MUMBAI: The 62nd Edinburgh Film Festival is set to screen Before the Rains, an English language film directed by Santosh Sivan. The film stars Indian actors...
MUMBAI: Film producer and financer Jhamu Sugandh passed away on Monday morning following a massive cardiac arrest. The 57-year-old producer suffered a brain hemorrhage early Monday...
MUMBAI: Compact Disc India Ltd (CDI) has transferred the IP rights of animated character `Joker‘ to Singapore-based Golden Games for $1.65 million (Rs 71 million). The...
MUMBAI: Shemaroo Entertainment has set up an alternative content division and is kick-starting it with The Osho Talks series. Shemaroo has signed a multi-year license deal...
NEW DELHI: The Mumbai police arrested four people on 15 May after busting a piracy racket by a film theatre in Gujarat, which was selling pirated...
MUMBAI: The Weinstein Company (TWC) is set to adapt Paulo Coelho‘s best-selling novel The Alchemist into a full length feature film. The film, to be made...
MUMBAI: Manipal Education, in association with Subhash Ghai-promoted Whistling Woods, has introduced a two year MBA degree in media and entertainment. The course begins in July...
MUMBAI: Adlabs Cinemas, part of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, has launched India‘s first 6D cinema in Agra that is based on the Cinema Park...
MUMBAI: Fame India, formerly known as Shringar Cinemas, is set to showcase “content driven” plays at all its multiplexes during weekends. This new activity has been...
NEW DELHI: The film Mahek by K Kanade, which has already won several awards overseas, has been selected by a major college in the United States...
MUMBAI: Nimbus Home Entertainment, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nimbus Communications Limited, plans to invest Rs 1.5 billion over three years as it targets a nationwide...
MUMBAI: Adlabs Cinemas, part of the Reliance ADAG, has opened a three-screen, 1045 seater multiplex in Hyderabad. “The new multiplex will have three world class viewing...
MUMBAI:International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) will honour Nobel Prize laureate Dr Rajendra K Pachauri with IIFA Global Leadership Award at the FICCI-IIFA Global Business Forum. FICCI...
MUMBAI: Ashok Amritraj‘s Hyde Park Entertainment is setting up a multi-million dollar fund in Asia for the production of feature films.The fund aims to raise $55-$73...
MUMBAI: Regal Entertainment Group, the owner and operator of movie theater circuit in 551 locations in the US, is set to partner with RealD 3D to...
MUMBAI: Eros International and US independent film and television studio Lionsgate have agreed to form a distribution joint venture in South Asia. The venture will sell...
NEW DELHI: Media Entrepreneur and Hollywood film producer Bhuvan Lall and eminent animator Ram Mohan are to be members of the juries of the 32nd International...
MUMBAI: Anil Ambani has announced big plans to enter Hollywood movies. Reliance Big Entertainment, the media and entertainment company of the Reliance ADA Group, has inked...
MUMBAI: Big Entertainment, the media and entertainment arm of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani (ADA) Group, has lined up 69 films in nine languages for production...
MUMBAI: Eros International has sewed a multi-year international partnership deal with Jaman.com, an online destination for international and independent films. As per the deal, Eros will...
MUMBAI: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Pictures has acquired the rights to the children‘s book The Facttracker, which will be now produced into a live action feature film. The...
MUMBAI: Adlabs Cinemas, part of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, has opened at Nagpur and Sholapur. The two-screen Sangam Adlabs at Nagpur has a total...
MUMBAI: PVR has launched the opening of its another multiplex in Mumbai comprising six screens at Oberoi Mall, Goregaon in Mumbai. The multiplex, with 1783 seats,...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster The BBC announced some key changes to the deal terms offered to UK film producers, a move that has been warmly welcomed by...
MUMBAI: Moving Picture Company India (MPC) has partnered with Movico Technologies to digitize, promote and sell archival footage through Movico‘s new video aggregation website. MPC owns...
