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UPFRONTS 2013: TV Spinoffs’ Almost Perfect Year 
EXCLUSIVE: A film about two abandoned and scared boys trying to survive in New York City has found a new home. Codeblack Films has picked up US distribution for The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete. The George Tillman Jr-directed film made its debut at the Sundance Film Festival on January 25. With 13-year-old Skylan Brooks as Mister and Ethan Dizon as 9-year-old Pete, Inevitable Defeat also stars Jeffrey Wright, Jordin Sparks, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje. Jennifer Hudson and Anthony Mackie. Michael Starrbury wrote the movie. Jana Edelbaum, Rachel Cohen, and Bob Teitel produced with Alicia Keys, Susan Lewis, Clay Floren, Aimee Shieh, Julio Depietro, Keith Kjarval, Mary Vernieu, and Amy Nauiokas executive producing. Inevitable Defeat was the debut of multiplatinum songstress Keys as a producer. Codeblack Films was launched by Lionsgate in May 2012 to develop and distribute films and other media for the urban market. The deal with the Lionsgate division was negotiated by CAA on behalf of the filmmakers with Marc Danon, Lionsgate’s VP Acquisitions & Business Development, and Jean Chi, SVP Business & Legal Affairs.
Lionsgate’s Codeblack Films Acquires Sundance Pic ‘The Inevitable Defeat Of Mister And Pete’
Cannes: Lionsgate Lands North American Distribution Rights To ‘The Quiet Ones’
EXCLUSIVE: In what becomes the second significant domestic distribution deal on the eve of Cannes, Lionsgate closed a deal with Exclusive Media for North American distribution rights to the Hammer production of The Quiet Ones, the John Pogue-directed supernatural thriller that stars Mad Men‘s Jared Harris and Sam Claflin, who starred in the last Pirates Of The Caribbean. Craig Rosenberg and Oren Moverman wrote the script with Pogue.
This follows Warner Bros’ deal for the Ryan Gosling-directed How To Catch A Monster. The Quiet Ones will open April 25, 2014. Pogue wrote the script and Exclusive’s Tobin Armbrust and Simon Oakes will produce with James Gay-Rees, Steven Chester Prince and Ben Holden of The Travelling Picture Show Company. Lionsgate already had UK rights. It’s a nice start for Rob Friedman and Patrick Wachsberger. The film is inspired by true events, and tells the story of a prof who uses controversial methods and engages his students in an attempt to raise a poltergeist from negative human energy. That can’t turn out well, can it? Read More »
Lionsgate Taps Jack Thorne To Adapt R.J. Palacio Novel ‘Wonder’
EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate has hired Jack Thorne to adapt Wonder, based on author R.J. Palacio’s best-selling debut novel. David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman are producing via their Mandeville Films banner. The novel tells the heartwarming, inspiring, and … Read More »
CBS Corp In Talks To Take Full Control Of TVGuide.com, Acquiring Lionsgate’s 50%
EXCLUSIVE: A month after CBS Corp acquired 50% of TV Guide, the company that encompasses TVGN (formerly TV Guide Network) and TVGuide.com, I hear CBS is in the process of taking full ownership of TVGuide.com. … Read More »
CinemaCon: Lionsgate Aiming For Major Studio Status With ‘Hunger Games’ Sequel Leading 2013 Slate
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 »
CinemaCon: New Logo For Lionsgate
The indie film and TV studio unveiled its new corporate logo today during the presentation of its upcoming film slate to CinemaCon attendees. (The new one is on the … Read More »
Hot Trailer: ‘Now You See Me’
Summit‘s second trailer for Now You See Me dropped today. This is looking pretty slick, with helmer Louis Leterrier applying his tentpole abilities to what is essentially a noir heist plot. It also has a killer cast in Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Morgan Freeman, Isla Fisher and Mark … Read More »
Denis Leary Signing On As Cleveland Browns Coach In Gridiron Pic ‘Draft Day’
EXCLUSIVE: Denis Leary has been set to star in Draft Day, the Ivan Reitman-directed football film that stars Kevin Costner and Jennifer Garner. Pic’s getting underway through … Read More »
‘I, Frankenstein’ 3D Release Set For January 24, 2014
Lionsgate announced today that it will release Hopscotch Features/Lakeshore Entertainment‘s I, Frankenstein in 3D on January 24, 2014. The pic will go up against Open Road Films’ action thriller Ten. I, Frankenstein is set in a dystopic present … Read More »
Retro-Horror Pic ‘Ritual’ Lands Buyers
