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EXCLUSIVE: Rising UK actor Charles Babalola (Mary Magdalene) has been cast as The Hunter in Orion Pictures’ upcoming horror pic Gretel And Hansel, the reimagining of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale which will star It breakout Sophia Lillis as Gretel. Osgood Perkins (The Blackcoat's Daughter) will direct the feature from…

EXCLUSIVE: Orion Pictures will open John McPhail’s Anna and the Apocalypse on Dec. 7 in select theaters before a nationwide rollout. Based on the 2010 BAFTA-winning short Zombie Musical, Anna and the Apocalypse debuted at last year’s Fantastic Fest. Pic follows Anna (Ella Hunt) and her friends as they hack, slash and…

It was 26 years ago when the original Orion Pictures — known back then for winning more Academy Awards than any studio in town — filed for bankruptcy protection. Now MGM is re-launching the legacy brand as a stand-alone label and has named former Orion exec John Hegeman as president. The first release will come…

Orion Pictures and Samuel Goldwyn Films have secured the North American rights to director Philippa Lowthorpe's Swallows and Amazons, the film based on the classic 1930s children’s novel by Arthur Ransome. Rafe Spall (The Big Short) stars, along with Andrew Scott (Sherlock) and Kelly Macdonald (No Country for Old Men)…