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  • Lionsgate bags ‘A Most Wanted Man’

    Lionsgate bags ‘A Most Wanted Man’

    MUMBAI: The John Le Carre adaptation stars Philip Seymour Hoffman and Rachel McAdams. Lionsgate will be distributing the movie and Anton Corbjin will be producing it. A release date has not been set yet.

     

    The story is about a Chechen-Russian immigrating who is on the run and is trying to access his dead father’s suspiciously acquired fortune. US and German security agencies are on the lookout for him to know if he is a victim or a mastermind.

     

    Worldwide sales are handled by Filmnation. FilmNation Entertainment CEO Glen Basner and executive Alison Cohen made the deal.

  • Anna Torv and Jennifer Jason Leigh to be a part of HBO’s ‘Open’

    Anna Torv and Jennifer Jason Leigh to be a part of HBO’s ‘Open’

    MUMBAI: The sexuality drama series Open is being produced by Ryan Murphy. Anna Torv has had a successful stint with Fringe on Fox for five years. Jennifer Jason Leigh will be the on-screen love interest of Torv. The series will explore sexuality in the light of monogamy and intimacy in relationships.

     

    The series starts off with Torv and Leigh in a relationship but the entrance of Grace in Torv’s on screen character’s life, issues crop up between the two. The actor who will play the role of Grace is still under process.

     

    Scott Speedman will be Grace’s gynaecologist husband. Glee’s Dante Di Loreto will be the executive producer for Ryan Murphy Television and 20th Television’s cable arm Fox 21.

     

    Forv is repped by WME and United Management in Australia while Leigh is repped by CAA, Untitled and Sloane Offer. Open would be Murphy’s second project with HBO.

  • The Wolverine had plenty of bark at the box office, and just enough bite

    The Wolverine had plenty of bark at the box office, and just enough bite

    MUMBAI: The sixth installment of the X-Men franchise clawed its way to $55 million this weekend, according to studio estimates from box-office trackers Hollywood.com.

     

    While the debut was plenty to win the weekend – there were no other major newcomers as studios cleared a path for the comic-book adaptation – the opening fell short of analysts’ projections, which called for a bow of at least $65 million.

     

    Still, it snapped the string of high-priced live-action films that couldn’t claim the weekend crown. Last week, the $20 million horror flick The Conjuring opened to $42 million, crushing the $130 million supernatural film R.I.P.D., which debuted to a dismal $13 million. Similarly, Pacific Rim ($37 million), The Lone Ranger ($29 million) and White House Down ($25 million) opened well below projections, falling to cheaper movies and animated films.

     

    While Wolverine’s opening was solid for a sixth franchise installment, analysts wondered whether moviegoers are suffering mutant fatigue. The previous Wolverine film, 2009’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine, debuted to $85 million.

     

    But the new film resonated with viewers, which could help its run through a typically arid August at theaters. About 68 per cent of critics gave Wolverine a thumbs-up, and the movie scored an A-minus from moviegoers, says grading site CinemaScore.

     

    Among the holdovers, Conjuring took second with $22.1 million, followed by the animated comedy Despicable Me 2 with $16 million.

    The animated Turbo was fourth with $13.3 million, while Adam Sandler’s comedy Grown Ups 2 rounded out the top five with $11.5 million.

  • Sony Pictures to release sci-fi thriller ‘Elysium’ in India

    Sony Pictures to release sci-fi thriller ‘Elysium’ in India

    MUMBAI: This August, Sony Pictures is all geared up to release one of the summer’s biggest futuristic science fiction flick Elysium in Indian theatres. Set 146 years in the future, on a ravaged Earth and a luxurious habitat called Elysium, the sci-fi stars Academy Award winners Matt Damon (The Bourne Identity), Jodie Foster (Silence of the Lambs) and Sharltey Copley (District 9) in major roles. Produced by Bill Block, Simon Kinberg, Neill Blomkamp and written and directed by Oscar nominee Neill Blomkamp of District 9 fame, the film will touch upon political and sociological themes such as immigration, health care and class issues and is inspired by the South African director’s own experiences.

     

    Elysium takes place in the year 2159 A.D., where two classes of people exist: the extremely affluent, who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated Earth ruined by poverty, war and crime. Secretary Delacourt (Jodie Foster) will stop at nothing to preserve the luxurious lifestyle of the citizens of Elysium – but that doesn’t stop the people of Earth from trying to get in by any means they can. Max (Matt Damon) agrees to take on a life-threatening mission, one that could bring equality to these polarised worlds.

     

    Neill Blomkamp’s last outing District 9 was a critical and commercial success. The movie earned four nominations in the 2010 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and a writing (Best Adapted Screenplay) nomination for Neill Blompkamp.

