LIONSGATE AND SAMSUNG TO DEBUT OFFICIAL THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY – PART 1 TRAILER
First Official The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 Trailer to Premiere Exclusively on the Galaxy Tab® S at San Diego Comic-Con® and in Samsung Experience
Shops within Best Buy Locations Nationwide
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 Tab S at 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 Shops within Best Buy
locations nationwide throughout the weekend to preview the trailer.
Samsung will also provide visitors that view the trailer at Samsung
Experience Shops one complimentary ticket to see The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 when it opens in theaters worldwide on November 21, 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 from The Hunger Games franchise.
“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 from The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 will introduce the trailer on the
Galaxy Tab S in the Capitol Gallery located in the Samsung Galaxy Experience in San Diego (in the Hard Rock Hotel, corner of 5th and 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 beginning on Saturday, July 26 and 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 see The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 when it opens in theaters November
21.
The Hunger Games Movie Pack App:
As part of the collaboration, The Hunger Games Movie 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 visit www.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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