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‘Hunger Games’ DVDs Will Offer Streamed Access Via UltraViolet

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Friday August 10, 2012 @ 6:42am PDTTags: Lionsgate, The Hunger Games, UltraViolet

This could be a big boost for the entertainment industry’s streaming initiative, which has been struggling to ignite consumer interest. Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer told analysts in a conference call this morning that the discs, which go on sale August 18, will also offer opportunities for buyers to access UltraViolet streamed versions via Walmart and Time Warner’s Flixster. The studio has high expectations for Hunger Games, the biggest home video release Lionsgate’s ever had: It says that two-thirds of the film’s profits are yet to be collected — and most of the cash will come from consumer sales. Execs say that they’re encouraged by retailer pre-orders, including from Apple’s iTunes. The studio is helping retailers to attract fans to stores on Friday night before the official sale date, for example by offering special signage and packaging. There’s also a co-promotion arrangement with Amazon for Kindle Fire owners. “Our revenues right now from licensing and merchandising of Hunger Games are ahead of our plan,” Feltheimer says.

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NBC Says Olympics Archery No. 1 In Ratings, ‘Hunger Games’ Fueling Interest?

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday August 3, 2012 @ 10:08am PDTTags: London Olympics, The Hunger Games

Joe Utichi contributes to Deadline’s UK coverage.

Has The Hunger Games triggered Americans’ interest in archery? The bow-and-arrow sport is NBC’s No. 1 cable ratings winner, the network says, averaging 1.5M daytime viewers. NBC’s coverage of the … Read More »

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Biz News Briefs: Dish Network’s Sub Surprise, Earnings Reports From Verizon And Scholastic

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Thursday July 19, 2012 @ 9:51am PDTTags: Dish Network, The Hunger Games, Verizon

Dish Network Loses Fewer Subs Than Expected In Q2.
Dish Network shares are up 1.8% at midday after it disclosed better-than-expected subscriber numbers for the quarter that ended in June. In a press release announcing plans for a debt offering, the satellite company said it wound up with 14.06M customers: That’s down by 10,000 from the previous quarter, with an average monthly churn rate of 1.60%. Wells Fargo analyst Marci Ryvicker says she projected a loss of  119,000 subs and a 1.65% churn rate. Read More »

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Amanda Plummer Cast In ‘Catching Fire’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday July 17, 2012 @ 9:16am PDTTags: Catching Fire, Lionsgate, The Hunger Games

Amanda Plummer Catching Fire CastingAmanda Plummer will play Wiress in Lionsgate‘s The Hunger Games sequel Catching Fire, which is due to be released November 22, 2013. The character’s … Read More »

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Lionsgate Dates ‘Hunger Games’ Finale: 2-Part ‘Mockingjay’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday July 10, 2012 @ 12:43pm PDTTags: Lionsgate, The Hunger Games

Mockingjay Movies Release Date Hunger GamesBREAKING … Lionsgate will release two films based on Mockingjay, the third book in Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games trilogy. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 will bow worldwide November 21, 2014, followed by The … Read More »

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‘Hunger Games’ Sequel In Talks With Zoe Aggeliki For Key Role

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Thursday June 28, 2012 @ 5:07pm PDTTags: Jena Malone, The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Zoe Aggeliki Hunger GamesEXCLUSIVE: Looks like we might have a Hunger Games winner. Zoe Aggeliki has the edge over Jena Malone for a role in Lionsgate‘s The Hunger Games sequel Catching Fire. Aggeliki and Malone (Sucker Punch) are up … Read More »

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Lionsgate-Summit’s Development Slate Tops NYT Bestseller Lists

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Thursday June 21, 2012 @ 11:34am PDTTags: Divergent, Lionsgate-Summit, The Hunger Games, The Perks Of Being A Wallflower

Lionsgate and Summit, companies built on the novel adaptations of The Hunger Games and The Twilight Saga, are staying on their bookish paths. So much so that the combined entity has a hold on the latest New York Times bestseller lists that the company’s betting will turn into box office success down the line. Divergent, written by Veronica Roth, tops the Children’s Paperback books list this week. Lionsgate-Summit’s feature adaptation of the dystopian teen tale, with screenplay by Evan Daugherty, is in pre-production now with plans to start filming later this year. If that proves a hit at theaters, the company also holds rights to the twentysomething author’s sequel Insurgent, which currently sits No. 1 on the Children’s Chapter Books list. Read More »

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Producer Nina Jacobson Denies Variety’s 50 Shades Of Bullshit

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Sunday June 17, 2012 @ 2:39pm PDTTags: 50 Shades Of Grey, Nina Jacobson, The Hunger Games

One of the main reasons Variety is currently for sale is that it’s no longer read by the Hollywood community. And one of the main reasons for that is because it’s no longer trusted by the Hollywood community. … Read More »

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Netflix Deal Will Give It Streaming Rights To ‘Hunger Games’ In Latin America

