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  • Flopped The Lone Ranger to cost Disney $190 million

    Flopped The Lone Ranger to cost Disney $190 million

    MUMBAI: As per the reports, Disney CFO Jay Rasulo has informed that the company is likely to incur a loss of about $160 – $190 million next quarter as a result of The Lone Ranger‘s weak box office run.

    The Gore Verbinski-directed western, which stars Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer, cost at least $215 million to produce but has only earned $175.5 million worldwide (it‘s only opened in about 40 percent of international markets) since its release on 3 July. Domestically, the film has earned $86.9 million – a larger total than Disney‘s 2012 mega-flop John Carter, which topped out at $73.1 million, but an alarmingly low one nonetheless.

    For Disney, the loss hurts, but it isn‘t crippling. The company‘s portfolio now includes cash cows like Pixar, Marvel, and the Star Wars empire, the former two of which already delivered massive returns this summer with Iron Man 3 and Monsters University grossing $1.2 billion and $614 million worldwide. And Disney recognises that its plan to produce fewer movies but make them all tentpoles is a high-risk/high reward business. “This branded tentpole strategy of ours, it‘s 100 percent what we‘re looking to do and what we want to be,” said Disney executive VP of distribution Dave Hollis, following The Lone Ranger‘s disappointing opening weekend.

  • Zee Studio brings Pirates of the Caribbean ‘On Stranger Tides’ on 28 July

    Zee Studio brings Pirates of the Caribbean ‘On Stranger Tides’ on 28 July

    MUMBAI: Zee Studio brings Pirates of the Caribbean ‘On Stranger Tides’ starring the biggest stars in Hollywood-Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz , Geoffrey Rush and Sam Claflin to assure viewers the most exciting Sunday! Audience’s favorite character Jack Sparrow (Depp) is back and crosses paths with a woman from his past (Cruz),and he’s not sure if it’s love – or if she’s a ruthless con artist who’s using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth. When she forces him aboard the Queen Anne’s Revenge, the ship of the formidable pirate Blackbeard (McShane), Jack finds himself on an unexpected adventure in which he doesn’t know who to fear more Blackbeard or the woman from his past.

    Get ready for the 4th of The Pirates Of The Caribbean Franchise and 12th highest worldwide box office collection of all time to blow your mind away on this Sunday the 28th of July at 1pm & 9pm only on Zee Studio.

  • Johnny Depp in talks to star in ‘Mortdecai’

    Johnny Depp in talks to star in ‘Mortdecai’

    MUMBAI: Johnny Depp is in negotiations to star in Mortdecai, Lionsgate‘sadaptation of The Great Mortdecai Moustache Mystery by Kyril Bonfiglioli.

    David Koepp will helm the project and Eric Aronson will be scripting it.

    Depp will also produce the movie with his Infinitum Nihil partner Christi Dembrowskias well as Andrew Lazar.

    Until earlier this year, the project was based at Warner Bros but the studio quietly put it into turnaround. 

    Depp will star as Charles Mortdecai, a debonair art dealer and part-time rogue who, according to the studio, “must traverse the globe armed only with his good looks and special charm in a race to recover a stolen painting rumored to contain the code to a lost bank account filled with Nazi gold.” He also has to juggle angry Russians, the British Mi5, his impossibly leggy wife and an international terrorist.

  • Johnny Depp refuses Whitey Bulger Biopic over salary dispute

    Johnny Depp refuses Whitey Bulger Biopic over salary dispute

    MUMBAI: Johnny Depp has fallen out of Black Mass, Cross Creek and Exclusive Media‘s biopic of Boston gangster Whitey Bulger for director Barry Levinson, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter.
     
    After Levinson sold the project softly at Cannes, the star was asked to cut his fee.
     
    According to the sources, Depp was to be paid his usual quote of $20 million, but with sales of the project at Cannes on the soft side, producers were looking to trim the budget, in the high $60 million range. Deep and his reps at UTA refused when they were offered to take half. The situation came to a bottom line on Wednesday.
     
    The movie was to have been Depp‘s follow-up to Transcendence, the sci-fi Alcon project he is currently shooting.

    Though Cross Creek and Exclusive hope to salvage Black Mass by hiring another actor, it is unclear how Depp‘s exit will affect the involvement of Joel Edgerton, who recently became attached to play a disgraced FBI agent.
     
    Depp will next be seen in The Lone Ranger, opening 3 July in North America.

  • Tarantino wishes to work with Johnny Depp, Meryl Streep and Michael Caine

    Tarantino wishes to work with Johnny Depp, Meryl Streep and Michael Caine

    MUMBAI: Noted director Quentin Tarantino wants to work with superstar Johnny Depp. The 49-year-old director, who has done films like Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction and Kill Bil‘, said that Depp features on his wish list of actors that he would love to work with, it is reported.
    "We would love to work together. We have talked about it for years. Not that we get together and talk about it for years, but from time to time. We‘re obviously fans of each other. It just needs to be the right character.
    I just need to write the right character that I think Johnny would be the right guy to do it with. And if he agrees, then we‘ll do it. And then it‘ll be magical. I haven‘t written the perfect character for him as of yet but maybe someday I will," the director has been quoted to have said.
    The Django Unchained helmer is also keen to work with Meryl Streep as well as Michael Caine.

