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“LEVERAGE” HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR THREE SATURN AWARDS AND TWO PRISM AWARDS

Congratulations to Aldis Hodge and Gina Bellman for Their “Best Supporting Actor” Saturn Award Nominations and Timothy Hutton for his “Performance in a Drama Episode” Prism Award Nomination

Los Angeles, CA (February 19, 2010) — Electric Entertainment’s “Leverage” has received three nominations for the 36^th Annual Saturn Awards by The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films and two nominations for 14^th Annual Prism Awards. “Leverage,” which recently completed its second season on TNT, was nominated for “Best Cable Television Series” with Aldis Hodge and Gina Bellman also receiving nominations for “Best Supporting Actor in Television” and “Best Supporting Actress in Television” respectively from the Saturn Awards. The Saturn Awards will be announced on June 24 in Burbank, CA. Additionally, “The Twelve Step Job” season one episode of “Leverage” was nominated for best “Drama Series Episode –  Substance Abuse” with Timothy Hutton also being nominated for his performance in that episode.

Season 3 of “Leverage” will premiere this summer on TNT.  In the meantime, “Leverage” fans from around the world will have an opportunity to meet the team behind TNT’s hit series at CON-Con: An Official Leverage Event on March 19-21 in Portland, OR. The 3 day con-vention will feature appearances by the principal cast including Oscar winner Timothy Hutton (Ordinary People, The Good Shepherd), Beth Riesgraf, Aldis Hodge (Supernatural), Christian Kane (Angel, Friday Night Lights) and Gina Bellman (Coupling, Jekyll). Additionally the creative minds behind the series including Executive Producer Dean Devlin (producer of Independence Day, The Patriot, The Librarian trilogy) and Creators/Executive Producers John Rogers (Transformers) and Chris Downey (The King of Queens) will be on hand to take part in panel discussions and Q&As with the fans.

About Electric Entertainment

Electric Entertainment is a full service film, television, and new media production company headed by veteran producer Dean Devlin along with partners Kearie Peak, Marc Roskin and Rachel Olschan. Over the last fifteen years, Devlin has co-written and produced some of the most successful feature films of all time.  He co-wrote and produced Stargate and Independence Day, which has grossed over $800 million worldwide. He co-wrote and produced Godzilla, and produced The Patriot starring Mel Gibson, which was nominated for three Academy Awards. Electric is currently in pre-production on the third season of “Leverage,” the 1-hour drama series airing on TNT and is in pre-production on the science-fiction thriller feature Ghosting, which Devlin will direct. Electric’s most recent film projects include Flyboys, the politically-charged documentary Who Killed the Electric Car?, Cellular starring Kim Basinger and Eight Legged Freaks. In addition to “Leverage,” Electric’s television credits include Sci Fi Channel’s “The Triangle,” which won an Emmy for its Visual Effects; “The Librarian: Quest for the Spear,” starring Noah Wyle which aired on TNT in December 2004 and was the highest rated movie on cable that year; its sequel “The Librarian: Return to King Solomon’s Mines” which won an Emmy award for best music composition; and “The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice” which premiered in December 2008.

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