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  • MN+ to honour Brad Pitt’s work on ‘Walk of Fame’

    MN+ to honour Brad Pitt’s work on ‘Walk of Fame’

    MUMBAI: Times Network’s HD English movie channel MN+ is all geared up to air movies starring Brad Pitt in its official weekend property ‘Walk of Fame.’ The next new edition will start from 6 February and air every Saturday at 9 pm.

    The movies that are lined up on the channel are: Fury, Fight Club, Seven and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

    Fury, the American-British war film in which Pitt is seen playing the role of Don Wardaddy Collier along with a five-man crew, embarks on a mission that puts their lives in danger as they attack the Nazi army. The film got the actor a nomination in Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards.

    The other American film Fight Club is about an office worker who is tired of his dull existence and his new friend helps him discover an exciting and dangerous sense of purpose. The movie is based on a novel with the same name.

    Seven, a psychological thriller, rotates around a serial killer who begins murdering people according to the seven deadly sins and two detectives tasked to apprehend the criminal.

  • MN+ to honour Brad Pitt’s work on ‘Walk of Fame’

    MN+ to honour Brad Pitt’s work on ‘Walk of Fame’

    MUMBAI: Times Network’s HD English movie channel MN+ is all geared up to air movies starring Brad Pitt in its official weekend property ‘Walk of Fame.’ The next new edition will start from 6 February and air every Saturday at 9 pm.

    The movies that are lined up on the channel are: Fury, Fight Club, Seven and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

    Fury, the American-British war film in which Pitt is seen playing the role of Don Wardaddy Collier along with a five-man crew, embarks on a mission that puts their lives in danger as they attack the Nazi army. The film got the actor a nomination in Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards.

    The other American film Fight Club is about an office worker who is tired of his dull existence and his new friend helps him discover an exciting and dangerous sense of purpose. The movie is based on a novel with the same name.

    Seven, a psychological thriller, rotates around a serial killer who begins murdering people according to the seven deadly sins and two detectives tasked to apprehend the criminal.

  • Sony Pictures Home Ent. & Transmission Films ink distribution deal

    Sony Pictures Home Ent. & Transmission Films ink distribution deal

    MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) and Transmission Films have inked a multi-year distribution agreement for Transmission’s film library and future new release slate. 

     

    Beginning 1 October, 2015, SPHE will distribute Transmission’s titles on both physical and digital formats for the home entertainment market in Australia (through its joint venture, Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Australia Pty Limited) and in New Zealand. 

     

    Transmission’s future new release slate includes Todd Haynes’ Carol starring Cate Blanchett, Sufferagette starring Carey Mulligan and Meryl Streep, Sundance Film Festival hit Brooklyn and Martin Scorsese’s Silence starring Liam Neeson and Adam Garfield.

     

    “The Transmission release schedule reflects an exciting growth phase with very high profile quality commercial theatrical releases, and quality independent and straight to DVD titles, that will complement the SPHE product portfolio, giving us a tremendous foundation for building Transmission. We’re incredibly excited about building our business alongside the entire SPHE team,” said Transmission Films joint managing directors Richard Payten and Andrew Mackie.

     

    Transmission Films head of home media Daniel Greentree added, “As Transmission has grown as a business, we’ve built a catalogue that reflects our love of film – from quality theatrical, to family favourites, gripping action and intriguing arthouse. I’m really excited to see our next chapter unfold as we work with SPHE, who has championed a diverse range of titles and genres, to continue delivering the Transmission story into people’s homes.”

    “We are pleased to enter into partnership with the team at Transmission Films. This collaboration fits very much into our strategy to continue to grow and leverage our distribution strength worldwide,” said Sony Pictures Home Entertainment president Man Jit Singh.

     

    Other upcoming Transmission titles to flow through the SPHE distribution deal include productions from sister company See-Saw Films, including Mr. Holmes starring Ian McKellan and Laura Linney, extraordinary true storyLion (starring Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman), Anton Corbijn’s Life starring Robert Pattinson and Dane Dehaan, and Justin Kurzel’s Cannes-selectedMacbeth starring Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard.

  • Cannes Film Festival stumbles over ‘Flatgate’ controversy

    Cannes Film Festival stumbles over ‘Flatgate’ controversy

    NEW DELHI: A day after actress Salma Hayek appeared on a panel at the 68th Cannes International Film Festival to talk about misogyny in Hollywood, the festival’s organizers banned women from wearing anything other than high heels on the red carpet.

     

    A group of women, who arrived at a screening for Cate Blanchett’s latest film, Carol, were reportedly turned away because of their flat shoes, according to Screen Daily.

     

    The New York Magazine in a tweet said this immediately set off a #showmeyourflats hashtag in solidarity.

     

    It noted that actress Emily Blunt put it best, “Everyone should wear flats to be honest. We should not be wearing high heels anyways. That is my point of view. I just prefer wearing Converse sneakers.”

