Writethru, 4th update: Sunday final: While it's normal for moviegoers to ease their spending the weekend before a huge tentpole opens, in this case Disney/Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 which is projected to make $150M, this weekend's problem at the box office isn't the late April date, but the sheer lack of…

The one thing I can’t stand is to see a decent cast wasted on dopey material, but that is exactly the case with How to Be a Latin Lover, a flat and generally unfunny attempt to expand Mexican superstar Eugenio Derbez’s international appeal. I loved his previous import, 2013’s heartwarming and hilarious hit Instructions…

Last year at CinemaCon, Lionsgate showed exhibitors a sneak peek of La La Land. This year, after a short presentation by president of domestic distribution David Spitz, the distributor showed all of the Ryan Reynolds-starrer The Hitman's Bodyguard. But before they did, Spitz showed off a series of clips. First on the…

EXCLUSIVE: Salma Hayek has come aboard Lionsgate Pantelion’s How to Be a Latin Lover, the comedy that marks star Eugenio Derbez's first English-language starring role. She joins Eugenio Derbez, Rob Lowe, Kristen Bell, Raquel Welch, Rob Riggle and McKenna Grace in the film being directed by The State alum and Wet Hot Am…

Lionsgate has staked out 2017 release dates for a trio of films: family drama Wonder (April 7), comedy How to Be a Latin Lover (April 28) and firefighter drama Granite Mountain (September 22). Granite Mountain tells the story of one worst firefighting disasters in U.S. history: the battle against the 2013 Yarnell Hill…

Up-and-coming actress Mckenna Grace has joined Lionsgate’s Pantelion comedy How to Be a Latin Lover. Directed by The State alum and Wet Hot American Summer co-star Ken Marino, the Bad Teacher-esque pic follows an aging Latin lover forced to return to live with his estranged sister and her young son after being dumped…

EXCLUSIVE: Rob Lowe, Kristen Bell, Raquel Welch and Rob Riggle have joined Eugenio Derbez in the comedy How to Be a Latin Lover for Lionsgate’s Pantelion label. Ken Marino is directing the story about an an aging Latin lover who gets dumped by his sugar mama and is forced to to return to live with his estranged sister…