RealD
Inc. (NYSE: RLD) and Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF), a premier next
generation global content leader, announced today that The Hunger
Games: Mockingjay – Part 2, the fourth installment of the global
blockbuster Hunger Games franchise, will be released
worldwide in RealD 3D beginning November 20, 2015. This will be the
first film in The Hunger Games franchise to receive a global
RealD 3D release.
“With more than $2.2 billion in global box office, The Hunger Games
franchise has become a global phenomenon with anticipation at a boiling
point for the next film, Mockingjay – Part 2. We believe there
will be no better way to experience the conclusion of The Hunger Games
series than in RealD 3D,” said Michael V. Lewis, CEO of RealD. “Having
partnered with Lionsgate to bring The Divergent Series: Insurgent
to theatres in RealD 3D next month, we are pleased to continue our work
with content creators to leverage RealD’s world’s largest 3D cinema
platform to the benefit of filmmakers, studios, exhibitors and
moviegoers worldwide.”
“We’re pleased to extend our partnership with our friends at RealD and
bring Mockingjay – Part 2 to their thousands of 3D screens around
the world,” said Lionsgate Motion Picture Group Co-Chairman Rob
Friedman. “We believe that the Mockingjay storyline is going to
conclude with a blockbuster finale at the global box office, and RealD’s
3D screens are an ideal platform to celebrate this event with a
memorable and immersive experience for moviegoers.”
The blockbuster Hunger Games franchise has taken audiences by
storm around the world, grossing more than $2.2 billion at the global
box office, and it was the #1 movie of the year two years in a row
domestically. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 now brings
the franchise to its powerful fourth chapter in which Katniss Everdeen
(Jennifer Lawrence) now fully realizes the stakes are no longer just for
survival — they are for the future.
With the nation of Panem in a full scale war, Katniss confronts
President Snow (Donald Sutherland) in the final showdown. Teamed with a
group of her closest friends — including Gale (Liam Hemsworth), Finnick
(Sam Claflin), and Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) — Katniss goes off on a
mission with the unit from District 13 as they risk their lives to stage
an assassination attempt on President Snow who has become increasingly
obsessed with destroying her. The mortal traps, enemies, and moral
choices that await Katniss will challenge her more than any arena she
faced in The Hunger Games.
The world’s most widely used 3D cinema technology, RealD 3D is installed
in more than 26,000 auditoriums by approximately 1,000 exhibitors in 73
countries around the world.
About RealD Inc.
RealD is a leading global licensor of 3D and other visual technologies.
RealD’s extensive intellectual property portfolio is and can be used in
applications that enable a premium viewing experience in the theater,
the home and elsewhere. RealD’s core business is the licensing of RealD
Cinema Systems and the product sale of RealD eyewear to motion picture
exhibitors to enable a premium viewing experience for 3D motion pictures
and alternative 3D content in the theater.
RealD was founded in 2003 and has offices in Beverly Hills, California;
Boulder, Colorado; London, United Kingdom; Moscow, Russia; Shanghai,
China; Hong Kong; Tokyo, Japan; and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. For more
information, please visit our website at www.reald.com.
About Lionsgate
Lionsgate is a premier next generation global content leader with a
strong and diversified presence in motion picture production and
distribution, television programming and syndication, home
entertainment, digital distribution, channel platforms and international
distribution and sales. The Company currently has more than 30
television shows on over 20 different networks spanning its primetime
production, distribution and syndication businesses, including such
critically-acclaimed hits as the multiple Emmy Award-winning Mad
Men and Nurse Jackie, the comedy Anger
Management, the broadcast network series Nashville, the
syndication success The Wendy Williams Show and the
critically-acclaimed hit series Orange is the New Black.
Its feature film business has been fueled by such recent successes as
the blockbuster first three installments of The Hunger Games franchise,
the first installment of the Divergent franchise, John
Wick, Now You See Me, Roadside Attractions’ A Most
Wanted Man, Lionsgate/Codeblack Films’ Addicted and
Pantelion Films’ Instructions Not Included, the highest-grossing
Spanish-language film ever released in the U.S.
Lionsgate’s home entertainment business is an industry leader in box
office-to-DVD and box office-to-VOD revenue conversion rates. Lionsgate
handles a prestigious and prolific library of approximately 16,000
motion picture and television titles that is an important source of
recurring revenue and serves as the foundation for the growth of the
Company’s core businesses. The Lionsgate and Summit brands remain
synonymous with original, daring, quality entertainment in markets
around the world. www.lionsgate.com
Cautionary note on forward-looking statements
This press release includes forward-looking information and statements,
including but not limited to: statements concerning the release of The
Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 in RealD 3D. These statements are
based on RealD’s current expectations and beliefs, as well as a number
of assumptions concerning future events. Such forward-looking statements
are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and
other important factors, many of which are outside RealD’s control that
could cause actual results to differ materially from the results
discussed in the forward-looking statements. RealD’s annual and
quarterly reports include a more detailed discussion of the risks and
uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from
the results discussed in the forward-looking statements.
RealD undertakes no obligation to update publicly the information
contained in this press release, or any forward-looking statements, to
reflect new information, events or circumstances after the date they
were made, or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
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