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  • Immortals tops b-o with $ 32 mn intake

    Immortals tops b-o with $ 32 mn intake

    MUMBAI: Of three films that released on November 11, Relativity’s Immortals topped the box-office by garnering an estimated $32 million.


    The stylized VFX-packed R-rated sword-and-sandal actioner from the producers of 300 and director Tarsem Singh was expected to open in the $25 million-to-$30 million range.But though the filmopened better than expected, it still fell short of the $61.2 million opening of Warner Bros.’ Clash of the Titans or the $70.9 million debut of 300.


    It is learnt that 66 per cent of the weekend gross for the Tarsem Singh film came from premium-priced 3-D theaters. It was the third-highest opening this year for an R-rated film. Globally, Immortals opened in over 35 territories and generated an estimated $36 million that brings the worldwide total to an estimated $68 million.


    The overall box-office was helped this weekend by two Friday holidays, Veterans Day and Remembrance Day in Canada, giving a boost to Thursday evening shows as well as Friday. Sony’s PG-rated “Jack and Jill,” the latest comedic outing from Adam Sandler collected an estimated $26 million to be at the second spot better than anticipated but less than his previous two films.


    Warner Bros.’ awards-bound “J. Edgar,” helmed by Clint Eastwood and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, generated $11.5 million to take the fifth slot with an intake of $11.6 million since its limited opening on Wednesday. On the other hand, Jack and Jill collected around $20 million. Sandler‘s loyal fan base makes his comedies somewhat “critic proof”; his best-performing projects are sometimes his worst reviewed.


    After two weekends at number one, DreamWorks/Paramount’s animated Puss In Boots moved into the third spot with an estimated $25.5 million intake.


    On the other hand, Universal’s Tower Heist fell to the fourth spot with a gross of an estimated $13.7 million. The Ben Stiller-Eddie Murphy starrer has taken in an estimated $43.87 million in 10 days.

  • Stuart Little boy is now a teenager

    Stuart Little boy is now a teenager

    MUMBAI: He was the cute boy with his blonde hair and antics with his pet mouse in Stuart Little. Now that he has grown up, Jonathan Lipnicki is all geared up for his Hollywood debut.
     
    After 15 years out of the lime-light, the child star is now re-entering Hollywood with a starring role in a new independent film For the Love of Money.”I‘m ready to come back and I‘m ready to work. People are always going to have this image of me as five years old so it‘s my job to work hard, go into the right rooms and blow them away,” Lipnicki said in a statement.
     
    After his early big break, Lipnicki went onto star in other popular family films like Stuart Little and The Little Vampire. But after enjoying fame as a child star Lipnicki made the decision to leave the lime-light and pursue life as a normal teenager.
     
    He went back to school in his home town and graduated with his childhood friends.
     
    The 21-year-old actor, who was first seen on the big screen along with Renee Zellweger and Tom Cruise in the 1996 blockbuster Jerry Maguire, is now set to rival many young Hollywood hot shots, reported Daily Mail online.

  • Lifetime achievement award for Judi Dench

    Lifetime achievement award for Judi Dench

    MUMBAI: The Harper‘s Bazaar magazine has honoured veteran actress Dame Judi Dench with a Lifetime Achievement Award.
     
    On the other hand, Helena Bonham Carter lapped up the role model of the year award while singer Jessie J won the breakthrough of the year award, it is gathered.
     
    Supermodels Naomi Campbell, Helena Christensen, Eva Herzigova, Yasmin Le Bon and Cindy Crawford were collectively awarded the fashion icons of the year.
     
    The magazine also honoured Sarah Burton, creative director of fashion brand Alexander McQueen, as the designer of the year for creating Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton‘s iconic wedding dress.

  • Bill Crystal to replace Murphy in hosting Oscars

    MUMBAI: Bill Crystal, who had previously hosted the Oscar ceremony eight times is all set to return to host the show for the first time since 2004.He replaces Eddie Murphy.


    Murphy had announced that he was leaving the production yesterday following producer Brett Ratner, who also announced that he was quitting as producer of the show after he made a number of ill-judged comments, including a gay slur.


    Speaking about Murphy‘s departure, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Tom Sherak said, “I appreciate how Eddie feels about losing his creative partner, Brett Ratner, and we all wish him well.”


    Earlier today A Beautiful Mind director Brian Grazer was named as the new producer for the 2012 show.
     

  • Edwards, Boreinstein attached for Godzilla remake

    Edwards, Boreinstein attached for Godzilla remake

    MUMBAI: Gareth Edwards, who had directed the indie sci-fi movie Monsters has been taken on board to direct the remake of creature feature Godzilla, centered on the giant city-destroying and monster-fighting lizard that is being developed at Legendary Pictures.


