ACI Showcasing One Minute Millionaire

SANTA
MONICA, November 10: American Cinema International (ACI) is at the AFM with a
slate of series and feature films that includes the adaptation of One Minute Millionaire, based on the
book by best-selling authors Mark Victor Hansen, of the Chicken Soup for the Soul book series, and Robert G. Allen, who
wrote No Money Down.

One Minute Millionaire is set to begin
production in April 2009. It tells the story of a mother who raises a million
dollars in only 90 days to try to save her kids.

ACI
has also acquired the rights to the new action adventure offerings The Search for the Golden Calendar and Quest for El Dorado. Other action titles
being presented include the Jack Hunter trilogy
and Fatal Rescue.

The
lifestyle series Tribal, which
features rock bands P.O.D. and Korn, is also on offer. Four volumes of Tribal are currently available, while
another four will be ready for delivery in 2009. The family title Bigfoot is also on ACI's slate.

The
company has already secured a number of deals on Jack Hunter, including with
Mexico's TV Azteca, Channel 12 in Uruguay and LapTV. Deals for Jack Hunter were also secured with NBC
Universal Global Networks, Germany's RTL2 and TV 2 in Norway. ACI also
concluded deals with NBC's SCI FI Channel in France for The Boxer, Perfect Hideout,
80 Minutes and The Lost Samaritan. Samaritan
also went to Starz Channel in the U.S. ACI's animated feature The 10 Commandments was picked up by
Nickelodeon for the Middle East.

"We
have always had a productive experience at AFM and we believe this year will be
no exception," said the president of ACI, Chevonne
O'Shaughnessy. "George [Shamieh, the CEO of ACI] and I are committed to our buyers and their
programming needs and look forward to continuing to share our high-quality
programming at this year's market."

—By
Kristin Brzoznowski