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Vancouver, BC / TheNewswire / November 24, 2016 – Network Media
Group Inc. (“Network” or “the Company”) (TSX: NTE.V) is pleased to announce it has completed an agreement
to co-produce a slate of independent documentary films with Canada and U.S. based production company Hodgee Films. The films, to be
directed by Hodgee founder and principal Brent Hodge, will focus on the same kind of quirky and bizarre pop culture worlds and
characters inhabiting Hodge’s past directorial efforts, which include the Tribeca Film Festival hits A Brony Tale and The Pistol Shrimps. The companies were brought
together when Hodge was recruited by Network CEO Derik Murray to co-direct Network’s I Am Chris
Farley, a documentary about the comedy legend that went on to deliver the highest ratings for a documentary in the
history of Spike TV. The initial slate will be comprised of four films, with the first film scheduled to commence production in the
first quarter of 2017.
“After the success of my last two documentaries, I was seeking a partnership with a company who shared my
passion for the unconventional”, stated Hodgee Films Founder and Director Brent Hodge, “Derik Murray and Network provide the kind
of creative collaboration and infrastructure that will allow me to focus on what I do best, which is tell crazy
stories.”
“Brent has displayed an uncanny knack for tapping into the quirky recesses of pop culture to
create consistently entertaining and profitable documentary films”, stated Network CEO and Producer Derik Murray, “We look forward
to building on the successful collaboration we enjoyed on I Am Chris Farley to create a unique
slate of films that explore some of the wackiest characters and situations one could imagine.”
About Network Media Group
Network is focused on becoming one of the world’s leading developers and producers of entertainment properties for the
global marketplace and its worldwide audience. It is the parent company of Network Entertainment Inc., an established television
and film production company with an award-winning international reputation. Its productions include the Academy Award shortlisted
feature documentary Facing Ali, as well as documentaries on the lives of Bruce Lee, Steve
McQueen, Evel Knievel and, most recently, Chris Farley and Johnny Cash. The Company recently released a two-part documentary
special The Cowboy, which premiered on Discovery’s American Heroes Channel, as well as the
first five episodes of a global seven-part series for National Geographic. Network's past projects and current productions can be
viewed at www.networkentertainment.ca.
About Hodgee Films
About Hodgee Films - Hodgee Films is an independent film company best known for the documentaries A Brony Tale, The Pistol Shrimps and its work on Network
Entertainments I Am Chris Farley. Founder Brent Hodge has been nominated for six Leo
Awards for his documentary films, winning one for A Brony Tale in 2015. Hodge also
won a Canadian Screen Award in 2014 and more recently a Founders Award at Michael Moore's Traverse City Film
Festival.
For further information concerning this press release, please email info@networkentertainment.ca
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
NETWORK MEDIA GROUP INC.
"Derik A. Murray"
Derik A. Murray
Chief Executive Officer and Director
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