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So, really, it s what our buyers wanted from us ; which was horror films ; And you know, if you re a filmmaker, you go to Lions Gate first, you go to studios first, and so we got slim pickin s, and basically, our buyer s like, Well, we need a very specific kind of movie ; Uh, why don t we just make it ... Lions Gate Films, for instance, released the 2003 film Terrarium on DVD as War of the Planets in November 2005, five months after Spielberg s and Latt s versions hit. (San Antonio Current, TX)
Review: Blu-Ray Versus HD-DVD Dec 11, 2006
You can bookmark a scene that you want to come back to, and you can also search through the movie for scenes that are tagged with keywords such as "falling scene.'' "Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift'' shows off HD-DVD interactivity in the form of storyboards and director comments on how he shot certain scenes, while "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen'' shows off Blu-ray interactivity in the form of target practice with the remote control. "We're just beginning to tap the potential of the... (San Jose Mercury News)
My Free Time: Holiday DVDs Dec 2, 2006
Lions Gate ImageJimmy Stewart and Donna Reed in "It's a Wonderful Life". My Free Time: Holiday DVD Picks. (Click2Houston, TX)
BitTorrent's deals: Too little, too late Nov 30, 2006
But somehow, news leaked out, and outlets like are reporting that the partners include Paramount Pictures, Lions Gate, 20th Century Fox, and MTV Networks. (UPDATE: There is now an official. (CNN -- Money / Technology)
Robert Altman dies; maverick director was 81 Nov 22, 2006
In its wake, Altman sold his production company, Lions Gate, and moved to Paris. His focus shifted to such stage plays as "Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean," "Streamers" and "Secret Honor," which he turned into films. (Hollywood Reporter)
Director Robert Altman dead at 81 Nov 22, 2006
After his rocky relations with Paramount while making "Popeye," the big-budget 1980 comedy musical starring Robin Williams that received mixed reviews and less-than-blockbuster box-office returns, Altman sold his Lions Gate Films and moved his family to New York City. He spent the 1980s moving from film to stage to television, including directing an off-Broadway production and the film version of "Come Back to the Five And Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean," as well as bringing to the screen the play... (Sun-Sentinel.com)
Lights, Cameras, Axes See 10 films too scary for the mainstream at Horrorfest Nov 16, 2006
Following the success of their release, "An American Haunting," which starred Sissy Spacek and Donald Sutherland, the company began a partnership this September with indie distributor Lions Gate Films. "The horror genre has achieved mass appeal, and to satiate the audience's increasing thirst for new content, we are focused on releasing fresh, groundbreaking films," said Solomon in a press release. (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
Blockbuster, former Miramax execs ink deal Nov 16, 2006
Michael Pachter, an analyst at Wedbush Morgan Securities Inc., said other movie producers such as Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. might explore exclusive rental agreements. Such deals could boost studio profits by, in this case, pushing Netflix subscribers to buy the DVD instead of rent it. (MSNBC -- Business)
Disney Sells 500,000 Movies on ITunes Nov 11, 2006
Apple enthusiast site AppleInsider also reported that independent studio Lions Gate had also restarted talks. Perhaps the studios are drawn to the service by its early success: Disney reiterated it expected to sell $50 million worth of movies in the first year. (BetaNews)
Saw III: Bahar Soomekh's Halloween Nightmare Nov 3, 2006
Some of the scenes are fairly horrific," Matthew Ware told the BBC News Website. All the incidents took place on Friday evening, one of the busiest nights of the week for emergency crews, he added. A woman in her twenties was discharged from the Lister Hospital in Stevenage after being treated. And the two other cinemagoers - who had been at the town's Cineworld complex - were left "in the care of friends and relatives" without needing to be taken to hospital. A man aged 34 fainted at the... (Payvand)
Third time's almost a charm Oct 30, 2006
The Daily Utah Chronicle Online. Should ASUU cut KUTE's funding. (Daily Utah Chronicle, UT)
