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Relativity Media LLC ("RML") CEO Ryan Kavanaugh has announced today that Geoffrey Ammer will be joining Relativity as the new Worldwide President of Marketing.

Ammer was most recently the President of Worldwide Marketing of the Theatrical and Home Entertainment division of Marvel Studios where he was responsible for the marketing of Marvel's first self-produced feature films, Iron Man and The Hulk and the upcoming releases Iron Man 2 and Thor.

Previously Ammer served as President of Worldwide Marketing at Sony Pictures Entertainment where he was responsible for leading the marketing team that launched 28 #1 films, including Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2, Hitch, Guess Who, The Forgotten, The Grudge, 50 First Dates, Bad Boys 2, Something's Gotta Give, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, S.W.A.T., XXX, Anger Management, Men in Black II, Maid in Manhattan, Mr. Deeds, Panic Room and Black Hawk Down, among others.

"Geoff brings to Relativity a remarkable expertise in marketing quality and commercial fare," said Relativity Media CEO Ryan Kavanaugh.  

"Beyond his creativity and wealth of experience, Geoff's a dynamic and energetic force that we are delighted to have join our team."

Relativity Media LLC ("RML") is a media and entertainment company which focuses on creating, financing and distributing first class, studio quality entertainment content and intellectual property across multiple platforms, as well as making strategic partnerships with, and opportunistic investments in, media and entertainment related companies and assets. Relativity also owns and operates Rogue, a company that specializes in the production and distribution of lower-budget genre films, as well as the label's entire library of films.

To date, Relativity has financed and/or produced over 60 films that have seen wide release and have accumulated $7.4 billion in worldwide box office revenue. Fifty of those films are "Top 10" box office releases from the past two years. Relativity's recent films include: Fast and Furious, Step Brothers, Hancock, Wanted, Burn After Reading, Death Race, The House Bunny, Mamma Mia!, You Don't Mess With the Zohan, Pineapple Express, The Mummy: Tomb Of the Dragon Emperor, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Brothers and the upcoming films, MacGruber and Dear John.

Relativity's 2008 slate included five of the top twelve highest-grossing films of the year; eighteen of the company's films have opened at #1 at the box office, and eighteen of RML's nineteen summer releases landed in the top three highest earners in their respective opening weekends. Their films have earned 29 Oscar® nominations, including nods for: Frost/Nixon, Atonement, American Gangster, and 3:10 To Yuma. Twenty-nine of RML's films have each generated over $100 million in worldwide box office receipts. Last summer, Relativity Media, LLC announced an extensive international distribution program, which included thirteen output deals covering 100+ territories.