Lionsgate Takes U.S. Rights To Jai Courtney Pic ‘Semper Fi’ From...
EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate has picked up North American distribution rights to U.S cop drama Semper Fi, starring Suicide Squad and Divergent actor Jai Courtney. Nat Wolff (Paper Towns), Leighton Meester...
View ArticleChris Rock To Reboot ‘Saw’ Franchise With Lionsgate & Twisted Pictures
Chris Rock is teaming with Lionsgate and Twisted Pictures for a fresh reimagining on the next Saw movie. The comedy multihyphenate has written a story that is being adapted by Pete Goldfinger and Josh...
View Article‘Ramy’: Lionsgate Takes International Rights To Hulu/A24 Comedy Series
Lionsgate has picked up international rights to A24’s comedy series Ramy, starring Ramy Youssef. Ramy, which hails from The Carmichael Show team of star/co-creator Jerrod Carmichael, co-creator Ari...
View ArticleMarque Richardson Joins Janelle Monáe In Lionsgate Film From ‘Get Out’ Producers
EXCLUSIVE: Marque Richardson, best known for his role in the Netflix series, Dear White People, is attached to play opposite multi-talented artist and actress Janelle Monáe in Lionsgate’s untitled...
View ArticleLionsgate Shares Jump Amid Report CBS Kicking Starz’s Tires
With another potential delve into merger talks with Viacom on the horizon, CBS is looking to bulk up and has expressed an extemporary desire to acquire Starz. The whisper of such a deal certainly was...
View Article‘John Wick: Chapter 3’ Taking Out ‘Avengers’ At No. 1 With $55M-$60M Opening...
UPDATE, 1:35 PM: If there is a film that is stopping Disney/Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame from taking No. 1 at the domestic box office for a fourth weekend in a row, it is Lionsgate’s John Wick Chapter 3...
View ArticleLionsgate Sets 2021 Release Date For ‘John Wick: Chapter 4’
After a successful opening weekend with John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, which dethroned the juggernaut that is Avengers: Endgame, Lionsgate has greenlit another sequel, John Wick: Chapter 4, which...
View ArticleAmazon’s ‘The Power’ And Kristen Wiig Comedy Withdraw From Georgia Over...
A Lionsgate film reuniting the Bridesmaids duo of Kristen Wiiig and Annie Mumolo and Amazon Prime series The Power have withdrawn from planned shoots in Georgia. The state, which has become a hotbed of...
View ArticleLionsgate Q4 Results Miss Wall Street Estimates As Starz Investment Proves A...
Lionsgate reported fourth-quarter estimates below Wall Street analysts’ expectations after the close of trading Thursday. Revenue of $913.7 million in the period ending March 31 dropped 12% from $1.04...
View ArticleLionsgate Eyes 15M-25M Global Starz OTT Subscribers By 2024; CEO Jon...
Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer honored the company’s policy of declining comment on M&A rumors during the company’s conference call today with Wall Street analysts to discuss its fourth-quarter...
View ArticleLA Screenings 2019: International Buyers Navigate Flexible Orders & Studio...
Flexible episode orders, the spectre of studios’ own streaming services, the opportunity to party with 50 Cent and an In N Out Burger-fueled riot dominated the chatter among international buyers at...
View ArticleLionsgate Shares Slump On Spotty Q4 Report, Investor Questions About Starz...
UPDATED with closing price, additional analyst comment: Lionsgate’s stock, which has dropped nearly 40% in the past year, fell nearly 7% Friday in the wake of a disappointing fourth-quarter earnings...
View ArticleLionsgate Takes UK Rights To Florian Zeller’s ‘The Father’ With Anthony...
Lionsgate has taken the UK rights to Florian Zeller’s movie adaptation of his stage play The Father starring Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman. The company took the rights from Embankment Films, which...
View Article‘Fast N’ Loud’ Producer Pilgrim Media Group Ties With Isle of Man TT Racer...
EXCLUSIVE: Fast N’ Loud and Ultimate Fighter producer Pilgrim Media Group is getting back on its bike by sponsoring Isle of Man TT racer Conor Cummins and his team Padgetts Racing ahead of this year’s...
View ArticleKay Cannon Set To Direct Comedy ‘79ers’ For Lionsgate, Point Grey & Gary Sanchez
Kay Cannon is set to direct the treasure hunting comedy 79ers, which will be produced by Lionsgate, Point Grey and Gary Sanchez. In the film, a group of estranged friends are forced back together after...
View Article‘Manhunt: Lone Wolf’: Judith Light, Gethin Anthony & Jay O. Sanders Join...
Judith Light (Transparent), Gethin Anthony (Game of Thrones) and Jay O. Sanders (Sneaky Pete) are set for lead roles alongside Jack Huston, Cameron Britton and Carla Gugino in season 2 of Spectrum...
View ArticleLionsgate Lands ‘Bad Dog’ Comedy Spec By Jeff Bushell; Point Grey, Eugenio...
Lionsgate has purchased the spec script Bad Dog, a comedy feature written by Jeff Bushell, the screenwriter behind Disney’s Beverly Hills Chihuahua. Bushell is also known for his Black List script...
View ArticleHulu And FX Partner For Rights To Lionsgate Theatrical Films, Succeeding Epix...
In a sign of changing times, both in terms of industry consolidation and shifting technology and release platforms, Hulu and FX are teaming up to take over streaming and linear rights to Lionsgate...
View Article‘The Matrix’ Actor Collin Chou Joins Netflix’s ‘The Half of It’; ‘Sabrina’s...
Collin Chou, best known for his role as Seraph from The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, will play Edwin Chiu in the Netflix film, The Half of It, written and directed by Alice Wu. The...
View ArticleLionsgate And Redbox Set New Multi-Year Deal For Disc And Digital Titles
Lionsgate and Redbox have firmed up a new multi-year agreement spanning disc and digital titles that will continue to be available at Redbox kiosks and via Redbox On Demand. “This new deal allows...
View Article