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  • Robert Downey Jr. urges ‘Avengers’ fans to donate for kids with terminal diseases

    Robert Downey Jr. urges ‘Avengers’ fans to donate for kids with terminal diseases

    NEW DELHI: Ironman Robert Downey Jr has appealed to his fans to attend the world premiere of Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron, to help his charity, which helps children suffering from terminal diseases. 

     

    His post on his Facebook page is imploring fans to donate for such children with a charity event that is supporting Julia’s House, a hospice that provides care and support for life-limited children and their families.

     

    Downey Jr reached out to his fans on social media saying, “Hi folks, here’s the skinny: we’ve raised $1.3 MILLION for kids with terminal diseases. That’s incredible, but I think we can do better. Our goal is to reach $2M to help build a brand spanking new wing for Julia’s House. There’s just one week left to enter to win the chance to go to the premiere of Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron with me. Click the pic and assemble!”

     

    Written and directed by Joss Whedon and produced by Kevin Feige, Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron is based on Marvel comic book seriesThe Avengers, first published in 1963. The movie is set for release on 24 April.

     

    Avengers: Age of Ultron stars Downey Jr. along with Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Don Cheadle, Cobie Smulders, Stellan Skarsg?rd, Samuel L. Jackson, James Spader, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany.

  • The Avengers’ Loki set to dawn a country star’s hat in new biopic

    The Avengers’ Loki set to dawn a country star’s hat in new biopic

    MUMBAI: Keeping his villainous persona as The Avengers’ Loki on hold momentarily, Tom Hiddleston will play country western singer Hank Williams in Marc Abraham’s I Saw the Light, which will recount the legendary country musician’s rise to fame and the tragic downfall that ensued.

     

    Hiddleston, who will do his own singing in the film, has appeared as Loki in Thor, The Avengers and Thor: The Dark World. He recently wrapped Guillermo del Toro’s Crimson Peak and will soon start work on Ben Wheatley’s High-Rise.

     

    The film is written and directed by Abraham and is based on the bestselling biography by Colin Escott’s biography. The film is scheduled to begin production in Louisiana in October. Via Sony ATV, the production has secured rights to the Williams music catalogue including hits as “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry,” “Hey Good Lookin’” and “Your Cheatin’ Heart.”

  • Disney delays voyage of ‘Pirates Of The Caribbean 5’; eyeing 2016 to set sail

    Disney delays voyage of ‘Pirates Of The Caribbean 5’; eyeing 2016 to set sail

    MUMBAI: Disney has moved forward its summer 2015 release date with Pirates Of The Caribbean 5, and the studio is now looking to slot it for summer 2016. This will create some jockeying from other studios next summer, Pirates had been slated for a 10 July release and other studios steered clear of that date.

    The studio and producer Jerry Bruckheimer have an advanced outline from scribe Jeff Nathanson, who is writing. They have directors Joachim Roenning and Espen Sandberg, who are new to the big scale of a film like Pirates. The studio would have to get into production by February, which would mean prepping off the outline.

    The decision was made that it wasn’t worth rushing until they are sure the script is in place. The first four films grossed $3.7 billion, and the last installment, On Stranger Tides, crossed the $1 billion mark. There is a sequel to The Avengers and the first of the next three installments of the Star Wars franchise, directed by JJ Abrams lined up for Disney. There is also the Marvel pic Ant-Man, and Inside Out from Pixar.

    Johnny Depp is firmly committed to return to his Jack Sparrow role, but has his hands full with Into The Woods and Alice In Wonderland 2.

  • Hunger Games spoof to release in October

    Hunger Games spoof to release in October

    MUMBAI: Jason Freidberg and Aaron Seltzer have not stopped entertaining the people with their spoof list. A ketchup entertainment has acquired rights to distribute The Starving Games, to be released on 8 November.

     

    The spoof will be released days before the second part of the official series – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. The flick is produced by Safran Company and is written and directed by the duo. With movies such as Scary Movie, Epic Movie under their belt, they plan to make everyone laugh out loud with this next.

     

    The movie will also poke fun at pop culture flicks such as The Avengers, Sherlock Holmes, Harry Potter, Psy etc.

