KEANU REEVES TO NARRATE âDEEP WEB,â THE UPCOMING EPIX ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY INVESTIGATING ROSS ULBRICHT â CONVICTED CREATOR AND OPERATOR OF ONLINE BLACK MARKET SILK ROAD
First time Keanu Reeves and director Alex Winter collaborate in 22 years
âȘNew York, NY (March 13, 2015) â Keanu Reeves has joined the anticipated new EPIX Original Documentary, Deep Web, as narrator. From director Alex Winter, the film chronicles one of the most important and riveting digital crime sagas of the century â the arrest of Ross William Ulbricht, the 30-year-old entrepreneur recently convicted of being ‘Dread Pirate Roberts,’ creator and operator of online black market Silk Road. This is the first time Reeves and Winter have worked together since 1993âs Freaked, which followed their co-starring roles in the successful Bill and Ted films. Deep Web will world premiere at South by Southwest this Sunday, March 15 and will make its World Television Premiere on EPIX Spring 2015. Content Media handles the filmâs international sales and distribution.
âI’m honored to be working with Alex Winter on his timely and vital documentary, Deep Webâsaid Reeves. âThe Silk Road and trial of Ross Ulbricht involve many important and complex issues that impact the life of Mr. Ulbricht and us all.â
Deep Web seeks to unravel a tangled web of secrecy, accusations, and criminal activity, and explores how the outcome of Ulbricht’s trial will set a critical precedent for the future of technological freedom around the world. The film features exclusive interviews with the Ulbricht family, including Rossâ parents Lyn and Kirk Ulbricht. Additional interviewees include: Joshua Dratel, Ulbrichtâs lawyer; Andy Greenberg, technology writer for Wired, author of This Machine Kills Secrets and the first reporter to interview âDread Pirate Robertsâ; Cody Wilson, a crypto-anarchist known for his development of the â3D printed gun;â Cindy Cohn, legal director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation; James Chaparro, the former Assistant Director for Intelligence at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE); and Christopher Soghoian, a privacy and online security advocate who works for ACLU as their principal technologist.
Deep Web is an EPIX Original Documentary written, directed and produced by Alex Winter with Marc Schiller and Glen Zipper also serving as producers. Winter and Schiller previously worked together on the documentary Downloaded, about the rise and fall of Napster. Zipperâs prior credits include the Academy AwardÂź winning Undefeated and the Grammy AwardÂź winning Foo Fighters: Back and Forth. Seth Gordon (Print the Legend, Mitt, Freakonomics and Undefeated) is the executive producer, Andy Greenberg is the consulting producer, and Dan Swietlik (Sicko and An Inconvenient Truth) is the editor. Jill Burkhart and Ross Bernard are the executive producers for EPIX.
About EPIX
EPIX is a premium movie and original programming entertainment service delivering the latest movie releases, classic film franchises, original documentaries, comedy and music events on TV, on demand, online and on devices.  Launched in October 2009, EPIX has pioneered the development and proliferation of âTV Everywhere.â It was the first premium network to provide multi-platform access to its content online at EPIX.com and was the first premium network to launch on XBOX 360, PlayStationÂź, iOS, Android tablets, Windows 8.1 and RokuÂź players. EPIX is available to authenticated subscribers on hundreds of devices including AppleÂź iPadsÂź and iPhonesÂź and is the only premium service providing all its programming on all platforms, delivering more movies than any other premium network, with thousands of titles available for streaming.
EPIX is a joint venture between Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA and VIA.B), its Paramount Pictures unit, Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF) and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM). Through relationships with cable, satellite and telco partners, EPIX is available to over 50 million homes nationwide. For more information about EPIX, go to www.EPIX.com. Follow EPIX on Twitter @EpixHD (http://www.twitter.com/EpixHD) on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/EPIX), YouTube (http://youtube.com/EPIX), Instagram (http://instagram.com/EPIX), Google+ (http://plus.google.com/+EPIX), Pinterest (http://pinterest.com/EPIX) and Vine (https://vine.co/EPIX).
About Content Media Corporation
Content Media Corporation Ltd is a London and LA based private company that owns and distributes a significant library of film, television, and digital assets. The Companyâs library of rights includes over 4,000 hours of television programming, 200 hours of digital programming and 275 feature films.
Content Media recently closed a multi-faceted deal with Bruno Wuâs Beijing-based Seven Stars Entertainment and Media, Ltd., in which Content acquired the Alive Group of companies allowing Content to distribute its extensive library of film and television rights through the Alive Group to the Chinese market, as well as a direct equity investment by Seven Stars into Content
The Film sales division launched in 2002 and represents high profile, commercial feature films with great artistic and theatrical ambition. In addition to handling worldwide sales, marketing, and publicity, the company assists film producers in securing financing.
In addition to âDeep Web,â Contentâs impressive international sales slate includes two other highly anticipated documentaries – Academy AwardÂź winning director Alex Gibneyâs documentary âGoing Clear: Scientology and The Prison of Beliefâ, and Rodney Ascherâs acclaimed horror documentary âThe Nightmare.â Additional titles include the new action/thriller âPandemicâstarring Rachel Nichols, Mekhi Phifer, and Missi Pyle, and Alfie Allen; the intense horror film âThe Diabolicalâ starring Ali Larter; the gripping drama âThe Eichmann Showâ starring Martin Freeman and Anthony LaPaglia; the uplifting emotional drama âLife at these Speedsâ starring Billy Crudup, Graham Rogers and Sam Rockwell; AcademyÂź Award winning director Mike van Diemâs return romantic comedy âThe Surpriseâ; âJanis: Little Girl Blueâ directed by AcademyÂź Award nominated Amy Berg; the spy thriller âNewcomerâ starring James Floyd and Anthony LaPaglia; the Caradog James directed supernatural thriller ‘Don’t Knock Twice’; the supernatural heist thriller âThe Trustâ; the extraordinary, moving and white-knuckle drive with one of the greatest movie stars of all time documentary âSteve McQueen: The Man & Le Mansâ; Oscar Wilde’s âThe Canterville Ghostâ voiced by Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie; and the romantic comedy âCometâstarring Justin Long and Emmy Rossum.
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