• Lions Gate Films acquires new Rupert Everett movie
  Variety reports that Lions Gate Films has acquired North American rights to A Different Loyalty, a romantic thriller starring Rupert Everett and Sharon Stone that reunites Everett with his Another Country director, Marek Kanievska. The new film is set in 1963 and centers on a woman's search for her missing husband, a journalist and part-time spy. The film is currently shooting in Montreal, London, Malta, and Moscow. http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid12357.asp

"The Eye" Makes Top Four in Week Two.

Lionsgate Films new release "The Eye" registered a top five listing for highest grossing movies in the box office week for the second week in a row for the weekend beginning February 8th. Earning more than 6.6million dollars in only the second week after it's release, "The Eye" rounded out the top four behind "Hannah Montana", "Welcome Home Roscoe Jones", and "Fool's Gold" taking the top spot among New Releases.

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Lionsgate Poised

Lionsgate, the movie and television company, is soon expected to join the growing ranks of production houses that have signed independent deals with the Writers Guild of America.

A deal is expected in the next day or so, according to people who have been briefed on the matter but requested anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak. Lionsgate produces Showtime’s “Weeds” and distributes AMC’s “Mad Men.”

The Weinstein Co. and United Artists are among those that have already signed independent deals. The agreements are designed to be superseded by any deal ultimately reached between the striking writers and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.

Currently as much as there is so much success in the Lions Gate Film fraternity, we face a lot risks doing business internationally, the risks we face could include

We face risks from doing business internationally.

From our distribution of films and motion pictures outside Canada and the United States, our business is subject to certain risks inherent in international business, most of which are beyond our control.

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changes in local regulatory requirements, which may include restrictions on content;


changes in the laws and policies affecting trade, investment and taxes,
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differing degrees of protection for intellectual property;


  
instability of foreign economies and governments;


 
 cultural barriers;


  
wars and acts of terrorism; and


 
the spread of communicable diseases.

Any of these factors could affect our business profoundly.

On the other hand our rights to the titles in our film and television vary, in some cases we have only the right to distribute titles in certain media and
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Once these rights expire, we cannot be guaranteed a renewal of the same.
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"Away From Her"

In this file photo originally provided by Lionsgate, Julie Christie stars in her latest film, "Away From Her," about a woman stricken with Alzheimer," with Gordon Pinsent. Christie will accept the Independent by Nature Award at the 29th annual Aspen Filmfest. She will receive the award, which recognizes individualism and creative risk-taking, Sept. 29, festival organizers said Thursday, Aug. 16, 2007.(AP Photo/Lionsgate Films,Michael Gibson)

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IFC pacts for Lionsgate films - Network pays $12 million for 70 movies

The Independent Film Channel has shelled out about $12 million for a package of 70 movies from Lionsgate, many of them TV premieres in the first network window.

"Away From Her," the drama that earned Julie Christie an Oscar nomination, premieres on IFC in the summer of 2010. IFC will get a few other Lionsgate titles later in their network-window run, including "Crash," "Pride" and the "Saw" movies. (FX gets the premiere of "Crash," TNT has the debut of "Pride" and Sci Fi Channel has first dibs on the "Saw" movies.)

"This is one of the biggest movie deals we've ever made," said Evan Shapiro, executive VP and GM of IFC. (IFC opened for business in September 1994.)

The IFC deal represents Lionsgate's third big movie sale in the last four months. The studio harvested $20 million from USA and Sci Fi Channel for "3:10 to Yuma," "Saw II" and "Good Luck Chuck," among other titles. And it chalked up $12 million from Turner's TBS and TNT for four pictures, including two by Tyler Perry: "Why Did I Get Married" and "Daddy's Little Girls."

On the IFC deal, Rand Stoll, executive VP of TV sales for Lionsgate, cited the long-term relationship between Lionsgate and IFC, most notably Lionsgate's production of the "Mad Men" series for IFC's sister network AMC.

Although the Lionsgate movies will kick off on IFC, Shapiro said that some of them will eventually get runs on AMC, WE TV and Fuse. All three networks are part of Rainbow
Programming Services, which is owned by Chuck Dolan's Cablevision Systems.

In addition to what Shapiro calls "complex and challenging movies" for IFC's "educated, upscale audience," IFC also is buying horror movies including the "Hostel" franchise, "The Descent" and Rob Zombie's "House of 1000 Corpses." "Our viewers love movies that go against traditional mores," says Shapiro.

