AIN'T THEM BODIES SAINTS, Starring Rooney Mara, Begins Production

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Evolution Independent, Lagniappe and Paradox Entertainment announce today that principal photography has begun on the new dramatic thriller AIN'T THEM BODIES SAINTS, which was written and is being directed by David Lowery ("Pioneer") and stars Academy Award-nominees Rooney Mara ("The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo") and Casey Affleck ("The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"), and multiple award-winner Ben Foster ("3:10 To Yuma"). The film tells the story of Bob Muldoon (Affleck) and Ruth Guthrie (Mara), two young outlaws who are brought down by the law in the hills of Texas.

The financing of the picture was split three ways between Evolution Independent, Paradox Entertainment and Lagniappe, and was executive produced by Mark Burg ("Saw") and Mike Menchel for Evolution Independent, Daniel Wagner ("Broken City") and Fredrik Malmberg ("Let Me In") for Paradox, and Logan Levy ("A Case of You") and Jesse Kennedy ("Brooklyn's Finest") for Lagniappe.

The film began shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana on July 9th and is produced by James Johnston ("St. Nick") and Toby Halbrook ("Pioneer") for Sailor Bear; Jay Van Hoy ("Beginners") and Lars Knudsen ("Beginners") for Parts & Labor; Amy Kaufman ("Sin Nombre") for Primary Productions and Cassian Elwes ("The Words") for Evolution Independent.

Nate Parker ("Red Tails") and Keith Carradine ("Cowboys and Aliens") round out the cast.

Evolution is a full service management and Production Company. The Twisted Pictures ("Saw") and Twisted Television ("Anger Management") brand is now accompanied by Evolution Independent. This division was recently formed by Cassian Elwes and the partnership with Mark Burg and Mike Menchel.

"This is exactly the plan for Evolution Independent; partnerships with other strategic financiers and identifying material and talent for us to self-finance. SAINTS is the first of a few financed films to come over the next 6 months," said Menchel.

Lagniappe, formed by Levy and Kennedy in January of 2012 to finance high quality independent films, is currently financing a number of projects using equity debt or mezzanine financing, depending on what is appropriate for the project.

"We just formed the company in January but this is already our second film and we currently have a number of films in consideration," said Kennedy. "We're excited for the future of Lagniappe and the strong relationships we're developing with Paradox and Evolution."

Lagniappe has recently wrapped principal photography on its first film, A CASE OF YOU, with Justin Long, Evan Rachel Wood, Brendan Fraser and Sienna Miller. The film was completely financed by Lagniappe, and a domestic distributor is yet to be set.

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