Lionsgate Feb. 22 announced the first slate of feature films from its digital content business branded Studio L.<\/p>\n
The studio’s initial slate is scheduled for release this spring.<\/p>\n
\u201cEach project reflects Studio L\u2019s focus on content targeting millennial audiences in partnership with leading brands and digital platforms as well as distinctive creative voices,\u201d according to the studio\u2019s press release.<\/p>\n
Studio L EVP\u00a0Seth Laderman runs Lionsgate’s digital studio content initiatives under the oversight of Lionsgate Television Group COO\u00a0Laura Kennedy. Studio L develops, finances, produces and distributes\u00a0premium and targeted feature film and episodic content, primarily in the digital space.<\/p>\n
Due May 11 is the coming-of-age, female-driven drama The Honor List<\/em>, starring Meghan Rienks\u00a0(“Freakish,” “Mr. Student Body President”),\u00a0Sasha Pieterse\u00a0(“Pretty Little Liars,”\u00a0Inherent Vice<\/em>), Karrueche Tran (“Claws,”\u00a0The Bay<\/em>) and\u00a0Arden Cho\u00a0(“Teen Wolf”). It is the debut release of newly-launched Popsugar Films, the film unit of Popsugar, which generates more than 3 billion content views monthly.<\/p>\n Coming May 1 is the feature Most Likely to Murder<\/em>, premiering at South by Southwest and starring Adam Pally (“Happy Endings,” “The Mindy Project”),\u00a0Rachel Bloom\u00a0(“Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”) and\u00a0Vincent Kartheiser\u00a0(“Mad Men”) in a home-for-the-holidays noir-comedy. The film\u2019s production team of\u00a0Dan Gregor and\u00a0Doug Mand has written for the hit shows “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”\u00a0and “How I Met Your Mother.”<\/p>\n