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Lionsgate Announces June 24 Re-Opening of China Theme Park
Lionsgate has set a June 24 re-opening of its Chinese theme park, which has been closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.The Lionsgate Entertainment World, touted as the world’s first “vertical” theme park, is located in Novotown on China’s Henqin Island near Hong Kong and Macau. The park features immersive attractions based on Lionsgate movie franchises […]
Continue readingLionsgate Announces ‘Hunger Games’ Prequel, ‘The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes,’ Directed By Francis Lawrence
Unlike many of its YA dystopia brethren, “The Hunger Games” franchise has been a huge success for Lionsgate, earning more than $3 billion worldwide off of the first four films. And now, it appears that Lionsgate is officially moving forward with a prequel film, titled “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.” The studio is also […]
Continue readingFilm News Roundup: ‘Hunger Games,’ ‘John Wick’ and More Set for Free YouTube Showings
In today’s film news roundup, Lionsgate offers four of its biggest films free on YouTube, Bruce Lee gets a Criterion Collection release and the stagecraft union Iatse devises a method for bringing utilities to hospitals.Free StreamingLionsgate has announced that it will stream “The Hunger Games,” “La La Land,” “John Wick” and “Dirty Dancing” for free […]
Continue reading‘The Hunger Games’ Prequel Will Follow a Heroic Young Man Who Eventually Becomes the Evil President Snow
Suzanne Collins‘ The Hunger Games prequel is finally being released this year, and Lionsgate is already poised to turn it into a movie. The original trilogy began with the 74th annual Hunger Games, but this story is set 64 years before that – ten years into the Capitol of Panem’s oppressive rule, which is driven […]
Continue reading‘See’ Director Francis Lawrence on World-Building and Making Television Shows for Apple [Interview]
One of Apple TV’s first major shows, See, couldn’t have been more in director and executive producer Francis Lawrence‘s wheelhouse. The director behind The Hunger Games sequels, I Am Legend, and Constantine is no stranger to expansive fantastical worlds. Created by Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders), See presents a future where sight is a thing of […]
Continue reading‘Twilight’ Is Getting a Film-Concert Tour
“Twilight” is being resurrected.The hit movie franchise, based on Stephenie Meyer’s YA book series, is getting a film concert tour a la fellow Lionsgate properties “The Hunger Games” and “La La Land.”Lionsgate is launching the “Twilight in Concert” world tour in August in Brazil, followed by stops in Australia and the U.K.The event will feature […]
Continue readingDoug Liman’s $100M ‘Chaos Walking’ Undergoes Reshoots After First Cut Deemed ‘Unreleasable’ — Report
When Lionsgate picked up the distribution rights to Patrick Ness’ “Chaos Walking” trilogy in 2011, it seemed that the home of such blockbuster adaptations as “The Twilight Saga” and “The Hunger Games” was lining up their next Ya-leaning smash hit. That market has, of course, changed in the intervening years — by the time the […]
Continue readingDonald Sutherland To Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at the Zurich Film Festival
Donald Sutherland will be honored with the Zurich Film Festival’s Lifetime Achievement Award at its upcoming 14th edition. There will also be a retrospective of the veteran film and TV star’s work.Sutherland will be in Zurich and present his recent movie, Paolo Virzi’s “The Leisure Seeker.” His recent work also includes roles in “The Hunger […]
Continue readingNew ‘Ocean’s 8’ Trailer Counts Off the Gang of Thieves
Warner Bros. has released a new Ocean’s 8 trailer. Directed by Gary Ross (The Hunger Games), the movie is a spinoff of sorts from Steven Soderbergh’s own Ocean’s trilogy, and Soderbergh and Ross hatched the idea for this new movie together, which focuses on the sister of George Clooney’s Danny Ocean, played by Sandra Bullock. […]
Continue reading‘The Hunger Game’ Actor Dayo Okeniyi To Star In Historical Drama ‘Emperor’
Exclusive: Dayo Okeniyi, best known for his role in The Hunger Games as well as NBC’s Shades of Blue, has been tapped as the lead in Emperor, a Civil War-era historical drama from Sobini Films. Former Lionsgate exec and Sobini founder Mark Amin is directing the pic. Written by Amin and Pat Charles, the screenplay […]
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