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday June 12, 2012 @ 5:26am PDTTags: Big Deals Film, Big Deals TV, Netflix, The Hunger Games

The hit film will be available on Netflix in Latin America including Brazil beginning August 18 as a result of a multiyear deal announced this morning between the video streaming company and the continent’s top distributor of independent films, … Read More »

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‘Hunger Games’ Crossing $400M Today

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Sunday June 10, 2012 @ 3:39am PDTTags: Hollywood box office, The Hunger Games

That Lionsgate blockbuster The Hunger Games came into this weekend with a domestic theatrical gross of $399.5M. Sometime today the bestselling book-turned-movie is crossing the $400M mark at the U.S. and Canadian box office. Adding The Avengers and assuming The … Read More »

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Lionsgate Reports Fiscal Q4 Loss Due To Summit Acquisition Costs

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Wednesday May 30, 2012 @ 1:43pm PDTTags: Lionsgate, Summit Entertainment, The Hunger Games

Lionsgate Earnings Q4 2012This was a weird quarter for the independent studio. The good news? Revenues of $645.2M were up 71% vs. the quarter last year that ended in March, largely due to the box office bonanza from The … Read More »

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‘Hunger Games’ To Play In China On IMAX

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday May 24, 2012 @ 6:17am PDTTags: China, IMAX, Lionsgate, The Hunger Games

SANTA MONICA, CA, and TORONTO, Canada, May 24, 2012 – IMAX Corporation (NYSE:IMAX; TSX:IMX), one of the world’s leading entertainment and technology companies, and Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF), a leading global entertainment company, today announced that Lionsgate’s blockbuster film The Hunger Games will be digitally re-mastered into the immersive IMAX® format and released in China in 67 IMAX® digital theatres in June.

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‘The Hunger Games’ DVD Date: Aug. 18

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday May 23, 2012 @ 10:37am PDTTags: Lionsgate, The Hunger Games

SANTA MONICA, Calif., May 23, 2012 — Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games juggernaut will arrive on home entertainment at 12:01 A.M. on Saturday, August 18, as the first film in Lionsgate’s (NYSE: LGF) The Hunger Games franchise, which has already grossed nearly $400 million at the North American box office and is approaching $650 million at the worldwide box office, debuts on 2-disc DVD (plus digital copy), 2-disc Blu-Ray (plus digital copy), VOD and digital download with three hours of previously unavailable bonus materials in the biggest home entertainment launch in Lionsgate’s history, the Company announced today.

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‘Hunger Games’ Director Gary Ross Advises Showbiz Grads

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Friday May 11, 2012 @ 1:44pm PDTTags: Gary Ross, The Hunger Games, USC

Gary Ross, director of the international blockbuster The Hunger Games delivered the commencement address today to graduates of USC’s School of Theatre. Nursing a cold, Ross enthusiastically urged the class to “live life fully.” At the same time, … Read More »

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Epix Touts Its Premium Debut Of ‘The Avengers’ and ‘Hunger Games’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday May 7, 2012 @ 3:30pm PDTTags: Epix, The Avengers, The Hunger Games

Epix AvengersEpix is still looking to grow its carriage, and that task will certainly become easier with debut premium TV rights to the two biggest films so far this year. Both The Avengers and The Hunger … Read More »

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China OKs ‘Hunger Games’ Release In June

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Saturday May 5, 2012 @ 9:01pm PDTTags: China, The Hunger Games

UPDATE 9 PM: Lionsgate today officially announced China’s approval for an early June release of The Hunger Games nationwide.  The blockbuster has already grossed nearly $620 million worldwide and now enters one of the fastest-growing international territories. The film will be … Read More »

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Lionsgate Pays Joe Drake $3.4M Severance, With More If ‘Hunger Games’ Delivers

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Wednesday May 2, 2012 @ 6:04am PDTTags: Joe Drake, Lionsgate, The Hunger Games

Lionsgate Joe DrakeLionsgate disclosed the agreement with its former Motion Picture Group president – who helped to shepherd The Hunger Games – this morning in an SEC filing. Along with the $3.4M severance from the separation agreement, reached on April 27, … Read More »

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‘Hunger Games’ Passes $600M Global Cume

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Sunday April 29, 2012 @ 10:56am PDTTags: Box Office, Global Box Office, The Hunger Games

BREAKING… Lionsgate just updated the worldwide box office totals for The Hunger Games: Domestic $372.4M, International $228.5M. That’s now a worldwide cumulative of $601M.

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WME Signs ‘Hunger Games’ Cutie

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday April 24, 2012 @ 9:41am PDTTags: The Hunger Games, WME
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Amandla Stenberg WMEAmandla Stenberg, who made quite an impression as Rue in The Hunger Games, has signed with WME. She also was in Colombiana, playing the young incarnation of Zoe Saldana’s killer character. Stenberg is managed by Mimi DiTrani … Read More »

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