87-398: Marvel Animation Inc. is an American animation production company. It was incorporated on January 25, 2008, to direct Marvel's efforts in animation and home entertainment markets. The incorporated Marvel Animation included then ongoing animation efforts by Marvel Studios with Lionsgate and Nickelodeon . Marvel Animation operates under Marvel Studios , a subsidiary of Disney Entertainment ,
174-591: A put pilot for a half-hour live-action comedy series Damage Control , based on the comics construction company of the same name . The series is being developed by Ben Karlin . Later in the month, FX ordered a pilot for Legion , about David Haller , a young man who may be more than human. The pilot was produced by FX Productions (FXP) and Marvel Television, with FXP handling the physical production. Also in October, Fox Broadcasting Company announced that 20th Century Fox Television and Marvel Television were developing
261-566: A $ 13.4 million line of credit. Additional acquisition funding arrived in January 2000 as a $ 33.1 million investment from an investor group that included Paul Allen , former Sony Pictures executive Jon Feltheimer , German broadcasting company Tele-Munchen, and SBS Broadcasting SA. This led to Feltheimer taking over as CEO from Giustra thus the passed over Doroniuk left the company. Feltheimer increased film making including several $ 1 million films at Avalanche. However, Federgreen still remains one of
348-505: A $ 4.6-billion value on Lionsgate Studios and the deal was closed on May 7, 2024. The company was launched on May 14, 2024 and it has been trading on Nasdaq via the stock symbol LION. Lionsgate will remain the controlling shareholder owning around 87% of Lionsgate Studios following the split. in November 28, 2024, Lionsgate rebranded to Starz Entertainment to distinguish itself from Lionsgate Studios. Lionsgate Interactive Ventures and Games
435-572: A 49% stake in TV Guide Network and website to One Equity Partners under pressure from shareholder Carl Icahn . Lionsgate cut back its slate of films per year by four in February 2009. In April, Relativity Media signed with Lionsgate for a 5 picture per year multi-year film distribution. In August, Lionsgate signed with Redbox for a five-year same day release deal worth $ 158 million. Lionsgate, along with MGM and Paramount Pictures / Viacom ,
522-657: A Lionsgate subsidiary. The company agreed in August to lease term with New Mexico State Land Office and the city of Rio Rancho for a new 52.8 acres studio near Rio Rancho's under construction city center and arena. On July 26, 2007, Lionsgate bought a partial stake in independent film distribution company Roadside Attractions . Lionsgate started up Lionsgate Music by June 2007. On September 10, 2007, Lionsgate bought Mandate Pictures for $ 56.3 million, $ 44.3 million in cash and $ 12 million in stock, and taking on $ 6.6 million of Mandate's debt. Mandate Chief Executive Joe Drake returned to
609-450: A Punisher script to Fox , who gave the project a put-pilot commitment. In April 2012, Marvel Television signed with Creative Artists Agency for live-action representation. In May 2012, it was announced that the Hulk project was not ready for the 2012–2013 season, and would possibly be for the 2013–2014 season. It was also announced that ABC had passed on AKA Jessica Jones . In July 2012, it
696-464: A bankrupt film distributor previously invested in by Guber and Yorktown Securities, for its film library. IMG's CEO Peter Strauss became President of Lions Gate Entertainment, Inc. (LGE), the American parent company for Lionsgate's U.S. interests. The Lions Gate Media subsidiary was also formed to produce for television. Completing its first year of operation, Lionsgate had a revenue of $ 42.2 million with
783-453: A division of The Walt Disney Company . Marvel Comics Group first entered the animated field through licensing to Grantray-Lawrence Animation for The Marvel Super Heroes anthology series in 1966–1968, Fantastic Four from 1967 to 1968, and Spider-Man from 1967 to 1969. Marvel worked with Grantray-Lawrence, Hanna-Barbera , and DePatie–Freleng Enterprises on other animated series until 1980. In 1980, Cadence Industries would purchase
870-500: A five-issue miniseries in April 2018. Super Hero Adventures has Spider-Man teaming with another Marvel hero. The animated episodes lasting 3-and-a-half minutes aired on Disney Channel 's Disney Jr. block followed by Disney Jr. channel then Marvel HQ YouTube channel and DisneyNOW app. On December 7, 2017, Marvel announced its Marvel Rising franchise focusing on new characters as youngsters starting with animation in 2018 with Ghost-Spider,
957-567: A joint investment of $ 195–400 million in Lionsgate and acquired a 3.4% stake in the company. Then on June 30, 2016, Lionsgate agreed to acquire Starz Inc. for $ 4.4 billion in cash and stock. As of December 2016, it became the parent company of Starz Inc. On November 12, 2015, Lionsgate created a partnership with Armenian American television producer Craig Piligian when the studio acquired more than 50% of his Pilgrim Studios company worth $ 200 million. Piligian retained his position as CEO of
