Summit Entertainment
Lionsgate, Summit Label Films Headed to Starz for Exclusive First Window
Lionsgate label films will leave Hulu and Summit label films will depart HBO when current distribution deals expire this year and next.
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Erik Feig’s New Production Banner Hires Former Netflix Exec as COO
Erik Feig's recently launched production banner Picturestart has hired former Netflix exec James McGough as its COO.
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Lionsgate’s ‘Twilight’ Concert Tour Sets Brazil Debut
Lionsgate on Thursday unveiled plans for a 'Twilight' live-to-film concert world tour to start in August in Brazil, followed by stops in Australia and the U.K.
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Patrick Wachsberger’ Picture Perfect to Adapt Allison Pataki’s ‘Empress Sisi’ Novels
The new TV company founded by ex-Lionsgate boss Patrick Wachsberger will adapt Pataki’s novels about the life of Empress Sisi of Austria together with Pascal Breton’s Federation Entertainment.
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Lionsgate Suspense Thriller ‘Run’ Sets 2020 Release Date
The Sarah Paulson-starring suspense thriller 'Run' is set for wide release on Jan. 24, 2020, Lionsgate said Thursday. The studio's Summit Entertainment title from the creative team behind 'Searching' will be directed by Aneesh Chaganty.
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Lionsgate Renews IDC Film Distribution Pact in Latin America
Lionsgate has renewed its multiyear Latin America movie output deal with IDC, led by president Pedro Rodriguez, as the Hollywood studio strengthens its global distribution network.
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‘Dragged Across Concrete’: Film Review | Venice 2018
Mel Gibson and Vince Vaughn play suspended detectives who cross over to the criminal side with messy results in 'Dragged Across Concrete,' the latest hardboiled thriller from genre specialist S. Craig Zahler.
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Lionsgate’s ‘Blindspotting’ Gets July Release Date
Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal wrote and star in this hip-hop-flavored buddy comedy set in a rapidly gentrifying Oakland.
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Sundance: Lionsgate Nabs World Rights to ‘Blindspotting’
Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal wrote and star in the hip-hop-flavored buddy comedy, set in a rapidly gentrifying Oakland.
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Rob Friedman to Oversee IM Global, Open Road Films as CEO of Tang Media’s New Entertainment Division
The former Summit CEO is joining Donald Tang's new group of entertainment properties.
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Jon M. Chu to Direct ‘Now You See Me 3’ For Lionsgate
The 'G.I. Joe' director is reteaming with the studio ahead of his 'Now You See Me' sequel hitting theaters on June 10.
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Lionsgate Nabs Rights to ‘Magic Tree House’ Book Series
The studio is planning multiple live-action films to be released by its Summit Entertainment label.
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