Lionsgate has taken a 20% stake in Spyglass Media, and the companies together have formed a strategic content partnership. Lionsgate has also acquired most of the studio’s 200-film library, which includes roughly 200 titles such as “Scream 4,” “The King’s Speech” and several Quentin Tarantino films.
The two companies announced the news jointly on Thursday, and the agreement gives Lionsgate a 20% investment stake in the Spyglass, whose major assets include the next “Scream” film due out January 14, 2022, as well as the fashion competition series “Project Runway” and a revival of the “Hellraiser” franchise, which is currently in pre-production.
The agreement also includes a multi-year first-look TV deal between Lionsgate Television and Spyglass.
Among some of the movies that Lionsgate has now acquired, adding to Lionsgate’s already 17,000 strong library of film and TV titles, include “Fruitvale Station,” “Scream 4,” “Scary Movie 5,” “Spy Kids 4,” “Paddington,” “Silver Linings Playbook,” “Lee Daniel’s
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The two companies announced the news jointly on Thursday, and the agreement gives Lionsgate a 20% investment stake in the Spyglass, whose major assets include the next “Scream” film due out January 14, 2022, as well as the fashion competition series “Project Runway” and a revival of the “Hellraiser” franchise, which is currently in pre-production.
The agreement also includes a multi-year first-look TV deal between Lionsgate Television and Spyglass.
Among some of the movies that Lionsgate has now acquired, adding to Lionsgate’s already 17,000 strong library of film and TV titles, include “Fruitvale Station,” “Scream 4,” “Scary Movie 5,” “Spy Kids 4,” “Paddington,” “Silver Linings Playbook,” “Lee Daniel’s