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#17328945413781044-407: A loss of $ 397,000. The company share price dropped to a low of $ 1.40. This limited the corporation's ability to make acquisitions via stock swaps. Lionsgate instead made its next acquisition of Termite Art Productions, a reality-based television production company, for $ 2.75 million by issuing three convertible promissory notes. Giustra had the shareholders vote to move the company's public listing from
1131-551: A month after the bidding war announcement, Variety reported in a detailed article that toy manufacturing company Hasbro (which had collaborated with the company in the 2017 film My Little Pony: The Movie via its Allspark Pictures theatrical film financing unit which is in turn owned by its Allspark division) came close to also acquiring Lionsgate, but the deal fell through. Hasbro would later go on to acquire Entertainment One (eOne; another Canadian-founded business) on December 30, 2019. On October 3, 2019, Malone completed
1218-565: A part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) media franchise, a shared universe created by the film studio Marvel Studios . Animated series from Marvel Television were produced through Marvel Animation , and the division also collaborated with 20th Century Fox to produce shows based on the X-Men franchise such as Legion and The Gifted . Marvel Television and Marvel Studios were separated in August 2015, before this division
1305-476: A possible merger with Lionsgate. On April 1, 2015, according to Deadline , Lionsgate announced it has created its new label, Lionsgate Premiere . This new label will handle up to 15 releases a year, targeting young audiences at theaters and digital outlets. The new label, part of the company's diversification effort, will incorporate Lionsgate and Summit Entertainment titles (including the Step Up film series and
1392-466: A put pilot order for an untitled series developed by Matt Nix and produced by 20th Century Fox and Marvel, with 20th Century Fox handling physical production. The series focuses on two ordinary parents who discover their children possess mutant powers, forcing them to run from the government and join an underground network of mutants. Nix served as an executive producer along with Bryan Singer , Lauren Shuler Donner , Simon Kinberg , Loeb and Jim Chory. It
1479-510: A renamed Spider-Gwen, shorts and an animated film, Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors . Marvel Animation's first full-length series for Disney Jr., Spidey and His Amazing Friends was announced at D23 Expo . This series primary stars Spider-Man, Ghost-Spider and Spin and premiered in summer 2021; Marvel Studios Animation replaced the studio as main production company starting from season 2. In October 2019, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige
1566-505: A sale of Toy Biz stock. In July 1996, Fox Children's Network secured rights from Marvel Entertainment Group for Captain America , Daredevil , Silver Surfer , and additional characters to be developed into four series and 52 episodes over seven years. In 2004, Marvel Entertainment , Marvel Comics' new parent corporation, struck a deal with Lions Gate Entertainment to produce a series of eight direct-to-video animated movies under
1653-496: A series inspired by the Agent Carter Marvel One-Shot , featuring Peggy Carter , with Deadline Hollywood reporting it was one of several series in development at Marvel. By October 2013, Marvel was preparing four drama series and a miniseries, totaling 60 episodes, to present to video on demand services and cable providers, with Netflix , Amazon , and WGN America expressing interest. In November 2013, it
1740-489: A series titled Hellfire Club , based on the secret society from the comics of the same name . In January 2016, Lee stated the Most Wanted pilot would begin production "in the next few months" and announced that a second Marvel comedy series was in development in addition to Damage Control . Also in January, Netflix was in the early stages of developing a Punisher television series starring Jon Bernthal , who appeared in
1827-464: A straight-to-series order as Marvel's first work with ABC Signature . The series, which is set in the MCU, premiered in 2018. At the end of the month, Marvel and Netflix officially picked up the series, The Punisher , with Bernthal attached to reprise his role as the lead character. In May 2016, ABC cancelled Agent Carter and passed on the pilot for Most Wanted . In July 2016, Fox and Marvel announced
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#17328945413781914-506: A third and second season, respectively. Additionally, ABC also passed on the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. spinoff, though ABC Entertainment president Paul Lee did not rule out returning to the spin-off in the future, and Lee also confirmed that Ridley was working on a Marvel property for ABC. Also in May, Iger indicated that Disney saw potential in creating a streaming service dedicated to Marvel content as
2001-489: A way to further "take product... directly to consumer". In August 2015, the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. spin-off series received new life as a reworked series, titled Marvel's Most Wanted , with a pilot order. Bell and Zbyszewski once again developed the series, while also serving as co-writers of the pilot, executive producers, and showrunners, with Loeb also attached as executive producer. The series would still focus on Morse and Hunter, with Palicki and Blood both attached, but
