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  • Wolverine actor to play legendary pirate Blackbeard in upcoming film

    Wolverine actor to play legendary pirate Blackbeard in upcoming film

    Hugh Jackman, the Academy Award nominated actor, is in negotiations to play the legendary villainous pirate Blackbeard in Warner Bros upcoming feature film on the origin of J.M. Barrie’s classic creation Peter Pan, tentatively titled, Pan.

     

    Joe Wright (Anna Karenina) is directing Pan from a script by Jason Fuchs (Ice Age: Continental Drift) with Greg Berlanti (Arrow, Brothers & Sisters) serving as producer. The role was reportedly originally offered to Javier Bardem, who ended up passing on the project.

     

    In this film, Blackbeard will be Pan’s main antagonist, while Captain Hook serves as an ally. Hugh Jackman was recently seen sharing screen space with Academy Award winner, Jake Gyllenhaal in the critically acclaimed eerie psychological abduction thriller, Prisoners. Jackman had been in discussions for a handful of films before committing to Pan including the antagonist in Warner Bros “The Incredible Mr. Limpet” remake.

     

    As to who will play the titular character of Peter Pan, Warner Bros is expected to do an open casting and find a discovery for the role. 

  • Warner Bros Pictures to have a Rocky start in 2014

    Warner Bros Pictures to have a Rocky start in 2014

    Rocky-ing Stallone will kick off 2014 with a punch in Grudge Match. Quickly followed by the live-action /animated adaption of the popular kids’ game in The Lego Movie.  2014 would also witness releases of sequels to popular films such as 300, Horrible Bosses and as well as the final installment in the Hobbit trilogy The Hobbit: There And Back Again.

     

    Other releases include: Winter’s Tale, Godzilla, Edge of Tomorrow, The Judge and Interstellar. So get ready to mark your calendars.

  • Kangana shares her wedding jitters in Queens teaser

    Kangana shares her wedding jitters in Queens teaser

    MUMBAI: Content plays a key role while promoting any film. Keeping that in mind, Viacom 18 Motion Pictures has presented an innovative teaser to promote their upcoming movie Queen, starring Kangana Ranaut.

     

    The teaser stands out from a traditional one-minute glimpse into the entire film. Queen’s teaser has Kangana addressing the viewers, asking them for tips for her honeymoon, in an endearing, coy manner. Kangana plays the role of ‘Rani’ in the film, a shy bride-to-be who shares her wedding-jitters in the teaser.

     

    Kangana’s character has developed an instant connect with the audience, with the teaser going viral and viewers loving the personal approach adopted by Viacom18 Motion Pictures, to present the teaser. There’s a strong word-of-mouth doing the rounds as viewers have been sharing the teaser link on all social platforms including Twitter, Facebook and Whatsapp.

     

    A strong character, a flawless actor and a powerful script well presented with simplicity has resulted into a clutter breaking Bollywood teaser. Says Viacom18 Motion Pictures head of marketing Rudrarup Datta in a release: “Our objective is to make the audience love Rani for what she is. A simple innocent girl, who will win your heart with her honesty. The teaser is the first step towards that, which not only gets your attention but also compels you to engage. We are thrilled with the response to the teaser which will now lead into the main theatrical trailer for the film.”

    Going by the initial audience response, the idea certainly seems to work for the film. Queen, directed by Vikas Bahl and produced by Viacom18 Motion Pictures is scheduled for release on 28 February, 2014.

  • Amol Palekar to head CMS Vatavaran Environment Filmfest Jury

    Amol Palekar to head CMS Vatavaran Environment Filmfest Jury

    NEW DELHI: Eminent actor, director and producer Amol Palekar will head the jury for the coveted 7th CMS Vatavaran Awards in national and international categories.

     

    The Award Jury is meeting from today for three days at the ITC Maurya, New Delhi.

     

    The jury comprises 14 eminent personalities from widely divergent sectors and streams, that is filmmaking, conservation, research and media will be headed by Amol Palekar

     

    The jury members include World Bank New Delhi senior environmental specialist, Dr Anupam Joshi; Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA) member secretary (Chief Executive Officer) Dipali Khanna; author, columnist, birder Ranjit Lal; filmmaker, Vichitra Nirmiti, Pune Sumitra Bhave; film critic and senior columnist The Indian Express Shubhra Gupta; The Hindu, New Delhi features editor Ziya Us Salam.

     

    CMS Vatavaran received a total of 541 entries out of which 86 Indian and International films have been nominated in 11 categories. The Awards will be conferred on 2 February 2014 during the 7th CMS VATAVARAN 2014 International Environment & Wildlife Film Festival and Forum which is scheduled from 30 January to 3 February 2014 at IGNCA Lawns, New Delhi.

