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Animated 3D Comedy Slated For July 1, 2016 CULVER CITY, Calif., May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Pictures Entertainment has won the exclusive worldwide distribution rights to the eagerly anticipated Angry Birds animated film, making it one of the most high-profile deals of the year. The 3D film is being developed, produced, and financed by Rovio Entertainment and will be released worldwide by Sony Pictures on July 1, 2016. Several major studios pursued the global film rights in...

Companies Kick Off Partnership By Offering Mad Men Series Catalog as Season 6 Premiere Countdown Begins LOS ANGELES and SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- M-GO, the people-friendliest new digital entertainment service, and Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF), a leading global entertainment company, are partnering to bring Lionsgate's vast array of movies and TV shows, including The Hunger Games and Twilight film franchises, Tyler Perry's Madea films and the multiple Emmy...

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Dec. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Relativity Media is proud to announce today the formation of a new division, Relativity Foreign, in a move that furthers its goal to broaden the company's scope in international sales and distribution. Film industry veteran Camela Galano has been named president and will lead this division dually reporting to Relativity's Chief Executive Officer & Founder, Ryan Kavanaugh and President Tucker Tooley. Under Galano's...

SANTA MONICA, Calif. and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of its strategy of establishing output agreements with leading distributors around the world, Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF), a leading global entertainment company, has forged an output deal with Russia's West Company for distribution of Lionsgate titles in Russia and the other nations of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) region, the two companies announced today. (Logo:...

HONG KONG, Sept. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Celestial Tiger Entertainment (CTE), one of Asia's largest vertically integrated independent entertainment companies, announced today that it has expanded its content distribution business with Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF), a leading global entertainment company, to cover all of East Asia. In addition to representing Lionsgate exclusively in Greater China and Southeast Asia, CTE will now be distributing all Lionsgate television content as well as...

SANTA MONICA, Calif. and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Following Lionsgate's (NYSE: LGF) acquisition of Summit Entertainment, the Company has named Summit's Erik Feig, President, Production of the Lionsgate Motion Picture Group. Reporting to Lionsgate Motion Picture Group Co-Chairmen Rob Friedman and Patrick Wachsberger, Feig will oversee all aspects of development and production of films from both the Lionsgate and Summit labels. Feig will work closely...

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Independent Film Development Corporation (OTCBB: IFLM) an international distributor of digital films and producer to the multi billion dollar Independent Film Industry, announced today that it has released the following letter to shareholders from its Chief Executive Officer: Dear Shareholders, I would like to start out the year with our first letter to shareholders to update you on the current status of the company and our objectives and...

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Dec. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Paramount Pictures today unveiled a new company logo that commemorates the studio's 100(th) Anniversary in show business. The new logo can be seen on the new Tom Cruise starrer, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - GHOST PROTOCOL. The movie will open in IMAX and on other premium large format screens on Friday, December 16th and in theatres everywhere on December 21st. <font size="2" face="Arial">(Logo: <font size="2"...

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Oct. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Paramount Pictures announced today that it has teamed with Deluxe Entertainment Services Group to provide "For Your Consideration" online screeners for the 2011-2012 awards season, making it the first major studio to stream its awards films online. The studio will present its awards contenders, including RANGO, SUPER 8 and LIKE CRAZY, and potentially additional titles later this season, via Deluxe's proprietary platform. The Visual Effects...

PORTLAND, Ore., May 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Rentrak Corporation (NASDAQ: RENT), the leader in multi-screen media measurement serving the advertising, television and entertainment industries, today announced Relativity Media, a long-time client of Rentrak's Box Office Essentials service, has expanded the relationship by signing an OnDemand Essentials contract to provide performance reporting for the studio's video-on-demand (VOD) content. Relativity Media is a next-generation studio...