Legendary Entertainment Makes Takeover Bid for Lionsgate Studios
Shares of Lionsgate rose more than 15% after Legendary Entertainment revived its bid to acquire the studio behind The Hunger Games and John Wick.
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First reported by Variety, 17 min ahead of the next publisher · who breaks stories first
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4 publishers have covered this in 4 articles since 20 Oct 2026. Variety published first, on 20 October at 18:10 UTC; The Hollywood Reporter followed 18 min later. The most recent article, from Bloomberg Markets, appeared on 21 October at 17:39 UTC.
Outlets reporting it: Variety (major outlet), The Hollywood Reporter (major outlet), Bloomberg Markets (major outlet), Deadline.
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How it unfolded
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Sources
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- Legendary Entertainment Makes Bid for Lionsgate Studios Bloomberg Markets ·
- Legendary Heats Up Bid to Nab Lionsgate The Hollywood Reporter ·
- Lionsgate Stock Jumps on Report Legendary Entertainment Has Submitted a New Takeover Offer Variety ·
- Liongate Stock Jumps On Report Of Takeover Offer By Legendary Deadline
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- Lionsgate
- Legendary Entertainment