Los Angeles – IMAX Corporation and Summit Entertainment, a LIONSGATE company, have announced that The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 will be digitally re-mastered into the immersive IMAX format and released in the UK through Entertainment One in IMAX theatres starting November 16. The film will also screen in the IMAX format in select IMAX theatres in other international markets. The fifth installment of Summit's Twilight Saga film franchise is directed by Bill Condon and … [Read more...] about The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 to be digitally re-mastered into IMAX format
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Lionsgate announces record US$800 million revolving credit facility
Santa Monica, California, and Vancouver, British Columbia – Lionsgate has entered into a new five-year, US$800 million revolving credit facility, one of the largest raised by an entertainment company in more than a decade. The new facility helps position Lionsgate for continued growth and enables the company to capitalise on long-term strategic opportunities and meet long-term financial objectives. The new facility replaces Lionsgate's previous $340 million revolving credit facility. … [Read more...] about Lionsgate announces record US$800 million revolving credit facility
Celestial Tiger Entertainment, Lionsgate expand distribution deal
Hong Kong – Celestial Tiger Entertainment (CTE) has expanded its content distribution business with Lionsgate to cover all of East Asia. In addition to representing Lionsgate exclusively in Greater China and Southeast Asia, CTE will now be distributing all Lionsgate television content as well as its vast library of feature films to Japan and Korea. Since the formation of CTE, the company's licensing team, led by Executive Vice President Wendy Reeds, has concluded numerous licensing deals … [Read more...] about Celestial Tiger Entertainment, Lionsgate expand distribution deal
A+E Networks and Lionsgate announce home entertainment distribution partnership
New York and Santa Monica – A+E Networks and Lionsgate have forged a partnership under which Lionsgate will handle home entertainment distribution of programming from A&E Network, HISTORY and Lifetime. The partnership encompasses hit programmes from A+E Networks’ diverse content catalogue including Storage Wars, Shipping Wars and Duck Dynasty from A&E, HISTORY’s Pawn Stars, American Pickers and America The Story of US, and Lifetime’s Dance Moms and the library of … [Read more...] about A+E Networks and Lionsgate announce home entertainment distribution partnership
Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games goes IMAX in China
SANTA MONICA, Calif. and TORONTO – IMAX Corporation, one of the world's leading entertainment and technology companies, and Lionsgate, 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. The film will be released nationwide in China, under the new revenue sharing terms outlined in the recently announced WTO … [Read more...] about Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games goes IMAX in China
China approves screening of The Hunger Games in June
Santa Monica, California – Lionsgate’s blockbuster film The Hunger Games has been approved for release in China in the first half of June. The film, which has already grossed nearly$620 million at the worldwide box office, will be released nationwide in China with both dubbed and subtitled prints by The China Film Group in cooperation with Talent International, Lionsgate’s promotional partner. The Hunger Games will be one of the … [Read more...] about China approves screening of The Hunger Games in June