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  • Paramount reveals ‘Transformers: Age Of Extinction’ title

    Paramount reveals ‘Transformers: Age Of Extinction’ title

    MUMBAI: The Autobots and Decepticons have landed in Detroit. The Michigan city is doubling for a bombed out Hong Kong in Michael Bay’s Transformers 4. This will be the follow up to the already massively successful franchise and the movie is already on the floors and will ready for a mid 2014 release.

     

    Paramount unveiled the official title of its fourth Transformers installment along with a new teaser poster. Transformers: Age Of Extinction is due in theaters 27 June 2014. The Michael Bay magnum opus stars Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci, Kelsey Grammer, Jack Reynor, Nicola Peltz, Sophia Myles, TJ Miller, Titus Welliver, Han Geng and Li Bingbing and is currently in production.

  • Chinese theaters ban Despicable Me 2

    Chinese theaters ban Despicable Me 2

     MUMBAI: In an effort to thwart imported animated flicks, the government has denied permission to release the movie in the country. The previous installment was also not released in 2010.

     

    Despite the fact that an article, praising the movie’s success in the US was published, hopes of getting a release in the country were crushed. Though the movie got a good reception from Hong Kong, it won’t see the light of the day in China.

     

    Previously DreamWorks’ movie The Croods was pulled from the country’s screens two weeks early in June this year. However, Monsters University has got clearance to be released on 23 August in China. It will face competition from the 3D version of Jurassic Park.

  • Puducherry to felicitate Ang Lee and team of Life of Pi to put it on Tourism map

    Puducherry to felicitate Ang Lee and team of Life of Pi to put it on Tourism map

    MUMBAI: In felicitation of Ang Lee‘s Life of Pi that was partly shot in its locales winning four Oscars, the Puducherry Government has planned to honour Ang Lee and his team, according to their convenience, averred Puducherry Tourism Minister P Rajavelu.
     
    Expressing his joy and jubilation over the film bagging Oscars at the 85th Academy Awards Sunday, the minister said that the film had brought to focus Puducherry (Pondicherry) abroad.
     
    The film has met with good response in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and a few other countries, he said, "We hope that we would be able to attract a large number of foreign tourists and we would also develop the locations where the movie was filmed here into excellent tourist spots with the assistance from the Union Tourism Ministry," he added.
     
    The locations where the film was shot include more than a century old botanical garden, the 12th century temple of Tirukameeswar at Villianoor near here and the 136-year-old Calve College Higher Secondary School.
     
    Tourism Secretary W V R Moorthy, who was also present when the minister talked about the felicitation, said that a Life of Pi campaign would be held on a sustained basis in Puducherry and a hop-in tourist vehicle would also be pressed into service in the Union Territory through its Tourism Department.

  • The Hobbit pushes Life of Pi to second spot collecting $ 91 million in second weekend

    The Hobbit pushes Life of Pi to second spot collecting $ 91 million in second weekend

    MUMBAI: Opening in 35 markets, New Line/MGM‘s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey swept the foreign theatrical circuit for the second consecutive weekend bagging $91 million in more than 18,600 screens in 59 markets. It thereby pushed Life of Pi to second place.
    The Hobbit drew a mighty opening gross in Russia ($16.8 million from 2,129 venues including previews), taking 75 per cent of the weekend market. Distributor Warner Bros said that in Russia, 65 per cent of the total box office came from 3D venues.
    To underscore the growth in recent years of the Russian territory, the distributor noted that the weekend debut paced 313 per cent ahead of the opening Russia gross of Jackson‘s Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, released in 2003 and the biggest foreign grosser of the LOTR titles.
    Director Peter Jackson‘s fantasy tale of the first installment of the director‘s $500 million trilogy based on the J R R Tolkien novel took a relatively small dip of 34 per cent from its opening round and has totaled a foreign gross intake to date of $284 million.
    Meanwhile, Paramount‘s latest Tom Cruise action title, Jack Reacher that premiered in seven offshore markets including Turkey, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Lebanon collected an estimated $2.5 million from 365 locations.
    Universal opened Les Miserables co-starring Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe and Anne Hathaway in 348 locations in Japan for a weekend total of $4.2 million for a per-location average of more than $12,000.
    Universal also opened director Judd Apatow‘s comedy, This Is 40, in eight screens in Slovenia. Results is expected to be out today.

