Acorn Scores Digital & Home-Video Rights for Agatha Christie Drama

SILVER SPRING: RLJ Entertainment’s Acorn brand has secured the electronic-sell-through and home-video rights in North America for And Then There Were None, an adaptation of Agatha Christie’s best-selling crime novel.

The four-hour miniseries makes its U.S. premiere on Lifetime on March 13 and 14 with next-day availability for download on multiple platforms, including iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, Vudu, Google Play, Xbox Video and Sony Entertainment Network. RLJ Entertainment’s Acorn brand will also release And Then There Were None on DVD and Blu-ray on April 19. The Emmy-nominated streaming service Acorn TV will add the miniseries in September.

The drama follows ten strangers who are invited to the isolated Soldier Island as the world teeters on the brink of World War II. The guests wonder who their mysterious host is as they begin to die off and realize a murderer is among them.

Agatha Christie Productions and Mammoth Screen produced And Then There Were None for the BBC and Lifetime. The miniseries was adapted by Sarah Phelps (The Casual Vacancy, Great Expectations) and directed by Craig Viveiros (Silent Witness, Ghosted). RLJ Entertainment owns a majority share in Agatha Christie Limited, which manages the author’s literary works, including characters such as Hercule Poirot, Tommy and Tuppence, and Miss Marple.