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Former Epix Exec Arrested For Defrauding Cabler Of $8M; Faces 22 Years In Jail
Emil Rensing was arrested and charged today with ripping off his former employer Epix for more than $8 million in an elaborate fraud scheme. Appearing in federal court on Tuesday, the ex-chief digital...
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‘My Little Pony’ Trots Up To October 2017; ‘Cafe Society’ Changes To Platform...
Lionsgate has moved up the release of its Hasbro title My Little Pony by a month from November 3, 2017, to October 6. It will now be pitted against an untitled Warner Bros event film and a Fox Marvel...
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Sarah Snook In Talks For Lionsgate’s ‘The Glass Castle’ Opposite Brie Larson
EXCLUSIVE: The Beautiful Lie star Sarah Snook is in negotiations to appear in Lionsgate’s The Glass Castle, the Destin Daniel Cretton-directed adaptation of the best-selling memoir by Jeannette Walls....
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Rob Lowe, Kristen Bell Join Pantelion Comedy ‘How To Be A Latin Lover’
EXCLUSIVE: Rob Lowe, Kristen Bell, Raquel Welch and Rob Riggle have joined Eugenio Derbez in the comedy How to Be a Latin Lover for Lionsgate’s Pantelion label. Ken Marino is directing the story about...
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Lionsgate Sets Release Date For Ewan McGregor’s Directorial Debut ‘American...
Lionsgate has set its release schedule for American Pastoral, a crime drama based on Philip Roth’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, helmed by Ewan McGregor in his directorial debut. The film, which also...
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Frankie Shaw Joins Boston Marathon Bombing Drama ‘Stronger’
EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate’s Boston Marathon bombing drama Stronger continues to build up its cast, with Flaked actress Frankie Shaw signing on in the role of Gail. Based on the nonfiction bestseller of the...
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Lionsgate Partners With Execs At Film Initiative Targeting Global Local Markets
Lionsgate sees a profit opportunity in films targeted to specific international markets, and hopes to tap it with a new partnership: Globalgate Entertainment. The initiative teams the studio with...
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Mel Gibson WWII Movie ‘Hacksaw Ridge’ Jumps Into November Awards Season; ‘The...
EXCLUSIVE: Mel Gibson’s next directorial, Hacksaw Ridge from Lionsgate, will open on Nov. 4. Deadline hears that the film tested through the roof and the best place for this title which has equal parts...
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‘Now You See Me 3’, ‘Patriots Day’, ‘No Exit’&‘American Assassin’ Round Out...
Lionsgate has announced its 2016 Cannes Film Festival sales slate, billing it as the studio’s biggest yet, comprising eight titles. Leading the pack is Now You See Me 3, the third in the series about...
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Lionsgate Moves YA Title ‘Nerve’ Into Summer, Schedules ‘The Woods’
Lionsgate has just put its YA thriller Nerve into the heat of the summer pulling it out of its Sept. 16 date and dropping it into the July 27 to July 29, 2016 window. It will now be on the same weekend...
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Comic-Con Awards Show Eyed By the Convention In Partnership With Lionsgate
The biggest fan convention is looking to launch a branded awards show franchise. I’ve learned that Comic-Con International and Lionsgate, partners in the new video streaming service Comic-Con HQ, are...
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Tony Watch: With The Smashing ‘She Loves Me’ On Broadway And Hulu’s...
EXCLUSIVE: Here are some figures you haven’t seen bandied about much in the Tony nominations numbers game: Competing in the all-important best show categories are four new plays, five new musicals,...
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Martin Scorsese’s Mob Film ‘The Irishman’ In Major Deal To STX After Heated...
EXCLUSIVE: Martin Scorsese’s mob picture The Irishman has landed at STX Entertainment in a huge deal for international rights that could be a recent record for Cannes. We’re hearing the buy could be...
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Cannes Un Certain Regard Western ‘Hell Or High Water’ To Go Wide Sooner In...
After wowing critics here on the Croisette, Lionsgate is breaking its CBS Films Western Hell Or High Water wide sooner than expected. The film will still debut in a limited number of theaters on August...
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Jeff Bridges & Taylor Kitsch Answer Call For Brolin-Teller Firefighter Pic
Jeff Bridges and Taylor Kitsch have joined the cast of the untitled firefighter pic financed by Black Label Media that already has Josh Brolin, Miles Teller and James Badge Dale attached. The film...
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Lionsgate Shares Soar As March Quarter Earnings Beat Expectations
Wall Street was looking for a reason to be encouraged about Lionsgate after disappointing box office results for Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 (released in November), Gods Of Egypt, and The...
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Lionsgate Standing Strongly Behind ‘Nashville’ And Looks To ‘Power Rangers’...
Lionsgate threw very strong support behind its country music drama Nashville which was cancelled by ABC earlier this month after four seasons, telling analysts this morning that “the fans and everyone...
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Lionsgate Joins Fox, Par & Uni In Nixing Exhibitor Clearance Requests: What...
Starting with its June 10 release of Now You See Me 2, Lionsgate will no longer honor clearance requests from exhibitors on titles playing in a competitive zone. The distributor joins 20th Century Fox,...
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‘Nashville’ Eyes Season 5 Pickup By CMT
Encouraging news for Nashville fans: I hear the country music drama is inching closer to a pickup by country music-themed cable network CMT. Nashville producer Lionsgate TV sprang into action the...
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Lionsgate Dates ‘Granite Mountain’, ‘Wonder’&‘How To Be A Latin Lover’ For 2017
Lionsgate has staked out 2017 release dates for a trio of films: family drama Wonder (April 7), comedy How to Be a Latin Lover (April 28) and firefighter drama Granite Mountain (September 22). Granite...
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