Lionsgate Gets Excited About ‘Saw X’: Horror Pic Moves Earlier In Fall; First...
EXCLUSIVE: While there’s been whispers of films possibly moving out of 2023 into 2024 and beyond due to the SAG-AFTRA strike, it’s hands off for horror film franchises, particularly Lionsgate’s Saw X....
View ArticleEli Roth’s Feature Take of Videogame ‘Borderlands’ Lands Summer 2024 Release...
EXCLUSIVE: Eli Roth’s feature version of videogame Borderlands has set an Aug. 9, 2024 release date. The Lionsgate pic will be dated against Universal’s Speak No Evil and MGM’s Flint Strong. In the...
View Article‘Saw X’ Trailer: Jigsaw Is Back And There’s Still A Lot Of Work That Needs To...
Saw X, the 10th installment in the franchise from from Lionsgate and Twisted Pictures, released its official red band trailer Saturday. John Kramer (Tobin Bell) is back in this film, which is the...
View ArticleLionsgate Dates Kingdom Story’s ‘Unsung Hero’ In Pre-Summer 2024 Weekend
While the industry fears further theatrical date shakeups for 2023 due to the strikes, next year is getting beefed up. Today, Lionsgate has dated another faith-based music feature from Kingdom Story...
View ArticleLionsgate Closing In On eOne Acquisition As Hasbro Q2 Earnings Call Nears
Speculation is intensifying that Lionsgate is getting closer to a deal to acquire the Hasbro-owned Entertainment One. The timing is not coincidental. Hasbro is set to report second-quarter 2023...
View ArticleHasbro Confirms Sale Of eOne To Lionsgate For $500M
Hasbro has confirmed the sale of Entertainment One (eOne) to Lionsgate for $500M, which should close by the end of this year. Speculation had been intensifying that confirmation was incoming, with...
View ArticleHasbro Pivoting To “Asset-Lite” Entertainment Model Following eOne Sale
Hasbro will move to an “asset-lite model for future live action entertainment” following the $500M eOne sale, according to CEO Chris Cocks. Speaking as the toy giant unveiled the eOne deal plus Q2...
View ArticleEntertainment One’s Steve Bertram Reflects On “Incredible Ride” As He &...
Following the announcement Thursday morning that Lionsgate has agreed to acquire Entertainment One from Hasbro for $500 million, eOne’s top film and TV executives, Steve Bertram, President, Film &...
View ArticleInternational Insider: Lionsgate Buys eOne; On Location, Location, Locarno;...
Howdy, Insider crew. It’s the traditionally quiet summer season in TV and film land but European festivals, big-ticket M&A and Middle Eastern politics have ensured it’s stayed noisy. Jesse Whittock...
View ArticleLionsgate Beats Quarterly Forecasts, Says Starz Will Focus On U.S., UK And...
Lionsgate beat Wall Street analysts’ forecasts for the first quarter of its fiscal 2024, with revenue climbing 2% as the company’s library posted more robust results. The company also said after the...
View ArticleLionsgate Postpones Split Of Starz And Studio Until First Quarter Of 2024,...
Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer said the planned split of Lionsgate and Starz will take place in the first quarter of 2024, a change from the prior outlook for early fall of this year. The company has...
View ArticleLionsgate CFO Sees $30M Quarterly Hit From Strikes, Expresses Hope For...
Lionsgate CFO James Barge said the dual Hollywood strikes are hurting revenue by roughly $30 million per quarter. While the damage is spread across several business units, the exec said management and...
View ArticleHasbro: Olivier Dumont To Head Entertainment Division Following eOne Sale,...
Hasbro has set its leadership team for its “asset-lite” entertainment division, a series of moves that come after the toymaker sold eOne to Lionsgate for $500 million and it “right-sizes” its...
View ArticleLionsgate Reinstates Mask Mandate In Parts Of Santa Monica Office Following...
Amid rising Covid cases in Los Angeles, Lionsgate has brought back the mask mandate for nearly half of the company’s employees at its flagship office at 2700 Colorado Ave. in Santa Monica. The policy...
View ArticleLionsgate & STX Form Domestic Distribution Partnership; Neil Burger’s ‘The...
EXCLUSIVE: We first told you about a year ago that Lionsgate was in talks with STX to distribute and market the Bob Simonds-run studio’s movies, and today we can report that both companies have closed...
View Article‘The Marsh King’s Daughter’ Trailer Sees Daisy Ridley Confront The Most...
“I waited my whole life to see you again. I wasn’t sure what I would feel when I did.” Here’s the first trailer for The Marsh King’s Daughter, a chiller starring Daisy Ridley as a woman who has held a...
View Article‘Retribution’ Review: Liam Neeson In Action Trying To Save His Kids – Stop Us...
No wonder the writers are on strike. Being forced to try to bring freshness to the same tired ideas over and over to get some studio work must be frustrating. I would be picketing Lionsgate (which is...
View ArticleIt’s Not Just Hollywood: California Companies Still Required To Mask Up...
On Monday, Deadline broke the news that Lionsgate brought back a Covid mask mandate on two floors of its five-story flagship office in Santa Monica after several employees had tested positive. The...
View ArticleLionsgate’s Mask Mandate Lifted As Covid Outbreak Is Contained
Lionsgate on Friday notified employees that the mask mandate instituted about a week ago for the 3rd and 5th floors of the studio’s five-story office building in Santa Monica is ending, sources tell...
View ArticleLionsgate Ups Adam Frank, Jill Anderson To Lead Transactional Home Entertainment
Lionsgate has promoted Adam Frank and Jill Anderson to lead worldwide transactional home entertainment as it hit a market share milestone in the business, which includes transactional EST (electronic...
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