Indomitable Entertainment
is a film finance, production,
and advisory business pursuing
opportunities in filmed
entertainment, the theatrical
musical, and media and digital
entertainment marketplaces.

With a proven track record of
bringing both large and small
projects to market, we operate
three main lines of business:

  • Executive producing
    feature films and Broadway
  • Venture catalyzing and
    early stage consulting
  • Non-profit projects

Indomitable Entertainment
provides executive producing
services to film projects for its
clients, typically production
companies, individual producers
and/or filmmakers.

For qualified projects, we help
build finance plans, source
financing, and structure and
source distribution, both
domestic and foreign.

An inspirational action/drama in the vein of Rudy, Invincible and Chariots of Fire based on the world renowned true story of surfer Bethany Hamilton whose arm was bitten off by a shark and has since come back to become an elite surfing champion. Starring Golden Globe nominee Dennis Quaid, Oscar winner Helen Hunt, and Carrie Underwood in her first feature film role, with Anna Sophie Robb portraying Bethany Hamilton and featuring Kevin Sorbo, star of the TV series "Hercules." Bethany Hamilton's incredible story is known throughout the world--it was carried on thousands of news stations and featured on Oprah, The Ellen Degeneres Show, and Larry King, and her autobiography 'Soul Surfer' (New York Times Best Seller List) has sold over one million copies. FilmDistrict is releasing, Sony Pictures/Affirm is distributing worldwide, and Mandalay Vision is executive producing with Sean McNamara directing.
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For one emotional night, a group of children living in a slum in Mumbai, India, get a chance to experience a different world as they perform The Sound of Music with a classical orchestra, fostering hopes that it could change their lives.

This riveting documentary from director Sarah McCarthy was an audience favorite in the 2010 Toronto Film Festival. Goldcrest is handling international sales.
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A commercial, high concept action thriller with producer of The Mummy trilogy Jim Jacks, writer/director Peter Briggs, the writer of Hellboy.

Mortis Rex is an Ancient Rome monster movie. In 123 AD, a disgraced Roman war hero is sent to defend a Roman garrison stationed in remote Scotland from a spate of mysterious killings.

The hero reclaims his rightful warrior status by uniting with the local Druids and vanquishing a terrifying supernatural beast. A terrifying, fantastical action movie in the vein of Predator vs. 300.
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A fun romantic comedy that reunites the famous couple from My Big Fat Greek Wedding.

A love story set in Manhattan, where a florist who abides by a strict five date limit with any man finds herself wanting more with the new restaurateur in town.

Starring Nia Vardalos and John Corbett, and written and directed by Vardalos.

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Drama/thriller about a Nebraska cop who joined the International Police Task force as a peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia but discovered scandal and a cover-up of the United Nations' involvement in the trafficking of women for sexual slavery.

Based on the true story of Kathryn Bolkovac in the vein of The Constant Gardener and The Insider.

Starring Rachel Weiss, Vanessa Redgrave, Monica Bellucci, David Strathairn, and directed by Larysa Kondracki.
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Broadway musical adaptation of the movie Ray with its Oscar-nominated producer Stuart Benjamin, also of La Bamba fame.

All-star cast including Brandon Victor Dixon, nominated for a Tony for Broadway production The Color Purple. Featuring a book by Pulitzer Prize winner Suzan-Lori Parks.

With the director of the Tony-nominated PlayOn! Sheldon Epps, this show ran with rave reviews at the Pasadena Playhouse in 2007.
New York City, 1943. William 'Fred' Parsons, a young writer from Alabama, meets Miss Holly Golightly, a charming, vivacious and utterly elusive good-time girl. Everyone falls in love with Holly, including William-but he is poor, and Holly needs rich. Will she marry Rusty, playboy millionaire? Or Jose the future president of Brazil? As war rages in Europe, Holly begins to fall in love with William-and then her past catches up with her. Produced by Colin Ingram and has been executive producer or general manager of: Billy Elliot, Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, and The Lion King, among others. Directed by Sean Mathis (won the Evening Standard and the Critics Circle Awards for Best Director).
His productions were nominated for 22 Olivier and 14 Tony Awards.
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Two estranged brothers reunite at their childhood home in the Alaskan wilderness and attempt to mend their troubled past. Together with their girlfriends they embark on a camping adventure that goes horribly awry when they are relentlessly stalked and attacked by a GRIZZLY BEAR on a rampage. High concept (JAWS with a Grizzly Bear) but done as an elevated 'man vs. wilderness' thriller shooting in Alaska. David Hackl (Saw V) attached to direct the latest rewrite from Rick Cleveland ("Runaway Jury", Emmy-winning writer of "West Wing", "Six Feet Under", "Mad Men"), with Hadeel Reda (16 Blocks, Heartbreakers, Scorched) producing.
A retired US Cold War spy is enjoying his autumn years peacefully on a delightful Italian island when his retirement is turned upside-down by recall to active duty. His impending departure is side-tracked when his best friend, Nero, reveals he too is a former spy who has been tasked with shadowing him for the KGB. Nero is not too keen to interrupt their beautiful Italian retirements. Comedy abounds as the two plot schemes to fool their governments into letting them remain retired. A weapons-of-mass destruction comedy with Kevin Reynolds (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Count of Monte Cristo) directing and Matt Rhodes (Mandalay Vision) producing.
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Indomitable Entertainment provides consulting services, strategic planning, and structured financing advice to companies and individuals in the media and entertainment sectors. A critical gap exists between the creative idea and the realization of that idea. With an unrelenting passion and determination, we seek out and help bring together people, ideas, and finance. Indomitable 'connects the dots,' providing a powerful, essential link for owners of creative projects, movies, or innovative new business ideas.

