Press Release, Da Vinici's Demons - Starz

Goyer, who wrote the series, served as showrunner and directed the first two episodes, is also screenwriter of thehighly anticipated Man of Steel premiering June 2013 and served as script consultant and story developer for “Call ofDuty: Black Ops,” and “Black Ops II”, the most successful video game franchise of all time. Julie Gardner isExecutive Producer, along with Jane Tranter, head of Adjacent Productions. The series was shot in Swansea thissummer. The series is produced by Adjacent Productions, a label launched in 2012 that sits within BBC WorldwideProductions and serves to identify new formats created and produced under the company’s umbrella.About StarzStarz (NASDAQ: STRZA, STRZB) is a leading integrated global media and entertainment company with operating units thatprovide premium subscription video programming on domestic U.S. pay television channels (Starz Networks), global contentdistribution (Starz Distribution) and animated television and movie production (Starz Animation), www.starz.com.Starz Networks is a leading provider of premium subscription video programming through the flagship STARZ ® and ENCORE ®pay TV networks which showcase premium original programming and movies to U.S. multichannel video distributors, includingcable operators, satellite television providers, and telecommunications companies. As of September 30, 2012, STARZ andENCORE serve a combined 55 million subscribers, including 21 million at STARZ, and 34 million at ENCORE, making them thelargest pair of premium flagship channels in the U.S. STARZ ® and ENCORE ® , along with Starz Networks’ third flagship brand,MOVIEPLEX ® , air more than 1,000 movies monthly across 17 linear networks, complemented by On Demand and authenticatedonline offerings through STARZ PLAY, ENCORE PLAY, and MOVIEPLEX PLAY. Starz Distribution develops, produces andacquires entertainment content, distributing it to consumers globally on DVD, digital formats and traditional television. StarzDistribution’s home video, digital media and worldwide distribution business units distribute original programming contentproduced by Starz, as well as entertainment content for itself and third parties. Starz Animation produces animated TV andmovie content for studios, networks, distributors and audiences worldwide.About Adjacent ProductionsAdjacent Productions is a label that sits within BBC Worldwide Productions, one of five core businesses under BBC WorldwideAmerica, the U.S. division of BBC Worldwide, the main commercial arm and wholly-owned subsidiary of the British BroadcastingCorporation (BBC). The Adjacent Productions label serves to identify new programming created by the Los Angeles-basedproduction company, while BBC Worldwide Productions identifies BBC reformats that the team develops and produces for theU.S. market. The first original series under the Adjacent Productions label is “Da Vinci’s Demons” (STARZ), set to premierespring 2013.# # #Contacts for STARZ:Theano ApostolouShannon Buck424-204-4052 424-204-4173Theano@starz.comShannon.buck@starz.comContact for BBC Worldwide Productions:Christine ShawChristine.shaw@bbc.com310-228-1620Contact for FIC:Chrystal SiersmaChrystal.siersma@fox.com310-369-5452