MGM officially on the block
variety.com 17 days ago — Studio confirms plans to 'explore stragetic alternatives' MGM's officially for sale. The Lion said Friday afternoon that it could also find a partner or remain a stand-alone company. In a statement, MGM said it was "beginning a process to explore ...

MGM Given More Time to Get Its House in Order
getthebigpicture.net 19 days ago — Earlier this week, it was revealed that MGM was essentially going to be put on the auction block , bringing to an end nearly a century of films released under that banner. The studio has accumulated almost $4 billion-with-a-b in debt, and even though The Hobbit and James Bond might cut into ...

Lionsgate Set to Kick-Ass
superherohype.com 8/17/2009 — Lionsgate announced today that it has acquired U.S. and Canadian distribution rights to Kick-Ass , the hotly anticipated action-comedy from writer/director Matthew Vaughn ( Layer Cake , Stardust ). Based on the groundbreaking, best-selling comic by ...

'Saw' Movies Are Just Going to Keep On Coming
getthebigpicture.net 19 days ago — When Saw VI not only failed to live up to its predecessors at the box office but also failed to generate much heat after opening day ($7 million on its first Friday, about $20 million in the three weeks since), you started to hear some whispers about Lionsgate pushing up the end of the ...

Lionsgate makes "Black Friend" with Winfrey, Rock
weblogs.variety.com 10/5/2009 — Lionsgate has partnered with Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Films to acquire rights to the November 2008 GQ Magazine article “Will You Be My Black Friend?” The article, a humorous account by senior correspondent Devin Friedman about his clumsy attempt to make ...

Lionsgate Picks Up Stephen Gaghan's Next
comingsoon.net 9/22/2009 — Lionsgate announced today that it has acquired worldwide distribution rights to the latest film by Academy Award®-winning writer and director Stephen Gaghan ( Traffic , Syriana ). Gaghan will direct and produce the film, a character-driven action ...

'Saw 7' among Lionsgate brand pushes
hollywoodreporter.com 19 days ago — NEW YORK -- There will be a "Saw 7," Tyler Perry is a machine, and "Precious" is a passion of ours -- that was how Lionsgate vice chairman put it in describing just how much the mini-major believes in control of content as the basis for the ...

Gaghan Plots Crime with Lionsgate
weblogs.variety.com 9/22/2009 — Lionsgate has acquired worldwide distribution rights for an untitled action-thriller that will be the next film directed by Stephen Gaghan, the Oscar-winning “Traffic” scribe who last wrote and directed “Syriana.” Gaghan is writing the script with ...

Lionsgate, Lakeshore raid 'Vatican'
hollywoodreporter.com 10/6/2009 — Lionsgate and Lakeshore Entertainment will co-produce "The Vatican Tapes," a spooky genre film written by Christopher Borrelli from a story by Borrelli and Chris Morgan. Lionsgate acquired the thriller, in the vein of "The Exorcist" or "Rosemary's ...

MGM on the Verge of Bankruptcy? Where Does This Leave Bond and The Hobbit?
slashfilm.com 9/25/2009 — There’s a complicated story brewing with MGM, which for the last thirty years has frequently been in dire financial straits. The severely abridged form is that MGM and its library have been bought and sold multiple times since the ...