Studios have been threatening to purchase one another the previous couple years, and now it appears to be Legendary Leisure’s flip.
In response to the Hollywood Reporter, the studio behind latest hits like A Minecraft Film and the Dune trilogy is doubtlessly snatching up Lionsgate, greatest identified for the John Wick and Starvation Video games collection. For the time being, the 2 corporations are contemplating a crew up on some movies, and if issues go nicely, that’ll blossom right into a “extra full supply.” 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: Half 3, and Starvation Video games: Dawn on the Reaping.
This previous Might, Lionsgate itself separated in half—one enterprise for the films, the opposite for its Starz TV community, each looking for acquisition offers. And in October 2024, Legendary CEO Josh Grode indicated mergers and acquisitions had 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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