Hayden Panettiere Stars in SHANGAI KISS Debuting on DVD October 9, 2007 From Starz Home Entertainment

Hayden Panettiere Stars in SHANGAI KISS Debuting on DVD October 9, 2007 From Starz Home Entertainment

SHANGHAI KISS

Also Starring Ken Leung (Saw, Red Dragon), Kelly Hu (Devil's Den, The Scorpion King) and Joel David Moore (Hatchet, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story)

BURBANK, Calif., Aug. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The gorgeous Hayden Panettiere from the hit television series "HEROES" and film, Bring it On: All Or Nothing, stars as the sweet, flirty and beautiful, Adelaide in the infectious, laugh-filled romantic film, SHANGHAI KISS coming to DVD on October 9, 2007 (prebook September 6, 2007). From Starz Home Entertainment, SHANGHAI KISS will be available for only $26.97 and has exciting special features including a behind the scenes featurette, interviews with the cast and crew, deleted scenes, audio commentary and a photo gallery.

SHANGHAI KISS is the story of Liam (Leung), a struggling Chinese-American actor in Los Angeles who meets a pretty high school girl named Adelaide (Panettiere) and develops a strong friendship. However, when things get too tough in L.A., he takes the opportunity to move to Shanghai -- but he can't seem to forget the beguiling Adelaide. Full of deep feelings and high spirits, SHANGHAI KISS also stars a great ensemble cast including the gorgeous Kelly Hu (Devil's Den, The Scorpion King), the funny Joel David Moore (Hatchet, upcoming Avatar) and James Hong (Balls of Fury).

SHANGHAI KISS debuts at the height of Panettiere's career. She was recently featured on the cover of Entertainment Weekly and was voted #1 in "The EW 100 Stars We Love Right Now" list. The second season of "HEROES" will also premiere this September, and her debut album, Fallen Love, is set to release next year. Panettiere also sings a cappella to Ken Leung in the film, and performs the song, "Home" on the SHANGHAI KISS soundtrack. A seasoned songstress, Panettiere also starred in and sang on the soundtrack of Ice Princess and performed on soundtracks for Bridge to Terabithia and Cinderella III: A Twist in Time. She also earned a Grammy nomination for Best Spoken Word Album for her work in "A Bug's Life Read-A-Long." Leading man Leung has appeared in major films such as Red Dragon, X-Men: The Last Stand and Saw and Kelly Hu recently appeared as a "massage therapist" working in a fake massage parlor in the television series, "In Case of Emergency."

SHANGHAI KISS was filmed on location in Los Angeles and Shanghai and was shot in anamorphic 35mm to capture Shanghai as it has never been seen in a Western film to date (including films such as Mission Impossible 3 and The Painted Veil). In addition, many of the crew members in China also worked on the Academy Award(R) Nominated film Hero, which garnered a nomination for Best Foreign Language Film in 2003.

In addition, SHANGHAI KISS has already received critical acclaim in the film festival circuit. The film sold out two showings at the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival and Ken Leung was awarded the Special Jury Prize for Acting. It also sold out the Gene Siskel Film Center at the Chicago Asian American Showcase. The film also screened at the Newport Beach Film Festival in California, where Hayden Panettiere won the Best Actress Award. SHANGHAI KISS was also shown at the Silk Screen Festival in Pittsburgh, the Maui Film Festival, and will be screened at the Pacific Rim Film Festival in Santa Cruz and the San Diego Asian Film Festival this October -- with a showing at the Vancouver Asian Film Festival in November.

A Konwiser Brothers Production in association with Bigfoot Entertainment, Ltd., SHANGHAI KISS is co-directed by David Ren and Emmy(R) Award Winner, Kern Konwiser ("On Hallowed Ground," "Miss Evers' Boys") and was written by David Ren. The film is produced by Emmy(R) Award Winner, Kip Konwiser ("Miss Evers' Boys").

Starz Home Entertainment is a division of Starz Media. Starz Media is a programming production and distribution company operating worldwide. It includes the Film Roman, Anchor Bay Entertainment, and Manga Entertainment brands. Its units create animated and live-action programming -- including theatrical films -- and programming created under contract for other media companies. It distributes that programming, and programming acquired from outside producers, through home video retailers, theaters, broadcasters, ad supported and premium television channels, and Internet and wireless video distributors in the US and internationally. Starz Media is an operating unit of Starz, LLC, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation that is attributed to Liberty Capital Group.

   SHANGHAI KISS   Street Date:       October 9, 2007   Pre-Book:          September 6, 2007   Catalog #:         DV 15265   UPC:               0 1313 15265 9 2   Format:            Widescreen   Run Time:          106 Minutes   Rating:            NR   SRP:               $26.97   Special Features:  Behind The Kiss: The Making Of SHANGHAI KISS                      To Shanghai And Back: An Interview With Cast And Crew                      Audio Commentary with Writer/Co-Director David Ren,                      Co-Director Kern Konwiser and Producer Kip Konwiser.                      Deleted Scenes                      Photo Gallery                      Theatrical Trailer  

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