How to pitch a movie idea to Lionsgate

What it has bought from outside

1. 2004

   Saw (worldwide distribution rights at Sundance) from Twisted Pictures / the filmmakers

   “Lions Gate picked up Saw ' s worldwide distribution rights at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival days before the film premiered on January 19, 2004.” en.wikipedia.org

2. 2009

   The Hunger Games (co-production with the rights holder) from Color Force, which had optioned Suzanne Collins's novel

   “Development of a film adaptation of Collins's original novel began in March 2009 when Lionsgate entered into a co-production agreement with Color Force, which had acquired the rights a few weeks earlier.” en.wikipedia.org

3. 2012

   Summit Entertainment (Twilight) from Summit's owners $412.5 million

   “On January 13, 2012, Lionsgate officially acquired Summit Entertainment for $412.5 million.” en.wikipedia.org

4. 2023

   Entertainment One (eOne) from Hasbro

   “Following the completion of acquisition of Entertainment One from toy company Hasbro on December 27, 2023,” en.wikipedia.org

Other companies that take a movie idea

• Angel StudiosHas a submission portalAngel Studios takes projects only as a Torch, filmed work its Angel Guild streams to gauge interest.

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  NetflixOnly through an agentNetflix reads nothing it did not ask for.

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  Apple TV+Does not take outside ideasApple does not accept, review or consider ideas or creative material it did not request, and anything sent anyway becomes Apple’s property…

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  DreamWorks AnimationDoes not take outside ideasDreamWorks Animation falls under NBCUniversal’s terms, which will not review story or character ideas it did not ask for.

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  LucasfilmDoes not take outside ideasLucasfilm accepts no unsolicited product, artwork, story idea or other creative material, and returns what is sent.

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  ParamountDoes not take outside ideasParamount accepts no unsolicited scripts, story lines, characters or ideas, and deletes them unread.

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  PixarDoes not take outside ideasPixar takes no creative submission of any kind.

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  SkydanceDoes not take outside ideasSkydance accepts no unsolicited scripts, story lines, characters or ideas, and deletes them unread.

All of them, open doors first