Lionsgate

Lionsgate's Summer Success Could Hobble Carl Icahn

Movies
 August 30, 2010 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

Riding a wave of box-office hits and Emmy wins, the embattled studio looks to turn a page on its costly proxy fight

  

Final B.O.: 'Takers' Overtakes 'Last Exorcism' (Updated)

Movies | Box Office
 August 29, 2010 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

Sony's caper film earns $100,000 more than Lionsgate's horror movie

  

Spike Picks Up 'Expendables' TV Rights

Movies
 August 18, 2010 By Daniel Frankel 2 years ago

Viacom cable channel licenses Stallone-directed, Lionsgate-distributed action film following its impressive $35 million domestic debut

  

Icahn Extends Lionsgate Tender Offer to October

Movies
 August 11, 2010 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

Billionaire investor says time is needed for Canadian court to hear suit about share dilution

  

Peter Block Named President and General Manager of FEARNet

 August 10, 2010 By Hunter Walker 2 years ago

The veteran producer is tapped to run the online and on-demand horror hub as it prepares to launch a cable channel

  

Netflix, Epix Announce Exclusive Streaming Deal

Movies
 August 10, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Multi-year pact will allow Netflix members to stream Paramount, Lionsgate, MGM movies

  

Not-So 'Kick Ass': Lionsgate Stumbles to Quarterly Loss

Media | Movies
 August 9, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Studio reports net loss of $64.1 million -- hit by theatrical marketing costs, killed by Kutcher's "Killers"

  

'Expendables' Producer Avi Lerner On Lining Up an Action Movie Dream Team

Movies
 August 5, 2010 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

Millennium Films chief talks sequel and why Jean-Claude Van Damme passed on being part of Sly's gang

  

Lionsgate Hopes Stallone Can Still Taste First Blood

Movies
 August 4, 2010 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

By assembling Sly, Willis, Rourke and Statham for "The Expendables," the studio looks to regain its box-office stride

  

Lionsgate Board Rejects Latest Icahn Bid

Deal Central | Movies
 August 2, 2010 By William Yelles 2 years ago

The company says the offer is not in its best interests

  

A Kevin Smith Retrospective on the Director's 40th Birthday

Deal Central | Movies
 August 2, 2010 By Jeff Sneider 2 years ago

A look back at Silent Bob's work both in front of and behind the camera

  

'Peeples' Producer Tyler Perry Back in Business With Lionsgate

Deal Central | Movies
 July 29, 2010 By Jeff Sneider 2 years ago

Tina Gordon Chism ("ATL") is in final negotiations to direct from a script that she also wrote

  

Canadian Regulator Kicks Icahn to Court

Deal Central
 July 28, 2010 By Lisa Horowitz 2 years ago

British Columbia Securities Commission dismisses Icahn's petition, tells him to take it to court

  

Embattled Lionsgate Chief Feltheimer Honored at MIPCOM

Television
 July 28, 2010 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

TV veteran named "Personality of the Year" and will be market's keynote speaker

  

Icahn Suing Lionsgate Over Stock Dilution

Deal Central
 July 26, 2010 By Lisa Horowitz 2 years ago

Company's move to augment holdings of No. 2 shareholder, Mark Rachesky, draws ire of Carl Icahn

  

Lionsgate Distributing Coppola Classics on DVD, Blu-ray

Movies
 July 26, 2010 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

Studio will release "Apocalypse Now" and "The Conversation" across home entertainment landscape

  

Lionsgate, Weinstein Co. Settle 'Precious' Suit

Deal Central | Movies
 July 23, 2010 By Wrap Staff 2 years ago

Dispute over who bought rights first at Sundance is "amicably resolved"

  

Lionsgate's No. 2 Shareholder Boosts Stake

Deal Central
 July 21, 2010 By Lisa Horowitz 2 years ago

In a complex stock maneuver, Mark Rachesky boosts his stake in the company to nearly 29 percent

  

Lionsgate Dilutes Icahn's Holdings (updated)

Deal Central
 July 19, 2010 By Lisa Horowitz 2 years ago

Company's board of directors will review the proposal and make its recommendation to shareholders "promptly"

  

Marc Forster to Produce and Possibly Direct 'Heretics'

Deal Central | Movies
 July 13, 2010 By Jeff Sneider 2 years ago

Marcus Hinchey is writing the religious drama, which is based on an episode of "This American Life"

  

Callbacks: Irons Joins 'Margin Call'; Madsen Good for 'Hood'

Deal Central | Movies
 July 7, 2010 By Jeff Sneider 2 years ago

'Abduction' adds Rohm; Gershon, Glover, Patrick visit 'New York'; Permut to produce 'B.F.F.'; MPAA plants 'Tree of Life' rating

  

Update: Icahn Now at 38% of Lionsgate

Movies
 July 1, 2010 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

Billionaire investor's larger share is enough to trigger certain internal controls

  

Callbacks: 'Twilight's' Greene Joins 'LOL'; Shyamalan Summons 'Devil' Early

Deal Central | Movies
 June 30, 2010 By Jeff Sneider 2 years ago

Bobcat Goldthwait to direct musical based on Kinks album; John Moore to direct Fox's "Ice Road Truckers"

  

Icahn: Lionsgate Share Price Is Goin' Down

Deal Central | Movies
 June 28, 2010 By Daniel Frankel 2 years ago

Activist shareholder says stock price will soon crater below his $7-per-share offer; he's got his facts wrong, claim company officials

  

Michael Shannon Joins 'Premium Rush,' 'Return'

Deal Central | Casting
 June 22, 2010 By Jeff Sneider 2 years ago

Oscar-nominated actor signs on to three projects, including David Koepp's thriller and Liza Johnson's indie drama

  

Lionsgate Ups 'Change of Control' Threshold

Movies
 June 22, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Now requires in excess of 50% control or ownership of company's equity securities

  
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