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  • Christian Bale, Brad Pitt, Ryan Gosling, Steve Carell cast in ‘The Big Short’

    Christian Bale, Brad Pitt, Ryan Gosling, Steve Carell cast in ‘The Big Short’

    MUMBAI: In a casting coup of sorts, Paramount Pictures’ has roped in Christian Bale, Brad Pitt, Ryan Gosling and Steve Carell to star in The Big Short.

     

    The movie is being produced by Paramount Pictures along with New Regency and Plan B Entertainment. It will be directed by Adam McKay. The film also stars Melissa Leo and Marisa Tomei. 

     

    The film’s screenplay is written by McKay, from a script by Charles Randolph, based on Michael Lewis’ bestselling non-fiction book The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine. 

     

    The Big Short is the remarkable true story of the genius contrarian investors who, recognizing just how insane the housing bubble had become, figured out how to “short” the market prior to the financial collapse of 2008.

     

    Rounding out the cast is Tracy Letts, Hamish Linklater, John Magaro, Byron Mann, Rafe Spall, Jeremy Strong and Finn Wittrock.

     

    Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner will produce the movie via their Plan B Entertainment banner.  Production has begun in New Orleans.

  • Pitt, Bale and Gosling to star in ‘The Big Short’

    Pitt, Bale and Gosling to star in ‘The Big Short’

    MUMBAI: Bradd Pitt, Chistian Bale and Ryan Gosling have signed the dotted lines for The Big Short, which is being written and directed by Adam McKay. 

     

    The film, which is going to be produced by Brad Pitt’s production company, Plan B, will be an adaptation of a bestselling book written by acclaimed journalist, Michael Lewis.

     

    The Big Short will deal with the housing and credit bubble disaster that led to the global financial crisis in 2007. The film is likely to be structured as an ensemble effort featuring several characters who had a role in creating the credit crisis.

     

    The Big Short will also be jointly produced by Paramount Pictures and Plan B.

     

    Bradd Pitt founded Plan B in 2002 along with ex-wife Jennifer Aniston, who left the company in 2006 after the couple split. The leading production company has grown over the years from strength to strength, tackling weighty subjects including 2014’s best picture Oscar 12 Years a Slave, and civil rights drama Selma, which received multiple Golden Globes nominations.

  • Benedict Cumberbatch to play Marvel’s ‘Doctor Strange’

    Benedict Cumberbatch to play Marvel’s ‘Doctor Strange’

    MUMBAI: After months of speculations, the Sherlock famed Benedict Cumberbatch is the final choice for the titular role in Marvel Studios’ Doctor Strange, according to media reports.

     

    Slated for release on 8 July 2016, the feature will be directed by Scott Derrickson. Cumberbatch will play Dr Stephen Strange, a former neurosurgeon who, after losing the use of his hands, turns to the mystic arts and the occult. He will serve as the Sorcerer Supreme — the primary protector of Earth against magical and mystical threats.

     

    Doctor Strange made his first appearance in the Marvel Universe in 1963, and was first created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko in the pages of Strange Tales No 110. He has also been a longtime member of superhero teams like Avengers, and wielded a significant influence as a member of the Illuminati, which included the likes of Professor X, Mister Fantastic, and Iron Man.

     

    For the past few months, some of big Hollywood names have been linked to the role including Joaquin Phoenix, Ryan Gosling, Jared Leto, Tom Hardy, Justin Theroux, Ethan Hawke and Keanu Reeves.

     

    Marvel also plans to release the third Captain America movie along with the feature.

     

    In addition to his well-received ‘Sherlock’ series, for which he won an Emmy this year, he’s earned a great deal of Oscar buzz for his performance as cyberpioneer Alan Turing for The Imitation Game.

  • Behind every great love is a great story!

    Behind every great love is a great story!

    MUMBAI: Love knows no boundaries – whether it is passion of youth or when showing that it is ageless. Featuring for the first time on Romedy NOW as ‘Romedy of the Month’ will be The Notebook which is a chronicle of romance and togetherness on 26 July 2014 at 9 pm.Starring Ryan Gosling and Rachel Adams, The Notebook is presented by Dove and powered by SMC.

     

    Catch an elderly man, Duke in a modern day home for seniors reading a romantic tale from his notebook to his lady co-housemate suffering from dementia. Go back to the old world charm of the 1940s with a young and passionate farm boy Noah (played Ryan Gosling) falling in love with 17-year-old heiress Allie Hamilton (played by Rachel Adams) at a carnival. There is an idyllic romance, an ancient mansion that Noah dreams of owning, and a social class difference that nips the love affair in the bud.

     

    Noah writes letters to Allie for a year but they are hidden by Allie’s mother and remain unanswered. As the two young lovers feel betrayed by the other, the World War II has Noah joining as a soldier while Allie becomes a nurse. A twist to the tale is when a charming, rich, and handsome soldier Lon Hammond Jr. enters Allie’s life as her fiancé.

     

    Seven years later at her wedding gown trial, memories of love come gushing back as Allie sees a photograph of a now wealthy Noah who has bought the abandoned mansion in hopes of getting Allie back. Allie visits him in Seabrook and the flame of love rekindles. But will Allie sacrifice her love for commitment to Lon and lose true love for the second time or reclaim a love that was always hers? Meanwhile, figure out how their story is connected to Duke and his lady companion to make an eternal love story.

     

    Whether one is lucky in love or just carries the love in one’s heart, fans are invited to share their own love story on Romedy NOW’s twitter page with #RememberWhen hashtag and the story. The sweetest one will be rewarded!

     

    And then with the special ‘What would you Do?’ activity on Facebook fans can tell the path they would have would have chosen if they were in Allie and Noah’s shoes.

  • This month go Crazy, Stupid in Love!

    This month go Crazy, Stupid in Love!

    MUMBAI: Life can be full of surprises even when you have had the biggest jolt just out of the  blue.  Enjoy  a  journey  of  such  bittersweet  situations  and  moments  in  Romedy  of  the  Month presented by SMC & powered by Provogue Crazy, Stupid, Love on Sat, 24th May, 9 PM only on Romedy NOW, the exclusive destination for English General Entertainment.

     

    How would a middle-aged man react when his married life comes crumbling down when his wife, the only woman he has ever been with, asks him for a divorce after being happily married for 20 years? Get down to the bottom of every bottle? Cal Weaver (Steve Carrell) does lose hope and hits the bar to drink his grief away but his misery turns on its head after he befriends a player dude Jacob Palmer (Ryan Gosling) who teaches him a trick or ten about scoring women! But, it’s not all fun. Watch him go through life as a sudden and reluctant single and all the confusion with teenage crushes, heartbreaks and angry dad’s protective of their teenage daughters! Enjoy the People’s Choice Awards and Teen Choice Awards winner and enjoy the Saturday night!

     

    Howlarious situations and ridiculously funny performances will split your sides and give you a tummy ache with laughter in Romedy of the Month only on Romedy NOW Sat, 24th May, 9 PM!

     

  • Matt Smith is ready for a new journey

    Matt Smith is ready for a new journey

    MUMBAI: Matt Smith is almost inseparable from the character he plays on Doctor Who. On one of the longest running sci-fi series, the actor has made a special space for himself. But then like everything else, this three-and-a-half year journey too has come to an end. The actor is set to leave the show by the year end to start a new chapter in Hollywood.

     

    Interestingly, Matt has already done an American fantasy-neo-noir film, How to Catch a Monster, the directorial debut by Ryan Gosling opposite Christina Hendricks. It is a story of a single mother who is swept into a dark underworld, while her teenage son discovers a road that leads him to a secret underwater town.