Acorn snags distribution rights for Agatha Christie classic


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Michelle Clancy

| 14 March 2016




Acorn has acquired the electronic-sell-through (EST) and home video rights in North America to And Then There Were None.



The company, an RLJ Entertainment (RLJE) brand that specialises in curating and distributing British television in North America, will bring the adaptation of the best-selling crime novel of all-time to Lifetime, and will make it downloadable on multiple platforms including iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, Vudu, Google Play, Xbox Video and Sony Entertainment Network. RLJE’s Acorn brand will also release And Then There Were None on DVD and Blu-ray in April, while RLJE’s Acorn TV will add the miniseries in September 2016.

As the world teeters on the brink of World War II, ten strangers are invited to isolated Soldier Island. Among them are young secretary Vera Claythorne (Maeve Dermody), soldier Philip Lombard (Aidan Turner), General John MacArthur (Sam Neill), spinster Emily Brent (Miranda Richardson), and Judge Lawrence Wargrave (Charles Dance). With seemingly nothing in common, the guests wonder who their mysterious host may be. But the ominous reason for their visit soon becomes clear ... and by the end of the night, the first of them is dead.

Agatha Christie Productions and Mammoth Screen produced the program 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). RLJE owns a majority share in Agatha Christie Limited, which manages Agatha Christie’s extensive literary works including characters Hercule Poirot, Tommy and Tuppence and Miss Marple.