MUMBAI: Jim Carrey is working on a 16 feet tall and 12 feet wide canvas and says one of his art works will be seen in his new film Mr. Popper‘s Penguins.
“I have a painting I‘m doing. I can‘t wait to get back because I have around five more days work on it. It‘s 16ft tall and 12ft wide and it‘s a black light painting (a black light painting is a different dimension of art with black light and fluorescent materials). It‘s viewable in the daylight, but when you turn the black lights on, it lights up and people come out of the dark,” Carrey has been quoted as saying.
Carrey loves to paint in his free time. “I paint a lot and this is a huge passion for me. So when I‘m not acting, I wake up every morning, have my coffee and pick up a paint brush,” he added.
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Jim Carrey canvas paint in Mr. Popper’s Penguins
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My Week with Marilyn to premiere at NY Fest
My Week with Marilyn, starring Michelle Williams as Marilyn Monroe, will have its world premiere at the New York Film Festival in October this year, it is understood.
The film is based on excerpts of a diary by British writer Colin Clark that was published in two books in 1995 and 2000. Along with Williams, the film also stars Kenneth Branagh as Olivier, Dougray Scott as Miller and Dame Judi Dench.
Directed by Simon Curtis, the film is based on a week that Clark worked as an assistant with Monroe while she was filming for The Prince and the Showgirl in the UK in the early summer of 1956.
The film had Monroe working opposite Sir Laurence Oliver and was shot when she was on a honeymoon with her husband, playwright Arthur Miller.
“After seeing Marilyn Monroe so often portrayed in films as a caricature, it is a pleasure to see this complex personality and unique on-screen presence portrayed so well by such a talented actress as Michelle Williams,” said Richard Pena, program director for The Film Society of Lincoln Center that backs the festival.
The film, which will look to compete in Hollywood‘s Oscar race this upcoming season, will get its New York Film Festival premiere on 9 October and be released in theatres on 4 November.
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Warner releases dates of upcoming films
MUMBAI: Warner Bros. has announced the release dates of Clint Eastwood‘s J. Edgar and Stephen Daldry‘s Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close. While the former will release on 9 November, the latter will release on 25 December.
Starring Leonardo DiCaprio as legendary F.B.I. director J. Edgar Hoover, Eastwood‘s film will firstly open in select markets before releasing nationwide on 11 November. The film explores the public and private lives of the most powerful, controversial and enigmatic figures of the 20th century.
The Steohen Daldry film, that stars Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock, will release nationwide on 20 January. The film is about a boy who‘s convinced that his father, a victim of 9/11, left a final message for him somewhere in the city. Feeling disconnected from his mother , he begins his search.
The other film Sandra Bullock‘s Gravity 3D will release on 21 November next year. The film, directed by Alfonso Cuaron, also stars George Clooney.
The studio has also pushed back sequel Journey 2: The Mysterious Island by two weeks from 27 January to 10 February, 2012.
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Rare footage of Hitchcock film found in NZ
MUMBAI: A few rare footage of Alfred Hitchcock‘s first film The White Shadow has been found in New Zealand. Hitchcock made the black and white silent film in 1923 when he was only 24 years of age.
Three reels were found among some unidentified American nitrate prints that were left at the New Zealand Film Archive in 1989.
Media reports say that David Sterritt, chairman of the National Society of Film Critics, called the find invaluable and said that it would help study the way Hitchcock‘s mind developed over the years.
Hitchcock was the writer, assistant director, editor and production designer of the film that starred Clive Brook and Betty Compson who played the role of two twin sisters, one of whom was good and the other evil.
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Transformers is Paramount’s first franchise to reach $1 bn mark
MUMBAI: Michael Bay-directed Transformers: Dark of the Moon has become the first film in Paramount Pictures‘ franchise to reach $1 billion in worldwide grosses.
Till Tuesday, the film‘s international box office total stood at $663 million while its domestic total was $338.8 million (recorded till Monday).
Dark of the Moon is only the 10th film in history to hit the $1 billion mark. The film‘s performance has no doubt been boosted by being the first title in the series to be shot and released in 3D.
"We are grateful for the extraordinary work of Michael Bay and his film-making team, executive producer Steven Spielberg, and everyone at Paramount around the globe who played a part in helping make this latest Transformers one of the 10 highest grossing films worldwide of all time," said Paramount chairman-CEO Brad Gray in a quote.
Dark of the Moon is the third summer 2011 tentpole to hit $1 billion, after Disney‘s Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and Warner Bros.‘ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2.
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Academy to honour Winfrey on 12 November
MUMBAI: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and sciences will honour Oprah Winfrey, James Earl Jones and makeup artist Dick Smith with Oscar statuettes at the Governors Awards on 12 November.
The 57-year old Winfrey will receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award that honours philanthropic and humanitarian contributions. Incidentally, Winfrey supports various charitable and educational causes including her own namesake foundations and Academy for Girls in South Africa.
Jones and Smith will receive honorary Oscars for their outstanding careers. Jones, who has appeared in more than 50 films, was nominated for an Academy Award in 1971 for The Great White Hope.His other credits include Field of Dreams, Patriot Games and The Hunt for Red October.