Other IFC premieres from Lionsgate include "Bug," with Ashley Judd; "Slow Burn," with Ray Liotta; and "Fierce People," with Diane Lane.

IFC gets these movies following their exclusive pay-TV window on Showtime, which has a theatrical- output deal with Lionsgate.

By JOHN DEMPSEY, Variety.com, 2008

The Forbidden Kingdom

A 21st Century American teenager takes a spellbinding, dangerous journey into martial arts legend in the new action/adventure epic FORBIDDEN KINGDOM.
Shot on location in China, THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM marks the historic first-ever onscreen pairing of martial arts superstars Jackie Chan (RUSH HOUR, DRUNKEN MASTER) and Jet Li (FEARLESS, ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA), and features the awe-inspiring action choreography of Wo Ping (THE MATRIX, CROUCHING TIGER HIDDEN DRAGON).
While hunting down bootleg kung-fu DVDs in a Chinatown pawnshop, Jason (played by Michael Angarano - "24", "Will and Grace," LORDS OF DOGTOWN, SEABISCUIT) makes an extraordinary discovery that sends him hurtling back in time to ancient China. There, Jason is charged with a monumental task: he must free the fabled warrior the Monkey King, who has been imprisoned by the evil Jade Warlord. Jason is joined in his quest by wise kung fu master Lu Yan (Jackie Chan) and a band of misfit warriors including Silent Monk (Jet Li). But only by learning the true precepts of kung fu can Jason hope to succeed - and find a way to get back home.Directed by Rob Minkoff (STUART LITTLE, THE LION KING), the film marks the first-ever onscreen pairing of martial arts superstars Jackie Chan (RUSH HOUR, DRUNKEN MASTER) http://www.lionsgatepublicity.com/epk/forbiddenkingdom/docs/fact_sheet.doc

Lionsgate Goes For Conan

Nu Image/Millennium Films has made a North American distribution rights deal with Lionsgate for a new film series based on the Robert E. Howard-created character Conan the Barbarian. The first film will be written by the team of Thomas Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer ("Sahara," "Cowboys & Aliens"). Pic will be produced by Lerner, Boaz Davidson, Joe Gatta, Paradox Entertainment's Fredrick Malmberg, George Furla and Henry Winterstern. Trevor Short and Dimbort are exec producers. Pic is earmarked to begin production later this year, but the start date will depend on the resolution of the writers strike.

WGA Strike Nearing An End?

The Writers Guild of America (WGA) may be nearing the end of their strike with major Hollywood studios.



Our sister site Entertainment News International is reporting that union officials and studio representatives have been passing draft contracts between both sides.

The WGA is still locked in arguments with most major studios despite reaching agreements with Lionsgate Films, Marvel Studios, United Artists, and The Weinstein Company. WGA has been on strike since November 5, 2007.

By bwbm on Monday, February 04, 2008, tformers.com

LOS ANGELES - Vancouver-based Lions Gate and Marvel studios have signed interim deals with the striking Writers Guild of America, the union said Thursday.
The deals followed separate guild pacts with other independent production companies such as United Artists, The Weinstein Co. and David Letterman's Worldwide Pants.
The guild said such agreements confirm it's possible for writers to be compensated fairly and for companies to operate profitably.
Lions Gate's new projects include Sylvester Stallone's "Rambo" sequel, "Saw 5" and the TV show "Mad Men."
Upcoming comic-book film projects from Marvel Studios, a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment Inc., include "Iron Man" and "The Incredible Hulk."
The writers guild, on strike since Nov. 5, is in informal talks with studio bosses to reach a contract agreement and end the costly 11-week walkout that has idled much of the entertainment industry .http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080124/entertainment/hollywood_labour

More Talent

It is Saturday February 2nd and Lion Gate Movie new release 'The Eye is already doing well in the theatres all over North America.
Well It is in second place after Hanna Montana's film which is already at the $29 million mark. THe eye is placed second with sales of $13 million, not too bad I'd say.

Well it can be said it is time to get back and start looking for more talent. Lions Gate has picked up another movie to be marketed and sold by LGF. 'Dead Noon' is a comic horror movie of its shot by up and coming fimmaker Andrew Wiest. "The budget for the whole thing was exactly $4000" said the movie director Andrew Wiest, as they could not spend more on it.

Wiest will later be heading for Holliwood where Lions Gate will be reframing 'Dead Noon' along with a hig profile artist to enhance its image. Get a glimpse