Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaLionsgate has extended Michael Burns’ contract. The company’s vice-chairman’s new deal extends through 2023.
Burns’ current pact was set to expire in 2022. Lionsgate can extend his contract at its discretion. The extension will keep one of the longest running executive duos in Hollywood atop the entertainment company for the foreseeable future.
Burns and Jon Feltheimer, the company’s CEO, have led Lionsgate since 2000. Earlier this year, Lionsgate extended Feltheimer’s contract through 2025.
Two decades in charge of a media company is a lifetime in the entertainment business, where changes in the executive suite are routinely made at a far greater clip.
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