2018 Domestic Box Office Postmortem: What Went Right & Wrong For The Majors...
Theatrical moviegoing last year hit an all-time record in both the U.S./Canada ($11.85 billion) and around the globe ($41.7B) according to ComScore today, but of course, no major studio is perfect. The...
View ArticleLionsgate Lays Off 25, Mostly In Motion Picture Group; NY...
2nd Update: Part of the Lionsgate reconfiguration means the ending of Lionsgate’s partnership with Jeff Clanagan in Codeblack, the division that generated Kevin Hart’s Let Me Explain, Addicted, and...
View ArticleMark Urman, Indie Film Mainstay, Dies At 66
UPDATED with reaction. Mark Urman, a prominent figure in the independent film business who headed Paladin Film for the past decade, has died at age 66 after battling cancer. Word of his passing...
View ArticleJoanna Dodd Massey Opens New Bi-Coastal Communications Firm
Joanna Dodd Massey, who has worked at Condé Nast, Lionsgate, Hub, CBS and UPN, has just launched her own bi-coastal shingle: J.D. Massey Associates, Inc. which she describes as “a governance strategy...
View ArticleKevin Hart To Star In ‘Monopoly’ Movie For Lionsgate & Hasbro, Tim Story To...
EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate and Hasbro’s live-action feature Monopoly is passing Go with Kevin Hart set to star and the actor’s Ride Along collaborator Tim Story due to direct. The hot package, inspired by...
View Article‘John Wick 3’ Trailer: Keanu Reeves Has A Bounty On His Head In Lionsgate Sequel
Keanu Reeves is back as the gun-wielding, super-assassin John Wick in the newly released trailer for John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, the third installment in Lionsgate’s action-heavy franchise....
View ArticleSeth Rogen-Charlize Theron Comedy Moves Up To First Weekend In May After...
After landing a world premiere at SXSW, Lionsgate’s Charlize Theron-Seth Rogen comedy formerly known as Flarsky is moving up its release from June 7 to May 3. This shows that Lionsgate has plenty of...
View ArticleRyan Reynolds To Star In Action-Comedy ‘Shotgun Wedding’ For Lionsgate &...
EXCLUSIVE: Ryan Reynolds has tied the knot to star in and produce action-comedy Shotgun Wedding for Lionsgate, Mandeville Films and his outfit Maximum Effort with Pitch Perfect helmer Jason Moore on...
View ArticleSolstice’s Acquisitions & Int’l Head Crystal Bourbeau Talks Strategy Ahead Of...
EXCLUSIVE: Following a stunningly buoyant Sundance, another U.S. player is entering the fray. Heads were turned last autumn when Solstice Studios launched with an announced $400M in capitalization and...
View ArticleHBO &‘Power’ Creator Courtney Kemp Developing ‘Dirty Thirty’ Cop Drama With...
Less than four months after signing a new overall deal with Lionsgate, Courtney Kemp now has a down and dirty project in the works with HBO. As her three-year deep pocketed deal with the Starz parent...
View ArticleKate Winslet-Saoirse Ronan Romance ‘Ammonite’ Pre-Sells To Sony, Lionsgate &...
EXCLUSIVE: Following a heated auction, See-Saw’s upcoming Kate Winslet-Saoirse Ronan romance-drama Ammonite has pre-sold to Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions, Lionsgate and Transmission for key...
View ArticleStarz, Bell Media Plan Canada Streaming Launch, Encore Rebrand In March
After Starz laid considerable groundwork in 2018 for the international expansion of its subscription streaming app, the Lionsgate-owned premium network and Bell Media have announced March 1 as the...
View ArticleLionsgate Q3 Earnings Beat Wall Street Estimate, But Revenue Falls Short
Lionsgate reported third-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street forecasts, but its total revenue fell short of the mark. On a diluted basis, earnings came in at 10 cents a share, better than analysts’...
View ArticleLionsgate Reunites With ‘I Can Only Imagine’ Team For ‘I Still Believe’ About...
After the surprise $83.4 million domestic box office success of its faith-based pic I Can Only Imagine last spring, Lionsgate is returning to business with that pic’s filmmaking team Jon Erwin, Andrew...
View ArticleLionsgate Execs Talk Starz Plans Post-Chris Albrecht: “We Want To Open The...
After reporting mixed results for its fiscal third quarter, Lionsgate executives offered Wall Street analysts an update on Starz as the premium network’s longtime chief, Chris Albrecht, gets set to...
View Article‘Power’ Creator Courtney Kemp Picks ‘The Ones We Choose’ DNA Novel For TV...
EXCLUSIVE: A week after her Dirty Thirty development deal with HBO was unveiled, Courtney Kemp is cranking things up with another strategic small screen move. In association with Lionsgate Television...
View Article‘Green Book’ Drives Past $100M At Worldwide Box Office
Best Picture Oscar nominee and Golden Globe winner Green Book this weekend scooped a BAFTA for Mahershala Ali in Best Supporting Actor — and hit a new worldwide milestone. The Peter Farrelly-directed...
View Article‘The Rook’: Spy Drama Made By “Naturally Duplicitous” Brits As Producers...
The Rook is a supernatural spy drama – a genre particularly suited to be made by "naturally duplicitous" Brits, according to exec producer Stephen Garrett. Character Seven boss Garrett, who co-founded...
View Article‘Long Shot’ Trailer: Charlize Theron’s Presidential Candidate Is Out Of Seth...
“It’s Pretty Woman, except she’s Richard Gere and you’re Julia Roberts,” O’Shea Jackson Jr.’s best friend character tells Seth Rogen’s Fred Flarsky on his romance prospects with Charlize Theron’s...
View ArticleMichael B. Jordan’s ‘The Silver Bear’ Finds Director & Writer In ‘First...
The First Purge filmmaker Gerard McMurray has boarded Michael B. Jordan's upcoming hitman tale The Silver Bear as writer and director. The Silver Bear reunites Jordan and McMurray who previously worked...
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