Lionsgate is expanding its digital distribution reach by joining Movies Anywhere while pursuing major franchise opportunities across film and television. The studio is developing adaptations including a Streets of Rage movie with Sonic writers, a Blair Witch Project remake for 2027, and a Witch Season series, while also swinging to quarterly profitability on higher revenues.
·Lionsgate joins Movies Anywhere platform with 96+ titles, leaving Paramount and MGM as last major holdouts
·Streets of Rage movie greenlit with Sonic the Hedgehog writers Pat Casey and Josh Miller, directed by Jeymes Samuel
·Blair Witch Project remake scheduled for 2027 theatrical release
·Damien Leone partnering with Sam Raimi on horror project Tortures of the Damned
·Disney reportedly eyeing Lionsgate alongside legacy IP consolidation amid Paramount-WBD market shifts
drawn from Cosmic Book News, The Digital Bits, Variety, CNET · updated 1d ago