2088-436: Is Starz , a premium cable and satellite television network and streaming service that also includes sister channels Starz Encore and MoviePlex . In addition to the "Sphere" family of channels ("MovieSphere by Lionsgate", "OuterSphere by Lionsgate", "HerSphere by Lionsgate"), Lionsgate also operates other streaming services and FAST channels through various partnerships. In a joint venture with Ebony Media Group ,
2175-495: Is an indoor interactive experience centre based on Lionsgate's blockbuster film franchises, such as The Hunger Games , The Divergent Series and Now You See Me , opened on Hengqin, Zhuhai , China in the first half of 2019. The Lionsgate project is an investment by Hong Kong conglomerate Lai Sun Group and designed and produced by Thinkwell Group . In 2008, Lionsgate formed Celestial Tiger Entertainment (CTE) with Saban Capital Group and Celestial Pictures . CTE oversees
2262-742: Is co-financed by IMAX and saw the first two episodes and select subsequent action sequences filmed with IMAX digital cameras, had versions of the first two episodes be screened in IMAX beginning September 1, 2017, for two weeks, before premiering on ABC on September 29. In May 2017, Fox ordered the Matt Nix TV series, now titled The Gifted , to series, and FXX placed a series order for an adult animated series based on Deadpool , to be co-produced by Marvel Television, FX Productions and ABC Signature Studios. Donald Glover and his brother Stephen Glover would serve as showrunners, executive producers and writers for
2349-498: Is no longer intended to be a true spin-off of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as previously believed, instead "being described as a new take focusing on the same duo and their continuing adventures." At the end of August 2015, Marvel Entertainment's film subsidiary Marvel Studios was integrated into Walt Disney Studios , leaving Marvel Television and Marvel Animation (formerly part of Marvel Studios) under Marvel Entertainment and CEO Isaac Perlmutter 's control. In October 2015, ABC ordered
2436-434: Is the video game development division of Lionsgate. It was founded in April 2014 and is headed by Nerdist Industries co-founder Peter Levin. This division is dedicated to producing and distributing multiplatform games based on Lionsgate franchises, and investing in digital businesses. One of these franchises was Blair Witch , with Lionsgate Games publishing a Blair Witch game in 2019. Lionsgate Entertainment World
2523-626: The Marvel Anime project that took famous Marvel characters and reintroduced them for a Japanese audience in four 12-part television series which aired on Animax in Japan and G4 in the United States. In 2012, Marvel established its Marvel Animation Studios based in Glendale, California under Senior Vice President Eric Radomski. On April 1, Disney XD launched a block called " Marvel Universe ", with
2610-500: The Red film series) and then specialize in "innovative multiplatform and other release strategies" to reach "affinity audiences with branded content and targeted marketing." Marketing and Research SVP Jean McDowell will handle marketing, with distribution to be run by Adam Sorensen, who currently manages Western Sales. On November 10, 2015, Malone's two other companies, Liberty Global and Discovery, Inc. (now Warner Bros. Discovery ), made
2697-616: The Twilight Saga films, for $ 412.5 million. The two companies have planned on merging since 2008. On October 6, 2012, Lions Gate Entertainment announced that Brian Goldsmith became the co-COO of the company and joining co-COO Steve Beeks. On November 18, 2012, Lionsgate announced it has passed over the $ 1 billion mark for the first time with the success of The Hunger Games and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 . On December 23, 2013, Lionsgate announced they have crossed over $ 1 billion domestically and internationally for
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2784-574: The Hulk , developed by Guillermo del Toro . In December 2010, it was revealed that Melissa Rosenberg was developing AKA Jessica Jones , based on the comic book series Alias and centered on Jessica Jones , for ABC, intended to air in 2011 of the 2011–2012 television season . At San Diego Comic-Con in 2011, Loeb revealed, in addition to the Hulk project and AKA Jessica Jones , Marvel Television also had Cloak and Dagger and Mockingbird in development at ABC Family . In October 2011, ABC Studios sold
2871-864: The Marvel Entertainment group for $ 4 billion. Both Marvel and Disney have stated that the merger would not affect any preexisting deals with Lionsgate or other production companies for the time being, although Disney said they would consider distributing future Marvel Animation projects with their own studios once the current deals expire. With the creation of the Marvel Television division in June 2010 within Marvel Studios, Marvel Animation would operate under Marvel TV's direction. In July 2010, Marvel entered into Superhero Anime Partners with Madhouse and Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan to develop and produce
