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It’s a Shore Thing – The N Commences Production in Hawaii on Season Three of the Hit Teen Surf Drama ‘Beyond The Break’

NEW YORK, Feb. 5 – The N, the nighttime network for teens, hits the beach with surf boards in tow as the teen drama commences production on 14 new half-hour episodes for its third season of “Beyond The Break,” it was announced today by Sarah Tomassi Lindman, Senior Vice President, Production and Programming, The N. Production commences this week in Makaha, HI and the series is scheduled to premiere early 2008.

Change is in the air for the women of WaveSync as the new season uncovers more break-ups, make-ups and hook-ups on the beautiful beaches of Makaha. The all-female surf squad faces a new world of issues, including the pressure of WaveSync’s financial difficulty, fear of losing their home and the emotional toll of two housemates stranded at sea. In addition, the series welcomes a new character, Bailey’s younger brother DJ (played by Adam Brooks), who moves to the island and falls for one of the WaveSync ladies.

“The beaches of Hawaii are once again the perfect setting for ‘Beyond the Break,'” said Lindman. “Season three will bring even more drama as the competition between teammates intensifies and hot new characters are introduced.”

“Beyond the Break” is an intense dramatic series combining surf and sun as it drops in on the competitive world of professional surfing. Four passionate women with diverse backgrounds will pursue their dreams of becoming professional surfers. But in order to remain afloat, each of them must overcome issues to capture surf stardom from WaveSync.

The cast features: David Chokachi (“Baywatch,” “Witchblade”) as Justin, Tiffany Hines (“Heroes,” “Grey’s Anatomy”) as Birdie, Natalie Ramsey (“Cruel Intentions 3,” “Pleasantville”) as Lacey, Suzie Pollard (“Hack”) as Dawn, Ross Thomas (“American Pie 5: The Naked Mile,” “Cutting Edge 2”) as Bailey, Michael Copon (“One Tree Hill”) as Vin, Jason Tam (Broadway’s “A Chorus Line”) as Shoe and Sonya Balmores as Kai.

Created by Michael D. Jacobs and BME’s David Brookwell and Sean McNamara (“That’s So Raven,” “Even Stevens,” “Raise Your Voice”), MarVista and BME will both serve as producers for the half-hour series with MarVista handling the worldwide distribution. Writers on the series include Matt Dearborn who served as the co-producer of “Beverly Hills 90210” and whose previous writing credits include “Just for Kicks” and “Romeo” for Nickelodeon, “Phil of the Future,” “Even Stevens” and “The Secret World of Alex Mack.”

“Beyond the Break” was the first series to go into production under the September 2004 multi-series production and development deal signed between MarVista Entertainment, Brookwell McNamara Entertainment and The N. Executive Producers of the series are Michael D. Jacobs, Fernando Szew, David Brookwell, Sean McNamara and Matt Dearborn.

ABOUT BROOKWELL MCNAMARA ENTERTAINMENT, INC
Brookwell McNamara Entertainment is a full service production company focused on the development and production of family theatrical feature films and television series. Recently, BME partnered with Whoopi Goldberg to produce “Just for Kicks” for Nickelodeon and just completed photography on “Cutting Edge 2” for MGM/Sony which company partner Sean McNamara also directed. McNamara has also just inked a deal to direct the live-action Theatrical film, “Bratz” based on the best selling toy line, for Lionsgate. BME produced and McNamara directed the feature film, “Raise Your Voice” starring Hilary Duff, John Corbett, Rita Wilson, and Rebecca DeMornay for New Line Cinema. The company also produced the prime time Emmy nominated success “That’s So Raven” as well as the Emmy and BAFTA winning comedy series “Even Stevens” both for the Disney Channel.

ABOUT MARVISTA ENTERTAINMENT
MarVista Entertainment is a leader in the production and distribution of features and family entertainment programming. The company was founded in September 2003 and is helmed by Fernando Szew, the company’s CEO, Michael D. Jacobs, President, Joseph Szew, COO/CFO, and George Port, Executive Vice President. The library of programming consists of 1500 hours of television programming. In March 2004, MarVista signed a three series co-production and worldwide distribution deal with Brookwell McNamara Entertainment (Even Stevens, That’s So Raven) resulting in a September 2004 production and development deal with The N. The first series produced under the deal is “Beyond the Break.” MarVista Entertainment has since formed alliances with key U.S. networks including Lifetime Television, ABC Family and NBC Universal’s Sci-Fi Channel for whom several television movies have been executive produced by the company and for which MarVista retains all international rights. MarVista has also signed a unique alliance with Canada’s Alberta Filmworks (“Brokeback Mountain”) to provide a new, boutique distribution option for Canadian producers by offering them a CTF (Canadian Tele Film) approved distribution company.

ABOUT THE N
The N, the nighttime network for teens, is a programming arm of MTV Networks and is currently available in 55 million households via cable, digital cable and satellite television. The N’s mission is to be the authentic voice for teens and help them figure out their lives with relevant, topical programming on-air and online at the network’s Emmy Award-winning web site http://www.the-n.com/. The N airs everyday from 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. (ET). The N and all related titles, characters and logos are trademarks of Viacom International Inc.