MUMBAI: The Houston-born Patrick Swayze who starred in hits like Ghost and Dirty Dancing has expired following a battle with pancreatic Cancer. He was 57.Swayze enjoyed...
MUMBAI: Overture Films has acquired the distribution rights of Antoine Fuqua‘s crime thriller Brooklyn‘s Finest.The deal was almost arrived at in Venice when the film‘s financier...
MUMBAI: Tel Aviv mayor Ron Huldai has defended the right of filmmakers and artistes to protest a controversial Israeli film at the Toronto International Film Festival....
MUMBAI: The 3D Entertainment Summit(TM) has announced its full speaker list for the 2009 event that will be held at the Hilton Los Angeles in Universal...
MUMBAI: Shemaroo Entertainment has released two song compilation packs titled Vintage Black & White – Ateet Ke Jharokhon Se and Vintage Black & White Part 2...
MUMBAI: Excel Home Videos and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment have released the live-action adaptation of Dragonball Evolution. Based on one of the most popular Japanese...
MUMBAI: Madhur Bhandarkar will be honoured as the best film director for his contribution to Indian Cinema by Sovex Port Film, Ministry of Culture of Russia...
MUMBAI: Tyler Perry‘s I Can Do Bad All By Myself turned out to be the seventh consecutive low-cost film that opened successfully when it sold an...
MUMBAI: Jim Carroll, who chronicled his wild teen years in The Basketball Diaries expired of a heart attack at the age of 60 yesterday. Carroll‘s most...
MUMBAI : In a move that confirmed its status as ‘the Mecca of film production in the Caribbean, Puerto Rico has extended its 40 per cent...
MUMBAI: London will host the world premiere of Disney‘s A Christmas Carol in what is claimed will be the biggest UK 3D screening to date. The...
MUMBAI: Director Samuel Maoz‘s Lebanon set inside a tank stranded inside enemy territory on the first day of the Lebanon War in June 1982 has won...
MUMBAI: Pixar Films’ 3D animated movie UP will hit the Indian screens on 18 September. The film is being distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. UP is...
MUMBAI: Tamil film director Gautham Menon is on an ambitious mission of setting up a Rs 1 billion film fund to assist financing of southern language...
NEW DELHI: Despite assurances to this effect by almost every Information and Broadcasting Minister over the past decade, there are no plans at present to create...
MUMBAI: Johnny Depp will star in the forthcoming instalment of Disney‘s blockbuster franchise. Depp will be seen in the role as Capt. Jack Sparrow in Pirates...
MUMBAI: The Toronto International Film Festival opened with a British film Creation. For more than three decades, the Toronto film festival usually opened with a Canadian...
MUMBAI: Award-winning writer Larry Gelbart, who wrote films like Tootsie and Oh, God! has expired. He died yesterday after a long battle with cancer. He was...
MUMBAI: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will honour Lauren Bacall, producer-executive John Calley, producer-director Roger Corman and Gordon Willis at the inaugural Governors...
MUMBAI: Four years after its release, Sanjay Leela Bhansali‘s film Black has hit the Korean screens and instantly secured the third position at the box-office.The Amitabh...
MUMBAI: Shemaroo Entertainment has released two song compilations: Sargam ke Saathi Pancham – Kishore on DVDs and Singer – Composer R.D. Burman on VCDs. The first...
NEW DELHI: Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni has convened a meeting of the Central Board of Film Certification and the nine regional boards in mid-October...
MUMBAI: Decks are being cleared for a $525 million financing of up to 15,000 3D cinema (D-Cinema) installations over the next five years in US‘s three...
MUMBAI: Summit Entertainment has promoted Brad Kembel and Deborah Tellis as executive vice-president and senior vice-president of international distribution, while Jill Jones has been upgraged to...
MUMBAI: Richard Linklater‘s Me and Orson Welles, which premiered at last year‘s Toronto International Film Festival, will be released theatrically in the U.S. on 25 November.A...
MUMBAI: Coinstar Inc. has reportedly sold its entertainment services business to Colorado-based National Entertainment Network Inc. (NEN) for a nominal consideration to focus on its Redbox...
