Exclusive: Deadline has learned that Marisa Liston and David Edwards, Lionsgate’s president and executive vice president of theatrical marketing, will be stepping away from their posts. A new search is promptly underway by Lionsgate for a new head of marketing.
Liston joined Lionsgate in 2019 as EVP Publicity, responsible for the publicity campaigns in support of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, Knives Out, Angels Has Fallen, Midway, and other hits. She was promoted to President of Worldwide Marketing last August, overseeing the marketing campaigns for American Underdog, Moonfall, and The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent.
Edwards is a ten-year veteran of the studio, rising through the studio’s digital and strategic marketing departments.
Joe Drake, chair, Lionsgate Motion Picture Group told Deadline, “The mark of a great executive is to leave a place better than she found it and Marisa will be doing that. In a time of constant change and unpredictability,...
Liston joined Lionsgate in 2019 as EVP Publicity, responsible for the publicity campaigns in support of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, Knives Out, Angels Has Fallen, Midway, and other hits. She was promoted to President of Worldwide Marketing last August, overseeing the marketing campaigns for American Underdog, Moonfall, and The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent.
Edwards is a ten-year veteran of the studio, rising through the studio’s digital and strategic marketing departments.
Joe Drake, chair, Lionsgate Motion Picture Group told Deadline, “The mark of a great executive is to leave a place better than she found it and Marisa will be doing that. In a time of constant change and unpredictability,...
- 6/8/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
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