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Cannes 2012: StudioCanal Nabs 'Hunger Games' Sequel Rights for German Speaking Territories

May 23, 2012 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

In new distribution pact, Lionsgate gets rights to film library that includes "Total Recall" and "Basic Instinct"

  

Rich Ross Disney Ouster Means Refocus on Movies, Not Cross-Promotion

April 20, 2012 By Sharon Waxman 1 year ago

Analysis: After three years of bad results and whispering in the Hollywood wings, Disney opted for a clean break from a bad decision

  

Justin Timberlake's MySpace Revamp: Entertainment Chief Says 'The Revolution Is Coming'

February 17, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

Roger Mincheff, the new president of MySpace Entertainment, talks about the all-new MySpace that will blow everyone away

  

Relativity Makes It Official: Ron Burkle Buys Stake in Studio

January 23, 2012 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

News of the supermarket magnate's investment comes as the indie studio announces a settlement with the Weinstein Co.

  

Jeffrey Katzenberg's Dilemma: Stock Woes, TV Dreams, No Buyers

June 12, 2011 By Brent Lang & Sharon Waxman 2 years ago

Hollywood's most ambitious mogul wanted to rival Disney, but his animation house is struggling for a way to break through

  

Will Arnett, Jason Bateman Launch Online Talk Show Set in Denny’s

March 7, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Latest creative partnership for Electus' DumbDumb digital studio

  

Aloha! Relativity in Talks to Help Build Maui Studio

January 21, 2011 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

Ryan Kavanaugh has been advising local politicians about ways to make the Hawaiian island more film industry friendly

  

Icahn's Lionsgate Bid: Out of Time -- and Luck

December 13, 2010 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

Analysis: The corporate raider will lose his play for the studio's board. Now what?

  

After 'Faster' Disappoints, CBS Films Replaces COO

December 1, 2010 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

Lionsgate's Wolfgang Hammer will replace Bruce Tobey, who is leaving the company at the end of the year

  

Bankruptcy Court Approves MGM's $500M Exit Loan

November 12, 2010 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

Court says Spyglass chiefs get $4 million if their agreement to take over studio is breached

  

Spyglass' Barber, Birnbaum Named Chiefs of MGM

October 7, 2010 By Brent Lang & Sharon Waxman 2 years ago

Studio solicits votes on reorganization from debt holders; pair will run the studio once it emerges from Chapter 11

  

Report: Icahn Wants to Force MGM and Lionsgate Merger

September 30, 2010 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

The billionaire investor is amassing between $400 and $500 million in the studio's outstanding debt

  

Moscow Fires Halt Production on Movie 'Darkest Hour'

August 8, 2010 By The Hollywood Reporter 2 years ago

Summit alien-invasion thriller shelved for two weeks over smoke from deadly blaze in Russia

  

Lionsgate Testifies to 'Machine Gun Preacher'

June 21, 2010 By Daniel Frankel 2 years ago

Studio acquires Marc Forster-directed action-fueled biopic; Gerard Butler set to star

  

Lionsgate Shareholders Reject Latest Icahn Offer

June 17, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 3 years ago

Studio: "Carl Icahn has no coherent strategy for the company"

  

MGM Gets Another Reprieve From Lenders

March 31, 2010 By Lisa Horowitz 3 years ago

Debt repayment deadline extended to May 14

  
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