UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C., 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15D-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of October, 2007
PEACE ARCH ENTERTAINMENT GROUP INC. |
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407-124 Merton Street, Toronto, Ontario M4S 2Z2 |
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Peace Arch Entertainment Announces Record Slate of Feature Films for 2007 American Film Market Event
Company to Commercialize Star-Studded Films Featuring Kate Beckinsale, Dakota Fanning, Forest Whittaker, Meg Ryan and William H. Macy at Pivotal Event Attended by More than 8,000 Industry Leaders
Toronto October 31, 2007 Peace Arch Entertainment Group Inc. (AMEX:PAE - News) (TSX:PAE.TO - News), an integrated global entertainment company creating critically acclaimed television, today announced the Companys lineup of films being introduced at the 2007 American Film Market (AFM) in Santa Monica, California, on October 31 through November 7. New Peace Arch titles at AFM will include the recently acquired 2007 Toronto Film Festival favorite, The Babysitters, as well as Goal 3, the third chapter in the exciting Goal soccer trilogy, and the highly-anticipated, star-studded feature film Winged Creatures.
More than 8,000 industry leaders converge in Santa Monica at the American Film Market event for eight days of deal-making, screenings, seminars, red carpet premieres, networking and parties. Participants come from over 70 countries and include acquisition and development executives, agents, attorneys, directors, distributors, festival directors, financiers, film commissioners, producers, writers, the worlds press, and all of those industry professionals who provide services to the motion picture industry.
We feel confident that Peace Arch is entering this years American Film Market with the most compelling slate of feature films in our companys history, said John Flock, President and Chief Operating Officer of Peace Arch Entertainment. We believe these films represent excellent opportunities for distributors in some of the most lucrative markets in the world.
In addition to its new titles, Peace Arch will be screening returning theatrical releases Chapter 27, Delirious, and Watching the Detectives, each of which Peace Arch is releasing theatrically in the United States. Peace Arch will also be showcasing selected scenes from its powerful ensemble drama Winged Creatures, starring Kate Beckinsale, Academy Award®-winners Forest Whitaker and Jennifer Hudson, Dakota Fanning, Guy Pearce and Jackie Earle Haley and The Deal, a comedy based on the best-selling Peter Lefcourt novel, with a cast that includes Academy Award®-nominee William H. Macy, Meg Ryan, LL Cool J and Elliott Gould. Both Winged Creatures and The Deal are now in post-production.
The Babysitters is a dark comedy starring Emmy® Award winner and Golden Globe® nominee John Leguizamo (Moulin Rouge, Romeo and Juliet and Ice Age), Emmy® Award winner and Golden Globe® nominee Cynthia Nixon (TVs Sex and The City, The Pelican Brief and Amadeus), and newcomer Katherine Waterston (Michael Clayton). In The Babysitters, a teenage girl (Waterston) turns her babysitting service into a call-girl ring for married men after a tryst with one of her customers (Leguizamo).
Currently filming, Goal 3 completes the worldwide phenomenon that is the sports trilogy Goal. The first of the three films, Goal!: The Dream Begins was released theatrically by Buena Vista in 2005, followed by Goal II: Living The Dream released in 2007. Goal 3 follows two English players as they travel to Germany to represent their country on the worlds greatest sports stage: The FIFA World Cup Finals. The action-packed picture stars Kuno Becker, Alessandro Nivola and Anna Friel alongside some of the worlds greatest soccer players, including David Beckham, Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane.
Peace Archs Television and Home Entertainment divisions are unveiling a number of new projects including Guns, a gritty, explosive four-hour mini-series that tells the story of four families caught up in illegal gun trafficking starring Elisha Cuthbert, Colm Feore, Lyriq Bent and Shawn Doyle, and A Lobsters Tale starring Colm Meaney and Graham Greene in a mystical story about a small towns discovery of a strange green moss that just may hold magical powers.
Peace Arch Entertainments Screening Schedule at the 2007 American Film Market:
The Babysitters
AMC Santa Monica
November 2, at 9am
November 5, at 1pm
Running Time: 90 min
Watching the Detectives
Laemmle Monica
October 31, at 11am
November 1, at 9am
Running Time: 91 min
Guantanamero
The Fairmont Five
October 31, at 1pm
November 4, at 9am
Running Time: 100 min
Chapter 27
The Fairmont Five
November 3, at 9am
November 6, at 5pm
Running Time: 85 min
Delirious
The Fairmont Five
November 5, at 9am
Running Time: 102 min
Peace Arch Entertainments current line up of feature films and long-form television programming also includes the Showtime Networks Emmy Award-winning television event mini-series The Tudors starring Golden Globe® Award-winning actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers.
About Peace Arch Entertainment Group Inc.
Peace Arch Entertainment produces and acquires feature films, television and home entertainment content for distribution to worldwide markets. Peace Arch owns one of the largest libraries of top quality independent feature films in the world, featuring more than 500 classic and contemporary titles. Through its subsidiary, Peace Arch Home Entertainment, Peace Arch is also one of the leading distributors of DVDs and related products in Canada. For additional information, please visit www.peacearch.com. Peace Arch recently acquired Dufferin Gate Productions, one of Toronto's foremost providers of production services and facilities, and Trinity Home Entertainment, a leading distributor of independent features films in the United States.
For more investor-oriented information about Peace Arch Entertainment, visit http://www.trilogy-capital.com/tcp/peace-arch/. For current stock price quotes and news, visit http://www.trilogy-capital.com/tcp/peace-arch/quote.html. To view an Investor Fact Sheet, visit http://www.trilogy-capital.com/tcp/peace-arch/factsheet.html. To read a transcript of a recent Peace Arch investor conference call or listen to an archived recording, please visit http://www.trilogy-capital.com/tcp/peace-arch/conference.html.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENT:
This press release includes statements that may constitute forward-looking statements, usually containing the words "believe," "estimate," "project," "expect," or similar expressions. These statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Factors that would cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, continued acceptance of the Company's products and services in the marketplace, competitive factors, dependence upon third-party vendors, availability of capital and other risks detailed in the Company's periodic report filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. By making these forward-looking statements, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release.
Roy Bodner
Vice President Public Relations
Peace Arch Entertainment
(310) 776-7208
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Financial Communications
Trilogy Capital Partners
Ryon Harms
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Peace Arch Entertainment Group Inc. |
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October 31, 2007 |
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"Mara Di Pasquale" |
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Mara Di Pasquale, Chief Financial Officer |
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