Lionsgate and Tyler Perry Team Up for Big Screen Version of Landmark Play FOR COLORED...

Lionsgate and Tyler Perry Team Up for Big Screen Version of Landmark Play FOR
COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF
Perry To Direct, Produce And Write First Project For His 34th Street Films
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Sept. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LIONSGATE((R)) (NYSE:
LGF), the leading next generation studio, announced today that it has acquired
worldwide distribution rights to filmmaker Tyler Perry's adaptation of Ntozake
Shange's award-winning 1975 play FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE
WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF. Perry will write, direct and produce. The film
will be the first project for 34th Street Films, Perry's new production
company, which is housed at Lionsgate. Paul Hall (PRIDE) also produces. The
announcement was jointly made today by Joe Drake, Lionsgate Co-Chief Operating
Officer and Motion Picture Group President, and Mike Paseornek, Lionsgate
President of Motion Picture Production.

FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF will
feature an all-star cast of female actors. Principal photography is scheduled
to begin in Atlanta in November 2009 and continue through December 2009.
Lionsgate plans to release the film in 2010.

FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF will be
the tenth title in Lionsgate's ongoing franchise with filmmaker Perry, and it
is Perry's first film to be based on non-original material. The franchise's
eighth title, TYLER PERRY'S I CAN DO BAD ALL BY MYSELF, opens nationwide on
September 11, followed by the opening of TYLER PERRY'S WHY DID I GET MARRIED
TOO? on April 2, 2010. Perry is also a co-presenter and executive producer,
with Oprah Winfrey, of Lee Daniels's Sundance Film Festival award-winner
PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL "PUSH" BY SAPPHIRE, which Lionsgate is releasing
in November.

Said Paseornek, "We are thrilled to see Tyler take the helm on FOR COLORED
GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF. From the very
beginning of his career, Tyler has told compelling stories about women's
lives, and he has created a memorable gallery of multidimensional female
characters. He is an ideal person to bring Ntozake Shange's play to the
screen, and this movie will be a major treat for audiences across the board."

Commented Perry, "Making a film of FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED
SUICIDE WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF is a dream come true for me. Ntozake Shange's
play is a magnificent tribute to the strength and dignity of women of color,
and I think audiences of all generations will be able to recognize and embrace
the experiences these women represent. Creatively, this movie is one of the
most exciting undertakings of my career, and I'm excited to start production
this November."

The deal was negotiated for Lionsgate by Paseornek and Robert Melnik,
Lionsgate Executive Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs; and by Charles
King of WME and Matthew Johnson of Ziffren Brittenham, on behalf of the
filmmakers.

SYNOPSIS

FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF brings
to the screen Ntozake Shange's Obie Award-winning play, a poetic exploration
of what is to be of color and a female in this world.

ABOUT 34th( ) STREET FILMS
34th Street Films was formed in September 2008 as a subsidiary of Tyler Perry
Studios to produce projects under the Tyler Perry umbrella, with a focus on
expanding the brand via projects written and directed by outside talent.

ABOUT LIONSGATE
Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF) is the leading next generation studio with a strong and
diversified presence in the production and distribution of motion pictures,
television programming, home entertainment, family entertainment,
video-on-demand and digitally delivered content. The Company has built a
strong television presence in production of prime time cable and broadcast
network series, production, distribution and syndication of programming
through Debmar-Mercury, reality programming through its joint venture with ISH
Entertainment and an array of channel platforms, including its partnership
with One Equity Partners and Allen Shapiro in TV Guide Network and TV
Guide.com, its partnership with Viacom and MGM in the multiplatform premium
channel Epix, its partnership with Sony and Comcast in the branded horror
channel FEARnet and its recent launch of the KIX action channel and the Thrill
horror/suspense channel in Asia. Its feature film business achieved a record
box office performance in the January-March 2009 quarter, driven by the
success of TYLER PERRY'S MADEA GOES TO JAIL, MY BLOODY VALENTINE 3-D and THE
HAUNTING IN CONNECTICUT. The Company's home entertainment business has grown
to more than 7% market share and leads the industry in its box office-to-DVD
revenue conversion rate. Lionsgate handles a prestigious and prolific library
of approximately 12,000 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 brand remains
synonymous with original, daring, quality entertainment in markets around the
world.

www.lionsgate.com

For further information, contact:

Sarah Greenberg
310-255-3856
sgreenberg@lionsgate.com

For corporate inquiries, please contact:

Peter D. Wilkes
310-255-3726
pwilkes@lionsgate.com

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