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  • Sony Pix to air ‘Paddington’ movie on 29 May

    Sony Pix to air ‘Paddington’ movie on 29 May

    MUMBAI: How adorable will it be to spot a cuddly suited booted Teddy Bear, alighting a train and strutting his luggage finding his new abode. It’s a childhood fantasy that we must have all had at some stage and to see its depiction on the big screen is an absolute visual treat. 

    Sony Pix, staying true to its brand persona will make sure you Stay Amazed with the story of the endearing bear from the Peruvian rainforest Paddington, a name that fate chose for him at Paddington Station where his life was going to change forever. Watch this adorable bear’s tryst in the urban jungle far far away from his comfortable life in the rainforest on 29 May at 1 pm and 9 pm.

    Paddington is a family movie that will work its way into your hearts and minds with love from both children and adults alike world over.This charmingly delightful affairgot a rotten tomatoes positive rating of 98% and a rating of 7.2 on IMDB and is going down as one of the best family films.Paddington is truly hilarious and heartwarming with a story that is so rich and compelling that it just grabs everyone by the heart with its charm and humour.

    A deadly earthquake destroys the Peruvian rainforest and a young bear (Ben Whishaw), makes his way to London in search of a new home. The bear, dubbed Paddington reaches the london train station and finds shelter with Henry (Hugh Bonneville) and Mary Brown (Sally Hawkins). Although Paddington’s amazement at urban life soon endears him to the Browns, someone else finds her eye on him: the sadist Taxidermist, Millicent Clyde (Nicole Kidman), who kills and stuffs exotic animals to house in the Natural History Museum. She becomes aware of Paddington and sets out to hunt him down.Through his journey, Paddington must not only find himself a humble abode in London, but also escape Millicent’s vicious plan to stuff him.

    Based on Paddington Bear created by Michael Bond, the charmingly funny and shamelessly punny, Paddington is directed by Paul King, written by King and Hamish McColl, and produced by David Heyman. Ben Whishaw is the voice behind Paddington and will be seen along with co-stars Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Julie Walters and Nicole Kidman.Paddington has become the highest-ever grossing non-Hollywood family film after banking $200million at the box office in its release year.

  • Sony Pix to air ‘Paddington’ movie on 29 May

    Sony Pix to air ‘Paddington’ movie on 29 May

    MUMBAI: How adorable will it be to spot a cuddly suited booted Teddy Bear, alighting a train and strutting his luggage finding his new abode. It’s a childhood fantasy that we must have all had at some stage and to see its depiction on the big screen is an absolute visual treat. 

    Sony Pix, staying true to its brand persona will make sure you Stay Amazed with the story of the endearing bear from the Peruvian rainforest Paddington, a name that fate chose for him at Paddington Station where his life was going to change forever. Watch this adorable bear’s tryst in the urban jungle far far away from his comfortable life in the rainforest on 29 May at 1 pm and 9 pm.

    Paddington is a family movie that will work its way into your hearts and minds with love from both children and adults alike world over.This charmingly delightful affairgot a rotten tomatoes positive rating of 98% and a rating of 7.2 on IMDB and is going down as one of the best family films.Paddington is truly hilarious and heartwarming with a story that is so rich and compelling that it just grabs everyone by the heart with its charm and humour.

    A deadly earthquake destroys the Peruvian rainforest and a young bear (Ben Whishaw), makes his way to London in search of a new home. The bear, dubbed Paddington reaches the london train station and finds shelter with Henry (Hugh Bonneville) and Mary Brown (Sally Hawkins). Although Paddington’s amazement at urban life soon endears him to the Browns, someone else finds her eye on him: the sadist Taxidermist, Millicent Clyde (Nicole Kidman), who kills and stuffs exotic animals to house in the Natural History Museum. She becomes aware of Paddington and sets out to hunt him down.Through his journey, Paddington must not only find himself a humble abode in London, but also escape Millicent’s vicious plan to stuff him.

    Based on Paddington Bear created by Michael Bond, the charmingly funny and shamelessly punny, Paddington is directed by Paul King, written by King and Hamish McColl, and produced by David Heyman. Ben Whishaw is the voice behind Paddington and will be seen along with co-stars Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Julie Walters and Nicole Kidman.Paddington has become the highest-ever grossing non-Hollywood family film after banking $200million at the box office in its release year.

  • Makers of ‘Harry Potter’ to come up with ‘Paddington’

    Makers of ‘Harry Potter’ to come up with ‘Paddington’

    MUMBAI: This Christmas comes a special treat from the makers of Harry Potter. Christened Paddington, the movie is a British comedy directed by Paul King, who along with Hamish McColl has also co-written the script.

