Fortitude Entertainment Group Launches Fortitude Gulf Creating Hollywood in Dubai

Fortitude Entertainment Group Launches Fortitude Gulf Creating Hollywood in Dubai

Launch Celebration Taking Place in Dubai at Annual World Cup Horse Race Hosted by Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince and Ruler of Dubai

LOS ANGELES, March 24 /PRNewswire/ -- International up and coming media conglomerate, Fortitude Entertainment Group, is preparing to launch their newest venture, a division called Fortitude Gulf in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Fortitude Gulf will include a production studio that will rival the biggest majors, as well as a theme park. In essence, they are creating in Dubai the next Hollywood. In celebration of this new venture, Dubai's royalty has invited several people including Hunt Lowry, Fortitude Film's President of Production and partner (Dreamer, A Cinderella Story, Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood), and various Fortitude and WB executives to attend the Annual World Cup Horse Race taking place this Saturday, March 25th.

Fortitude will be taking some of their 20 picture slate to Dubai for filming this year. In addition, Fortitude Gulf is planning a theme park, movie theaters and a major studio facility in Dubai and then into other areas of the Middle East. Fortitude will be bringing WB brands into the Middle East. "We at Fortitude are focused on underserved demographics and markets outside of the United States. We believe the gulf region and specifically Dubai, is a prime multi-cultural market capable of becoming the next Hollywood," said Steve Delaportas, CEO of Fortitude Entertainment.

"Many people are asking 'why Dubai', our answer is that Dubai is the Diamond of the Middle East. It is very progressive and multi-national and has become the hotspot for vacationers worldwide, especially from Europe and Australia," said Lisa Marie Butkiewicz, President of Fortitude Entertainment.

About Fortitude Entertainment Group

Fortitude Entertainment Group is a fully integrated entertainment company founded by Steve Delaportas and Lisa Marie Butkiewicz in 2004. Within a few months of its inception, Fortitude inked a deal with Universal Studios to produce the fantasy film, Shadowmancer based on the New York Times best selling book by GP Taylor, is written by "Secondhand Lions" and "Iron Giant" scribe Tim McCanlies. Shadowmancer garnered international attention when the press dubbed it 'Hotter than Potter.'

Fortitude Entertainment Group is a multi-faceted entertainment conglomerate with studio facilities from pre-production to post-production including animation, special effects, web design and a shooting stage in Burbank, California. The music division took over the Fleetwood Mac recording studio in Phoenix, Arizona. Fortitude Animation's 150-plus seat animation house is in Mumbai, India; Merchandising offices are located in the Toy Building in New York, New York; the company recently announced Fortitude Jadran, a 30 acre studio facility in Zagreb, Croatia. The company also has regional locations in Hamburg, Germany (Fortitude Media Europe); Cape Town, South Africa (Fortitude South Africa); and Dubai, UAE (Fortitude Gulf); all supported by administration in Phoenix, Arizona.

For more information visit http://www.fortitudeentertainment.com/ .

Contact:
Paul Siegel
818-842-0820

Source: Fortitude Entertainment Group

CONTACT: Paul Siegel, +1-818-842-0820, for Fortitude Entertainment
Group

Web site: http://www.fortitudeentertainment.com/

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