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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.

  • Lionsgate launches ‘insurgent’ virtual reality experience with Samsung

    Lionsgate launches ‘insurgent’ virtual reality experience with Samsung

    MUMBAI: Lionsgate and Samsung Electronics America, Inc have teamed up to create the exclusive virtual reality (VR) experience – “Insurgent – Shatter Reality.”

     

    The four-minute visual work of art is a fully-immersive, 360-degree narrative experience set in the world of the upcoming feature film The Divergent Series: Insurgent and features stars from the film including Kate Winslet, Miles Teller and Mekhi Phifer.

     

    Beginning 27 February, fans can experience the VR content for themselves exclusively through Samsung Gear VR powered by the Galaxy Note 4 as “Insurgent – Shatter Reality” goes on tour in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Austin and San Francisco prior to going live across all platforms and app stores.

     

    The experience will also be available exclusively on Samsung’s Milk VR service from 1 March. Fans outside the tour markets will have an opportunity to view the experience on Samsung Gear VR over the weekend of 7-8 March at select Best Buy stores across the US.

     

    “Virtual reality elevates the world of Divergent to a whole new level by creating a uniquely exciting and immersive experience for our fans. The ‘Insurgent – Shatter Reality’ experience reflects our commitment to partner with leading technology companies like Samsung to remain at the cutting edge of VR and other innovations that expand the worlds of our franchises and extend our storytelling in exciting new directions,” said Lionsgate chief marketing officer Tim Palen.

     

    “As we push new boundaries in the world of technology and virtual reality, we are excited to continue our relationship with Lionsgate and bring Divergent fans a one-of-a-kind experience through Gear VR and Milk VR. This partnership will bring fans closer than ever to the action in this blockbuster series,” added Samsung Electronics America vice president and general manager – Immersive Products & Virtual Reality Nick DiCarlo.

     

    By putting on the Gear VR headset, consumers are immersed in the role of “Divergent” members of society who have been captured by Jeanine Matthews (Kate Winslet) and her Erudite faction and are subjected to a series of mental “simulations” in order to determine the full extent of their divergence. As the VR technology simulates Jeanine and her faction cohorts testing them with experimental serums, they experience two distinct, intensely gripping and realistic fearscapes, transporting them from the frightening heights of a crumbling Chicago skyscraper to the intimidating challenge of a massive, fast-approaching locomotive.

     

    Created by virtual reality innovators Kite & Lightning with assistance from the film’s VFX team, the experience was built using stereoscopic 4K video of the actors, with effects and environment built in Unreal Engine 4 and then rendered into an immersive 3D/360-degree experience. It was scored by The Divergent Series: Insurgent composer Joe Trapanese.

     

    The Divergent Series: Insurgent, the second installment of the Divergent franchise, will be released in theaters worldwide on 20 March. The first Divergent film grossed nearly $300 million at the global box office, and the Divergent trilogy has sold more than 30 million books around the world.

  • Kate Winslet’s ‘A Little Chaos’ is set to release on 27 March 2015

    Kate Winslet’s ‘A Little Chaos’ is set to release on 27 March 2015

    MUMBAI: The upcoming period film, A Little Chaos starring Kate Winslet and Alan Rickman, is all set to hit the theatres on 27 March 2015.

     

    The movie revolves around a romantic love story that flourishes in the gardens at Versailles. Rickman, who also happens to be the director of the movie, has in the past directed the 1997 flick The Winter Guest.

     

    Kate Winslet plays the role of Madame Sabine De Barra, a strong-willed and talented landscape designer who has chosen to build one of the main gardens at King Louis XIV’s new palace at Versailles. She, then, becomes professionally and romantically entangled with the court’s prominent landscape artist, André Le Notre.

     

    In her new position of power, Winslet’s character challenges gender and class barriers, encountering a slew of obstacles and naysayers along the way.

     

    The much awaited love story also stars Stanley Tucci, and Matthias Schoenaerts. 

  • Final book in Divergent trilogy to be split into two films

    Final book in Divergent trilogy to be split into two films

    MUMBAI: Lionsgate, one of the leading global entertainment company, will produce and release Allegiant, starring Shailene Woodley and Theo James and based on the third book in Veronica Roth’s best-selling Divergent trilogy, as two separate films.

