SANTA MONICA, Calif., June 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LIONSGATE® (NYSE: LGF), the leading next generation studio, today announced that it has acquired North American distribution rights to the fact-based action drama MACHINE GUN PREACHER, directed by Marc Forster (QUANTUM OF SOLACE).

Sony Pictures Entertainment has purchased the film rights to Angelology, a novel about destructive angel/human hybrids, industry sources say. Variety reported Friday that after the first novel from author Danielle Trussoni was picked up for publication this week, a bidding war for the book's film rights began between various studios. The final three competitors for the film rights were Sony, Warner Bros.

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By DUANE DUDEK Meta-fiction is like Milwaukee's downtown freeway construction - no matter where you are or where you want to go, you can't get there from here by once-reliable and conventional methods, and you often don't recognize where you are.