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  • Wunderman Thompson South Asia unveils sequel to ad campaign for Tata Pravesh

    Wunderman Thompson South Asia unveils sequel to ad campaign for Tata Pravesh

    Mumbai: Wunderman Thompson South Asia has unveiled a sequel to the first-ever thematic film for Tata Pravesh on all its social media assets.

    This sequel film called ‘The Surprise Visit,’ a part of their ‘Akela Hi Kaafi Hai’ campaign, delivers a two-fold message informing the potential customers that Tata Pravesh products come with their own frames that can easily be screwed into a finished wall and that the Individual Home Builders (IHBs) need to contact Tata Pravesh customer care before installing an ordinary frame.

    Produced by Small Fry Productions, the film is supported by print, OOH, POS and digital. A 360-degree campaign anchored by TV has been conceptualised to drive home the dual message.

    This is the first time ever that actors Gajraj Rao and Priyamani share screen space on the screen. “Getting Gajraj Rao and Priyamani together was a casting coup of sorts by the Wunderman Thompson team,” stated Wunderman Thompson Kolkata Senior VP & managing partner Vijay Jacob Parakkal. “They really helped bring this script to life and made it a very entertaining and memorable film. We are really looking forward to seeing the response to this new Tata Pravesh campaign.”

    “The previous campaign ‘Akela Hi Kaafi Hai’ helped Tata Pravesh enter the consideration set of customers and we are proud to be part of 50,000+ Indian homes. The latest film will hopefully bring many more households into the Tata Pravesh family,” said Tata Steel Ltd national business head – Tata Pravesh Animesh Roy. “The popularity of Gajraj Rao & Priyamani will not only further enhance awareness of the brand but also effectively deliver the message that Tata Pravesh comes with its own frame and Individual Home Builders (IHBs) need to call us before installing an ordinary frame.”

    “In this film, we take up where we left off in the first one,” said Wunderman Thompson Kolkata VP & senior ECD Arjun Mukherjee. “Gajraj Rao is no longer the naïve, unsuspecting customer of the first film. And Priyamani makes a heart-stopper of an appearance in this one. The effort was to tell the story in an entertaining and engaging way with penny drop moments that are sure to bring a smile. Who says you can’t have fun while introducing a toll-free number?”

  • Columbia Pictures begins development on ‘Bad Teacher’ sequel

    Columbia Pictures begins development on ‘Bad Teacher’ sequel

    MUMBAI: Columbia Pictures is developing Bad Teacher 2, to be directed by Jake Kasdan and written by Justin Malen, it was announced today by Columbia Pictures president Doug Belgrad and Hannah Minghella, president of Production for the studio. Jimmy Miller, Jake Kasdan, Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky will produce the film, and Melvin Mar will be the executive producer. The project is being developed for Cameron Diaz to star in the film but no deal is yet set with the actress.

    Commenting on the announcement, Minghella said, “Bad Teacher was a hit not just in North America, but throughout the world. We‘re excited that Jake will be returning to develop and helm the sequel. We love Justin‘s take on the material – it hits all the notes that made the first film such a breakthrough hit and also takes the characters in a new direction that is fresh and fun.”

    When it was released in 2011, Bad Teacher was a global hit taking in $216 million. It was also recently announced that Bad Teacher will be coming to CBS television next season in a half-hour series starring Ari Graynor. The Sony Pictures Television and CBS Television Studios co-production received a 13-episode midseason order.

    Columbia Pictures senior VP production Jonathan Kadin will oversee development of the project for the studio along with Minghella.

    Jake Kasdan is in pre-production on Sony Pictures‘ Sex Tape, also starring Cameron Diaz, with Jason Segel. He most recently directed and executive produced episodes of the hit series New Girl. Kasdan made his feature film debut as writer and director of Zero Effect and also directed the pilots for the television series Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared;returning to feature films, he directed Orange County, wrote, directed and produced The TV Set, co-wrote and directed Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, and directed and executive produced Bad Teacher.

    Justin Malen‘s feature film screenplay Bastards was named on The Black List of one of the best unproduced screenplays in 2011. He also completed a rewrite of the comedy project The Manny for Red Wagon and Sony Pictures Entertainment.

    Malen is represented by Verve and H2F, and Eisenberg and Stupnitsky are repped by Mosaic and WME. Kasdan is represented by WME.

  • Mary Jane Watson’s character played by Shailene Woodle sliced from Spiderman sequel

    Mary Jane Watson’s character played by Shailene Woodle sliced from Spiderman sequel

    MUMBAI: After unraveling the news of two more action packed movies slated for Marc Webb‘s The Amazing Spiderman franchise, Webb has sent another shocker about the story for the upcoming 2014 sequel.

