** Blank check firm Screaming Eagle SCRM.O rises 1.9% to
$10.76 premarket
** SCRM to merge with studio business of entertainment
company Lionsgate LGFa.N
** Deal valued at about $4.6 bln, expected to deliver around
$350 mln in gross proceeds to Lionsgate; expected to close in
spring 2024
** SCRM has a market cap of $990 mln as of Thursday - LSEG
data
** Lionsgate is down 1.5% premarket
** LGFa is up 95.8% YTD, while SCRM is up 6.24% YTD as of
last close
(Reporting by Pranav Kashyap in Bengaluru)
((Pranav.Kashyap@thomsonreuters.com))