Lionsgate Names Joe Drake Motion Picture Group Co-Chair
Drake returns to company where he served as COO until 2012
Patrick Wachsberger
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Inside Post-Oscars Governors Ball: Chaos and Joyful Confusion After Best Picture Flub
People were marveling at the upset that displaced the favorite to win, “La La Land”
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Pariah No More? Mel Gibson Gets Standing Ovation at ‘Hacksaw Ridge’ Screening in Beverly Hills (Video)
“Show your heart — not just your applause — for Mel Gibson,” producer Bill Mechanic says at Beverly Hills event
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Lionsgate Co-Chair Rob Friedman to Step Down
He will now serve as Special Advisor to CEO Jon Feltheimer
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Lionsgate Acquires Rights to ‘Magic Tree House’ Book Series
The company will now produce multiple live-action films based on the 54-volume collection by author Mary Pope Osborne
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How Joe Wright’s ‘Pan’ Flop Cost Him Directing Job on Julius Caesar Epic (Exclusive)
Filmmaker was in negotiations to direct Lionsgate’s “Emperor” but talks broke down after his Warner Bros. film flopped
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Tim Palen Promoted to Lionsgate Worldwide Marketing President
Senior executive also named chief brand officer
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Cannes Buyers Will Have to Scramble for Market’s Few Big Projects
Indie sector is caught in a big squeeze as stars seek comic-book movies and big TV projects
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Lionsgate’s Motion Picture Group Co-Chairs Rob Friedman, Patrick Wachsberger Renew ‘Long-Term’ Contracts
Studio does not say how long they have agreed to stay
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‘Hunger Games: Mockingjay’ Lands China Release Date
The Lionsgate blockbuster will open in more than 4,000 theaters there on Feb. 8
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Lionsgate Buys Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Zombie Movie ‘Maggie’ Ahead of Toronto
The studio has pulled the genre film from the Canadian festival
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Nancy Kirkpatrick Out as Summit’s Marketing President
Lionsgate’s chief marketing officer Tim Palen will oversee all Lionsgate and Summit titles
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Why ‘Divergent’ Is Conquering the U.S. Box Office Before Overseas
Lionsgate’s strategy banks on big domestic debut to drive foreign rollout that may hit China
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‘World War Z’ Sequel Director Juan Antonio Bayona to Tackle ‘A Monster Calls’ First
Focus Features is nearing a deal to acquire the high-profile project, which was packaged by CAA
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Lionsgate Promotes Erik Feig to President of Motion Picture Group After $2.3B Year
Feig joined Lionsgate from Summit when the two companies merged
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Hollywood Moguls Attend Secret China Summit Held By Wanda (Exclusive)
Leonardo DiCaprio, John Travolta among the stars expected to appear at lavish weekend
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Lionsgate, OddLot Entertainment Partner for Johnny Depp’s ‘Mortdecai,’ Future Movies
The two already worked together on “Ender’s Game” and “Draft Day”
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How ‘Can a Song Save Your Life’ Scored Toronto’s Biggest Deal: A Bar Fight in a Parking Lot (Exclusive)
Harvey Weinstein followed director John Carney everywhere — even to the bathroom
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Toronto Party Scene: McConaughey, Bateman, Leto, Weinstein and the Levitating Cellphone (Photos)
TIFF fete roundup, from “12 Years as a Slave” to “Parkland” to a wee-hours “Dallas Buyer’s Club”