EXCLUSIVE: The pic marks the feature debut of writer-director Mickey Keating and centers on a man who discovers that his estranged wife has killed a stranger who is connected to a dangerous cult. They attempt to figure out what to do with the body and get out while they still can before the rest of the cult shows up. Lisa Summerscales, Dean Cates and Derek Phillips star. Continental Media has closed multi-territory deals on Ritual, from Eric B. Fleischman’s EBF Productions and Chelsea Peters’ Chelsea Stardust, through After Dark Films, which will distribute in those markets. After Dark has a home video output deal in the U.S. with Lionsgate. Continental will shop the remaining territories — including Canada, Germany, Japan and Spain — next month in Cannes. Read More »
Jason Clarke And Omar Sy To Star In Stephen Gaghan Thriller ‘Candy Store’
Lionsgate and Good Universe are partnering on Candy Store, a character-driven action thriller co-written and to be directed … Read More »
Hot Trailer: ‘The Big Wedding’
This time around Lionsgate‘s not highlighting the pretend marriage plot that dominated the first trailer for their April 26 ensemble comedy. Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton, Susan Sarandon, Amanda Seyfried, Katherine Heigl, Topher Grace, Ben Barnes, and Robin Williams co-star. Justin Zackham directed and adapted from … Read More »
It’s Official: CBS Acquires Half Of TV Guide, Partners With Lionsgate
CBS Corp. just announced that it is acquiring 50% of of TV Guide, the company that encompasses TVGN (formerly TV Guide Network) and TVGuide.com. The deal adds a basic cable network to its TV portfolio, which includes broadcast networks (CBS and the CW), a pay cable network (Showtime), international TV channels, a TV studio and syndication unit. As we first reported on Friday, CBS is taking over the TV Guide stake held by One Equity Partners, the private-equity arm of J.P. Morgan Chase, which owned 49% of the company, with an option to buy another 1%. CBS is said to be paying about $100 million, less than the $122 million OEP spent in June 2009. CBS joins TVGN co-owner Lionsgate Entertainment. Here is the release:
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Hot Trailer: Jason Statham In ‘Hummingbird’
Here’s a trailer from Yahoo UK for Hummingbird which Lionsgate is distributing in the U.S. and UK. Written and directed by Steven Knight (Dirty Pretty Things, Eastern Promises), it features Jason Statham as a haunted former soldier who assumes the identity of an upper class Londoner. When … Read More »
CBS Poised To Buy Half Of TV Guide, Partner With Lionsgate
EXCLUSIVE: CBS Corp, which already owns/co-owns broadcast networks CBS and the CW, pay cable network Showtime, and international TV channels, is adding a domestic basic cable network to its portfolio. I’ve learned that it is nearing a … Read More »
M-GO Secures Right To Sell And Rent Lionsgate Movies And TV Shows
MARCH 21, 2013 — Los Angeles, CA, and Santa Monica, CA – M-GO, the people-friendliest new digital entertainment service, and Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF), a leading global entertainment company, are partnering to bring Lionsgate’s vast array of movies and TV shows, including The Hunger Games and Twilight film franchises, Tyler Perry’s Madea films and the multiple Emmy Award-winning TV series Mad Men, to M-GO customers for purchase or rental, the two companies announced today.
Lionsgate/Summit Shifts Dates For Pair
Now You See Me, the Summit Entertainment heist pic about a team of illusionists who rob banks during their performances and share the booty with their audiences, will now open wide May 31, 2013, up from its previous … Read More »
Disney, Paramount, Lionsgate Join WB, Uni For Satellite Movie File Delivery To Theatres
Although studios and theaters have largely made the transition from film to digital, the delivery of digital movies has remained mostly physical via hard drives shipped to cinemas and uploaded to their servers That’s about to change. Disney, Paramount and Lionsgate … Read More »
Lionsgate Taps Weinstein Co Exec As New COO, International Distribution
Kramer will help Wachsberger continue to grow all aspects of Lionsgate’s international film business, including international film acquisitions and packaging, creation of international coproduction and cofinancing opportunities and extension of Lionsgate’s relationships into new territories. He will also oversee international film distribution and marketing operations, business affairs and the overall administration of the international film division. The Company’s international sales operations will continue to report directly to Wachsberger.
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