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A couple of Hollywood's greatest independent producer/marketers have started again discusses a merger.our editor recommendsLionsgate's Kevin Beggs Named Executive of the season by Caucus of Producers, Authors & Company directors Summit Entertainment, presently riding an enormous box office success with Twilight Saga: Breaking Beginning Part 1, and Lionsgate Entertainment, presently in production around the to begin a number of movies in line with the Hunger Games books, are once more talking about a merger, based on a THR source who confirmed the talks along with a are convinced that first made an appearance Monday around the Bloomberg News website. Both companies rejected to discuss the reported discussions. PHOTOS: New Images of 'Twilight Saga: Breaking Beginning' The 2 small-majors have held merger talks several occasions previously however they always broke over issues of methods much each was worth and who'd finish up responsible for the combined company. While they're both one of the most powerful independent movie marketers who contend with major galleries like NBC Universal, Warner Bros. and Disney, the 2 companies are very different. Summit, that is privately owned, has developed in the domestic distribution business since 2007, when former Warner Bros. and Vital executive Take advantage of Friedman became a member of the organization, that they runs with Patrick Wachsberger, the veteran foreign sales executive who founded the organization in 1993, yet others. Summit has already established a mixed record using its movies aside from the Twilight franchise, which created a lot more than $1 billion in box office sales before the present release. Part 2 of Breaking Beginning is scheduled for release in November 2012. PHOTOS: 10 Greatest Book-to-Giant Screen Adaptations from the Last two-and-a-half decades Summit closed a $750 million refinancing captured that permitted the organization to repay high-interest debt and also to pay a $200 million dividend to traders and management. The greatest investor is Peak Group Holdings, including opportunities by Suhail Rizvi's Rizvi Traverse Management (that also is the owner of a significant stake within the ICM talent agency), Shaun Skoll's Participant Media, Emilio Diez Barroso's Nala Films and organizations associated with the Omar Amanat family trust. Barroso may be the great-grand son of Emilio Azcarraga, who founded Mexican TV network Televisa. Lionsgate is really a openly exchanged company located in Vancouver, Canada with offices in Santa Monica, California. On November. 9, it reported revenue of $358.a million and internet lack of $24.six million for that second quarter of fiscal 2012 (ended September 30). Even though it is active in movies, such as the Expendables and a number of Tyler Perry movies, it's also had considerable success in television. It current has 15 shows around the air including Mad Males, Weeds, Nurse Jackie and Boss, which lately released on Starz. It's also an issue in TV distribution with your shows as Tyler Perry's House Of Payne and also the Wendy Williams Show. PHOTOS: The Hunger Games Official Character Posters Lionsgate also offers a significantly bigger film library than Summit, about 13,000 movie and television game titles, that have assisted it achieve 8Percent from the domestic home theatre market. Since 2000, Jon Feltheimer continues to be Lionsgate's Ceo. He added the title of chairman in 2005. Michael Burns is vice chairman and Steve Beeks is leader and co-coo with Joe Drake, who's also leader from the film group. Lionsgate stock closed at $8.53 a share on Monday, up 1.55% in the prior day's close. Related Subjects Lionsgate Summit Entertainment