Movie Review: Saw III Oct 30, 2006
Courtesy of Lions Gate Films. Jigsaw (Tobin Bell, right) and his apprentice Amanda (Shawnee Smith) in "Saw II.". (South End)
Entertainment Saw Came and Conquered Richard Corliss on the third chapter in the horror movie series that is occasionally an exquisite instrument of torture Oct 28, 2006
STEVE WILKIE / LIONS GATE Tobin Bell plays the notorious killer Jigsaw in SAW III. Arts. Saw' Came and Conquered. (Time.com)
Sony's `Grudge 2' Extends Studio's No. 1 Horror Film Streak Oct 16, 2006
In eighth place was ``Employee of the Month,'' from Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., which had $5. 6 million in ticket sales. (Bloomberg)
Rewind: Movie Check In Aisle 10 — The Retail Experience On Film Oct 4, 2006
Jessica Simpson and Dane Cook in "Employee of the Month" (Lions Gate). Dane Cook's destructive behavior in "Employee of the Month" would no doubt get him fired at an actual store, but businesses in movies are far more forgiving than their real-life counterparts. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Sony's `Open Season' Is No. 1 at Theaters With $23 Million in Ticket Sales Oct 2, 2006
The Departed'' by Time Warner Inc.'s Warner Brothers Studios and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Jack Nicholson, and Lions Gate Films ``Employee of the Month,'' starring reality television star and singer Jessica Simpson, also open Oct. 6. The Departed' is a picture for adult men and fits well with the season,'' Gray said. (Bloomberg -- Japan)
Bonanza of $54m boosts Australian movies Oct 1, 2006
It won acclaim and sold to the US film company Lions Gate, which is providing substantial finance for their new film. September, to be directed by Peter Carstairs, is the first feature financed under an initiative developed by the Sydney-based short-film juggernaut Tropfest. (NEWS.com.au)
Vancouver film festival opens in new home with Volver Oct 1, 2006
Everything's Gone Green, directed by Paul Fox,includes prominent, undisguised shots of well-known Vancouver features, including English Bay, the Lions Gate Bridge and False Creek. Couplandhis created a character who works in the movie business and specializes in disguising Vancouver to make it look like a U.S. city. (CBC Ottawa)
Vogue's 'Women' Sep 21, 2006
Lian Lunson, who made the wonderful Leonard Cohen: I m Your Man is talking to Lions Gate about it. Top Video. (Fox News)
JLo flick brings top price Sep 18, 2006 Cue Hollywood in 3 2 Sep 17, 2006 Making millions, the sequel Sep 15, 2006 New Orleans film company announces $200 million movie deal Sep 15, 2006 Apple's Latest Fruits Sep 13, 2006 Boston festival gets busy season underway Sep 10, 2006 Amazon puts films, TV shows online Sep 9, 2006 'Crash' Landing: Indie Guts Bring Lionsgate Glory Sep 9, 2006 Amazon premieres movie downloads Sep 9, 2006 Amazon.com unwraps its 'Unbox' Sep 8, 2006 Apple, Amazon to Offer Movies Online Sep 6, 2006 Apple 'set to offer films on iTunes' Sep 5, 2006 Invincible leads US box office Sep 5, 2006 2006 Summer Movie wrap up Sep 3, 2006 Wal-Mart and Apple Battle for Turf Aug 31, 2006 Not His Daddy Aug 26, 2006 The wheel turns Aug 24, 2006 Content on Tap at Anheuser-Busch Aug 22, 2006 Screenshots of new Amazon video store hit the Web Aug 20, 2006 'Apocalypto' Now Aug 12, 2006 Inside Man plots its way onto DVD Aug 8, 2006 Hollywood Games People Play Aug 7, 2006 'The Descent': Bloody Hell, By Kurt Loder Aug 5, 2006 'Descent' allows writer-director to alter expectations Aug 3, 2006 NEWS ANALYSIS Aug 1, 2006 An Elegant Player for High-Def Movies Jul 27, 2006 Where the streets are packed with stars Jul 22, 2006 Burn, Hollywood, Burn (DVDs, That Is) Jul 20, 2006 Shares of Somaxon decline 14 percent Jul 20, 2006 Emmy nominations list - part 1 Jul 11, 2006 Disney's 'Pirates' Nets Box-Office Record Jul 11, 2006 For Lions Gate, Cable Has Become a Reliable Profit-Making Machine Jul 9, 2006 Hollywood outsider Guba.com to sell movies, TV shows Jun 28, 2006 Capturing Leonard Cohen on film Jun 27, 2006 MOVIE MOONVES Jun 22, 2006 'It's A Wonderful Life' Most Inspiring, AFI Says Jun 16, 2006 Power up your Windows Media Center PC Jun 13, 2006 CinemaNow Signs Up Another Studio Jun 13, 2006 Coming attractions Jun 9, 2006 Spelling-Bee Mania: How Did A Nerdy Pastime Become Buzz-Worthy? Jun 9, 2006 Hollywood is not an innovative place. It's the biggest sheep farm east of Auckland. Jun 2, 2006 1960s-era drive-in flick a ... Jun 1, 2006 Nolte shines in Peaceful Warrior Jun 1, 2006 Peace Arch Entertainment Group, Inc. Rated ''Outperform,'' Price Target of $3.60 by Beacon Equity Research May 27, 2006 Media Armchair cinephile May 24, 2006 Cruise's "M:I3" hangs on to No. 1 in down box office weekend May 15, 2006 Adult films take tech leap May 15, 2006 Media Y tu película también May 3, 2006 Akeelah and the Bee Apr 28, 2006 In DVD format war, Toshiba's HD-DVD takes early lead Apr 22, 2006 Interview: LL Cool J Apr 22, 2006 'Look'! 