LIONSGATE(R) and Tyler Perry Break Out Next Two Films on Heels of #1 Hit TYLER PERRY'S MADEA GOES TO JAIL

    Perry To Write, Direct, Star In TYLER PERRY'S I CAN DO BAD ALL BY MYSELF
And TYLER PERRY'S WHY DID I GET MARRIED TOO

    SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --LIONSGATE(R)
(NYSE: LGF), a leading next generation studio, announced today that it has
acquired the rights to the next two films from writer/director/actor/producer
Tyler Perry, TYLER PERRY'S I CAN DO BAD ALL BY MYSELF and TYLER PERRY'S WHY
DID I GET MARRIED TOO.  The announcement comes as the latest title in
Lionsgate's Tyler Perry franchise, TYLER PERRY'S MADEA GOES TO JAIL, continues
its reign as the country's #1 film for the second week in a row.  The
announcement was made today by Joe Drake, Lionsgate President, Motion Picture
Group, and Co-Chief Operating Officer.

    Academy Award(R) nominee Taraji P. Henson (THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN
BUTTON) stars in TYLER PERRY'S I CAN DO BAD ALL BY MYSELF, which is based on
Perry's play of the same name.   Perry's signature character, the indomitable
Madea, will be featured in the film.  Principal photography is scheduled to
begin on March 16 at the new Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta.   TYLER PERRY'S I
CAN DO BAD ALL BY MYSELF is expected to be released nationwide on September
11, 2009.

    TYLER PERRY'S WHY DID I GET MARRIED TOO is a sequel to the 2007 critical
and box office hit TYLER PERRY'S WHY DID I GET MARRIED?  Principal photography
will begin later this year, and the film is expected to be released nationwide
on Easter weekend, April 2, 2010.  Last year, TYLER PERRY'S MEET THE BROWNS
opened on Easter weekend (March 21, 2008), with a three-day box office total
of $20 million.

    Said Mike Paseornek, Lionsgate President of Motion Picture Production,
"We could not be any prouder of our partnership with Tyler Perry, an amazing
talent, dedicated colleague and beloved family member."

    Said Perry, "A filmmaker could not ask for a better home than Lionsgate. 
The studio has provided me with incredible support over the years, allowing me
the creative freedom to make the films my audience expects and comes out to
support."

    Tyler Perry has released seven films through Lionsgate since DIARY OF A
MAD BLACK WOMAN in February 2005, and they have collectively grossed nearly
$350 million at the North American box office.  Lionsgate has also sold nearly
25 million DVD's of Perry's films and video catalog titles.  Lionsgate's
Debmar-Mercury television syndication company has delivered 126 episodes of
his highly successful television series, "House of Payne," which is airing in
a dual window on TBS and in Fox station group-led syndication, and 80 episodes
of his "House of Payne" spin-off, "Meet The Browns," have already been ordered
to air on TBS this summer and in Fox station group-led syndication in Fall
2010.

    ABOUT LIONSGATE

    Lionsgate is the leading next generation studio with a major presence in
the production and distribution of motion pictures, television programming,
home entertainment, family entertainment, video-on-demand and digitally
delivered content. The Company is leveraging its content leadership and
marketing expertise through a series of partnerships that include the
operation of the FEARNet branded VOD and Internet horror channel with Sony and
Comcast, the expected fall 2009 launch of EPIX, the new premium entertainment
channel with partners Viacom and MGM, investment in the leading young men's
digital distribution platform Break.com, ownership of the premier independent
television syndication company Debmar-Mercury and an alliance with independent
filmed entertainment production and distribution company Roadside Attractions.
Lionsgate also has forged partnerships with leading content creators, owners
and distributors in key territories around the world, including Televisa in
the U.S. and Latin America, StudioCanal in the UK, Hoyts and Sony in Australia
and Eros International in India.  Most recently, Lionsgate acquired the TV
Guide Network and TVGuide.com, in a transaction that closed as of February 28,
2009.

    The Company has generated one of the industry's leading North American
theatrical box office market shares for calendar 2009 to date, propelled by
successes such as Tyler Perry's Madea Goes To Jail, which achieved the largest
opening weekend in Lionsgate history, and My Bloody Valentine 3D. Lionsgate
has forged strong positions in television and home entertainment with the
production of such critically-acclaimed television series as "Weeds" and "Mad
Men," the distribution of "Tyler Perry's House of Payne," "Family Feud,"
"South Park," and "The Dead Zone," and nearly 7% market share and the
industry's leading box office-to-DVD conversion rate in home entertainment.
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 is synonymous with entrepreneurial innovation
and original, daring, quality entertainment in markets around the globe.

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    For further information, contact:

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

    For corporate inquiries, please contact:

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

For further information: Sarah Greenberg, +1-310-255-3856,
sgreenberg@lionsgate.com, or Peter D. Wilkes, +1-310-255-3726,
pwilkes@lionsgate.com, both of Lionsgate Web Site: http://www.lionsgate.com