi affiliate Continental
Entertainment Capital (CEC) has committed to providing financing for six new
feature films from kids’ and family outfit Dolphin Entertainment.

The funds will be used to cover production, print and advertising
costs for the six teen- and tween-targeted films. The titles will be produced
and distributed worldwide by Dolphin Entertainment, with an unnamed studio
partner releasing them theatrically in the U.S.

The first offering is Soul
Surfer—The Bethany Hamilton Story, the story of the female teen
surfer who lost an arm in a shark attack and then overcame numerous obstacles
to become a successful and popular professional surfer, inspirational speaker
and role model.

Dolphin’s chairman and president, Bill O’Dowd, noted, “Beginning
with the uplifting story of Bethany Hamilton, we are confident that the films
will represent our ongoing commitment to create engaging and high-quality
productions in line with our continued success in appealing to our core
demographic of children and teen audiences.”

Continental Entertainment Capital’s managing director, D. Jeffrey
Andrick, said: "We are excited to be in business with Dolphin and Bill
O'Dowd, as this exemplifies the type of targeted audience product that we
believe can succeed, even in more difficult general market conditions. Bill has
built a successful business and knows his audience extremely well. He has
demonstrated an ability to focus on this demographic and fully service it from
development and production through to seasoned domestic distribution
relationships, a captive international sales operation, and originating very
attractive ancillary revenue streams in music, sponsorship and retail
merchandising."

—By Mansha Daswani