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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[...]

Photo Credit: Murray Close © 2023 Lionsgate 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[...]

Photo Credit: Murray Close/Lionsgate 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[...]

Photo Credit: Murray Close/Lionsgate 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. Courtesy of Lionsgate © 2023 Lionsgate 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. Courtesy of Lionsgate © 2023 Lionsgate 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[...]

Photo Credit: Murray Close/Lionsgate © 2023 Lionsgate 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. Divergent: Lionsgate 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[...]

Photo Credit: Murray Close © 2023 Lionsgate 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. Credit Lionsgate 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[...]

Photo Credit: Alexandro Bolaños Escamilla ©2023 Lionsgate 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[...]

Photo Credit: Murray Close © 2023 Lionsgate 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[...]

© 2023 Lionsgate; Photo Credit: Murray Close John Wick Director Already Has a Few Ideas for Nearly 10 Films In conversation with Inverse, filmmaker Chad Stahelski discussed the prospective plans for future films, telling the publication, "I have notebooks and notebooks of shit behind me, John Wicks 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 We have ideas for days[...]

2022 © 2023 Lionsgate Why Sylvester Stallone's Reduced Expendables Role Served a Purpose When speaking with JoBlo, Expend4bles producer Les Weldon addressed the on-screen shift for Stallone's role, revealing, "Look, it wasn't so much that we said, 'oh, we got to pass the torch here,' because, you know, we were thinking 'what is a good story for[...]

Photo Credit: Alexandro Bolaños Escamilla ©2023 Lionsgate Why Saw X Included the Return of Two Franchise Icons While talking to Entertainment Weekly to promote the release of Saw X, producer Oren Koules discussed the choice to bring back Jigsaw's fan-favorite apprentice, telling them, "It's after Saw I, and [Amanda's] lived through the trap[...]

Photo Credit: Murray Close © 2023 Lionsgate 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[...]

Lionsgate is sitting pretty right now after Saw X was not only a critical but commercial success as well, but they have another big franchise movie coming up soon. The Hunger Games is one of the biggest franchises that Lionsgate has, but November is a hectic time of month, and no matter how big the fandom for[...]

Photo Credit: Alexandro Bolaños Escamilla ©2023 Lionsgate Kaitlyn Booth: We are ten movies in, but no franchise can survive on your die-hard fans alone, even though Saw has some very die-hard fans You need to bring in new people What steps were taken to try and bring in new people for this movie? In particular, for[...]

Photo Credit: Alexandro Bolaños Escamilla ©2023 Lionsgate Kaitlyn Booth: "Old horror movies had to be directed really well because they could only shoot the animatronics and the monsters from very specific angles because they were being held together with duct tape, a shoestring, and the hopes and dreams of the production crew And I've always thought[...]

Photo Credit: Murray Close © 2023 Lionsgate More Films After The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes When discussing the requirements for a potential follow-up to The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes or something else entirely, director Francis Lawrence explained to EW, "If Suzanne has another thematic idea that she feels fits into[...]

We know how vital propaganda is in this world, and it would be really fun if Lionsgate would really lean into that for the marketing for The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes.  The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes – Summary, Cast List, Release Date Experience the story of The Hunger Games — 64 years before[...]

Lionsgate hopes they have another hit on their hands with The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes because the first series of movies were some of the biggest the studio has ever released With the writer's strike over and the SAG-AFTRA strike hopefully getting solved sooner rather than later, all of the studios[...]