Atom Tickets’ $60M Series C Round Has Lionsgate, Disney And Fox Back On Board
Digital movie ticketing startup Atom Tickets has raised more than $60 million in a Series C round led by new backer Fidelity Investments, with Lionsgate, Disney and 21st Century Fox all reinvesting in...
View ArticleFemale Directors Scorecard: Lionsgate’s 2018 Slate Has Three Set For Release
EXCLUSIVE: One of the sad facts this past Oscars is that only five women have ever been nominated for Best Director since 1929 and only one has won, Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker. Of course, no...
View ArticleLionsgate Options ‘Girl Guides’ Book For Producer Marc Platt & Walden Media;...
EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate has optioned the rights to the book How the Girl Guides Won the War for producer Marc Platt, which the company is negotiating with now with Walden Media. The project is not yet...
View ArticleFormer Lionsgate Exec Steve Beeks Joins QYOU Media Board
Former Lionsgate Co-COO and Motion Picture Group Co-President Steve Beeks has joined the board of directors of QYOU Media, a curator of premium best-of-web video for multiscreen distribution. Founded...
View ArticleSleeper Hit ‘Wonder’ Crosses $300M Worldwide
UPDATED, 11:15 AM: Wonder, the little film that could, has just crossed $300M and that’s before it heads to Japan. So far, the film has grossed $132.4M domestically and $167.7M internationally through...
View ArticleLionsgate’s European TV Sales Chief Charlotte Thorp Exits Mini-Major – MipTV
EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate's European TV sales chief Charlotte Thorp has left the U.S. mini-major, I understand. Her departure emerged at the Mip TV market in Cannes, which finishes today. I understand...
View ArticleSalma Hayek & Jose Tamez Pact With Lionsgate In First-Look Deal To Produce...
Lionsgate, which has enjoyed great successes through its Pantelion Films label, has just pacted with Salma Hayek Pinault who will produce both English and Spanish-language feature films. The first-look...
View ArticleKyle Newacheck Attached To Direct Action Comedy ‘Ice Cold Heat’ At Lionsgate
EXCLUSIVE: Kyle Newacheck is attached to direct the action comedy Ice Cold Heat for Lionsgate Pictures and Montecito Picture Company. The story, penned by Josh Kazdan and Eric Lord, is about an...
View ArticleLionsgate In Negotiations To Acquire 3 Arts Entertainment
EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate Entertainment is in advanced negotiations to acquire top management/production company 3 Arts Entertainment, sources said. I hear Lionsgate is in talks to buy 50% of 3 Arts with an...
View ArticleLionsgate’s Sundance Pickup ‘Blindspotting’ Moves Up Into July – Watch The...
UPDATED with new release date: Lionsgate’s Blindspotting is going a week earlier on July 20 in limited release with an expansion July 27. On that final weekend of the month, the pic will be up against...
View Article‘Motherland’: Sundance Now Acquires British Comedy Series For May Premiere –...
Sundance Now, AMC Networks' premium video streaming service, has acquired the BAFTA-nominated hit British television series Motherland from Lionsgate, which has worldwide rights to the comedy. Watch...
View ArticlePop Sets New Shows ‘Clique’ And ‘Flack,’ Renews ‘Hollywood Darlings,’‘Swedish...
While some TV networks are papering over the realities of their businesses by trumpeting a range of digital deals, Pop, the CBS-Lionsgate joint venture, is sticking to its linear knitting. The network...
View ArticleSebastian Maniscalco To Co-Write, Star In Lionsgate Comedy
EXCLUSIVE: Comedian Sebastian Maniscalco has made a deal with Lionsgate to develop a multi-generational comedy he will cowrote as a starring vehicle. Maniscalco is teaming on the script with Austen...
View ArticleLionsgate Closes Out CinemaCon With ‘Robin Hood’, ‘A Simple Favor’,...
Lionsgate closed out CinemaCon 2018 showing off a diverse slate consisting of African American fare (Uncle Drew), indie dramas (Blindspotting), zany comedies (The Spy Who Dumped Me), and four-quad...
View ArticleGuillermo del Toro’s ‘Scary Stories to Tell in The Dark’ Comes To Light As...
Oscar winning director Guillermo del Toro will see his Scary Stories to Tell in The Dark come to light thanks to Entertainment One (eOne) and CBS Films which just announced that together they will...
View ArticleMiramax, Lionsgate, MGM Drop Out Of Weinstein Company Bankruptcy Auction
UPDATE: The rumor wire is working overtime right now on the ramifications of a surprising lack of several expected bids not materializing. Tonight, there was rumor that Legendary might be a surprise...
View ArticleLionsgate India, Azure, Globalgate To Remake ‘Instructions Not Included’&...
Lionsgate India, Mumbai-based Azure Entertainment and Globalgate have entered a strategic partnership to develop and produce local-language films for India. The deal kicks off with remakes of Mexican...
View ArticleLionsgate Circling Sequel To ‘Hitman’s Bodyguard’ With Ryan Reynolds, Samuel...
EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate is circling U.S. rights to The Hitman’s Bodyguard sequel The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard. The distributor is likely to move on the pic we’re hearing but is waiting for confirmation...
View ArticleAfter A Brutal Stretch, A Movie Market Finally Gets Some Mojo Back – Cannes
After a brutal stretch, a market is finally bringing back the swagger. Despite the Netflix-Cannes snafu which dominated the build-up to the festival, this is the most optimistic mood at the outset of a...
View ArticleLionsgate Lands In Cannes With Host Of New & Extended Offshore Output Deals
EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate is kicking off the Cannes Film Festival with a bevy of new and extended output agreements as it continues to grow its worldwide distribution footprint. The deals include six...
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