Craig Robinson, Traci Lords, Katie Morgan, Ricky Mabe, and Kevin Smith Alums Jeff Anderson and Jason Mewes Join Seth Rogen & Elizabeth Banks in 'Zack & Miri Make a Porno' for The Weinstein Co. and Dimension Films

Craig Robinson, Traci Lords, Katie Morgan, Ricky Mabe, and Kevin Smith Alums Jeff Anderson and Jason Mewes Join Seth Rogen & Elizabeth Banks in 'Zack & Miri Make a Porno' for The Weinstein Co. and Dimension Films

Written and Directed by Kevin Smith, Provocative Comedy Marks the Seventh Collaboration Between the Weinsteins and Smith

NEW YORK, Jan. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The Weinstein Co. and Dimension Films are pleased to announce additional cast members joining Seth Rogen ("Knocked Up," "Superbad") in writer/director Kevin Smith's and producer Scott Mosier's "Zack & Miri Make a Porno." Elizabeth Banks ("40 Year Old Virgin," "Invincible") will star opposite Rogen as Miri.

Joining the cast are Craig Robinson ("The Office"), Traci Lords ("Crybaby"), Katie Morgan (HBO's "Katie Morgan: A Porn Star Revealed"), Ricky Mabe (ABC Family's "Beautiful People"), Jeff Anderson ("Clerks II") and Jason Mewes ("Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back"). The announcement was made today by Bob Weinstein and Harvey Weinstein, co-chairmen of The Weinstein Company and Dimension Films.

Zack and Miri are two lifelong friends who are deep in debt and enlist the help of their friends to make a porno movie for some quick cash. But as everybody starts "doing" everybody, Zack and Miri realize that they may have more feelings for each other than they previously thought.

The movie begins shooting on January 16, 2008 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

"Zack & Miri Make A Porno" marks the latest collaboration between Bob and Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Smith and producer Scott Mosier who have created many successful and popular films over the past 13 years including "Clerks," "Clerks II," "Chasing Amy," "Dogma" and "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back."

Michael Cole, co-head of production, and Carla Gardini, senior vice president of production, will oversee the project on behalf of TWC and Dimension Films.

About The Weinstein Company and Dimension Films

The Weinstein Company (TWC) was created by Bob and Harvey Weinstein, the brothers who founded Miramax Films Corporation in 1979. TWC is a multi-media company that officially launched on October 1, 2005. Dimension Films, the genre label that was founded in 1993 by Bob Weinstein, is also included under the TWC banner.

During the Weinsteins' tenure at Miramax Films the company released some of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful independent feature films which received 249 Academy Award(R) nominations and won 60 Oscars(R), have generated billions of dollars in worldwide box office receipts and billions more in home video sales. In its history, Dimension Films has released some of the most successful franchises including "Scream," "Spy Kids" and "Scary Movie."

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