2958-563: The second season of Daredevil . More information was revealed regarding the Legion series, including that in addition to the pilot, FX had ordered several scripts and that it would not take place in the established X-Men film universe but in a parallel universe instead. Should the series be picked up, it would consist of 10 episodes and is expected to air in 2016. In April 2016, the ABC-owned network Freeform greenlit Cloak & Dagger with
3045-509: The Galaxy animated series was officially announced in October 2014, with production set to begin for a 2015 release on Disney XD. In August 2015, Marvel Studios was integrated into the Walt Disney Studios , while Marvel Television and Animation were left under Marvel Entertainment and Perlmutter's control. Marvel announced a new anime television series titled, Marvel Future Avengers , which
3132-560: The Prince, and the Twist [1] . From January 2023, Lionsgate entered a movie distribution deal with Cineplex Pictures, a subsidiary of Toronto-based Cineplex Entertainment which will see the release of selected Lionsgate titles in Canada. In July 2023, Deadline reported that Lionsgate was a frontrunner to acquire Entertainment One from Hasbro. In August 2023, Lionsgate announced it would acquire
3219-915: The Toronto Stock Exchange to the American Stock Exchange , along with a two-for-one stock consolidation to qualify, for greater exposure that might boost share value. In January 1999, Roman Doroniuk was named president and chief operating officers of Lionsgate, which led to the corporation's financial operations being moved in April to Doroniuk's offices in Toronto , Ontario while corporate headquarters remained in Vancouver , British Columbia. Lionsgate created US based Avalanche Films and acquired half of Sterling Home Entertainment , both in video sales. Again, Lionsgate registered losses in its second year of $ 9.3 million on revenues of $ 78.3 million with most of
3306-536: The acquisition, Lionsgate relocated from Marina del Rey to Artisan's headquarters in Santa Monica. In 2004, Erik Nelson reacquired Termite Art and renamed it to Creative Differences. Lionsgate partnered with Panamax Films in 2005 to make movies for the Latino market which only produced two films. On April 13, 2005, Lionsgate spun off its Canadian distribution unit into a new distribution unit called Maple Pictures under
3393-424: The cable channel Spike and was canceled after its first season in 2006. On June 28, 2010, Marvel Entertainment announced the start of Marvel Television, together with the appointment of Jeph Loeb to head up the division as executive vice president and the head of television. In October 2010, it was announced that the first live-action television series from Marvel Television for ABC would be centered on
3480-591: The character Spider-Man to appear in the " Spidey Super Stories " segments of The Electric Company (1974–1977), the CBS series The Amazing Spider-Man (1977–1979), and Toei 's tokusatsu –style series Spider-Man (1978–1979). The Amazing Spider-Man pulled in reasonable ratings but was canceled in 1979 by CBS as they did not want to be known as the "comic book" network due to them already broadcasting three other comic book-based series, and chose to instead focus on their series The Incredible Hulk (1978–1982), which
3567-545: The company as co-chief operating officer of its film unit. By July 2008, Lionsgate has not made any progress on building its new film studio in Rio Rancho or on setting up the corporation to run the studio per its agreement with New Mexico. In November, Lionsgate Music established a joint venture with music publishing company Wind-up Records . In January 2009, Lionsgate purchased TV Guide Network and TVGuide.com from Rovi for $ 255 million cash. In May 2009, Lionsgate sold
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3654-591: The company in April 2008, and reporting to Simon Philips, president of Marvel Entertainment International. In early 2009, a home distribution deal for The Super Hero Squad Show was inked with Shout! Factory . In April 2009, the Marvel Knights Animation series was announced to be under development with Shout! Factory developing hybrid comic animation DVD series by converting existing material. On December 31, 2009, The Walt Disney Company purchased Marvel Animation with parent company Marvel Studios as part of
3741-456: The company programs the "Ebony TV by Lionsgate" channel. In 2015, Lionsgate formed a joint venture with Tribeca Enterprises to launch the "Tribeca Shortlist" streaming service and "Tribeca Channel" FAST channel. Marvel Television Marvel Television was an American television production company responsible for live-action and animated television shows and direct-to-DVD series based on characters from Marvel Comics . Marvel Television
3828-548: The company while Pilgrim will continue to operate independently under Piligian. The deal made Lionsgate a major unscripted player. On July 13, 2016, Lionsgate acquired a minority stake in British unscripted television production startup company Primal Media. It was launched by Matt Steiner and Adam Wood, who originally launched Gogglebox Entertainment that was acquired by Sony Pictures Television . AT&T also owns an approximately 2% stake in Lionsgate. On December 15, 2017,