     

    Vatavaran is India’s only International Environment & Wildlife Film Festival and Forum organised as initiative of Centre for Media Studies, New Delhi. The festival is not just a film festival celebrating the cinematic art of films but focuses more on using the films as a tool and catalyst for creating impact. The festival has an International recognition and till date 39 festivals have been organised in 26 cities of India ever since its maiden run in 2002.

  • Publicly funded Veronica Mars set to kick off the spring Paley Fest

    Publicly funded Veronica Mars set to kick off the spring Paley Fest

    The 31st annual Paley Fest has just released its first three events. First on the list would be the highly anticipated movie sequel to the cult favorite TV show, Veronica Mars. This is no ordinary film; this would the first major film to be completely produced by the mass public.

     

    On 13 March, 2013, writer Rob Thomas and star Kristen Bell launched a fundraising campaign to produce the film through Kickstarter. On its first day on Kickstarter, the project broke the record of being the fastest project to collect $1 million and then even $2 million towards the end of the day. It also achieved the highest minimal pledging goal achieved and is now considered the largest successful film project on Kickstarter.

     

    The date of the panel is no coincidence, the cast along with the writer, Rob Thomas, would inaugurate the Paley Fest on 13 March, 2014, exactly one year to the date of its Kickstarter campaign, and also a day prior to its limited release in the US.

     

    The William S. Paley Television Festival founded in 1984, is an extraordinary interactive pop culture event produced by The Paley Center for Media that connects fans with the casts and creators of their favorite series. Named after the founder of both the Paley Center and CBS, Paley Fest is a two-week event where the audience gets a sneak preview of the new episodes or highlights of the featured work followed by a panel discussion and Q&A with the cast and creative team. Paley Fest 2014 would be held from 13-28 March.

     

    Other panels announced so far at the annual fest include Paley fest regulars, American Horror Story: Coven and Pretty Little Liars. The full line up is scheduled to be released on 8 January. In addition to the aforementioned, Paley Fest would change its venue from the Saban Theater, which can accommodate about 1600 people in Beverly Hills to the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland, which can accommodate up to 2800.

    Veronica Mars is scheduled to make its India release in mid 2014.

  • Kamasutra 3D in the contention list for Oscars 2014 in three categories

    Kamasutra 3D in the contention list for Oscars 2014 in three categories

    New Delhi: Rupesh Paul’s Kamasutra 3D figures in the contention list of the 86th Academy Awards, with selection in the three categories – Best Motion Picture, Original Score and Original Song with five songs.

     

    It is the only movie from India contending in the music category lists. The results were announced on yesterday by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences on its official website.

     

    Kamasutra 3D has been slated for a 23 May 2014 release after its premiere.

     

    Presented by Dr George John (GJ Entertainments) and produced under the house of Rupesh Paul Productions (RPPL), in co-production and project design by Sohan Roy, Kamasutra 3D is the only movie with five songs after The Great Gatsby to be selected in the Original Song category. The songs include – Aygiri Nandini, Saawariya, I Felt, Of Soil and Har Har Mahadeva – composed by Chennai based music directors, Sachin and Sreejith while its lyrics are penned by Rupesh Paul and Pratyush Prakash.

     

    Also scripted and penned by Rupesh Paul, the movie is set in the backdrop of the real historical milieu portraying the journey of a soulful love embodied with betrayal and war. It weaves the transformative changes in body, mind and soul by the forbidden world of sexual love and sensuality.

     

    Recently, with the release of its work-in-progress trailer, Kamasutra 3D critically came out to be more of a Hollywood war based epic movie than a classic erotica, it hyped to be with the sensuous Sherlyn Chopra, initially.

     

    Director Rupesh Paul, however, confirmed that he would not disappoint his viewers expecting the movie to be a classic erotica.

     

    Speaking on the Oscar entry, he stated, “Probably now we have an answer for all of them who claimed the movie to be a soft porn. Hopefully, they know that soft porns are not eligible for the Academy Award nominations”. He would his movie to be considered a musical than epic or erotica as Kamasutra 3D is influenced with its melody over the drama.

     

    After creating the best of pre sale records at the Cannes Film Festival 2013 and the American Film Market 2013 with its sale in most of the territories, Kamasutra 3D is all hopeful to make it in the final nominations of the categories in the 86th Academy Awards to be announced on 16 January, 2014 in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

  • Bring Aamir, Katrina as dolls to your home

    Bring Aamir, Katrina as dolls to your home

    MUMBAI: Now, it’s no more an international phenomenon as like their Western counterparts, even the Indian movie makers are opening up to launching collector dolls. India’s most popular action movie franchise, Dhoom 3 has entered the league of Hollywood blockbusters like Twilight, Pirates of the Caribbean and Hunger Games with the launch of the first-ever Indian celebrity collector dolls by Mattel.

