Lionsgate Revenue Falls 20%; OTT Subs Grow 2.3M To 13.7M
UPDATED with conference call: Lionsgate revenue dipped to $745 million last quarter, down 20% from $938 million the year earlier, as OTT subscribers jumped and the shares headed higher in late trading....
View ArticleReopening Hollywood: Lionsgate Disembarks Gerard Butler Pic ‘The Plane’ Over...
EXCLUSIVE: In a development that will chill those roaming the halls of the virtual American Film Market and putting film deals together, Lionsgate has exited The Plane, the Christian Gudegast-directed...
View Article‘Dear White People’ Pauses Production For Two Weeks After Several Positive...
EXCLUSIVE: Netflix comedy Dear White People is the latest high-profile series to halt production as a result of COVID-19. The series, which is produced by Lionsgate, has paused filming for two weeks...
View ArticleZachary Levi Joins ‘The Unbreakable Boy’ Movie From Lionsgate & Kingdom Story...
Shazam! star Zachary Levi has signed on to topline The Unbreakable Boy, an inspirational true story drama from Lionsgate and I Can Only Imagine and I Still Believe producer Kingdom Story Company. Jon...
View Article‘Chaos Walking’ Trailer: Tom Holland And Daisy Ridley Are On The Run In A...
Lionsgate dropped a trailer for their $100M YA sci-fi feature Chaos Walking saying that the release date is still Jan. 22, 2021. We’ll see about that with theaters closing down now, unless, Lionsgate...
View ArticleJacob Laval, Meghann Fahy, Peter Facinelli, Patricia Heaton & More Join...
EXCLUSIVE: Jacob Laval has landed the title role in The Unbreakable Boy, joining previously announced star Zachary Levi in the inspiration drama from Kingdom Story Company and Lionsgate. Meghann Fahy,...
View Article‘El Juego de Las Llaves’: Alejandra Guzman, Laura Leon & Cristián de la...
EXCLUSIVE: Latin Grammy winner and actress Alejandra Guzman (Una familia con suerte), Laura Leon (Dos mujeres un camino) and Cristián de la Fuente (Amor bravio) have joined the season 2 cast of...
View ArticleNeil Patrick Harris Boards Lionsgate Nicolas Cage Satire ‘The Unbearable...
Neil Patrick Harris will be joining in on the fun with Lionsgate’s Nicolas Cage action satire The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. The Emmy- and Tony-winning actor will star alongside Cage, who...
View ArticleStarz Launches OTT Service Lionsgate Play In India With ‘Love Life’, ‘Hustlers’
Global streamer Starz has launched independent direct-to-consumer OTT app Lionsgate Play in India, which will make Hollywood content available locally in multiple Indian languages. The service enters a...
View ArticleStarz Launching OTT App Lionsgate Play In India
Global streamer Starz Wednesday announced the launch of direct-to-consumer OTT app Lionsgate Play in India. Starz CEO Jeffrey Hirsch and Rohit Jain, managing director, Lionsgate South Asia, unveiled...
View Article‘Fatale’ Trailer: Hilary Swank Vs. Michael Ealy In Lionsgate Thriller Set For...
Lionsgate has released the first trailer for Fatale, the steamy psychological thriller directed by Deon Taylor and starring Oscar winner Hilary Swank and Michael Ealy. It is set for a December 18...
View ArticleLionsgate Acquires Thriller ‘Silk Road’ Starring Jason Clarke And Nick Robinson
EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate has acquired the crime thriller Silk Road, starring Jason Clarke, Nick Robinson, Alexandra Shipp, Jimmi Simpson, Katie Aselton, Lexi Rabe, Daniel Stewart, Darrell Britt-Gibson and...
View ArticleLionsgate Extends Overall Deal With ‘House Of Ho’ Producers Katy Wallin &...
Katy Wallin and Stephanie Bloch Chambers, who run unscripted producer Wallin Chambers Entertainment, have extended their overall deal with Lionsgate. The pair struck an overall deal with the Orange Is...
View ArticleLionsgate Options Short Story ‘Lush’; ‘John Wick’ Franchise Filmmaker Chad...
Lionsgate has picked up Lush, Duane Swierczynski’s comedic spy thriller short story which Chad Stahelski’s 87Eleven Entertainment will produce via its deal with the studio. Swierczynski is set to adapt...
View ArticleLionsgate Restructures Motion Picture Group Under Joe Drake; Jen...
Lionsgate said Friday that it has finalized a reorganization of its Motion Picture Group, with chairman Joe Drake aligning the division into four key verticals — Marketing, Distribution, Strategy and...
View Article‘Fatale’ Review: Hilary Swank And Michael Ealy Turn A Fatal Attraction Into...
1987’s Fatal Attraction was a highly influential psycho-thriller, a smash box office sensation that also garnered six Oscar nominations including Best Picture. It has been endlessly copied ever since,...
View ArticleLionsgate Takes UK On ‘Ikiru’ Remake ‘Living’ Starring Bill Nighy
Lionsgate has taken UK distribution rights on Living, the Bill Nighy-starring English-language adaptation of Akira Kurosawa’s classic Ikiru. Nobel and Booker Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro has written the...
View ArticleLionsgate Vice Chairman Michael Burns Extends Contract Through 2023
Lionsgate vice chairman Michael Burns has inked a new employment agreement extending the term of his current contract from October, 2022 to October, 2023. The company said in an SEC filing Monday that...
View ArticleLionsgate Hands Rohit Jain Expanded Remit Across South Asia
Lionsgate’s Indian chief Rohit Jain has been promoted to oversee all of South Asia for film and TV company. Jain, who was previously head of its Mumbai office, has been promoted to Managing Director,...
View ArticleHow Covid Wiped Out The Studios’ Domestic Box Office Market Share In 2020
It was supposed to be a year when the playing field became even. After losing to Disney for four years in a row, with the Burbank studio setting an industry record in 2019 of $13.2 billion global box...
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