Starting his career in 1945 as NBC‘s first makeup man, Smith won an Oscar in 1984 for his work on Amadeus and was nominated again in 1989 for Dad. He also worked on The Godfather, ‘The Exorcist and Taxi Driver.
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Court dismisses lawsuit on Walt Disney, Pixar
MUMBAI:A UK screenwriter‘s lawsuit against The Walt Disney Co. that alleged the animated films Cars and Cars 2 was copied from his own work has been dismissed by a federal judge.
In March last, Jake Mandeville-Anthony had claimed that the Pixar films infringed the copyright on a three-part screenplay titled Cookie & Co, about the true-life adventure race-car driver Michael Owen Perkins, who won a 1988 race, and a second work titled Cars that included a treatment, sample screenplay, 46 animated car character descriptions, 10 cars character sketches, and a marketing and merchandising plan.
Mandeville-Anthony said that he sent copies to Disney and also met in person with a Lucas film executive with his works created about 20 years ago.But in a short summary judgment, California federal judge Valerie Baker Fairbank found the works were dissimilar and the claims were barred because the statute of limitations had expired.In recent weeks, copyright theft lawsuits have been thrown out over ABC‘s Modern Family, Sony‘s You Don‘t Mess with the Zohan, and NBC‘s My Name is Earl.
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Gotham award to Tom Rothman
MUMBAI: Fox Filmed Entertainment chairman and CEO Tom Rothman will be presented with the 21st annual industry tribute at the 21st Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards on 38 November in New York.
Each year, the Industry Tribute is awarded to a career veteran who has significantly influenced the motion picture business.
Anchoring the evening‘s seven competitive awards for Best Feature, Best Documentary, Breakthrough Director, Breakthrough Actor, Best Ensemble Performance, Best Film and the new Audience Award are tributes to film community icons, including the Industry Tribute, as well as a director, actor and an actress.
Tom Rothman‘s extensive experience in all facets of the film industry makes him the ideal recipient of this award. In addition to overseeing some of the biggest blockbusters in motion picture history, he has long been a steadfast supporter of independent cinema.In 1994, Rothman founded Fox Searchlight Pictures, which is one of the most successful producers and distributors of specialised fare in the industry, and continues to receive consistent and unwavering backing from its parent studio.
The CEO is one of the longest tenured studio heads in the modern Hollywood era in the career of whom Fox released films as Black Swan, Cast Away, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Walk the Line, The Devil Wears Prada, Water for Elephants, The Simpsons Movie, the X-Men and Ice Age and the two top grossers Titanic and Avatar.
Said the Independent Filmmaker Project executive director Joana Vicente, "We are truly honoured to dedicate our Industry Tribute to Tom Rothman, who has made an indelible impact in the film community. Through his work, he has supported the spirit of independent film and given these voices the means to reach audiences, irrespective of the budget size of their work."
Previous honorees of Gotham Awards are James Schamus, Bob & Harvey Weinstein, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Sheila Nevins , David Linde, Jonathan Sehring and film critic Roger Ebert; actors Robert Duval, Stanley Tucci, Natalie Portman, Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz and Kate Winslet; filmmakers Mira Nair, Gus Van Sant, Spike Lee and Martin Scorsese.
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Harry Potter film crosses $1 billion mark
MUMBAI: Grossing 466.4 million from 15,400 cinema halls in 59 markets, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 coasted to the weekend’s No. 1 box office slot averaging about $17,000 per day over the last week on the foreign theatrical circuit.
After reigning at the top box office spot for the third consecutive weekend, the film now ranks as the highest grossing title ever released overseas by Warner Bros.
On the overseas circuit, the eighth installment accumulated box office collections of $690 million offshore in 19 days of foreign release. Globally, the tally exceeds the $1 billion gross mark more than doubles the films domestic take of $318.5 million.
In comparison, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 has become part of the elite billion dollar club while Paramount‘s Transformers: Dark of the Moon promises to become one within days.
The billion dollar winner films are Avatar, Titanic, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man‘s Chest, Toy Story 3, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Alice in Wonderland, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 and The Dark Knight.
Before this summer, only seven movies in history had grossed $1 billion or more at the domestic box office. Now there are nine, between Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and Deathly Hallows 2, the first film in the franchise to reach the milestone. Dark of the Moon will make it ten.
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Sarajevo fest honours Angelina Jolie
MUMBAI : The Sarajevo Film Festival has conferred Angelina Jolie with a special honour for her cinematic and philanthropic works in Bosnia. The 36-year old Jolie received the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo award at the closing ceremony of the Festival.
The actress‘ directorial debut, The Land of Blood and Honey has been shot in Bosnia. “I love this country. I was honoured to have a chance to meet everybody. This movie was a chance to bring attention to the situation that happened so long ago, and I hope that it brings attention and more dialogue to remind people what everybody here went through,” Jolie has been quoted as saying.
Festival director Mirsad Purivatra praised Jolie for her cinematic achievements and also for her global humanitarian efforts.