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NEHST STUDIOS GIVES MILITARY A CHANCE
Partners With Screenwriting Veteran in New Company

New York, NY – October 3, 2008…NEHST Studios Founder and CEO Larry Meistrich has partnered with screenwriter Cary Abbott, USMC-Ret. to form GI Pictures. In a groundbreaking move, GI Pictures has developed the first program specifically for members of the military to access film and media opportunities.

The company was founded with the mission to not only search for feature films, television and web series for production, but to also physically produce projects staffed completely with military and veteran crews, actors and creative executives.

GI Pictures came about when screenwriter Cary Abbott, USMC-Ret. pitched NEHST Studios one of his story ideas. A Desert Storm veteran, he spent years trying to get his screenplays read, but could never seem to get in Hollywood’s door. NEHST Studios gave him access he couldn’t get before and optioned his script.

Meistrich and Abbott are currently looking for scripts to build a production around. GI Pictures will select at least a project a year to fund and produce, which will be fully staffed by military members and their dependents. The projects need not be about the military – all genres will be accepted. Above all, the objective of GI Pictures is to support the troops and their families – and to create jobs and promote economic growth.

Meistrich is an award-winning producer with numerous films to his credit, including the Academy Award-winning Sling Blade, You Can Count On Me and Croupier. He is especially proud to work with Abbott on this new endeavor.

If you are a veteran or a member of the military and have an idea to pitch, please visit the GI Pictures website at www.gipictures.com.

About NEHST Studios
NEHST Studios is a diversified film production, financing and distribution company headed up by Chairman and Founder Larry Meistrich producer of Sling Blade and You Can Count on Me and founder of indie film studio Shooting Gallery and entrepreneur, CEO Ari Friedman. One of NEHST's goals is to remove entertainment industry barriers and open up the pitching and development process to anyone with a great idea. The company, which launched at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, is developing more than twenty feature film, television, and web series projects. For more information on NEHST Studios, please visit us at http://www.nehst.com.

For further information, please contact:
Mia A. Farrell
NEHST Studios Publicity
Tel: 310 866 9495
Email: mfarrell@nehst.com