  • Danny Boyle, Judi Dench honoured

    Danny Boyle, Judi Dench honoured

    MUMBAI: Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle and Judi Dench were among the winners at the 58th London Evening Standard Theatre Awards in London on Sunday evening.
     
    Boyle and his creative team were honoured with the Beyond Theatre award for their work on the London 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony. British cycling star Victoria Pendleton presented the award.
     
    It may be recalled that Boyle served as the art director for the ceremony that featured many nods to British culture and theater.
     
    Dench received the Moscow Art Theatre‘s Golden Seagull award for her contribution to world theater. Though Oscar winner Cate Blanchett was among the nominees in the best actress category, she lost out to Hattie Morahan who won for her role as a housewife in A Doll‘s House.
     
    The best musical award went to Sweeney Todd, the latest stage version of the play that Tim Burton had brought to the big screen with Johnny Depp under the title Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in 2007.

  • Javier Bardem receives star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

    Javier Bardem receives star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

    MUMBAI: Javier Bardem, who plays the villain in the latest James Bond film Skyfall, has become the latest celebrity to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
    The Spaniard who is married to Penelope Cruz was joined by his James Bond director Sam Mendes as well as cast mates Naomie Harris and Berenice Marlohe at the ceremony.
    According to sources, Bardem‘s acceptance speech was full of humour and he even poked fun at his broken nose, that was the result of a bar fight several years ago.
    Bardem enthused, “Javier Bardem Day. That‘s so cool. And what‘s that like? Does everyone have to walk with a broken nose around Hollywood Boulevard?”.
    The actor follows in the footsteps of his wife of more than two years Penelope who received her Hollywood star in April last year.
    The 38-year-old actress was presented with her honour from her Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides co-star Johnny Depp. Javier‘s star is located in front of the El Capitan Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard.

  • Johnny Depp not averse doing Wally Pfister’s film

    Johnny Depp not averse doing Wally Pfister’s film

    MUMBAI: Johnny Depp has shown his interest in starring in Oscar-winning cinematographer Wally Pfister‘s sci-fi directorial debut.
    The 49-year-old actor is likely to play the lead in Pfister‘s film about a man who gets sucked into a malevolent, self-aware computer, it is understood. “I‘m thrilled, and feel very fortunate to have the opportunity to work with Johnny. He is a creative and intelligent artist who I feel will bring great depth to the character and the overall narrative,” Pfister observed.
    Depp, on the other hand, is reportedly waiting to see a final draft of writer Jack Paglen‘s script before fully committing.
    Pfister is currently considering casting the likes of Noomi Rapace, Tobey Maguire, Christoph Waltz and James McAvoy for other roles in the Warner Bros film.
    Pfister, who won an Oscar for his work in Inception, is Christopher Nolan‘s long-time cinematography partner and has made no secret of his desire to step behind the camera as director.
    His collaboration with Nolan has spanned seven films, beginning in 1999 with Memento.

  • Keith Richards to play father of Johnny Depp in next Pirates of the Caribbean

    Keith Richards to play father of Johnny Depp in next Pirates of the Caribbean

    MUMBAI: Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards has been confirmed to play the character of Captain Teague in the fifth edition of Pirates of the Caribbean.
    Though the 68-year-old musician is unsure when the next installment of the hit franchise will start filming, he said he will again make an appearance as the father of Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp‘s lead character).
    “So they say, you know, I‘ve got the costume, and I‘m waiting for the heads up, but apparently there is. I don‘t know if it‘ll be next year that we shoot it or whatever, but as I say, you know, I got the costume and the beard and the shirt,” Richards has been quoted to have said.
    Richards also said that he will know when he is required as soon as he hears from his friend and co-star Depp. “I‘ll wait for a call from Johnny,” he added.
    Richards had earlier appeared in the last two films in the series like Pirates of the Caribbean: At World‘s End and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.

  • Johnny Depp injured his back shooting The Lone Ranger

    Johnny Depp injured his back shooting The Lone Ranger

    MUMBAI: Here‘s some bad news for scores of fans of Johnny Depp.
    The 49-year-old actor has injured his back while shooting for The Lone Ranger.
    The actor was left writhing in pain on two occasions during action scenes for the Western film in which he plays Native American Tonto opposite Armie Hammer, who plays the title character. The actor has now realised that he can‘t do many of his own stunts and needs to rely more on a double.
    Besides the back pain, the actor has also been struggling with insomnia on the sets.

    Butth e director Gore Verbinski and the crew have been sympathetic to the sleep problems the Hollywood star has been experiencing and have adjusted shooting schedules for him.
    Said a source in a quoted text, “Johnny is also struggling with sleep problems so the crew has had to adjust to the face that he can‘t shoot all night. He needs at least six hours of shut eye. This movie has really kicked his butt. He‘s so happy it‘s wrapping up and has joked that his body wouldn‘t be able to take another month of it.”