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All Lionsgate articles – Page 23
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Amanda Plummer joins Lionsgate’s Catching Fire
She will play Wiress in the follow-up, set for release on Nov 22, 2013.
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NewsLionsgate to split The Hunger Games finale into two
The studio confirmed on Tuesday (10) that it will turn The Hunger Games: Mockingjay into a two-parter, setting up a November 2015 series finale.
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NewsPhilip Seymour Hoffman cast in Catching Fire
The Oscar winner will play Plutarch Heavensbee, the enigmatic Head Gamemaker in the remaining episodes of Lionsgate’s dystopian young adult franchise The Hunger Games.
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NewsUniversal takes Italian rights to Catching Fire
Lionsgate International sold out the world in Cannes to the second episode of the smash Hunger Games series, set to commence production in September ahead of a global launch on Nov 22, 2013.
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Hunger Games to open in 67 Imax sites in China
The film will open under the recent revenue-sharing deal announced by the WTO.
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NewsWachsberger: business as usual at post-merger Lionsgate
EXCLUSIVE: Despite his entry into corporate America in the wake of the Lionsgate-Summit merger, Patrick Wachsberger has been ensconced in his office on the Croisette, in the thick of the market as usual.
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Lionsgate, Nordisk Film unveil output deal
The multiyear Scandinavian output deal extends Nordisk’s existing output deal with Summit to encompass the entire Lionsgate slate.
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Catherine Zeta-Jones, Byung-Hun Lee join cast of Red 2
UPDATE: Lionsgate will commence pre-sales in Cannes on Summit Entertainment’s action-comedy sequel to the $200m worldwide box office hit as it emerged the sales force will also commence talks with buyers on its Dirty Dancing reboot.
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NewsLionsgate to bring Polanski thriller D to Cannes market
Patrick Wachsberger’s long-standing relationship with Roman Polanski has added the filmmaker’s upcoming Dreyfus Affair political thriller to the recently merged company’s war chest.
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NewsChina approves June release for The Hunger Games
Lionsgate’s behemoth has amassed close to $620m worldwide and will open in dubbed and subtitled versions through The China Film Group in association with Lionsgate’s promotional partner Talent International.
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NewsMarketing chief Tim Palen signs long-term deal at Lionsgate
The 10-year company veteran has committed to the role of chief marketing officer hot on the heels of the $550m global success of The Hunger Games.
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NewsLionsgate rings changes in international operations
The studio has confirmed that Helen Lee Kim will step down as president of international after Cannes, as first reported on Screendaily last month. Lionsgate Motion Picture Group co-chairman Patrick Wachsberger will lead the new team and made the announcement on Thursday (12).
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NewsGary Ross drops out of Hunger Games sequel
Speculation over who will direct the follow-up to Lionsgate’s $460m-plus global smash looks set to drag on after Ross and studio issued statements on Tuesday (10).
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NewsThe Hunger Games charges past $300m in US
Lionsgate’s action smash has grossed more in North America than any film in the Twilight series and stands at $459.9m worldwide.
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NewsOwen Wilson, Zach Galifianakis to star in You Are Here
Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner wrote and will make his feature directorial debut for Gilbert Films. Lionsgate is handling international sales.
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NewsHunger Games plunders $59.3m from 67 international markets
Lionsgate’s runaway train reached $214.3m worldwide after its opening weekend factoring in the $155m North American launch and opened top in virtually every market according to the distributor.
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NewsLionsgate awaits destiny as The Hunger Games begin
International preview: The independent community will be willing the studio on as it launches the first of what it hopes will become a teen franchise across most of the world this weekend.
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Steve Beeks extends contract as Lionsgate lays off 80 staff
On the day (Mar 9) when management at the post-merger studio were reportedly letting go of approximately 12% of the workforce, Lionsgate chose to announce that Beeks had signed a new contract to continue as co-COO and had been named president of the motion picture group.
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NewsKim to lead post-merger Lionsgate sales force at Cannes
As uncertainty continued to swirl over the fate of international sales staff following Lionsgate’s acquisition of Summit, Screendaily has learned that Helen Lee Kim will stay on through the market and head a team handling titles from both the Lionsgate and Summit slates.
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NewsFriedman, Wachsberger to lead Lionsgate motion picture group
The contracts have been signed and Summit chiefs Rob Friedman and Patrick Wachsberger have been named co-chairs of Lionsgate Motion Pictures Group in the wake of last week’s merger.