Power Gears Up for ATF

LONDON, November 6: Power will attend the Asia Television
Forum (ATF) this month with a portfolio of new co-productions and a diverse
slate of TV series and mini-series.

Power’s lineup includes the 2×2-hour action thriller XIII:
The Conspiracy, which stars Val Kilmer and
Stephen Dorff; The Summit, a
two-part mini-series for CBC from writer John Krizanc; the 2×90-minute original
dramatic TV movie Flood; and Pinocchio,
an adaptation of the classic fairy tale,
starring Bob Hoskins, Robbie Kay and Joss Ackland.

Also available at the ATF is Power’s newly commissioned
13-hour remake of the television classic Robinson Crusoe for NBC. The show is an adaptation of Daniel Defoe’s
novel and centers on the challenges faced by the castaway.

The Power Thrillers on offer include the made-for-TV movies Lethal
Obsession and Voices. Lethal Obsession stars Kellie Martin (Live Once, Die Twice,
ER) as a young mother who is hiding from
her past, and Voices follows the
journey of a recently widowed woman named Ellie, played by Amy Acker (Angel, Alias),
who discovers she has the ability to communicate with the dead.

George Sakkalli, Power’s VP of Asian sales and distribution,
said: “With the proliferation of digital and new media channels and its
ever-growing appetite for foreign entertainment, Asia has become an even more
important marketplace. Our aim will be to forge new local alliances to meet the
demand for both finished content and local production, by significantly
increasing Power’s presence and in the territory.”

—By Kristin Brzoznowski