  • The Dark Knight Rises still at No. 1 with $34.2 mn intake

    The Dark Knight Rises still at No. 1 with $34.2 mn intake

    MUMBAI: Fighting the hot temperatures in the UK and the Olympics, The Dark Knight Rises remained at the No. 1 spot with an intake of $34.2 million.
    According to Warner Bros., the film is tracking 46 per cent ahead of the comparable take of its predecessor The Dark Knight “at today‘s exchange rates.” The Christopher Nolan film has grossed $445.3 million in foreign locales to date, $23.7 less than the overseas total amassed by the first version.
    The film‘s top weekend markets included the UK, France and Brazil.
    Opening in 13 foreign territories day-and-date with its No. 1 US debut was The Bourne Legacy, the fourth episode of the espionage franchise. The film drew $7.8 million from 694 locations — averaging nearly $11,300 per site — in Eastern Europe, India, the Caribbean and in Asia (Hong Kong, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan and Vietnam).
    The film‘s top debut market was the Philippines followed by Singapore, while its No. 2 take was in Taiwan with an intake of $1.2 million from 67 sites for a per-location average of nearly $18,000.
    The three previous Bourne titles had grossed a total of $419.6 million on the foreign circuit with the 2007‘s The Bourne Ultimatum leading with an overseas tally of $215 million. 2004‘s The Bourne Supremacy collected $112.3 million offshore while 2002‘s The Bourne Identity registered $92.3 million.

  • UTV to screen Delhi Belly at Cannes

    UTV to screen Delhi Belly at Cannes

    MUMBAI: After successfully releasing Delhi Belly in Hong Kong on 10 May, UTV Motion Pictures is set to screen the film at the ongoing Cannes Film Festival.

    The film is all about Tashi, Arun and Nitin – flatmates, buddies and partners in crime. Tashi is to get married in a month but still doesn‘t know if his fiancé is the one!

    Arun can‘t make up his mind who he wants to kill first – his girlfriend who has just dumped him or his stupid, annoying boss whose idea of creativity is sketching a smiling banana! And Nitin is about to discover that eating delicious tandoori chicken off a street vendor is going to give him the worst case of Delhi Belly he‘s ever known!

    Three regular blokes, living the regular life except for one small detail – they are on the hit list of one of the world‘s deadliest crime syndicates. Will they be able to get away before the shit hits the roof and it comes crashing down?

    Directed by Abhinay Deo and written by Akshat Verma ,the film has brilliant performance by Imran Khan, Kunal Roy Kapur and Vir Das and, along with the music which has been rendered by Ram Sampath, won many awards this year.

  • Cogmat wins Benzer’s digital mandate

    Cogmat wins Benzer’s digital mandate

    MUMBAI: Mumbai-based high street fashion brand Benzer has entrusted its digital duties Cogmat.

    The digital media agency will service the account out of its Mumbai office.

    The mandate includes creating a stronger digital presence for Benzer through social media and other digital tools.

    A source from the agency confirmed the news to indiantelevision.com.

    Cogmat will work to build a large online community of users interested in high-street ethnic Indian wear with the help of social media marketing and online reputation management for Benzer and its e-commerce portal, www.benzerworld.com. It will also try and leverage social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter to drive the brand‘s e-commerce portal.

    The YouTube page of the brand has undergone a makeover as a part of the digital branding exercise.

    Cogmat is based in Mumbai and Hong Kong. Its clients are spread across sectors like education, luxury hospitality, financial services, FMCG and retail and include the likes of Oxemberg, Eurokids, Welingkar Group of Institutes and Mufti.

  • UTV set to release Delhi Belly in Hong Kong on 10 May

    UTV set to release Delhi Belly in Hong Kong on 10 May

    MUMBAI: UTV Motion Pictures is set to release Aamir Khan‘s Delhi Belly on 10 May in Hong Kong.

    A rip-roaring film, Delhi Belly will release across eight screens in cinemas for the first week with Cantonese subtitles.

