‘The Conners’ Repeats To Air On The CW In Unusual Acquisition Deal; Premiere...
This is something we don’t see often — reruns of an ongoing broadcast series airing concurrently on another broadcast network in primetime. Under a deal with Lionsgate, the CW has acquired the five...
View ArticleLionsgate Studios To Become A New Public Company, Splitting With Starz In...
Lionsgate’s long-gestating plan to split the studio with Starz is finally a go as the company announced today that Studios — the TV studio, motion picture group and film and television libraries —...
View ArticleLionsgate Closes Acquisition Of eOne From Hasbro
Lionsgate said today its acquisition of global entertainment platform eOne from Hasbro is done. The transaction announced last August adds 6,500 film and television titles to Lionsgate’s large library;...
View ArticleShowbiz Stocks 2023: Tech Surges, Big Media Companies Weather Strikes And...
Roku was a champ. Lionsgate surged and Netflix jumped. Tech shares went bananas in 2023. Big media stocks had a mixed year of transition dominated by Hollywood strikes with linear television declines...
View ArticleTopher Grace & Michelle Dockery Join Mark Wahlberg In Mel Gibson-Helmed...
EXCLUSIVE: Topher Grace (Home Economics) and Michelle Dockery (Downton Abbey: A New Era) have been tapped for roles opposite Academy Award nominee Mark Wahlberg in Flight Risk, the suspense thriller...
View ArticleLionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer Says Avoiding “Crazy Risk” Will Help Film Studio...
Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer expressed an optimistic view of the movie business – at least the way it is approached by his cost-conscious executive team. During a conference call with Wall Street...
View ArticleLionsgate Launches Alternative TV Division With eOne Assets, Hires Dirk Hoogstra
Lionsgate is bringing eOne’s unscripted assets together with its own non-fiction division after closing its $375M deal for the company. It is launching Lionsgate Alternative Television, which will...
View ArticleGuy Ritchie Pic ‘The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare’ Sets Spring Release...
Lionsgate announced on Tuesday that its new Guy Ritchie film The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare is set to open in wide release on April 19. Set to contend with the pic in its opening weekend at the...
View ArticleLionsgate Motion Picture Group Shift: Joe Drake Stepping Down As Chair, Hands...
Lionsgate Motion Picture Group Chair Joe Drake is exiting the company, and handing over executive duties and title to Motion Picture Group Vice Chair Adam Fogelson. This was a move initiated by Drake...
View ArticleAntoine Fuqua’s Michael Jackson Biopic Gets Global Release Date Via Lionsgate...
Michael, the Michael Jackson biopic starring Jaafar Jackson as the King of Pop, is getting a global release. Lionsgate is releasing the movie stateside on April 18, 2025, with Universal is handling...
View ArticleChad Stahelski Inks Pact With Lionsgate To Have Oversight Of ‘John...
Chad Stahelski, who Deadline already told you was set to direct the reboot of Highlander starring Henry Cavill, has inked a deal with Lionsgate to oversee the creative on both that franchise and John...
View ArticleLionsgate Howls For Chandler Baker Short Story ‘Big Bad’ With Chris Landon...
EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate is closing a deal to purchase a package that will have Chandler Baker adapt her short story Big Bad for Chris Landon to direct. Todd Lieberman and Hidden Pictures will produce with...
View ArticleLionsgate Finds Young Michael Jackson In Juliano Krue Valdi For Antoine...
Nine-year old Juliano Krue Valdi has won the role to play young Michael Jackson in Lionsgate and UIP’s Antoine Fuqua’s directed Michael. Valdi will play the young Michael Jackson as he and his brothers...
View ArticleLionsgate & Roadside Attractions Acquire TIFF Midnight Madness Movie ‘Boy...
EXCLUSIVE: The TIFF Midnight Madness movie, Boy Kills World, has been picked up by Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions. The action movie starring Bill Skarsgård, Michelle Dockery, Jessica Rothe, and...
View ArticleColman Domingo To Play Patriarch Joe Jackson In Lionsgate & Universal’s...
Coming off of his first career Best Actor Oscar nomination for Netflix’s Rustin, Colman Domingo has more to celebrate: He just landed the role of Jackson family patriarch Joe Jackson in Lionsgate and...
View ArticleBen Feldman Starring In Australian Comedy Crime Series ‘Population 11’ From...
EXCLUSIVE: Superstore star Ben Feldman will lead Australian comedy crime caper Population 11. Lionsgate, streamer Stan and Phil Lloyd and Trent O’Donnell from No Activity producer Jungle Entertainment...
View ArticleKeke Palmer Reteams With Aziz Ansari For His Feature Directorial Debut ‘Good...
Two-time Emmy winner Keke Palmer is boarding Aziz Ansari’s feature directorial debut, Good Fortune, at Lionsgate, which also stars the Parks & Recreation and Master of None alum, Keanu Reeves and...
View ArticleMichael Jackson Biopic ‘Michael’ Sets Nia Long As Matriarch Katherine Jackson
Lionsgate and Universal Pictures International’s Michael Jackson biopic Michael has cast Nia Long as Jackson matriarch Katherine Jackson. The Antoine Fuqua-directed movie is now shooting for an April...
View ArticleMiles Teller Circling Michael Jackson Biopic ‘Michael’ For Lionsgate & Universal
EXCLUSIVE: Top Gun: Maverick and Whiplash star Miles Teller is in talks to join Lionsgate and Universal Pictures International’s Antoine Fuqua-directed Michael. Sources tell us that there’s no deal yet...
View ArticleNathan Fillion Launches Production Company Collision33, Inks First-Look Deal...
EXCLUSIVE: Nathan Fillion is expanding his producing role, announcing the launch of his production company Collision33, which has inked a first-look deal with Lionsgate. Collision33 was formed by...
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