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  • ‘Hangover’ director Todd Phillips begins shooting for ‘Arms & the Dudes’

    ‘Hangover’ director Todd Phillips begins shooting for ‘Arms & the Dudes’

    MUMBAI: Principal photography is underway on Warner Bros. Pictures’ Arms & the Dudes, starring Oscar nominee Jonah Hill and Miles Teller.

     

    The Hangover trilogy director and Oscar nominee Todd Phillips is directing the film.

     

    Based on a true story, Arms & the Dudes follows two friends in their early 20s (Hill and Teller) living in Miami during the Iraq War who exploit a little-known government initiative that allows small businesses to bid on U.S. Military contracts. Starting small, they begin raking in big money and are living the high life. But the pair gets in over their heads when they land a $300 million deal to arm the Afghan Military – a deal that puts them in business with some very shady people, not the least of which turns out to be the U.S. Government.

     

    Phillips directs from a screenplay he co-wrote with Jason Smilovic, and Stephen C. Chin, based on the Rolling Stone article by Guy Lawson. Phillips and Bradley Cooper, under the banner of their 22nd & Green Productions, and Mark Gordon, under the banner of The Mark Gordon Company, are producing the film. The executive producers are David Siegel and Bryan Zuriff.

     

    Filming began on location in Romania, and shooting is also being accomplished in Las Vegas, Southern California, Miami, and in Morocco.

     

    Arms & the Dudes reunites Phillips with several of his collaborators from The Hangover trilogy, including director of photography Lawrence Sher, production designer Bill Brzeski and editor Jeff Groth. Joining the team is costume designer Michael Kaplan.

     

    The film will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment company.

  • Zach Galifianakis to play cameo in third sequel of Hangover

    Zach Galifianakis to play cameo in third sequel of Hangover

    MUMBAI: American stand-up comedian, actor and pianist Zach Galifianakis has sparked rumours that singer Cheryl Cole will make a cameo in the third sequel of Hangover. The 43-year old Galifianakis is known for his role of Alan Garner in the comedy movie franchise that also starred Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Justin Bartha.

    I have heard the rumours about her (Cole) making a cameo and there seems to be something to them. But I don‘t know if anything‘s signed yet,” Galifianakis has been quoted to have said.

    The movie franchise, that began with Hangover in 2009, was followed up by by “The Hangover Part II” in 2011. All three films have been directed by Todd Phillips.

  • Warner Bros. Pictures teams up with and Legendary Pictures for Hangover III

    Warner Bros. Pictures teams up with and Legendary Pictures for Hangover III

    MUMBAI: Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures are once again teaming up with Todd Phillips for The Hangover Part III, the third installment in the record-breaking comedy franchise.

    The Hangover Part III will star Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Zach Galifianakis, who will reprise the roles of Phil, Stu and Alan, collectively known to moviegoers as the Wolfpack. In the previous two films, the three friends‘ attempts to plan a celebration have resulted in disaster for them, but led to a combined billion-dollar success at the worldwide box office.

    The announcement was made Warner Bros. Pictures Group by President Jeff Robinov. Said Robinov, “We are extremely pleased to have Todd Phillips and the guys back together again for another ‘Hangover,‘ and we look forward to collaborating with them on another great movie.””I‘m so excited to embark on another ‘Hangover‘ film with Bradley, Ed and Zach. We‘re going to surprise a lot of people with the final chapter we have planned. It will be a fitting conclusion to our three-part opera of mayhem, despair and bad decisions,”Phillips noted.

    A presentation of Warner Bros. Pictures, in association with Legendary Pictures, The Hangover Part III will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures.

    The film is set to go on the floors in September and is slated for release on 24 May, 2013.

  • 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.
     

  • Todd Phillips is MTV Asia senior VP communications

    Todd Phillips is MTV Asia senior VP communications

    MUMBAI: MTV Asia has announced that Todd Phillips is its senior VP, communications.

    Phillips will provide leadership and direction to the corporate and regional Asia-Pacific communication teams, manage media relationship with trade and consumer media, support key MTV Networks International communications strategies and manage all internal and external company messaging. Mr. Phillips will be based in Singapore and report directly to MTV Asia Pacific president Nigel Robbins.

    Robbins says, “Todd has been a global pioneer for our brands and an integral part of MTV Networks’ development in Asia and Australia. His passion for our brands, keen knowledge of linear and digital media and experience throughout the region makes him the perfect choice to lead our communications efforts in this exciting time of growth.”

    Phillips has been part of the MTV Networks communications team since 1990. He served as Publicity Manager for MTV on STAR TV in Hong Kong, spearheaded communications efforts for the re-launch of MTV Asia and the launch of MTV Mandarin in Singapore in 1995, and managed public relations around the Australian launches of Nickelodeon, MTV and VH1.

    He served as VP of corporate communications for MTV in Los Angeles until 2001, working across all the brands and businesses under the MTV Networks umbrella including television networks, feature films, online and broadband properties, and consumer products.