Lionsgate UK


Lionsgate UK is the British subsidiary of the American film company, Lionsgate.
Founded in 1997 by Simon Franks and Zygi Kamasa, the company have distributed and produced many films for the United Kingdom, such as Bend It Like Beckham, What's Cooking?, Cabin Fever, Jeepers Creepers and It's All Gone Pete Tong. The first theatrical film released by Redbus was Open Your Eyes. Redbus's film releases were formerly distributed on home video by Warner Home Video.
The company was acquired by Lionsgate in October 2005.

History

On May 6, 2001, Redbus was acquired by the German media company Helkon Media AG for $23 million, and changed its name to Helkon SK, to reflect their partnership with Helkon Media, and then split from Helkon Media, and renamed it back to Redbus on May 6, 2003. On October 17, 2005, Lionsgate acquired Redbus Film Distribution for $35 million. and became Lionsgate UK on February 23, 2006.