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Robert Sean Leonard Added to Cast of MDP Worldwide's Psychological Thriller 'The I Inside'

6/20/2002

Actor Robert Sean Leonard has been signed to co-star in the thriller "The I Inside", it was announced today by Mark Damon, Chairman and CEO of MDP Worldwide. Leonard will join the previously announced cast of Ryan Phillippe, Stephen Rea, Sarah Polley, Stephen Lang and Piper Perabo. The film, which is currently shooting in the U.K. is being directed by Roland Suso Richter ("The Tunnel") and is being co- produced and distributed by MDP Worldwide.

"Robert is a great addition to a stellar cast of fine actors" noted Damon. "He will certainly play well off Ryan Phillippe, as his older brother".

Based on screenwriter Michael Cooney's murder-mystery play, Point of Death, "The I Inside" follows the fictional life of Simon Cable, who after a near death experience, awakens in the hospital with amnesia. In searching for his identity, he discovers that he has the power to travel back in time and change his future in order to solve the mysterious murder of his brother Peter, who will be played by Leonard.

After playing several small roles on stage and screen, Leonard rose to prominence when he starred as the lead actor in the highly acclaimed "Dead Poets Society" directed by Peter Weir. He has since appeared in many roles on screen including "Much Ado About Nothing", "Swing Kids", "The Last Days of Disco" and "The Age of Innocence". He has also appeared regularly on Broadway and won a Tony Award for Best Actor for his portrayal as A.E. Housman in Tom Stoppard's "The Invention of Love". He was also nominated for a Tony Award for his work as Eugene Marchbanks in the revival of "Candida".

MDP Worldwide will be distributing and co-producing the film with VIP Medienfonds 1 and MDP's wholly-owned German entity MDP Filmproduktion GmbH. Rudy Cohen and Mark Damon will produce while Andrea Schmid and Andreas Grosch will serve as Executive Producers.

Recently, MDP Worldwide announced the closing of an exclusive "first- look" production and development deal with leading management and production company, Handprint Entertainment. Handprint Entertainment currently manages a roster of over 150 highly talented clients including Nicole Kidman and Jennifer Lopez. Additionally, the two companies will also enter into a joint venture partnership on all feature films produced through this entity. The first major theatrical film project announced under this new arrangement will be "The Sixteen Pleasures" slated to star Academy Award nominee Nicole Kidman.

MDP is currently handling worldwide distribution for three major theatrical feature films, with production budgets aggregating nearly $150 million, including the big-budget action adventure film, The Musketeer, which was released in the Fall of 2001 by Universal Pictures and debuted No. 1 at the US box office during its opening weekend; the non-stop action adventure film, The Extremists, directed by leading Canadian director Christian Duguay (The Art of War, Joan of Arc) and featuring Devon Sawa (Final Destination), Bridgette Wilson-Sampras (The Wedding Planner), and Rufus Sewell (A Knight's Tale, Dangerous Beauty), to be widely released by Paramount Pictures in the United States; and the cyber horror thriller FearDotCom, directed by William Malone (The House on Haunted Hill) and featuring Stephen Dorff (Blade), Natascha McElhone (The Truman Show), and Stephen Rea (The Crying Game), to be widely released August 30, 2002 by Warner Bros. in the United States.

MDP has also recently acquired international film licensing rights to the poignant emotional drama The United States of Leland, currently in post- production, which is directed by Matthew Ryan Hoge and produced by Kevin Spacey's Trigger Street Productions, and features an all star cast including Ryan Gosling (Murder by Numbers, Remember the Titans), Don Cheadle (Traffic, Swordfish), Chris Klein (American Pie 2, Rollerball), Lena Olin (Chocolat, The Unbearable Lightness of Being), Jena Malone (Life as a House, Donnie Darko), and Academy Award winner Kevin Spacey (American Beauty, The Shipping News).


MDP Worldwide is a leading film entertainment company engaged in the financing, development, production and worldwide distribution of feature films in all media. The company has offices in Los Angeles and Montreal and its shares of common stock are publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange (symbols: MDP.A and MDP.B).



For further information: Press contact: David Gaynes, Sr. V.P. Publicity, ; Investor contact: Devin Cutler, V.P. of Finance,

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