Lionsgate Continues To Grow Content Library With Studio Canal Library Agreement

Lionsgate Continues To Grow Content Library With Studio Canal Library Agreement

Leading Independent Studio Adds Distribution Rights To Approximately 2,000 Titles From Studio Canal

SANTA MONICA, Calif., and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 13
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lionsgate (NYSE:LGF), the leading independent filmed entertainment studio, is continuing to build its library, securing access to up to 2,000 titles from Studio Canal in a multiyear deal, it was announced today by Lionsgate President Steve Beeks.

The Studio Canal library acquisition adds to Lionsgate's current library of more than 5,500 titles, already one of the most prestigious and prolific in the industry, and positions the Company to continue leveraging its content into traditional and digital media distribution platforms. The Studio Canal deal continues Lionsgate's strategy of strengthening television, VOD and Internet rights throughout its library.

"The Lionsgate library is the jewel in our crown and, as we move into the digital world, we are capitalizing on opportunities to leverage our stockpile of content into new and incremental revenue streams," said Beeks. "This deal continues our game plan of increasing the asset value of our library by building its content and continuing to aggregate key rights."

Beeks noted that Lionsgate continues to serve as a magnet for major studios attracted to the Company's library management skills, and he said that still more announcements could be expected soon.

The Studio Canal library deal includes television, DVD and a large proportion of VOD rights to a combination of English-language and French-language titles, including TENDER MERCIES, CRIMES OF THE HEART, FRANCES, EVIL DEAD II and such French classics as Jean Renoir's THE GRAND ILLUSION and Luis Bunuel's OBSCURE OBJECT OF DESIRE and THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE. It strengthens Lionsgate's long-term relationship with Canal Plus, the owner of many of Lionsgate's key long-term Studio Canal titles such as TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY, TOTAL RECALL, BASIC INSTINCT, RAMBO and STARGATE.

Lionsgate's current library includes such classics as DIRTY DANCING (which will be celebrated with a 20th anniversary theatrical and DVD release in 2007), RESERVOIR DOGS (celebrating its 15th anniversary), TERMINATOR 2, TOTAL RECALL, BASIC INSTINCT, MONSTER'S BALL, THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT, THE PUNISHER (TM), SAW and ON GOLDEN POND.

Lionsgate is the leading independent filmed entertainment studio. Fresh off the Best Picture Academy Award(R)-winning CRASH, its second consecutive year grossing more than $300 million at the domestic theatrical box office, a $500 million-a-year home entertainment business and the recent unveiling of an upcoming slate of nine prime time television series, Lionsgate is a premier producer and distributor of motion pictures, television programming, home entertainment, family entertainment and video-on-demand content. Its prestigious and prolific library of more than 5,500 titles is a valuable source of recurring revenue and a foundation for the growth of the Company's core businesses. The Lionsgate brand is synonymous with original, daring, quality entertainment in markets around the globe.

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For further information, contact:
Peter D. Wilkes
310-255-3726
pwilkes@lionsgate.com

Source: Lionsgate

CONTACT: Peter D. Wilkes, of Lionsgate, +1-310-255-3726,
pwilkes@lionsgate.com

Web site: http://www.lionsgate.com/

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