Fujimura's Filosophia Forms Partnership with Petzel's Fierce September 26, 2007 "Christopher Petzel's Fierce Entertainment, which represents international distributors and financiers in Los Angeles among other things, has signed a new partnership with Japan's Filosophia Entertainment Alliance, whereby Fierce will represent Filosophia in tracking Japanese rights of projects around the world and Filosophia will represent Fierce in Japan."
	Jet Li, Statham to Star in Martial Arts Thriller for Lionsgate January 25, 2006 "Lionsgate President of international film sales Stephanie Denton brought the Fierce Entertainment project to the company and Lionsgate Films will commence sales at Berlin next month." "Steve Chasman, Fierce's Christopher Petzel and Jim Thompson are producing in association with Lionsgate."
	'Rogue' Pair at Lionsgate January 23, 2006 "Rogue is ambitious by Lionsgate's usual budget standards, but the company is looking to continue momentum created by such recent genre hits as "Saw II" and "Hostel". "Lionsgate international prexy Nick Meyer said the film will be a major title for the distributor at the Berlin Film Festival." "There is a large appetite in the international marketplace for them, " Meyer said. "We've made a big commitment but feel this film is franchisable and could be a big win for us. It will be one of our tentpoles for next year, and we're keeping the UK as well as the domestic rights as we grow our company."
	Li, Statham Face Off in 'Rogue' Film January 24, 2006 "The project, which was originally developed by Fierce Entertainment, was brought to Lionsgate by president of international film sales Stephanie Denton."
	Entertainment Finance Close-Up: Cash Register August 2002 Unsigned contracts, lack of communication and a sudden illness forced Natural Nylon Entertainment ... to shut down production when its $20 million in financing for "Cromwell and Fairfax", now titled "To Kill A King", fell apart in March ... ... But an emergency operation forced [IAC's Guy Collins] to the sidelines, bringing ... Fierce Entertainment ... to the forefront. Still the job was anything but easy ... ... In addition, [Dougray] Scott and [Rupert Everett] invested their own funds, and Petzel ... invested more than $80,000 of [his] own money to cover location fees, crew member's hotel rooms and props ... ... "It is unusual that a film shuts down mid-production then comes back up several weeks later, let alone with cast and crew completely intact", Petzel says. "We succeeded because of the perseverance and the kindness of strangers. It's getting tougher and tougher to put films together, expertise and creative problem solving (in financing) are now seen as invaluable."
	German Film Funds Under Fire - Tightening of Tax Benefits Could Further Damage Economy July 10, 2002 ... "It will now be interesting to see if the [German] finance minister's discussed changes will be implemented before the elections and whether or not they will serve as a platform to introduce some of the thoughts of the minister of culture", said Christopher Petzel...
	Nylon Fixes 'Cromwell' (aka To Kill A King) Snag - Brit Company Refinances, Goes Back To Work by Stuart Kemp April 8, 2002 "Natural Nylon Entertainment, the British production company formed by actors Jude Law, Ewan McGregor, Johnny Lee Miller, Sean Pertwee and Sadie Frost, has refinanced its $20 million production "Cromwell & Fairfax" (aka "To Kill A King") after the project stalled during its first week of shooting ... Christopher Petzel's Fierce Entertainment, which represents the investment in the film by German film fund Screenland Movieworld, has been working closely with producer (Kevin Loader) and Natural Nylon chief operating officer Tony Miller on the refinancing ... ... (Fierce Entertainment) have worked relentlessly over the past few crucial weeks to keep the film alive," Loader said. "It's no exaggeration to say that without them, this film would have fallen apart" ...
	Stars, Crew Take $3 Million in Deferments to Save Cromwell (aka To Kill A King) April 5, 2002 ... "Ten days to raise $20 million has got to be a record", said Peter Watson, chief executive of the sales company's parent, Recorded Picture Company.

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