STARZ TO DEVELOP "THE DISAPPEARANCE" FROM AMBLIN TELEVISION AND NICK ANTOSCA

Beverly Hills, Calif. - October 6, 2014 - Starz announced it is currently in development of "The Disappearance" - a story of a family struggling to save a son who might destroy them. Nick Antosca will serve as Executive Producer and screenwriter and Amblin Television will produce the series.

"'The Disappearance' is a chilling tale that Nick and our partners at Amblin Television are creating, taking viewers on an emotional and frightening journey," said Starz Managing Director Carmi Zlotnik.

"The Disappearance" is the story of Alice Grimson who is overjoyed when her teenage son Josh shows up seven years after being kidnapped. She and her husband Tom set aside long-simmering tensions in their marriage to help Josh in his struggle to resume a normal life. But when she connects his return to a series of horrific local murders, Alice begins to wonder if Josh knows something he's not telling them. Determined to protect her son, she digs deeper into what really happened to him while he was missing -- and she enters a nightmare that threatens her life and everything she holds dear.

Antosca is a prolific novelist, screenwriter, and journalist from New Orleans. He is a co-producer on "Hannibal" and previously wrote for "Believe," "Last Resort" and "Teen Wolf." He is the author of several novellas, the novel Fires and the short story collection The Girlfriend Game. Antosca received a Shirley Jackson Award for his novella Midnight Picnic.

Executive producers are Amblin Television co-presidents Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey ("The Americans," "Under the Dome"), along with Antosca. Amblin is repped by WME and Antosca is repped by WME and Circle of Confusion.

Starz will retain worldwide rights to the project.

About Starz

Starz (NASDAQ: STRZA, STRZB) is a leading integrated global media and entertainment company with operating units that provide premium subscription video programming on domestic U.S. pay television channels (Starz Networks), global content distribution (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(R) and ENCORE(R) pay TV networks which showcase premium original programming and movies to U.S. multichannel video distributors, including cable operators, satellite television providers, and telecommunications companies. As of June 30, 2014, STARZ and ENCORE serve a combined 55.9 million subscribers, including 22.0 million at STARZ, and 33.9 million at ENCORE, making them the largest pair of premium flagship channels in the U.S. STARZ(R) and ENCORE(R), along with Starz Networks' third network MOVIEPLEX(R), air more than 1,000 movies monthly across 17 linear networks, complemented by On Demand and authenticated online offerings through STARZ PLAY, ENCORE PLAY, and MOVIEPLEX PLAY. Starz Distribution develops, produces and acquires entertainment content, distributing it to consumers globally on DVD, digital formats and traditional television. Starz Distribution's home video, digital media and worldwide distribution business units distribute original programming content produced by Starz, as well as entertainment content for itself and third parties. Starz Animation produces animated TV and movie content for studios, networks, distributors and audiences worldwide.

About Amblin

Amblin Television currently produces seven series airing on five different networks - the midseason drama "The Whispers" on ABC; "Under the Dome" and "Extant" on CBS; "The Americans" on FX; "Falling Skies" and the upcoming drama "Public Morals" on TNT; and "Red Band Society" on Fox.