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Tokyo-based Kino Films has struck a deal with Lionsgate and GK Films to distribute Michael Jackson biopic, Michael, in Japan. Lionsgate is releasing domestically, with Universal set to handle international markets, save Japan where Kino Films expects to release in 2025. The North American release is…

EXCLUSIVE: The stars and filmmaker of Borderlands aren’t scheduled to attend next week’s San Diego Comic-Con, but at least you can live the movie if you’re at the fanboy confab, or on your way. The movie, which stars Cate Blanchett, Haley Bennett, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Edgar…

Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions have taken North America to the Nicolas Cage feature The Surfer which received a six-minute standing ovation at Cannes following its midnight section premiere. A 2025 theatrical release is planned. Related Stories …

Lionsgate has acquired the John Carney directed musical comedy Power Ballad, starring Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas, for release in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and Ireland. Deadline first told you about the 30West package back at Cannes; the pic then in production in Dublin. Power Ballad follows a…

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate Television and 3 Arts Entertainment have preemptively acquired the rights to bestselling The Magicians author Lev Grossman's new novel The Bright Sword for series development. Set to be published July 16, The Bright Sword is described as “the first major Arthurian epic of the new…

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate Television has landed its first Israeli drama series. The U.S. major is teaming with Israel’s Yes and Gil Formats on a spy drama based on the hunt for Doctor Josef Mengele starring Dark’s Oliver Masucci. The as-yet-untitled show comes from vet Israeli producer Assaf Gil…

Lionsgate said Tuesday that the third installment in its magic-themed franchise Now You See Me, starring Jesse Eisenberg, will be released wide in theaters on November 14, 2025. There are no other films set to debut on that date for now. Other high-profile titles set to debut in November 2025 at…

Lionsgate has set a release date of Labor Day weekend, August 30, for the action crime thriller 1992, which is one of Ray Liotta’s final film roles. The Emmy-winning actor co-starred in the movie opposite Tyrese Gibson. In addition today, Snoop Dogg boarded the movie as EP through his Death Row Pictures…

Lionsgate and John Wick franchise production company 87Eleven Entertainment have plans for an English-language remake of upcoming Indian action movie, Kill. Chad Stahelski, Jason Spitz, and Alex Young will produce for 87Eleven Entertainment. The Hindi-language feature hits theaters on July 4…

Lionsgate on Monday unveiled the first trailer for The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, its inspirational comedy starring Judy Greer (13 Going on 30) and Pete Holmes (Crashing), which hails from Kingdom Story Company and Dallas Jenkins, the filmmaker behind popular faith-based series The Chosen. An…

On Thursday, Lionsgate unveiled the first trailer for Flight Risk, the suspense thriller teaming Academy Award nominee Mark Wahlberg with Oscar-winning filmmaker Mel Gibson. Marking Gibson’s first outing behind the camera since the Academy Award-nominated war drama Hacksaw Ridge for the same studio, the…

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate and Grindstone Entertainment announced on Monday that they’ll release their R-rated dramedy The Duel, starring Dylan Sprouse (Beautiful Disaster) and Callan McAuliffe (The Walking Dead), in theaters for one night only, in partnership with Iconic Events, on July 31. They also…