Peace Arch Picks Up Distribution Rights to Crime Drama

TORONTO, September 12:
Peace Arch Entertainment Group has acquired all distribution rights worldwide,
excluding most of Africa, France and European French-language territories, to
the crime drama The Line, which
will be unveiled at MIPCOM.

In The Line, the chaos of a drug war and the personal lives of
unethical cops and uncommon criminals become interwoven as they all struggle
with the line between good and evil. Production is under way in Canada, with
half of the first season’s 15 one-hour episodes now in post-production.

The series is produced by
Toronto-based film, television and new-media production company The Nightingale
Company. The Line will premiere
as The Weight in spring 2009 on
the Canadian pay-television networks Movie Central and The Movie Network, with
Canadian English-language rights reverting to Peace Arch following the pay-TV
license windows.

John
Flock, the president and COO of Peace Arch Entertainment Group, said: “This
outstanding series represents the quality programming we are now pursuing as we
focus additional resources on the opportunities in global television. The
Line is distinctive as a police
drama in that there are no criminal investigations or crimes actually solved.
We anticipate that this style of intersecting, multiple story lines, along with
the terrific ensemble cast, will generate strong interest among international
and U.S. buyers of television content.”

—By Jackie Stewart