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EXCLUSIVE: Legion M has acquired Brian Staveley’s bestselling fantasy epic The Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne and brought Weta Workshop aboard to begin the visual concept work for a one-hour fantasy drama series that will share the title of the bookshelf trilogy’s first entry: The Emperor’s Blades.  The fan-owned…

EXCLUSIVE: Screen Media and Legion M have acquired North American rights to Alexandre O. Philippe's documentary feature Memory: The Origins of Alien, an exploration of the classic sci-fi film Alien. The companies release the film in theaters this summer, timed to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Alien‘s theatrical…

EXCLUSIVE: Legion M has recruited Hellboy screenwriter Andrew Cosby to take on the showrunner role for Evermor, a planned steampunk TV series aimed at family audiences and partly inspired by Dr. Evermor's Sculpture Park, an eccentric tourist attraction off of Highway 12 in south Wisconsin. Cosby wrote the script for…

Legion M, billed as the world's “first fan-owned entertainment company,” has promoted David Baxter to vice president of development, where he will oversee the company’s development slate of film, television, and VR projects with COO and head of content, Terri Lubaroff. Baxter has been in the spotlight in recent days…

EXCLUSIVE: Legion M, the fan-owned entertainment company known for backing specialty film titles like Mandy and Colossal, has formed a broad film and TV partnership with Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment. The arrangement will see the two companies jointly source, develop and produce community-driven, original…

Legion M, the fan-owned entertainment company that has had a hand in such movies as the upcoming Anne Hathaway-Jason Sudeikis pic Colossal and the horror anthology Field Guide to Evil, has been approved by the SEC to begin a Regulation A+ round of equity crowdfunding. The qualification allows companies to raise funds…

Alamo Drafthouse and fan-owned entertainment company Legion M have embarked on a strategic partnership to foster development and distribution of genre entertainment with an eye on features, shorts and virtual reality platforms. Alamo will service Legion M with scripts, projects and talent, while Legion M will provide…