New Line Records Releases Digital Single 'Love Me Sexy,' From Upcoming Will Ferrell Comedy 'Semi-Pro'

New Line Records Releases Digital Single 'Love Me Sexy,' From Upcoming Will Ferrell Comedy 'Semi-Pro'

'Love Me Sexy' Music Video Breaks A Million Views Online, Full 'Semi-Pro' Soundtrack Scheduled For Feb. 26 Release

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- "Love Me Sexy," the first single from the soundtrack of the upcoming New Line Cinema comedy "Semi-Pro" (which opens nationwide on Feb. 29), was released by New Line Records on January 29 and is available on all digital service providers.

The song, performed by Jackie Moon (Ferrell's character in the film) and written by Ferrell, Scot Armstrong and Nile Rodgers, is also featured on the "Semi-Pro" soundtrack which will be released by New Line Records on February 26. In addition to "Love Me Sexy," the film's soundtrack will feature classic '70s tracks from Curtis Mayfield, War, LaBelle, Sly and the Family Stone, and the Ohio Players, as well as an Elijah Kelley's ("Hairspray") cover of the Earth, Wind & Fire song "Shining Star."

The video for "Love Me Sexy" has already taken off online, being viewed more than one million times on since being released on January 22, and was the #1 most watched video on YouTube on January 25th.

Ferrell stars in "Semi-Pro," an outrageous comedy set in 1976 against the backdrop of the maverick ABA -- a fast-paced, wild and crazy basketball league that rivaled the NBA and made a name for itself with innovations like the three-point shot and slam dunk contest. Ferrell plays Jackie Moon, a one-hit wonder who used the profits from the success of his chart-topping song "Love Me Sexy" to achieve his dream of owning a basketball team. But Moon's franchise, the Flint Michigan Tropics, is the worst team in the league and in danger of folding when the ABA announces its plans to merge with the NBA. If they want to survive, Jackie and the Tropics must now do the seemingly impossible -- win. "Semi-Pro" co-stars Woody Harrelson ("Anger Management," "White Men Can't Jump"), Will Arnett ("Blades of Glory," "Arrested Development"), Andre Benjamin ("Four Brothers," music group Outkast), Rob Corddry, Maura Tierney, Josh Braaten, DeRay Davis, Jay Phillips, Jackie Earle Haley and Andy Richter. The film is written by Scot Armstrong ("Old School"), directed by Kent Alterman, and produced by Jimmy Miller.

About New Line Records:

New Line Records, a division of New Line Productions, has been releasing recorded music since 2002. Distributed through Warner Music Group's independent arm ADA, NLR has released over 50 titles including the soundtracks to "Elf," "Wedding Crashers," "The Notebook," "A Prairie Home Companion," "The Departed" and "Hairspray." It is also the artist home to The Sounds, Albert Hammond Jr., OFFICE and Allison Moorer and Elijah Kelley, among others.

About New Line Cinema Corporation:

New Line Cinema is the most successful independent film company in the world. Its mission is to produce innovative, popular and profitable entertainment in the best creative environment. In addition to the production, marketing and distribution of theatrical motion pictures, the fully-integrated studio has divisions devoted to home entertainment, television, music, theater, merchandising and an international unit. In 2005, New Line partnered with HBO to form Picturehouse, a new theatrical distribution company to release independent films. A pioneer in franchise filmmaking, New Line's Oscar-winning "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy is one of the most successful film franchises in history. New Line is a division of Time Warner, Inc. (TWX).

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New Line Cinema
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212-649-6189

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CONTACT: Candice McDonough, +1-310-967-6991, or Kerri Chyka,
+1-212-649-6189, both of New Line Cinema

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