THE RITE World Premiere Wednesday, January 26, 2011

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WHAT:

 

The World Premiere of New Line Cinema’s “The Rite.

 

WHEN:

Wednesday, January 26

Crew Arrivals: 5:00 p.m.
Arrivals: 6:00 p.m.
Screening: 7:00 p.m.
 

WHERE:

Grauman’s Chinese Theatre

6925 Hollywood Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA
 

WHO:

From the film: Anthony Hopkins, Colin O’Donoghue, Alice Braga, and director Mikael Håfström will be joined by celebrities to be announced soon.

 

“The Rite” is a supernatural thriller that uncovers the Devil’s reach to even one of the holiest places on Earth. Inspired by true events, the film follows seminary student Michael Kovak (Colin O’Donoghue), who is sent to study exorcism at the Vatican in spite of his own doubts about the controversial practice and even his own faith. Wearing his deep skepticism like armor, Michael challenges his superiors to look to psychiatry, rather than demons, in treating the possessed. Only when he’s sent to apprentice with the unorthodox Father Lucas (Anthony Hopkins) — a legendary priest who has performed thousands of exorcisms — does Michael’s armor begin to fall. As he is drawn into a troubling case that seems to transcend even Father Lucas’s skill, he begins to glimpse a phenomenon science can’t explain or control … and an evil so violent and terrifying that it forces him to question everything he believes.

 

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**Press Credentials will be issued at the event**

THE RITE opens nationwide in theaters on Friday, January 28, 2011

“The Rite,” is a Contrafilm production, a Mikael Håfström film, and will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company. The film has been rated PG-13 by the MPAA for disturbing thematic material, violence, frightening images, and language including sexual references.

www.what-do-you-believe.com

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Contacts

Warner Bros. Pictures
Broadcast: Allegra Haddigan, 818-954-6292
Print: Ari Swan, 818-954-3781
Photo: Michael Taylor, 818-954-6585
Online: Anne Chun, 818-954-4601
International: Diana Larios, 818-954-4537

Release Summary

The Rite World Premiere January 26, Los Angeles, CA

Contacts

Warner Bros. Pictures
Broadcast: Allegra Haddigan, 818-954-6292
Print: Ari Swan, 818-954-3781
Photo: Michael Taylor, 818-954-6585
Online: Anne Chun, 818-954-4601
International: Diana Larios, 818-954-4537