LIONSGATE EXPANDS MIRAMAX HOME ENTERTAINMENT DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT WITH ADDITION OF PACKAGED MEDIA RIGHTS TO OVER 250 NEW TITLES

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Oct 07, 2014, 09:00 ET

Titles Include Robert Rodriguez's From Dusk Till Dawn, The Grifters, Dirty Pretty Things and Marvin's Room

VANCOUVER, British Columbia and SANTA MONICA, Calif., Oct. 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- LIONSGATE® (NYSE: LGF), a premier next generation global content leader, has expanded its domestic home entertainment distribution deal with Miramax to include more than 250 additional titles, it was announced today by Ron Schwartz, Lionsgate President and General Manager, Sales and Distribution Home Entertainment.

The newly-expanded agreement builds on an existing distribution deal between Lionsgate and Miramax, first announced in early 2011, and brings the total number of Miramax titles available exclusively through Lionsgate via DVD, Blu-Ray, EST and Internet Video on Demand (VOD) to more than 700. New additions to the library include Robert Rodriguez's renowned From Dusk Till Dawn, iconic horror properties such as Dracula, The Faculty and franchise titles from The Prophecy, Halloween and Children of the Corn, prestige titles including Marvin's Room with Leonardo DiCaprio and Meryl Streep, The Shipping News starring Kevin Spacey and Julianne Moore, The Grifters, Her Majesty Mrs. Brown, The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys, Dirty Pretty Things and Fresh as well as family titles including the Pokemon franchise, among others.

"We're pleased to build on our longstanding successful relationship with Miramax by adding the remainder of the titles from one of the most prestigious catalogs in the world to our vast home entertainment library," said Schwartz. "This new agreement continues to broaden and deepen the portfolio of premium content we offer to our consumers in a wide range of digital and traditional formats as part of our commitment to expand their choices and enrich the home entertainment experience."

The expanded agreement reflects Lionsgate's successful track record in distributing third party product from some of the most prominent libraries in the world, including Miramax, Studiocanal and A&E, as well as its own Lionsgate titles. Comprised of over 16,000 motion picture titles and television episodes, Lionsgate's prestigious and prolific library includes The Hunger Games and Twilight franchises, Divergent, Dirty Dancing, Now You See Me, Monster's Ball, Crash, Rambo, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Reservoir Dogs, Mad Men, Weeds and Orange is the New Black.

The first wave of Blu-ray and DVD titles to be released under the new deal will be timed for Halloween availability and includes From Dusk Till Dawn, The Faculty and Venom, along with key titles from classic franchises including Halloween, Prophecy, Children of the Corn, Wes Craven Presents Dracula, Hellraiser and The Crow collections.

ABOUT LIONSGATE
Lionsgate, home to The Hunger Games, Twilight and Divergent franchises, is a premier next generation global content leader with a strong and diversified presence in motion picture production and distribution, television programming and syndication, home entertainment, digital distribution, new channel platforms and international distribution and sales. Lionsgate currently has more than 30 television shows on over 20 different networks spanning its primetime production, distribution and syndication businesses, including such critically-acclaimed hits as the multiple Emmy Award-winning Mad Men and Nurse Jackie, the comedy Anger Management, the broadcast network series Nashville, the syndication success The Wendy Williams Show and the critically-acclaimed hit series Orange is the New Black.

Its feature film business has been fueled by such recent successes as the blockbuster first two installments of The Hunger Games franchise, The Hunger Games and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, the first installment of the Divergent franchise, Now You See Me, Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain, Warm Bodies, The Possession, Sinister, Roadside Attractions' A Most Wanted Man and Pantelion Films' breakout hit Instructions Not Included, the highest-grossing Spanish-language film ever released in the U.S.

Lionsgate's home entertainment business is an industry leader in box office-to-DVD and box office-to-VOD revenue conversion rate. Lionsgate handles a prestigious and prolific library of approximately 16,000 motion picture and television titles that is an important source of recurring revenue and serves as the foundation for the growth of the Company's core businesses. The Lionsgate and Summit brands remain synonymous with original, daring, quality entertainment in markets around the world.
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ABOUT MIRAMAX
Miramax is a global film and television studio best known for its highly acclaimed, original content. The studio's new development projects include both film and TV, with the production of The 9th Life of Louis Drax most recently announced starring Jamie Dornan (Fifty Shades of Grey, The Fall) and Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad, Need for Speed, Triple Nine). Together with Sony's Screen Gems, Miramax will release Jeremy Garelick's film The Wedding Ringer (Kevin Hart, Josh Gad, Kaley Cuoco) on January 16, 2015, and the Studio also recently announced the acquisition of U.S. distribution rights to Mr. Holmes, directed by Academy Award® winner Bill Condon (Gods and Monsters, Kinsey) and starring Academy Award® nominees Ian McKellen (The Lord of the Rings franchise, X-Men franchise) and Laura Linney (Kinsey, You Can Count on Me, The Savages).

Building on its unparalleled library of characters and groundbreaking storylines, Miramax is also currently developing new television series alongside industry luminaries, with projects that include Robert Rodriguez's From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series, recently renewed for a second season.

Collectively, the library of more than 700 motion pictures has received 282 Academy Award® nominations and 68 Oscars® with four Best Picture awards, and includes such celebrated independent films as Pulp Fiction, No Country for Old Men and City Of God – as well as scores of commercial hits such as Chicago, Good Will Hunting and Bridget Jones's Diary.

Since the purchase of Miramax in 2010 by Qatar Holding, together with the investor group led by Miramax Chairman Thomas J. Barrack, Jr.'s Colony Capital, the studio's world-class global distribution team has successfully brought this renowned collection to existing and emerging platforms in nearly every country in the world.

For further information, please contact:
Jennifer Sandler
Lionsgate
310.255.4072
[email protected]

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