     

    It was announced on 11 April by Lionsgate Motion Picture Group co-chairmen Rob Friedman and Patrick Wachsberger.  The Company will release a total of four Divergent films on its Summit Entertainment label, with the next film, Insurgent, which begins production next month, slated for an American release on 20 March, 2015 and Allegiant – Parts 1 & 2 scheduled for release on 18 March, 2016, and 24 March, 2017, respectively.

     

    The three books ranked one-two-three on the USA Today best-seller list for 2013.

     

    “Veronica Roth brings her captivating story to a masterful conclusion in Allegiant, a rich, action-packed book with material that is ideally suited to two strong and fulfilling movies,” said Friedman and Wachsberger in a statement. “The storytelling arc and world of the characters lend themselves perfectly to two films, a storytelling strategy that has worked very well for us on the two Twilight: Breaking Dawn films and about which we’re tremendously enthusiastic for the two upcoming Mockingjay films of The Hunger Games franchise.”

     

    The first film in the series, Divergent, revolves around the story which takes place in a dystopian post-apocalyptic version of Chicago, where people are divided into distinct factions based on human virtues. Beatrice Prior is warned that she is Divergent and thus will never fit into any one of the factions and soon learns that a sinister plot is brewing in her seemingly perfect society.

     

    After the cataclysmic events in Insurgent, Tris and Four enter a dangerous new world in Allegiant: Parts 1 & 2 that they no longer recognise. As new truths are revealed about the past and future, Tris must face impossible choices about courage, allegiance and love to protect the people closest to her.

     

    Divergent stars Academy Award nominee Shailene Woodley (The Secret Life of the American Teenager), Theo James (Downton Abbey), Academy Award winner Kate Winslet (Revolutionary Road), Ashley Judd (Missing), Jai Courtney (Spartacus), Ray Stevenson (Dexter), Zoe Kravitz (X-Men: First Class), Miles Teller (The Fantastic Four), Maggie Q (Nikita), Tony Goldwyn (Scandal), Ansel Elgort (The Fault in Our Stars) and Mekhi Phifer (Lie to Me).

     

    Divergent hit Indian theatres on 11 April.

  • Books to read before they hit Indian theatres in 2014

    Books to read before they hit Indian theatres in 2014

    MUMBAI: Here’s the review of the sixth book in the 10-part series that features books being adapted into Hollywood movies in 2014.

    ‘Divergent’ by Veronica Roth

    What makes you different also makes you dangerous!

    The future belongs to those who know where they belong. What if you don’t belong? What do you do when you don’t belong? What do they do when they know you don’t belong?

    That is the life of Beatrice “Tris” Prior, who discovers that she is “divergent” – that she does not fit into any one “faction”. She soon uncovers a sinister plot brewing in her seemingly perfect society.

    In a futuristic dystopian post-apocalyptic Chicago, people are divided into five distinct factions based on their personalities – Candor are the honest, Abnegation are the selfless, Dauntless are the brave, while Amity are the peaceful, and Erudite are the intelligent. When Tris discovers a conspiracy to destroy the Divergents, she must find out what makes being Divergent so dangerous before it’s too late.

    Divergent has been extremely well received. It won Favourite Book of 2011 in the Goodreads Choice Awards 2011. The book currently stands at 4.37/5 of 590,875 ratings. Common Sense Media, a not for profit organization working towards improving lives, commented on Veronica Roth’s book by saying that it had deep messages about identity and controlling societies and that the plot was unstoppable and remarkably original. The book also won the Sakura Medal Contest.

    The rights to the live-action, motion picture adaptation was bought by Summit Entertainment, an American film studio behind teenage blockbusters like The Twilight Saga and Step Up Revolution. The film directed by Neil Burger (Limitless) boasts an interesting cast led by Golden Globe Award nominee Shailene Woodley (The Descendents, The Fault in Our Stars) as the Divergent Tris, along with Theo James (Downton Abbey, Golden Boy) as Four, Maggie Q (Nikita) as Tori with Tony Goldwyn (Scandal) and Ashley Judd (Missing) as Andrew and Natalie Prior, Tris’ parents and Kate Winslet (Titanic, The Reader) as Jeannie Matthews, the film’s lead antagonist.