MUMBAI: Four films are set to release this week including Vaada Raha…I Promise, Ruslaan, Baabarr and Aamras. Samir Karnik directed Vaada Raha…I Promise, starring Bobby Deol,...
MUMBAI: After Kannada film Housefull, and an under-production Malaylam film Gulumaal, actor Anuj Saxena, in a move to extend his production house Maverick‘s portfolio, has decided...
MUMBAI: The US Embassy and the Motion Picture Dist. Association (India) Pvt. Ltd, the Indian arm of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), have decided...
MUMBAI: Coinciding with the release of Wanted, Zee Cinema has announced a week-long festival of Boney Kapoor blockbusters called ‘Most Wanted Afternoons‘. Starting 14 September, the...
MUMBAI: Percept Picture Company, Bhandarkar Entertainment & Sanjay Ghodawat Group‘s Jail that was to release on 30 October has been postponed to 6 November. The film...
MUMBAI: Moving forward with its two films of The Hobbit, Warner Bros. has resolved a legal battle with the heirs of J.R.R. Tolkien over a profit...
MUMBAI: With 335 films from 64 countries, the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) opens today with a star-studded array of guests. Opening the 10-day cinematic event...
MUMBAI: Executive director Scott Rosenbaum has been signed by Fox for a Western drama. The untitled project, from Warner Bros. TV and McG‘s studio-based Wonderland Sound...
MUMBAI: Coinstar Inc that provides coin-counting machines and DVD rental kiosks has said that it has sold its entertainment services business to National Entertainment Network Inc...
MUMBAI: Adlabs Films has restructured its exhibition business, splitting it into two strategic units based on geographical divisions. Adlabs has roped in Ashish Saxena as chief...
MUMBAI: In keeping with its spirit of innovation, Anupam Kher‘s acting school Actor Prepares will transform itself into a centre of the dramatic arts every weekend...
MUMBAI: Sun Pictures has acquired the distribution rights of Moser Baer and Blue Ocean Entertainment‘s Bharath and Tamannaah starrer Kanden Kadhalai.Said Moser Baer COO G. Dhananjayan,...
MUMBAI: Moving Picture Company, in a filing at the BSE, has announced that its documentary The Journalist and a Jihadi- The Murder Of Daniel Pearl has...
MUMBAI: The 14th Pusan International Film Festival will open with director Jang Jin‘s new comedy Good Morning President. The film is about three Korean presidents including...
MUMBAI: Chris Brown, Mary J. Blige and Akon are among the first group of artistes who will feature in the Michael Jackson tribute concert on 26...
MUMBAI: This year‘s Gucci Group Award has been bagged by journalist Mark Boal for his screenplay of Katheryn Bigelow‘s The Hurt Locker. The award was presented...
MUMBAI: Ray Barrett, one of the best-known veteran actors of the Australian film industry, died of a brain haemorrhage yesterday. He was 82.Though in his sunset...
MUMBAI: Network18 Holdings, the subsidiary of Raghav Bahl-promoted Network18 Media & Investments, has increased its stake in the AIM-listed Indian Film Company (IFC) to 80.4 per...
MUMBAI: Sanjay Sharma‘s Dunno Y… Naa Jane Kyun does not just mark the comeback of two veterans Zeenat Aman and Helen. It‘s also after 38 years...
MUMBAI: Excel Home Videos and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment have jointly released Marley & Me, the movie adaptation of Josh Grogan‘s best-selling book on DVD...
MUMBAI: 51-year-old actress, Sharon Stone who is remembered for her role in Basic Instinct will attend the Hamptons Film Festival and receive its outstanding achievement in...
MUMBAI: Writer, director Sally Potter‘s Rage will release with a periodic premiere via Babelgum‘s free mobile application for iPhone and iPod devices from 21 September.The film...
MUMBAI: UK-based distributor Revolver is going to launch a standalone production arm by the name of Gunslinger in order to develop, finance and produce feature films.The...
MUMBAI: 3D horror The Final Destination is ranking top in the North American box-office for a second week, beating competition from romantic comedy All About Steve....

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