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  • ‘Interstellar’ grosses $621 million plus at the worldwide box office

    ‘Interstellar’ grosses $621 million plus at the worldwide box office

    BENGALURU:  Paramount Pictures (Paramount) and Warner Bros Pictures (WB) critically acclaimed film Interstellar has surpassed US$ 621 million (about Rs 3900 crore) at the worldwide box office to date says Viacom.

     

    Further, the movie has surpassed US$100 million (about Rs 620 crore) in Imax Theatres worldwide since its release on 5 November, marking the fourth time an Imax film has crossed the US$100 million threshold.

     

    Continuing the legacy begun by Nolan and his use of the 15 perf 65mm Imax cameras in The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises, more than an hour of Interstellar was shot using Imax cameras. Exclusively in Imax theatres, these sequences expand to fill the entire screen and deliver unprecedented crispness and clarity and provide audiences with a truly cinematic and immersive experience. Sequences of Interstellar shot in 35mm film have been digitally re-mastered into the image and sound quality of The Imax Experience with proprietary Imax DMR (Digital Re-mastering) technology.

     

    Directed by Christopher Nolan, Interstellar tells the story of a team of explorers that travel through a wormhole in an attempt to ensure humanity’s survival. The story is written by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan, and produced by Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan and Lynda Obst and stars Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Bill Irwin, Ellen Burstyn, John Lithgow and Michael Caine.

  • Anne Hathaway to star in Taming of the Shrew adaptation

    Anne Hathaway to star in Taming of the Shrew adaptation

    MUMBAI: Anne Hathaway, who was seen in both the editions of Les Miserables and The Dark Knight Rises, is all set to star in an adaptation of William Shakespeare‘s Taming of the Shrew, it is understood.

    The adaptation of the film will be handled by Abi Morgan, who scripted The Iron Lady and Shame while the project will be produced by Debra Hayward and Working Title.

    Hayward, a former Working Title executive, left the company in June of 2011 to start her own production company, Monumental Pictures. She promptly signed a first-look deal with Working Title. …Shrew will be the first film made under that agreement.

    Universal and Working Title, Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner‘s British production outfit responsible for Fargo and Billy Elliot have a longstanding production relationship dating to 1999. Their current first-look deal runs through 2015. This means that Universal would get the first chance to distribute the film.

    Earlier, the two companies did collaborate on films such as Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Atonement and Les Miserables.

    It is only last Sunday that Hathaway won a Golden Globe for her performance as Fantine in Les Miserables. She is considered the frontrunner for a supporting actress Oscar award as well.

  • Jack Reacher mktg altered in view of school shooting

    Jack Reacher mktg altered in view of school shooting

    MUMBAI: Film Studio Paramount has decided to make changes in the marketing materials for Jack Reacher, the gritty crime-action, Tom Cruise starrer based on Lee Child‘s character by the same name. Cruise plays a hard-boiled former military cop trying to prove that an alleged sniper was framed in the film that opens Friday.
    Though the studio hasn‘t officially said what the changes are, but buzz is that a scene of Cruise‘s character firing off a semi-automatic weapon is being cut from promotional spots. The reason behind this move is the recent shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School which left 20 children between five to 11 years dead and many others scarred for life.
    Apart from Cruise‘s Jack Reacher Leonardo DiCaprio starrer Django Unchained directed by Quentin Tarantino is slated to open on 25 December. The R-rated Django stars Jamie Foxx as a slave promised his freedom if he helps a bounty hunter (Christoph Waltz ) track down a plantation owner (Leonardo DiCaprio). On 17 December The Weinstein Co.
    Announced it was cancelling Tuesday night‘s Django premiere in Los Angeles because of the school tragedy but it would still hold a screening for cast and crew.
    "Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families of the tragedy in Newtown, Conn., and in this time of national mourning we have decided to forgo our scheduled event," the company said in a statement.
    At a junket for Django on Saturday in New York, Tarantino said he is weary of defending the violence in his movies. "I just think there‘s violence in the world. Tragedies happen," the filmmaker said. "[Django} is a Western. Give me a break."
    Foxx, however, said Hollywood can‘t "ignore" that violence in movies has an impact. And this summer, Harvey Weinstein, an advocate for gun control, called for a summit on violence in films after the Aurora theater shooting during a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises.

