Anne-Marie Ross Dies: Lionsgate International Distribution Vet Was 49
Anne-Marie Ross (née Boysen), whose career in international film distribution at Lionsgate and Pantelion spanned more than two decades, died September 9 after a near-two-year battle with advanced stage...
View ArticleStarz To Rebrand As Lionsgate+ Outside U.S. And Canada
Starz is to rebrand as Lionsgate+ in 35 countries along with rebranding its logo, but will remain Starz in the U.S. and Canada. Ahead of a swanky showcase in London tonight, Starz CEO Jeffrey Hirsch...
View ArticleLionsgate May Spin Off Studio Instead Of Starz As It Confirms Separation On...
Lionsgate on Wednesday confirmed that it remains on track to separate Starz and its studio business despite volatile markets, noting that it’s now focusing on spinning out the studio instead of the...
View ArticleRuben Fleischer To Direct Next ‘Now You See Me’ Pic For Lionsgate
EXCLUSIVE: Venom and Uncharted filmmaker Ruben Fleischer has been tapped to helm the next installment of Now You See Me from Lionsgate. The franchise involves thieving illusionists known as the Four...
View ArticleGideon Adlon, Bashir Salahuddin, Dagmara Domińczyk & Christine Adams Board...
EXCLUSIVE: Good Universe and Point Grey’s Miller’s Girl has added Gideon Adlon, Bashir Salahuddin, Dagmara Domińczyk and Christine Adams to a cast that already counts Martin Freeman and Jenna Ortega in...
View ArticleKevin Beggs Strikes Long-Term Contract Extension With Lionsgate
Kevin Beggs is sticking around Lionsgate. The exec has signed a long-term employment agreement with company. He will continue as Chair of Lionsgate Television and Chief Content Integration Officer of...
View Article‘The Strangers’: ‘LOTR: The Rings Of Power’ Actor Ema Horvath Joins Lionsgate...
EXCLUSIVE: Ema Horvath (The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power) has been tapped to star alongside Madelaine Petsch, Froy Gutierrez and Gabriel Basso in Lionsgate’s remake of the 2008 horror The...
View ArticleJoe Drake Reups As Lionsgate Motion Picture Group Chair With New Multiyear Deal
Joe Drake has inked a new long-term employment agreement with Lionsgate as their Motion Picture Group chair. The deal announced Tuesday comes as Drake and his team have assembled a 2023 film slate that...
View ArticleLionsgate Signs Worldwide TV Distribution Chief Jim Packer To Long-Term Deal
Jim Packer isn’t leaving Lionsgate any time soon. Lionsgate’s President of Worldwide Television Distribution is in Cannes at Mipcom this morning having signed a long-term extension to his employment...
View Article‘Sisu’: TIFF Midnight Madness Pic From Stage 6 Picked Up By Lionsgate
EXCLUSIVE: After receiving rave reviews from its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival which instigated a bidding war, Sony’s Stage 6 Finnish feature Sisu has been scooped up by...
View ArticleRay Romano Feature Directorial Debut ‘Somewhere in Queens’ Acquired By...
Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions have picked up Ray Romano’s feature directorial debut Somewhere in Queens, which previously had a world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival. The three-time Emmy...
View ArticleLionsgate Television Boards Dublin-Set Drama Series ‘Northern Lights’...
EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate Television has come on board the Irish-Belgian drama series co-production Northern Lights. The North American studio will handle all global sales (except Ireland) for the series,...
View ArticleLionsgate Lands Tim Story-Helmed MRC-Financed Toronto Midnight Madness...
EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate has won a bidding battle to acquire worldwide rights to MRC’s The Blackening, the horror-comedy film that premiered in the Midnight Madness segment of last month’s Toronto Film...
View Article‘Alice, Darling’: Anna Kendrick Thriller Getting Oscar-Qualifying Run Before...
EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate is giving an Oscar-qualifying run to the psychological thriller Alice, Darling on December 30 before the pic’s nationwide release in 2023. The film, which made its world premiere...
View Article‘Jesus Revolution’ Trailer: Joel Courtney, Jonathan Roumie & Kelsey Grammer...
Lionsgate and Kingdom Story Company have unveiled the first trailer for their faith-based film Jesus Revolution, starring Joel Courtney (The Kissing Booth franchise), Jonathan Roumie (The Chosen) and...
View ArticleTobin Bell To Reprise Role As Jigsaw Killer John Kramer In Next ‘Saw’ Film
Horror icon Tobin Bell has closed a deal to reprise his role as Jigsaw Killer John Kramer in the next Saw film from Lionsgate and Twisted Pictures, which is heading into production later this month....
View ArticleLionsgate Picks Up Thomas Jane & John Malkovich Action Thriller ‘One Ranger’...
EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate has acquired the upcoming action-thriller One Ranger, which stars Thomas Jane and John Malkovich. The studio is handling sales at the upcoming American Film Market. In One Ranger,...
View Article‘The Strangers’: Rachel Shenton Boards Lionsgate’s Horror Remake
Rachel Shenton (All Creatures Great and Small) is the newest addition to Lionsgate’s remake of the 2008 horror The Strangers. She joins an ensemble led by Madelaine Petsch and Froy Gutierrez which also...
View ArticleLionsgate Takes Big Write-Down For Starz Noting “Economic, Industry...
Lionsgate total global subscribers rose to 37.8 million for the fiscal second quarter ended in September, driven by international and domestic streaming, where subs were up 52% year-on-year to 27.3...
View ArticleNasim Cambron Joins Lionsgate Motion Picture Group As EVP, Worldwide Publicity
Nasim Cambron has been appointed as Executive Vice President of Worldwide Publicity for Lionsgate’s Motion Picture Group. She will assume the post on November 7, reporting to Lionsgate Motion Picture...
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