SANTA MONICA, Calif. and DALLAS, July 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Lionsgate(NYSE: LGF), a premier next generation global content leader, and Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC (Samsung), have teamed up on the next installment of the global blockbuster Hunger Games franchise, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1. The collaboration will launch with all fans getting a sneak peek of the film's first official teaser trailer, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1, exclusively on Samsung's new Galaxy Tab® S ahead of its online release.
In a first-of-its-kind experience, fans will have the opportunity to preview the highly-anticipated The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 trailer on the Galaxy TabSat an exclusive premiere in San Diego during Comic-Con on Friday, July 25. For those outside San Diego, beginning Saturday, July 26, fans can visit participating Samsung Experience Shopswithin Best Buy locations nationwide throughout the weekend to preview the trailer. Samsung willalsoprovide visitors that view the trailer at Samsung Experience Shops one complimentary ticket to seeThe Hunger Games:Mockingjay- Part 1when it opens in theaters worldwide on November21, while supplies last.
Additionally,owners of select Galaxy devices* will have the opportunity to download the all-new Hunger Games Movie Pack App, via Google Play' for access to exclusive content fromThe Hunger Gamesfranchise.
"We're giving our consumers the unique experience to premiere the official trailer of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part I on our new Galaxy Tab S," said Todd Pendleton, Chief Marketing Officer, Samsung Telecommunications America. "Together with Lionsgate, we will give Samsung Galaxy owners access to experience The Hunger Games franchise like never before."
"We're thrilled to be partnering on Mockingjay 1 with a company that has the global stature of Samsung and whose innovative technologies touch every aspect of consumers' lives around the world," said Paula Kupfer, SVP of Consumer Products & Licensing at Lionsgate. "They are a perfect fit with our franchise, and together we envision unlimited opportunities for expanding the world of The Hunger Games in exciting and visionary ways."
During San Diego Comic-Con:
On Friday, July 25 at 12:00pm PT, cast members fromThe Hunger Games:Mockingjay- Part 1will introduce the trailer on the Galaxy TabS in the Capitol Gallery located in the Samsung Galaxy Experience in San Diego(in the Hard Rock Hotel, corner of 5thand L Streets).
Nationwide at Best Buy:
Fans outside the San Diego area can also get an exclusive preview of the first official The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 trailer beginningon Saturday, July 26and extending through Sunday, July 27 by visiting Samsung Experience Shops inside select Best Buy locations.While supplies last, visitors will receive one complimentary pass to seeThe Hunger Games:Mockingjay- Part 1when it opens in theaters November 21.
The Hunger Games Movie Pack App:
As part of the collaboration, The Hunger GamesMovie Pack App will be available to download for free on select Samsung devices* beginning July 28, via Google Play. The app will give Galaxy owners access to exclusive Hunger Games content, including scripts, book excerpts, video clips and more.
Galaxy Tab S owners will have the opportunity to download the first two Hunger Games films for free, in addition to receiving all the exclusive content through the app. Samsung will continue to deliver exclusive Hunger Games content to Galaxy owners through the app leading up to the film's premiere on November 21. *
Samsung, Galaxy, Galaxy S, and Galaxy Tab are all registered trademarks of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
*The Hunger Games Movie Pack App will be available to download for free on the Galaxy Tab S, Galaxy Note Pro, Galaxy Tab Pro, Galaxy Note 3, Galaxy S5 and Galaxy S4 starting July 28.
*Limit to 200,000 downloads per movie. Available through December 31, 2014.
About Samsung Telecommunications America
Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC, (Samsung Mobile) a Dallas-based subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., researches, develops and markets wireless handsets, wireless infrastructure and other telecommunications products throughout North America. For more information, please visit www.samsung.com.
About Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in technology, opening new possibilities for people everywhere. Through relentless innovation and discovery, we are transforming the worlds of televisions, smartphones, personal computers, printers, cameras, home appliances, LTE systems, medical devices, semiconductors and LED solutions. We employ 270,000 people across 79 countries with annual sales of US$187.8 billion. To discover more, please visitwww.samsung.com.
ABOUT LIONSGATE
Lionsgate is a leading global entertainment company with a strong and diversified presence in motion picture production and distribution, television programming and syndication, home entertainment, family entertainment, digital distribution, new channel platforms and international distribution and sales. Lionsgate currently has over 30 television shows on more than 20 networks spanning its primetime production, distribution and syndication businesses, including such critically-acclaimed hits as the multiple Emmy Award-winning Mad Men and Nurse Jackie, the comedy Anger Management, the network series Nashville, the syndication success The Wendy Williams Show and the critically-acclaimed hit series Orange is the New Black.
Its feature film business has been fueled by such recent successes as the blockbuster first two installments of The Hunger Games franchise, The Hunger Games and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, the first installment of the Divergent franchise, Now You See Me, Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain, Warm Bodies, The Expendables 2, The Possession, Sinister, Roadside Attractions' Mud and Pantelion Films' breakout hit Instructions Not Included, the highest-grossing Spanish-language film ever released in the U.S.
Lionsgate's home entertainment business is an industry leader in box office-to-DVD and box office-to-VOD revenue conversion rate. Lionsgate handles a prestigious and prolific library of approximately 15,000 motion picture and television titles that is an important source of recurring revenue and serves as the foundation for the growth of the Company's core businesses. The Lionsgate and Summit brands remain synonymous with original, daring, quality entertainment in markets around the world.
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