EXCLUSIVE: Grindstone Entertainment Group has struck a deal with Clay Epstein's Film Mode Entertainment for North American rights to Yale Productions' crime-thriller Crypto. Beau Knapp (Seven Seconds), Alexis Bledel (The Handmaid's Tale), Kurt Russell (The Hateful Eight), Luke Hemsworth (Westworld), Jeremie Harris (Leg…

Lionsgate and Grindstone Entertainment Group have picked up North American rights to the dramatic thriller American Exit, written and directed by Ingo Vollkammer and Tim McCann. Based true account, the fictionalized narrative from Cosmopolis Entertainment centers on a dying California man's attempt to make amends for…

EXCLUSIVE: Grindstone Entertainment Group has acquired U.S. distribution rights to online dating comedy Casual Encounters. Saturday Night Live's Taran Killam stars as Justin, whose longtime girlfriend leaves him heartbroken and embarrassed after a public breakup. With the help of his somewhat misguided friends…

Lionsgate and its Grindstone Entertainment Group have extended their long-term partnership with Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films for another five movies, several of which will be released through Lionsgate’s recently launched Premiere label. The deal extends the mini-major’s relationship with Emmett/Furla principals Randall…

SANTA MONICA, Calif., June 7, 2012 — Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF) and its Grindstone Entertainment Group and Emmett/Furla Films, a prolific producer of filmed entertainment featuring some of the leading actors and filmmakers in the industry today, have renewed their slate deal for another 10 films and expanded their overall…