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Bill Cosby was released from prison on June 30 after serving nearly three years there for sexually assaulting Andrea Constand, in 2004 A Lionsgate documentary about Bill Cosby, which had been in the works for years, and gained attention since Cosby’s release from prison in late June, has been shelved, according to a report.No details regarding the project have been divulged by the production house. However, as per Variety, this Lionsgate project and a different one, which was a five-part docuseries from Michelle Major, were conflated by a media outlet earlier. The outlet had reported that Major’s docuseries was being produced by Lionsgate. But Major’s docuseries, which Cosby is participating in, is still in the works, according to an interview with his spokesperson Andrew Wyatt with another media outlet. As of July 7 when that story was published, a freed Cosby had not yet sat for an interview with Major, but the project was nearly…

Hunger Games’, which yielded a global box office collection of nearly USD 3 billion across four previous films The prequel film for Lionsgate’s ‘Hunger Games’, which will be based on Susan Collins’ novel ‘The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’ is currently slated to start production in the first half of 2022.According to Deadline, this update came from Lionsgate motion picture group chairman, Joe Drake, during the company’s quarterly earnings call with Wall Street analysts. He revealed that the tentpole film is targeted for release in either late fiscal 2023 or early 2024. It’s “moving along really, really well” in pre-production, Drake said.While financial results largely met expectations, the overall scenario was not especially scintillating for the company.Drake was questioned about the landscape for theatrical film releases, a hot topic for movie executives coping with COVID-19 variants and new waves of uncertainty about distribution models.He highlighted the potency of “big brands” at the box office, which…