NEW LINE RECORDS RELEASES DIGITAL SINGLE "LOVE ME SEXY," FROM UPCOMING
WILL FERRELL COMEDY SEMI-PRO
"Love Me Sexy" Music Video Breaks A Million Views Online,
Full Semi-Pro Soundtrack Scheduled For Feb. 26 Release
LOS ANGELES (Jan. 31, 2008) - "Love Me Sexy," the first single from the
soundtrack of the upcoming New Line Cinema comedy Semi-Pro (which opens
nationwide on Feb. 29), was released by New Line Records on January 29
and is available on all digital service providers.
The song, performed by Jackie Moon (Ferrell's character in the film) and
written by Ferrell, Scot Armstrong and Nile Rodgers, is also featured on
the Semi-Pro soundtrack which will be released by New Line Records on
February 26. In addition to "Love Me Sexy," the film's soundtrack will
feature classic '70s tracks from Curtis Mayfield, War, LaBelle, Sly and
the Family Stone, and the Ohio Players, as well as an Elijah Kelley's
(Hairspray) cover of the Earth, Wind & Fire song "Shining Star."
The video for "Love Me Sexy" has already taken off online, being viewed
more than one mililon times on since being released on January 22, and
was the #1 most watched video on YouTube on January 25th.
Ferrell stars in Semi-Pro, an outrageous comedy set in 1976 against the
backdrop of the maverick ABA - a fast-paced, wild and crazy basketball
league that rivaled the NBA and made a name for itself with innovations
like the three-point shot and slam dunk contest. Ferrell plays Jackie
Moon, a one-hit wonder who used the profits from the success of his
chart-topping song "Love Me Sexy" to achieve his dream of owning a
basketball team. But Moon's franchise, the Flint Michigan Tropics, is
the worst team in the league and in danger of folding when the ABA
announces its plans to merge with the NBA. If they want to survive,
Jackie and the Tropics must now do the seemingly impossible - win.
Semi-Pro co-stars Woody Harrelson (Anger Management, White Men Can't
Jump), Will Arnett (Blades of Glory, "Arrested Development"), Andre
Benjamin (Four Brothers, music group Outkast), Rob Corddry, Maura
Tierney, Josh Braaten, DeRay Davis, Jay Phillips, Jackie Earle Haley and
Andy Richter. The film is written by Scot Armstrong (Old School),
directed by Kent Alterman, and produced by Jimmy Miller.
About New Line Records:
New Line Records, a division of New Line Productions, has been releasing
recorded music since 2002. Distributed through Warner Music Group's
independent arm ADA, NLR has released over 50 titles including the
soundtracks to Elf, Wedding Crashers, The Notebook, A Prairie Home
Companion, The Departed and Hairspray. It is also the artist home to The
Sounds, Albert Hammond Jr., OFFICE and Allison Moorer and Elijah Kelley,
among others.
About New Line Cinema Corporation:
New Line Cinema is the most successful independent film company in the
world. Its mission is to produce innovative, popular and profitable
entertainment in the best creative environment. In addition to the
production, marketing and distribution of theatrical motion pictures,
the fully-integrated studio has divisions devoted to home entertainment,
television, music, theater, merchandising and an international unit. In
2005, New Line partnered with HBO to form Picturehouse, a new theatrical
distribution company to release independent films. A pioneer in
franchise filmmaking, New Line's Oscar-winning The Lord of the Rings
trilogy is one of the most successful film franchises in history. New
Line is a division of Time Warner, Inc. (TWX).
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