3915-668: The direction of two former Lionsgate executives, Brad Pelman and Laurie May. On August 1, 2005, Lions Gate Entertainment acquired the entire library of Modern Entertainment, the U.S. film division of the Swedish television company Modern Times Group . On October 17, 2005, Lionsgate acquired UK company Redbus Film Distribution for $ 35 million and became Lionsgate UK on February 23, 2006. On March 15, 2006, Lionsgate sold Lions Gate Studios to Bosa Development Corporation. On July 12, Lionsgate purchased Debmar-Mercury , an independent television distributor, which has continued operations as
4002-758: The distribution rights of Lionsgate properties in Greater China and Southeast Asia . The distribution of selected recent non-in-house films for pay-per-view and on-demand are under the supervision of NBCUniversal Syndication Studios via Universal Pictures (Universal formerly held home video and television rights to many of the early Lionsgate films), while all others (particularly the in-house films) are distributed for both cable and broadcast television through Lionsgate's syndicated division. Amazon MGM Studios , under MGM Television , are also distributed in international cable, digital and broadcast television through Lionsgate's syndicated division. Liongate's main outlet
4089-721: The division and ABC Studios were developing a half-hour comedy series based on the New Warriors featuring Squirrel Girl , with the series being offered to cable networks and streaming outlets. In April 2017, Freeform announced a straight-to-series order for the half-hour live-action series, Marvel's New Warriors , with the first season, consisting of 10 episodes, set to air in 2018. In May 2017, Hulu ordered Runaways to series with 10 episodes, to premiere on November 21, 2017. In November 2016, Marvel Television and IMAX Corporation announced Inhumans , to be produced in conjunction with ABC Studios, and to air on ABC. The series, which
4176-440: The following year; re-establishing Lionsgate's Canadian roots. In December 2023, Lionsgate revealed its plan to split its film and television assets with Starz following the completion of the company's acquisition of eOne. The company's Studios division will merge with Screaming Eagle Corp., a special-purpose acquisition company led by Eli Baker, to form a separate publicly traded company, Lionsgate Studios . The transaction sets
4263-535: The involved titles. Following up on early anime productions in the Superhero Anime Partners, Marvel has re-partnered with Madhouse and Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan as SH DTV Partners for a direct to video anime feature film, Iron Man: Rise of Technovore . Also in October, Marvel Animation Studios announced its first DTV production, a direct to video film, Iron Man & Hulk: Heroes United , to be released in 2013. Marvel announced in May 2013, that
4350-492: The late 1990s and early 2000s with Night Man and Mutant X , which respectively lasted for two and three seasons. The latter show spawned a lawsuit from 20th Century Fox , which held the film rights for the X-Men . The last series licensed by Marvel was Blade: The Series , a spin-off from and follow-up to the Blade film series . That series was produced by New Line Television for
4437-567: The live-action television film The Incredible Hulk Returns (1988) was designed as a backdoor pilot for Thor , while The Trial of the Incredible Hulk (1989) acted as a backdoor pilot for Daredevil , and was followed by The Death of the Incredible Hulk in 1990. Three direct pilots were produced in the 1990s, Power Pack , Generation X , and Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. , although none of these were picked up for series. Marvel had better luck in syndicating their properties in
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#17328945413784524-477: The losses from its stake in Mandalay Pictures. Thus in the summer, Lionsgate placed its studios up for sale with no buyers. TV operations were changed to non-network hourlong series over riskier network shows and ended its relationship with Mandalay Television. The corporation sought out more capital and cash with a filing of a preliminary prospectus for the sale of preferred stock and common stock warrants and
4611-439: The major owners of the company and is extremely involved in the making of all their major movies. In June, Lionsgate acquired Trimark Holdings, Inc. for approximately $ 50 million in stock and cash including taking on $ 36 million in debt. Lionsgate continued making acquisitions during the decade to boost distribution and its film library. On December 15, 2003, Lionsgate acquired Artisan Entertainment for $ 220 million. Following
4698-444: The motion picture and television assets of Entertainment One from Hasbro for $ 500 million. Included among the assets are the trademarks of Maple Pictures , which Lionsgate divested to Alliance Films in 2011. The studio is expected to also pay $ 375 million in cash and $ 125 million in production financing loans related to the purchase. The acquisition was completed on December 27, 2023, and eOne would later rebrand as "Lionsgate Canada"
