Video Interview with Lionsgate’s Peter Iacono

NEW YORK: Peter Iacono, the president of international television and digital distribution at Lionsgate, recently sat down with World Screen’s Anna Carugati to outline some of the company’s latest highlights and returning hits.

For the legions of fans who love the Candy Crush Saga mobile game, the news of a live-action game show based on the globally successful franchise heading to U.S. TV came as a sweet treat. Lionsgate will be distributing the CBS show Candy Crush internationally, marking but one in a string of high-profile new series that the company is representing. Swedish Dicks, Graves and Nightcap are some of the other new highlights that Lionsgate is touting globally. These additions complement a slate of established megahits that include Orange Is the New Black, Nurse Jackie, Weeds and Mad Men.