MUMBAI: UTV Motion Pictures has tied up with Michaelson Films to launch its first solo Hollywood production Ex-terminators. UTV CEO Ronnie Screwvala will produce the film...
NEW DELHI: Perhaps for the first time in living memory, a feature film based on a real-life character is being released after being shown to him...
MUMBAI: Eros International, in association with Evernew Group and HKC Entertainment, has released BR Films’ Bhootnath in Pakistan simultaneously with its global release. This is the...
MUMBAI: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (MGM) has announced that Bedi A. Singh has been named CFO. He will report directly to MGM Chairman and CEO Harry E. Sloan....
MUMBAI: Content management and delivery company GlobeCast will be present at the Cannes Film Festival from 14-25 May 2008. The France Telecom subsidiary will be providing...
MUMBAI: Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar has been presented with a PhD degree at the 46th convocation of the Assumption University in Ontario, Canada. The actor was...
MUMBAI: The 10th Osian‘s-Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema has announced the winners of the prestigious lifetime achievement awards. While the Osian‘s lifetime achievement award...
NEW DELHI: Producers from the United Kingdom and India would be able to make films reflecting the diversity of culture and heritage of both the countries...
MUMBAI: No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo and Vilmos is set to premiere as an official selection of Cannes Classics at the 61st Annual Cannes International Film Festival...
MUMBAI: BBC Films has announced that John Maybury‘s film The Edge Of Love, starring Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, Cillian Murphy and Matthew Rhys, will have its...
MUMBAI: Miles from Home, a film, produced by writer/director, Ty Hodges, cinematographer/editor Todd Segal, MeaganGood and Marlon Ollivierre, will make its international debut at the 2008...
MUMBAI: Independent film studio Lionsgate has acquired the US distribution rights from QED International to W, a biopic about President George W. Bush directed by Oscar...
MUMBAI: US media conglomerate Time Warner has decided to cease the operations of its independent studios, Picturehouse and Warner Independent Pictures. Warner Bros president and COO...
MUMBAI: The Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSAs), along with Australian actor Jack Thompson, is set to launch its movie academy. APSAs, held in collaboration with UNESCO,...
MUMBAI: David Chase, the creator of The Sopranos, has inked a deal with Paramount Pictures to write, direct and produce his first feature film. The Sopranos...
MUMBAI: 2K Games, a US game company, has reached an agreement for video game BioShock to be developed as a feature film by Universal Pictures. 2K...
MUMBAI: Xenon Pictures has acquired North American rights to Amexicano, starring 2008 Grammy nominee Jennifer Pena, in a mid-six figure deal. The film is slated for...
MUMBAI: Zee Talkies is set to release Mahesh Manjrekar‘s latest venture, De Dhakka, pan Maharashtra on 16 May. Produced under Manjrekar‘s Satya films banner, the film...
MUMBAI: Fred Caruso (Blue Velvet) and D Constantine Conte (The Presidio) are set to co-produce the film The Adventures Of William Tell. The project is worth...
MUMBAI: Pyramid Saimira Theatre Limited, a part of the Pyramid Saimira group, is set to distribute Raj N Sippy‘s film Jimmy in India. Apart from releasing...
MUMBAI: Marcus Theatres has announced its plans to build a new theatre in the area presently known as “The Crossing” at US Highway, on the east...
MUMBAI: Pritish Nandy Communications (PNC) has signed a three-film deal with Sony Pictures. These films will be made in India as a co-production between PNC and...
MUMBAI: Adlabs Films Limited, part of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG), is foraying into the Malaysian market. The company has entered into an agreement...
MUMBAI: UTV, co-producers with 20th Century Fox of M Night Shyamalan‘s The Happening, is set to distribute the film in India. 20th Century Fox and Spyglass...
BANGALORE: As part of Pangea Day, a film event will be held on 10 May at 8 pm, with the intention of inspiring people around the...