     

    K5 reps international rights. Friedberg and Seltzer are working on a spoof of The Fast and the Furious called Superfast.

  • Iron Man 3 rakes in the even before its US release

    Iron Man 3 rakes in the even before its US release

    MUMBAI: The third installment in Marvel’s Iron Man series is breaking records in many markets as reported by the Hollywood Reporter.

    The Robert Downey Jr starrer has continued to give a strong performance since Thursday when it opened in supplementary foreign markets, grossing $23.3 million to bump its two-day international total to an astounding $36.5 million.

    The Disney  and Marvel Studios tent-pole, returning Downey in the title role, is racing ahead of Iron Man 2 in many international markets, prompting box-office observers to speculate that the ‘threequel‘ is benefiting mightily from last year‘s mega blockbuster The Avengers, which starred Downey‘s character along with other Marvel superheroes.

    Iron Man 3 is opening internationally a week ahead of its North American debut on 3 May, similar to Iron Man 2, which posted a foreign opening of about $100 million in 2010. Pundits expect Iron Man 3 to post a foreign opening north of $110 million.

    The superhero franchise rolled out in a dozen countries on Wednesday, making $13.2 million. On Thursday, it opened in another raft of markets. In Korea, the movie opened to $3 million — the third-biggest opening of all time behind the final Pirates of the Caribbean movie and the third Transformers.

    Iron Man 3 opened to $3.6 million in the UK, just 9 per cent behind Avengers. while in Argentina, it opened to $700,000, the second-biggest debut of all time behind the final Harry Potter movie.

    By Sunday, the threequel will be playing in 80 per cent of the international marketplace, minus the U.S., China and Russia. Disney said on Friday that the Chinese release date has been shifted from 3 May to 1 May.

  • PGA announces nominations for 26 January awards

    PGA announces nominations for 26 January awards

    MUMBAI: The Producers Guild of America (PGA) has announced the nominations of both the motion picture and long-form television for the 24th Annual Producers Guild Awards.
    Films like Argo, Zero Dark Thirty, Lincoln and Les Miserables made the list. While some thought films like The Avengers, The Master or The Dark Knight Rises might be nominated, but they lost out to Beasts of the Southern Wild, Moonrise Kingdom and Skyfall.
    Last year‘s PGA nominees saw three films miss the Oscar cut. They were Bridesmaids, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and The Ides of March. Instead Extremely Loud, Incredibly Close and The Tree of Life were nominated in their place.
    All 2013 Producers Guild Award winners will be announced on 26 January.

  • The Avengers nets Rs 470 mn in India

    The Avengers nets Rs 470 mn in India

    MUMBAI: Marvel Studios and Disney’s superhero ensemble film, The Avengers, has become the fourth highest Hollywood grosser in India, according to UTV Motion Pictures.

    The big screen adaptation of the Marvel comic has earned over Rs 470 million net in its fourth-week run so far. Having released on 27 April, a week before its US release, the film is still running in both the 2D and 3D formats in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.

    The top five Hollywood films in India are Avatar (net lifetime collections of Rs 990 million), 2012 (Rs 650 million), Spider-Man 3 (Rs 490 million), The Avengers, which has so far raked in Rs 460 million so far and Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (Rs 350 million), according to data provided by UTV.

    The Avengers is one of the first big ticket Hollywood releases in India by Disney UTV.

    “The unprecedented success of The Avengers in India is a great demonstration of how the same aggressive marketing and distribution strategies we adopt to release our big ticket Hindi movies can be applied to Hollywood movies as well. The Avengers is one of those movies that has wowed critics and audiences alike, and in the incredible opening followed up by throngs of repeat audiences, have helped the film break records not just in India but globally. We are thrilled that one of the first big ticket Hollywood releases in India by Disney UTV, has achieved this level of success,” said UTV Motion Pictues CEO Siddharth Roy Kapur.

    Overseas, the film has joined the billion dollar box office club in just 19 days. Tapping its trajectory, international trade pundits predict that the film is slated to become the third highest grossing film of all time by the end of its run after Avatar and Titanic.

