With the success of the John Wick franchise having expanded into spin-offs with the prequel series The Continental premiering this fall and the Ana de Armas-led Ballerina next year, it’s no surprise to learn Lionsgate is not only developing further spin-offs but have officially announced John Wick: Chapter 5 is in development as well. In Lionsgate’s earnings call, executive Joe Drake discussed […]
Dave Bautista puts a hit on himself in action comedy The Killer’s Game
Now that he’s done in the Marvel universe with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Dave Bautista is set to star in the action comedy The Killer’s Game from director JJ Perry (Day Shift) as he plays an assassin who places a hit on himself after getting a fatal medical diagnosis, but discovers it’s too late to call […]
The games have changed in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes trailer
Lionsgate has released the first trailer for The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, a prequel which follows the future Panem president Coriolanus Snow (Tom Blyth) in his youth as he is chosen as the mentor for District 12’s Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zelger) for the 10th annual Hunger Games, one that will change […]
The Twilight Saga set for TV series adaptation
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 […]
