Independent film distributor Artisan Entertainment Inc., best known for the 1999 phenomenon “The Blair Witch Project,” is being sold for $160 million in cash to fellow independent Lions Gate ...

HOLLYWOOD — The long-discussed marriage of Lions Gate and Artisan Entertainment has been consummated. Companies announced the closing of their $160 million-plus merger Monday. Transaction, which ...

Spitz will assist Teddy Schwarzman's production and financing company — home of numerous Oscar nominees — as it becomes a ...

NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Lions Gate Entertainment, responsible for films including "Monsters Ball" and "American Psycho," unveiled a long-awaited deal where Lions Gate would buy privately held Artisan ...

A spokesperson for Lionsgate had no comment. The Blair Witch Project was initially released by Artisan Entertainment in 1999, which Lionsgate acquired in December 2003.

As expected, Toronto-based filmmaker Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. said yesterday it will buy Artisan Entertainment, the independent film company behind the “Blair Witch” blockbuster, for ...

This article was updated at 7:20 p.m. In a unique deal creating one of the largest film libraries in the biz, Lions Gate and Artisan Entertainment Monday buttoned up their long-discussed combo ...

Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. has struck a deal to buy fellow independent film producer and distributor Artisan Entertainment in a deal valued at as much as $245 million, sources familiar with the… ...

Consolidating two mini-major independent film companies, Lions Gate Entertainment and Artisan Entertainment announced their anticipated merger plans on Monday. Under the deal, Artisan will be ...

Black Bear, a leading independent studio that produces, finances, and distributes film and television content around the ...