Here's a story in two parts. The first part is that, after a very long series of negotiations that goes back to 2008, a deal was finalized today in which
Lionsgate will purchase
Summit Entertainment for $412.5m in cash and stock. Part of the impetus for the sale is the ending
Twilight film series, which concludes this fall with the release of
Breaking Dawn Part 2. Or does that planned conclusion really have to be the end ...