Lionsgate In Talks To Acquire North America On Max Winkler-Directed Toronto...
EXCLUSIVE: The Max Winkler-directed drama Jungleland — which pairs Charlie Hunnam and Jack O’Connell in a drama about bare-knuckle boxing — is in the ring with Lionsgate on a deal for North American...
View Article‘Knives Out’ Director Rian Johnson Earns First Oscar Nomination For Best...
Earning his first Oscar nomination today for his Knives Out script, Rian Johnson is keen on the idea of revisiting the world of his whodunit with further films. “I had such a good time making it, such...
View ArticleOscar-Nominated Charlize Theron “Hit Really Deep” By Megyn Kelly’s Tearful...
With several Oscar nominations in the bag on Monday, Bombshell has its place in Academy history—something that lead actress and co-producer Charlize Theron told Deadline “really means something,”...
View Article‘John Wick’ TV Series ‘The Continental’ On Track To Air Following 4th Movie...
The Starz John Wick TV series The Continental is still on track to premiere sometime following the fourth movie, which is dated for May 21, 2021. “I had a meeting on a season pitch for this yesterday....
View ArticleLionsgate Buying Graphic Horror Novel ‘Memetic’ For ‘The Batman’ Co-Writer...
Lionsgate has landed the feature spec Memetic from Mattson Tomlin, who co-wrote The Batman script with director Matt Reeves. Based on the Boom! Studios graphic novel of the same name by James Tynion IV...
View ArticleLionsgate Inks Disney Vet Kristin Burr & Her Burr! Productions To Multi-Year...
Lionsgate has signed producer Kristin Burr and her company, Burr! Productions to an overall multi-year film production deal. She is the latest filmmaker to partner with the studio, following...
View Article‘This Country’ Comedy From Jenny Bicks & Paul Feig Inspired By BBC Series...
Fox has given its first comedy greenlight this cycle, handing a pilot order to This Country, based on the BBC series, from Sex and the City writer and producer Jenny Bicks and Bridesmaids director Paul...
View ArticleNicolas Cage’s ‘The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent’ Gets 2021 Release Date
Lionsgate has set a March 19, 2021 wide-release date for The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, the meta action comedy that stars Nicolas Cage as a version of himself. Tom Gormican is directing the...
View ArticleLionsgate Rides Film Gains To Q3 Revenue Beat, But Earnings Miss Forecasts
Lionsgate reported mixed results for its fiscal third quarter, with revenue of $998.5 million comfortably exceeding Wall Street estimates but adjusted earnings of 14 cents per share undershooting...
View ArticleLionsgate, Starz In Output Deal For Split Theatrical Streaming Window In U.K.
Lionsgate announced Thursday it’s entered a theatrical output deal with Starzplay, its Starz platform’s premium international streaming service, to split first pay streaming rights in the UK to...
View Article‘Knives Out’ Sequel Officially A Go As Lionsgate Hints At Franchise
Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer said Thursday during the company’s third-quarter earnings call that a sequel to Knives Out is officially a go, hinting that a production start for a follow-up to the...
View Article‘Chaos Walking’: Daisy Ridley-Tom Holland Pic Gets Release Date
As promised during the Lionsgate earnings call on Thursday, Lionsgate has set a release date for their long-awaited sci-fi Daisy Ridley-Tom Holland movie Chaos Walking which is the post-MLK weekend...
View Article‘Swimming With Sharks’: Kiernan Shipka & Diane Kruger To Star In Quibi &...
EXCLUSIVE: Chilling Adventures of Sabrina star Kiernan Shipka and Diane Kruger (Inglourious Basterds, The Bridge) are set as the leads in Swimming With Sharks, Quibi’s drama series from Lionsgate....
View ArticleLionsgate & Mandeville Films Reteam For ‘Undercover’ With Zachary Levi & Cole...
Shazam star Zachary Levi made the news official today about the upcoming music-driven family comedy film Undercover on his Instagram. Lionsgate is reuniting with Mandeville Films for the movie which...
View Article‘Florida Girls’ Creator Laura Chinn Inks Overall Deal With Lionsgate TV
Florida Girls creator and star Laura Chinn is expanding her relationship with Lionsgate, the producer behind her praised Pop TV comedy series. Chinn has signed an overall television deal with the...
View Article‘Knives Out’ Tops $300M Worldwide As Moviegoers Keep Flinging Dollars At Rian...
Rian Johnson’s Lionsgate/MRC whodunit Knives Out has sailed past the $300M mark worldwide. It’s the latest milestone for the box office anomaly that is becoming the second-highest-grossing original...
View ArticleBBC Renews Lionsgate-Backed Comedy ‘The Goes Wrong Show’ For Second Season
Lionsgate-backed comedy The Goes Wrong Show has been renewed by the BBC for a second season. The series, produced by Mum producer Big Talk Productions and Mischief Screen, is based on the latter’s...
View ArticleLionsgate Lands YA Novel ‘All This Time’ From ‘Five Feet Apart’ Team
EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate has just taken the upcoming YA novel All This Time by Mikki Daughtry and Rachael Lippincott off the table for six figures after multiple studios were circling. The novel from Simon...
View Article‘Run’ Trailer: Sarah Paulson Is A Smothering Mother With A Secret
Emmy-winner Sarah Paulson (American Crime Story: The People v. O. J. Simpson) is a smothering mother with dark secrets in the just-released trailer for Run, a May 8 release from Lionsgate. The official...
View ArticleEli Roth To Direct Adaptation Of Sci-Fi Videogame ‘Borderlands’ For Lionsgate
Eli Roth is set to direct a feature take on the 2K first-person shooter PC-console game Borderlands for Lionsgate. Production will begin later this year. Borderlands is set in the distant future, in...
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