    It seems with a change of mind; Webb has decided to slice off the character of Mary Jane Watson played by the Descendant star, Shailene Woodley in the second instalment, focusing more on the Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) and Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone) relationship.

    As stated by Webb, “I made a creative decision to streamline the story and focus on Peter and Gwen and their relationship. Shailene is an incredibly talented actress and while we only shot a few scenes with Mary Jane, we all love working with her.”

    Despite shooting for a handful of scenes whose images had even gone viral over the internet, Sony‘s The Amazing Spiderman 2will not feature the red haired love interest of Peter Parker. It is also reported that the Mary Jane‘s character will be pushed to the third instalment which is slated for a 2016 release.

    However what remains unclear is even if Mary Jane is introduced in The Amazing Spiderman 3 in 2016, will Woodley still be the one playing her?

    Meanwhile Woodley is focusing on her career, with the award-winning Sundance hit The Spectacular Now in theatres in August and next March opens her first franchise, Summit‘s Divergent, which already has a sequel in the works. She‘s also lined up novel adaptation The Fault In Our Stars for Fox 2000 and director Josh Boone.

  • Yamla Pagla Deewana 2: Just an excuse for a sequel

    Yamla Pagla Deewana 2: Just an excuse for a sequel

    MUMBAI: Yamla Pagla Deewana 2 (YPD 2) looks like one of those attempts at comedy where the cast and crew claim to have thoroughly enjoyed the making of the film, thus promising lots of fun to the prospective viewers. The viewers on the other hand finally discover that whatever the reason the cast has had a gala time, the film has little to offer to the audience. The film is a sequel to the Deol clan‘s earlier film, Yamla Pagla Deewanawhich, besides the legendary bonding of the family, had a lighter, entertaining theme. The sequel falters at the very basic stage – the script.

    Producer: Sunny Sounds P Ltd, YPD Films.
    Director: Sangeeth Sivan.
    Cast: Dharmendra, Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol, Neha Sharma, Kristina Akheeva, Annu Kapoor, Anupam Kher, Johnny Lever, Sucheta Khanna.

    Except for the three leading men, Dharmendra, Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol, the film has left the previous ties behind. Dharmendra and Bobby continue to be conmen operating in Banaras while the other brother, Sunny, earns an honest living in England as a recovery officer for a local bank. He has been convinced by the other two that they are also earning by honest means. Sunny has been asked by the bank to find out why Annu Kapoor, a local big shot who has borrowed a few billions from the bank, won‘t return it. His visit to Kapoor‘s posh club coincides with Anupam Kher‘s goons, led by Johnny Lever and Sucheta Khanna, who have come to wreck the club. Kher wants to take over the club property to build a virtual mall there. However, the super Sikh – Sunny spoils their plan. Impressed, Kapoor offers Sunny the job of manager at the club.

    Dharmendra and Bobby soon arrive at London with a plan to deprive Kapoor of all his wealth. Bobby plays the oldest con, developing proximity with Kapoor‘s daughter, Neha Sharma. In a comic twist in the proceedings, Sharma is not really Kapoor‘s daughter and hence not entitled to his property. His daughter and the heiress to his estate is Kristina Akheeva; under Dharmendra‘s guidance, Bobby now shifts his attention to Akheeva. He has to shift focus from Sharma to Akheeva. But Sunny has fallen for Akheeva hook, line and sinker. His heart pounds at high decibel levels when he sees her. Straightforward Sunny is pitted against crooked father and son.

    Being Sunny Deol, he must give his fans ample doses of action. Kher is a big help on this count. Not only Kapoor‘s club, he also wants whatever the other people have. To impress Akheeva, Bobby has become an artist. He can‘t paint but there is an orang-utan at their disposal which, on a full moon night, with ample alcohol in its tummy paints classy paintings that are passed off as Bobby‘s work. Kher now wants these paintings; he is a resourceful man; he has all kinds of fighters to stop Sunny. First the white toughies followed by ninjas and, ultimately sumo wrestlers. Thankfully, with the sumos, the film ends.

    YPD 2 looks like just the idea, that of making a sequel to a fairly successful film. The development of this idea and intent is not evident in the 155 minutes of forced comedy. The gags are half-baked at most times and childish at others. The orang-utan is fun for a while but soon gets repetitive. Action sequences are stretched. Music is a letdown. Sangeeth Sivan‘s handling of the film is disappointing. The film rests mostly on the Deols; while Sunny is sincere, Dharmendra and Bobby overact. Sharma and Akheeva are okay but look too young with their respective heroes. Kher and Lever are too loud while Lever‘s sidekick, Khanna, needs subtitles to her dialogue. Kapoor is good in parts.

    All in all Yamla Pagla Deewana 2 is a disappointment.