     

    Elysium will hit Indian theatres on 23 August. It will be releasing in English and Hindi.

  • Paramount set to revive Beverly Hills Cop series

    Paramount set to revive Beverly Hills Cop series

    MUMBAI: The fourth film in the series is under discussion to be produced, after looking at the success of the TV series pilot episode last year.

     

    The first film was released in 1984 and the third in 1994 after which it stopped. The first three installments together grossed about $750 million.

     

    Eddie Murphy will still be playing the role of Axel Foley, the Detroid-based tough cop. Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec who have had successful stints in movies such as Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are also part of the ensemble.

     

    The decision came after a tough bidding for the series on TV ensued, before going to CBS. The pilot was produced by Sony Pictures TV with Paramount as rights holder. However, the series was never aired but it has created enough buzz to be made into a fourth installment in the franchise.

  • Vin Diesel to be seen in ‘World’s Most Wanted’

    Vin Diesel to be seen in ‘World’s Most Wanted’

    MUMBAI: Universal Pictures has roped in the famed The Fast and the Furious actor to be the lead of the movie. Dan Mazeau is the script writer who had previously co-written the script for Warner Bros’ Wrath of the titans. The action adventure movie is being rewritten by him. The original was written by Will Staples and Sean O’Keefe.

     

    Neal Moritz will be producing the movie. Moritz and Diesel have worked together on The Fast and the Furious series. Mazeau is represented by CAA, Circle of Confusion and Katz Golden while Diesel is repped by CAA and Brillstein Entertainment Partners.

  • Ben Foster to portray cyclist Lance Armstrong in biopic

    Ben Foster to portray cyclist Lance Armstrong in biopic

    MUMBAI: The untitled movie directed by Stephen Frears, is in final negotiations with Ben Foster. The movie will talk about the renowned cyclist’s rise to fame while battling testicular cancer in the nineties and his recent tryst with performance enhancement drugs and subsequent disgrace.

     

    John Hodged has penned the script for the movie while Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner will be producing it. The movie by Working Title’s movie is one of three movies that are being made on the world number one cyclist. The other two are being created by Warner Bros and Paramount but this seems to be lagging behind the other two.

     

    Foster was previously seen in movies like Ain’t them bodies saint and will soon be seen in Lone Survivor.

  • Gandolfini starrer ‘Enough Said’ gets a release date

    Gandolfini starrer ‘Enough Said’ gets a release date

    MUMBAI: The comedy film written and directed by Nicole Holofcener will be released on 20 September. The movie stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Catherine Keener as well as James Gandolfini as Louis-Dreyfus’ love interest. Gandolfini died of a heart attack on 19 June.

     

    The film centers on Eve (Louis-Dreyfus), a divorced soon-to-be empty-nester wondering about her next act. Then she meets Marianne (Keener), the embodiment of her perfect self. Armed with a restored outlook on being middle-aged and single, Eva decides to take a chance on her new love interest Albert (Gandolfini), a sweet, funny and like-minded man – who also happens to be Marianne’s dreaded ex-husband.

     

    Toni Collette, Ben Falcone, Eve Hewson, Tavi Gevinson and Tracey Fairaway co-star, and Anthony Bregman produced.

     

    Gandolfini had been working on many projects at the time of his death. Release dates of the others are still not known.

  • Disney’s playful ‘Saving Mr. Banks’ Poster

    Disney’s playful ‘Saving Mr. Banks’ Poster

    MUMBAI: Two weeks post the release of the first poster, the second poster shows a pleading Walt Disney (Tom Hanks) with a shadow of Mickey Mouse and P L Travers (Emma Thompson) with a shadow of Mary Poppins.

     

    A charming tagline reads ‘Where her book ended, their story began’ referring to the classic childrens’ book Mary Poppins written by Travers.

     

    The movie is first big screen bopic to be made on Walt Disney, which shows his struggle to make an adaptation of the book Mary Poppins battling resistance from Travers, which turns out to be his main struggle.

     

    The movie is set to be released on 13 December.

  • Chinese theaters ban Despicable Me 2

    Chinese theaters ban Despicable Me 2

     MUMBAI: In an effort to thwart imported animated flicks, the government has denied permission to release the movie in the country. The previous installment was also not released in 2010.

     

    Despite the fact that an article, praising the movie’s success in the US was published, hopes of getting a release in the country were crushed. Though the movie got a good reception from Hong Kong, it won’t see the light of the day in China.

     

    Previously DreamWorks’ movie The Croods was pulled from the country’s screens two weeks early in June this year. However, Monsters University has got clearance to be released on 23 August in China. It will face competition from the 3D version of Jurassic Park.