MUMBAI: As a part of celebrating the 30th anniversary of Steven Spielberg‘s science-fiction masterpiece ET: The Extra-Terrestrial, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has arranged a special screening.
The Science and Technology Council of the Academy has teamed up with the Palo Alto International Film Festival (PAIFF) to present a screening of the 1992 release on 28 September at the Outdoor Festival Village Stage in Palo Alto, it is understood.
Termed as Spielberg‘s “most personal film” and considered by many as a benchmark in the science fiction genre, ET continues to delight audiences with its emotional story of the intense relationship between the young Elliott (Henry Thomas) and the lovable alien who is trying to return to his home planet.
The film, also starring Dee Wallace, Robert MacNaughton, Drew Barrymore, and Peter Coyote in prominent roles, was nominated for nine Academy Awards but won four.
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Academy to screen Spielberg’s ET as part of 30th anniversary of the film
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Spielberg’s Jaws to release on Blu-Ray on 14 August
MUMBAI: Steven Spielberg‘s Jaws that shattered box office records in 1975 debuts in high definition this August with improved picture, an expanded sound mix and a collection of in-depth bonus materials.
It releases on Blu-ray on 14 August on Universal Studios Home Entertainment According to a press release issued by Universal, Jaws was restored from the original camera negative after researching and evaluating all of the existing film elements, which included inter-positives, 35mm prints and other materials.
Using New York‘s Cineric restoration facility, Universal scanned the negative "through a liquid gate process that eliminates surface scratches." The files of this scanned film were transferred to servers at Universal Studios Digital Services, where technicians of the studio‘s balanced colour, removed dirt and scratches and otherwise repaired any damage on a frame-by-frame basis.The 1975 film joins a collection of 13 that Universal is digitally re-mastering and restoring to commemorate the studio‘s 100th Anniversary celebration.
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Spielberg not to helm Jurrasic Park 4
MUMBAI: Steven Spielberg has said that he will produce the fourth version of Jurassic Park, but won‘t helm it.
“I don‘t want to talk about ‘Jurassic Park 4‘ yet – it‘s too early – but I can tell you that I‘m not directing it. I‘m producing it though,” the 65-year-old Spielberg bared in an interview.
The filmmaker helmed 1993 the sci-fi thriller Jurassic Park and its 1997 follow-up The Lost World: Jurassic Park. He also produced ‘Jurassic Park III‘, which was released in 2001.
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Reliance Entertainment to release War Horse on 10 Feb
MUMBAI: Reliance Entertainment will release Oscar-winning director Steven Spielberg‘s War Horse on 10 February.
Co-produced by DreamWorks and Reliance Entertainment, the film is set against a sweeping canvas of rural England and Europe during World War I. A story of friendship and war, the film has been inspired by a book, which was made into a stage play that has now been turned into a big screen adaptation.
The movie, set in World War I, begins with the remarkable friendship between a horse named Joey and a young man called Albert, played by Jeremy Irvine, as he tames and trains Joey.
When they are forcefully parted, the film follows the extraordinary journey of the horse as he moves through the war, changing and inspiring the lives of all those he meets – British cavalry, German soldiers, and a French farmer and his granddaughter – before the story reaches its emotional climax in the heart of No Man‘s Land.
War Horse released in the US on 25 December last year.
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Scorsese to receive BAFTA honour
MUMBAI: The British Academy of Film and Television Arts will decide filmmaker Martin Scorsese with the BAFTA Fellowship for his contribution to cinema.
Said British Academy of Film and Television Arts chairman Tim Corrie, “Martin Scorsese is a legend in his lifetime; a true inspiration to all young directors the world over.
We are delighted to honour his contribution to cinema history and look forward to paying tribute to him in London on February 12.”
The 69-year-old director, who last year released his first family film Hugo, will join the likes of Stanley Kubrick, Steven Spielberg and Judi Dench next month by receiving the accolade given to those who provide an exceptional contribution to film, it is understood.
“It is a great honour to be recognized by the British Academy and to join the ranks of such an esteemed group of industry colleagues and friends,” commented Scorsese after hearing the news of the BAFTA honour.
The BAFTA Awards ceremony will be held on February 12.
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4 films to vie for Oscar best picture honour
MUMBAI: As the Oscar awards presentation ceremony, that is to be held on February 26 is approaching fast, four films have emerged as the front runners to lap up the coveted best picture trophy.
Among them are the black-and-white silent film The Artist, the Deep South drama The Help, George Clooney‘s family tale The Descendants and Steven Spielberg‘s World War I epic War Horse.