Ology is a next generation social media company focused exclusively on interest-based socializing, helping people find, create, and share content about their favorite TV show, celebrity, clothing designer, sports team, computer game, etc. Ology.com currently reaches 22 million uniques and is growing. Dominic sits on the Board of Directors.

The Players Network TV portal is a one-stop shop for all high-stake gamers and fans, including an on-demand channel with an extensive library of how-to gaming tutorials; insightful blogs written by gaming professionals; and a direct connection with Casino host for comps and perks, events info, and exchanging tips and advice with others. Players Network TV is an on-demand channel that consistently ranks in the top 40 of the 380 VOD channels currently available.

Gigapix is an entertainment production company that produces feature films, reality TV, comic books, graphic novels, and digital content. Its business units include Recess Films (focusing on family-friendly features), Gigapix Animation, Gigapix Films (focusing on potential breakout films, commercially or critically), and Gigapix Television.

Scroll Motion has become the leading mobile application provider for branded content, books and magazines in the Apple App Store. They currently have 10,000+ book apps for sale, and were selected by Apple as one of four developers to present at their worldwide developers conference and is being actively promoting the company. Dominic sat on the Board of Directors for two years during their launch.

Our business model is focused on 'Commercial Connectivity', i.e. filling the void between 'idea' and 'vision' to make creative projects and businesses happen - all with a single-minded focus on achieving commercial success.

Whether it's people, capital, or financing, Indomitable Entertainment is the connective thread that enables projects and visions to be fulfilled in a commercially successful way.

New Business :

'Soul Surfer' at Cannes deadline.com 5/14/11
'Soul Surfer's' fact-based flick, which received a recent Syracuse premiere, could make box-office waves syracuse.com 4/13/11
Pollok joins Indomitable as exec VP Variety 4/8/11
'Soul Surfer' Inspires Overcoming Incredible Odds CBN 4/8/11
Stuart Pollok joins Indomitable as evp-executive producer Screen Daily 4/8/11
Sean McNamara's Soul Surfer, starring Annasophia Robb, Dennis Quaid, Helen Hunt, Kevin Sorbo, Lorraine Nicholson and Carrie Underwood creativeloafing.com 4/7/11
'Soul Surfer' stays faithful to Bethany Hamilton's Christian, surfing ideals LA Times 4/7/11
'Soul Surfer' showcases one of the greatest comeback stories in sports GrindTV 4/6/11
Staying true to surfer's tale Star Advertiser 4/3/11
Liverpool native Dominic Ianno talks about premiere of 'Soul Surfer,' based on Bethany Hamilton syracuse.com 4/2/11
Bethany Hamilton's Story Gets Big-Screen Treatment NY Times 4/2/11
Making Waves syracuse.com 3/29/11
Variety Reviews 'Soul Surfer' Variety 3/26/11
Studio Hopes Surfer's Story Appeals to Faith, Family and Sports Crowds Wall Street Journal 3/14/11
'Whistleblower' Wins Audience Award at Whistler Film Fest THR 12/8/10
FilmDistrict to Release 'Soul Surfer' THR 11/1/10
Screendaily FilmDistrict, TriStar hit the waves with Soul Surfer Screendaily 11/1/10
FilmDistrict, Sony to Release 'Soul Surfer' Through TriStar TheWrap.com 11/1/10
First Look at SOUL SURFER collider.com 9/27/10
Film Review: The Sound of Mubai - A Musical Variety 9/27/10
Film Review: The Whistleblower Variety 9/15/10
Dominic Ianno Forms Indomitable Entertainment Houlihan Lokey 2/19/10
Ianno Starts Production Company Variety 2/11/10
Carrie Underwood to star in 'Surfer' film Variety 2/3/10
'Mummy' Producer and 'Hellboy' Screenwriter Join Forces For 'Mortis Rex' MTV Movie Blogs 10/28/09
Briggs for Mortis Rex arrowinthehead.com 10/28/09
Jacks Gets Scary with 'Mortis Rex' Variety 10/27/09
Mummy producer Jim Jacks, Intandem line up spring shoot on Mortis Rex Screendaily 10/27/09
'Mortis Rex' Scores a Producer dreadcentral.com 10/27/09
Michael Barnes, Dominic Ianno establish bridge fund Houlihan Lokey 9/18/09
Barnes, Ianno bridge film funding Variety 9/14/09
Andrew Daly, Gretchen Mol get 'Tenure' allbusiness.com 4/3/08
High risk yields a 'Phat' payoff Variety 2/16/05
Outlaw Banking on Ianno Variety 2/26/04
Infogrames Secures exclusive worldwide rights Terminator 3 Game Spong 7/4/02
Infogrames Snags Terminator 3 Game Rights Neoseeker 7/4/02
Artisan Spins Web Variety 9/13/00
Artisan Entertainment Launches Artisan Digital Media and iArtisan Business Wire 9/13/00
Dominic Ianno Stuart Pollok Robert Deege Chris Mirosevic
Dominic Ianno, Founder & CEO

