Cillian Murphy Talks ‘Small Things Like These’& What He’s Learned As A...
Small Things Like These, starring and produced by Cillian Murphy, opens today in the UK and Ireland before bowing November 8 in the U.S. The Tim Mielants-directed drama opened the Berlin Film Festival...
View ArticleEva Longoria Reveals Her “Only Mistake” In Investing $6 Million In ‘John Wick’
Eva Longoria has developed quite a business savvy over the years, but she still has some regrets. After making “more than double” her $6 million investment on John Wick after it debuted in 2014, the...
View ArticleIsabel May To Star Opposite Teo Yoo In Lionsgate Action Thriller ‘Karoshi’
EXCLUSIVE: After signing on to a handful of promising indies, 1883 breakout Isabel May has come aboard to star opposite Past Lives‘ Teo Yoo in Karoshi, the mysterious action thriller that Takashi...
View ArticleLionsgate Makes Worldwide Deal For ‘Hurry Up Tomorrow’; Thriller Marks...
EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate has stepped up to land worldwide theatrical distribution rights to Hurry Up Tomorrow, the new title of a film that marks the feature-starring debut of The Weeknd (Abel Tesfaye)....
View ArticleLionsgate & Grindstone Entertainment Group Re-Up Multi-Year Deal Through 2027
Lionsgate has extended its deal with Grindstone Entertainment Group through 2027. Lionsgate and Grindstone count a near 17-year working relationship in what is a 700-title content library. Among...
View ArticleLionsgate Selling ‘Orphan 3’ At AFM
Orphan 3 is reportedly happening with Isabelle Fuhrman returning to the role of Esther. Scribe David Coggeshall and director William Brent Bell (“The Boy” franchise), who worked on the previous...
View ArticleMichael Jackson Biopic Moonwalks To Fall 2025, Aziz Ansari’s ‘Good Fortune’...
EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate’s Antoine Fuqua directed Michael Jackson biopic, Michael, is moving out of next year’s Easter frame of April 18-20 and to Oct. 3, 2025. Universal is handling the overseas release...
View Article‘The Best Christmas Pageant Ever’ Review: A Faith Based Family Holiday Comedy...
There is a reason certain Christmas movies stand the test of time and return year after year, and also a reason the Hallmark-style factory-made product is easily forgotten. It’s a Wonderful Life, White...
View ArticleHugh Grant’s ‘Heretic’ Could Scare Off ‘Venom 3’ This Weekend; Curtains Lift...
It’s not that clear cut that Sony’s Venom: The Last Dance will take No. 1 in its third weekend, with the movie looking to do around $12M. Exhibitors are betting that A24’s Heretic could do as much, if...
View Article‘Borderlands’ & More Squeeze Lionsgate’s Quarter As CEO Candidly Admits, “We...
Lionsgate’s Motion Picture segment saw revenue nose up 3% to $40 million last quarter on more theatrical wide releases, but profit fell to $2.8 million as those movies underperformed, especially...
View ArticleLionsgate CEO On ‘Borderlands’ Bombing: “Everything That Could Go Wrong Did...
When it came to the bombing of Borderlands, among other late summer and fall releases, Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer made no bones about emphasizing culpa nostra. “On Borderlands, nearly everything that...
View ArticleLionsgate Admits Unscripted TV Division Is “Feeling The Effects Of A...
It’s no secret that the unscripted television business has been struggling recently, with numerous companies closing down and the number of projects bought stagnating. This is an issue that is also...
View ArticleLionsgate Motion Picture Chair Adam Fogelson On Studio’s New AI Deal: “Our...
The Lionsgate earnings call this afternoon would not have been proper without addressing the elephant in the room: the studio’s deal with AI research firm Runway. Announced on September 18, it was a...
View ArticleKingdom Story Company Renews Three-Year First-Look Deal With Lionsgate
Fresh off success with their holiday family comedy The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, Lionsgate and the faith-based Kingdom Story Company have agreed to renew their three-year first-look deal, extending...
View ArticleShowtime Accused Of Stealing ‘Yellowjackets’ Idea From 2015 Film
As Yellowjackets fans eagerly await Season 3, Showtime has been hit with a lawsuit claiming the idea for the Emmy-nominated series was stolen from the 2015 Shyam Madiraju-helmed survival thriller Eden....
View ArticleRoland Møller Lands Villain Role Opposite Jason Statham In Lionsgate...
EXCLUSIVE: Danish actor Roland Møller (Citadel) has landed the lead villain role opposite Jason Statham and Annabelle Wallis in Lionsgate’s action-thriller Mutiny. Others newly aboard for key roles are...
View Article‘Hunger Games’ Franchise Filmmaker Francis Lawrence Inks First-Look Deal With...
Hunger Games franchise filmmaker Francis Lawrence has signed a first-look producing deal with Lionsgate via his label about:blank. Adam Fogelson, Lionsgate Motion Picture Group chair, made the...
View ArticleDirk Hoogstra & Nicole Sorrenti Among Lionsgate Execs Exiting Following...
EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate Alternative Television is the latest business to be hit with layoffs. The unscripted TV arm of the studio, which is behind series such as Discovery’s Naked and Afraid and Dirty...
View ArticleLionsgate Boards Adult Comedy ‘Rager’ From Imagine Entertainment; Jon Kasdan...
EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate has picked up Rager, an adult comedy from Imagine Entertainment, which Jon Kasdan (Solo: A Star Wars Story) will direct from his script written with Emmy nominee Dan Klein. While...
View ArticleLionsgate Closing In On Studio-Starz Split
Lionsgate moved a step closer to a planned split of the studio from Starz with an SEC filing today officially marking its plans. The long-in-the-making transaction to create two separate publicly...
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