  • Kate Winslet, Judy Davis to star in revenge dramedy ‘The Dressmaker’

    Kate Winslet, Judy Davis to star in revenge dramedy ‘The Dressmaker’

    MUMBAI: Kate Winslet and Judy Davis will be seen in the movie, written and directed by Australian Jocelyn Moorhouse. The movie is about Tilly Dunnage (Winslet) who ran away from her home when she was accused of murder and has now returned as a couturier. Now she has to make things right with her eccentric mother.

     

    The Dressmaker is based on a novel of the same name, the principal photography for which will be at Australia 2014. The DOP is Don McAlpine, production designer is Roger Ford, editor Jill Bilcock and costume designer Tim Chappel.

     

    The countries of Australia and New Zealand will have Universal Pictures International releasing the movie and worldwide, UK based sales agent Embankment films will do the work. For USA, it will be co-represented by CAA.

     

    Winslet is represented by CAA and United Agents. Davis is represented by Shanahan Management.

  • A Palme d’or for the Cinéfondation!

    A Palme d’or for the Cinéfondation!

    Jane Campion is to head up the Cinéfondation and Short Film Jury of the 66th Festival de Cannes, a position held previously held by Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Michel Gondry, Hou Hsiao Hsien, Martin Scorsese and John Boorman.

    Originally from New Zealand, Jane Campion has attracted critical acclaim since the very beginning of her film career: in 1986 she won short film Palme d’or for Peel and garnered interest from critics all over the world for Sweetie, the first feature she presented in competition at the Festival de Cannes. After An Angel at my Table, she returned to Cannes with The Piano, which won the Palme d’or in ’93, as well as the best actress award for Holly Hunter.

    Her work, which is dominated by the presence of fascinating women in search of their identity, comes in a variety of styles, from Holy Smoke (Kate Winslet) and Portrait of a Lady (Nicole Kidman) to In the Cut (Meg Ryan). Her latest film, Bright Star, was a fictional biography of the poet Keats and his muse, and was presented in competition at Cannes in 2009.

    Gilles Jacob, president of the Festival de Cannes and the Cinéfondation, declared: “Jane is a child of Cannes. I know this as it was I who selected her first three short films for the Festival, because I liked her style and consistency. Naively perverse young girls, teens closed in around their solitude, and women mulling over desires and regrets: Jane’s is a passionate universe that she firmly holds in check as she draws these intricate group portraits. I am delighted that the love story between Lady Jane and the Festival continues today as she takes on the role of president.”

    The Cinéfondation and Short Film jury is comprised of five eminent figures from the worlds of film and literature and they choose their three prize winners from among the Cinéfondation’s selection of film school entrants. The jury also chooses the winner of the short film Palme d’or, which is presented during the closing ceremony of the Festival, on Sunday May 26th 2013.

  • 37-year old Kate Winslet marries for the third time

    37-year old Kate Winslet marries for the third time

    MUMBAI: The lovely Kate Winslet who reached the ultimate with her breathtaking performance as Rise in Titanic has entered into matrimony with her boy friend Ned Rocknroll at a secret ceremony in New York.

    Winslet, 37, who has been dating billionaire businessman Richard Branson‘s nephew for just over a year, exchanged vows in a secret ceremony, reported the Huffington Post.

    "I can confirm that Kate Winslet married Ned Rock‘nRoll in NY earlier this month in a private ceremony attended by her two children and a very few friends and family. The couple had been engaged since the summer," said her representative confirming the news.

    This is not the first time that Winslet has wed in secret. In 2003, she married Sam Mendes, her second husband, on an island in the Caribbean with just her daughter Mia and three friends beside her. Later, the actress split from the director, who is the father of her son Joe, in March last year. The couple is now divorced.

    In 2001, Winslet split from her first husband and father of her daughter Jim Threapleton, after three years of togetherness. Ned, who changed his name by deed poll from Abel Smith, has also been married before. He met Winslet after separating from his wife, 23-year-old Eliza Cowdray, whom he wed in 2009.

  • Censor Board retains two cuts of Titanic in 3D version

    Censor Board retains two cuts of Titanic in 3D version

    MUMBAI: Fox Star Studios, India’s forthcoming release of the 3D version of James Cameron‘s Titanic, has been passed without any cuts and has received a clear U/A censor rating by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC).

    This time, the Board has retained two scenes of which one was where Leonardo Di Caprio sketches a nude Kate Winslet. The scenes were cut when the film was released here in 1997.

    The film, to be released in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu, is a commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic and a special tribute to the tragedy that took place in 1912.

    The film releases on 5 April.