Athletes and Celebrities Join FantasyWorld for Charity

Los Angeles, CA, September 09, 2009 --(PR.com)-- With more than 30 million people playing fantasy football, Endgame Entertainment has launched FantasyWorld.com with celebrities Kim Kardashian, Washington Wizards’ Gilbert Arenas, Phoenix Suns’ Jason Richardson, the rapper The Game, actor Bow Wow and Indianapolis Colts’ Dwight Freeney hosting their own fantasy football leagues where fans compete for over $1 million dollars in cash and prizes. FantasyWorld.com allows celebrities to further expand their fan base by offering a fun, new fantasy game, while raising money for their favorite charities. Other celebrities will be announced prior to the start of the NFL season.

Leading the FantasyWorld.com management team are David Wu, former CEO of RotoHog.com, a highly successful and innovative fantasy sports website; and Tony Karrer, former CTO of eHarmony, the #1 marriage matching service in North America. Together, they have introduced a new twist to the fantasy community, building a game that combines traditional fantasy football, with the very popular survivor-style game, providing a challenging yet exhilarating experience for the casual fan, and hardcore player alike.

“We’ve long been a nation of sports and pop culture fanatics, and my vision for FantasyWorld.com allows for direct interaction between celebrities and fans, enabling them to work together to raise money for great causes, all the while having fun!” stated FantasyWorld.com chief David Wu.

Tony Karrer, their chief technology officer points to the future, “We are taking a new twist on an established service. I believe the social interactions and the simple game play will make it a lot of fun. And it extends far beyond football.”

Endgame Entertainment CEO James D. Stern added “We are thrilled at the partnership with David and Tony in FantasyWorld.com and are confident that their collective experience in successful online ventures will deliver another entertaining site to fans everywhere.”

About Endgame Entertainment
Endgame Entertainment, under the leadership of CEO James D. Stern, is a production/financing company with over $100 million in operating capital. Currently in release is Every Little Step, a documentary on the making of Broadway’s longest-running musical and current revival. The Sony Pictures Classics release, co-produced and co-directed by Stern, has already crossed the $1.6 million mark at the box office, making it one of the year’s biggest specialty documentaries. Also in release is Summit’s The Brothers Bloom, a caper comedy starring Rachel Weisz, Adrien Brody and Mark Ruffalo and Sony Pictures Classic’s Easy Virtue, directed by Stephan Elliott and starring Jessica Biel, Ben Barnes, Kristin Scott Thomas and Colin Firth. Endgame is readying for the release of An Education, starring Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina, Emma Thompson, Dominic Cooper, Rosamund Pike and Olivia Williams which recently premiered at the Sundance Film Festival where it was acquired by Sony Pictures Classics and garnered the World Cinema Audience Award and the Cinematography Award. Recent releases include the Bob Dylan biopic I’m Not There, directed by Todd Haynes, featuring Cate Blanchett, Christian Bale, Richard Gere and the late Heath Ledger. Since its inception in 2003, Endgame has co-financed more than 25 features including Hotel Rwanda and Lord of War for Lionsgate; Proof for Miramax; White Noise for Universal; Stay Alive for Hollywood Pictures; and the New Line comedy Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle. Endgame and Italy’s Film Commission Piedmonte have established The Piedmont Film Company, a film fund that provides project financing to productions that spend a minimum of 20% of their budget in the region of Piedmont in Northern Italy.

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