'Sex' 'Hard Candy' Apr 21, 2006 more » Apr 20, 2006 HD DVD Players, Discs Make Debut Apr 19, 2006 'Crash' Landing: Indie Guts Bring Lionsgate Glory Apr 19, 2006 'Hard Candy': Pedophile Nightmare, By Kurt Loder Apr 15, 2006 Screen Scene: "Hard Candy" Apr 14, 2006 Legally Downloadable Movies Come With Heavy Restrictions Apr 6, 2006 Digital revolution takes on movie industry Apr 5, 2006 Download Movies Legally, for a Price Apr 5, 2006 Studios try to keep critics from clunkers Apr 5, 2006 Major Hollywood Studios Start Selling Movie Downloads (Update3) Apr 5, 2006 Or Download It Apr 5, 2006 "Brokeback" Mounts Revolution Apr 4, 2006 Top Studios to Sell Movies Over Internet Apr 4, 2006
The big score for Canadian partisans, and for Telefilm Canada, was the $750,000 sale of Sarah Polley's debut movie, Away From Her, to Lions Gate, which hopes an Oscar nomination for Julie Christie will overcome tough-sell subject matter. And what about the small gems that may never open in theatres. (Toronto Star -- Arts)
Executive Decision Sep 17, 2006
Former president of Lions Gate. Started ThinkFilm in 2001. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
Put it this way: Amazon launched Unbox last week with content from 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros and Lions Gate Entertainment, and AOL recently announced a partnership with 20th Century Fox, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Universal Pictures and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group a few days earlier, and neither has received much in the way of positive press. (Spymac)
Smaller firms such as Lions Gate Entertainment have formed arms to deal with documentaries, but the largest players are still unlikely to gamble that a project will turn into the next March of the Penguins, which grossed $77-million in North America. Building movie franchises, where film companies can capture the box office first, then milk DVD sales, pay-per-view rights, television rights and branded merchandise, is decades old. (Globe and Mail)
Preproduction begins in New Orleans this fall, and Lions Gate, which was responsible for distributing last year's Oscar winning movie "Crash," has already agreed to bring "College" to theaters. . (Fresno Bee -- State)
And deals with more studios, including Lions Gate Films, are expected to be announced before long.. IPOD ADVANTAGE. Apple's movie download service followed close on the heels of an announcement by Amazon (), which debuted its own video download service called Unbox. (BusinessWeek)
The Boston Film Festival, in the third of its eight days, offers a sneak peek at the documentary ``The U.S. vs. John Lennon" this evening. The Lions Gate film pulls together archival material and recent perspective from Yoko Ono and an array of US politicians to detail Lennon's activism during the Vietnam War and the paranoia of a government that put him under surveillance. Director David Leaf, who made the film with John Scheinfeld, is scheduled to attend the 6 p.m. screening at Loews Boston... (Boston Globe -- Living)
Amazon, which will also offer films from independent studios Lions Gate Entertainment and Fox Searchlight, said customers will be able to buy downloads on one computer but download them to another. Consumers can watch movies and TV on up to two personal computers at one time, but the service does not allow copying of content onto a CD.. (CNN -- International)
Citing recent softness in the home-entertainment market, which has damped the sales of DVDs and direct-to-video movies, among other things, Lions Gate reported net income of $3 ... Lions Gate Entertainment is domiciled in Canada, with its primary operations in Santa Monica, Calif. (Yahoo News -- Academy Awards)
