Lionsgate President of International, Helen Lee-Kim, opened the studio’s CineEurope presentation this afternoon in Barcelona with a shoutout to exhibition for its part in helping build the John Wic…
presentation this afternoon in Barcelona with a shoutout to exhibition for its part in helping build the John Wick franchise that’s taken in over $1B globally. With , the spinoff that hits cinemas next year starring Ana de Armas. Hunger Games. Billed as the biggest entry in Lionsgate’s near-$3B franchise, pic begins international rollout on November 15 and heads to North America on November 17.
Based on Suzanne Collins’ book series, the franchise’s latest movie “doesn’t feel like it’s trying to duplicate the past films,” Jacobson said. She added, “It’s a new story, with new ground and new characters. We were able to create a completely different visual language… one that is still recognizably Panem, but also different and fresh.”
Exhibs were given an extended behind-the-scenes look with new footage from the film which unspools 64 years before the original, as well as being shown character posters including for Tom Blyth as Coriolanus Snow, Rachel Ziegler as Lucy Gray Baird, Viola Davis as Dr Volumnia Gaul, Peter Dinklage as Casca Highbottom and Jason Schwartzman as Lucky Flickerman.
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