    After consecutive success of Hindi films in Hong Kong, there has been immense demand of content that has the ability to crossover and work with local audiences across culture and sensibilities.

    The film is about Tashi, Arun and Nitin – flatmates, buddies and partners in crime. Tashi is to get married in a month but still doesn‘t know if his fiancé is the one. Arun can‘t make up his mind who he wants to kill first – his girlfriend who has just dumped him or his stupid, annoying boss whose idea of creativity is sketching a smiling banana.

    On the other hand, Nitin is about to discover that eating delicious tandoori chicken off a street vendor is going to give him the worst case of Delhi Belly he‘s ever known! Three regular blokes, living the regular life except for one small detail – they are on the hit list of one of the world‘s deadliest crime syndicates. Will they be able to get away before the shit hits the roof and it comes crashing down? Delhi Belly is the meanest comedy you‘re ever likely to see.

    Said UTV Motion Pictures Senior Vice President, International Distribution and Syndication Amrita Pandey, “It‘s a very proud moment for us to have our film Delhi Belly release in Hong Kong. Hong Kong has a large young local and expat population and Delhi Belly has done superb business in cities like London, Singapore, Dubai, New York, Sydney, Melbourne, we hope it resonates with audience in Hong Kong. After the phenomenal success of 3 Idiots in Hong Kong, there is huge fan following for Aamir, and correspondingly for Delhi Belly since it is produced by him.”

    Directed by Abhinay Deo and written by Akshat Verma, Delhi Belly stars Imran Khan, Kunal Roy Kapur and Vir Das.

  • Avengers grosses $ 178.4 million on debut in 39 markets

    Avengers grosses $ 178.4 million on debut in 39 markets

    MUMBAI: Disney and Marvel Studios‘ The Avengers has debuted to a massive opening of $178.4 million from as many as 39 markets across the globe.

    The film opened at No. 1 in all 39 territories and posted the biggest opening weekend ever in key Latin American markets including Mexico ($15.9 million) and Brazil ($11.3 million).
    BIn the UK, the film debuted to $24.7 million, the biggest opening ever for a superhero title as well as Disney‘s biggest three-day opening. The 3D film grossed $19.7 million in Australia, the second highest opening ever.

    In Asia, the film posted the highest opening weekends in history in Taiwan, Hong Kong and the Philippines . In India, Avengers also rolled out and enjoyed the third highest opening for a Western film, according to Disney.

  • Piracy of Hong Kong made films on YouTube amounts to loss of over $308 million

    Piracy of Hong Kong made films on YouTube amounts to loss of over $308 million

    MUMBAI: A good deal of copyright infringement of Hong Kong-made films from YouTube has been unearthed with pirated footage of over 200 Hong Kong films found on the world’s largest video-sharing website.
    The act amounts to an estimated loss of over $308 million to the local film industry, according to the Hong Kong Motion Pictures Industry Association (MPIA). The members of the Association have urged YouTube and other video-sharing websites to enforce the German Court ruling last Friday to implement measures to restrict content that infringe copyright.

    The recent local box office hit Love in the Buff was found to be the most uploaded film that directly affected the theatrical gross of the film. The videos were taken off after a formal complaint made to YouTube by Media Asia, the copyright holder of Love in the Buff.
    But YouTube did not act promptly when contacted by Media Asia to remove the illegally obtained film, taking days for the removal. “YouTube repeatedly requested the copyright holder to prove that they are the holder in order to remove the pirated videos of Love in the Buff, while they allow anyone to claim to be the copyright holder when uploading the videos. It’s very unreasonable,” MPIA CEO Brian Chung has been reported to have said. “The pirated videos on YouTube greatly hurt the theatrical performance of the film,” he added.
    In view of the pirated video of Buff on YouTube, MPIA members have searched and found in three days over 200 films illegally uploaded on to YouTube, including films from both the past and recent Hong Kong Film Award winners like A Simple Life, The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate, Echoes of the Rainbow, and Shaolin Soccer.

    With accumulated views of over 40 million, MPIA estimated a loss of over HK$2.4 billion to the Hong Kong film industry based on an average cinema ticket price of HK$60.