Amazon Unbox will offer content from several Hollywood Studios including 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros and Lions Gate Entertainment. Several major American TV networks have also signed up with CBS, Fox and Comedy Central all providing content. (ElectricNews.net)
Amazon, which will also offer films from independent studios such as Lions Gate Entertainment and Fox Searchlight, said TV content will be available to consumers as soon as the day after an episode airs. Downloadable films have been available through privately owned Movielink and CinemaNow, which until April offered digital movie downloads for a rental period that would eventually expire. (ZDNet)
Sprint Movies streams full-length films including flicks from Buena Vista, Lions Gate Entertainment, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and Universal Pictures. The movies can be viewed in their entirety or divided into chapters and watched over time. (Los Angeles Times)
Rumours that the company is set to reveal deals with a number of movie studios were fanned last month when the chief executive of Lions Gate Films, Jon Feltheimer, said his company has "delivery deals in place" with a number of groups, including iTunes, Apple's online music store. The Lions Gate president, Steve Beeks said in a conference call with investors: "We know when they are planning on launching," adding that the Apple service would begin before the end of the year ... As well as Lions... (Yahoo News -- Apple Computer)
Invincible note during the US Labor Day holiday weekend as the Mark Wahlberg football movie scored a second week at No.1 (NEWS.com.au)
Though it was initially slated for a limited run, Lions Gate wisely decided to release the movie into more theaters because they realized they had the potential for a modest break-out success with Neil Marshall's terrifying film about an all-female team of adventure-seekers who set out to explore a remote cave. With a film of this nature, it's prudent that viewers see it with as little knowledge as possible, so that plot synopsis will have to suffice. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
News Corp.'s () Fox Entertainment Group may join in later, as might independent Lions Gate Entertainment (), say Hollywood sources, but only if other studios come along, too. So far, other large studios have taken a pass, especially after Wal-Mart earlier this year threatened not to sell Disney's. (BusinessWeek)
The non-Tom releases were Robert Towne's "Ask the Dust (which would have been a Paramount release anyway based on old relationships), "Elizabethtown" (a gift to Cameron Crowe after "Jerry Maguire" and "Vanilla Sky") and "Narc" (a not-bad idea if it had been at Miramax or Lions Gate). These movies were huge losers. "Vanilla Sky," another loser obscured by a $100 million box office, was also theirs, and did nothing but launch the alleged romance of Cruise and Penelope Cruz. But production deals... (Fox News)
The Daily Utah Chronicle Online. What are you least looking forward to about going back to school. (Daily Utah Chronicle, UT)
And Starbucks Corp., which last year partnered with Lions Gate Films to market "Akeelah and the Bee," intends to co-produce more features with Hollywood studios. Marketers' march into content creation has not gone unnoticed by the $5 billion-plus production industry. (Multichannel News)
In a recent conference call, Lions Gate CEO said that his company had to offer feature films on iTunes, though he would not say when the new service will launch. iTunes has been about more than music for some time now, but a major push into films would only cement Apple's reputation as a major media player. (Ars Technica)
As I reported a couple of days ago, Lions Gate Films was this close to making a deal to take Mel Gibson's "Apocalypto " off of Disney's hands. Tonight, Disney has issued a release saying they will distribute the film as planned. (Fox News)
Jon Barron Farmer / Lions Gate Films via AP. The redneck stand-up comedy star gets his own movie one that may have you seeking out your own mental health inspector if youre unlucky enough to watch it. (MSNBC -- Movies)
What most players don't realize, however, is that movie studios such as MGM and Lions Gate Entertainment () use information gleaned from this market to help make advertising and promotion decisions. 20th Century Fox declined to discuss the service, as did some other studios. (BusinessWeek)
