MUMBAI: The SAG Hollywood Board has appointed David Jolliffe to the seat vacated two weeks ago by Justine Bateman. The move sparked a minor controversy as...
MUMBAI: Universal Studios Home Entertainment (USHE) has appointed Hilary Hoffman to the newly expanded position of executive VP for marketing.Hoffman will oversee marketing for USHE, including...
NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has lauded filmmakers for making films on bold themes and contemporary issues perplexing Indian society. Speaking after releasing the...
MUMBAI: Ryan Seacrest has inked a deal with 19 Entertainment that keeps him as host of American Idol through 2012 and includes future entertainment projects with...
MUMBAI: Jason Winer has inked a new two-year overall deal with 20th Century Fox TV. Under the seven-figure pact, Winer will serve as co-executive producer for...
MUMBAI: Kate Edelman Johnson is planning a return to The Big Valley. The producer is spinning a feature film out of the 1960s TV show co-created...
MUMBAI: After an long search, Warner Bros. has zeroed upon Ryan Reynolds to play the title character in Green Lantern, the studio‘s live-action movie based on...
NEW DELHI: Noted Marathi actor Nilu Phule expired this morning in Pune after a prolonged illness. The actor who was 78 was suffering from Cancer of...
MUMBAI: Danny Huston is soon joining the cast of Universal and Imagine‘s untitled Robin Hood movie that Ridley Scott is now directing. Russell Crowe plays the...
MUMBAI: Ryan Seacrest is Fox‘s 45-million-dollar man. The American Idol host has closed a major new three-year deal with CKX, parent of Idol producer 19 Entertainment,...
MUMBAI: Jodie Foster and Mel Gibson are in talks to join the indie comedy The Beaver about a man who wears a beaver puppet on his...
MUMBAI: Lyn Shelton‘s Sundance smash Humpday released last weekend after generating strong early notices for its compelling story. Magnolia picked up the film shortly after its...
NEW DELHI: The Minister of Information & Broadcasting Ambika Soni has asked the Directorate of Film Festivals to organise retrospectives of eminent filmmakers in smaller towns...
MUMBAI: Lindsay Lohan and her fashion-line partner are hoping to create some unforgettable TV and movie content after floating a new production company. Lohan and Kristi...
MUMBAI: Mel Gibson is in talks to play the lead role in a film directed by Jodie Foster. Foster will also co-star in The Beaver the...
MUMBAI: While the Hawaii International Film Festival (HIFF) prepares for its 29th edition in mid-October, the Festival is presenting a special advance screening of Park Chan-Wook‘s...
MUMBAI: The 12th Annual Long Island International Film Expo (LIIFE) that starts this week will feature Independent films and shorts both from Long Island and around...
MUMBAI: UTV World Movies is set to showcase films directed by Jafar Panahi from 11 July. The films will be screened every Saturday at at 10.30...
MUMBAI: Subhash Ghai is taking his film educational institute overseas. Whistling Woods International will set its foot in Spain. Mukta Arts CMD Ghai signed on Thursday...
MUMBAI: Disney is dishing out what it‘s calling Comic-Con‘s first ever 3D panel, unleashing footage from Disney‘s A Christmas Carol, Alice in Wonderland and Tron. Avatar...
In a press release Moore said that his latest feature will explore the impact that corporate dominance and out-of-control profit motives have on the lives of...
MUMBAI: The French Senate has adopted a revised version of the country‘s controversial anti-piracy law, after a provision in the original edition was struck down for...
MUMBAI: After playing a creepy, violent con man who mistreats women in his new film, Josh Lucas wants to find a much “lighter tone in his...
MUMBAI: The promoters of K Sera Sera have exited, giving way to a new management in the film production company. The GDR holders have 57.90 per...
MUMBAI: Moser Baer Entertainment is set to release its home production Sankat City on 10 July. Produced by Moser Baer in association with Seven Entertainment, the...
MUMBAI: Excel Home Video has released Ice Age 1 and Ice Age: The Meltdown on DVD. Priced at Rs 299 each, the DVDs also feature ‘making...
MUMBAI: Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures‘ comedy The Hangover has crossed the $200 million mark in the US. The film made a little over $11...
MUMBAI: After giving the first hit of 2009 in the form of Raaz The Mystery Continues, Vishesh Films is ready with its next movie Jashnn –...
MUMBAI: Julianne Moore, originally slated to play Hillary Clinton has pulled out because of a scheduling conflict. Hope Davis will now play the former First Lady...
MUMBAI: CSI mastermind Anthony Zuiker has signed a two-year deal with CBS Studios. He will remain as an executive producer of the three “CSI” series, but...
MUMBAI: After a 10-year hiatus from mainstream films, Brooke Shields is returning to the big screen. She is going to star in a live-action family comedy...
MUMBAI: Gary Ross has been signed to write Columbia‘s Spider-Man 4 the directors of which would be Sam Raimi and Tobey Maguire will play the protagonist....
MUMBAI: People Pictures‘ maiden release 99, made on a budget of less than Rs 80 million, has crossed the Rs 200 million mark in its six-week...
MUMBAI : All praise was showered on Michael Jackson by an all-star list of musicians, athletes and other celebrities during a spiritual ceremony. The golden casket...
MUMBAI: Advance sales of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince are showing more than those of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen or the fifth Potter movie,...
MUMBAI: Randall Wallace has been signed to rewrite Captain Nemo: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea for Disney being directed by Sean Bailey. Nemo aims to tell...
MUMBAI: Ryan Phillippe is in negotiations to star in the feature, with Val Kilmer in negotiations to also join the Relativity Media production. Will Forte and...
MUMBAI: Fresh from its success of Paying Guests, Mukta Arts has launched a romantic entertainer titled Paschim Express. A unique point about the film is that...
MUMBAI: Percept Picture Company has decided to rope in the winners of ‘IPL Miss Bollywood’ for their forthcoming film 24×7 Raftaar. Made on a budget of...
MUMBAI: Hollywood filmmaker Brett Ratner, who made films like Rush Hour and X-Men: The Last Stand, has tied up with Big Entertainment to bring cinematic material...
MUMBAI: DreamWorks is in negotiations to acquire movie rights of View-Master from Mattel (which owns Fisher-Price) and has asked Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci to do...
MUMBAI: The Maine International Film Festival gets underway this Friday in Waterville. Director Arthur Penn who has worked in films like Bonnie and Clyde and The...
MUMBAI: French film and theatre actress Isabelle Huppert accepted the Crystal Globe for outstanding artistic contribution to world cinema at the 44th Karlovy Vary International Film...
MUMBAI: Brad Garrett, star of the Fox comedy series Til Death is developing Dumb Bunny and Jackass, a half-hour animated comedy series for Sony Pictures TV,...
MUMBAI: ABC will stay in business with The Unusuals creator Noah Hawley, who has inked a blind deal with sister ABC Studios to write two new...
MUMBAI: Justine Bateman has resigned from the Screen Actors Guild‘s (SAG) national board of directors, blasting the moderates who control the board and repeating her characterization...
NEW DELHI: An unique three-day tribute to the late filmmaker Shakti Samanta put together by the Directorate of Film Festivals (DFF) will be inaugurated by Information...
MUMBAI: George Clooney has ended his long-standing business partnership with Warner Bros. movie studios and has instead joined hands with Sony. The Ocean‘s Eleven star is...
MUMBAI: Paramount‘s Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and Twentieth Century Fox‘s 3-D toon Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs ended in a photo finish last Thursday...
MUMBAI: Details of next Tuesday‘s public memorial for Michael Jackson have been released in Los Angeles by the owners of Staples Center. Tim Leiweke of Staples...

