Lionsgate Inks Deal for Big Screen Version of FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF

    Studio Acquires Worldwide Rights To Writer/Director Nzingha Stewart's
Adaptation of Landmark Play By Ntozake Shange

    SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LIONSGATE(R)
(NYSE: LGF), a leading next generation filmed entertainment studio, announced
today that it has acquired worldwide distribution rights for a planned screen
version of the award-winning play FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED
SUICIDE WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF.  The studio acquired rights to both the 1975
stage play by Ntozake Shange, and the adapted screenplay written by Nzingha
Stewart, who will direct the film.  The announcement was made by Joe Drake,
Lionsgate President, Motion Picture Group, and Co-Chief Operating Officer.

    The acquisition reflects Lionsgate's leadership role in producing and
distributing a diverse roster of motion pictures about black characters.  The
film joins an upcoming release slate that includes the Sundance Film Festival
triple award winner PRECIOUS; the documentary MORE THAN A GAME; and the next
two films in the Tyler Perry franchise, TYLER PERRY'S I CAN DO BAD ALL BY
MYSELF and TYLER PERRY'S WHY DID I GET MARRIED TOO?

    Said Lionsgate President of Motion Picture Production Mike Paseornek,
"FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF was a
milestone in modern American theatre, and it speaks as powerfully today as it
did when it was first performed in New York in 1975.  Nzingha Stewart has
written a masterful adaptation of Ntozake Shange's original play, and
Lionsgate is very excited about introducing this remarkable work to a new
generation via the big screen."

    Commented Stewart, "I am delighted by Lionsgate's enthusiastic support
for my film of FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE WHEN THE RAINBOW
IS ENUF.  It is wonderful to know that I am embarking on this journey with
this dynamic, innovative studio behind me."

    The deal was negotiated by Robert Melnik, Lionsgate Executive Vice
President, Business & Legal Affairs, on behalf of Lionsgate; Lisa Davis of
Frankfurt, Kurnit, Klein & Selz PC, on behalf of Shange; and by Ryan Nord-
Hirsch, Wallerstein, Hayum, Matloff and Fishman LLP and Charles King of The
William Morris Agency, on behalf of Stewart. Stewart is represented by Neda
Niroumand and Vince Cirrincione of Vincent Cirrincione Associates.

    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.

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    Lionsgate is a 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 the recent acquisition of TV Guide Network, one of
the 25 most widely distributed cable networks, and partnerships that include
the FEARnet branded VOD and Internet horror channel with Sony and Comcast, the
expected fall 2009 launch of EPIX, a new premium entertainment channel with
partners Viacom and MGM, investment in the leading young men's digital
distribution platform Break.com, the recent acquisition of the content and
navigation portal TV Guide.com, ownership of the premier independent
television syndication company Debmar-Mercury and an alliance with independent
filmed entertainment production and distribution company Roadside Attractions.

    The Company is an industry market share leader at the North American
theatrical box office for calendar 2009 to date, propelled by such theatrical
box office successes as TYLER PERRY'S MADEA GOES TO JAIL and MY BLOODY
VALENTINE 3D.  Other recent successes include SAW V, RELIGULOUS, FORBIDDEN
KINGDOM, RAMBO and THE BANK JOB.  Lionsgate has also forged strong positions
in television and home entertainment with the production of such
critically-acclaimed television series as "Mad Men," "Weeds" and "Crash," the
distribution of Tyler Perry's "House of Payne," "Family Feud" and "South Park"
and upcoming shows including Tyler Perry's "Meet The Browns" and "The Wendy
Williams Show," as well as market share of nearly 7% 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 original, daring, quality entertainment
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    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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