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  • Matt Bomer cast in ‘The Magnificent Seven’ remake

    Matt Bomer cast in ‘The Magnificent Seven’ remake

    NEW DELHI: Actor Matt Bomer, who starred in films like The Normal Heart, Magic Mike and White Collar is reportedly joining the cast of MGM’s The Magnificent Seven, which is being directed by Antoine Fuqua.

     

    According to The Hollywood Reporter, the movie, which is due to release on 13 January, 2017, is a remake of the 1960 movie by the same name. Bomer will be joining the likes of Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D’Onofrio, Wagner Moura, Haley Bennett and Jason Momoa, who have also been cast in the movie.

     

    John Lee Hancock and Nic Pizzolatto have penned the movie’s script. The report mentions that the story of the new version kicks off when a woman (Bennett) hires a disparate group of gunslingers to protect her town from rampaging bandits that are led by a robber baron. Bomer is set to be play the woman’s husband, a man who tries to stand up to the robber baron.

     

    Roger Birnbaum and Todd Black are producing the movie, while Walter Mirisch and Fuqua are executive producers.

     

    The MGM remake of The Magnificent Seven will be set in a victimised mining town, taken over by a gold baron, rather than the Mexican village, which is periodically raided by bandits.

  • Rentrak to launch box office tracking service in India

    Rentrak to launch box office tracking service in India

    MUMBAI: Rentrak recently announced the launch of its India box-office tracking service, aiming to bring independently verified box-office data in the country. The announcement was made at the ongoing Mumbai Film Festival.

    Talking to the Hollywood Reporter, Rentrak’s vice present for Europe, the Middle-East and Africa, Arturo Guillen said, “This can be a win-win situation for all parties involved — producers, distributors and exhibitors.”

    Even with almost 11,000 screens in the country, the box-office data is still largely based on figures reported by distributors and producers rather than being directly sourced from cinema locations. The company will collect and analyze data from cinemas directly, according to media reports.

    According to industry estimates, India clocks around 3.5 billion admissions per year with total revenues touching $1.5 billion. With the demand for Indian films getting huge overseas as well, Rentrak is already tracking Bollywood titles in 44 countries while the company’s India client base will include local arms of Hollywood studios that have become active in local productions such as Disney, Fox Star Studios and Viacom18, in addition to Indian banners, the report added.

     “As we have seen in other markets, cinemas benefit from our data as it helps them track footfalls, which is helpful for in-cinema advertising and programming decisions,” said Rentrak India MD Rajkumar Akella, in an interview to The Hollywood Reporter.

    “A leading Indian producer once told me that data is the basis to define reality,” added Guillen, referring to how data can also help in tracking consumer tastes.

    This is Rentrak’s second attempt at entering India after its now-defunct 2007 pact with Mumbai-based Bigtree Entertainment, which provides entertainment ticketing applications and solutions.

     

  • Rupert Murdoch clashes with Tony Blair over Wendi Deng

    Rupert Murdoch clashes with Tony Blair over Wendi Deng

    MUMBAI: Media baron Rupert Murdoch and his ex-wife Wendi Deng may have called it quits, but there seems to be lots brewing between the two even now. Several media reports are hinting towards a rift between Murdoch and Tony Blair. The reason being stated is the former premier’s friendship with Wendi.

     

    Though Blair had always stated that his relationship with Deng is platonic, it is learnt that Murdoch has refused to speak to him since filing for divorce from Deng in June.
    According to reports, the breakdown of the friendship between the two men is being attributed to the claims that both Blair and Deng met on several occasions without Murdoch’s knowledge.

     

    It was in June that Blair had to come out in open to clear the air which linked him to Murdoch’s divorce. At the time, his spokesman had told the Hollywood Reporter: ‘If you are asking if they are having an affair, the answer is no.’

     

    An acquaintance of Murdoch was quoted: ‘Rupert Murdoch will have nothing more to do with Tony Blair. Not ever.’ Several media reports were seen quoting Murdoch’s friends.  In a report published in The Mail, another friend of Murdoch said: ‘If you think that Rupert made a decision to end his marriage and a long-term friendship without just cause, you are sorely mistaken.’

     

    However The Mail also quoted a close friend of Blair saying: “The ridiculous stories about Wendi and Tony’ were not true.” Blair’s friends insist that the relationship between Blair and Deng was innocent and that they never met alone.

     

    While the duo had formed a strong friendship, with Blair becoming god- father to the Murdochs’ daughter Grace in 2010, this rift surely comes as a shock to many.

  • Leonardo DiCaprio and Dennis Lehane to team up once again on ‘Travis McGee’

    Leonardo DiCaprio and Dennis Lehane to team up once again on ‘Travis McGee’

    MUMBAI: Leonardo Dicaprio is re-teaming with 'Shutter Island' writer Dennis Lehane. The Hollywood writer will write the screenplay for DiCaprio's crime picture 'Travis McGee', based on John D. MacDonald's 1964 book 'The Deep Blue Good-by' according to The Hollywood Reporter.

    The mystery novel was the first of a 21 book series focusing on the character Travis McGee, a self-described ''salvage consultant''. The film – to be developed by DiCaprio's Appian Way company – is seen by backers 20th Century Fox as a potential franchise.

    The screenplay will be the second book Lehane has adapted after 'Shutter Island' – which also starred DiCaprio. This will be the first film project Lehane has worked on which is not a direct adaptation of his own work.

    Lehane has also enjoyed Hollywood success with his previous novels, with both 'Mystic River' and 'Gone, Baby, Gone' adapted into films.

    His novel 'Live by Night' is also reportedly being prepared to hit soon on big screens.

  • Streep, Roberts to play mother daughter

    Streep, Roberts to play mother daughter

    MUMBAI: Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts will star in the film adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play August: Osage County.


    The John Wells directed film, based on the play written by Tracy Letts, follows the women of a family whose lives have splintered in many directions until a crisis bring them back to their childhood home and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them, the Hollywood Reporter said.
     
    Streep, who has endeared herself by playing Britains strong lady Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady will play the pill-popping matriarch Violet Weston. On the other hand, Roberts will play her daughter Barbara.


    Streep is currently in the best actress Oscar race for The Iron Lady.