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Hot Trailer: Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Ender’s Game’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday May 7, 2013 @ 1:15pm PDTTags: Ender's Game, Summit

Here’s the first trailer for Summit’s sci-fier Ender’s Game, adapted from the novel by Orson Scott Card. Asa Butterfield stars as a boy recruited to an advanced military school to prepare for an alien space invasion. Harrison Ford, Abigail Breslin, Hailee Steinfeld, Ben Kingsley, and Viola Davis also star in the Gavin Hood-directed film, which opens November 1. Check it out:


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CinemaCon: Lionsgate Aiming For Major Studio Status With ‘Hunger Games’ Sequel Leading 2013 Slate

By PETE HAMMOND | Thursday April 18, 2013 @ 7:35pm PDTTags: CinemaCon, Ender's Game, Harrison Ford, Kevin Hart, Lionsgate, Rob Friedman, Summit, The Hunger Games, Twilight Saga
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After the six major studios wrapped up their turns in front of the CinemaCon convention goers with 20th Century Fox earlier today, it was Lionsgate‘s turn to carry the flag for the indie sector, even though NATO’s John Fithian said last year that in Lionsgate we are seeing the birth of the “seventh major studio”. And although some of the speakers during the company’s relatively brief presentation this afternoon took up that mantle, Lionsgate in its sizzle reel  actually touted the fact that they are the only non-major to actually go over $1 billion in a single year — certainly thanks to the dynamic duo of Summit’s Twilight finales and The Hunger Games, which became the third-highest-grossing film of 2012 with more than $400 million domestically. So are they are a major? A mini-major? A true independent? Or just a money-minting film company with a couple of franchises the real majors would kill for (and in the case of Twilight actually passed on — ouch).

But as befits any wannabe major, a spiffier, more corporate logo was in order, and as Deadline reported earlier they debuted it for the theatre owners here in Las Vegas. As distribution head Richie Fay put it during his turn onstage, “Lionsgate is an overnight success that was 12 years in the making”.

As far as the presentation went, Lionsgate certainly took an independent route from the way the majors have behaved all week, offering a musical-chairs lineup of executives taking their turn in front of delegates who crowded into the Colosseum to check out the product. In addition to Fay, we also heard from CEO and co-founder Jon Feltheimer, co-chairman of Lionsgate Motion Picture Group Rob Friedman and AMC theatres exec Elizabeth Frank, who pointed out the company released 20 major films in 2012 and led the field 11 separate weeks. She said her company was looking forward to the 17 movies on tap this year and many of them were showcased for the first time over the course of the 80-minute show emceed by comedian Kevin Hart. Read More »

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OddLot Appoints Michael Nathanson and Bill Lischak Co-Presidents

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday November 14, 2012 @ 10:31am PSTTags: Ender's Game, OddLot Entertainment

Veteran Michael Nathanson is a former president and COO of MGM Pictures and onetime worldwide production boss at Columbia Pictures, and he had been consulting for OddLot Entertainment in mapping out its business plan. Now he will join longtime OddLot exec Bill Lischak as co-presidents of the production company behind pics like Drive, Rabbit Hole and the upcoming Ender’s Game. The two will work in tandem under the direction of OddLot founder and CEO Gigi Pritzker to oversee the company’s day-to-day operations and push forward its strategy. “Bill and Michael both bring incredible strengths and complementary skill sets to the table and I am privileged to be able to work with both to implement the robust business plan we have developed over the last six months”, Pritzker said in a release announcing the news. Read More »

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China’s Galloping Horse Joins With Reliance MediaWorks To Buy Digital Domain

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Monday September 24, 2012 @ 1:42am PDTTags: Big Deals TV, Digital Domain, Ender's Game

Earlier this month, a bankruptcy judge fast-tracked an auction for financially troubled special effects company Digital Domain. On Sunday, the James Cameron-founded business announced that a joint venture between Galloping Horse America and Reliance MediaWorks will acquire Digital Domain Productions and subsidiary Mothership Media for $30.2M. Under the agreement, Chinese film and TV company Galloping Horse and India’s Reliance will pick up all the of the groups’ business assets including feature film and advertising visual effects, commercial production, studios in California and Vancouver and a co-production stake in Lionsgate’s Ender’s Game of which Digital Domain has been a co-producer. Galloping Horse holds a 70% stake with Reliance MediaWorks taking 30%. “This is a great day for Digital Domain,” said CEO Ed Ulbrich. “Our new partners have incredible strength and reach in the global entertainment marketplace. Read More »

