“Many of our projects call for strong female stars,” Morrison states. “The lead role in Thunderhead is perfect for the top female talent in Hollywood.”

Thunderhead is a fast-paced thriller about an expedition to a lost city of gold in the American Southwest, led by a woman archaeologist on a quest to unravel one of modern archaeology’s greatest mysteries.

Matthew Snyder of CAA brokered the deal on behalf of the authors. Irwin J. Tenenbaum of Loeb & Loeb represented Gryphon Films. Production will start in 2003 with New Mexico being the primary location for the dessert setting.

Gryphon Films recently co-executive produced “The Cooler” with Content Film. Directed by Wayne Kramer, “The Cooler” stars William H. Macy, Alec Baldwin, and Maria Bello.  Gryphon’s first film was “Lady Jayne Killer (aka: Betrayal)”, directed by Mark Lester.

Robert Gryphon, Executive Producer and Chairman, is an inventor, technology designer, venture capitalist, restaurateur, writer, and composer.  He has spent the last two years crafting a multi-faceted business enterprise with a careful blend of traditional businesses and ultra-modern ventures.

In 1997, Mr. Gryphon co-founded Octane Software which was sold to E.piphany (NASD: EPNY) in August 2000 for a record $3.2 billion in stock.  As Octane’s founder and VP of Applications, he was responsible for the company’s vision and the design of its revolutionary multi-channel CRM software using Internet technologies.  He has also written 90 articles for various publications, and a book on software development (Que’s Special Edition Using ODBC 2).

Currently, Mr. Gryphon is leading or overseeing the management teams of a number of companies, including Gryphon Labs, a technology research and development laboratory; Sagus Capital Partners, a venture capital fund focused on high-tech enterprise software and services companies; P&M Investments, which purchases, improves, and operates cash-flow businesses; and Company Makers, a business process outsourcer.

Brett Morrison, Producer and President, founded the digital imaging company ememories.com, which he sold in 2001 to PhotoWorks, one of the largest photo processing companies in the U.S.  Prior to that success, Mr. Morrison held executive positions with several high-profile software companies.  As an early employee at Scopus Technology (now a part of Siebel Systems), Mr. Morrison was instrumental in taking Scopus through a successful IPO.  Throughout his technology career, Mr. Morrison invented and developed complex software systems for Fortune 500 businesses around the world.  With substantial experience in sales, visual design, and hard-core engineering, Mr. Morrison has shifted his business, creative, and technical skills to movie making – with perfect timing as entertainment and technology converge. 

For more information, please visit the website at www.gryphonfilms.com, or contact Judy Dixon, dominion3, for Gryphon Films at (323) 466-3393 or judy@dominion3.com.

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