     

    Actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan had also stressed on gender equality with Hayek at the discussion organized by UN Women. Aishwarya also did a shoot for L’Oréal Paris with Eva Longoria, Natasha Poly and Li Bingbing for L’Oreal.

     

    The Cannes film festival began on 13 May and will conclude on 24 May.

     

    Indian contingent at Cannes

     

    Meanwhile, the red carpet for Gurvinder Singh’s Punjabi film Chauthi Koot and Neeraj Ghaywan’s debut feature Masaan, which are the Indian films in the official UnCertain Regard, was graced by Indian ambassadors of L’Oreal Paris — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Sonam Kapoor and Katrina Kaif. Nandita Das was also present.

     

    Film and theater veteran Shabana Azmi noted on how fashion was taking away the attention from cinema at the 68th Cannes International Film Festival. She said a film festival should be treated seriously and not as a fashion parade ground.

     

    Azmi used her Twitter handle on 15 May to remind her fans and followers about the main motive behind holding a film festival. “2day Cannes seems to b a clothes parade! It’s a serious film festival guys not a fashion event. Hw abt focusing on films n filmakers (sic),”

  • Warner Bros. begins principal photography of ‘The Jungle Book’ movie

    Warner Bros. begins principal photography of ‘The Jungle Book’ movie

    MUMBAI: Principal photography has begun on Warner Bros. Pictures’ new big-screen, 3D adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s beloved classic The Jungle Book, marking the feature film directorial debut of Andy Serkis. Blending live action and performance capture, the film features an impressive roster of stars, including Oscar winners Christian Bale and Cate Blanchett and Oscar nominee Benedict Cumberbatch.

     

    The story follows the upbringing of the human child Mowgli, raised by a wolf pack in the jungles of India. As he learns the often harsh rules of the jungle, under the tutelage of a bear named Baloo and a panther named Bagheera, Mowgli becomes accepted by the animals of the jungle as one of their own. All but one: the fearsome tiger Shere Khan. But there may be greater dangers lurking in the jungle, as Mowgli comes face to face with his human origins.

     

    The actors performing the roles of the story’s central animal characters are: Benedict Cumberbatch as the tiger – Shere Khan; Cate Blanchett as Kaa – the snake; Christian Bale as the panther – Bagheera; Andy Serkis as Baloo, the bear; Peter Mullan as the leader of the wolf pack, Akela; Tom Hollander as the scavenging hyena – Tabaqui; Naomie Harris as Nisha, the female wolf, who adopts the baby Mowgli as one of her cubs; Eddie Marsan as Nisha’s mate – Vihaan; and Jack Reynor as Mowgli’s Brother Wolf. On the human side, young actor Rohan Chand will play the boy raised by wolves – Mowgli.

     

    The film is being produced by Steve Kloves, who wrote seven of the Harry Potter films, and Jonathan Cavendish, with Nikki Penny serving as executive producer. The screenplay is by Callie Kloves, based on the stories by Kipling.

     

    Among those collaborating with Serkis behind the scenes are production designer Gary Freeman, Oscar-winning editor Mark Sanger and Oscar-winning costume designer Alexandra Byrne.

     

    The film is slated for release on 6 October, 2017.

  • Oscars unveils stellar line-up of presenters

    Oscars unveils stellar line-up of presenters

    MUMBAI: This year’s Oscars will see a stellar line-up of presenters. 

     

    From Josh Hutcherson, Scarlett Johansson, Zoe Saldana, Octavia Spencer, Marion Cotillard, Benedict Cumberbatch, Meryl Streep, Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Cate Blanchett, Jared Leto, Matthew McConaughey to Lupita Nyong’o, the who’s who of Hollywood will take to the stage to present various awards this year.

     

    Cotillard, Cumberbatch, Streep, Winfrey and Witherspoon have all been nominated for the Oscars this year. Cotillard is nominated for Actress in a Leading Role for Two Days, One Night. She previously won an Oscar in this category for La Vie en Rose (2007). On the other hand, Cumberbatch is nominated for Actor in a Leading Role for The Imitation Game.

     

    Streep earned a record 19th acting nomination this year for her supporting role in Into the Woods. She previously took home Oscars for her lead performances in Sophie’s Choice (1982) and The Iron Lady (2011), and her supporting performance in Kramer vs. Kramer (1979). Streep’s previous Best Actress nominations were for The French Lieutenant’s Woman (1981), Silkwood (1983), Out of Africa (1985), Ironweed (1987), A Cry in the Dark (1988), Postcards from the Edge (1990), The Bridges of Madison County (1995), One True Thing (1998), Music of the Heart (1999), The Devil Wears Prada (2006), Doubt (2008), Julie & Julia (2009) and August: Osage County (2013). She also received Best Supporting Actress nominations for The Deer Hunter (1978) and Adaptation (2002).

