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Lionsgate Extends CEO Jon Feltheimer’s Contract to 2029
Lionsgate has extended longtime CEO Jon Feltheimer’s contract for another five years through July 31, 2029. Feltheimer signed a new deal in 2020 that aimed to keep him at the studio through Aug. 2025. On Aug. 8, Lionsgate’s compensation committee approved a new employment agreement with the studio head to keep him as CEO for […]
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Eli Roth’s ‘Borderlands’: What the Critics Are Saying
Lionsgate’s Borderlands hits theaters Aug. 9, but the review embargo for the film broke Thursday, and the early reaction from critics has been dire. A live-action adaptation of Gearbox Software’s popular video game series, Eli Roth’s film takes place on the planet Pandora and tells the story of a band of outlaw misfits. The film […]
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Lionsgate Shrinks First Quarter Loss Even As Motion Picture Unit Revenue Falls
Lionsgate released its first quarter financial results after the spinoff of the media giant’s studio business into a separately traded stock. The studio, led by CEO Jon Feltheimer, posted a first quarter net loss attributable to shareholders at $59.4 million, compared to a year-earlier $70.7 million loss, on overall revenue falling to $834.7 million, against […]
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‘Borderlands’ Review: Cate Blanchett Is a Gunslinging Bounty Hunter in Eli Roth’s Joylessly Gonzo Adaptation of the Popular Video Game
Kevin Hart, Ariana Greenblatt and Jamie Lee Curtis also star in this fight to survive on the lawless planet Pandora, with Jack Black providing the voice of a wisecracking robot.
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Lionsgate Inks Deal With 50 Cent to Launch FAST Channel
Lionsgate has inked a deal with rapper and TV mogul Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson to launch a free ad-supported channel, 50 Cent Action. The new FAST channel will offer premium content from Lionsgate’s library, including the original Power series. Other action fare to land on the FAST channel from the Hollywood studio’s vault will include […]
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Lionsgate to Eliminate Studio’s Dual-Class Share Structure
Lionsgate is moving ahead with a plan to collapse its dual-class share structure into a single class of stock by offering a 12 percent premium to class A voting shareholders. The studio, led by CEO Jon Feltheimer, in an SEC filing on Monday said a special committee of the board explored ending the dual-class voting […]
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Nicolas Cage’s ‘The Surfer’ Lands at Lionsgate, Roadside Attractions
Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions are looking to catch a box office wave after picking up the North American rights to The Surfer, the psychological thriller from director Lorcan Finnegan that stars Nicolas Cage as a beach bum on the edge of sanity. With a 2025 theatrical release set, the fourth feature from the Vivarium director and […]
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Lionsgate Nabs ‘Power Ballad’ Musical Comedy Starring Paul Rudd, Nick Jonas
Lionsgate has picked up the North American, UK and Ireland rights to John Carney’s musical comedy Power Ballad, which stars Nick Jonas and Paul Rudd. The project, which was recently shot in Dublin, follows Rudd as a wedding singer and Jonas as a flagging pop star who come together to write a song to comedic […]
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‘The Chosen’ Creator’s Holiday Movie ‘Best Christmas Pageant Ever’ Debuts First Trailer
Judy Greer is in over her head as the director of her’s church annual Christmas event in the trailer for The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. Dallas Jenkins, who created the biblical series The Chosen, directed the Lionsgate holiday film that hits theaters Nov. 8. Pete Holmes, Molly Belle Wright and Lauren Graham also star in […]
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Snoop Dogg-Produced ‘1992,’ Starring Tyrese Gibson, Lands Summer Release
Lionsgate is going back to the early 1990s this summer, with help from Tyrese Gibson and Snoop Dogg. The company announced Monday that it will release director Ariel Vromen’s crime thriller 1992 in theaters Aug. 30. Snoop Dogg has boarded the feature as executive producer through his Death Row Pictures production company, with Gibson (known […]
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Chad Stahelski’s 87Eleven to Remake Bollywood Action Thriller ‘Kill’ for Lionsgate
John Wick filmmaker Chad Stahelski is set to produce an English-language remake of the action thriller Kill for Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions. Nikhil Nagesh Bhat wrote and directed the 2023 Indian Hindi-language film. The original Kill movie took place during a train trip to New Delhi, and saw a pair of commandos battle an army of […]
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Alec Baldwin Trains Novice With a Dark Past in ‘Clear Cut’ Trailer
Alec Baldwin and Stephen Dorff get caught up in the dangerous world of cutting timber in the Pacific Northwest in the trailer for Clear Cut. Lionsgate releases director Brian Skiba’s thriller feature theatrically and via digital and on-demand on July 19. Clive Standen, Lucy Martin, Jesse Metcalfe and Tom Welling also star in the movie […]
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