") } 08.04.2006 3:17 PM EDT 'The Descent': Bloody Hell, By Kurt Loder The U.K. horror sensation finally arrives, and it's a ripping yarn for real. Also: Will Ferrell's Tired 'Talladega Nights' and Toni Collette's creepy 'Night Listener.' Shauna Macdonald in "The Descent" Photo: Lions Gate Films The English writer and director Neil Marshall has a rousing enthusiasm for the hardcore horror flick. He embraces both its conventions and its unexplored possibilities, and pushing things too far is his... (MTV.com)
B+ "The Descent" Starring: Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Mendoza, Alex Reed, Saskia Mulder Director: Neil Marshall Studio: Lions Gate Films Rated: R (for strong violence/gore and language) RT: 99 minutes. America's Got Talent from a Rockstar Supernova who Thinks he Can Dance with the Last Comic Standing. (North County Times)
The only truly independent distributor with substantial pull is Lions Gate Films, which has a history of distributing movies Disney wants no part of. Lions Gate released two films, "Dogma" and "Fahrenheit 9/11," that were originally to be distributed by Disney's Miramax Film Corp.. (Orlando Sentinel)
HD DVD movie players are no longer your only high-def DVD living-room option: Samsung has shipped its $1000 BD-P1000, the first living-room player that uses rival format Blu-ray, and Sony Pictures and Lions Gate have released high-def Blu-ray movies to complement it. Which type is better. (PC World)
We have the best studio facilities in Canada, boasts Peter Leitch, president of Lions Gate Studios and chair of the Motion Picture Production Industry Association of B.C. We simply wouldn't attract the level of production that we do if we didn't have them. Vancouver also has two big geographical pluses going for it: its relative proximity to Los Angeles; and British Columbia's superb location possibilities, including mountain ranges, ocean vistas and, in the interior of the province, desert,... (Globe and Mail)
The new service, a joint venture between CinemaNow and Disney, Sony, MGM, Universal and Lions Gate, features an initial offering of more than 100 big-name Hollywood flicks, including Barbershop, Charlie's Angles: Full Throttle, About a Boy, Scent of a Woman, Backdraft, Resident Evil: Apocalypse and Agent Cody Banks. Customers must first download CinemaNow's Windows-only burning software (Mac fans are out of luck--at least for now, but more on that later) and then fork over $9 a pop for older... (E! Online)
Walt Disney Co., Universal Studios and Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. also will offer films. Bloomberg News. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDYCheryl Hines, "Curb Your Enthusiasm," HBO, HBO EntertainmentAlfre Woodard, "Desperate Housewives," ABC, Touchstone TelevisionJaime Pressly, "My Name Is Earl," NBC, An Amigos de Garcia production in association with 20th Century Fox TelevisionElizabeth Perkins, "Weeds," Showtime, Showtime Presents in association with Lions Gate Television and Tilted ProductionsMegan Mullally, "Will ," NBC, KoMut Entertainment in association with NBC Studios and Three Sisters... (Variety)
Tuesday July 11, 2006 5:00 AM ETU.S. Markets are Closed. Search (choose an option below) lect. (SmartMoney)
By Lorenza Muoz, Times Staff Writer July 9, 2006 Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. knew it was taking a risk when it put "Weeds," the first prime-time television show centered around a pot-dealing soccer mom, into production ... ADVERTISEMENT But by employing financing formulas it has used to make and distribute such profitable, low-budget movies as "Madea's Family Reunion" and the "Saw" horror franchise, Lions Gate not only covered its costs on "Weeds" but also cleared what industry analysts... (Los Angeles Times)
Sony and Lions Gate also sell films on CinemaNow, jointly owned by Microsoft, Lions Gate, Cisco Systems and Blockbuster. In May, Warner Bros. (San Jose Mercury News -- Business)
It was Gibson, whom Lunson describes as "a really, really interesting person, very, very complex," who arranged a meeting between Lunson and Lions Gate Films. Flushed with the success of distributing Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 documentary, Lions Gate agreed to help bankroll Lunson's Cohen vision. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
