Vin Diesel To Produce And Star In THE MACHINE for MGM

LOS ANGELES, CA – May 19, 2011 – MGM announced today that Vin Diesel will star in and also produce through his One Race Films, the action-comedy THE MACHINE, based on an original script by Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant (NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM, NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: BATTLE FOR THE SMITHSONIAN, THE PACIFIER), who are also producing. Production is scheduled to start in the fall.

Vin Diesel stars as a human-like machine created in secrecy by the Pentagon as the world’s first true ultimate weapon. Twenty years after the project was buried and decommissioned for reasons unknown, The Machine is discovered by a kid who befriends him. When the government learns it has been reactivated, the Machine must protect the family harboring him.

MGM’s Jonathan Glickman, President of the Motion Picture Group, says “We could not be happier to be partnering with Vin again, especially on a film with such classic themes that will appeal to his broad audience around the world.” Adam Rosenberg, Senior Vice President for the MGM Motion Picture Group, is supervising the film for the studio.

About Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. is actively engaged in the worldwide production and distribution of motion pictures, television programming, home video, interactive media, music, and licensed merchandise. The company owns the world’s largest library of modern films, comprising around 4,100 titles. Operating units include Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc., United Artists Films Inc., MGM Television Entertainment Inc., MGM Networks Inc., MGM Distribution Co., MGM International Television Distribution Inc., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Home Entertainment LLC, MGM ON STAGE, MGM Music, MGM Consumer Products and MGM Interactive. In addition, MGM has ownership interests in domestic and international TV channels reaching over 130 countries. For more information, visit www.mgm.com.

About One Race Films
ONE RACE FILMS (ORF), founded in 1995 by writer, director, producer and actor Vin Diesel has produced the two highest grossing films in the Fast franchise, Fast Five as well as Fast & Furious. He has directed Multifacial, Strays, Los Bandoleros and the digital series The Ropes. Previously, ORF launched multiple franchises in the action space including the science fiction thriller Pitch Black and the follow up Chronicles of Riddick along with the hit XXX. Reaching beyond the action genre, One Race developed and produced the critically acclaimed courtroom drama helmed by Academy Award winning filmmaker Sidney Lumet, Find Me Guilty. In addition to a thriving film production company, ORF launched a gaming company in 2002, Tigon Studios, which has produced three critically acclaimed console titles including Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay and original property The Wheelman.