Exclusive: Billy Porter is an Oscar candidate eight times and the winner three times in Billy Porter is the latest addition to the expected Lionsgate team Hunger games: sunrise on the genie.
Close will play the role of Drusilla Sickle, the harsh accompanying district 12, while Porter is Magno Steve, her separate husband and inspiring designer.
Porter joins Joseph Zada, Whitney Peak, McKenna Grace, Jesse PleMons and Kelvin Harrison JR. Maya Hawke, Lili Taylor, Ben Wang, Ralph Fiennes, Elle Fanning and Kieran Culkin in Francis Lawrence, the engine of BestSelling Collens.
Official casting news was presented during the LionSgate show here in Cineeeurope.
Sunrise on the genie It will be released on November 20, 2026. Lawrence is directed from a scenario air conditioning by Billy Ray. Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson will produce. Cameron MacConomy will executive products. Five films in the concession acquired more than $ 3.3 billion at the global box office.
Producer Nina Jacobson said, “Glin Klose is a Drosella dream. She brings a lot of her mind and imagination to every role, where she created unforgettable and cheerful characters.
Regarding Porter, Jacobson added, “Billy is one of these rare artists who can dazzle and destroy equally on the stage and the screen. He left an irreplaceable impression when we worked together antiquitiesWhether as an actor or a human being. He felt this offer was the emergence of the lottery every time one of our idols said yes. To be able to announce together Green Close and Billy Porter, is an embarrassment of wealth that we can all celebrate. ”
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Sunrise on the genie 1.5 million copies of the first week sold for sale in the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. 1.2 million copies sold in the United States are twice the sales of the first week The song of the songs of the song and the snakes And three times the sales of the first week Mockingjay.
Along with eight Oscar Noms, Close is the winner of Amy three times, the winner three times Tony, and the winner of Golden Globe three times. It includes its own screen credits Lethalityand Dangerousand Albert Nobsand wifeand 101 dalmatians And the famous series DamageWhich was won by two emmys.
She recently made Netflix's Return at workLi Daniels Salvation And Apple TV+International Tehran. The upcoming projects include Ryan Johnson Knives puzzle A dead man woke up For Netflix, Hulu legal drama Everything is fair and the Summer book From music box movies. It is closed by CAA, MGMT Entertainment and Loeb & Loeb.
Porter won Tony and Grammy Western shoe And Tonys to produce the best music winner Strange episodeThe Isabelle Stefenson Award for his humanitarian efforts. Porter just made the first time at the end of the West as EMCEE nightclubAnd he makes his first appearance in London with the play This bitter land At Soho Theater. He won the Emmy Award for the main actor in the drama series for his role in antiquities. Coming, he will starring director Georer Chanda in Christmas Karma. It is represented by Caa, Amplized and Felker Toczek Suddleson McGinnis Ryan LLP.
Merridith Wake and Skut O'Brien oversees the Lionsgate project. Robert Melnik negotiated the studio deal.
