Even though there’s still $2 billion-$3 billion missing in the post-Covid domestic box office, there was plenty to be thankful for in 2024, which is coming in at an estimated $8.72B, off 3% from 2023’s $9B. That figure is factored from Comscore and Deadline calculations. First of all, many were…

Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Julia Stiles (10 Things I Hate About You) has unveiled the first trailer for Wish You Were Here, her first feature behind the camera, which Lionsgate releases in theaters on January 17 and on digital on February 4. An adaptation of the bestseller by Renee Carlino, who…

‘Safe House’ To Open Göteborg Film Festival Eirik Svensson’s Safe House (Før Mørket) will kick of the 48th Göteburg Film Festival on January 24, 2025. The film’s screenplay, written by Harald Rosenløw Eeg and Lars Gudmestad, is based on real events from the autobiography ‘Det Finnes Ingen de Andre…

Typically there’s one odd duck out when it comes to the movie studios at CinemaCon, but this year with box office climbing back post strikes and Covid, there are no plans for any to sit out. The exhibitor-studio confab runs March 31-April 3 at The Colosseum of Caesars Palace. For the first time as…

With Lionsgate Studios and Starz set to complete their separation by mid-January, the CEO of the latter made the case for why investors should buy a new Nasdaq-listed STRZ stock, calling it "a misunderstood asset." "You've got a very good, investable business," he told a UBS media conference, “one…

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate’s Lucy Hale comedy-mystery F*** Marry Kill hit digital store shelves and PVOD this past Friday, December 6 — then disappeared a few hours later. We heard all the noise from genre fans. What went on here? Is Lionsgate’s AI to blame? No, not at all. Apparently, the R-rated…

Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and his G-Unit Film & Television along with Lionsgate are debuting the 50 Cent Action Channel on The Roku Channel next Tuesday, Dec. 10. Curated by the Grammy winner and Emmy winning multihyphenate, the 50 Cent Action Channel will feature 50 Cent's favorite movies and TV…

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 traded companies is set out in an official S4 document that needs to be declared effective by the…

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 plot details are under wraps, we hear the film is in the spirit of The Hangover. Imagine developed…

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 Jobs, has begun a round of redundancies Wednesday. Deadline understands that it's hitting eOne's…

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 announcement Wednesday. Lawrence and his about:blank producing partner Cameron MacConomy recently…

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 Arnas Fedaravičius (The White Lotus) and Adrian Lester (The Sandman). In Mutiny, which has just…