Mark S Berry Music Producer Announces Live James Brown Film With Family On Board

    TORONTO, ON, June 17, 2015 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Even though AMG Visuals' Chairman Mark S. Berry can be an uncompromising guy, when he had a chance to get involved with making a movie about James Brown two years ago, he chose to wait until the family was ready as he knew their involvement would be an invaluable asset to the success of the project. That patience has paid off big time. AMG Visuals has reached an agreement with Loochie Records And Publishing LLC/James Brown Family and is now moving forward with what it hopes will be the ultimate live-concert documentary film on the man whose vocal wizardry and dance sensibilities made him one of the most iconic stars in soul/pop history.

AMG has established a theatrical street date of October 2015 that will be produced by Berry and its international team of producers Kevin Stallings & Ryan Hamsho. Mark S. Berry and AMG's EVP Rob "Kelo" Hendricks will executive produce for AMG. Best of all, Brown's best known tunes, from Sex Machine, Get Up Off That Thing to Living In America, will be used as part of the films live soundtrack that was Mr. Brown's last live recorded performance in Anaheim, California, just prior to his death in 2006. AMG had negotiated directly with Stallings whom directed the live portion of the concert. Potential interviewees include family members of James Brown, the JB's Fred Wesley & Maceo Parker, Danny Ray (Brown's long timer friend and MC), singer Chris Brown, Bootsy Collins and many more.

Also in the deal are multiple unreleased James Brown audio masters (not from the film) that will become a duet CD (along the lines of Nat King Cole/Natalie Cole's "Unforgettable") with some of today's biggest pop/urban stars for a release in 2016. There will be a further future live concert development of the project in preserving and promoting the great talent and contribution of James Brown to the Music and Performing Arts.

Guy Morel in Australia is on board as a Co-Executive Producer with regards to the DUETS LIVE CONCERT and the Holographic imaging of James Brown. A performance including holographic, state of the art technology and fellow artists at a major performance venue in the USA for 2016 will be announced soon. Co Executive Producer Morel adds, "We want to get this right so it's an event worthy of Mr. Brown's great talent and contribution to the arts. Some of the music industries major artists, promoters and legals want this to be the first of many projects in the preservation and promotion of this great performers iconic talents".

This show would be an entire evening of Holographic Duets with the artists that perform on the Duet CD with inter-cut James Brown interview/family footage along with archival as well. This will be a huge international event and bring an entire new generation of listeners to James Brown music. Berry and Morel and their team see this as their way of giving back to an industry that's forever evolving but knowing that the foundation should be maintained and preserved. Morel is currently scouting partners for the Holographic imaging.

Daryl Brown, Mr. Brown's son says, "I have never been so excited about a project, Kevin Stallings has really captured the great essence of my father from the footage already shot. Mark Berry and AMG are the right team to see it come to fruition for a theatrical, broadcast & DVD release of the film properties and the duet CD. It is right there with the feelings I got when I first stepped on stage with my father".

Director Kevin Stallings adds," I would like to thank my creator, the James Brown family & associates for trusting me and being a part of a memorable production based on the legacy James Brown established throughout his ground-breaking career as one of the greatest entertainers of all time. Mark Berry's vision of introducing the James Brown of yester-year through the superstar Duet CD will see this legacy continue to a whole new audience".

"Being involved with such a high profile project from the films to the audio Duet CD is needless to say humbling; I could not be more excited to be teaming up with Loochie, Daryl Brown and the family of James Brown. Their passion and vision for the films and unreleased masters felt like the perfect strategy to bring it to international audiences," says AMG's Chairman Mark S. Berry. "It's been an amazing ride so far with such a great and supportive team on board, we are thrilled to be moving forward."

This will be a big scale picture for AMG's Berry, who recently worked alongside Hendricks as Co-Executive Producers on the live DRAKE HOMECOMING - The Lost Footage, which teamed Drake, Rap-A-Lot's James & Jas Prince for an exhilarating live film released through Specticast & AMC/Cineplex to 1200 theaters worldwide in March of 2015.

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