Lionsgate Studios CFO Jimmy Barge says his company has become an attractive studio asset after its spinoff from Starz.
“It’s a big deal,” Barge said at a Morgan Stanley investor conference after Paramount Skydance beat out Netflix in the winning bid for Warner Bros. Discovery: “We see what’s happening in the consolidation world. Everyone wants studios, we have rare assets here that are already completely separate.”
“I think we’re in a very good position, with our business hitting on all cylinders at the same time — we’re a pure games studio with great scarcity value, which is great at this point of industry consolidation,” he reiterated about John Wick The studio after it broke up with Outlander A distinct network to create two independent companies.
The formal separation of Lionsgate and Starz “took some time,” before it was completed about a year ago with the goal of unlocking value for investors by allowing them to evaluate each company individually, Barge said. Mission accomplished, he added on Wednesday, with Lionsgate taking credit for its library of more than 20,000 titles, just as industry consolidation has pushed up prices for original content.
“We are very conscious of those values and the ability to create outsized valuations for our shareholders in the merger world,” Barge said. In terms of content specifically, Lionsgate’s CFO on the cinematic side talked about Mel Gibson Resurrection of Christ To now have two films, as it may happen to Michaelthe autobiography of Michael Jackson.
“You have Resurrection Part TwoLikely Michael 2 And you have The secret of the domestic maid. “So, you have three bars moving in ’28, so fiscal 2028, so you have a big carryover from ’26 to ’27,” Barge said.
On recent analyst calls, Lionsgate executives talked about a second matter Michael The film is now in development, but no official announcement has been made about a sequel as the studio looks to see if the original film will do as well at the box office as expected.
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