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  • Harrison Ford to star in ‘Blade Runner’ sequel

    Harrison Ford to star in ‘Blade Runner’ sequel

    MUMBAI: Harrison Ford is up and ready to star in the sequel to Blade Runner. He will reprise his role as Rick Deckard in the upcoming movie Prisoners. The director Denis Villeneuve is in talks to helm the Alcon Entertainment film.

     

    The film is scheduled to start principle photography in the summer of 2016. Hampton Fancher (who co-wrote the original) and Michael Green have written the screenplay, which is based on an idea from Fancher and Ridley Scott.

     

    The story takes place several decades after the conclusion of the 1982 original, which centered on a man (Ford) working as a blade runner who was tasked with chasing down machines called replicants.

     

    Alcon Entertainment acquired the rights to Blade Runner in 2011 with the intention of making both prequels and sequels to the iconic science-fiction thriller. Bud Yorkin will serve as a producer on the sequel along with Alcon co-founders Andrew A. Kosove and Broderick Johnson.

     

    Thunderbird Films CEOs Frank Giustra and Tim Gamble will serve as executive producers.

     

    Villeneuve most recently directed the crime thriller Sicario, staring Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin and Benicio Del Toro. He also directed Canada’s Oscar-nominated French-language film Incendies and Prisoners, staring Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal.

     

    Ford will next be seen in Lionsgate’s The Age of Adaline and will reprise his role as Han Solo in Disney’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

  • November fest on HBO

    November fest on HBO

    MUMBAI: Opening its door to movies and entertainment, the English entertainment channel HBO will broadcast a series of popular television shows and hit Hollywood films exclusively in the month of November. HBO South Asia, which launched its two 24-hour commercial-free premium programming channels HBO Defined and HBO Hits in 2013, will now bring the best of Hollywood including prime-time television shows and movies in the coming month.

     

    Speaking about the listings in November, HBO South Asia managing director Monica Tata says, “We have a November fest coming up with movies such as Gravity, Prisoners etc. We also have Newsroom which is happening again in November on HBO Original. It is our season finale. We are also doing a lot of promotions this month on social media and digital media. That’s our focus for November. For December till year end, there will be a fantastic line up as well.”

     

    Here is the line-up of movies and television shows that will be aired in November 2014 for HBO Premium channels – HBO Hits and HBO Defined.

     

     1) Prisoners (HBO Hits)

     

    2)  Legendary (HBO Hits)

     

    3) Profugos – Season 2 (HBO Hits)

     

    4) Gravity (HBO Defined)

     

    5) The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (HBO Defined)

     

    6) 12 Years A Slave (HBO Defined)

     

    7) The Newsroom – Season 3 (HBO Defined)

  • Filming Begins on Alcon Entertainment’s ‘Prisoners’

    Filming Begins on Alcon Entertainment’s ‘Prisoners’

    MUMBAI: Principal photography is underway on location in Georgia for Alcon Entertainment‘s ‘Prisoners‘, a Warner Bros. Pictures‘ release starring Oscar nominees Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal, under the direction of Denis Villeneuve, who helmed the Oscar-nominated foreign language film ‘Incendies‘.
     
    How far would you go to protect your child? Keller Dover (Jackman) is facing every parent‘s worst nightmare. His six-year-old daughter, Anna, is missing, together with her young friend, Joy, and as minutes turn to hours, panic sets in. The only lead is a dilapidated RV that had earlier been parked on their street. Heading the investigation, Detective Loki (Gyllenhaal) arrests its driver, Alex Jones (Paul Dano), but a lack of evidence forces the only suspect‘s release.
     
    Knowing his child‘s life is at stake, the frantic Dover decides he has no choice but to take matters into his own hands. The desperate father will do whatever it takes to find the girls, but in doing so, he may lose himself, begging the question: When do you cross the line between seeking justice and becoming a vigilante?
     
    Led by Jackman and Gyllenhaal, the dramatic thriller "Prisoners" features an all-star cast, including Maria Bello as Keller‘s distraught wife, Grace; Oscar nominees Terrence Howard and Viola Davis as Franklin and Nancy Birch, whose daughter Joy went missing with the Dovers‘, Academy Award winner Melissa Leo as Alex Jones‘ Aunt Holly; and Paul Dano as Alex Jones.
     
    Denis Villeneuve directs the film from an original screenplay by Aaron Guzikowski. Kira Davis, Adam Kolbrenner, and Academy Award nominees Broderick Johnson and Andrew A. Kosove are the producers, with John Starke, Ed McDonnell, Stephen Levinson, Robyn Meisinger and Mark Wahlberg serving as executive producers.
     
    Villeneuve is supported by a top-flight creative team that includes 10-time Oscar-nominated cinematographer Roger Deakins, Oscar-nominated production designer Patrice Vermette, Oscar-winning editor Joel Cox, editor Gary Roach, and costume designer Renée April.
     
    Alcon Entertainment‘s ‘Prisoners‘ is scheduled for release on 20 September and will be distributed domestically by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.