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Paying Tribute tells the story of a veteran named George who hiked the entire 2,200-mile Appalachian Trail to honor his fallen comrades. Directed by Angus Benfield and Kendall Bryant, The Keeper follows George as he carries the name tags of 363 veterans who lost their lives to suicide.

After losing his best friend in a failed attempt, George sets out on a solo mission to raise awareness of the crisis among former military members. He hopes his journey will prevent others from sharing the same tragic fate.

On his walk from Maine to Georgia, George encounters other hiker veterans who provide company and meaning along the way. Their shared bond and understanding offer solace during challenging times on the trail. While shouldering immense grief, George discovers healing and purpose through celebrating the lives of those he carries with him each step of the nature-filled path.

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Exclusive: Scatena & Rosner Films has acquired worldwide rights to The Christmas Letter, a holiday comedy starring Angus Benfield (The Keeper), Chevy Chase (Community), Randy Quaid (The Last Detail), and Brian Doyle-Murray (Groundhog Day). Marking the feature directorial debut of Tori Hunter, the film is expected to be released in theaters later this year.

The Christmas Letter follows an unemployed copywriter who receives an annual braggadocious Christmas letter from his well-to-do friend who’s great at making our hero feel less than. Tired of being outdone and down on his luck, he gambles everything to give his family a Christmas-letter worthy vacation, and to upstage his wealthy pest.

Written by Michael Cunningham, the flick is produced by Benfield and Michael Cunningham. Daniel Hegel, Ruth Benfield, Gato Scatena, and Jordan Rosner served as executive producers.

“This film is going to be such a fun nod to classics like ‘Christmas Vacation,’ we...

Exclusive: Peter Facinelli, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Stephen Dorff, Neal McDonough and Nathaniel Arcand have boarded Marc Furmie’s sci-fi action thriller Viper, which is being sold in the Cannes market by Solone.

Furmie and Jason Mavraidis wrote the script when takes place post a nuclear holocaust. An elite team of soldiers are sent into a condemned zone to destroy a bio-weapons lab. Instead they discover that Indigenous locals have returned to re-claim their land and discovered a cure for radioactive fallout. The pic’s is billed as being a cross between such pics as Saving Private Ryan and dystopian sci-fi films

Children of Men and Stalker.

Twilight thespian Facinelli plays Cole Vinson, the haunted captain of a team of operators sent into radiation-plagued Sector 12 by government agent Hank Reynolds (Minority Report‘s McDonough), in order to subsidize healthcare for his dying daughter. Vinson is soon confronted by a betrayal within...

"No One Walks The Trail Alone." Lama Ent. has revealed the official trailer for an indie drama called The Keeper, opening in theaters this Memorial Day weekend in May. Based on a true story. Heavily impacted by his fellow veteran's suicides, George Eshleman, an Army Veteran, decides to raise awareness for military member suicides by hiking the entire nearly 2,200-mile Appalachian Trail from Maine to Georgia. On the trek, he carries 363 name tapes from the uniforms of military who committed suicide, given to him by their families. Along the way he is given the trail name of "The Keeper" (of the names) and finds support and comfort from fellow hikers, civilians, and military Veterans alike, in the "Hiker Universe." This adventurous subculture forms a network of hikers that revel in their common purpose and an unspoken meaning of life that drives them down the trail and over the next peak.

Exclusive: Angus Macfadyen (Braveheart), Jaime King (Sin City), Doug Jones (The Shape of Water), Corbin Bernsen (LA Law) and Angus Benfield (Inventing Anna) have signed on to star in action-thriller The Weight of Darkness, directed by Marc Furmie (Terminus).

Sean Rainwater and Furmie penned the script, with Benfield and Simone Bonser aboard to produce. Lama Entertainment Studios will arrange financing and represent U.S rights. The film marks the first collaboration for Lama Entertainment and Furmie’s Rezistor.

The film centers around Mark Besson (Benfield), a psychiatrist trying to encourage reform in the public health system. He is offered a helping hand from John Gatlin (Jones), a favorite mayoral candidate, with an interest in supporting Mark’s vision. But Mark’s world is soon rocked by tragedy when his young daughter Emma goes missing at a social event for victims of Ptsd. Despite the efforts of the Sheriff Eli Watson (Bernson) and his deputy,...

Hey,"NCIS: Los Angeles" fans. We hope you guys enjoyed tonight's episode 5. We are back to give you guys some spoiler goodies for the next, new episode 6, which is due out next Sunday night. We were able to get our hands on the main plotline for episode 6 via an official press release from CBS. So, we thank them for that. CBS also released some new preview pics for episode 6 that we're going to go over with you guys. We're also going to give you a link to see all of the new preview photos for yourself. So, let's get this spoiler party started. First off, the official title for episode 6 is, "A Bloody Brilliant Plan." That is definitely a good title for this installment as you will soon see. It sounds like episode 6 will feature some very interesting, possible action-filled and dramatic scenes. In the new episode 6 a very...