Lionsgate will launch its multi-picture partnership with Crest Animation Productions with the CGI-animated theatrical family film Alpha and Omega. Lionsgate and Crest are co-financing and co-producing Alpha and Omega, which is scheduled for theatrical release in 2010.

The story of two very different young wolves thrown together by circumstance, Alpha and Omega features rising young stars Justin Long (the upcoming He’s Just Not That Into You, Live Free Or Die Hard,) and Hayden Panetierre (“Heroes”) in the primary roles. Lionsgate will distribute the film in North America and the UK. Mandate International will be launching international sales at the upcoming Cannes film festival for the rest of the world, excluding India.