Blink49 Studios is bulking up its executive roster with a series of promotions and a key hire as the Fifth Season-backed production banner continues to expand its footprint in the global content market.
Lionsgate has made the first big movie deal of 2025, pre-emptively purchasing the earthquake short story After Shock that will star Brandon Sklenar.
Mel Gibson's 'Flight Risk' tops box office with $12M
Mel Gibson-directed 'Flight Risk' starring Mark Wahlberg grossed $12 million as the 2025 Oscar-nominated films totaled less than $10 million.
In “Flight Risk,” Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Dockery and Topher Grace star in what Associated Press critic Mark Kennedy calls a truly forgettable thriller-comedy.
Ruben Fleischer has just turned in a director's cut to the Lionsgate threequel Now You See Me 3 and the studio is looking to get back in business with him again. Word is that the $1.63 billion grossing filmmaker is in talks to helm The Sun Always Sets in the West for the Santa Monica,
Antoine Fuqua's Michael Jackson biopic was blindsided by a deal Jackson's estate had made with one of his molestation accusers, forcing reshoots.
Mark Wahlberg tells PEOPLE he "apologized at the end of" shooting his new movie 'Flight Risk' for keeping to himself on set in order to stay in the villain's mindset. "If we weren't shooting, I was like either off in the corner by myself or I just would kind of go back to my little dressing room,
Sunrise on the Reaping,’ the Michael Jackson biopic and ‘Ballerina’ are among studio titles headed to Starz's premium channels and services.
The Toronto-headquartered studio also elevated four senior executives. Allison Brough moves up to senior VP of unscripted television in Toronto, continuing to oversee the company’s reality slate under Toby Dormer, executive VP of unscripted television.
Mark Wahlberg stars in the genre pic, which marks Gibson's first directorial effort in nearly a decade. Elsewhere, Steven Soderbergh's artsy haunted house thriller 'Presence' opened in 1,750 cinemas.
Flight Risk, with Mark Wahlberg and helmed by Mel Gibson, grossed $950K in previews. It's eyeing an $11M opening for No. 1, Lionsgate's second YTD.