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Jon M. Chu Godfathers 'Run,' High Concept Horror For Lionsgate

deadline.com – EXCLUSIVE: G.I. Joe: Retaliation helmer Jon M. Chu and Hieu Ho have made a deal to produce Run, a high concept action horror film they’ve set at Lionsgate under their Chu Studios banner. Alex Ankeles & Morgan Jurgenson are writing the script, and John Sacchi is overseeing for Lionsgate. Ankeles is repped by CAA and Kaplan/Perrone; Jurgenson is APA and Jonathan Hung, while Chu’s repped by PYE, WME and SMGSB.

12 hours 14 min ago via jetli
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Lionsgate Picks Up 'Time Tweaker' Script (Exclusive)

feedproxy.google.com – David Crabtree wrote the spec, for which the logline is being kept under wraps.Lionsgate has acquired Time Tweaker, a high-concept, time-travel spec script penned by first-time writer David Crabtree. Plot details are being kept under wraps, but it is described as an event-style movie with sci-fi and time-jumping elements. Erik Feig, Lionsgate's president of production, and creative exec James Myers are overseeing the project for the studio. 6 days 5 hours ago via jackiechan
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The 5 Most Unintentionally Erotic Moments of Catching Fire

feedproxy.google.com – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is a laudable, rousing movie that also made me feel like a total perv. How did this happen? To be fair, there are a handful of scenes in the movie that are fully meant to carry a sexual charge — Finnick's lascivious sugar cube scene, ... 1 week 11 hours ago via theothersenhman

Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas

Posted December 3rd, 2013 by Binh Ngo

Madea gets coaxed into helping a friend pay her daughter a surprise visit in the country for Christmas, but the biggest surprise is what they'll find when they arrive. As the small, rural town prepares for its annual Christmas Jubilee, new secrets are revealed and old relationships are tested while Madea dishes her own brand of Christmas Spirit to all.

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Lionsgate In Early Talks To Back Hillary Clinton Film 'Rodham'

deadline.com – EXCLUSIVE: After setting a Thanksgiving Weekend record with Jennifer Lawrence’s female protagonist Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Lionsgate is eyeing another film with a strong female heroine. The mini-major is in early talks to back Rodham, a feature about the formative years of former First Lady and Secretary State and potential presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. 1 week 1 day ago via theothersenhman
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The Future Of Hunger Games: Why Francis Lawrence Is As Crucial As Jennifer

cinemablend.com – Which Lawrence was a better hire for Team Hunger Games? There’s no question Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence is a tremendous asset to Lionsgate’s ongoing adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ best-selling YA novels. The versatile actress brings necessary emotional weight and pathos to the part of Katniss Everdeen, a freedom fighter tossed into the middle of a war she never sought to enter, forced to sacrifice family and friendship in order to spark a revolution. 2 weeks 12 hours ago via brucelee
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THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE Rakes in $25.2 Million on Opening Night; Could Hit More than $160 Million Opening Weekend

collider.com – There was no question The Hunger Games: Catching Fire would be a big hit.  The only question was how big since it didn't have a 3D boost, but it did have IMAX.  Variety reports the highly-anticipated and well-reviewed sequel earned $25.2 million from domestic opening night screenings, and is now on track for a $160 million weekend.  If it surpasses that number it will break the record for biggest opening weekend for a 2D movie (a record currently held by The Dark Knight Rises, which opened to $160.9 million).  If Catching Fire sticks to analyst predictions, it should handily take the record fo 2 weeks 4 days ago via donnieyen
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Director Francis Lawrence Talks THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE, Inheriting the Cast, Deleted Scenes, MOCKINGJAY Parts 1 and 2, and More

collider.com – Opening this weekend in traditional theaters and IMAX is the sequel to The Hunger Games, Catching Fire. Directed by Francis Lawrence, the film centers on President Snow (Donald Sutherland) trying to crush a budding rebellion that was ignited by Katniss’ (Jennifer Lawrence) actions in the previous film, as the 75th Hunger Games (aka Quarter Quell) finds past victors competing against each other.

3 weeks 11 hours ago via jetli
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Lionsgate, Odd Lot Rev NASCAR Origin Pic 'Spitfire'

deadline.com – EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate and Gigi Pritzker’s Odd Lot Entertainment has acquired Spitfire, a pitch by Grant Thompson to tell the fact-based origin story of NASCAR, which was done with female drivers were in the fast lane. Female drivers were surprisingly instrumental in the founding of NASCAR just after WWII. Louise Smith, a fiery, handful-of-a-woman, led a motley crew of barnstormers and former bootleggers as they criss-crossed the country to raise interest in this fledging professional racing tour – at the behest of Florida businessman and former driver Bill France Sr. 3 weeks 5 days ago via theothersenhman
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Jennifer Lawrence & Josh Hutcherson Talk THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE, Why it’s So Popular, What They Collect, and More

collider.com – Opening on November 22nd in traditional theaters and IMAX is the sequel to The Hunger Games, Catching Fire. Directed by Francis Lawrence, the film centers on President Snow (Donald Sutherland) trying to crush a budding rebellion that was ignited by Katniss’ (Jennifer Lawrence) actions in the previous film, as the 75th Hunger Games (aka Quarter Quell) finds past victors competing against each other. 3 weeks 6 days ago via theothersenhman
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