The Motion Picture Group, Inc. Announces Dakota Fanning Feature Film ``HOUNDDOG'' Selected for 2007 Sundance Film Festival

  
    
  
  
    
      The Motion Picture Group, Inc. (Pink Sheets:MPRG), a film/entertainment 
      financing and production company, announced today that its feature film “HOUNDDOG” 
      was selected for the Dramatic Competition at the 2007 Sundance Film 
      Festival to be held January 18-28, 2007 in Park City, Utah.
    
    
      The film, written and directed by Deborah Kampmeier, stars Dakota 
      Fanning, Robin Wright-Penn, David Morse, Afemo Omilami, and Piper 
      Laurie. Executive Producers Scott Franklin and Henri Kessler are the 
      Company’s CEO and President.
    
    
      Director Deborah Kampmeier stated, “This 
      project has been a long journey and The Motion Picture Group was 
      instrumental in helping bring this film home. For Sundance to give us 
      the opportunity to be in the Dramatic Competition makes us feel like 
      winners already. It’s great to see the cast 
      and crew receiving the recognition they deserve for all their hard work.”
    
    
      Sundance Film Festival Director Geoffrey Gilmore was quoted in Variety 
      that selecting the 64 entries in four competition categories was more 
      difficult than ever. This year’s upcoming 
      festival will include 82 world premieres among its 122 feature titles 
      culled from 25 countries. This year’s 
      submission of 3,287 films was the largest ever for the festival.
    
    
      About the Film:
    
    
      Titled “The Untitled Dakota Fanning Project, 
      aka Hounddog” by Sundance, this drama is set 
      in the 1960s American South. It is about a troubled 12-year old girl 
      (Fanning) who finds solace from an abusive life in the music of Elvis 
      Presley. Presley’s music is placed 
      strategically throughout the film, creating a mural of melancholy life 
      that finds its release and healing through singing the Blues.
    
    
      About the Sundance Film Festival:
    
    
      Founded by Robert Redford in 1981, Sundance Institute is a non-profit 
      organization dedicated year-round to the development of artists of 
      independent vision and to the exhibition of their new work. Since its 
      inception, the Institute has grown into an internationally recognized 
      resource for thousands of independent artists through its Film Festival 
      and artistic development programs from filmmakers, screenwriters, 
      composers, writers, playwrights and theatre artists. The original values 
      of independence, creative risk-taking, and discovery continue to define 
      and guide the work of Sundance Institute, both with US artists and, 
      increasingly, with artists from other regions of the world. The programs 
      of Sundance Institute include the annual Sundance Film Festival which is 
      held in Park City each January and is considered the premier U.S. 
      showcase for American and international independent film.
    
    
      About The Motion Picture Group, Inc.
    
    
      The Motion Picture Group, Inc. was created to meet the needs of the 
      international entertainment industry through financing and producing 
      commercially driven motion pictures for the domestic and international 
      arenas. The Company’s management team has 
      produced and developed many films that have received international 
      acclaim and are box-office successes. Corporate offices are located at 
      3940 Laurel Canyon Blvd. #858 Studio City, CA 91604. Questions should be 
      directed to Henri Kessler, President at [phone] or may be emailed 
      to [e-mail]. 
      More information about the Company and its management is available on 
      the Company’s website at www.themotionpicturegroup.com.
    
    
      This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a 
      solicitation of an offer to buy securities of The Motion Picture Group, 
      Inc. Certain statements in this release and other written or oral 
      statements made by or on behalf of the Company are “forward 
      looking statements” within the meaning of the 
      federal securities laws. Statements regarding future events and 
      developments and our future performance, as well as management’s 
      expectations, beliefs, plans, estimates or projections relating to the 
      future are forward-looking statements within the meaning of these laws. 
      The forward looking statements are subject to a number of risks and 
      uncertainties including market acceptance of the Company’s 
      services and projects and the Company’s 
      continued access to capital and other risks and uncertainties. The 
      actual results the Company achieves may differ materially from any 
      forward-looking statements due to such risks and uncertainties. These 
      statements are based on our current expectations and speak only as of 
      the date of such statements. The Company undertakes no obligation 
      to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a 
      result of future events, new information or otherwise.
    
  
The Motion Picture Group, Inc. (Pink Sheets:MPRG), a
film/entertainment financing and production company, announced today
that its feature film "HOUNDDOG" was selected for the Dramatic
Competition at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival to be held January
18-28, 2007 in Park City, Utah.

   The film, written and directed by Deborah Kampmeier, stars Dakota
Fanning, Robin Wright-Penn, David Morse, Afemo Omilami, and Piper
Laurie. Executive Producers Scott Franklin and Henri Kessler are the
Company's CEO and President.

   Director Deborah Kampmeier stated, "This project has been a long
journey and The Motion Picture Group was instrumental in helping bring
this film home. For Sundance to give us the opportunity to be in the
Dramatic Competition makes us feel like winners already. It's great to
see the cast and crew receiving the recognition they deserve for all
their hard work."

   Sundance Film Festival Director Geoffrey Gilmore was quoted in
Variety that selecting the 64 entries in four competition categories
was more difficult than ever. This year's upcoming festival will
include 82 world premieres among its 122 feature titles culled from 25
countries. This year's submission of 3,287 films was the largest ever
for the festival.

   About the Film:

   Titled "The Untitled Dakota Fanning Project, aka Hounddog" by
Sundance, this drama is set in the 1960s American South. It is about a
troubled 12-year old girl (Fanning) who finds solace from an abusive
life in the music of Elvis Presley. Presley's music is placed
strategically throughout the film, creating a mural of melancholy life
that finds its release and healing through singing the Blues.

   About the Sundance Film Festival:

   Founded by Robert Redford in 1981, Sundance Institute is a
non-profit organization dedicated year-round to the development of
artists of independent vision and to the exhibition of their new work.
Since its inception, the Institute has grown into an internationally
recognized resource for thousands of independent artists through its
Film Festival and artistic development programs from filmmakers,
screenwriters, composers, writers, playwrights and theatre artists.
The original values of independence, creative risk-taking, and
discovery continue to define and guide the work of Sundance Institute,
both with US artists and, increasingly, with artists from other
regions of the world. The programs of Sundance Institute include the
annual Sundance Film Festival which is held in Park City each January
and is considered the premier U.S. showcase for American and
international independent film.

   About The Motion Picture Group, Inc.

   The Motion Picture Group, Inc. was created to meet the needs of
the international entertainment industry through financing and
producing commercially driven motion pictures for the domestic and
international arenas. The Company's management team has produced and
developed many films that have received international acclaim and are
box-office successes. Corporate offices are located at 3940 Laurel
Canyon Blvd. #858 Studio City, CA 91604. Questions should be directed
to Henri Kessler, President at [phone] or may be emailed to
[e-mail]. More information about the Company and
its management is available on the Company's website at
www.themotionpicturegroup.com.

   This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a
solicitation of an offer to buy securities of The Motion Picture
Group, Inc. Certain statements in this release and other written or
oral statements made by or on behalf of the Company are "forward
looking statements" within the meaning of the federal securities laws.
Statements regarding future events and developments and our future
performance, as well as management's expectations, beliefs, plans,
estimates or projections relating to the future are forward-looking
statements within the meaning of these laws. The forward looking
statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties
including market acceptance of the Company's services and projects and
the Company's continued access to capital and other risks and
uncertainties. The actual results the Company achieves may differ
materially from any forward-looking statements due to such risks and
uncertainties. These statements are based on our current expectations
and speak only as of the date of such statements. The Company
undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any
forward-looking statement, whether as a result of future events, new
information or otherwise.