4785-511: The name of Marvel Animated Features in conjunction with Marvel Studios , Marvel's direct film subsidiary. Eric Rollman was hired by Marvel as Executive Vice President, Home Entertainment & TV Production for Marvel Studios to oversee the deal with Lionsgate. Marvel Animation was incorporated in January 2008 to direct Marvel's efforts in animation and home entertainment markets including then animation efforts with Lionsgate and Nickelodeon . Marvel Entertainment named Eric Rollman as president of
4872-489: The new shows, Avengers Assemble and Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. , would be shown on Disney XD as part of the "Marvel Universe" block and would be a part of the same fictional universe. In October, Marvel announced that Disney Japan was producing a new anime television show with Toei Animation called Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers to be aired on April 2, 2014, on TV Tokyo and other TXN stations. A Guardians of
4959-467: The premiere of Ultimate Spider-Man , followed by the returning The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes . The block is a result of Disney's 2009 Marvel acquisition. In June, Walt Disney Animation Studios announced they were in development with Marvel to make a film of Big Hero 6 . At San Diego Comic-Con in July, Marvel Television announced a second "season" of Marvel Knights Animation with Shout Factory and
5046-544: The present-day Lionsgate Films ) and North Shore Studios (which became known as Lions Gate Studios, until its acquisition in 2006) in Vancouver, British Columbia. Mandalay Television was acquired by Lionsgate from Peter Guber for a 4% Lionsgate stake. In 1998, Lionsgate helped Guber form Mandalay Pictures with a 45% investment in Mandalay. Lionsgate followed that up with a June purchase of International Movie Group, Inc. (IMG),
5133-574: The remainder of DePatie–Freleng Enterprises to form Marvel Productions . Marvel Productions was merged into New World Entertainment 's operations with the Marvel Entertainment Group 's sale to Andrews Group , a Perlman corporation, in 1989. Marvel Productions became New World Animation by 1993. Marvel Entertainment Group then set up a division, Marvel Films , to work with New World Entertainment's New World Family Filmworks , Inc., both under Avi Arad as president. Marvel Films Animation
5220-810: The sale of his stake in the studio. In April 2021, Lionsgate's Starz division filed an injunction in Brazil, Argentina and Mexico against The Walt Disney Company over the use of the Star+ brand in Latin America. The two companies would reach a settlement in August that same year. In July 2021, Lionsgate purchased an 18.9 percent equity stake in Spyglass Media Group and acquired the catalogue of The Weinstein Company from Spyglass. In 2024, Lionsgate optioned an Air Mail story written by Hannah Ghorashi, titled The Grift,
5307-556: The second year in a row with the success of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire , Now You See Me , Instructions Not Included , and Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain . On April 14, 2014, Comcast acquired the remaining stakes in Fearnet from Lionsgate and Sony Pictures Entertainment . On April 21, 2014, Lionsgate announced that they will merge its movie marketing operations. A few days later, on April 30, Lionsgate announced that
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#17328945413785394-452: The series. In August 2017, senior vice president of original programming Karim Zreik indicated that Marvel Television was working with ABC on a " Jessica Jones -esque" female-focused show. By November 2017, Disney was developing a Marvel series specifically for release on its new Disney+ streaming service, which it planned to launch before the end of 2019. By March 2018, the Deadpool series
5481-541: The shows could be revived on Disney+. In February 2019, it was announced that Legion would end after its third season. It was also revealed that Heinberg's series would not move forward at ABC. In addition, Hulu ordered four adult animated Marvel series leading up to a crossover special titled The Offenders , all to be executive produced by Loeb. Hulu also expressed interest in reviving the cancelled Netflix series. Netflix then cancelled both Jessica Jones and The Punisher . In August 2019, Loeb revealed Marvel Television
5568-463: The studios will expand into the gaming development. In 2015, Lionsgate took over the distribution functions for CBS Films , the film division of CBS Corporation . On February 11, 2015, John C. Malone swapped a 4.5% stake with 14.5% of the voting power in Starz Inc. for 3.4% of Lionsgate's shares while joining the company's board of directors. Fourteen days later, Starz CEO Chris Albrecht hinted
5655-770: The weekly US financial newspaper Barron's revealed that Malone was selling nearly 108,000 class B shares in Lionsgate for $ 3.2 million, or $ 29.63 each, from December 4 to 13. Malone now owns directly and indirectly 6 million nonvoting class B shares, as well as beneficially about 6 million class A shares, which carry one vote each. Following the Weinstein effect , Lionsgate was listed as one of 22 potential buyers interested in acquiring The Weinstein Company . In 2018, Lionsgate's newly launched digital content unit, Studio L, announced its first slate. In October 2018, Agapy Kapouranis replaced Peter Iacono as president of international television and digital distribution. In January 2018, it
