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Lionsgate Forms Joint Venture with SP Media

Lionsgate and SP Media, led by longtime producer, financier and entrepreneur Steven Paul, announced the formation of a joint venture through which SP Media will make a significant capital investment to co-invest in new ventures that expand and grow the Lionsgate platform as well as extending resources toward the continuing diversification of 3 Arts and other Lionsgate businesses. SP Media will also produce independent feature films that Lionsgate will distribute. The relationship will be managed through a joint venture majority owned and controlled by Lionsgate. The agreement allows Lionsgate to continue scaling its content platform with a new source of independent feature films. The collaboration allows SP Media to partner with one of the world's leading independent standalone studios, and it gives SP a world-class distributor for its films.

Legendary Entertainment Submits Offer to Acquire Lionsgate

Legendary Entertainment submitted offer to buy Lionsgate, Bloomberg says

Apollo Global Proposes Acquisition of Lionsgate Studios

Apollo Global's (APO) Legendary Entertainment revived talks to acquire Lionsgate Studios (LION) and submitted a takeover offer, Dawn Chmielewski and Thomas Buckley of Bloomberg report, citing people familiar with the matter. Legendary and Lionsgate have held on-and-off talks about a potential deal since last year, sources told Bloomberg. Shares of Lionsgate are up 14%, or $1.51, to $12.23 following the report.