By John Solomon
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Google is adding 600 movies from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to the titles it has available for rent on YouTube and also Google Play, its digital content store for Android-powered mobile devices.
Cut-rate rental DVD kiosk operator Redbox said Thursday it has renewed a deal to carry movies made by Universal Pictures 28 days after discs are made available for sale.
Beware the Liam in Winter. Liam Neeson's "The Grey" topped the weekend box office with $20 million, according to studio estimates Sunday, continuing the actor's success as an action star in the winter months.
Movie and TV studio Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. is creating a Hollywood powerhouse focused on young adult audiences with its purchase of Summit Entertainment, maker of the teen hit "Twilight" series, for $412.5 million, which the companies confirmed Friday.
Lions Gate is close to buying Summit Entertainment, the maker of the teen hit "Twilight" series for about $400 million in cash and stock.
Two Hollywood studios that are vying for a similar teen audience are talking about merging, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Two Hollywood studios that are vying for a similar teen audience are talking about merging, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Activist investor Carl Icahn said Tuesday that he is shedding his entire stake in Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., ending a more than two-year battle for control and sending shares of the niche movie studio tumbling in after-hours trading.
Netflix will start streaming the hit TV series "Mad Men" in a multi-year deal the online movie rental company struck with Lions Gate, the show's producer.
Hollywood studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc., the home of James Bond, filed for bankruptcy protection on Wednesday in a plan that had the backing of its lenders and put funding of its half of "The Hobbit" back on track.
Creditors of struggling Hollywood studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. have voted to approve a merger with Spyglass Entertainment, MGM said Friday.
A person familiar with the matter says creditors of struggling Hollywood studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer have voted to approve a merger with Spyglass Entertainment with the backing of billionaire investor Carl Icahn.
Boutique movie studio Lions Gate says its proposed merger with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer would save more than $100 million a year in overhead and boost cash flow on top of that by more than $120 million over five years.
Lions Gate is offering to combine its business with MGM in a deal supported by billionaire investor Carl Icahn, who owns stakes in both studios.
Lions Gate is offering to combine its business with MGM in a deal supported by billionaire investor Carl Icahn, who owns stakes in both studios.
