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  • The inevitable defeat of Mister and Pete to release on 11 October

    The inevitable defeat of Mister and Pete to release on 11 October

    MUMBAI: The movie will tell the story of two abandoned and scared boys in New York City and how they live in the mega city. The movie will be directed by George Tillman Jr who has previously done acclaimed movies like Soul Food and Men of Honor.

     

    Written by Michael Starrbury, the motion picture stars Skylan Brooks, Ethan Dizon, Jordin Sparks, Jeffrey Wright, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Anthony Mackie and Jennifer Hudson. It has some tough competition from Sony/Columbia’s Captain Phillips and Open Road’s Machette Kills.

     

    The movie is produced by Lionsgate who have previously come up with big films like The Hunger Games, The Expendables 2 and have some lined up such as The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, remake of Dirty Dancing as well as The Equalizer starring Denzel Washington.

  • Chris Weitz to helm the film adaptation of his post apocalyptic novel, The Young World

    Chris Weitz to helm the film adaptation of his post apocalyptic novel, The Young World

    MUMBAI: The end of the world phenomenon has always worked well at the box office and it seems the evident reason why apocalyptic themes attract the movie makers the most. After Dreamworks Animation acquired the rights of Francesca Haig‘s The Fire Sermon, Warner Bros won the rights to the post-apocalyptic book trilogy, The Young World after a heated auction on Friday.

    Chris Weitz, the filmamaker (New Moon) turned author of the The Young World would also helm the director‘s chair for the big screen adaptation of his book. The novel is the first in a trilogy and centres on teenagers surviving the post apocalyptic and catastrophic event killing everyone but those between the ages of 12 and 21. Ill- equipped to restore the society back to a working one, the teenage survivors of New York City must try to rebuild their world from the ground up.

    Weitz‘s novel will be published in 2013 by Little Brown while the film adaptation will be produced by Andrew Miano and co- produced by Depth of Field.

    Weitz who has recently directed 2011‘s A Better Life, has previously directed the film adaptation of the novel The Golden Compass, a major international hit, and the film adaptation of New Moon from the series of Twilight books (the film grossed more than $700 million worldwide).

    Chantal Nong brought the project into the studio and will oversee with Lynn Harris. Weitz is represented by WME and attorney Alex Kohner of Morris Yorn Barnes & Levine.

  • Imax theatres in the US sell out for ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’

    Imax theatres in the US sell out for ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’

    MUMBAI: Imax theatres in the US are reporting sell-outs of its ‘Star Trek Into Darkness‘ sneak peek shows on 15 May with showings in Los Angeles, New York City, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Seattle, Austin, San Francisco, Houston, San Diego and Minneapolis now at capacity.
     
    Interest Paramount adds continues to be strong at other Imax locations across the US, which are offering fans the opportunity to be the first to see the film at 8.00 pm that evening. In response, Paramount Pictures has moved the film‘s Friday, 17 May release up a day to 16 May.
     
    Tickets are available on the film‘s movie app, a technology that allows users to delve deeper into the ‘Star Trek‘ universe, and can also be accessed via Imax.com or through Fandango.com, Movietickets.com, as well as other ticketing platforms and at theatre box offices.
     
    The Imax release of the film will feature approximately thirty minutes of footage filmed with the extremely high-resolution IMAX® cameras. These specific sequences will expand to fill more of the screen exclusively in Imax.

  • SET launches in New York City through RCN deal

    SET launches in New York City through RCN deal

    MUMBAI: RCN, the all-digital cable, internet and phone provider in New York City, has added Sony Entertainment Television (Set) Asia as part of its 100 per cent per cent-digital TV platform beginning 2 April. The channel will be part of the brand-new RCN ‘Sona‘ tier, including other premium South Asian networks.

    “We‘re very excited to announce the launch of Sony Entertainment Television in New York City. It falls perfectly in line with our goal to continually add more networks that provide maximum entertainment and value for our customers,” RCN New York General Manager Bruce Abbott.

