| HOLLYWOOD
-- Nonprofit production shingle POWER UP will make its feature
debut with "The Itty Bitty Tittie Committee," Jamie
Babbit ("But I'm a Cheerleader!") will direct the
pic, in which a high school girl finds a sense of purpose
after joining a radical feminist group. Babbit is is post-production
on "The Quiet" starring Elisha Cuthbert, Camilla
Bell, Martin Donovan and Edie Falco.
POWER UP will finance through private equity,
with plans for a May production start.
Producers are Andrea
Sperling and Lisa Thrasher, with POWER UP founder Stacy
Codikow as executive producer.
For the past four years,
POWER UP has developed, financed, produced and distributed
films through its film grant program, awarding over $1 million
via sponsorships and in-kind services from studios and production
houses.
Babbit served as producer
and director for the WB television series "Popular."
In addition, she helmed episodes of "Nip/Tuck,"
"Gilmore Girls" and "Malcolm in the Middle."
Date in print: Mon., Feb. 7, 2005, Los Angeles
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