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  • Wyatt Russell, son of Kurt, to joining Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill in ’22 Jump Street’

    Wyatt Russell, son of Kurt, to joining Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill in ’22 Jump Street’

    MUMBAI: Wyatt Russell, the son of Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn, is joining Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill in 22 Jump Street, the sequel to Sony’s hit action comedy 21 Jump Street.

     

    Phil Lord and Chris Miller are back in the director’s chair for the movie, which moves the undercover cop conceit from high school to college.

     

    The part is a major coup for Russell, who up until now has been known for his minor league hockey career. (In fact, he played a hockey player in last year’s Judd Apatow comedy This Is 40.) But he has been slowly making in-roads into screen work, with recent credits that include Cowboys & Aliens and Love and Honor, a drama that also starred Liam Hemsworth and Teresa Palmer.

     

    His part in Jump Street is sizable: He plays a frat brother who bonds with Tatum’s character and is the lead suspect in the case.

     

    Russell, repped by UTA, is currently shooting Cold in July opposite Michael C. Hall and will also play the role of Bobby Orr in the indie hockey movie Turk opposite Ed Burns and Logan Marshall Green.

  • Martin Scorsese embraces digital shooting technique

    Martin Scorsese embraces digital shooting technique

    MUMBAI: Martin Scorsese has decided to abandon film and shoot his forthcoming films digitally, according to his long-time editor Thelma Schoonmaker.
    Scorsese, who won an Oscar this year for his first 3D film Hugo, has lost the battle with traditional ways of filming motion pictures,says a report.
    “It would appear that we‘ve lost the battle. I think Marty just feels it‘s unfortunately over, and there‘s been no bigger champion of film than him. It‘s a very bittersweet thing to be watching films with him now that are on film.
    We‘re cherishing every moment of it. The number of prints that are now being made for release has just gone down, and it would appear that the theatres have converted so quickly to digital,” the report said.
    Scorsese will begin his digital revolution by shooting his next project The Wolf of Wall Street that stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Jean Dujardin and Jonah Hill in 2D. The film is expected to roll in mid-August.

  • 21 Jump Street grosses $ 35 million; at No. 1

    21 Jump Street grosses $ 35 million; at No. 1

    MUMBAI: Sony and MGM‘s co-production 21 Jump Street opened to a stellar $35 million at the domestic box office.
     
    Starring Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum, the film bagged the best debut ever for a non-sequel, non-summer R-rated comedy and also as one of the best bows on the books for an action-buddy comedy or a television-to-film adaptation.

    Overseas, Jump Street released in 11 markets grossing $7 million, including a standout $4.3 million in Australia, where it launched ahead of past R-rated comedies The Hangover, Tropic Thunder and Bad Teacher. In the UK, the film grossed $2.5 million.

    The film easily wrested the domestic weekend crown from Universal and Illumination‘s hit Dr. Seuss‘ The Lorax, that has ruled the domestic box office the last two weekends.

    On the No. 2 position, Lorax continued to do good business with $22.8 million in its third outing for a domestic gross of $158.4 million.

    Disney‘s John Carter continued to struggle grossing $13.5 million in its second weekend for a weak 10-day domestic total of $53.2 million. Overseas, the film grossed $40.7 million including a strong $10.4 million debut in China for an international total of $126.1 million and worldwide gross of $179.3 million.

    Even with the strong performances of Jump Street and Lorax, the domestic box office dipped behind last year‘s level for the first time this year. Revenue was down 8 per cent, due to less depth in the holdover marketplace. Box-office observers credit strong reviews and good word-of-mouth for Jump Street‘s better-than-expected numbers.