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Ray Stevenson, a veteran actor whose dozens of film and TV credits include RRR, the Thor and Divergent films, Rome, Vikings and Star Wars animated series, died Sunday in Italy. He was 58. His reps at Independent Talent confirmed the news but did not provide details. He most recently has been cast in…

Shailene Woodley has spoken out about a health scare that almost ended her career. The Big Little Lies actress, 28, told the New York Times in a Friday article that she became “very, very sick” while making the Divergent films. "I haven't spoken much about this yet publicly, and I will one day, but I was very, very…

Visitors to the Lionsgate Entertainment City at the Estación Príncipe Pío in Madrid will be invited to explore the world of The Hunger Games, become a member of The Divergent Series‘ Dauntless and make like Don Draper in a Mad Men-inspired restaurant and lounge. The experiences are to be part of the entertainment…

EXCLUSIVE: A major title in Lionsgate’s movie library is eyeing a TV series adaptation at the company’s new subsidiary, Starz. I have learned that Starz is developing Ascendant, a drama TV series based on the Summit/Lionsgate movie franchise. The project, which is in early stages, is being written/executive produced…

EXCLUSIVE: In a pre-emptive deal, Fox 2000 has optioned the rights to Divergent author Veronica Roth’s latest short story, Inertia. Temple Hill partners Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen will produce with Pouya Shahbazian. The short story was published last spring in the Macmillan/St. Martin’s Griffin anthology Summer Days…

Lionsgate is exploring taking The Divergent Series: Ascendant off its theatrical release slate and instead turning it into a telefilm, with a possible spinoff for the IP. The film was originally slated to go as a summer tentpole in June 2017, but after what clearly is decreasing interest in the property from its core…

EXCLUSIVE: Gillian Bohrer has been hired to be executive vice president of production at Fox 2000. The appointment was made by Elizabeth Gabler, who herself has just re-upped as president of the Fox division she has run since 1999. Bohrer recently left Lionsgate, where she saw through the transition of her projects…

EXCLUSIVE: Divergent‘s Theo James is in early talks to join the cast of Per Fly’s Backstabbing For Beginners. The project is a political thriller inspired by international relations veteran Michael Soussan's memoir Backstabbing For Beginners: My Crash Course In International Diplomacy. If a deal gets done, James will…

A new trailer for Summit’s Allegiant has dropped, so prepare for plenty of teenage angst and post-apocalyptic struggle as the series begins its final chapters. The third installment of Veronica Roth’s Divergent novels, Allegiant brings us to the bonkers left turn the series took in the final book. Picking up after…

EXCLUSIVE: Thirty child actors – some as young as 4 years old – were put at risk during the filming of a battle scene last month on the Georgia set of Lionsgate's Allegiant. In the chaotic scene during production of the third film in the Divergent series, child actors scrambled through a gauntlet of more than 100…

As it enters its 3rd overseas frame, Lionsgate’s Insurgent has risen to $100.1M at the international box office. It crossed the $100M mark on Tuesday and has notably bested the lifetime of Divergent on a dollar basis in Brazil, Russia, Venezuela and the Philippines. Insurgent is tracking well above in local…

MONDAY UPDATE 3PM: Lionsgate’s Insurgent came in with a weekend actual of $52.26M which is 3% off of the studio-reported weekend estimate yesterday and 4% off Divergent‘s $54.6M bow last March. Industry estimates were projecting $53.3M.  Insurgent‘s updated opening figure is fine, however, we’re use to seeing ticket…