Tag: Hustlers
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‘Hustlers’ and ‘Bad Moms’ Series Planned at Lionsgate and STX
Scripted TV series based on the Jennifer Lopez film “Hustlers” and the Mila Kunis comedy “Bad Moms” will soon be put into development as part of a new distribution agreement between STXfilms and Lionsgate, the companies announced Wednesday.STXfilms, which released “Hustlers” from 2019 and “Bad Moms” from 2016 along with its sequel “A Bad Moms…
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‘Hustlers’ TV Series is Dancing Into Development at Lionsgate
STX is bringing some of its features to the small screen, thanks to its latest partnership with Lionsgate. Earlier today, the companies announced that the 2019 film Hustlers is currently on the shortlist to receive a television adaptation. While development has not quite officially started on the series, Lionsgate and STX have it on the…
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Channing Tatum Believes Magic Mike Could ‘Go Harder’ Than ‘Hustlers’ Star Jennifer Lopez as a Stripper
Don’t say it’s Magic Mike’s last dance just yet.Channing Tatum, star of upcoming trilogy concluder “Magic Mike’s Last Dance,” challenged “Hustlers” actress Jennifer Lopez to a strip-off.“Am I a better stripper than her? I would say yeah,” Tatum said in a Vanity Fair lie detector test video. “I would go harder. If I was stripping…
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Lindsay Lohan’s ‘Falling for Christmas’ Is the Citizen Kane of Netflix Christmas Movies
National treasure Jennifer Lopez gave an Oscar-worthy performance in the exotic dancer true crime drama “Hustlers” in 2019. In 2022,As a lifelong Lohan fan whose childhood was marked by watching two Lindsays in “Parent Trap,” forcing my mom to see “Freaky Friday” to understand my plight of being an 8-year-old, and dreaming of moving to…
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Indie ‘Dope Queens’ Casts Alexandra Grey, Pierson Fodé and Trace Lysette
“Dope Queens,” a new indie film celebrating San Francisco’s famed Tenderloin neighborhood, has set its lead cast.Alexandra Grey, Pierson Fodé and Trace Lysette (“Hustlers”) will star in the project from writer-director Grafton Doyle.Described as a romantic thriller, the film will follow three friends — Goldie (Grey), Blake (Fodé), and Angel (Lysette) — over the course…
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STX Entertainment Exploring Sale 16 Months After Eros International Merger
STX Entertainment is up for sale only 16 months after it merged with Indian studio Eros International.The combined entity, ErosSTX Global, announced Tuesday that it was engaged in talks with a third party to sell the division behind films like “Bad Moms” and Jennifer Lopez’s “Hustlers.” The company has hired Lazard as a financial advisor…
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‘Hustlers’ Studio STX Films is Looking to Sell 46-Film Library to Resolve $150 Million Debt
STXfilms, which scored big box-office successes with the likes of Hustlers and Bad Moms, recently struck a streaming deal with Tubi, Fox Entertainment’s free, ad-supported service. However, the studio has $150 million in debt, so it is looking for other ways to leverage its film library. A new report indicates that it is in talks…
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STX Shopping Film Library to Resolve $150 Million Debt, Increase Output
The parent company of indie film and TV studio STX is shopping its film library rights in order to pay off debt of roughly $150 million and infuse the company with cash, a Wednesday regulatory filing said.ErosSTX, which owns the producer of films like “Hustlers” and “Greenland,” revealed it had “entered into an exclusive negotiation…
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‘The Terminal List’: Constance Wu Joins Chris Pratt in the Amazon Thriller Series
Constance Wu has been added to The Terminal List. The Hustlers star is joining the cast of the upcoming Amazon conspiracy thriller series opposite Chris Pratt, who leads the series based on the novel of the same name by Jack Carr, a former Navy Seal and Special Ops leader. Variety reports that Constance Wu has…
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Universal’s Cinemark Deal Is Exhibition’s Future: Studios Set Rules, Theaters Follow
Covid-19 shifted the power dynamics between studios and theaters for good. With AMC, Universal negotiated the option to place releases on PVOD after the third weekend of release. Now Universal has a deal with Cinemark that adds a new wrinkle: The PVOD option extends to five weeks if the film opens to more than $50…