    SET SVP International Business-Head of North America Jaideep Janakiram said, “At Sony Entertainment Television, we continue to lead in ways to make our programming available to the widest possible audience. We are proud to announce the launch of Set Asia on RCN and are committed to bring our viewers the best family entertainment and Bollywood blockbusters.”

  • Warner Bros to release New Year’s Eve on 9 December

    Warner Bros to release New Year’s Eve on 9 December

    MUMBAI: Warner Bros is all set to release director Garry Marshall‘s New Year‘s Eve on 9 December.

    The film, shot entirely on location in and around New York City, celebrates love, hope, forgiveness, second chances and fresh starts, in the intertwining stories of couples and singles on the most dazzling night of the year.

    New Year‘s Eve stars Jessica Biel, Jon Bon Jovi, Academy Award nominee Abigail Breslin, Chris Ludacris Bridges, two-time Academy Award winner Robert De Niro, Josh Duhamel, Zac Efron and Hector Elizondo among others.

    The film, produced by Mike Karz and Wayne Rice, has cinematography by Charles Minsky, editing by Michael Tronick and costume design by Oscar-nominated costume designer Gary Jones.

  • Priyanka Chopra to be honoured in New York

    Priyanka Chopra to be honoured in New York

    MUMBAI: New York City’s South Asians in Media, Marketing and Entertainment Association (SAMMA) will present actress Priyanka Chopra with this year’s Trailblazer award at its North America conference.

    Said SAMMA co-founder Rajan Shah, “With Priyanka’s push in the US as a musician and singer, she is pushing into exciting new creative territories and taking creative risks which is essential to being a great artist. SAMMA is honoured to award Priyanka Chopra our 2011 Trailblazer Award, blazing a new path for Indians in entertainment.”

    “Through her hard work, sincerity and her personal ambition to push herself as an artist, Priyanka is the perfect role model for South Asians in entertainment, not just in the US but around the globe,” he added.

    Previous recipients of this prestigious award include filmmaker Rohan Sippy and CNN correspondent Sanjay Gupta.

    The conference will be held on 16 and 17 September.

  • Exclusive premiere of ‘Madagascar’ on 5 January at 9 pm only on Star Movies

    MUMBAI: The friendship between a New York City lion and zebra is tested when fate brings them out to the unforgiving wilderness in this computer-animated DreamWorks feature. Chris Rock does the voice of Marty the Zebra, whose longing to explore beyond his cushy Central Park Zoo boundaries is the impetus that ultimately strands him and his pals on the shores of savage Madagascar.

    This Friday night, Star Movies has an entertaining treat in store for its viewers!!! Starring voices of Ben Stiller, The Rock, David Schwimmer, and Jada Pinkett Smith, make sure you tune-in to the exclusive premiere of Madagascar on 5 January at 9 pm only on Star Movies.

    At New York’s Central Park Zoo, a lion (Stiller), a zebra (Rock), a giraffe (Schwimmer), and a hippo (Smith) are best friends and stars of the show. But when one of the animals goes missing from their cage, the other three break free to look for him, only to find themselves reunited … on a ship en route to Africa. When their vessel is hijacked, however, the friends, who have all been raised in captivity, learn first-hand what life can be like in the wild.

    This kid-oriented comedy stays adult-friendly every step of the way thanks to a clever script that mixes New Yorker humor and even some existentialism in with the pratfalls and spit-takes. Jolts of comedic brilliance are supplied by some Arctic-bound escaped con penguins, and a couple of literary apes. It’s not a musical, but classic songs from the likes of Louis Armstrong and Sammy Davis Jr. keep the montages flowing loose and sassy.

