Cuschieri to Adapt Best Seller “Smokescreen” for Belltower Entertainment

Belltower Entertainment (OTCBB:BTOW) announced today that it has formally engaged Paul Cuschieri to write the screenplay adaptation of “Smokescreen,” based on Robert Sabbag’s best-selling book of the same name. An action-adventure, “Smokescreen” tells the unbelievable “true life tale about Allen Long, a frustrated American documentary filmmaker who began smuggling pot out of Mexico and then Colombia in the seventies, featuring countless near-death episodes, in a rickety marijuana stuffed DC-3.” – The New Yorker. Belltower plans to begin filming in Fall 2010, with a target release date in the Spring of 2011.

Belltower now has three feature films in various phases of development and pre-production.

In August, Belltower announced the signing of Ericson Core (“Invincible”) to direct “Dance The Green,” a collaboration with Academy Award-winning writer Barry Morrow (“Rain Man”) which tells the story of legendary golfer Moe Norman. “Dance The Green” will begin shooting on location in Florida and Pittsburgh in spring 2010.

Earlier this year, Belltower announced “Little Treasure,” (formerly known as “A Kid for Christmas”) a family comedy written by Josh Goldstein (Fresh Prince of BelAir, HBO’S Arli$$ and Disney’s “Jungle Cruise”). “Little Treasure,” to be directed by Michael Olmos, is currently casting and is slated to begin pre-production by the end of this year in Shanghai, China.

Cuschieri is repped by David Krintzman.

Belltower is an independent film company based in Los Angeles, with a satellite office in Shanghai. Led by founder and CEO Donald Bell, Belltower was formed in 2008 to take advantage of the popularity of independent films and the globalization of the entertainment industry. Additional information on Belltower Entertainment can be found at www.belltowerfilms.com.