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Digital Domain Says Studios “Freaking Out”; Gets OK On September 21 Auction

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Thursday September 13, 2012 @ 1:11pm PDTTags: Digital Domain Media Group, Ender's Game, G.I. Joe: Retaliation

Hollywood studios will not be pulling the plug on projects at the financially troubled special-effects company after Digital Domain got some breathing room yesterday in bankruptcy court. Judge Brenden Shannon approved a fast-tracked auction of Digital Domain Media Group for September 21 and a debtor-in-possession order (read it here) that gives the almost-broke company immediate access to almost $12 million. The new auction date comes after newly named DDMG chief Ed Ulbrich told the court that six Hollywood studios told him they would start pulling projects from the Oscar-winning company this week unless Digital Domain had a clear financial path forward. The loss of those effects projects would result in the removal of what is currently 80% of the company’s revenues. “We’ve been fighting diligently to fend off a run on the company, Ulbrich testified. DDGM’s lawyer Robert Feinstein put it even more bluntly: “The studios are freaking out,” the attorney told the judge. Some of the films that Digital Domain is currently working on include Lionsgate’s Ender’s Game (Digital Domain is a co-producer), New Line’s Jack The Giant Killer, and Paramount’s G.I. Joe: Retaliation.

Related: Digital Domain Files For Bankruptcy Protection But With Sales Agreement Read More »

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Sierra/Affinity Picks Up Global Sales For ‘Cate McCall’ & ‘Plus One’

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Tuesday June 26, 2012 @ 11:32am PDTTags: Ender's Game, Plus One, Sierra/Affinity, The Trials Of Cate McCall

Sierra/Affinity MoviesSierra/Affinity will handle international sales for The Trials Of Cate McCall and Plus One. Currently shooting in LA, the legal redemption drama Trials stars Kate Beckinsale and Nick Nolte. The thriller Plus One, directed by … Read More »

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‘Ender’s Game’ Release Pushed Back To November 1, 2013

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday April 9, 2012 @ 1:38pm PDTTags: Ender's Game
Mike Fleming

Summit Entertainment’s Ender’s Game, the long awaited adaptation of the Orson Scott Card science fiction novel, has been moved from March 15, 2013 to November 1, 2013. The Gavin Hood-directed film stars Hugo‘s Asa Butterfield, Abigail Breslin, Harrison Ford, Hailee Steinfeld and Viola Davis in a drama that puts the … Read More »

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Nonso Anozie Joins ‘Ender’s Game’ Cast

By BRIAN BROOKS | Friday February 17, 2012 @ 1:04pm PSTTags: Ender's Game, Gavin Hood, Harrison Ford, Nonso Anozie, Summit Entertainment

EXCLUSIVE: Nonso Anozie (The Grey) will play Sergeant Dap in the film version of Orson Scott Card’s best-selling novel Ender’s Game. The film, which begins production this month in New Orleans, is a futuristic adventure about brilliant young … Read More »

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Ben Kingsley Joins Cast Of ‘Ender’s Game’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday January 31, 2012 @ 11:02am PSTTags: Ben Kingsley, Ender's Game, Summit Entertainment

Ben Kingsley and Brandon Soo Hoo (G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra) are set to join Harrison Ford, Asa Butterfield, Hailee Stanfield and Abigail Breslin in the film version of Orson Scott Card’s bestselling novel Ender’s Game. The … Read More »

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‘Hugo’ Star Asa Butterfield Chosen For Title Role In ‘Ender’s Game’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday November 17, 2011 @ 3:38pm PSTTags: Asa Butterfield, Ender's Game, Gavin Hood, Martin Scorsese
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Asa Butterfield, the 14-year old title star of Martin Scorsese’s 3D film Hugo, has been offered the title role in Ender’s Game, the Odd Lot Entertainment adaptation of the Orson Scott Card science fiction novel. Summit Entertainment will release … Read More »

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Summit Sets Dates For Six In 2012-13

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday October 25, 2011 @ 5:43pm PDTTags: Ender's Game, Film Release Dates, Now You See Me, Sinister, Summit Entertainment, Warm Bodies

Summit Entertainment has set or adjusted release dates for a handful of movies due next year and in 2013. Step Up 4, the next installment of the successful dance franchise, is now positioned on July 27, 2012. Set … Read More »

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