Legendary Leisure is eyeing a attainable acquisition of Lionsgate Studios, The Wrap has discovered.
Lionsgate, whose franchises embrace “The Starvation Video games” and “John Wick,” break up with Starz earlier this yr. Because it stands, the businesses are probably trying to work collectively on upcoming motion pictures.
A spokesperson for each Lionsgate and Legendary declined to remark.
Lionsgate Studios, which encompasses its Movement Image Group and the Tv Studio section in addition to the corporate’s 20,000-plus title movie and tv library, started buying and selling final yr on the NASDAQ below the ticker image LION.
Final yr, Legendary grossed over $20 billion on the international field workplace and skilled its most worthwhile yr up to now. Collectively, “Dune: Half Two” and “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” earned over $1.28 billion on the international field workplace, with the latter changing into the highest-grossing movie within the multi-billion-dollar franchise.
Since Josh Grode’s appointment as CEO in 2018, main titles from Legendary have included the Millie Bobby Brown- and Henry Cavill-led “Enola Holmes” and its sequel, and Apple TV+’s “Drops of God” and “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters,” which has been renewed for a second season and has a number of spinoffs ordered.
“A Minecraft Film” starring Jason Momoa and Jack Black broke out as a smash field workplace hit earlier this yr and grossed $955 million worldwide on the field workplace.
Subsequent up, Legendary will launch live-action/animation hybrid comedy “Animal Pals” starring Jason Momoa, Ryan Reynolds, Aubrey Plaza and Dan Levy on Could 1, 2026. Moreover, a movie adaptation of “Avenue Fighter” is within the works and presently casting. New James Bond director Denis Villeneuve is presently prepping to shoot “Dune 3.”
Bloomberg first reported the information.
