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Lionsgate Earnings Beat Wall Street Projections Thanks to ‘Best Christmas Pageant Ever,’ Record Library Revenue

Losses at Lionsgate shrank during its third quarter, while revenue at the studio behind “Saw” and “The Hunger Games” dipped slightly. The entertainment company cited the box office success of “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever,” as well as record earnings from licensing its library of movies and shows for the improved fiscal picture. It also […]

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Jeff Daniels Saved 200 ‘Horrible’ Reviews Panning ‘Dumb & Dumber’ and ‘Wishing It Never Existed’ in a Scrapbook: ‘I Still Have’ It 31 Years Later

Jeff Daniels revealed in an interview with The Guardian that he saved 200 reviews that panned “Dumb & Dumber,” his 1994 buddy comedy with Jim Carrey about two dimwitted friends who drive cross-country to return a briefcase full of a money that was actually left as a ransom. Critics were not kind to the movie, […]

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Deadpool Creator Rob Liefeld Vows to ‘Cut Ties’ With Marvel After ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Premiere Issues

Deadpool co-creator Rob Liefeld has declared he has “cut ties in all ways” with Marvel after he and his family weren’t invited to Disney’s afterparty for last July’s “Deadpool & Wolverine” premiere. Liefeld has other gripes with Marvel, involving the placement of creator credits in the film and what he perceives as a lack of […]

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Sundance Favorite ‘Lurker’ Sells to ‘The Substance’ Distributor Mubi (EXCLUSIVE)

Riding momentum from its five Academy Award nominations for “The Substance,” boutique movie distributor Mubi has picked up another buzzy indie film for the U.S. market. “Lurker,” a tense feature about an ambitious hipster and the rising pop star he exploits for fame and community, has been snapped up by Mubi following this year’s Sundance […]

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