Lionsgate
Canadian-American entertainment company
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| 2025 | Planned release of 'The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping', a co-production with Color Force, currently in pre-production. |
| 2025 | Lionsgate set to distribute 'Kiss of the Spider Woman' in North America through a co-distribution arrangement with Roadside Attractions and LD Entertainment, produced by multiple production companies including Artists Equity and Nuyorican Productions. |
| 2025 | Lionsgate to handle U.S. distribution for 'Greenland: Migration', a film produced by Anton, STX Entertainment, Thunder Road Films, and G-BASE Film Production. |
| 2025 | Lionsgate scheduled multiple films for release in 2025, including 'The Home', 'In the Grey', 'The Strangers: Chapter 2', and 'The Strangers: Chapter 3'. |
| 2025 | Lionsgate is set to distribute multiple films, including 'The Home', 'In the Grey', 'The Strangers: Chapter 2', 'The Strangers: Chapter 3', and 'The Surfer' with various production statuses ranging from completed to post-production. |
| January 2025 | Lionsgate Studios announced its full separation from Starz. |
| 2024 | Lionsgate optioned an Air Mail story titled 'The Grift, the Prince, and the Twist' written by Hannah Ghorashi. |
| 2024 | Starz Entertainment spun off several assets to form Lionsgate Studios, while remaining the majority shareholder of the new entity. |
| November 28 2024 | Lionsgate rebranded to Starz Entertainment to differentiate itself from Lionsgate Studios. |
| June 24 2024 | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment entered into a distribution deal with Studio Distribution Services to handle physical distribution of titles from multiple studios including Lionsgate. |
| May 14 2024 | Lionsgate Studios launched and began trading on Nasdaq under the stock symbol LION, with Lionsgate retaining approximately 87% ownership. |
| May 14 2024 | Lionsgate Studios officially launches and begins trading on Nasdaq under the stock symbol LION, with Lionsgate retaining approximately 87% ownership. |
| May 14 2024 | Lionsgate Studios Corp. was officially formed through a spin-off of Lionsgate's film and television businesses, establishing itself as a separate entity with headquarters in Vancouver, British Columbia and Santa Monica, California. |
| May 14 2024 | Lionsgate Studios Corp. is officially formed through a spin-off of Lionsgate's film and television businesses, establishing a new independent entity with headquarters in Vancouver, British Columbia and Santa Monica, California. |
| May 7 2024 | Lionsgate completed the merger of its Studios division with Screaming Eagle Corp., valuing Lionsgate Studios at $4.6 billion. |
| May 7 2024 | Lionsgate's Studios division merged with Screaming Eagle Corp., creating a separate publicly traded company valued at $4.6 billion. |
| May 7 2024 | Lionsgate closed the deal to split its Studios division, merging with Screaming Eagle Corporation to form Lionsgate Studios Corporation, with a transaction value of $4.6 billion. |
| January 14 2024 | Lionsgate created Lionsgate Alternative Television by folding eOne's television assets into Lionsgate Television, focusing on producing and distributing unscripted television shows. |
| 2023 | Starz Entertainment was acquired by Entertainment One, marking a significant transition in the company's ownership and strategic direction. |
| 2023 | Lionsgate, Warner Bros. Discovery, and Gray Television formed Free TV Networks. |
| December 2023 | Lionsgate revealed plans to split its film and television assets from Starz, with the Studios division set to merge with Screaming Eagle Corp. |
| December 27 2023 | Lionsgate completed the acquisition of Entertainment One, with plans to rebrand eOne as 'Lionsgate Canada' the following year. |
| December 27 2023 | Lionsgate completed the acquisition of Entertainment One from Hasbro, setting the stage for a strategic reorganization of its film and television assets. |
| August 2023 | Lionsgate announced its acquisition of Entertainment One's motion picture and television assets from Hasbro for $500 million, with additional $375 million in cash and $125 million in production financing loans. |
| January 2023 | Lionsgate entered a movie distribution deal with Cineplex Pictures for releasing selected Lionsgate titles in Canada. |
| 2022 | Newark, New Jersey announced plans for Lionsgate Newark Studios, a 15-acre film and television production studio to open in 2024 on the former Seth Boyden housing projects site. |
| October 2022 | Round Room Entertainment was sold to Manhattan West Private Equity Group |
| 2021 | Stake in Pantaya was sold |
| July 2021 | Lionsgate purchased an 18.9 percent equity stake in Spyglass Media Group and acquired The Weinstein Company's catalogue. |
| June 30 2021 | Lionsgate's North American distribution deal with 20th Century Home Entertainment expired and was taken over by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. |
| April 2021 | Lionsgate's Starz division filed an injunction against The Walt Disney Company over the Star+ brand in Latin America. |
| 2020 | The company's film portfolio had grossed approximately $8.2 billion by this time. |
| 2020 | Lionsgate continued its film production and distribution, contributing to its ongoing portfolio of approximately 400 films released since 1997. |
| September 22 2020 | Paramount Home Entertainment acquired distribution rights to the entire Miramax library |
| April 8 2020 | Developers secured $60 million in financing for the Yonkers studio project, with Lionsgate anchoring the remaining $40 million in the second phase. |
| 2019 | Lionsgate Entertainment World, an indoor interactive experience centre featuring Lionsgate film franchises, opened on Hengqin in Zhuhai, China during the first half of the year. The project was an investment by Lai Sun Group and designed by Thinkwell Group. |
| 2019 | Lionsgate Games published the Blair Witch video game, expanding their interactive entertainment portfolio based on their film franchise. |
| November 2019 | Construction of the Yonkers studio complex is set to begin, with plans to have the facility running by late autumn 2020. |
| October 3 2019 | John C. Malone completed the sale of his stake in the studio. |
| September 5 2019 | Great Point Capital Management signed a deal with Lionsgate to build a new $100 million production facility in Yonkers, New York, with Lionsgate as the anchor tenant and investor. |
| March 2019 | 50% stake in Pop was sold to co-owner CBS Corporation |
| 2018 | Lionsgate maintains its broad distribution strategy with films like 'Midway', 'Knives Out', and 'John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum'. |
| 2018 | Lionsgate released 'Early Man', an animated film by Aardman Studios that grossed $54,622,814 worldwide. |
| 2018 | Lionsgate launched its digital content unit, Studio L, and announced its first slate. |
| 2018 | Lionsgate maintained its strategy of diverse film distribution, including A Simple Favor, Hunter Killer, and Cold Pursuit. |
| August 6 2018 | Lionsgate signed a first-look television development agreement with Universal Music Group. |
| January 2018 | Lionsgate became the subject of a bidding war for possible acquisition, with Comcast and Sony Pictures making offers. |
| 2017 | Lionsgate partnered with comedian Kevin Hart to launch the LOL Network. |
| 2017 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquired Lionsgate's stake in the Epix network |
| 2017 | The studio expanded its distribution and co-production efforts, releasing films like John Wick: Chapter 2, The Big Sick, and American Assassin. |
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