Lionsgate U.K. to Finance Alan Rickman-Directed Film
The British division of Lionsgate, Lionsgate U.K., has been named the main financier for the Alan Rickman-directed comedy, A Little Chaos. read more
Found in: Movies, NewsJesse Eisenberg Sues Lionsgate for Using His Face on Cover of Low-Budget Horror Flick
A couple years before Jesse Eisenberg hit his commercial watershed moment as the star of The Social Network and Zombieland, he was starring in smaller indie films like The Squid and the Whale and not above making a brief cameo in the completely forgotten low-budget horror movie Camp Hell as a favor to some friends involved in its production. read more
Found in: Movies, NewsLionsgate Picks Up Two Films From TIFF
Lionsgate just scored distribution rights to two films that were showcased at the Toronto International Film Festival. The two films could not be more opposite than each other while one is a star studded ensemble comedy and the other is a small scale horror film with potential to become a sleeper hit. read more
Found in: Movies, NewsArnold Schwarzenegger to Star in Western Film
The Governator is preparing for his return to film with a Lionsgate production, The Last Stand. A Lionsgate executive reportedly told Deadline that the movie is “an old-fashioned Western specifically designed for a 63-year-old broken-down guy with a moral decision—whether Arnold decides to stand up for his town.” The film will be Schwarzenegger’s first major role since last month’s scandal, when the discovery of his illegitimate son resulted in a separation between Schwarzenegger and his wife, Maria Shriver.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsT Bone Burnett and Danny Elfman to Score The Hunger Games
Lionsgate revealed yesterday that the upcoming film adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games will be scored by two music titans.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsLionsgate and AMC in Talks to Extend Mad Men Deal
This story is a part of our Mad Men Takeover. Season four of the series premieres on AMC this Sunday, July 25. — Lionsgate, the studio production company that produces Mad Men, and AMC, the network that airs the show, are considering signing a deal that would extend the show’s life another two seasons. Currently, the contract between the two companies guarantees five seasons will air, but the new deal would secure at least six.... read more
Found in: TV, NewsMad Men Barbies to Hit Stores in July
As if Don Draper, his wife Betty, the silver-haired Roger Sterling and his ad agency’s most stylish secretary didn’t already look perfect enough through our televisions, now they’re being transformed into Barbie versions. A partnership between AMC, Lionsgate and Mattel has resulted in the four-doll set, scheduled to start popping up on select shelves in July.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsNurse Jackie: Season One DVD Review
Release Date: Feb. 23 Creators: Linda Wallen, Liz Brixius, Evan Dunsley Starring: Edie Falco, Eve Best, Peter Facinelli, Paul Schulze, Merrit Wever Studio/Run Time: Showtime/Lionsgate, 20 mins. _Showtime’s answer to House slightly frustrating but mostly fascinating_ Edie Falco plays Showtime’s latest morally ambiguous protagonist, a cranky ER nurse who’s snorting painkillers and having sex with the hospital pharmacist (how convenient) while the World’s Best Husband waits for her to come home to him and their two girls. Jackie Peyton is a maddening, two-faced character, kind and empathetic with her patients and stoically hurtful to the people closest to... read more
Found in: TV, ReviewsGus Van Sant and Bret Easton Ellis Write a Double-Suicide Movie
Gus Van Sant will join novelist and screenwriter Bret Easton Ellis in writing a film for Lionsgate about the double suicides of New York artists Jeremy Blake and Theresa Duncan.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsChris Rock Wants to be Your Black Friend
The history of bi-racial buddies in American cinema is an illustrious one. Glover and Gibson (Lethal Weapon), Jackson and Travolta (Pulp Fiction), even Chappelle and Hanks (You've Got Mail). Now, Oprah wants to be sure that Chris Rock is at the top of this list.... read more
Found in: Movies, News