    DID YOU KNOW

    – At one point, Madonna, Jennifer Lopez and Gwen Stefani were considered for the voice of Gloria the Hippo before Jada Pinkett Smith signed on.
    – Early on, the plot was based on a group of activists who liberate the animals from their cages.
    – None of the main character animals (lion, zebra, giraffe or hippo) are actually housed at the Central Park Zoo. There are penguins.
    – The look of the jungles in Madagascar is based on the paintings of Henri Rousseau.

  • Fox puts select archives on auction for Motion Picture and Television Fund in the US

    Fox puts select archives on auction for Motion Picture and Television Fund in the US

    MUMBAI: The Motoion Picture and Television Fund (MPTF) in the US has announced that Twentieth Century Fox has culled its archives and donated more than 200 rare documents including signed contracts and internal memos to be sold at an auction to benefit the Fund.

    Items in the auction represent dealings with over 50 Hollywood legends including: Marilyn Monroe, Humphrey Bogart, Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn and Elvis Presley. Films involvef include Seven Year Itch, Miracle on 34th Street, The King and I, All About Eve and Love Me Tender.

    The auction called From the Twentieth Century Fox Archives: Documents from the Golden Age of Hollywood, will be accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue available at www.swanngalleries.com.

    The auction, scheduled for 25 January, 2007, will be conducted by Swann Auction Galleries in New York City. Proceeds from the sale will directly benefit the MPTF insurance fund that provides health insurance for actors.

    Fox Filmed Entertainment chairman and CEO Tom Rothman says, “Fox’s heritage reflects Hollywood itself and our well maintained document archives are a Tut’s Tomb of movie history. These papers are so cool that, as a fan of that history, I will have to restrain myself from bidding on each item. This donation is intended to get the past out of file cabinets into the hands of film lovers and let it serve the present through the MPTF. We also hope this auction might inspire other studios to follow suit.”

  • WWE ‘Raw’ to air 700th episode tonight in the US

    WWE ‘Raw’ to air 700th episode tonight in the US

    MUMBAI: World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has announced that its show Raw will air its 700th episode in the US tonight 23 October.

    In India viewers can catch WWE on Ten Sports.

    The first episode of Raw aired on 11 January, 1993, from the Manhattan Center in New York City and since has been broadcast from arenas around the world, including Madison Square Garden, Staples Center in Los Angeles, as well as London, England and Tokyo, Japan.

    On 1 August, 2005, Raw surpassed previous record holder,Gunsmoke as producer of the most original episodes of any weekly fictional entertainment programme ever on American television.

    Raw airs in the US on USA Network. Since its return to USA Network last October, it has averaged a household rating of 4.03 and delivered an average of 5.1 total viewers including 2.6 million in the 18-49 age group.

  • Television actor Anuj Saxena on his way to the International Emmy Awards

    Television actor Anuj Saxena on his way to the International Emmy Awards

    MUMBAI: TV actor and producer Anuj Saxena has reasons to smile. He along with filmmaker and producer Subhash Ghai, will be the juror for the 34th International Emmy Awards.

    As a juror Anuj will be judging the category of Best Performance by an Actor for the final round of judging. He will be judging 8 entries for this category.

    This is the first time that Anuj will be a juror for the Emmy Awards. Elated by the news, he said, “It’s an honour to be a part of Emmys. I mean there cannot be anything bigger than this as far as international television goes. I mean if you compare the worldover there would be so many deserving candidates. Also on a personal level it will also be a learning experience to watch shows from across the world.”

    “I hope to definitely benefit from being as a juror for the Emmies, both as an actor and as a producer. Afterall, the attempt is to match our programming worldclass,” added Anuj.

    Subhash Ghai is judging the Television Movie/Mini Series category for the finale. This is the second consecutive year that the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has invited Subhash Ghai to be the juror for the Emmys.

    The jury panel consists of television, producers, directors, performers, and executives from around the world to honour the best in international television production. The International Emmy Award is known worldwide for honoring excellence in programming produced outside the United States.

    The award function, popularly called as, the 34th International Emmy Awards gala will be held this year on 20 November in New York City.