NEW YORK, April 4, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --
Jerrick Media Holdings, Inc., (OTCQB: JMDA) (the "Company" or "Jerrick"), and Maven Pictures today jointly announced their new
scripted television series about the life of Penthouse Magazine founder, Bob Guccione and the many
beautiful but misunderstood women in his life, as reported in Variety. Executive
producers for the project are Jerrick's founders Rick
Schwartz (The Departed, Black Swan) and Jeremy Frommer (Till Human Voices
Wake Us, Filthy Gorgeous: The Bob Guccione Story) and Maven Pictures founders Trudie
Styler (Freak Show, Snatch) and Celine Rattray (Novitiate, Still
Alice).
Jerrick's first foray into the world of Bob Guccione is Filthy Gorgeous: The Bob Guccione
Story, produced by Barry Avrich and Jerrick Media. The film premiered at the 2013 Toronto
International Film Festival. Filthy Gorgeous is available online here.
Currently in development, the series details Guccione's humble beginnings as a struggling artist and cartoonist in
London in the 1950's, through to the hugely successful launch of Penthouse and the media empire
that resulted from its glossy, soft focused aesthetic. Though Guccione was generally presumed to be misogynistic, the show will
explore the fact that in real life, Guccione was actually the exact opposite. Spanning 30 years, the project will be shown
through the eyes of the many beloved women in his life.
Jerrick co-founder Rick Schwartz stated, "Penthouse founder Bob
Guccione was an incredibly successful, complicated, and larger than life media mogul. We're looking forward to
collaborating with Maven Pictures on a scripted TV series that tells the story of this amazing, misunderstood man and all of the
brilliant, beautiful women in his life."
Jerrick intends to include additional detail regarding the Guccione Series in a President's Letter updating the investment
community on the Company's recent developments, which will be provided on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission shortly.
Celine Rattray, co-founder of Maven Pictures added, "We are happy to work with Jerrick on a
project that intimately explores a man through the complex lens of the women in his life and look forward to sharing the finished
product."
Maven Pictures has previously produced THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT, which received an Academy Award® nomination for Best
Picture. Their other producing credits include BERNIE starring Jack Black and Shirley MacLaine, GRACE IS GONE starring John Cusack, FILTH starring
James McAvoy and Jamie Bell. In 2016 Maven produced the
Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize winner AMERICAN HONEY, directed by Andrea Arnold, starring Shia Labeouf (A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints,
Fury) and Sasha Lane. FREAK SHOW, based on James St. James'
best-selling novel and the directorial debut for Trudie Styler, premiered at Berlinale in 2017 to
a sold out crowd of 1,000 viewers. Freak show stars Alex Lawther (The Imitation Game,
Departure), Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine,
Zombieland), and Bette Midler (Beaches, The First Wives Club). Also released early in
2017 was NOVITIATE directed by Maggie Betts and starring Margaret
Qualley and Melissa Leo, which premiered at Sundance and was bought by Sony Classic
Pictures. Arriving this year is thriller WILDLING directed by Fritz Bohm and starring Bel Powley
and Liv Tyler, and NOVITIATE directed by Maggie Betts and starring
Margaret Qualley and Melissa Leo.
About Jerrick
Jerrick is a digital media content publishing house. Core to Jerrick's
unique capabilities is Vocal, a proprietary technology and content distribution
platform, programmed to deliver a robust long-form, digital publishing platform organized into highly engaged niche-communities
capable of hosting all forms of rich media content. Vocal maximizes scalability, speed, simplicity, and adaptability to create an
unparalleled user experience - algorithmically designed to bridge media-rich long-form creative content with effective
monetization. Each niche-community site is overseen by a dedicated team and culture, whose primary focus is on revenue conversion
of all published material via digital arbitrage. All content is meant to challenge, inspire, and enlighten.
For more information please visit https://jerrick.media
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