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Participant Media Makes an Action Film with Meaning
Why Participant Media made an action film with meaning, starring Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson.
By Kim Masters • • 28m ListenWhy Participant Media, a company that finances movies with a message, put money into Snitch, a gritty new film starring Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson.
Banner image: © Dwayne Johnson in Snitch
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2 storiesThe Hollywood News Banter
Kim Masters banters with John Horn, film writer for the Los Angeles Times, about some of this week’s top Hollywood news stories. - Post-Oscars snub Visual Effects artists' surge in activism - Dreamworks suffers millions of dollars in losses and lays off hundreds - February Sweeps leave NBC in a major slump
Read the story6 minParticipant Media Makes 'Snitch'
Participant Media is known as the socially-conscious production company whose emphasis on the bottom line is matched with an equal emphasis on social good. We talk with Jonathan King, Executive Vice President of Production at Participant, and stunt man turned filmmaker Ric Roman Waugh about their new movie, Snitch .
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