SANTA MONICA, Calif., and
VANCOUVER, British Columbia,
April 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/
-- Global content leader Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF.A, LGF.B) today
kicked off its CinemaCon presentation to exhibitors by
announcing a joint venture with Seth
Rogen, Evan Goldberg, partner
James Weaver and their Point Grey
Pictures (PGP) to produce multi-platform content.
PGP is the successful multi-genre film and television production
company behind hit films such as Blockers, Neighbors,
Sausage Party, The Night Before, This is the End, the
television shows "Future Man," "Black Monday," and "Preacher," as
well as Lionsgate's highly-anticipated Rogen and Charlize Theron romantic comedy event of the
summer Long Shot, which won the Audience Award
in the Headliners section of SXSW and will
be released in the US and select markets on May 3 before expanding worldwide.
PGP will continue to operate autonomously under Rogen,
Goldberg and Weaver's leadership while working closely with
Lionsgate's executive teams to develop content for the Company's
motion picture, scripted and unscripted television, digital and
location-based entertainment businesses.
"Lionsgate is a leader in entertainment with few equals," said
Rogen, Goldberg and Weaver. "Over the years we have developed some
of our biggest hits with Joe Drake
and Nathan Kahane— they have been among our biggest supporters. We
are thrilled to be partnering with them, alongside Kevin Beggs in TV, and the entire Lionsgate
team."
"Seth, Evan and James are visionary entrepreneurs and three of
the greatest storytellers in the business," said Lionsgate CEO
Jon Feltheimer. "We look forward to
a partnership that turbocharges the continued ramp up of our film
and television slates while creating exciting opportunities
across our entire portfolio of businesses. Our investment in the
Point Grey team promises great returns for our two companies, our
partners, and audiences around the world."
"From our days at Mandate and Good Universe to our experience
working with them here at Lionsgate, we have had the pleasure
and privilege of working with Seth, Evan and James on some of their
most iconic films and we could not ask for more incredible or
collaborative creative partners," said Lionsgate Motion Picture
Group Chairman Joe Drake. "We
believe the best from Point Grey is yet to come. The partnership
we're announcing today is an organic expansion of our relationship
with these talented creators. In addition to the outstanding
comedies that have been the hallmark of Point Grey, we are equally
excited to see this company continue to push creative boundaries
and develop dramatic material as well. As they move in
diverse directions artistically, we look forward to continuing
to build our businesses together."
Drake and Kahane's longstanding relationship with the Point Grey
team has included collaboration on the hit comedies
Neighbors, This Is The End, and The Night
Before, as well as the dramedy 50/50, the Academy
Award®-nominated The Disaster Artist and the
critically-acclaimed hit Blockers, among others. They had an
overall deal with Point Grey at their production and distribution
company Good Universe, acquired by Lionsgate in 2017.
The Point Grey/Lionsgate alliance allows Rogen, Goldberg and
Weaver to creatively thrive and incubate new programming for every
platform, screen and venue within Lionsgate's 360 entertainment
ecosystem. Whether creating globally released theatrical motion
pictures through Lionsgate's Motion Picture Group, developing
irreverent new series that can be packaged and sold through
Lionsgate Television, creating content specifically with and for
the company's expanding global streaming platform STARZ or
utilizing Lionsgate's location-based entertainment business, Point
Grey's dynamic storytelling and content creation will touch every
aspect of the entertainment industry around the world— making the
partnership a major expansion of Lionsgate's relationship with and
commitment to the multi-talented trio.
This collaboration is the latest in a string of unique
partnerships that Lionsgate has formed with the world's best
content creators, including its collaboration with 3 Arts
Entertainment, the first-ever partnership between a major
Hollywood studio and a leading
talent management and production company.
The deal was negotiated for Lionsgate by Motion Picture Group
President of Business & Legal Affairs Patricia Laucella and Executive Vice President
of Business & Legal Affairs Bonnie
Stylides as well as Lionsgate Television Group President
Sandra Stern and Television Chief
Operating Officer Laura Kennedy. UTA
and law firm Felker Toczek negotiated the deal on behalf of Point
Grey Pictures.
ABOUT LIONSGATE
The first major new studio in decades,
Lionsgate is a global content leader whose films, television
series, digital products and linear and over-the-top platforms
reach next generation audiences around the world. In addition
to its filmed entertainment leadership, Lionsgate content drives a
growing presence in interactive and location-based entertainment,
video games, esports and other new entertainment
technologies. Lionsgate's content initiatives are backed by a
nearly 17,000-title film and television library and delivered
through a global sales and distribution infrastructure. The
Lionsgate brand is synonymous with original, daring and
ground-breaking content created with special emphasis on the
evolving patterns and diverse composition of the Company's
worldwide consumer base.
ABOUT POINT GREY
Launched in 2011 by childhood friends
Seth Rogen and Evan
Goldberg, Point Grey Pictures (PGP) is a production
company dedicated to creating multi-genre film and television
content anchored in dynamic, authentic and passionate storytelling.
Known for box-office hits
like Neighbors and This Is The End, to
the first R-rated CGI film Sausage Party, to the
Academy Award®-nominated The
Disaster Artist and unconventional series
like Preacher, Future
Man and Black Monday – PGP continues to
bring a range of smart, irreverent narratives to audiences.
Garnering over $850 million dollars
in global box office results, Point Grey has
created a variety of successful films from indie to
blockbuster. 2019 marks a banner year
for Point Grey with the release of Jonathan Levine's romantic comedy Long
Shot starring Rogen and Charlize
Theron. The film had its world premiere at the SXSW Film
Festival and is set to be released by Lionsgate in May 2019. In August
2019, Universal will release Lee
Eisenberg and Gene
Stupnitsky's film Good Boys, starring
Jacob Tremblay, followed by the
drama series The Boys, set to premiere on Amazon this
summer. The Untitled Pickle Movie based on the Simon
Rich novella will be released by Sony Pictures this fall.
For media inquiries, please contact:
Peter Wilkes
PWilkes@lionsgate.com
(310) 255-3726
Cristina Castañeda
CCastaneda@lionsgate.com
(310) 255-5114
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