John Feltheimer: Last News

Lionsgate execs said the company is still on track to announce a deal for Starz next month and close as early as next spring, but talks have expanded to possibly include the studio as well.

Lionsgate has picked a lane in the global rush into streaming — premium, in between mass and niche — and it sees a path to reach nearly 60 million global subscribers by 2025.

Dirty Dancing movie, starring Jennifer Grey, is officially happening.Lionsgate CEO John Feltheimer, who joked the upcoming sequel was “the worst kept secret in Hollywood”, confirmed the news to Deadline.Feltheimer claimed the follow-up film, which 60-year-old Grey is also serving as an executive producer on, will have a similar feel to the much-adored 1987 classic.“We’re pleased to confirm that Jennifer Grey will both executive produce and star in a new ‘Dirty Dancing’ movie for Lionsgate from ‘Warm Bodies’ director Jonathan Levine,” he said.

Deadline confirmed this week that the iconic movie is getting a much deserved reboot with none other than Jennifer Grey signed up for the project.Better yet, the actress will also fill the role of producer on the hotly-anticipated release.John Feltheimer, CEO of Lionsgate Films, promises the film will be everything long-time fans have been dreaming of.‘It will be exactly the kind of romantic, nostalgic movie that the franchise’s fans have been waiting for and that have made it the biggest-selling library title in the company’s history,’ he enthused.The original film, released in 1987, brought in a whopping $220 million at the worldwide box office, not bad considering its modest $5million budget.Jennifer Grey, now 60, played the lead role of

The series that no one likely thought would turn into such a massive hit and big cash cow for Lionsgate is going for broke. On an investor’s earnings call today studio’s CEO John Feltheimer revealed that a fifth “John Wick” film is happening and will likely shoot back to back with the fourth installment, pending the availability of its franchise star Keanu Reeves.

We are ready to have the time our lives... again, as a second Dirty Dancing movie is officially happening.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorKeanu Reeves is back in the back-to-back sequels game with John Wick 4 and 5 aiming to film consecutively next year.On today’s Lionsgate earnings call, the studio’s CEO John Feltheimer said, “We’re also busy preparing scripts for the next two installments of our John Wick action franchise, with John Wick 4 slated to hit theatres Memorial Day weekend 2022.  We hope to shoot both John Wick 4 & 5 back to back when Keanu becomes available early next year.”The sequel, John Wick 4, is currently scheduled for May 27, Memorial Day weekend.John Wick has become such a big action franchise for Lionsgate, not just in its global franchise B.O.