Lionsgate News

Steve McQueen's harrowing drama 12 YEARS A SLAVE led the nominations of the Gotham Independent Film Awards, announced this morning, Thursday, October 24th.

Premium entertainment network EPIX—a joint venture of Paramount, Lionsgate and MGM—announced today that Monty Sarhan has been named Executive Vice President of Programming, Acquisitions, Strategy and Enterprises.

Duck Dynasty , A&E 's blockbuster TV series, is one step closer to achieving 'Duck Nation' domination as Lionsgate today announced that the individual releases of Duck Dynasty

DAX, the leading provider of production workflow and media asset management applications and services to companies that produce, distribute and license audio-visual content is exhibiting at SMPTE 2013, annual conference and exhibition October 21-24 of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers.

ABC Music Lounge's "Nashville"-inspired docu-web series "On the Record" is live at www.abc.com/musiclounge with the original song "This Town," written by Jaida Dreyer, Cory Mayo and Andrew Rollins and performed by Clare Bowen as Scarlett O'Connor and Charles Esten

Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF), a leading global entertainment company, announced today that the second installment of its global blockbuster The Hunger Games franchise, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, has been approved for a November 21, 2013 release on more than 3,000 screens in China.

MOTHER OF ALL TALENT, a comedic eight-episode original docu-series featuring a mother-daughter duo who discover rising child stars in showbiz, will premiere on TVGN (TV Guide Network) tonight, October 22 at 8:00 PM ET/PT.

Rentrak Corporation (RENT) today announced the Top-10 DVD & Blu-ray sales and rentals according to the company's Retail Essentials and Home Video Essentials tracking services whichare based on estimated consumer spending per data collected for the week ending Oct. 13, 2013.

Summit Entertainment, a LIONSGATE (NYSE: LGF) company, and Planet Hollywood International have joined together to create The Twilight Forever Fan Experience, a unique event commemorating the fifth anniversary of The Twilight Saga's original theatrical debut

Rentrak (RENT), the leader in precisely measuring movies and TV everywhere, today announced the top ten Movies on Demand (MOD) titles based on consumer transaction rate. Movies on Demand are transactional (pay-per-purchase) films available through cable and telco providers.

Rentrak Corporation (RENT), the global leader in box office measurement, today announced the worldwide weekend box office estimates for the weekend of Oct. 20, 2013 as compiled by the company's Box Office Essentials and International Box Office Essentials theatrical measurement services.

The remake of the classic horror film CARRIE, based upon Stephen King's novel opened in third place, taking in $17 million, undershooting Sony's initial projection of $20 million.

Digital Dailies(R), the patented technology at the heart of DAX, the leading provider of production workflow and media asset management applications and services to the entertainment industry, along with its inventor and company co-founder Josh C. Kline, have been honored by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences with a Primetime Emmy(R) Engineering Award for Outstanding Achievement in Engineering Development.

PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ Rentrak (RENT), the leader in precisely measuring movies and TV everywhere, today announced the top ten digital movie purchases and rentals based on consumer transaction rate. The report includes Internet Video on Demand (iVOD) and Electronic Sell-Through (EST), for both Standard-Definition and Digital HD movie purchases and rentals.

ITEMS FROM TALES THE “HALLOWEEN,” “SAW,” and “FRIDAY THE 13th” Franchises, “BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER,” “BATMAN RETURNS,” “TALES FROM THE CRYPT,” EVIL DEAD,” and More!

ABC Music Lounge's “Nashville”-inspired docu-web series, “On the Record,” is live with the original song, “A Life That's Good” written by Ashley Monroe (Pistol Annies) and Sarah Siskind and performed by the Stella Sisters

Chris Martin, Guy Berryman, Will Champion, and Jonny Buckland of the multiplatinum, multiple Grammy Award-winning recording act Coldplay will be honored with the Hollywood Song Award for the hit song 'Atlas'

Jonathan Sarrow has been named Senior Vice President of Television Networks Distribution, CBS Corporation, it was announced today by Ray Hopkins, President of the department.

New Repertory Theatre announces the National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere of Steven Dietz' dark comedy RANCHO MIRAGE, tonight, October 12 through November 3, 2013. Directed by Robert Walsh, RANCHO MIRAGE performs in the Charles Mosesian Theater at the Arsenal Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal Street, in Watertown, MA. Tickets are $28-$60 and may be purchased by calling the box office at 617-923-8487 or online at newrep.org. Student, senior, and group discounts are available. The press performance is Monday, October 14 at 7:30pm.

Writers Theatre continues its 2013-14 season with the Midwest Premiere of Port Authority by Conor McPherson, directed by William Brown. The production runs October 29, 2013 - February 16, 2014 at 664 Vernon Avenue, Glencoe. The press openings are November 6 and November 7, 2013 at 7:30pm.