While one persistent rumor in Hollywood had CBS interested in acquiring indie movie studio Lions Gate, a source with knowledge of the matter said yesterday the company's movie-making plans do not involve acquisitions. Moonves said yesterday he'd like to make six to eight small-budget films a year - movies with budgets of 20 million to 30 million. (New York Post -- Business)
Lions Gate ImageJimmy Stewart and Donna Reed in "It's a Wonderful Life". AFI's 100 MOST INSPIRING MOVIES. (Click2Houston, TX)
Use your remote to browse through CinemaNow s library of more than 2,000 titles from tudios including Disney, Fox, Lions Gate, Miramax, MGM, Sony and Warner Brothers. Standard films are available on a streaming or download-to-own basis; a handful of documentaries in high-definition. (India Times)
In April, CinemaNow signed download-to-own deals with Sony (nyse: - - ), MGM and Lions Gate Entertainment (nyse: - - ). Eisen sees the recent Disney and Fox partnerships as a continuing trend. (Forbes -- Markets)
USATODAY.com - Coming attractions. Sign up to receive our free Books e-newsletter and get the top news of the day in your inbox. (USA Today -- Life)
"Every time you make a movie, it's a gamble," said Michael Paseornek, president of production for Lions Gate, the company that released "Akeelah." "Every time you make a movie that breaks the mold, it's an even bigger gamble. But we believed in the spirit and message of this movie. Someone at ESPN called it the best sports movie of the year. To us, it wasn't about a spelling bee. It was about people.". Banking on the idea that viewers can enjoy rooting for a speller the way they get behind, say,... (VHI.com -- Music News)
Lions Gate ultimately signed on to distribute the film--and actually agreed to let Threshold retain the copyright ... "So much potential money to make and so little risk." For one thing, Threshold is cutting Lions Gate in on the film's merchandising deals. (FastCompany)
A 1980s alien icon beams down in Alf: Season 3 (Lions Gate Home Entertainment, four-disc, $39. 98), while MPI Home Video returns to the 1960s with The Doris Day Show: Season 3 (four-disc, $39. (Washington Times, DC)
Chuck Zlotnick / Lions Gate Films. Movies. (MSNBC -- Movies)
"Lions Gate Films (NYSE: - ), Dreamworks Entertainment (NYSE: - ), and Miramax Films, the major competitors of Peace Arch Entertainment, have a dominant position in the market by virtue of their access to stars, creative talents, and independent distributors and film financing sources. Going forward, Peace Arch is expected to produce or acquire at least six films a year for the Peace Arch Films label and ten to twelve genre films for the Company's Archetype Film label. Additionally, the Company... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Last weekend s Lebowski Fest in Austin has me in a receptive mood for A League of Ordinary Gentlemen (Magnolia), a look at professional bowling but I m even more grateful for the chance to spend time with a few men who are anything but ordinary: Crumb (Sony), the unforgettable Terry Zwigoff film about the most important cartoonist of the hippie underground (released to coincide with Zwigoff s Art School Confidential); Bukowski: Born Into This (Magnolia), which goes behind the author s famous... (San Antonio Current, TX)
New Line and Warner Independent are units of Time Warner Inc.; Lions Gate is owned by Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.; IFC Films is owned by Rainbow Media Holdings, a subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corp.. . (San Jose Mercury News)
Recently, most of the big studios have started selling films over the Web, including on CinemaNow, which is partly owned by the film studio Lions Gate Entertainment, Microsoft, Cisco Systems and Blockbuster. Consumers can burn a backup DVD, but it can only be played by a computer, not a DVD player. (USA Today -- Tech)
Mujer made headlines when its U.S. distributor, Lions Gate Films, created a new division, Panamax Films, to reach out to the 41 million Latinos currently living in the U.S. Lions Gate and Panamax announced plans last November to co-produce and release six to eight Latino-themed films per year ... Along with Lions Gate, other film distributors seem to have read the Motion Picture Association of America s 2004 study, which found that Hispanics frequent the theater more than Anglos or... (San Antonio Current, TX)
LIONS GATE FILMS HIGHER YEARNING: Keke Palmer is Akeelah, the underachiever, Laurence Fishburne the college professor who pushes her to succeed ... A Lions Gate release. (Miami.com, FL -- Entertainment)