  • People mad to see The Dark Knight Rises

    MUMBAI: Christopher Nolan‘s final installment of Batman. So much is the excitement to see the film, the online ticketing service Fandango has said that more than 2,000 shows are already sold out including every midnight Imax run.
    With this, The Dark Knight Rises seems to be outpacing The Avengers in terms of advance ticket sales, said the online ticketing service.
    From Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures, the film opens at the domestic box office in more than 3,700 theaters. Initially, it was reported that the superhero film had collected $25 million in advance sales as of Wednesday. The number shot up by the end of Thursday. The online ticketing service has sold out more than 2,000 shows of Dark Knight Rises.

    “Thursday‘s ticket sales are incredibly strong, as film fans are flocking to Fandango to guarantee their seats for the film‘s opening weekend,” Fandango executive vp and GM Rick Butler has reportedly said. “The good news is that that theatre owners are continually posting new show times on Fandango to meet the fan demand, so tickets are still available,” it observed.
    Pre-release tracking for The Dark Knight Rises is so huge that the film should have no trouble besting the $158.4 million opening of The Dark Knight to score the best domestic debut of all time for a 2D film.

  • Warner Bros partners Bournville to promote ‘The Dark Knight Rises’

    Warner Bros partners Bournville to promote ‘The Dark Knight Rises’

    Mumbai: Warner Bros has partnered with Cadbury Bournville, the dark chocolate brand from Cadbury, for the release of its soon-to-be released Hollywood movie ‘The Dark Knight Rises‘ (TDKR).

    Cadbury Bournville will pull out all stops for the cinema release through an integrated marketing campaign. According to the company, the association will delight the Indian youth who await the release of the movie on 20 July, and for whom the love for the ‘Dark‘ will come together with this union.

    The Cadbury Bournville – TDKR integration comes to life with special brand packaging, in-store branding, on-ground activities, and television and cinema campaigns. The campaign has been designed and created to ensure engagement across all touch points to reach out to fans of the movie franchise as well as Bournville loyalists.

    Additionally, there is a Bournville‘s digital campaign especially created for the TDKR association. The digital campaign has been brought to life with an online contest that aims to add to the wave of anticipation and excitement with the legion of movie buffs and dark chocolate fans.

    Cadbury India director – snacking and strategy Chandramouli Venkatesan said, “As the fans await the movie of the year to be released in India, we plan to take the ‘The Dark Knight Rises‘ release to greater heights and even greater excitement among Bournville consumers. The movie characterises strong feeling of emotions among youth, something that Bournville lovers are known for. The Bournville brand fit with the Dark Knight franchise cannot be any better than this. It‘s like the Dark Knight really has a “Dark” companion in India.”

    The Dark Knight has taken centre stage on Cadbury Bournville‘s Facebook page, with contests and gave 100 “lucky” fans prizes.

    The digital campaign also features a 30-second commercial viewed on Cadbury Bournville‘s official YouTube channel. The video is interactive in nature as daily trivia around the Batman franchise will be posted on it with prizes for winners. Those with the right answers will win passes to the pre-screenings of TDKR which will be organised in cities of Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata and Chennai.

    Promoting Cadbury Bournville-TDKR association, a 30-second TVC will be rolled out in the second week of July. It will be aired on television channels and cinema theaters.

    The TDKR packs of Bournville will run an online contest for customers where one lucky winner will stand a chance to win a free trip for two to Warner Bros. Movie World in Australia. The contest will be available on all packs of Bournville – Rich Cocoa, Hazelnut, Almond, Raisin and Nut.