     

    Winfrey is nominated for Best Picture as one of the producers of Selma. She was previously nominated for Actress in a Supporting Role for The Color Purple (1985). She received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 2011.

     

    Witherspoon is nominated for Actress in a Leading Role for Wild. She previously won an Oscar in this category for the 2005 movie Walk the Line.

     

    Additionally, last year’s Oscar winners Blanchett, Leto, McConaughey and Nyong’o will also be seen presenting awards this year. “The great tradition of having the previous year’s Oscar-winning best actors and actresses in all four categories happily continues this year with the amazing quartet of Cate, Jared, Matthew and Lupita. We’re thrilled to have them back,” said show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron.

     

    Blanchett has been nominated for six Oscars and has won two, including last year’s award for Blue Jasmine. Her previous win was for Actress in a Supporting Role for the 2004 film The Aviator. Blanchett also received leading actress nominations for Elizabeth (1998) and Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), and supporting actress nominations for Notes on a Scandal (2006) and I’m Not There (2007).

     

    Last year, Leto won the Oscar for Actor in a Supporting Role and McConaughey for Actor in a Leading Role, both for Dallas Buyer’s Club. Nyong’o took home the Oscar for Actress in a Supporting Role for 12 Years a Slave.

     

    The Oscars will be hosted by Neil Patrick Harris and will be held on 22 February.

  • Richard Gere, Ethan Hawke to be honoured at NY film fest

    Richard Gere, Ethan Hawke to be honoured at NY film fest

    MUMBAI: The New York Film Festival (NYFF), this year will honour veteran actors Ethan Hawke and Richard Gere. The Film Society of Lincoln Center announced that the actors would be guest of honours at the fest’s ‘An Evening With…’ series.

     

    While Hawke’s tribute will take place on 30 September, during which he will participate in an ‘intimate dinner’ and a conversation between the guests and NYFF director Kent Jones, Gere will be honoured on 8 October.

     

    The ‘An Evening With…’ galas are meant to recognise the work of individuals who have made significant artistic contributions to film culture.

     

    While Hawke will be attending the festival as a director on behalf of his documentary Seymour: An Introduction, a documentary about the pianist Seymour Bernstein, Gere’s new movie Time Out of Mind, in which he plays a homeless man, will also be screened at the annual fest.

     

    The festival will open this year with the world premiere of David Fincher’s Gone Girl and will also feature the world premiere of Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest, Inherent Vice, as its centerpiece selection.

     

    Previous honourees include Nicole Kidman, David Cronenberg, Cate Blanchett and Ralph Fiennes. This is the 52nd year of the festival and it will run from 26 September to 12 October. The 17-day festival will host 30 films this year.

  • Clooneys Monuments Men to open at Berlin Film Fest

    Clooneys Monuments Men to open at Berlin Film Fest

    MUMBAI: George Clooney’s The Monuments Men that is set to release in February next year will make its international debut as part of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival.

     

    The movie stars George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Bob Balaban and Hugh Bonneville.

     

    This is the second film announced by the fest that kicks off on 6 February. Earlier, the organisers had announced the opening film The Grand Budapest Hotel that too is shot in Germany.

     

    The Monuments Men German-American co-production is based on a true story focused on an unlikely World War II platoon, tasked by the Allies with going into Germany behind enemy lines to rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and returning them to their rightful owners.

     

    Two-time Oscar winner Clooney has been a frequent guest of the Berlinale as a producer, actor and director. The Monuments Men will be his second directorial appearance in the official program after Confessions of a Dangerous Mind at the Berlinale 2003.

  • Is ‘The Monuments Men’ gunning for the Oscars?

    Is ‘The Monuments Men’ gunning for the Oscars?

    MUMBAI:Sony Pictures is readying for the 18 December release of The Monuments Men – the Oscar-season sweet spot – with the latest trailer to drop. 

    George Clooney directs and heads the cast of the thriller about a World War II platoon of art historians and museum directors tasked by FDR with going into Germany to rescue priceless art from the Nazis. 

    Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Bob Balaban, Hugh Bonneville, and Cate Blanchett also star. 

  • Blue Jasmine release in India cancelled

    Blue Jasmine release in India cancelled

    MUMBAI: Blue Jasmine was to release last weekend in India but the hope was denied as director Woody Allen refused to comply with anti-tobacco norms in the country. According to the Indian government rule, anti-tobacco ads are displayed before movies are screened and a text message is inserted while a smoking  scene is taking place on screen, for all Indian as well as foreign movies.

     

    The movie was to be released by PVR cinemas. According to a statement made by PVR Pictures COO Deepak Sharma, Allen is said to have told that when the message is shown, the audience’s attention is diverted to it rather than to the scene.

     

    Blue Jasmine is a critically acclaimed movie that stars Cate Blanchett as a wealthy socialite who is struggling to fit into reality once her husband is caught for financial fraud.

     

    Previously, another movie faced release issues – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – due to censor board wanting to delete a few scenes from the movie.