On the Blu-ray side, Sony's Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Inc., News Corp.'s (NWS) Twentieth Century Fox and Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (LGF) plan to release about 50 titles - including films such as "Saw," "Reservoir Dogs," "Black Hawk Down" and "Kiss of the Dragon," studio executives have said ... Lions Gate Entmnt Corp (). (MarketWatch)
I have a deal with Lions Gate Films to produce movies. My first film is written by Charlie Bohl, who is the same writer who did "Swimfan." We're about to get our new draft and go into preproduction on a movie called "Overnight." To sum it up quickly, it's a "Fatal Attraction"/"Basic Instinct." There's a lot of twists and turns. (Newsday -- Entertainment)
"Hard Candy," Lions Gate Films, David Slade. More widely publicized and eagerly anticipated than "Look Both Ways" is the edgy psychological thriller "Hard Candy," dealing with the equally unpleasant but unequivocally more explosive topic of pedophilia. (Yale Daily News, CT)
Lions Gate, 2006 April 20, 2006 By LARRY WILLIAMS, The Hartford Courant Director Eli Roth's "Cabin Fever" became a cult hit in 2002, leading to a bigger budget and a big-name producer (Quentin Tarantino) for this bloody tale of three backpackers trapped in a sort of theme park of torture in Slovakia ... (Lions Gate Releasing). (CTNow.com)
Warner and Paramount Pictures will support both HD DVD and Blu-ray, with Universal exclusive to HD DVD. However, other studios are currently exclusive to Sony's Blu-ray format, including Disney, 20th Century Fox, MGM, and Lions Gate. Add a Comment (27 Comments). (BetaNews)
Citing recent softness in the home-entertainment market, which has damped the sales of DVDs and direct-to-video movies, among other things, Lions Gate reported net income of $3 ... Lions Gate Entertainment is domiciled in Canada, with its primary operations in Santa Monica, Calif. (Yahoo News -- Academy Awards)
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"Hard Candy"Directed by David SladeLions Gate Films In the age of MySpace, Facebook and instant messaging, the online predator has replaced the friendly stranger with candy at the local park as the scourge of every parent's nightmares. With the click of a button, young boys and girls can quickly be manipulated into meeting these individuals. (The Daily Bruin, CA)
Sony, in addition to participating in the Movielink project, is also partnering with Lions Gate Films to sell movies for download at. Prices for the Movielink catalog start at $10 for classic movies, while ranging between $20 and $30 for new films. (Consumer Affairs)
Sony along with Lions Gate also has a deal with CinemaNow. Earlier this year there was uncertainty when the movie industry was going to embrace digital distribution. (PhysOrg.com)
CinemaNow, whose major investors include Lions Gate Entertainment, Microsoft, Cisco Systems, and Blockbuster, will initially feature only movies from the Sony, MGM, and Lions Gate libraries. New Windows, New Models. (PC World)
Executives at other distributors that decided against critic screenings 20th Century Fox, Lions Gate and Fox Searchlight either declined to comment or did not return phone calls. "It's telling that most of them won't even comment about it, because it's obviously something they're not proud of," Roeper said. (MSNBC -- Movies)
Another company, CinemaNow Inc., is offering films from Sony, MGM and Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.. The studios are turning to the Internet to cut distribution costs and counter slowing growth of DVD sales. (Bloomberg)
Simultaneously, Movielink's main competitor, CinemaNow, began allowing downloads of films from independent Lions Gate Entertainment and Sony. CinemaNow will sell digital download versions of more than 85 films from Lions Gate, the independent studio behind "Crash," which won this years Best Picture Oscar. (Channelnewsasia.com)
Additionally, Sony and Lions Gate announced a deal on Monday with CinemaNow. com, another video-on-demand service, that brings to the site more than 75 of their titles, including and , which was released on DVD just last week. (E! Online)
In a separate announcement, Sony and Lions Gate said they will sell films through the site. (Story continues below). (Fox News -- Life)
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