5742-428: Was a better solution". Additionally, Del Toro wanted to create a more violent take on the character than what ABC was hoping to achieve with the series. On May 8, 2014, ABC officially renewed Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. for a second season and ordered Marvel's Agent Carter straight to series, which later aired in January 2015. In early April 2015, two unspecified shows were said to be in development to air on ABC: one
5829-446: Was a spin-off series of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. centered on Bobbi Morse ( Adrianne Palicki ) and Lance Hunter ( Nick Blood ), which was being developed by Bell and writer Paul Zbyszewski based on storylines occurring at the end of the second season, and would receive its own pilot rather than a backdoor pilot; and another with writer-producer John Ridley . On May 7, 2015, ABC renewed Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Agent Carter for
5916-566: Was also a co-owner of Epix , a pay TV movie channel which debuted on October 30. On September 13, 2010, Lionsgate and Televisa formed a joint venture , Pantelion Films , to produce for the next five years eight to 10 films a year targeted for the U.S. Latin American market. Lionsgate sold off its Canadian distribution unit, Maple Pictures , in September 2011 to Alliance Films . Lionsgate announced on January 13, 2012, that it had acquired Summit Entertainment , producers and distributors of
6003-402: Was also revealed that Hellfire Club was no longer in development. The following month, it was announced that Runaways had received a pilot order, along with additional scripts, from the streaming service Hulu , based on the team of the same name . The pilot is written by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage , who also serve as executive producers and showrunners. By the end of the month,
6090-509: Was announced that Disney would provide Netflix with live-action series starting in 2015, based on Daredevil , Jessica Jones , Iron Fist , and Luke Cage , leading up to a miniseries based on the Defenders . Responding to the Netflix announcement, Disney CEO Bob Iger said that Daredevil, Luke Cage, Iron Fist and Jessica Jones may appear on film if their shows are successful and that another outlet
6177-475: Was broadcast in mid-2017 on the Disney satellite channel, Dlife . Marvel Entertainment announced a new pre-school franchise, Marvel Super Hero Adventures , in September 2017 consisting of a 10 short-form episodes animated series along with publishing and merchandise during "Marvel Mania" October. In the publishing field, Marvel Press issuing early reader chapter books in September, and of course, from Marvel Comics,
6264-549: Was chosen as ABC and Disney XD could not handle all Marvel shows. Disney was set to spend approximately $ 200 million in financing for the series. The four Netflix shows are set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It was also revealed in November 2013 that the Hulk project first announced in 2012 had been shelved, with Loeb saying, when "we saw what Joss Whedon and Mark Ruffalo were creating in The Avengers , that
6351-471: Was due to Netflix looking to fund their own properties. Kevin A. Mayer , chairman of Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer and International , indicated that he would consider the show for Disney+, but the Netflix-Marvel Television pact restricts the appearance of the four original characters from any non-Netflix series for two years after being canceled. This meant that 2020 would be the earliest that
6438-507: Was folded into Marvel Studios, which inherited all of Marvel Television's shows that were in development at the time, and no new series were being considered from Marvel Television. In January 2022, Hulu's head of content, Craig Erwich, stated that additional seasons of M.O.D.O.K. and Hit Monkey , the two remaining series from Marvel Television, would be determined solely by the Marvel Studios team. In May 2024, Marvel Studios revealed that its live-action Disney+ series would be released under
6525-541: Was for eight films, all of which have been released as of 2011. Marvel Knights Animation is a hybrid comic-animation series. Episodes have been released on iTunes digitally and physically through Shout! Factory on DVD. Lionsgate Starz Entertainment Corp. (formerly known as Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation , and doing business as Starz Entertainment ) is a Canadian-American entertainment company currently headquartered in Santa Monica, California . It
6612-404: Was formed as a division of Marvel Entertainment in June 2010, with producer Jeph Loeb serving as its executive vice president and head of television to produce shows for Marvel. The division was based at affiliate ABC Studios ' location, and collaborated with the broadcast network ABC , streaming services Netflix and Hulu , and cable channel Freeform to release many of their series as
