Press release from Lionsgate announcing the Candy Crush TV show

1. CBS ORDERS "CANDY CRUSH," A NEW ONE-HOUR, LIVE ACTION GAME SHOW
SERIES BASED ON THE GLOBALLY RENOWNED MOBILE GAME FRANCHISE
Oct. 18, 2016, 6:15 a.m.
CBS, Lionsgate Television and King Join Together on New Format Created by Matt Kunitz for
Broadcast on the CBS Television Network and Distribution Internationally by Lionsgate
LOS ANGELES, and SANTA MONICA, Calif., and LONDON, Oct. 18, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- CBS has ordered
CANDY CRUSH, a new one-hour, live action game show series based on the globally renowned mobile game
franchise. CBS, Lionsgate (NYSE:LGF) and King will join together on the new format created and executive
produced by Matt Kunitz that will be distributed domestically by CBS Television Distribution and internationally
by Lionsgate.
In the game Candy Crush Saga, players match colorful candies in combinations of three or more to win points,
defeat obstacles and progress through more than 2,000 levels. Candy Crush Saga and its sister title, Candy
Crush Soda Saga, are two of the top 10 grossing mobile games in the U.S. On average, 18 billion game
rounds are played every month around the world.*
In the series, the game that has become a worldwide phenomenon comes to life as teams of two people use
their wits and physical agility to compete on enormous, interactive game boards featuring next generation
technology to conquer CANDY CRUSH and be crowned the champions. A host will be announced at a later
date.
"We are huge fans of Candy Crush and, like so many others, we know the 'rush' of advancing to the next level
of the game," said Glenn Geller, President, CBS Entertainment. "We're excited to work with Lionsgate and
King to adapt one of the world's most popular and entertaining game franchises for television and make it
available to its massive, passionate fan base who can watch and play along at home."
"The Candy Crush franchise is a world-renowned property, so when the head of our interactive and games
division, Peter Levin, brought this IP to Lionsgate, we instantly knew it would make an incredibly visual,
physical and fun TV program," said Kevin Beggs, Chairman, Lionsgate Television Group. "CBS is a leader in
unscripted television, which makes it the ideal home for CANDY CRUSH, and we're very happy to have Matt
shepherding the production as we partner with the team at King on this series with the tremendous second-
screen potential."
"We have a very entrepreneurial culture at Lionsgate, so we look for awesome worldwide IP like Candy Crush
and work together across divisions to bring it to fans on every platform possible. Everyone who has played it
knows that Candy Crush is an exciting, visual switcher game with great characters, and Matt and our
alternative television team are working closely with Sebastian Knutsson and his creative team at King to bring
it to life on CBS," said Peter Levin, President, Interactive Ventures and Games for Lionsgate, and executive
producer on the series. Levin worked with Striker Entertainment's Russell Binder, King's licensing agent in
the U.S., to facilitate licensing Candy Crush IP for this television show.
"The Candy Crush franchise lends itself perfectly to the kind of larger-than-life, physical game shows that I
love to produce and CBS is the perfect home for it," said executive producer Matt Kunitz ("Wipeout," "Fear
Factor"). "As a Candy Crush Saga player myself, I am excited to amp up the action and visuals in our huge
Candy Crush Arena."
"The Candy Crush franchise has been loved by players around the world on mobile so it's very exciting to be
working with Matt and the team to bring the fun and challenge of the Candy Crush games to television. We
hope our players will be entertained by what is set to be a high-energy, challenging game show," said

2. Sebastian Knutsson, Chief Creative Officer, King, and executive producer of CANDY CRUSH.
CANDY CRUSH will be produced by Pulse Creative in association with Lionsgate Television, King Ltd. and
CBS Television Studios. Matt Kunitz, Peter Levin, Russell Binder, Nicki Sheard, VP Brand at King, and
Sebastian Knutsson will serve as executive producers. Knutsson is King's Chief Creative Officer and is one
of the founders of the company. He created Candy Crush Saga.
*Candy Crush Saga average monthly game rounds as of Sept. 2016.
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About Lionsgate Lionsgate is a premier next generation global content leader with a diversified presence in
motion picture production and distribution, television programming and syndication, home entertainment,
international distribution and sales, branded channel platforms, interactive ventures and games, and location-
based entertainment. The Company has nearly 80 television shows on 40 different networks spanning its
primetime production, distribution and syndication businesses. These include the ground-breaking hit series
Orange is the New Black, the fan favorite series Nashville, the syndication success The Wendy WilliamsShow,
the hit drama series The Royals, the Golden Globe-nominated dramedy Casual and the breakout success
Greenleaf.
The Company's feature film business spans eight labels and includes the blockbuster Hunger Games
franchise, the Now You See Me and JohnWick series, Nerve, CBS Films/Lionsgate's Hell or High Water,
Sicario, Roadside Attractions' Love &Mercy and Mr. Holmes, Codeblack Films' Addicted and breakout concert
film Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain and Pantelion Films' 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 rates. Lionsgate handles a prestigious and prolific library of approximately 16,000 motion
picture and television titles that is an important source of recurring revenue and serves as a foundation for
the growth of the Company's core businesses. The Lionsgate and Summit brands remain synonymous with
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About King King is a leading interactive entertainment company for the mobile world. It had 409 million
monthly active users as of second quarter 2016 across web, social and mobile platforms, and has developed
more than 200 exclusive games that are enjoyed all around the world through its king.com and
royalgames.com websites, Facebook, and mobile distribution platforms such as the Apple App Store, Google
Play Store, Microsoft Windows App Store and Amazon Appstore. King was acquired by Activision Blizzard
(NASDAQ: ATVI) in February 2016. King has game studios in Stockholm, Malmö, London, Barcelona, Berlin,
Singapore, and Seattle, along with offices in San Francisco, Malta, Seoul, Tokyo, Shanghai and Bucharest.