Clik here to view.
Lionsgate’s Jon Feltheimer Made $10.9M In Fiscal 2016, Up 61.5%
Lionsgate’s share price fell 35.6% in the fiscal year that ended in March, and the board acknowledged that — with declining film sales — the “year-end numbers did not reflect the financial performance...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Chris Evans Circling Lead Role In Lionsgate’s ‘Jekyll’
EXCLUSIVE: Chris Evans might be diversifying from his Captain America good-guy persona. Evans has come attached to play the lead role of Tom Jackman in Jekyll, the feature that Lionsgate is developing...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Starz Preps Telenovela ‘Teresa’ With Lionsgate & Televisa USA – TCA
Starz in getting into the telenovela business. The premium cabler said at TCA today that it is working with Lionsgate and Televisa USA to develop Teresa, a serialized drama based on the popular Mexican...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Lionsgate And Starz Forecast Big Post-Merger Growth, And Debt
Like most companies, Lionsgate and Starz prefer to keep their long term financial forecasts under wraps. That’s why Wall Street was so interested in the projections, and other disclosures, included...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Starz Boss On Lionsgate Merger, Push For Diversity &‘Outlander’s Future – TCA
At Starz’s TCA presentation, CEO Chris Albrecht touted the network’s pending merger with Lionsgate that would create a “one-of-a-kind media company in today’s media landscape” that would be a “talent...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Lionsgate TV Hires Chad Kennedy As Head of Current Programming
With Lionsgate’s TV series portfolio expanding, the studio is establishing a current department, tapping Warner Bros. veteran Chad Kennedy to head it as as SVP of Current Programming. Kennedy will...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Lionsgate Shares Rise As It Beats June Quarter Earnings Expectations
Investors had low expectations for Lionsgate’s June quarter following the disappointing performance of Now You See Me 2. But the studio vaulted the bar with help from a $26.3 million tax benefit —...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Lionsgate Execs Talk Up Starz Deal And Plan To Bring ‘Divergent’ To TV
Lionsgate used most of its quarterly earnings call with analysts to try and drum up enthusiasm for its $4.4 billion Starz deal — which has been met with mixed reviews on Wall Street. But they also...
View ArticleClik here to view.
With ‘Deepwater Horizon’ and ‘Patriots Day,’ Peter Berg & Mark Wahlberg Take...
Here's one of the season's bigger head-scratchers: Why would Peter Berg make the same movie, give or take, with the same star, Mark Wahlberg, for release by the same company, Lionsgate, at the almost...
View ArticleClik here to view.
RatPac, Def Pictures Set Steve Lemme Breakdance Pitch At Lionsgate
EXCLUSIVE: RatPac Entertainment and Def Pictures have sold an untitled feature film pitch from Steve Lemme to Lionsgate Films. Lemme, an actor and writer who is a founding member of the Broken Lizard...
View ArticleClik here to view.
‘Greenleaf’ Adds EP Kathleen McGhee-Anderson For Season 2
Kathleen McGhee-Anderson (Lincoln Heights; Madiba, The Nelson Mandela Story) has been named EP of OWN’s new original drama series Greenleaf. McGhee-Anderson joins Greenleaf executive producers Craig...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Lauren Palmigiano Set To Direct Lionsgate’s ‘White Girl Problems’
EXCLUSIVE: Lauren Palmigiano, formerly the head writer and executive producer for Funny or Die, will make her feature film directorial debut White Girl Problems at Lionsgate. Elizabeth Banks and Max...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Kevin Plunkett To Head Lionsgate & New Regency’s TV Production Joint Venture
EXCLUSIVE: Former E! head of scripted Kevin Plunkett has been named EVP and Head of Television for Lionsgate and New Regency’s recently formed television production joint venture. Plunkett, who will be...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Discovery Channel To Debut Seal-Slaughter Documentary ‘Huntwatch’ On...
Discovery Channel has acquired worldwide rights to the Ryan Reynolds-narrated documentary Huntwatch, which chronicles the fight to end the commercial seal hunt in Atlantic Canada, a fight that has been...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Taylor Kitsch Enlisted To Join ‘American Assassin’
Taylor Kitsch is set to join Dylan O'Brien and Michael Keaton in CBS Films and Lionsgate’s American Assassin, the movie adaptation of Vince Flynn's bestseller. Michael Cuesta is directing the thriller...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Louisiana Sends Dollars To ‘Deepwater Horizon’ Disaster Flick As Charities...
As the federal government and myriad charities hunt dollars to help Louisiana with its latest disaster, a Biblical flood, Louisiana is getting ready to help Hollywood with $37.7 million in state aid...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Lionsgate Hires Deloitte To Craft Post-Merger Integration Plans With Starz
A Lionsgate and Starz memo to staffers has disclosed a few new details about their integration plans following the studio’s $4.4 billion acquisition of the premium networks company, which they expect...
View ArticleClik here to view.
‘Nerve’ Back In 600 Theaters For Labor Day; $5 Tickets With App
Lionsgate is pushing its YA film Nerve back into 600 theaters this weekend to take advantage of the Labor Day holiday when kids are out of school. The film was released July 27 and became a hit among...
View ArticleClik here to view.
‘Hacksaw Ridge’: Mel Gibson’s Faith-Based WWII Action Pic Has Lido Believing...
UPDATE, WRITETHRU with press conference comments after 4:53 AM post: Hacksaw Ridge, Mel Gibson's fifth directorial effort, and his first since 2006's Apocalypto, screened for the press this morning at...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mel Gibson’s ‘Hacksaw Ridge’ Rivets With 10-Minute Ovation At World Premiere...
After wowing critics at early morning press screenings on Sunday, Mel Gibson's pacifist World War II action drama, Hacksaw Ridge, had its red carpet world premiere out of competition at the Venice Film...
View Article