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All This for a Dog Headline News

Shannon Tindle to Helm Untitled Animated ‘John Wick’ Prequel

By Dan Sarto | Tuesday, April 1, 2025 at 1:40pm

The ‘Ultraman: Rising’ writer/director has boarded Lionsgate’s upcoming feature, just announced at CinemaCon, with franchise star Keanu Reeves reportedly voicing the famed hitman in a story about completing the Impossible Task.

Leaders Driving Real Change ANIMATIONWorld

‘You Got Moxie!’: Changing the Game of Changemaking in Entertainment

Collective Moxie founder & CEO Julie Ann Crommett, a seasoned DEI advisor and former Disney and Google executive, shares insights gleaned from her podcasts with industry leaders like Pixar’s Danielle Feinberg and Disney’s Carlos Lopez Estrada, who discuss their own experiences and how they’ve worked to embrace inclusivity and effect change in their artistic efforts.

Vengeance Has A New Name Headline News

Lionsgate Shares First ‘Ballerina’ Trailer

By Dan Sarto | Thursday, September 26, 2024 at 2:07pm

Ana de Armas joins the murky, fiendish and bloody world of assassins, circa ‘John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum,’ in the action-packed origin story of Eve Macarro and the traditions of the Ruska Roma; hitting theaters June 5, 2025.

Leaders Driving Real Change Headline News

Former Disney and Google Exec Julie Ann Crommett Launches ‘You Got Moxie!’ Podcast

Each week, the Collective Moxie founder & CEO discusses steps and strategies behind making meaningful change across a wide set of industries; upcoming episodes include Pixar Animation’s Danielle Feinberg and Kamala Avila-Salmon, Founder & CEO, Kas Kas Productions/Former Head of Inclusive Content at Lionsgate.

We Want More Twilight! Headline News

Netflix Orders ‘Twilight’ Animated Series ‘Midnight Sun’

First announced in 2023 as a series reboot at Lionsgate Television, the project serves as a retelling of the original ‘Twilight’ novel from the perspective of the broody vampire Edward Cullen.

That’s Not My Doog Headline News

Lionsgate Television Developing ‘John Wick’ Sequel Series

The show, titled ‘John Wick: Under the High Table,’ picks up after the events of ‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ and is currently being shopped to potential networks and streaming services.

The Old Boy Returns Headline News

Lionsgate, Park Chan-wook to Develop English-Language ‘Oldboy’ Series

The show is based on the Japanese manga, which follows a man’s pulse-pounding journey for answers after he is kidnapped and held in a room for 15 years.

It’s Not Personal It’s Business Headline News

Margot Robbie’s LuckyChap to Produce ‘Monopoly’ Live-Action Adaptation

The team behind ‘Barbie’ and the upcoming ‘Sims’ adaptation will collaborate with Lionsgate and Hasbro Entertainment on the board game feature, although plot details remain mum.

The Crow Returns Headline News

Lionsgate Drops ‘The Crow’ Official Trailer

By Dan Sarto | Thursday, March 14, 2024 at 8:05am

Bill Skarsgård takes on the iconic role in this modern reimagining of the original graphic novel by James O’Barr, and this gritty, grisly supernatural thriller is not for the squeamish; in theaters June 7. 

Dept. of Far Out! Headline News

‘The Freak Brothers’ Season 2 Arrives on Digital February 26.

The fun cloud of smoke returns… Lionsgate's adult animated series, based on Gilbert Shelton’s acclaimed underground comics, stars Woody Harrelson, Pete Davidson, John Goodman, and Tiffany Haddish as four pothead time travelers from the 1960s.

Creative King Headline News

Chad Stahelski to Oversee ‘Highlander,’ ‘John Wick’ Franchises

Lionsgate has named the director/stunt master as the creative overseer of its two action franchises across film, TV and all multimedia platforms.

Done Deal Headline News

Lionsgate Finalizes Acquisition of Hasbro’s eOne for $375 Million

The sale, first announced this past August, includes almost 6,500 titles, but notably omits popular franchises such as ‘Peppa Pig,’ ‘Transformers,’ ‘Dungeons & Dragons,’ ‘Magic: The Gathering,’ ‘My Little Pony,’ ‘Power Rangers,’ ‘Play-Doh,’ ‘Monopoly’ and ‘Clue,’ which will receive ‘significant development, production and financing capabilities.’

The Year of the Layoffs Headline News

Starz to Lay Off Over 10% of Workforce in Upcoming Lionsgate Split

The planned restructuring, which includes cutting business ties in the U.K. and Australia, is meant to ‘align our organization with the growth areas of the business and to prepare us for our next chapter as a standalone company,’ says CEO Jeffrey Hirsch.

Before the Hunger Games Headline News

New Trailer, Poster Drop for ‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes’

Witness the rise of power in the prequel to the ‘The Hunger Games’ trilogy, set 64 years before Katniss Everdeen volunteered as tribute, and decades before Coriolanus Snow became the tyrannical President of Panem, in theaters November 17.

Going Out on a Digital Limb Headline News

VFX Legion Amps Up the Terror in Lionsgate’s ‘Cobweb‘

The visual effects boutique delivers 225+ shots for the psychological thriller, adding to the tale’s horror with invisible effects, which included a 3D animated spider, digital limb replacements, and CG environments and set extensions.

Business Headline News

Hasbro Launches ‘Hasbro Entertainment’

On the heels of the sale of eOne to Lionsgate, company announces new division, lead by Olivier Dumont, to create multi-platform content from priority brands; Zev Foreman and Gabriel Marano named head of film and television, respectively.

mergers and acquisitions Headline News

Lionsgate Acquires Hasbro’s eOne for $500 Million

The sale includes almost 6,500 titles, but notably omits popular franchises such as ‘Peppa Pig,’ ‘Transformers,’ ‘Dungeons & Dragons,’ ‘Magic: The Gathering,’ ‘My Little Pony,’ ‘Power Rangers,’ ‘Play-Doh,’ ‘Monopoly’ and ‘Clue,’ which will receive ‘significant development, production and financing capabilities.’

Game to Cinema Oh My! Headline News

Eli Roth’s ‘Borderlands’ Feature Gets Release Date

The live-action adaptation of the hit video game, starring Cate Blanchett, Jack Black, Edgar Ramirez, Kevin Hart, Ariana Greenblatt, Florian Munteanu, and Jamie Lee Curtis, will debut in theaters August 9, 2024.

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Teaming Up for ‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ VFX

Collaborators Jonathan Rothbart, Janelle Croshaw Ralla, and Michael Ralla talk incendiary shotgun shells, a blind assassin’s eyeballs, a CG dog, and hundreds of ring finger removals, on Chad Stahelski and Lionsgate’s shoot ‘em up in volume action-adventure. 

Party Like It’s 1969 Headline News

‘The Freak Brothers’ Return to Tubi

The first four episodes of the 2D animated series’ second season are now streaming, with another set of four coming this September; the all-star cast including Woody Harrelson, John Goodman, Pete Davidson, Tiffany Haddish, Adam Devine, Blake Anderson, Andrea Savage, La La Anthony, and ScHoolboy Q.

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