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John Wick 5 is in Development

AlexGherzo | May 27, 2023 | 0

Lionsgate must have called in a marker. During a recent earnings call, Lionsgate Motion Picture Group president Joe Drake talked about the John Wick franchise, and in addition to discussing the future spinoffs and prequels (ugh) in various stages of development, he revealed something big: “What is...

Streets of Rage Movie Coming from Lionsgate

AlexGherzo | Nov 16, 2022 | 4

Lionsgate is taking it to the streets. Deadline exclusively reports that the film studio has acquired the film rights to Streets of Rage, the side-scrolling action video game series. Derek Kolstad, who wrote or co-wrote the first three John Wick movies and Nobody (and… ugh… two episodes of The F...

Hunger Games Prequel Casts Viola Davis, Releases First Look

virginiakublawi | Aug 17, 2022 | 0

Yesterday, according to an exclusive from The Hollywood Reporter, Viola Davis was cast in the Hunger Games prequel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Davis will play Dr. Volumnia Gaul, the film’s antagonist and head gamemaker. Today, Vanity Fair published a first look at Rachel Zegler as Lucy...

Clerks III Trailer Works on Its Day Off

AlexGherzo | Jul 6, 2022 | 0

The Quick Stop is open for business again. Earlier today, Lionsgate and Kevin Smith unveiled the trailer for Clerks III, the latest in Smith’s View Askewniverse series. Clerks III catches up with Dante Hicks and Randal Graves, who, when last we saw them, bought their old places of employment, the ...

Peacock Acquires Lionsgate Streaming Rights

AlexGherzo | May 2, 2022 | 0

Peacock is looking to secure the lion’s share of streaming entertainment. According to The Hollywood Reporter, NBC’s streaming service has struck a deal with Lionsgate for all of the studio’s 2022 theatrical releases. A week ago, Lionsgate made a similar deal with The Roku Channel, where it cr...

Hunger Games Prequel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Debuts in 2023

BlabberingCollector | May 1, 2022 | 0

The Hunger Games franchise is coming back next year with a prequel titled The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. It will be released on November seventeenth of next year (2023). The last time The Hunger Games was in cinemas was back in 2015, and by the time this film premiers, that will have been almos...