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  • Lionsgate India to release ‘The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent’ in cinemas on 22 April

    Lionsgate India to release ‘The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent’ in cinemas on 22 April

    Mumbai: After two years of raging pandemic and continual shutdown, Lionsgate India has announced a theatrical release for new film “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent” starring Nicolas Cage. The film will be released and distributed by Cinepolis and Pen Marudhar in India on 22 April.

    The film portrays fictionalised version of the seminal award-winning actor who faces financial ruin and must accept a $ one million offer to attend the birthday of a dangerous superfan. It all takes an unexpected turn when a CIA operative recruit him to take down the superfan. He is forced to channel his most iconic and beloved on-screen characters to save himself and his loved ones, said the statement.

    The film is directed by Tom Gormican and written by Kevin Etten. “Nicolas Cage is unbelievably talented and can do any genre,” said director and co-writer Tom Gormican. “There are very few actors that can do every genre equally well, who can switch from comedy to drama – sometimes within the same project – and that’s fascinating to me.”

    “We have always been committed to bring exciting premium content for audiences,” said Lionsgate EVP Amit Dhanuka. “Watching Nicolas Cage and his supreme screen presence on a big screen is surely a treat for many of us, at least me. With its exciting narrative and a gripping action-comedy, this film is set to take you on a wild entertainment.”

    Nicholas Cage added, “This is Tom’s invented version of Nick Cage – a neurotic, high-anxiety version of Nick Cage. This film is a real head trip for me.”

  • China Oscars to see Hollywood fraternity

    China Oscars to see Hollywood fraternity

    MUMBAI: China’s Huading awards are set to see some high profile Hollywood actors such as Quentin Tarantino, Nicole Kidman and Nicholas Cage. The award night is to be held at Macau on 7 October.

     

    The award show is based on voting for top athletics and entertainment talent and is a type of Chinese Oscars. Sam Worthington from Avatar, Jeremy Irons and Matthew Perry from F.R.I.E.N.D.S are the other stars that are to be seen at the event.

     

    Hong Kong auteur Wong Kar Wai and Jackie Chan will be the representatives of China.

     

    The awards event was set up in 2007 by Media Company Global Talents Media group in Beijing and is held many times a year to honour talents in various fields.

  • Nicholas Cage to receive ‘Legend Award’ at 11th Annual Ischia Global Film and Music Festival

    Nicholas Cage to receive ‘Legend Award’ at 11th Annual Ischia Global Film and Music Festival

    NEW DELHI: Academy Award-winner and renowned actor Nicolas Cage will receive a 2013 "Ischia Legend Award" at the Ischia Global Film & Music Festival on 19 July.

    A special screening of his latest motion picture, Emmett/Furla Films‘ The Frozen Ground, will take place that night during a gala evening at the Regina Isabella Hotel on Ischia‘s Lacco Ameno bay. Co-star Vanessa Hudgens and producers 50 Cent and Randall Emmett will join the Hollywood superstar and the director at the event, according to Festival founder and producer Pascal Vicedomini.

    The annual festival will be held from 14 to 21 July on the picturesque isle that is located off the coast of Naples. It is presented under the auspices of the Ischia International Arts Academy with the support of BNL-Group, BNP PARIBAS, and 3 Italy along with the sponsorship of the Italian Culture Ministry and the Campania Region.

    Cage, nephew of filmmaker Francis Ford and of actress Talia Shire, has appeared in more than 60 films and is one of the most celebrated actors in the world. In 1996 he won the Best Actor Oscar and Golden Globe for Mike Figgis‘ Leaving Las Vegas and in 2002 he was nominated by the Academy for Spike Jonze‘s Adaptation. Cage has worked with the greatest contemporary masters from Alan Parker (Birdy) to David Lynch (Wild at Heart), from Martin Scorsese (Bringing Out the Dead) to Brian De Palma‘s (Snake Eyes), from Ridley Scott (Matchstick Men) to Werner Herzog (The Bad Lieutenant) and Joel Schumacher (Trespass).

    His vast filmography also includes Raising Arizona, The Rock, Face/Off, Con Air, Gone in 60 Seconds, National Treasure, Lord of War, Ghost Rider, Kick-Ass, and The Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance. In 2013, he voiced the character of Crug in the animated film The Croods. His next film will be David Gordon Green‘s Joe.

    "Nicolas Cage has been praised for his daring performances and fearless choice of roles," said Vicedomini. "He is truly one of the great male movie stars and we welcome him with open arms to our festival and to the island of Ischia." Vicedomini also thanked the producers of The Frozen Ground for allowing the Ischia Global Fest to screen the film.

    Directed by Scott Walker, it is a thriller based on the life of serial killer Robert Hansen – played by John Cusack – a seemingly quiet family man who in the ‘80s terrorized Alaska by abducting, torturing and killing 24 women. Cage plays the role of the Sheriff while Hudgens plays a stripper trying to lure the assassin. The film also stars rapper 50 Cent.

    Noted film producer and executive Arnon Milchan and actor Samuel L. Jackson have already been announced as 2013 Ischia Legend Award recipients. Prior recipients include Oliver Stone, Vanessa Redgrave, Sir Ben Kingsley, Hilary Swank and music icons Sting, Burt Bacharach, Harry Belafonte and producer/executive Clive Davis.

    Joining Vicedomini in overseeing this year‘s Ischia Global Film & Music Fest are President Michele Placido, Honorary Presidents Trudie Styler and Tony Renis, and an Executive Board comprised of producers Mark Canton, Marina Cicogna, Rick Nicita, Paula Wagner, Aurelio De Laurentiis, multi Oscar-winning production designers Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo, president of Cinecitt? Studios Luigi Abete, Oscar-winning director Paul Haggis and Italian movie icons Franco Nero, Lina Wertmuller and Enrico Lucherini.

  • The Croods rakes in Rs 43 mn at Indian BO in opening weekend

    The Croods rakes in Rs 43 mn at Indian BO in opening weekend

    MUMBAI: Fox Star Studios and DreamWorks‘ animated film ‘The Croods‘ has collected Rs 43.1 million in its opening weekend in India as a result of positive word of mouth.

    This is the sixth release by Fox Star Studios in 2013. The film‘s opening figures are the biggest weekend for a non- franchise animation film also making it the fourth biggest animation opener in India. Other animated films to have received such a response at the Indian box office are Ice Age 4, Kung Fu Panda 2 and Madagascar 3.
     
    Fox Star Studios CEO Vijay Singh said, "We are delighted with the fantastic weekend opening of The Croods. With stunning visual content and power packed entertainment, it is the perfect holiday film for the entire family, and we expect the numbers to increase further during the week"
     
    Set in the prehistoric era, The Croods features the voices of Hollywood actors Nicholas Cage, Ryan Reynolds and Emma Stone. It is also the first DreamWorks Animation project to be distributed by Fox after the former‘s arrangement with Paramount Pictures ended in 2012.