Lionsgate Names Audrey Lee EVP & Deputy General Counsel

Lionsgate (NYSE:LGF), a premier next generation global content leader, has named 14-year Sony Pictures veteran Audrey Lee as Executive Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, it was announced today by Wayne Levin, Lionsgate's Chief Strategic Officer and General Counsel, to whom she reports.

Ms. Lee works closely with Mr. Levin, supporting him on M&A activities and overseeing legal issues for Lionsgate's SVOD channels and digital initiatives, location-based entertainment, and marketing and promotions.

"Audrey's corporate legal experience at the major studio level and fluency with intellectual property matters and content distribution worldwide make her a tremendous asset to the Lionsgate team," said Mr. Levin. "As we continue to expand our global footprint, her relationships and expertise will help facilitate our growth and evolution."

Ms. Lee joins Lionsgate from Sony Pictures Entertainment where, as Senior Vice President of Legal Affairs, she managed an extensive department and oversaw all legal work relating to home entertainment and television distribution both domestically and in select international markets. Prior to that, she was Associate General Counsel at idealab! where she served as a strategic advisor to more than 15 operating companies in all aspects of their corporate and legal undertakings. Ms. Lee began her career at the international law firm of Latham & Watkins, LLP handling mergers and acquisitions, securities, and intellectual property transactions.

Ms. Lee received her JD from the University of Chicago. In addition, she holds an MBA from UCLA, the same institution from which she received her undergraduate degree.

ABOUT LIONSGATE Lionsgate is a premier next generation global content leader with a strong and diversified presence in motion picture production and distribution, television programming and syndication, home entertainment, digital distribution, new channel platforms, video games and international distribution and sales. The Company has nearly 80 television shows on 40 different networks spanning its primetime production, distribution and Syndication businesses.These include the critically-acclaimed hit seriesOrange is the New Black, the multiple Emmy Award-winning dramaMad Men, the hit broadcast network seriesNashville, the Syndication successesThe Wendy Williams ShowandCelebrity Name Game (with FremantleMedia), the breakout seriesThe Royalsand the Golden Globe-nominated dramedyCasual.

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IFC Announces Spoof Miniseries Starring Will Ferrell, Kristen Wiig, Jessica Alba and Others

IFC has announced a spoof miniseries with an all-star cast, including Will Ferrell, Jessica Alba, Val Kilmer, Tobey Maguire, Haley Joel Osment, Michael Sheen, Tim Robbins and Kristen Wiig.
The Spoils of Babylon is based on the fictional novel by fictional ...

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  Posted Jun. 3, 2013 at 12:01 AM
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  IFC has announced a spoof miniseries with an all-star cast, including Will Ferrell, Jessica Alba, Val Kilmer, Tobey Maguire, Haley Joel Osment, Michael Sheen, Tim Robbins and Kristen Wiig.

  The Spoils of Babylon is based on the fictional novel by fictional author Eric Jonrosh (Ferrell), who has 57 best-sellers in 85 different languages. The six-part series is a century-spanning saga about a family - Jonas Morehouse (Robbins), his daughter Cynthia (Wiig) and her adopted brother Devon (Maguire) - who made their fortune in the oil business. The story also includes Cynthia's evil son Winston (Osment), her husband Chet Halner (Sheen) and Devon's new love interest Dixie Mellonworth (Alba).

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  And the plot doesn't stop there. There are also illegal arms deals, international espionage and characters like the Shah of Iran (Ferrell) and two Army generals played by Kilmer and Steve Tom.

  "This amazingly talented cast will give this decadent genre its due respect," Jennifer Caserta, president and general manager of IFC, said. "Never before has a parody of a mini-series been more poised for showers of accolades."

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  Adds Jonrosh, from his yacht The Super Bard, anchored off his personal island in the Caspian Sea: "I'm thrilled my masterwork is finally making it to the screen, albeit the small screen. Although I guess these days people have pretty big screens in their homes but still not as big as 'the big screen.' I mean, some people who have home theaters might have screens that big, but most wouldn't, at least that's what I would imagine. Still, I'm thrilled, and I personally DO have a giant screen TV so...."

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