Mark Berry's AMG Acquires International Distribution Rights To Animated Family Adventure, "Princess Pirate"

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(1888PressRelease) January 06, 2016 - TORONTO, CANADA - AMG, a premier next generation global content leader, has acquired the rights to the animated family TV adventure series "Princess Pirate", it was announced today by AMG Chairman Mark S. Berry and creators Tom MacDonald writer and Emmy award winning illustrator & art Director Valery Mihalkov (Caillou, Arthur, Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat). The project is under development and will be ready for licensing the spring of 2016.

The announcement comes on the heels of AMG's acquisition of Canadian distribution rights to the James Franco directed The Sound and the Fury, starring James Franco & Seth Rogen from Shami Media Group last week as the two companies continue to expand their multi-faceted partnership.

The animated series brings to life the story of Nelly P. Watkins an orphaned girl who escapes onto a ship bound for the South Seas, only to be taken over by pirates. Nelly P. gains the trust from the misfit cast of characters and becomes a pirate herself. Each 20-minute episode deals with children's everyday challenges from bullying to being different.

They're an exploring creative bunch, while learning educational things along the way.
"Princess Pirate" adventure series is filled with fun characters each having a distinctive personality and with the exceptional quality of Valery Mihalkov's animation and production it will bring a new twist on pirate life.

"A Pirate girl's touch to a new generation," said Berry. "Tom MacDonald has become an important supplier of high-profile, branded event properties for our pipeline, and we're thrilled to continue expanding our relationship with him on a diverse and commercially exciting roster of projects."

"Once again, we're very excited by the opportunity to tap AMG's marketing prowess and distribution expertise internationally and we know that they will be the perfect home for our new series "Princess Pirate" said MacDonald. "Our relationship has continued to grow and we believe that our current line-up of projects will resonate with audiences for years to come".

(The Details of the deal are in the process of negotiation)

About Mark S. Berry & AMG:
AMG is a leading Toronto-based entertainment & media company with an unparalleled client list of artists and content creators across film, television, music and digital media. Led by an experienced and innovative management team, AMG was formed in 1998 by international record producer, engineer & mixer Mark S. Berry, Music Producer and operates under his leadership as Chairman. Berry, whose extensive production, engineering & re-mixing talents has earned him 36 international gold & platinum records for such notable Grammy & Juno nominated musical icons as, David Bowie, Duran Duran, Yes, Boy George, Billy Idol, Kool & The Gang, Cameo, Carly Simon, Joan Jett & many, many more. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada, with offices in NYC, LA, Hong Kong, Seoul & Beijing.

Through its partner companies, including award-winning global creative music supervision agency AttackTrax, AMG also provides clients with unique music advertising, music brand integration and marketing opportunities across traditional, social media, mobile, film, television and gaming platforms. Already the owner of an extensive music publishing catalogue in affiliation with BMG Music, AMG's mission is to target potential acquisitions in the music, film & television industries ranging from independent record labels, artists, writers, DVD, feature length films, extreme sports content to purchases in the music publishing sector. AMG's focus is music distribution through its deal with Universal Music Group Distribution, the insertions of music into international feature film & television, as well as the development of reality based and documentary television programming.

About AttackTrax:
AttackTrax is one of the world's leading providers of 100% pre-cleared production music in all media. AttackTrax is committed to quality and offers 10,000+ tracks of music in all genres from world renowned music publishing catalogs. Previous AttackTrax insertions have included Making of The Matrix Reloaded, Coach Carter, Urban Legend, Harvard Man, Dawsons Creek, Roswell, MTV, Viacom, VH1 and many more including major sports programs internationally. The attacktrax.com website has been designed as a state-of-the-art, automated, online customer experience and decision engine that functions on all platforms and complements an already world-class AttackTrax brand.

For more information, please visit:
www.theamgcorp.com
www.attacktrax.com

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