    While the film is being produced by Legendary‘s Thomas Tull and Jon Jashni along with Dan Lin, Roy Lee and Brian Rogers, Warner Bros. will the film.


    On the other hand, Max Borenstein has been tapped to write the remake of the film. Borenstein, who just turned in his script for Art of the Steal for Warner Bros is well acquainted with Legendary. He worked on the company‘s in-development Jimi Hendrix biopic, Jimi, and rewrote the outfit‘s supernatural fantasy The Seventh Son. 

  • Grazer replaces Ratner as Oscar producer

    Grazer replaces Ratner as Oscar producer

    MUMBAI: Within hours of Brett Ratner‘s announcement that he was stepping down as producer of this year‘s Oscar, Academy President Tom Sherak announced that Raner would be succeeded by super-producer Brian Grazer.

    Grazer has incidentally produced The Nutty Professor, Nutty Professor II: The Klumps but unlike Ratner, Grazer is of Oscar-caliber having won the Best Picture award in 2002 for A Beautiful Mind.

    Grazer showed his appreciation for his appointment when he said, "It‘s very gratifying to be part of a show that honors excellence in the medium to which I have devoted so much of my career."

    The inside job aspects of Grazer replacing Ratner is clear, as both recently co-produced Tower Heist.

    It may be known that Eddie Murphy, who recently stepped down as the Oscar host, was in good terms with Grazer.

  • Jessica Chastian to play Princess Diana

    Jessica Chastian to play Princess Diana

    MUMBAI: Jessica Chastain will play the late Diana, Princess of Wales in a romantic biopic titled Caught in Flight, according to movie blog Thompson on Hollywood.

    Chastian follows Meryl Streep who played Margaret Thatcher earlier or Anne Hathaway who played Jane Austen.

    Caught in Flight will depict a secret two-year affair the princess had with heart surgeon Dr Hasnat Khan from 1995, that would be presented as a “love story between a princess locked in a tower and an ordinary man”.

    The script of the film has been written by The Libertine‘s Steven Jeffreys and would be directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel.

    The film‘s pre-production will start in March 2012 under British production company Ecosse Films while it will be shot in Pakistan, Angola, the South of France and Paris.

  • Brett Ratner steps down as producer of Oscars

    Brett Ratner steps down as producer of Oscars

    MUMBAI: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has accepted Brett Ratner‘s decision to step down as producer of the Oscar ceremony.

    Said an emotional Ratner in a letter to his colleagues, “I called Tom Sherak this morning and resigned as a producer of the 84th Academy Awards telecast. Being asked to help put on the Oscar show was the proudest moment of my career. But as painful as this may be for me, it would be worse if my association with the show were to be a distraction from the Academy and the high ideals it represents.”

    It is likely that Ratner would be replaced by Eddie Murphy who has been mooted to host the ceremony.

    However, there is no word on who will take over to producing the awards ceremony that is just three and a half months away.

  • Jacko doc Murray convicted for pop star’s murder

    Jacko doc Murray convicted for pop star’s murder

    MUMBAI: Dr Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson‘s doctor has been convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the pop star‘s death for supplying an insomnia-plagued Jackson with a powerful operating-room anesthetic to help him sleep as he rehearsed for his big comeback. He was handcuffed and immediately led off to jail without bail to await sentencing on
    November 29.

    The verdict marked the latest chapter of the 2009 drug-overdose death of the King of Pop as he was about to mount a series of heavily promoted concerts in London that he hoped would turn his career around after a slide prompted by child-molestation allegations and years of bizarre behavior.

    However, Defense attorney Ed Chernoff said that the verdict was a disappointment and would be appealed.

    Jackson‘s death marked the end of an incredible rise to fame from his humble beginnings in Gary, Ind. The tiny powerhouse singer and dancer with the magnetic smile enchanted audiences and elevated the Jackson Five to the top of the pop music world.

  • Shares of Dreamworks Animation rally 12 %

    Shares of Dreamworks Animation rally 12 %

    MUMBAI: Backed by its latest venture Puss in Boots’ $33 million intake at domestic cinema halls over the last weekend, shares of DreamWorks Animation soared 12 per cent. The intake denoted a miniscule drop from the $34.1 million the film scored in its opening weekend.

    The box-office result was a welcome reverse to last Monday‘s 8 per cent climb down when the film was considered a disappointment but now that it‘s considered a bona fide hit, the shares of the company rallied by $2.08 on Monday to $19.57.

    Worldwide, the film generated $115 million at the box office till yet.