     

    The highly-detailed limited-edition dolls are based on Bollywood icons Aamir Khan and Katrina Kaif as ‘Sahir’ and ‘Aaliya’ respectively, and capture the excitement of the film.

     

    Katrina doll, based on her character Aaliya from the movie, is an acrobat dancer who is glamour and style personified – a veritable goddess in her dazzling silver and golden attire. The look for this doll is inspired from the superhit song Malang.

     

    Aamir’s doll is based on his character Sahir, who not just a star performer in a contemporary circus, but secretly a cool and clever thief. His perfectly carved body and distinctive tattoo complements his ingenious mind.

     

    The dolls come with an ‘authenticity certificate’ which certifies them as collector items for keepsake and with autographed posters of the stars, plus an exclusive gift voucher.

  • Beyonc breaks iTunes records

    Beyonc breaks iTunes records

    Pop star Beyonce looks to be rising on the chartbusters list. Her self-titled album, Beyonce has become the fastest selling album ever on the iTunes Store.

     

    With an unprecedented 828,773 albums sold in just its first three days, the album has broke the US first week album sales record with 617,213 sold and proved to be a global success going to number one in 104 countries, announced Apple.

     

    Beyonce is the fifth solo studio album from Beyonce, which was made available exclusively worldwide on the iTunes Store on 13 December by Parkwood Entertainment/Columbia Records. The self-titled set is the artist’s first visual album.

    The album has 14 new songs and 17 visually stunning, provocative videos shot around the world from Houston to New York City to Paris, and cto Rio de Janeiro, all before the album’s release. The album represents Beyonce’s biggest sales week ever.

  • First look of Paranthe Wali Gali released

    First look of Paranthe Wali Gali released

    MUMBAI: Director Sachin Gupta, who has proved his mettle in the theatre world, wanted to zoom in on the like of the Delhi Streets, and nothing could have been better than naming Paranthe Waali Gali. The film that was announced earlier this year, is ready to be released in January.

     

    However, the first look of the film that stars Anuj Saxena and debutant Neha, was released today.

     

    The story of the feature film Paranthe Wali Gali starts from the famous and popular lane in Delhi and then moves into the lives of the characters living there. This film can be considered the story of unsung love that blossoms in very famous lane of paranthe in Old Delhi, and deals with affair of emotions and caring between the couple. Set in the backdrop of theatre, it is about their journey giving inroads into life in theater.  A romantic comedy, it also has various other dimensions. It is a sensitive film of dreams, success, failure and relation. It is something that everybody who dreams, can relate to.

     

    The film is trying to touch parts of Old Delhi from Dariba Kalan to Kinari Bazaar and Khari Bawri – places that have not been explored till now. It is a place of much nostalgia for many people. The name itself has romantic foodie connotations. As an allegory to life, one can fantasize about plates of steamy, crispy, puffed up Paranthas, drowning in lots of gooey, yummy ghee, stuffed with an array of vegetables and meats.

  • The weeks releases fail to work at BO, pundits pin hope on Dhoom 3

    The weeks releases fail to work at BO, pundits pin hope on Dhoom 3

    MUMBAI: Jackpot, Sachin Joshi’s third attempt at seeking recognition as a film actor, has come to naught. Released at a fair number of screens, the film has remained poor in collections as it has only managed 2.8 crore for its opening weekend. It will be tough to feed the cinema halls Monday onwards.

     

    What The Fish makes its debut with cancelled shows due to no show by audience; an exercise in total loss of money and efforts.

     

    R…. Rajkumar has a face saving first week thanks to its collections from single screens away from metros. The film has collected 41.3 crore in its first week with second week expected to gain some due to poor oppositions.

     

    Club 60 has gone unnoticed.

     

    Bullet Raja continued its poor run in its second week with figures of 2.55 crore taking its two week total to 32.3 crore.

     

    Goliyon Ki Rasleela: Ram-Leela has added 2.85 crore in its fourth week taking its four week total to 103.15 crore.

     

    Singh Saab The Great comes to the end of its run with a three week tally of 273 crore.

     

    Krrish 3 has collected 55 lakh in its sixth week to take its six week total to 175.95 crore.

     

    The exhibition trade pins its hopes on Dhoom 3 to end the year 2013 on a positive note as most films they had hopes from have failed to live up the trade’s expectations. Even the movie lovers are looking forward to this Aamir Khan-YRF offering.