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Lionsgate announces start of production on The Last Stand
Kim Jee-Woon’s thriller is shooting in New Mexico and Nevada and stars Arnold Schwarzenegger. Lorenzo di Bonaventura is producing the project, which has been a strong pre-sale title for Lionsgate.
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Aaron Eckhart to star in I, Frankenstein for Lakeshore
Eckhart will portray Adam Frankenstein in the upcoming production. Principal photography is set to commence in Australia in January.
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Lionsgate to develop young adult trilogy Chaos Walking
Doug Davison will produce the trilogy by bestselling author Patrick Ness through Davison’s Quadrant Pictures
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Icahn, Lionsgate cease hostilities as corporate raider sells stake
The activist shareholder and his son Brett are to sell up to 44,161,971 of their shares of Lionsgate common stock in a move that ends their long-running battle for control of the company.
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Lionsgate to release The Big Wedding in US, UK
The Two Ton Films and Nu Image / Millennium Films production stars Robert De Niro, Susan Sarandon, Diane Keaton, Katherine Heigl, Amanda Seyfried, Robin Williams, Ben Barnes and Topher Grace.
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Schwarzenegger to star for Lionsgate in The Last Stand
Lionsgate has confirmed that Kim Jee-Woon will make his English-language debut and the embattled former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will take the lead in the action tale about a sheriff in a sleepy border town who faces off a notorious fugitive.
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Lionsgate adds Knightley-Carell rom-com to Cannes roster
President of international Helen Lee Kim and her team will be talking up the Indian Paintbrush title Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World as well as Eva Mendes comedy-drama See If I Care and horror project Nurse 3D.
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Rio rides high in US as $27m just beats Tyler Perry
Rio’s estimated $26.8m East weekend haul enabled Fox’s family film to stay top for the second weekend in a row despite a stiff challenge from Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family on $25.8m.
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Willow Shields joins Lionsgate’s Hunger Games
The latest casting fanfare on the project surrounds a young newcomer who will play the heroine’s younger sister.
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Lionsgate, Varsity, Collective line up Night Of The Living Fred
The partners are turning the YouTube sensation into a 3D feature and Lionsgate will produce alongside Brian Robbins and Sharla Sumpter Bridgett of Varsity Pictures and Gary Binkow and Evan Weiss of The Collective.
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Hutcherson, Hemsworth feel Hunger for Lionsgate
Lionsgate today [4] confirmed reports that Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth have joined Oscar nominee Jennifer Lawrence its spring 2012 tentpole The Hunger Games, about an annual televised fight to the death between teenagers.
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Lionsgate launches microbudget initiative, names first three films
The programme will focus on films under $2m and the first three are post-apocalyptic comedy Rapture-Palooza, comedy Gay Dude and supernatural thriller 6 Miranda Drive, to be directed by Wolf Creek creator Greg McLean.
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Lionsgate, Tyler Perry renew multi-year first-look deal
The studio announced today [Mar 31] it had extended its lucrative partnership with Perry through a multi-year arrangement.
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Julie Fontaine to head Lionsgate theatrical publicity
The executive most recently served as vp of domestic publicity at Disney where she worked on The Queen, Tron: Legacy and Gnomeo & Juliet, among others.
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Lionsgate sets director for What To Expect When You're Expecting
The studio has hired Kirk Jones of Nanny McPhee and Waking Ned Devine fame to direct the ensemble rom-com based on Heidi Murkoff’s bestselling maternity manual.
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Herrick revealed as Lionsgate's partner on Devil's Double deal
Lionsgate today [Feb 3] confirmed its acquisition of North American rights to Corsan’s Sundance hit The Devil’s Double, as first reported on Screendaily on Jan 27.
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Lionsgate shareholders deal Icahn heavy blow
The corporate raider’s proposed take-over suffered a severe setback as shareholders voted in 12 of the company’s director nominees on to the board.
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Lionsgate confirms Greenberg departure
Sarah Greenberg has left Lionsgate as co-president of marketing, leaving Tim Palen in the role as sole head.
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Lionsgate and Icahn set shareholder battle for Dec 14
If all that has taken place between Lionsgate and Carl Icahn were made into a film, this would be the nerve-shredding finale. After nearly two years of broadsides, intrigue and bitter reprisals, the corporate foes have set the annual shareholders meeting for December 14.
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Wrekin Hill, Lionsgate form home entertainment pact
Chris Ball’s fledgling distributor Wrekin Hill Entertainment has signed an exclusive US home entertainment deal with Lionsgate.