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  • Spielberg to helm Gods and Kings for Warner Bros

    Spielberg to helm Gods and Kings for Warner Bros

    MUMBAI: Warner Bros is in talks with Steven Spielberg to direct Gods and Kings, a new religious film that follows the Biblical story of Moses from the Old Testament.

    The script of the film charts the prophet‘s life from birth to death and focuses on his quest to free the Jewish people from the oppression of the Egyptian civilisation.

    Meanwhile, it is learnt that British actor David Oyelowo has joined the cast of Steven Spielberg‘s Lincoln, a biopic of the 16th President of the United States that stars Daniel Day-Lewis in the title role. Oyelowo will play a cavalryman in the film based on definitive Lincoln biography ‘Team of Rivals‘ by Doris Kearns Goodwin.

  • FilmDistrict to release foreign-language version of Jolie film

    FilmDistrict to release foreign-language version of Jolie film

    MUMBAI: FilmDistrict has given an indication that it would release the foreign-language version of Angelina Jolie‘s directorial debut In the Land of Blood & Honey so that audiences can fully experience the director‘s version.


    The film will have subtitles; however, it is uncertain which version of Jolie’s film would release in the US.


    “I‘m honoured that FilmDistrict has chosen to release the film in the United States in the original Bhs-language version. It was always my hope that US audiences would have the opportunity to experience this version,” Jolie remarked.


    It has been reported that the 36-year-old actress shot her war love story in English and Bosnian/Croatian, doubling up scenes in a mixture of languages.

  • Sharon in Linda Lovelace biopic

    Sharon in Linda Lovelace biopic

    MUMBAI: Basic Instinct fame Sharon Stone is all set to appear in the upcoming biopic Inferno: a Linda Lovelace Story. The 53-year-old actress will play the mother of Lovelace (played by Malin Akerman) in the film.

    The film, based on the life of Linda Lovelace and directed by Matthew Wilder, follows the life of the adult film legend who starred the in 1972 film Deep Throat.

    The film is based on the novel Ordeal: An Autobiography by Linda Lovelace with Mike McGrady.

    Stone has also announced that she will be running a Facebook page for the returning military troops. “It‘s very important that people know that their country is behind them. With all of this negative chatter in the governmental races, we need to have our actual country say what they feel in loving, really vocal terms,” she averred.

    Stone will next work on The Mule, a film about an American reporter searching for her missing brother against the backdrop of the US and Mexican border turmoil. 

  • Brad Pitt in legal tangle

    MUMBAI: Brad Pitt‘s dream of using a T54 Russian tank to be used in his up-for release film World War Z was watered down as using of the weapon has landed him in a legal problem.

    A SWAT (Special Weapons And Tactics) team raided the warehouse where the production team was holding the weapons to be used in the film. Plan-B, the production company came under scrutiny as the weapons they were using, claimed to be non-functional, turned out to be in working order.

    This has left Pitt frustrated. However the authorities did not blame Pitt and believe that the employees of the production company must have made a mistake.

    World War Z to release on December 2012.

  • Fox organizes sneak view of …Zoo on Nov 26

    Fox organizes sneak view of …Zoo on Nov 26

    MUMBAI: 20th Century Fox has decided to give a sneak view of Cameron Crowe‘s We Bought a Zoo for children and their parents on Thanksgiving Day on November 26, a month before the film releases on December 23.

    The studio is teaming with social networking video site Tout to encourage audiences to share their post-screening thoughts, and a broader campaign will include a live Q&A with Crowe and more.

    Led by Matt Damon, the film based on a true story, follows Ben (Damon), a single father who attempts to fulfill his late wife‘s wish of moving their family to the titular animal sanctuary, along the way coming across the possibility of moving on thanks to a beautiful, dedicated zookeeper Scarlett Johansson).

    Cute animals and Jonsi singing ensue, followed most likely by tears and a big heart-warming finish.

  • Sacha Baron Cohen in Django Unchained

    Sacha Baron Cohen in Django Unchained

    MUMBAI: Sacha Baron Cohen, who is known for his film Borat, is the latest to join the star-studded cast of Quentin Tarantino‘s Django Unchained. Cohen is in final negotiations to play a gambler who buys Django‘s wife as a female companion.


    Django Unchained follows the story of Django, a freed slave who under the tutelage of a German bounty hunter Ace Woody becomes a bounty hunter himself.


    The cast includes Leonardo DiCaprio as the film‘s villain, Calvin Candie; Jamie Foxx as Django; Christoph Waltz as Ace Woody, the bounty hunter on Candie‘s tail; Kerry Washington as Django‘s wife, Broomhilda and Samuel L. Jackson as an outspoken slave.

  • Universal in plans to celebrate centennial

    Universal in plans to celebrate centennial

    MUMBAI: As part of a year-long celebration of the studio‘s centennial,Universal Studios is redesigning both its audio visual and print logos that will be unveiled early in 2012.

    The 100th anniversary campaign will include restoration of some of the studio‘s classic movies, theme park activities and promotions, and engagement with fans through special events and social media initiatives.

    Universal Studios president Ron Meyer announced the broad plans for the centennial celebration in a memo that he sent to the studio‘s employees Tuesday.

    “This is a proud and exciting moment for our company, which celebrates the studio‘s rich history and cultural impact,” Meyer wrote.

    “Throughout Universal‘s hundred years, we‘ve created films that have touched the hearts of millions, and fostered our culture‘s love affair with cinema. Some films have been more successful than others, but all of them have a place in our history.

    The strength of Universal, as with any company, is the talent of its team. We‘re fortunate to have an incredible group of individuals as well as gifted filmmakers who are at the heart of this studio,” he added.

    In 2012, Universal Studios will be honoring its past and celebrating the future.

  • Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol to premire at DIFF

    Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol to premire at DIFF

    MUMBAI: The Brad Bird directed Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol will open the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) on December 7a week before it opens to cinema audience on December 14.

    The fourth of the Mission Impossible series was shot in the city and the trailer features a scene in the city in which Tom Cruise clutches onto the sides of Burj Khalifa, in the hope of scaling the world‘s tallest building.

    The film also includes extensive shots of the city, from the financial district, the old urban area, and the nearby Palm Island construction.

  • David Yates developing Who for film remake

    David Yates developing Who for film remake

    MUMBAI: Harry Potter director David Yates is developing The BBC television series Who one of the longest-running in British history.


    The development of the film that would have no connection to the show is in the very early stages. This allows Yates to work on other projects.


    Who centers on an eccentric man known as the Doctor, an alien time lord who travels space and time with the help of a machine called the TARDIS, whose exterior appears to be a small police box but is actually gigantic inside. He regularly teams up with humans to save worlds.


    Various actors have played the Doctor over the show‘s run, with the explanation being that when the character is dying, he can regenerate his body into a new form. The conceit could work wonderfully in a long-running movie franchise a la James Bond or Batman.


    After it ran successfully between 1963 and 1989, the show was re launched into a global franchise in 2005.


    Since the movie series ended, his name has surfaced in connection with several projects. Nothing has stuck so far, as Yates is taking his time choosing his follow-up.

  • Bradd Pitt to quit in three years

    Bradd Pitt to quit in three years

    MUMBAI: Brad Pitt has admitted that his days are numbered and he may quit acting upon turning 50.

    Talking on an Australian chat show ’60 Minutes, the 47-year-oldactor said he would quit the acting scene in three years. He also revealed that he might move behind the camera when he steps out of the limelight.

    “I‘ve really enjoyed the producerial side and getting stories to the plate that may have had a harder time otherwise,” Pitt added.