PBS and Monterey Media Give a Start to ‘Endgame’

File this one under “new trends” in the distribution business, PBS (Charlie Rose and Frontline) and California-based Monterey Media will partner on the Sundance preemed Endgame – a political thriller from the Channel 4 folks with a fine cocktail of actors. With so many film studio specialty divisions shutting their doors, it is comforting to see that more of the smaller players are backing such projects while at the same time forming new alliances.

Currently in production with Come Like Shadows, Pete Travis’ Endgame received a television premeire in the U.K this past May. This is about a businessman who initiates covert discussions between the African National Congress and white intellectuals to try and find a peaceful solution to the Apartheid regime.

THR reports that it will air on PBS’ “Masterpiece Contemporary” on Oct. 25 and will be released theatrically by Monterey Media in select U.S. cities on Oct. 30. Monterey Media also have James Mottern’s Trucker for a planned 2009 release.