• Peace Arch Entertainment Group has added seven films to its distribution slate. Headlining the list is The Last Hit Man, a mob drama starring Joe Mantegna, as well as the Jake Busey vehicle Time Bomb.

• CBC and Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisition Group have renewed their claims on The Tudors into the Emmy-winning series’ second season. Sony maintains the DVD rights and TV airdates stateside, but licenses the Canadian airing rights to the CBC.

• Distraction has picked up the international distribution rights for Peace Arch’s entire light entertainment catalogue. The deal includes such reality-themed programs as The Last 10 Pounds, Bootcamp, Bulging Brides and Makeover Wish.

• Decode Entertainment has acquired the international distribution rights to the preschool program Super Why. The show, from the creator of Blue’s Clues, has already been snapped up here by CBC.

• Tricon Films & Television has inked a deal with National Geographic International, Latin America for the Canada-set series Breakbound. The show focuses on a Torontonian dreamer who wants to become a pro surfer. The deal covers exclusive TV rights in Latin America, the Middle East and Australia, among others.

• NBC Universal has reportedly picked up the rights to the Series+ show François en serie. The Gémeaux-winning series will be rewritten and adapted for American and worldwide audiences by Catapult, the production house behind Ugly Betty.

• Swiss distributor Daro Films has reportedly picked up the worldwide distribution rights to Menace (aka To Serve and Protect: Tragedy at Mayerthorpe), about the 2005 shooting of four RCMP officers. The film was produced by Calgary’s Seven24 Films and distributed locally by Vancouver’s Thunderbird Films.