As head of Indomitable, Ianno executive produces films and Broadway shows with interesting additional finance or marketing exploitation opportunities beyond a standard model. In addition to the four feature films coming to market this year (Soul Surfer, The Whistleblower, The Secret Lives of Dorks and The Sound of Mumbai), Indomitable's slate for 2011 also includes Mortis Rex and the Broadway productions of Ray Charles and Breakfast at Tiffany's. Previous films executive produced by Ianno include Tenure with Luke Wilson and Gretchen Mol, Spin with Bijou Phillips and Amber Heard, and I Hate Valentine's Day starring Nia Vardalos and John Corbett.

In a strategy/advisory capacity, Ianno provides consulting services, strategic planning, financing advice and management to companies such as Ology (a next generation social media company focused exclusively on interest-based socializing reaching 22 million uniques), where he is a board member, and ScrollMotion (a leading smart phone application developer with over 12,000 single applications live in the Apple App Store), where Ianno sat on the board for 2 years during the launch. In addition, he and film finance attorney/partner Michael Barnes run the recently launched Greentrestle Bridge Fund that provides micro cap bridge financing for films.

Prior to forming Indomitable Entertainment, Ianno served as the Head of Strategy for Outlaw Productions, where working alongside the late Bobby Newmyer he led the financing and strategy for a slate of modestly budgeted comedies ($10MM - $30MM) as a principal. Before Outlaw, Ianno held the position of Senior Vice President for Artisan Digital Media.

An entrepreneur by nature, Ianno kick-started his career by founding 2D Interactive, Inc, an advertisement and poster sales firm that operated via electronic kiosks in over 400 stores, a business launch for which he raised $8 million as a principal.

Dominic Ianno is a graduate of Harvard Business School and Carnegie Mellon's management program, and a current member of the Producers Guild of America.
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Stuart Pollok, Executive Vice President

Stuart is Executive Vice President of Indomitable Entertainment and runs its executive producing and film consulting businesses.

As a principal, Stuart most recently executive produced The Three Investigators in the Secret of Terror Castle directed by Academy-nominated director Florian Baxmeyer, which was theatrically released by BVI in Europe in 2009, and its predecessor The Three Investigators and the Secret of Skeleton Island, which garnered almost one million theatrical admissions in Germany in 2007.

As lead producer or executive producer, Stuart is currently financing and/or packaging the following slate of projects:
  • Ivanhoe, an adaptation of the classic Sir Walter Scott novel, with director Iain Softley (Inkheart, Wings of a Dove, Backbeat).
  • Mortis Rex written and to be directed by Peter Briggs (Hellboy, Alien Vs. Predator, Judge Dredd), the first ancient Rome monster movie.
  • Mercedes written by Matthew Faulk and Mark Skeet (Vanity Fair with Reese Witherspoon) and to be directed by Robert Dornhelm (War and Peace), an action-romancer about how the car brand was named with lead financier Aquarius Films.
  • Lords of Chaos written and to be directed by Sion Sono (Cold Fish, The Suicide Club, Exte: Hair Extensions, Noriko's Dinner Table).
  • Monster Butler, a true-crime UK gangster film with Malcolm McDowell in the lead for Warner Bros.

