Lionsgate drama Pursuit
Tubi, Lionsgate Enter Exclusive Multiyear Pact For Slate of Movies
June 14, 2022
Tubi, Fox Entertainment’s free ad-supported streaming service, June 14 signed an exclusive multiyear slate deal with Lionsgate to become the AVOD home to 30 new feature films. The partnership also includes more than 200 Lionsgate catalog titles, and encompasses titles not covered under Lionsgate’s pay-one theatrical output agreement with Starz.
The movies include Shattered, starring John Malkovich, Frank Grillo, Cameron Monaghan and Lily Krug, with Pursuit, starring John Cusack and Emile Hirsch, coming to the service on June 27. Wolf Hound, starring Trevor Donavan, James Maslow and Michael Wayne Foster, comes to the service this fall.
“Bringing together an exclusive free offering of thirty upcoming releases, as well as movies and series from Lionsgate’s content library, will deliver even more value to our viewers,”Adam Lewinson, chief content officer at Tubi, said in a statement.
“This agreement reflects our ability to have multiple content licensing deals with an expanding array of buyers in every part of the content ecosystem,” added Lionsgate President of Domestic Television Distribution Ryan Lowerre.