Category: International

MUMBAI: Alec Baldwin may well be following in the footsteps of Charles Grodin, segueing from a career as an actor to a gig as a talk show host on an NBC-affiliated cable network. Baldwin is in talks with MSNBC to host a primetime talk show.

According to Mediate, which first reported the Baldwin-MSNBC negotiations, the Emmy-winning actor is eyed for the 10 p.m. hour. Following his seven-year run on NBC‘s 30 Rock, the network kept Baldwin in the fold with a two-year overall deal inked late last year.

Since then, he was considered for a late-night talk show, with the discussion focusing on Baldwin possibly taking over NBC‘s 1:35 a.m. half-hour occupied by Last Call With Carson Daly. However, nothing came out of that, andLast Call was renewed for another season. Baldwin has been considered a solid talk show host contender.

MUMBAI: Bruce Willis has left the Expendables 3 and according to Sylvester Stallone it was because he was greedy and lazy. Stallone stunned Hollywood by tweeting “WILLIS OUT . . . HARRISON FORD IN!!!! GREAT NEWS!!!!! Been waiting years for this!!!!,” then following up with a second tweet reading “GREEDY AND LAZY . . . A SURE FORMULA FOR CAREER FAILURE.”

Apparently Willis said that he would leave unless he got $4 million for four days. He was supposed to get just $3 million. Consecutively Stallone got Ford to join the cast. Willis‘ reps at CCA did not wish to comment on this.

Willis was recently seen in Red 2, which grossed just $80 million worldwide. This installment of The Expendables has a budget of more than $90 million and is set to release August 2014. In addition to Stallone and Ford, the cast includes Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Statham, Mickey Rourke and Wesley Snipes.

MUMBAI: Kate Winslet and Judy Davis will be seen in the movie, written and directed by Australian Jocelyn Moorhouse. The movie is about Tilly Dunnage (Winslet) who ran away from her home when she was accused of murder and has now returned as a couturier. Now she has to make things right with her eccentric mother.

The Dressmaker is based on a novel of the same name, the principal photography for which will be at Australia 2014. The DOP is Don McAlpine, production designer is Roger Ford, editor Jill Bilcock and costume designer Tim Chappel.

The countries of Australia and New Zealand will have Universal Pictures International releasing the movie and worldwide, UK based sales agent Embankment films will do the work. For USA, it will be co-represented by CAA.

Winslet is represented by CAA and United Agents. Davis is represented by Shanahan Management.

MUMBAI: It is confirmed that the Jack Reacher director will also be leading the fifth installment of the popular MI series. The film starring Tom Cruise will reunite him with McQuarrie. The two have previously worked together on Jack Reacher.

The movie is being produced by Paramount and Skydance productions. Drew Pierce is writing the script for the movie. McQuarrie is repped by CAA. In 1996 McQuarrie won the best screenplay award for The Usual Suspects. He was recently associated with The Wolverine as screenwriter.

Paramount Film group president Adam Goodman said that the series is famous for its signature directors and McQuarrie fulfills the role for them. The MI series have been a very popular series starring Tom Cruise. However, the movie hasn‘t kept its audience going past the second movie.

MUMBAI: After having declared that he would be directing the movie about celebrated Navy Seal Chris Kyle, the Jurassic Park director has decided to not be a part of the project. DreamWorks, that joined Warner Bros in a co-production after Spielberg announced his association, has also decided to pull out of the film.

The movie scripted by Jason Hall, has Bradley Cooper in the lead role. Cooper is also producing along with Andrew Lazar and Peter Morgan.

This is the second time the acclaimed director has changed his priorities. He had previously pushed the filming of Robocalypse to a further date as he says he wants to redevelop it. The sudden change in plans is pointed to his keenness to follow up on Lincoln.

Warner Bros will now have to look for another filmmaker to keep the movie on board. Spielberg is known to have his projects perfected to the T before he commits to them.

MUMBAI: James Cameron‘s planned Avatar movie trilogy is becoming a quadrilogy.
Josh Friedman (War of the Worlds), Shane Salerno (Savages) and Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver (Rise of the Planets of the Apes) have been hired to collaborate with the director to write three follow-ups to Cameron‘s 2009 sci-fi blockbuster hit Avatar, 20th Century Fox announced last week.

The original currently stands as the USA‘s all-time box-office tyrant with a take of $760 million.

The first sequel to Avatar, which followed a space marine (Sam Worthington) going native with a race of blue alien Na‘vi on the moon Pandora, will begin production next year and will film simultaneously with the two other sequels.

Avatar 2 is due out in December 2016, with Avatar 3 coming in December 2017 and Avatar 4 tentatively releasing December 2018.

MUMBAI: 20th Century Fox movie studio former co-chairman Tom Rothman has reached a deal to produce up to four films per year for a joint venture with Sony Pictures Entertainment, the company said last week.

Starting 1 September, Rothman will serve as chairman of a venture with the studio called TriStar Productions. Sony will provide financing and retain worldwide distribution rights for TriStar‘s films, and Rothman will receive an equity stake.

Rothman left his job as chairman and chief executive of Fox Filmed Entertainment in January after 18 years at the company, where he oversaw filmmaking operations that produced blockbusters including Avatarand Titanic.