Stuart is the former Head of Production at Studio Hamburg International Production (SHIP), the English-language international features division of Studio Hamburg. Stuart conceived and wrote the business plan that lead to the creation of SHIP in 2001 and ran its operations thru 2005. Studio Hamburg was then the largest television producer in Germany.

At SHIP, Stuart constructed and successfully concluded negotiations on a series of financing tools that allowed SHIP to slate finance $50 million in project co- financing. During this period, in addition to the aforementioned The Three Investigators franchise for BVI, Stuart also executive produced The Conclave starring Brian Blessed and James Faulkner and handled production services for the Berlin shoot of the $75 million Imagine Entertainment / Disney release Flightplan starring Jodie Foster.

Prior to SHIP, Stuart produced One Of The Hollywood Ten starring Jeff Goldblum and Greta Scacchi for the BBC. It premiered at the Closing Night of the San Sebastian Film Festival and was distributed theatrically in Europe by BVI.

In the nineties, Stuart worked for producers Bob Rehme and Mace Neufeld at Paramount Pictures rising to become Executive Vice President of Prelude Pictures. Messrs Neufeld/Rehme collectively produced Clear And Present Danger, Patriot Games, The Hunt for Red October, Beverly Hills Cop III, No Way Out, and The Omen, among many others. Prelude was co-owned by the Ilitch family of Detroit, the owners of Little Caesars Pizza, and two sports franchises, MLB's Detroit Tigers and the NHL's Red Wings.

At Prelude, Stuart successfully negotiated the first $100 million slate co-financing deals under Sherry Lansing's regime at Paramount. Stuart also originated and shepherded to production Lost In Space for New Line Cinema, Black Dog for Universal Pictures and Judicial Consent for Rysher Entertainment/HBO. Lost In Space grossed over $150 million theatrically worldwide.

Stuart is a member of the New York Bar. He practiced international finance law in New York at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and Linklaters for 4 years. In addition to his MFA from the Peter Stark Producing Program at USC, Stuart has a law degree from the University of Glasgow, Scotland, his native city, and a Masters in International Law from Georgetown University Law Center. Stuart attended Georgetown on a Rotary Scholarship and represented Europe on a Rotary Global Development Initiative.

Stuart is player-manager of the BAFTA/LA Over 40s football team and a former President of Friends of Glasgow University, an alumni fund-raising organization. He is divorced with a 13-year-old daughter.

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Robert Deege, Vice President of Business & Creative Affairs

As a principal and co-founder of Indomitable, Deege oversees all business affairs, manages the staff, and heads up development.

Before IE, Rob worked as a Production and Finance Contractor for Blowtorch Entertainment alongside the heads of Development, Finance, Digital Content, and Theatrical Distribution in their endeavors to procure financing, structure distribution and flesh out the development slate.

Previously at Mind & Media, Inc, Deege produced and directed award-winning documentaries and training films for clients such as The National Guard and The Pentagon Force Protection Agency. The film "Basic Combat Training", an innovative edgy depiction of boot camp took the highest overall honor in the Department of Defense - "Best Production of the Year" for 2005.

Before that, as a Producer at Discovery Communications, Rob produced, directed, edited and wrote for shows on Travel Channel, Discovery, TLC, Science Channel, Discovery HD Theater, Discovery Health, and Animal Planet. Deege's 15-plus years of production experience began at Cerebellum Corporation, first as an editor/supervising editor and then director of over 20 feature length videos that were a blend of narrative, comedy, and educational.

As a Filmmaker, Deege directed the short film "Sobering" which played in several festivals and garnered awards for both screenplay and film, and produced several other short films. Deege also edited the award-winning feature film "Standalone", which was picked up for digital distribution by Cinetic Media.

Rob has a BS in Statistics and Economics from Virginia Tech, is AVID certified in editing, and has trained as a director under Judith Weston.

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Chris Mirosevic, General Manager

Chris Mirosevic has been with Indomitable Entertainment since its inception. Armed with a business degree and an extensive film development resume, Chris leverages his acumen into not only his management role but all aspects of Indomitable's business with a hands-on approach.

Chris moved into the film industry in 2003, and has since worked on numerous feature films, short films, commercials and reality shows. In 2006, he produced a feature film "I'll be there with you" starring Daniel Baldwin. Before coming to Indomitable, Chris wrote and produced for Safety Pin Films. In 2010, he produced his latest short film titled "Hello".

With his experience as an indie producer, and time spent working below the line, Chris brings invaluable assets to all Indomitable endeavors. Since his early days he has created an extensive network of contacts throughout the industry as well as a growing reputation as an up-and-coming person to watch.

Chris is a graduate of Samford University. He is from Croatia, and is a fervent supporter of national soccer team.

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