Lionsgate Closes Acquisition Of eOne From Hasbro

Chad Stahelski, who Deadline already told you was set to direct the reboot of starring Henry Cavill, has inked a deal with Lionsgate to oversee the creative on both that franchise and John Wick. Remember, John Wick is beginning to spinoff with the Ballerina this summer; Stahelski already an EP on that film.

A motorcyclist was left with leg and arm injuries after a collision with a 4x4 in the city centre on Thursday morning (January 11).

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Adam Fogelson is replacing Joe Drake as chair of Lionsgate‘s motion picture group. Drake reportedly initiated the transition and will be working with Fogelson over the coming months on succession plans.

Lionsgate Motion Picture Group Chair Joe Drake is exiting the company, and handing over executive duties and title to Motion Picture Group Vice Chair Adam Fogelson.

Lionsgate announced on Tuesday that its new Guy Ritchie film The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare is set to open in wide release on April 19. Set to contend with the pic in its opening weekend at the box office is Radio Silence’s untitled monster thriller for Universal.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Lionsgate is launching a new alternative television division. The news comes on the heels of the independent studio closing its $375 million acquisition of eOne in late December. Lionsgate Alternative Television will combine Pilgrim Media Group (which is majority owned by Lionsgate) with eOne’s U.S.

TikTok star Kyle Thomas’ makeshift ‘zoo’ in County Antrim, Northern Ireland has closed, his mother has said. Kyle, who has 35.3 million followers on TikTok and has amassed a whopping 1.6 billion likes on the platform, has shared videos on the app of himself alongside different exotic animals.

Stuart Miller Four years ago, Gabriel Leone appeared in a small Brazilian movie called “Piedade” playing a character named Marlon Brando; he was not playing the American actor but does bear a resemblance to a young Brando. So it is only fitting that when the Rio de Janeiro native made his English-language debut, in Michael Mann’s “Ferrari,” he’s playing race car driver Alfonso de Portago, a stylish sportsman who both looked like and styled himself after “The Wild One.” “On the first or second page of the script, it refers to him as being like Brando,” says Leone, who had little time to prepare, flying to Italy a month after landing this huge career break.

EXCLUSIVE: Deadline has exclusive first look photos for Pink Flags, an indie thriller starring married actors Raye Levine Spielberg & Sawyer Spielberg (Merry Good Enough), which is currently finishing up post.

Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer expressed an optimistic view of the movie business – at least the way it is approached by his cost-conscious executive team.

Manchester United are only four days into the January transfer window but it has already been a busy one for the Reds.

Cynthia Littleton Business Editor Paramount Global has clinched a deal that is crucial to its future — but it’s not the transaction that Wall Street has been buzzing about for a few weeks. Paramount Global and Comcast have set a new carriage agreement covering Paramount’s cable channels and CBS-owned stations. The pact averts the prospect of a blackout for CBS stations and Paramount channels across Comcast’s cable systems, which reach about video 14.5 million subscribers and 29 million broadband subscribers.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Lionsgate closed its $375 million acquisition of studio Entertainment One (eOne) from toy company Hasbro Wednesday. The deal adds 6,500 film and television titles to Lionsgate’s existing library, including Showtime hit “Yellowjackets,” ABC’s “The Rookie” and Discovery’s “Naked & Afraid” franchise.

Kings of Leon have shared a personal tribute to the pub that hosted their first ever UK gig, after news emerged that it is shutting down. The White Horse in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire is set to close its doors for the last time on Saturday (December 30), and the band have shared their own memories of its role in their early career. Speaking to the BBC, the band said: “The White Horse was our first taste of rock ‘n’ roll and hardcore fans.” “We never knew if we’d play another tour, so we soaked up every second and smell, the latter being an instant regret.

The return to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 was almost ordained for Taylor Swift.

Lionsgate Studios — the TV studio, motion picture group and film and television libraries —  will merge with Screaming Eagle Acquisition Corp., a SPAC, or special purpose acquisition company led by CEO Eli Baker, in a long-anticipated move to split from Starz that’s expected to close this spring.

This is something we don’t see often — repeats of a current broadcast series airing concurrently on another broadcast network in primetime. In a deal with Lionsgate, the CW has acquired the five existing seasons of ABC’s comedy series The Conners. Back-to-back reruns of the Roseanne spinoff will air Thursdays 8:30 PM – 9:30 PM, flanked by original episodes of Canadian comedy imports Son of a Critch at 8 PM and Children Ruin Everything at 9:30 PM.

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar nominee Jonathan Pryce (The Two Popes) has joined two-time Oscar nominee Steve Coogan in feature drama The Penguin Lessons, which recently wrapped in Spain.

Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events Annie Starke doesn’t want to talk about last Christmas. The host of the freshly minted Magnolia Network show, “The Mountain Kitchen,” admits her family dinner was a disaster. “I probably had too many drinks in the morning,” Starke tells me, laughing.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor The Oscars shortlist voting period has closed as of 5:00 p.m. PT. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will announce the finalists in 10 categories — documentary feature (15), documentary short subject (15), international feature (15), makeup and hairstyling (10), sound (10), original score (15), original song (15), animated short film (15), live action short film (15), and visual effects (10) — on Thursday, Dec.