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EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate has re-acquired rights to distribute Gerard Butler action thriller The Plane in North America, Latin America, the UK and India. As we revealed last year, Solstice Studios had boarded worldwide rights to The Plane after Lionsgate initially hit Covid-related insurance issues on the project, which…

EXCLUSIVE: In a development that will chill those roaming the halls of the virtual American Film Market and putting film deals together, Lionsgate has exited The Plane, the Christian Gudegast-directed action film set to star Gerard Butler. The film was the big acquisition title at last year’s AFM, and it sold out to…

EXCLUSIVE: AFM buyers flocked to Gerard Butler action package The Plane over the weekend with MadRiver International pitching a sellout on the project. After Lionsgate took North America, Latin America, the UK and India in the first days of the market, MadRiver has closed multi-million dollar pre-sales in major…

UPDATED with confirmation: In a big early AFM deal, Lionsgate has closed domestic and a selection of international rights on The Plane, the Gerard Butler action flick launched here by MadRiver International and CAA Media Finance. Butler will star as commercial pilot Ray Torrance, who after a heroic job of successfully…