He succeeds longtime domestic distribution boss Chris Aronson, who didn't survive the Skydance-Paramount merger. Read more
The Hollywood Reporter - Nov 03
Paramount Pictures has named longtime Lionsgate executive Shaun Barber as head of domestic theatrical distribution. In his new role, he’ll oversee the studio’s North American distribution strategy and operations for all big-screen releases, including this December’s “The SpongeBob Movie: Search f... Read more
Variety - Nov 03
EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Pictures has hired Lionsgate Co-President, Worldwide Theatrical Distribution Shaun Barber as their new Head of Domestic Theatrical Distribution. The news comes in the wake of Josh Goldstine’s arrival to the Melrose Ave. lot as President of Global Marketing and Distribution an... Read more
Deadline - Nov 03
The wide-ranging deal out of AFM gives Lionsgate global distribution rights to 'Rambo' prequel 'John Rambo', set to star Noah Centineo, as well as future 'Expendables' projects. Read more
The Hollywood Reporter - Nov 03
Movie studio Lionsgate is hiring fan editors, and professional editors have a lot of thoughts on the matter.What are fan edits?Fan edits have become a popular trend on social media sites like TikTok. They are typically clips from a certain fandom set to music. For example, if you ship Belly and C... Read more
The Daily Dot - Oct 31
Turns out that making an AI good enough to churn out entire Hollywood films is pretty hard.The post Lionsgate’s Attempt to Create Movies Using AI Has Crumbled Into Disaster appeared first on Futurism. Read more
Futurism - Sep 27
EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate and MRC’s Matthew Broderick-Alan Ruck comedy The Best Is Yet to Come has Emmy and 2x Tony winner Mary-Louise Parker, 2x Tony winner Sutton Foster, Thomas Mann and Michaela Wakins joining the cast of the Jon Turteltaub directed film. The Best Is Yet to Come, written by Allan L... Read more
Deadline - Aug 28
Having recently announced that it was entering the theatrical distribution sphere, financier and producer Black Bear, has tapped veteran executive David Spitz to serve as Head of US Theatrical Distribution. The former Lionsgate distribution head will oversee theatrical for the new expansion of Bl... Read more
Deadline - Aug 14
