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The real-life story about $70 billion in bonds that went missing in downtown Manhattan during Hurricane Sandy is being loosely adapted as a series for Netflix. Giancarlo Esposito is among the cast in Jigsaw, a heist action drama that the streamer says takes a "nonlinear approach to storytelling in a way where viewers…

Rolling Stone will premiere a documentary series on the infamous rise and takedown of the world's most elusive drug kingpin, Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán Loera. Five-episode USA v. Chapo: The Drug War Goes on Trial, directed by Bernardo Ruiz, from Rolling Stone and Jigsaw Productions, also gives viewers a…

TUESDAY AM UPDATE, WRITETHRU with actuals: Launching in about 52% of the world a week before entering the domestic arena, Disney/Marvel's Thor: Ragnarok hammered out a $109.1M international box office start this session. The strong debut on the Taika Waititi-helmed threequel was more muscular than the Sunday estimate…

Writethru Sunday AM after Friday/Saturday posts: This weekend clearly proved the challenges in launching films during the pre-Halloween weekend span — even if you have a horror movie. With $75M in total ticket sales, this weekend was the second lowest of 2017 to date after the last frame of August which hit rock…

Jigsaw is expected to keep Lionsgate’s box office domination going this weekend with a take in the low $20 million range at 2,800 theaters, while the studio’s cash cow Tyler Perry’s Boo 2! A Madea Halloween will ease to second with a projected $11M, down 48% from its No. 1 opening. Jigsaw is the eighth installment in…

The game is back on in the first official trailer for Lionsgate’s horror film Jigsaw, the eight installment in the Saw franchise series. Like the previous films, Jigsaw will bow in theaters around Halloween on October 27. The film picks up ten years from the death of John Kramer, also known as the methodological…

Jigsaw directors Peter and Michael Spierig will be at San Diego Comic-Con, Deadline has learned. The duo will be participating in a “Reinventing Horror” panel on at 5 PM Friday, July 21, in Room 23ABC. In addition, Jigsaw star Tobin Bell will be signing autographs at 1 PM at Booth AA18. The Saw franchise has…

UPDATE with more detail from CineEurope presentation: Lionsgate’s eighth film in the company's Saw franchise ($873M worldwide box office) will be titled Jigsaw. The studio’s co-president Erik Feig announced the news at CineEurope in Barcelona before unveiling a trailer for the newest installment of the horror…