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In the wake of the cinematic tsunami known as Avengers: Endgame comes a smart bit of counterprogramming for its second weekend: a romantic comedy targeted at adults. How about that for a nice change? This one, however, is predicated on an improbable coupling between Charlize Theron and Seth Rogen, but in its own way…

A just-released red-band trailer for the Lionsgate revival of the Hellboy franchise is one for the ages. The trailer shows that, as a character, this version of the Dark Horse Comics character — now portrayed by an unrecognizable David Harbour of Stranger Things — is played as a younger, rougher and more volatile…

Lionsgate has renewed its longstanding partnership with IDC for the theatrical distribution of Lionsgate and Summit Entertainment films across Latin America. This is a collaboration that began under Summit in 2005. Since then, IDC has generated over $1.3B at the Latin American box office, propelled by such franchises…

This is the 25th anniversary of Mike Mignola’s first Hellboy comic book and, unlike the work-for-hire creators of Batman, Iron Man, the X-Men and most other comics properties, he actually owns his creation. On Saturday, the writer-artist and his scarlet-hued brainchild will step into the spotlight at New York Comic…

Halle Berry and Anjelica Huston are joining the cast of Lionsgate’s third installment of its hit franchise John Wick: Chapter 3. It was already announced that Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Ian McShane as well as Lance Reddick are returning for the Chad Stahelski-directed film, which will go through Lionsgate’s Summ…

EXCLUSIVE: Amid the shifting landscape of the international business comes a big change at Lionsgate. Veteran international exec and Motion Picture Group Co-Chairman Patrick Wachsberger is exiting the company as he sets his sights on building a new business. Wachsberger is pleased to be moving on to another adventure…

“Twenty-seven times — that’s how many times he tried to kill me, 27,” Michael Bryce says of notorious hitman Darius Kinkaid. Then he remembers what just happened and corrects himself: “28!!” Here is the first trailer for The Hitman’s Bodyguard, starring Ryan Reynolds as a “protection agent” whose latest job is…

Lionsgate has sealed an output deal with Russian distributor Central Partnership for the distribution of Lionsgate and Summit Entertainment films in the territory. Central Partnership had previously distributed only Summit titles in Russia and the CIS including Now You See Me, Now You See Me 2, the Divergent…

Tupac Shakur biopic All Eyez On Me will close out the forthcoming American Black Film Festival. The Codeblack Films/Morgan Creek pic, directed by Benny Boom, will have its wide theatrical release via Summit Entertainment June 16.  Ed Gonzalez, Jeremy Haft and Steven Bagatourian wrote the screenplay. Demetrius Shipp…

The Tupac Shakur biopic from Morgan Creek has been given a summer release date, opening wide on June 16, 2017. Summit Entertainment is distributing All Eyez On Me, which chronicles the rapper's life and legacy including his rise to superstardom as a hip-hop artist and actor as well as his imprisonment and prolific…

Having written more than 30 books, including the Pulitzer Prize winner American Pastoral, it is somewhat surprising that there haven’t been more film adaptations of Philip Roth’s work. Portnoy’s Complaint, Goodbye Columbus, The Human Stain and more recently Barry Levinson’s The Humbling have been among the few to make…

EXCLUSIVE: In another big Sundance deal, Lionsgate’s Summit Entertainment paid upward of $2.5 million for North American rights to Indignation, the directorial debut of former Focus Features head James Schamus. The film, which Schamus adapted from a novel by Philip Roth, premiered Sunday night at Eccles. It received a…