    The film stars Robert Downey Jr as Iron Man, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Chris Evans as Captain America, Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye, Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow, Mark Ruffalo as the Hulk, Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury and Tom Hiddleston as Loki.

  • MIB 3 set to dislodge The Avengers

    MIB 3 set to dislodge The Avengers

    MUMBAI: Will Smith’s Men in Black 3 is expected to garner anywhere around $80 million-$90 million in the domestic circuit. Sony is looking to dominate the Memorial Day holiday weekend with Men in Black 3.

    The big-budget 3D film costing close to $230 million is widely expected to topple The Avengers from the top spot at the domestic box office with a solid four-day gross. MIB 3, which also opens around the world, is predicted to clear $200 million globally till Monday.

    Meawhile, Avengers continues to run riot nearly a month into its run and will become the No. 3 film of all time at the worldwide box office by the end of the weekend or early next week.

    The film has acquired a global total of $1.22 billion till last Wednesday putting it at No. 4 behind Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 ($1.33 billion).

    MIB 3 opens one week after Universal and Hasbro Entertainment‘s big-budget Battleship debuted to a dismal $25.5 million domestically.

    The first Men in Black, that released in 1997, was a runaway success earning $587 million worldwide. But the sequel Men in Black II, that opened in July 2002 was a critical disappointment after it gathered $441 million.

  • The Avengers amasses $95.4 million in 3rd week

    The Avengers amasses $95.4 million in 3rd week

    MUMBAI: Continuing its onward victorious march, Disney and Marvel‘s The Avengers garnered a weekend tally of $95.4 million from 54 territories in its third week.

    Avengers‘ weekend action was down by 39 per cent from the last weekend‘s gross. In just 12 days, the film has out grossed such Marvel titles as Captain America ($192 million offshore), Iron Man ($266.7 million), Thor ($268.3 million) and Iron Man 2 ($311.5 million).

    Besides setting industry opening records in a dozen offshore markets including Brazil and Mexico, the Joss Whedon-directed film rolled up mighty market cumes in the UK ($65.7 million), China ($52.3 million), Mexico ($49.6 million), Korea ($41.3 million), Australia ($40.5 million), Russia ($36 million), France ($33.4 million) and Germany ($24.1 million).

    Slightly eating into Avengers‘ gross intake was Warner Bros.‘ Dark Shadows that opened offshore at 5,664 sites in 42 territories for an estimated $36.7 million. It finished No. 2 on the weekend.

    The Johnny Depp film drew 93 per cent of what 2005‘s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory grossed in the same markets at “the same point in release,” said Warner Bros. (Factory went on to take in $268 million offshore.)

    The biggest market for Shadows was Russia, where the film playing at 977 situations grossed $5.3 million. A No. 1 France opening generated $4.6 million at 474 situations, and in the UK, the film collected $4 million from 515 venues.

  • The Avengers likely to gross $ 1 billion by Sunday

    The Avengers likely to gross $ 1 billion by Sunday

    MUMBAI: Disney‘s The Avengers is expected to cross the $800 million mark Thursday and might gross $1 billion globally by Sunday or early next week. It is said that if it reaches the milestone on Sunday, its 19th day in release, it will be on par with Avatar and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 in terms of record-breaking speed.

    Through Wednesday, the film directed by Joss Whedon had grossed $775.4 million worldwide, including a Wednesday take of $31.2 million. Last weekend, it scored the biggest domestic debut of all time with an intake of $207.4 million.

    This weekend Avengers could well gross $100 million domestically and $100 million overseas. But those numbers could come in lower if the drop is bigger than expected.

    The only new wide release of the weekend is Tim Burton‘s campy adaptation of the 1966-71 daytime soap Dark Shadows.The film that has Johnny Depp in the lead as a vampire is likely to open between the $35 million to $40 million range domestically. It also opens in 42 markets overseas, where Depp is a huge international star.

    Dark Shadows could beat Avengers in certain territories but might not be able to match Avengers‘ overall weekend international gross. Burton‘s film got off to a strong start Wednesday in France, grossing roughly $770,000 to beat Avengers on its third Wednesday.

    Made at a cost of $100 million, Dark Shadows should go well among women though interest has picked up among men in recent days.