BERLIN and SANTA MONICA, Calif., July 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Lionsgate
(NYSE: LGF), the premier next generation global content leader, has
expanded its partnership with European media giant Studiocanal for
the distribution of Lionsgate feature films in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, the two companies announced
today. The announcement was made by Studiocanal CEO & Chairman
Olivier Courson, Studiocanal Germany
CEO Rodolphe Buet and Lionsgate
Motion Picture Group Co-Chairs Patrick Wachsberger and Rob Friedman and Lionsgate International COO
Andrew Kramer.
The new output deal with Studiocanal will launch an upcoming
film slate that encompasses the next two installments of the global
blockbuster Hunger Games franchise, The Hunger Games:
Mockingjay -- Parts 1 & 2, starring Academy Award winner
Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam
Hemsworth and Woody
Harrelson; the action comedy Mortdecai, starring
Johnny Depp, Gwyneth Paltrow and Ewan
McGregor; and the eagerly-anticipated live action Power
Rangers franchise. Mockingjay 1 will usher in the new
deal with its November 20, 2014
release in Germany.
Lionsgate's feature film slate will also be the centerpiece of
Studiocanal Germany's new multiyear agreement with the
ProSiebenSat.1 Group under which ProSieben has licensed exclusive
TV rights to Lionsgate feature films for its free TV channels in
Germany, Austria and German-speaking Switzerland.
"We're delighted to expand our partnership with Patrick, Rob,
Andrew and the rest of the Lionsgate team that has brought us the
blockbuster Hunger Games franchise and a steady pipeline of
some of the most commercially exciting films in the world," said
Buet. "We couldn't wish for better partners, and we expect
Lionsgate's slate to have tremendous resonance for our audiences in
the years to come."
"Studiocanal was a major contributor to The Hunger Games
franchise's evolution into a global phenomenon, and we're delighted
to expand our productive long-term partnership with our friends at
Studiocanal and ProSieben," said Wachsberger and Friedman.
"Thanks to their efforts, Catching Fire more than doubled
the box office performance of the first Hunger Games film in
Germany, and we're proud to
partner with them in continuing to grow the franchise and bringing
our strongest theatrical slate ever to German audiences."
The agreement was negotiated by Studiocanal EVP Business &
Legal Affairs Alexandra Bauermeister and Lionsgate EVP
International Business & Legal Affairs Maitreya Yasuda.
ABOUT LIONSGATE
Lionsgate is a leading global entertainment company with a
strong and diversified presence in motion picture production and
distribution, television programming and syndication, home
entertainment, family entertainment, digital distribution, new
channel platforms and international distribution and sales.
Lionsgate currently has over 30 television shows on more than 20
networks spanning its primetime production, distribution and
syndication businesses, including such critically-acclaimed hits as
the multiple Emmy Award-winning Mad Men and Nurse
Jackie, the comedy Anger Management, the network series
Nashville, the syndication
success The Wendy Williams Show and the critically-acclaimed
hit series Orange is the New Black.
Its feature film business has been fueled by such recent
successes as the blockbuster first two installments of The
Hunger Games franchise, The Hunger Games and The
Hunger Games: Catching Fire, the first installment of the
Divergent franchise, Now You See Me, Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain, Warm
Bodies, The Expendables 2, The Possession,
Sinister, Roadside Attractions' Mud and Pantelion
Films' breakout hit Instructions Not Included, the
highest-grossing Spanish-language film ever released in the
U.S.
Lionsgate's home entertainment business is an industry leader in
box office-to-DVD and box office-to-VOD revenue conversion rate.
Lionsgate handles a prestigious and prolific library of
approximately 15,000 motion picture and television titles that is
an important source of recurring revenue and serves as the
foundation for the growth of the Company's core businesses. The
Lionsgate and Summit brands remain synonymous with original,
daring, quality entertainment in markets around the world.
www.lionsgate.com
ABOUT STUDIOCANAL
STUDIOCANAL is a subsidiary of the CANAL+ Group. It is one of
Europe's leading companies in the
market for co-production, acquisition, distribution and sale of
international feature films. STUDIOCANAL is the only studio
operating simultaneously in the three main European territories -
France, the United Kingdom and Germany - as well as in Australia and New
Zealand. The company distributes a total of more than 50
films a year. Additionally, STUDIOCANAL owns one of the most
important libraries in the world, with more than 5,000
international titles.
In Germany, STUDIOCANAL is a
leading film company and a key player in theatrical distribution,
the video market, film production and international & domestic
TV and new media sales. It also represents a library of more than
7,000 titles in German-speaking Europe and has established ARTHAUS, the
leading consumer brand for art-house films in German-speaking
Europe. German operations of
STUDIOCANAL are based in Berlin.
http://www.studiocanal.de/
For further information, please contact:
Peter D. Wilkes
310-255-3726
pwilkes@lionsgate.com
Yvonne Kretzschmar
(011 49) 30 30 810969 305
Yvonne.Kretzschmar@studiocanal.de
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