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  • Hriday responds to Woody Allen’s decision on Blue Jasmine India release

    Hriday responds to Woody Allen’s decision on Blue Jasmine India release

    MUMBAI: Woody Allen directed Blue Jasmine was set to be released in India two weeks ago but in the last moment was called off since the director did not want to comply with anti- smoking regulations of the country.

     

    Now NGO Hriday (Health Related Information Dissemination Amongst Youth) has responded to Allen’s claim that smoking messages in the movie distracts people. In the letter addressed to Allen, they said that many big movies have complied with the norms and have done well at the box office including The Hobbit, Django Unchained as well as Bollywood production houses like UTV motion pictures and Karan Johar productions also started complying with the rules as soon as they came into effect.

     

    They also said that a study conducted by them showed that youngsters exposed to smoking scenes in movies were twice as likely to try it. They also said that ‘several countries require censor of contents before screening films to confirm to their laws and cultural sensitivities globally’.

     

    Blue Jasmine was to be released by PVR Pictures. The movie has been critically acclaimed regarding Kate Blanchett’s performance. Let’s see whether Allen responds to the mail and consents to release the movie so that Indians don’t have to miss a good one.

  • The Hobbit and Skyfall emerge winners at Jameson Empire Awards 2013

    The Hobbit and Skyfall emerge winners at Jameson Empire Awards 2013

    MUMBAI: The latest Bond film Skyfall and The Hobbit turned out to be the big winners at the Empire Awards 2013.
     
    The Bond film beat Quentin Tarantino‘s Django Unchained and the third in the Christopher Nolan Batman trilogy The Dark Knight Rises to win the Best Film award, while Sam Mendes was named the best director.
     
    On the other hand, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey won an award for the best Science-Fiction/Fantasy film.

    In the acting category, Martin Freeman won the best actor award for his performance of Bilbo Baggins. He outscored Daniel Day-Lewis and Daniel Craig.

    Helen Mirren and Mendes won the Empire Inspiration award.

  • The Hobbit pushes Life of Pi to second spot collecting $ 91 million in second weekend

    The Hobbit pushes Life of Pi to second spot collecting $ 91 million in second weekend

    MUMBAI: Opening in 35 markets, New Line/MGM‘s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey swept the foreign theatrical circuit for the second consecutive weekend bagging $91 million in more than 18,600 screens in 59 markets. It thereby pushed Life of Pi to second place.
    The Hobbit drew a mighty opening gross in Russia ($16.8 million from 2,129 venues including previews), taking 75 per cent of the weekend market. Distributor Warner Bros said that in Russia, 65 per cent of the total box office came from 3D venues.
    To underscore the growth in recent years of the Russian territory, the distributor noted that the weekend debut paced 313 per cent ahead of the opening Russia gross of Jackson‘s Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, released in 2003 and the biggest foreign grosser of the LOTR titles.
    Director Peter Jackson‘s fantasy tale of the first installment of the director‘s $500 million trilogy based on the J R R Tolkien novel took a relatively small dip of 34 per cent from its opening round and has totaled a foreign gross intake to date of $284 million.
    Meanwhile, Paramount‘s latest Tom Cruise action title, Jack Reacher that premiered in seven offshore markets including Turkey, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Lebanon collected an estimated $2.5 million from 365 locations.
    Universal opened Les Miserables co-starring Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe and Anne Hathaway in 348 locations in Japan for a weekend total of $4.2 million for a per-location average of more than $12,000.
    Universal also opened director Judd Apatow‘s comedy, This Is 40, in eight screens in Slovenia. Results is expected to be out today.

  • ‘The Hobbit’ scores record $84.8 million in opening weekend

    ‘The Hobbit’ scores record $84.8 million in opening weekend

    MUMBAI: New Line and MGM‘s ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey‘ started the holiday season with an opening of $84.8 million thus becoming the top three-day opener of all time for the month of December. In North America, Will Smith‘s ‘I Am Legend‘ previously held the record for best December opening with $77.2 million on the same weekend in 2007.
    Hobbit opened to $138.2 million overseas for a worldwide total of $223 million racing ahead of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King in 2003 ($125.9 million).
    Trade pundits estimate that Warner Bros‘ New Line which is distributing the 3D fantasy adventure, could earn as much as four times its opening weekend gross through New Year‘s Day (Christmas films can have especially strong multiples).
    Hobbit is based on J. R. R. Tolkien‘s 1937 novel and is set 60 years before the events chronicled in The Lord of the Rings.

  • The Hobbit earns $13 million in midnight runs in the US

    The Hobbit earns $13 million in midnight runs in the US

    MUMBAI: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey grossed $13 million in midnight runs on Friday in the US.

    Peter Jackson‘s 3D fantasy-adventure is the first title in a planned trilogy which is based on J. R. R. Tolkien‘s novel The Hobbit that was published in 1937.

    Starring Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins and Ian McKellen as wizard Gandalf, the movie is co-produced and co-financed by New Line and MGM.

    It is distributed by Warner Bros.

  • Cate Blanchett in talks to play evil grand mom in Cindrella remake

    Cate Blanchett in talks to play evil grand mom in Cindrella remake

    MUMBAI: It has been reported that Oscar winner Cate Blanchett is in talks to play the evil stepmother in Disney‘s live-action Cinderella remake produced by Simon Kinberg. The film will be directed by Mark Romanek (Never Let Me Go) with screenplay by Chris Weitz (A Better Life, About a Boy).
    The Cinderella project was first set up at Disney in May 2010, in the wake of the studio‘s success with Alice in Wonderland, the live-action adaptation of the Lewis C. Carroll book that starred Johnny Depp, Ann Hathaway Mia Wasikowska and Helena Botham Carter and was directed by Tim Burton. Devil Wears Prada writer Aline Brosh McKenna wrote the initial draft of the script.
    Blanchett was once set to play the evil witch in Disney‘s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs but that project failed to take off.
    The Australian actress‘ next appearance will be in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, which hits the theatres on 14 December. She also has two Terrence Malick films and a Woody Allen project on the anvil. She has recently joined the star-studded cast of George Clooney‘s The Monuments Men.

  • The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug releasing on 13 December, 2013

    The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug releasing on 13 December, 2013

    MUMBAI: The final installment of Peter Jackson‘s Hobbit trilogy, officially titled The Hobbit: There and Back Again will release in July 2014.

    The film will open in two years time, just seven months after the release of the second film, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, it is understood. 

    “We wanted to have a shorter gap between the second and third films. Opening in July affords us not only the perfect summer tentpole, but fans will have less time to wait for the finale of this epic adventure,” Warner Bros President of domestic distribution Dan Fellman has been quoted to have said.

    Averred president of international distribution Veronika Kwan Vandenberg, “The Hobbit: There and Back Again will be an action spectacle and an emotional conclusion for this already much-anticipated trilogy. Opening in the summer will maximise playability for what promises to be an event film for fans the world over.” 

    The much anticipated adaptation of JRR Tolkien‘s epic novels about the adventures of Bilbo Baggins, which are set 60 years before The Lord of the Rings, will begin with The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug on 13 December, 2013.

    The film boasts an all-star cast including Martin Freeman, Sir Ian McKellen, Elijah Wood, Cate Blanchett and Orlando Bloom.