Lionsgate Shows Off Movie Magic With First ‘Now You See Me: Now You Don't' Footage; Paul Feig Promises Pearl-Clutching Moments In ‘The Housemaid'
In a welcome return to CineEurope after sitting out 2024, Lionsgate confirmed during its presentation for exhibitors news that Glenn Close and Billy Porter have joined the cast of The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, the latest in its $3.3B franchise.
The studio's President of International, Helen Lee-Kim, also welcomed to the Barcelona stage director Ruben Fleischer and producer Bobby Cohen who showed off first-look footage of heist thriller Now You See Me: Now You Don't. The latest in the franchise that stars Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher, Morgan Freeman and Dave Franco with Justice Smith, Dominic Sessa, Ariana Greenblatt and Rosamund Pike joining this time around, releases domestically on November 14.
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Fleischer highlighted shooting practically, to 'make everything in-camera as much as possible.'
Paul Feig was also here to unveil a pair of first-look clips from his adaptation of the Freida McFadden bestseller The Housemaid, starring Sydney Sweeney, Amanda Seyfried and Brandon Sklenar.
Feig said he felt like he 'hit the jackpot' with the cast, and encouraged folks to 'bring your pearls, because you will clutch them!'
Other films getting mentions were Day Drinker which Marc Webb recently wrapped. Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz star alongside Madelyn Cline, Manu Ríos and Arón Piper in the story of a private yacht bartender (Cline) who encounters a mysterious guest, (Depp), as they soon find themselves entangled with a criminal figure played by Cruz. A 2026 release is eyed.
Also on deck for Lionsgate are Good Fortune starring Keanu Reeves as a meddlesome angel along with Seth Rogen and Aziz Ansar and Hunger Games helmer Francis Lawrence's Stephen King adaptation, The Long Walk. Mel Gibson, meanwhile is in pre-production for the studio on The Resurrection of the Christ, his follow-up to The Passion of the Christ.
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