Till last Tuesday, organizers mailed ballots to 5,783 voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Ballots are to be sent back by January 13 while the nominations will be announced on January 24.
The Oscar ceremony will have Billy Crystal returning as host for the first time in eight years.
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Spielberg working on script of Tintin sequel
MUMBAI: With The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn doing very well all across the globe, filmmaker Steven Spielberg has already started working on the script for a sequel to the 3-D film.
According to producer Kathleen Kennedy, she and Spielberg are busy with the new script and hope to have the film release by summer 2015 at the latest. “Oh yeah it is being moved forward, in fact Steven and I were talking about it this morning. We‘re working on a script right now, we‘ll see a script probably February or March.
If we can do some camera capture this summer, which I think we could do, then we would be on track to have the movie either Christmas 2014 or summer 2015, and so that‘s what we‘re looking at right now,” Kennedy has reportedly said.
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Spielberg to helm Gods and Kings for Warner Bros
MUMBAI: Warner Bros is in talks with Steven Spielberg to direct Gods and Kings, a new religious film that follows the Biblical story of Moses from the Old Testament.
The script of the film charts the prophet‘s life from birth to death and focuses on his quest to free the Jewish people from the oppression of the Egyptian civilisation.
Meanwhile, it is learnt that British actor David Oyelowo has joined the cast of Steven Spielberg‘s Lincoln, a biopic of the 16th President of the United States that stars Daniel Day-Lewis in the title role. Oyelowo will play a cavalryman in the film based on definitive Lincoln biography ‘Team of Rivals‘ by Doris Kearns Goodwin.
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‘There is significant increase in competition from companies and countries from Asia and LA’ : Iatas president and CEO Bruce Paisner
The International Emmy Awards have been growing in strength from year to year. These recognise the best in television from around the world. This time around The International Academy of Arts and Sciences (Iatas) wants India to be a bigger part of the awards and the Academy. With that aim in mind Iatas president and CEO Bruce Paisner is coming down to India next month to meet with the top television industry professionals. He will be assisted in this by Anil Wanvari a member of the Academy.
In an interview with Indiantelevision.com, Paisner talks about the role the Academy plays in recognising the best of global television, country participation, the importance of having digital media awards.
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What role does The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences play in facilitating awareness of global television programming?
We award International Emmys in ten categories as well as digital and news categories. During the year we run panels and forums to stay at the cutting edge of developments in international programming. We set the standard for excellence in television programming. Performances and nominations and wins are carefully followed by industry professionals, television fans and the media at large.We pride ourselves in offering every year, a unique cultural showcase of the best television currently produced around the world. When a producer or broadcaster enters a programme or performance into our competition, they open themselves up to many wonderful opportunities: being nominated or winning an Emmy of course, but also, having their programme watched by jurors from all over the world.
Additionally, our network of over 600 Members from 50 countries who represent all sectors of the television industry including mobile and Internet, plays a major role in promoting our activities and the importance of entering into our competition.
In light of this, we are doing more activities with our Members and more international outreach.
How has your flagship event, The International Emmy Awards, grown over the past five years?
The International Emmy Awards Gala has grown in both prestige and attendance. It also has grown in the number of countries represented that night in the room. Last November, we had over 50 countries represented. The International Academy’s goal is to make the experience in the room better for our guests every year. People convene to New York for the International Emmy Awards and The International Emmy World Television Festival and we strive to offer them a full 3-day programme which includes both business and social events.The buzz around the awards has grown. Last year we gave Special Awards to Lorne Michaels and Simon Cowell. Past award recipients in the last five years have included Steven Spielberg, Al Gore and Oprah Winfrey. The global publicity and excitement around the event is rising every year and we are thankful to our Gala Partners, Phoenix Satellite Television, TV Globo, Microsoft, Dori Media Group, Ascent Media, Ernst & Young, Variety, Mip TV and Sofitel Luxury Hotels for their continued support.
How does the selection process work? Has country participation increased?
It is important to understand that The Academy does not select programmes; the producers and broadcasters need to enter their programmes into the competition. All the rules and entry information are on our website www.iemmys.tv.We have a total of 15 programme categories. Nominees are selected through a lengthy and rigorous judging process which takes place over a period of six months and three rounds of judging. Over 720 independent jurors, who are selected because they are experts in their category, participated in this process in 2010. There are four nominees in each category that make it to the final round
Regarding increase in country participation, in the past five years we’ve seen significant increase in participation in the competition from companies and countries from Asia and Latin America. Entries from Latin America have doubled and those from Asia, the Middle East and Africa have grown by more than 50 per cent. Unfortunately, India’s quality programming is vastly underrepresented so far. We look forward to that changing.
