Studios have been threatening to accumulate one another the previous couple years, and now it appears to be Legendary Entertainment’s flip.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, the studio behind current hits like A Minecraft Movie and the Dune trilogy is doubtlessly snatching up Lionsgate, greatest recognized for the John Wick and Hunger Games sequence. At the second, the 2 corporations are contemplating a group up on some movies, and if issues go nicely, that’ll blossom right into a “more complete offer.” There weren’t any particular motion pictures named that might assist take a look at the waters, however the two studios have a number of upcoming motion pictures between them, together with Dune: Part 3, and Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping.
This previous May, Lionsgate itself separated in half—one enterprise for the flicks, the opposite for its Starz TV community, each attempting to find acquisition offers. And in October 2024, Legendary CEO Josh Grode indicated mergers and acquisitions have been within the playing cards for the studio after it purchased out the stake from its then-parent firm, Wanda Group. Neither Legendary or Lionsgate commented on the matter to press, and it doesn’t seem to be they’re wanting tremendous far forward of their partnership.
No phrase on the potential impacts on Lionsgate’s output going ahead ought to Legendary purchase it, so we’ll study extra about it over time.
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