    The association will be promoted in-stores through heavy trade activations in traditional and modern trade throughout the month of July. The campaign will continue to be driven through direct marketing and promotional activity.

  • Hollywood studios laud China’s willingness to treat US films more fairly

    Hollywood studios laud China’s willingness to treat US films more fairly

    MUMBAI: The recent move of the Chinese government to comply with a World Trade Organisation order to treat US films more fairly has been lauded by studio executives in Hollywood.

    But privately, they wonder how it will shake out and when because the Chinese government has yet to sign a WTO Memorandum of Understanding.

    Hollywood had agreed to live with the resulting agreement because it could be revisited in five years. A fine ticking point was revenue-sharing: The studios wanted 30 per cent but had to settle for 25 (previously, it was 13 to 17 per cent).

    Beijing-based DMG Entertainment’s CEO Dan Mintz said, “Obviously, from the top-line level, all of this is good. But it‘s important to remember that the quota is just one layer that is used by the powers that be to control things. They have censorship, they control all the screens and hold control over when a film comes on against which competition and how long it stays in theatres.”

    The Chinese market is too hot for Hollywood studios not to keep trying. In 2008, the local box-office intake was $630 million; in 2011, it reached a massive $2.1 billion. Theatre construction is also growing by bounds spurring a proliferation of state-of-the-art 3D screens. And this is where Hollywood has the upper hand as its proliferation of 3D films deliver much-needed content.

    It may be noted that five of China‘s 10 top-grossing films in 2011 were 3D studio releases, all of them from Hollywood. In 2011, Transformers: Dark of the Moon (3D) was China‘s top-grossing title, earning $172 million.

    Interestingly, had the new revenue-sharing deal been in effect then, Paramount would have seen a return of $43 million compared to $26 million.

    The first 3D release set to open in China this year is Titanic 3D, in early April. No one — not even the film‘s overseas distributor, Fox — knows whether the new rules will be in place by then, but most studios believe they will by summer.

    It is also uncertain as to which 3D titles China will accept this year from films like The Amazing Spider-Man, The Dark Knight Rises, Brave, The Avengers, Men in Black III and Madagascar 3.

  • This Means War opens on 16 March

    This Means War opens on 16 March

    MUMBAI: Fox Star Studios India is gearing up to release This Means War on 16 March.

    Produced by Fox Star Studios, the film promises to bring cinegoers an unbeatable combo of fast-paced fun with the right amount of action, comedy and romance all mixed together for an enjoyable night at the cinema.

    The spy-against-spy storyline is what happens when two best friends who have incredible mental and physical skills turn on each other. At the same time, the director wanted these bigger-than-life situations to be relatable. “We wanted to present that in a way that felt very credible,” said the director who had earlier directed films like Charlie’s Angels and Terminator: Salvation.

    This Means War stars Chris Pine (of Star Trek, Princess Diairies) and Tom Hardy (Inception, The Dark Knight Rises fame) who along with being the world’s deadliest CIA operatives are also best friends until they unwittingly fall for the same gorgeous woman (Reese Witherspoon), an official release said.

  • Warners reschedules releases

    Warners reschedules releases

    MUMBAI: While Project X, that was to have released on 23 November, has been postponed for a 2 March, 2012 release, Walter Hill‘s action film Bullet will release on 13 April next year.

    Warners had put two more titles, the Todd Phillips-produced high school movie Project X and director Walter Hill‘s action film Bullet to the Head, on its 2012 release schedule.

    Project X, about a high school party that spirals out of control, marks the directorial debut of Nima Nourizadeh. It features a young cast comprising of actors like Miles Teller, Alexis Knapp, Thomas Mann and Jonathan Brown.

    Bullet stars Sylvester Stallone as a New Orleans hitman who teams up with a New York cop, played by Fast Five‘s Sung Kang, to track down the killers of their respective partners.

    Warners‘ 2012 line-up also includes films like Wrath of the Titans on 30 March, Rock of Ages on 1 June and The Dark Knight Rises on 20 July.