What kind of marketing do you do to create awareness among broadcasters about the awards?
We have ad campaigns that run in trade magazines throughout the year, throughout the world. We are present at the leading trade shows such as Natpe, MIPTV and Mipcom. We distribute our publication, The International Emmy Almanac, at those events where we also advertise about membership and entries into the competition.We also have a quarterly newsletter that goes to over 10,000 industry contacts worldwide and a Facebook and Twitter following. And as you know, since you have been hosting a semi-final round of judging for us for several years, we are present in over 15 countries every summer with local semi-final rounds of judging events organised by member companies. These events are strategic in creating awareness about the competition because they involve content producers directly. Once they see how the competition works, they are more likely to enter their programmes.
“India is such a prominent player in the television industry and unfortunately, this is not reflected in the International Emmy Awards competition. We hope more Indian television professionals will get involved with us“You added the digital Emmys a few years back. Was that done to acknowledge changes happening in a rapidly changing media landscape?
Definitely, as The International Academy we need to reflect the developments in our industry. Multiplatform content is the norm now, and audiences’ viewing patterns are leading the growth in the digital sector.The International Digital Emmy Awards recognise excellence in programming and content created and designed for viewer interaction and/or delivery on a digital platform (i.e. mobile, internet, interactive TV, etc.) originating outside the United States. We have three categories: Fiction; Non-Fiction and Children & Young People. The competition has been growing over the past five years and we’re looking forward to more entries every year.
The aim for you is to stay one step ahead of developments in the industry. What steps were recently taken to achieve this?
This is a very good question. Of course, we need to stay one step ahead so that our members can stay one step ahead. To that end we organise industry forums and panels that address the central challenges and opportunities our industry is facing.Our competition also stays one step ahead. One example is the digital Emmy awards, with the three categories which have evolved over the years and the presentation of a Pioneer Prize, which recognizes the outstanding contributions of an individual or organisation to the field of digital entertainment. Another example is separating the news categories to News & Current Affairs and presenting them at a separate News Emmy awards ceremony presented by the National Academy in New York.
Also, the Telenovela category was created three years ago because of the global nature of the phenomenon and the need for our competition to recognise this important genre became imperative.
Could you talk about the scope The International Academy sees in India for content producers and channels to be a part of The International Academy?
First of all, we encourage Indian content producers and broadcasters to enter their programmes into the International Emmy Awards competition. The entry deadline for this year is February 20th, all the information is on our website www.iemmys.tv. It’s very simple to enter, and also important to enter as many categories as possible.Also, if you are involved in international television, you should consider becoming a Member. Our team in New York will be happy to help with any questions regarding Membership, they can email iemmys@iemmys.tv.
India is such a prominent player in the television industry and unfortunately, this is not reflected in the International Emmy Awards competition. We hope more Indian television professionals will get involved with us and thanks to the wonderful platform offered by Indiantelevision.com and Anil Wanvari, we hope this will be possible.
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Steven Spielberg teams up with TNT for TV mini series
MUMBAI: After a successful collaboration on the critically acclaimed miniseries Into the West US network TNT is teaming once again with DreamWorks Television and executive producer Steven Spielberg.
This time it is an epic, six-hour adaptation of horror novelist Stephen King and Peter Straub’s adventure The Talisman,Written in 1984, The Talisman marks the first collaboration between bestselling authors King and Straub. It tells the story of Jack Sawyer, a boy who goes on a quest through this world and through a parallel world known as The Territories, experiencing both good and evil in each. His goal is to obtain a mysterious talisman that will save his dying mothers life, as well as the life of her twinner, the Queen of The Territories.
TNT senior VP original programming Michael Wright says, “We are so happy and proud to be working with DreamWorks Television and Steven Spielberg after such a tremendous experience making Into the West.
“We have also had excellent results working with Stephen Kings material on Salems Lot and Nightmares And Dreamscapes. So the opportunity to bring these talents together on our network is just about as good as it gets. Like those previous projects, The Talisman is a truly epic production, but one that will present all new challenges and opportunities. We look forward to working with this top-notch team of filmmakers as we create what is certain to be a television event to remember.”
Spielberg haas in the past produced shows like Band Of Brothers and Taken. While the former aired in India on HBO the latter aired on Star Movies.