Success Continues for Millennium Titles

LONDON/STOCKHOLM/PARIS,
November 4: Zodiak International has closed a deal with UGC in France for the
new adaptation of Stieg Larsson's three best-selling books in the Millennium series.

UGC has taken on the
theatrical, TV and DVD rights to distribute both the feature film and the TV
series in France and select French-speaking territories. The theatrical release
is slated for next year.

Yellow
Bird is producing a feature film based on the first book, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, as well as six TV movies based on
the entire Millennium trilogy. The TV movies based on the third book are
currently being shot in Sweden. In Sweden and Denmark, the Millennium feature film will premiere in cinemas in February 2009.

Mikael
Wallén, the CEO of Yellow Bird, said, "The Millennium series of books
is one of the most read in the world today and we are delighted to be creating
cinema and television films which we know will have such strong
appeal."

Jorg
Roth, the managing director of Zodiak International, added, "As we
establish ourselves as a leading distributor of high-end drama, we are pleased
to announce this substantial deal with UGC. The strong potential of Millennium as well as the new Wallander
series, also produced by Yellow Bird, gives us an exceptional start in this
challenging market."

Brigitte
Maccioni, the head of the production and distribution department at UGC,
commented, "We are very pleased to have acquired the eagerly awaited Millennium feature film and TV series. The Millennium
series of books is extremely popular in France—having sold more than 2
million copies—and French audiences are extremely impatient to discover
them on screen."

Zodiak has also closed a
deal with Italy’s BIM Distribuzione for the Millennium
films, and is in negations with several other countries.

—By Kristin Brzoznowski