January 30, 2009
Film Rights to Video Game Acquired
(Los Angeles) Class 3 Entertainment has acquired film and TV rights to The Secret Dragon Series by Derek Hart. Class 3 Entertainment, known for optioning novels and life rights stories, saw the market potential for a future film audience. Derek Hart Entertainment has commitments for first round funding of $15 million with development of the video game beginning in early February.
Bob Lenthart, CEO of Derek Hart Entertainment, an independent game design studio, has already tapped some of the talented individuals leading the rapidly growing multi-billion dollar worldwide entertainment software industry. Lenthart says, "Our development team includes several innovative designers from Warcraft and Warhammer, a leading art director from Gears of War, and one of the fantastic background/character artists from the Halo series."
Just as with previous films of popular game franchises like Alone in the Dark (2005) and House of the Dead (2003), Hal Croasmun of Class 3 Entertainment envisions a 'Secret Dragon world.' "We foresee a community of fire-breathing fans emerging from the video series based on Derek Hart's six book series." Class 3 Entertainment has film and TV rights to the video game, book series, graphic novel, comic book, and the screenplay adaptation written by J.J. Ramo.
Contact:
Hal and Cheryl Croasmun
Class 3 Entertainment
661-297-9240
mailto:producer@class3entertainment.com
August 21, 2008
Class 3 Entertainment has acquired the life-rights to “One down, One to Go,”the Rolando Rodriguez tale of his twenty-year flight from false kidnapping charges.
Santa Clarita, California (PRWEB) August 21, 2008 -- Class 3 Entertainment has acquired the life-rights to the true story of Rolando Rodriguez, an Illinois man who went underground for twenty years to protect his young son. When Hal and Cheryl Croasmun, the producers of Class 3 Entertainment, first heard the story now marked for upcoming film or television development, they recognized something special.
"I can't imagine what it would be like for a college-educated father to pose as a minimum-wage earning illegal immigrant just to keep his son safe." says Hal Croasmun. And the son, nineteen out of his twenty-year life was spent as a fugitive. That's intense. But even more intense is how this all began."
Its beginning was a child custody case that led to a murder and ultimately to Rolando and his son becoming fugitives.
According to Rolando’s attorney, Tim Mahoney, on June 8, 1987, he should have died. "A bullet meant for me killed my law partner instantly. It was a terrible tragedy," comments Mahoney. "One day, I'm laughing with my best friend, and the next, I'm a suspect in his murder."
Rolando recalls his worry, "When my attorney's partner was murdered, I knew who did it and I knew that I was next." Rolando and his son were on a plane that night. Naturally, that meant that Rolando missed the upcoming custody hearing and lost custody of his son. A few days after that, a warrant for kidnapping was issued for Rolando's arrest (stemming from Illinois divorce case 86 DKA 733).
Eighteen months after the shooting, Rolando's ex-wife testified against the shooter, Bill Nally -- the man who was convicted for killing Tim Mahoney's partner (People of the State of Illinois v. William Nally – 88 CF 1371).
Even though the murder had been solved, the kidnapping warrant was still in effect.
"This man sacrificed his whole life to protect his son" said producer Cheryl Croasmun. "While on the run, he fell in love, got married, had two daughters, and managed to keep the entire family under the radar for 20 years. Talk about family secrets!" (How does someone hide that long with a family of five?)
After two decades, the kidnapping warrant was finally quashed. Rolando and his family are making adjustments to return to normal life.
Hal and Cheryl Croasmun of Class 3 Entertainment, own the life rights to the project.
Development partners may contact the producers for more information.
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