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The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes: How Dakota Shapiro Went from Hunger Games Fan to Joining the Franchise
Bleeding Cool: How did you get involved with the 'Hunger Games' franchise?
Shapiro: It was a slow period I got an audition, and the rest is history I did a couple of tapes and then had a[...]
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Coriolanus and Lucy Gray are attempting to head North after they are both mixed up with a murder They are both under the impression that they will be caught if they stay because the weapons used are missing However, when they stop to rest, Coriolanus finds the guns, and[...]
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Imaginary Might Be Completely Terrifying
Jessica moves back into her childhood home with her family Her youngest stepdaughter, Alice, develops an eerie attachment to a stuffed bear named Chauncey she finds in the basement Alice starts playing games with Chauncey that begin playfully and[...]
The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes stumbles in adaptation from book to film primarily in the structure, and while it also runs a little too long, it's not a bad return to this world for those familiar with this franchise or those who know next to nothing.
Director: Francis Lawrence
Summary: Coriolanus Snow mentors[...]
Imaginary debuted a trailer exclusively in theaters with showings of Five Nights At Freddy's, and that trailer has now been released online by Lionsgate and Blumhouse The film stars DeWanda Wise, who is also producing the film. Tom Payne, Taegen Burns, Pyper Braun, Veronica Falcon, and Betty Buckley also star in the movie[...]
But as it turns out, the film is still very much in development after all these years.
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Lionsgate Suggests Now You See Me 3 is Coming Along Smoothly
When speaking to Comic Book about the recent news that Now You See Me will return with a third installment, Lionsgate's Motion Picture Group[...]
With John Wick turning into a massive franchise, here's what the upcoming Ballerina film is hoping to accomplish through its story.
A few days ago, during Lionsgate's quarterly earnings call, Lionsgate Motion Picture Group Chair Joe Drake mentioned (via ComicBook.com) that a fifth film and more spin-offs are on the way.
"On the Wick side, we got multiple spin-offs and Wick Five," Joe Drake revealed "We started to work on (it) right when the writer's strike started,[...]
For now, the push for The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes continues with a new poster from Dolby Cinema, and if you want to watch the film in Dolby Cinema specifically, this is the link you want.
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The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes – Summary, Cast List, Release Date
Experience the[...]
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When discussing the upcoming prequel film with ComicBook, producer Nina Jacobson admits that they did consider the franchise's now adult audience, divulging, "We certainly thought a lot about the fact that, on the one hand, like I say, we have incredible fanship for these books and movies, we have,[...]
We're very eager to witness the next chapter of the Lionsgate release Fall, a dark horse, edge-of-your-seat thriller that became a fun summer hit in 2022 But now, we're learning that the next film isn't merely a sequel; it's actually a connecting story as a part of a trilogy Yes, three films have been confirmed[...]
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While recently speaking to ComicBook about the release of the upcoming Hunger Games prequel, director Francis Lawrence delved into crafting the Hunger Games event itself, explaining, "I think part of what was fun about this… I mean, maybe I did [learn lessons] just because I've done some of the[...]
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John Wick: Chapter 4 Producer is Confident a Fifth Film Will Happen (With a New Angle)
When recently speaking to Screen Rant, producer Basil Iwanyk discussed the idea of naturally working towards a fifth installment, explaining, "So I think that what I love about the end of John Wick 4 is, if this[...]
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However, if you were someone who follows movie announcements or maybe writes about them for a living, you might have been a little confused by the rather definitive feeling ending of John Wick: Chapter 4 There had been an announcement, at one point, that both Chapter 4 and Chapter 5 were not only[...]
Tickets also officially went on sale today, so if you're looking forward to this movie, and some polling says that people are, you can buy your tickets now.
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The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes – Summary, Cast List, Release Date
Experience the story of The Hunger Games — 64 years[...]
Lionsgate released a new poster for the film that looks like a poster promoting the games themselves.
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Then they released seven new character posters that should remind you of the infamous Che Guevara posters from the 1960s The only thing that brings these down is the slogan because while this film[...]
For those of us unfamiliar with the source material, a new and pretty long behind-the-scenes featurette released by Lionsgate spotlights how vital music is to this story and how they went about creating all of the unique songs and finding that sound They also get in a lot of praise for star Rachel Zegler and how[...]
This clip also shows us some more of Viola Davis, who appears to be having the time of her life playing this character in every scene we see her in.
The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes – Summary, Cast List, Release Date
Experience the story of The Hunger Games — 64 years before Katniss Everdeen[...]
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We all know that the best villains are the ones that believe they are completely right, and while everything we have seen of Gaul in the trailers points toward someone who could not be more of a villain and is someone sending children out to die gleefully, she doesn't[...]
In fact, after basically underperforming with each of its three films and getting its planned series scrapped, it feels like any Hollywood adaptation might have hit a wall for the time being.
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Now, the author responsible for the Divergent universe explains why she's not too bothered about the fourth and final film being canceled several[...]
While the cinematographer admitted not always keeping track of the franchise in recent years, his passion during its early years, starting with the 2004 original, was more than enough for director Kevin Greutert to help expand the second and third films' narrative in the latest in Lionsgate's Saw X The film reunites franchise star Tobin[...]
While Bell remained involved throughout most of the sequels, the story concerning the latest entry from Lionsgate focuses on the events between 2005's Saw II and 2006's Saw III Cinematographer Nick Matthews spoke to Bleeding Cool about working with Bell & Smith, how personable Bell is in real life, protecting the legacy of John Kramer,[...]
Cinematographer Nick Matthews, who grew up a fan of the franchise, was already at the point of moving on when Lionsgate called with interest generated by director Kevin Grutert Matthews spoke to Bleeding Cool about his initial fascination with the Saw franchise, bridging the older fans and expanding to new audiences, and what to focus[...]
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The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes follows a young Coriolanus (Tom Blyth) who is the last hope for his failing lineage, the once-proud Snow family that has fallen from grace in a post-war Capitol With his livelihood threatened, Snow is reluctantly assigned to mentor Lucy Gray Baird[...]
Also, below is the Steelbook cover for the release.
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Expend4bles 4K Release Details
A new generation of stars join the world's top action stars for an adrenaline-fueled adventure in Expend4bles Reuniting as the team of elite mercenaries, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren, Randy Couture, and Sylvester Stallone are joined for the first time by Curtis "50 Cent"[...]
SAW X has been in theaters for two weeks, and already Lionsgate is tossing it onto digital The film will be released on premium digital services and on-demand this Friday, with a proper 4K release to follow on November 21st The film is the tenth in the franchise and also the best-reviewed movie in the[...]
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Now, after successfully concluding Kramer's story in an epic fashion, the director of the recent installment is also expressing interest in a few different concepts for the 11th film But nothing is concrete yet.
Saw X Director Says Future Films Could Take Several Different Routes
During an interview with The Hollywood[...]
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The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes follows a young Coriolanus (Tom Blyth) who is the last hope for his failing lineage, the once-proud Snow family that has fallen from grace in a post-war Capitol With his livelihood threatened, Snow is reluctantly assigned to mentor Lucy Gray Baird[...]
However, unlike The Deathly Hallows or even Breaking Dawn, Mockingjay never felt like a book that really needed to be split into two, and of the three, it felt the most like a blatant cash grab on the part of Lionsgate How, ahead of the release of The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes and its[...]
Back in January, the Borderlands film was dealt another blow when it was revealed that director Eli Roth would not be returning for two weeks of reshoots, and Lionsgate had to bring on Tim Miller instead Some saw this as proof that the film was in dire straights, but it seemed to be a much more classic[...]