6699-594: Was founded by Frank Giustra on July 10, 1997, and domiciled in Vancouver , British Columbia , being incorporated there. Up until 2024, the then-named Lionsgate owned film and TV studios under its own umbrella. They have since been spun off into Lionsgate Studios , of which Lionsgate owns 87%. Lionsgate was formed in 1997 by Frank Giustra, whose $ 16 million investment was augmented by $ 40 million from investors including Keyur Patel and Yorkton Securities' executives such as G. Scott Paterson . Giustra had recently retired as CEO from Yorkton, an investment bank, and Paterson
6786-656: Was given the title of chief creative officer (CCO) of Marvel, and was set to oversee the creative direction of Marvel Television and Marvel Family Entertainment (animation), with both moving back under the Marvel Studios banner. With the December 2019 announcement of the closure of its parent unit, Marvel Television, also came news that TV and animation executives at vice president level and above would be let go. This announcement included Cort Lane , senior vice president of Marvel Animation & Family Entertainment. He would leave in January 2020, and be replaced. Marvel Studios Animation
6873-440: Was no longer in development. In May 2018, ABC cancelled Inhumans after one season. By September, Allan Heinberg began developing a Marvel series for ABC about female superheroes. In October 2018, Netflix cancelled both Iron Fist and Luke Cage , each after two seasons, followed by the cancellation of Daredevil in November after three seasons. Luke Cage was cancelled due to third season financial terms, while Daredevil
6960-726: Was produced with Universal Television , as it had better ratings and was Marvel's only successful live-action series, running for five seasons. The 1978 television film Dr. Strange was intended to serve as a television pilot for the Doctor Strange character, similar to what had been done for Spider-Man and the Hulk . Two pilots were also released for Captain America in 1979, Captain America and Captain America II: Death Too Soon . None of these pilots were picked up. After The Incredible Hulk ended in 1982, live-action shows did not come into fruition often. Instead,
7047-415: Was reported that Lionsgate was being subject to a bidding war for a possible acquisition, with Comcast and Sony Pictures having made offers. At the time, Lionsgate Vice Chairman Michael Burns stated in an interview with CNBC that Lionsgate was mostly interested in merging with CBS and Viacom. Viacom and Lionsgate were both interested in acquiring The Weinstein Company . On February 27, 2018,
7134-404: Was reported that Marvel had again entered into discussions with ABC to create a show set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe , and in August 2012, ABC ordered a pilot to be written by Joss Whedon , Jed Whedon , and Maurissa Tancharoen and directed by Joss Whedon, which became Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. It was officially ordered to series on May 10, 2013. By September 2013, Marvel was developing
7221-446: Was set up and produced only a single show, Spider-Man in 1994. During this time, New World Animation and Saban Entertainment produced additional shows, with Saban eventually taking over production. In August 1996, Marvel Entertainment Group decided to incorporate Marvel Films as Marvel Studios with the sale of New World Communications Group, Inc. , Marvel's fellow Andrews Group subsidiary in film and television stations, funded with
7308-505: Was subsequently formed in 2021. In 2023, Marvel Animation released Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur , its first collaboration with Disney Television Animation . The studio is also expected to work with Disney TVA on future Marvel adaptations. Note : All Marvel Animated Features films that have been released or announced have been produced by MLG Productions, Marvel and Lionsgate 's subsidiary group, and have been released direct-to-video by Lionsgate. The contract Marvel had with Lionsgate
7395-427: Was then president. Giustra then merged Lionsgate with Toronto Stock Exchange -listed Beringer Gold Corp. (founded in 1986) to take the company public. Beringer's mining assets were soon sold off. Lionsgate then began a series of acquisitions to get into the film industry. The company bought a number of small production facilities and distributors, starting with Montreal -based Cinépix Film Properties (which became
7482-477: Was transferred to Marvel Studios from Marvel Entertainment in October 2019 and was folded into the former two months later. The "Marvel Television" name is currently used as a separate brand and production label by Marvel Studios. Marvel Entertainment Group previously licensed some of their characters for television series, with animated shows often becoming more successful than their live-action counterparts. Marvel's first live-action television licenses were for
7569-463: Was working on series for the streaming service Disney+ . In October 2019, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige was given the title of chief creative officer , Marvel, and would oversee Marvel Television and Marvel Family Entertainment (animation), with both being placed under the Marvel Studios banner. With the promotion of Feige, Loeb was expected to leave his post as the head of Marvel Television by Thanksgiving. On December 10, Marvel Television
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