Lions Gate Entertainment
Summary
Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation (commonly referred to as Lionsgate) is a Canadian entertainment company that has existed in different incarnations. The current company was formed in Vancouver, British Columbia, but is headquartered in Santa Monica, California. As of 2007, it is the most commercially successful independent film and television distribution company in North America. Lionsgate was founded in 1995 by Frank Giustra, a Vancouver investment banker hoping to capitalize on the growing film industry in his home town. The company bought a number of small production facilities and distributors, including Montreal-based Cinepix Film Productions (CFP), Trimark Pictures and, most notably, Artisan Entertainment (which itself had formerly been LIVE Entertainment, and before that, Vestron Pic tures). They had sold off their Canadian distribution rights to the formed Maple Pictures, founded and co-owned by two former Lions Gate executives, Brad Pelman and Laurie May. Its first major box office success was American Psycho in 2000, which began a trend of producing and distributing films too controversial for the major American studios.
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‘Ender’s Game’ Is a Bet for Gigi Pritzker’s OddLot Entertainment
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