  • Sequel to Finding Nemo releasing in 2015

    Sequel to Finding Nemo releasing in 2015

    MUMBAI: After years of speculation whether it‘s sequel would actually be produced, the sequel of the Oscar-winning animated film Finding Nemo will be come out in theatres in 2015, it is understood.
     
    The sequel Finding Dory will focus on the absent-minded and chatty blue tang fish voiced by comedienne Ellen DeGeneres. "I‘m excited that it‘s finally happening," DeGeneres has reportedly said. "I read the script and it‘s fantastic, it‘s hilarious, it‘s warm, it‘s everything that you want it to be," she added.
     
    The film will center on Dory reuniting with her ‘loved ones,‘ much like the family-focused plot of Nemo. "There is no Dory without Ellen," Stanton said in a statement. "She won the hearts of moviegoers all over the world – not to mention our team here at Pixar."
     
    Stanton said the film will be set in part along the California coast and take place about a year after Nemo.
     
    The film is set for a November 25, 2015, release.

  • Sequel of Phas Gaye Re Obama in offing

    Sequel of Phas Gaye Re Obama in offing

    MUMBAI: On the heels of Barack Obama‘s re-election as the President of the United States Revel Films, the makers of the 2010 flick Phas Gaye Re Obama has declared that a sequel to the film will go on floors in the early part of 2013.

    Producer Ashok Pandey said, “I think this is the perfect time for a sequel. In fact, we were thinking of this for some time now. Given that there was a very strong feeling that Obama would be returned to the seat of power for the second time.”

    The film titled Bach Gaye Re Obama would be helmed by Anshul Sharma who was the associate director to Subhash Kapoor in the original.

    Talking about the story of the upcoming film in short, Pandey said, “The bottom line of the film will be ‘getting out of recession.‘”

    Though the makers want to retain the cast of the original, they are also thinking of roping in veterans like Paresh Rawal and Naseeruddin Shah.

    In all probability, the film will release by spring in 2014.

  • Sequel of Ek Tha Tiger on cards

    Sequel of Ek Tha Tiger on cards

    MUMBAI: Going by the ending of the Salman Khan hit Ek Tha Tiger, where Salman and Katrina are on the run going from country-to-country, it was foreseen that the makers have kept room for the film‘s sequel.

    Now, turning assumptions into reality, it is being said that YRF has registered two titles Ek Hai Tiger and Ek Rahega Tiger for the sequel. If all goes well, the tiger saga will continue and so would its successful run at the box office.

    Besides Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif‘s good performance, the film is being appreciated for its technical values, DoP Aseem Mishra‘s artistic work, the production designers from multiple countries, the sound design and sync sound and last but not the least the background score by Julius Packham.

    Meanwhile, the film has been doing fantastic business and has reportedly garnered Rs 48.92 crore on its second day.

  • Sequel of Total Recall to release on 3 August

    MUMBAI: Total Recall, which was released in 1990, made Rachel Ticotin famous as the bold and beautiful Melina. The role made Rachel a household name and she was signed for many films like First Time Felon, Con air. Arnold Schwarzenegger played the male lead in the film.
    The reboot of this super hit blockbuster, now starring Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale and Jessica Biel, is ready for release. The film has Jessica playing Melina who will be seen butt kicking the goons.
    The audience awaits the arrival of new Melina with the release of the reboot Total Recall produced by Sony Pictures. The film releases on 3 August.

  • Reliance Entertainment plans Namastey London sequel

    MUMBAI: Reliance Entertainment has green lighted a sequel of Namastey London that starred Akshay Kumar. It has been confirmed that Akshay, who has delivered back to back hits in 2012, has been roped in for the project.

    A source, on conditions of anonymity has said that there has been a flurry of meetings between Kumar and the Reliance team and that the sequel has finally been locked.

    To be directed by Vipul Amrutlal Shah, the leading lady of the film has not been finalised yet.

    Initially, it was reported that Reliance had roped in AR Murugadoss to direct a film for them. Now it has come to light that the studio is talking to several other big directors too to make films for them.

  • Sequel of The Avengers on cards

    Sequel of The Avengers on cards

    MUMBAI: Disney CEO Bob Iger has announced that a follow-up of The Avengers was on the cards. He also said similar follow-ups are expected of films like Iron Man, Thor and Captain America.
    Repeating previous announcements made by Marvel Studios, the CEO said a third Iron Man and a second Thor are scheduled for 2013 and a sequel to Captain America: The First Avenger is in the works for 2014 release. He however gave no timeline for an Avengers sequel.

    Iger said that Avengers had shattered domestic box-office records with a $207.1 million opening weekend for a global performance of more than $702 million to date.
    He also revealed that there are Avengers-based attractions in the works for some of Disney‘s theme parks.