     

    Produced by David Heyman, it is a story of a lovable bear and is based on the famous book and TV series ‘Paddington Bear’ by Michael Bond. The feature film is being released in India by PictureWorks.

     

    The movie stars Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent and Peter Capaldi with Nicole Kidman and Ben Whishaw as the voice of the title character.

     

    The story revolves around a young Peruvian bear with a passion for all things British travels to London in search of a home. Finding himself lost and alone at Paddington Station, he begins to realise that city life is not all he had imagined – until he meets the kindly Brown family, who read the label around his neck (‘please look after this bear, Thank you.’) and offer him a temporary haven. It looks as though Paddington’s luck changes until this rarest of bears catches the eye of a museum taxidermist.

  • Weinsteins acquire Paddington for North America

    Weinsteins acquire Paddington for North America

    MUMBAI: Studio Canal will be bringing in a live action CGI version of the classic children’s story to theaters which will be directed by Paul King and David Heyman is producing. It is an adaptation of Michael Bond’s classic kids character Paddington Bear.  The Weinstein Company is bringing it to North America.

    This is the first release in a new label for the company called TWC-Dimension. Colin Firth will give the voice for the teddy bear while Kidman will be playing an evil taxidermist out for revenge. They were recently seen together in The Railway Man.
    The shooting starts this month in UK. VFX is provided by Framestore and it is expected to release on 28 November in 2014. The movie will be released in the US in the first quarter of 2015.

    Firth and Broadbent are repped by CAA and the UK’s Independent Talent Group; Kidman is repped by CAA; Bonneville is repped by UTA and the UK’s Gordon and French; Hawkins is with ICM Partners and the UK’s Conway van Gelder Grant.

  • Natpe focuses on online presence of TV stations

    Natpe focuses on online presence of TV stations

    MUMBAI: At a time when television revenue in the US is either flat or down, a panel discussion a few days ago at the television trade event Natpe proved that TV station Web sites can make money online.

    The session, produced and moderated by WorldNow CEO Gary Gannaway, was called Who Wants to Be an Online Millionaire?. It featured convergence advertising models from three television executives whose web sites have raked in $1 million or more in annual revenue.

    Panellists included Christine DiStadio of The New York Times Broadcast Media Group, Paul King of Raycom Media, and Bob Singer of KOIN-TV in Portland, Oregon.

    Gannaway says, “The main message of this session is that online revenue is real and that it can work for advertisers. Our panellists illustrated this through recent advertising and sponsorship campaigns for such desired categories as auto, real estate, health and home improvement.”

    DiStadio cited the example of WREG-TV in Memphis, which saw its national TV revenue drop from $10 million in 2000 to $8 million today. While the station’s web revenue was zero in 2000, convergence revenue has taken the station revenue to more than $1 million today.

    She says, “There is a real market emerging under our feet right now. Use the power of the product you know best — broadcast television, your core business — to drive top line revenue through new business development with emerging media. It’s the only way we are going to grow. The strongest weapon — TV — in your toolbox is the bridge to your future.”

    She described the vital importance of incorporating video, multi-screen presence, and consumer engagement into a station’s online strategy. “Broadband video is changing the way people discover and interact. According to a survey by comScore, the average consumer watches about 100 minutes of video on the web every month.

    “Freshness and speed will trump high production values. Web video is different.” Paul King, who oversees 40 station
    websites for Raycom Media, described the secret ingredients that helped generate $1.25 million in online revenue in 2006 — 9.6 per cent of the total ad sales for the station for WIS-TV in Columbia, South Carolina. Those ingredients include such daypart strategies as surround sessions and video streaming.

    “Local TV broadcasters should now be selling dayparts in a new way: through online advertising. Those prime demos that advertisers want are all reachable during the day — they’re just accessing the stations through their computers at work, rather than through their televisions at home.”

    Meanwhile, Singer discussed the revenue growth enjoyed in a short amount of time by Koin-TV, which is virtually brand-new to the online game. In one year, Koin expects to reach its goal of more than $1 million in online revenue — proving that it does not take years to develop a successful Internet strategy and monetise locally if you put the right resources behind your advertising sales team.

    “I’m just an average general manager in an average TV market. I figured I could accept our fate based on our somewhat average ratings position in the marketplace or I could look for creative new ways to boost our revenue. I’m glad I decided to do the latter.”

    All three panellists addressed the issue of internal versus external online resources: Should stations try to control the
    development of their Web sites by utilising internal staff resources or hiring new staff for the job — or should they rely on the expertise of an outside company that specialises in the online arena?

    King says, “I’ve done it both ways. And I’m here to tell you that the internal staff needs to stay focussed on the core business, which is still broadcast television of course. Find a seasoned partner with strong technology and proven ad-sales experience to handle this burgeoning business for you.”