Prepare to revisit the compelling work of Stephenie Meyer once again, as Twilight mania will return. News broke from The Hollywood Reporter that Lionsgate is in the very early development of a television series based on The Twilight Saga. Per THR, The new Lionsgate Television project based on the wildly successful books and later films […]
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes gets a teaser poster
Lionsgate returns to The Hunger Games franchise this year for an adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ prequel spinoff The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, which tells the story of a young Coriolanus Snow before he became the tyrannical President of Panem. We’ve already had the first look image above featuring new leads Tom […]
Martin Lawrence is on the hunt for a copycat serial killer in Mindcage trailer
Lionsgate has released a trailer for the serial killer crime thriller Mindcage, which features Martin Lawrence and John Malkovich doing what they do best as cop and serial killer respectively. The erstwhile Bad Boy is playing a detective trying to catch a copycat killer with the help of Malkovich’s incarcerated bad guy, known simply as […]
Renny Harlin remaking The Strangers as first part of a horror trilogy
Cliffhanger and Deep Blue Sea director Renny Harlin is set to helm Lionsgate’s remake of the 2008 horror hit The Strangers. Deadline report that Lionsgate plan for this to be the first part of a trilogy and that the Finnish director of The Long Kiss Goodnight has completed negotiations to oversee two subsequent films based on […]
Ana de Armas’ John Wick spin-off Ballerina to begin filming this summer
The John Wick franchise is about to grow a little larger as Lionsgate announced at CinemaCon that the spin-off Ballerina with Ana de Armas (No Time to Die) in the lead role will begin production this summer. Ballerina focuses on “a young female assassin (Armas) who seeks revenge against the people who killed her family.” The character […]
Lionsgate signs streaming deal with Roku for John Wick 4, Borderlands and more
Lionsgate has signed a streaming rights deal with The Roku Channel which will give the studio’s feature films an exclusive run on the free, ad-supported platform after they play on Starz. The multi-year agreement will see the studio’s 2022 theatrical releases receives two separate windows for each film. The first will provide The Roku Channel […]
John Wick’s Chad Stahelski to direct gritty fantasy Arcana
Lionsgate has tapped John Wick director Chad Stahelski to helm Arcana, a gritty fantasy film from Predators writers Michael Finch and Alex Litvak, according to Deadline. Arcana is described as “a gritty urban fantasy set in the hidden world of magical clans.” Stahelski will produce with Jason Spitz and Alex Young through their company 87Eleven Entertainment with Finch […]
Searching director’s new thriller Run heading to Hulu instead of theatrical release
Lionsgate’s Run, the new thriller from Searching director Aneesh Chaganty, is heading to at-home streaming instead of its originally scheduled theatrical release. According to Deadline, Aneesh Chaganty’s new thriller has found a home at Hulu while also noting that Run will be released theatrically in some overseas territories, but not in the United States. There is no premiere […]
Janelle Monáe horror Antebellum pulled from August release
After originally losing its April 24th release due to the global health crisis, Antebellum, the new horror film starring Janelle Monáe, has now been pulled from its August 21st release date by Lionsgate. While no reasoning was given for the indefinite delay, it’s safe to assume the change comes from the studio’s wavering hope that theatres […]
Shazam! director David F. Sandberg to helm horror film The Culling for Lionsgate
Lights Out, Annabelle: Creation, and Shazam! director David F. Sandberg is set to helm a new horror project, titled The Culling, for Lionsgate. According to Deadline, The Culling follows a troubled priest who confines himself to a remote cabin in the middle of the woods where he attempts to make a last stand against the demon that terrorized his family when […]
