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  • Movies Now launches ‘High Rollers’ quiz for media & ad fraternity

    Movies Now launches ‘High Rollers’ quiz for media & ad fraternity

    MUMBAI: Movies Now has launched a first-of-its kind quiz for the fraternity with an aim attract media agencies and advertising clients for its new property called High Rollers.

     

    To participate in the Hollywood quiz, media agencies and advertising clients can log on to the specially created micro-website and answer a few simple questions about stars, movies, and Hollywood trivia.

     

    Movies Now has brought on board Urban Ladder as the presenting sponsor for High Rollers. Movies, which will be aired include Taken 2, Dark Knight Rises, Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows, Wolf of Wall Street, What Happens in Vegas, Men in Black, Wolverine, Knight & Day, Mr & Mrs Smith, Transporter, Salt, Fast & Furious 6 and Ocean’s 11.

     

    The channel has been airing 24 Hollywood flicks that star megastars like George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Cameron Diaz, Tom Cruise, Jason Statham, Christian Bale and Leonardo Di Caprio in the six-week property. High Rollers will be aired from Monday to Thursday at 11 pm.

     

    Ten weekly winners will be awarded prizes like 1TB hard drive, Sony headphones and JBL speakers. What’s more, the mega prize includes an iPhone 6, which will be given to three lucky winners. There will be a leader board and whoever has the highest points in a week wins. The ultimate winner will be the person with the maximum right answers.

     

    The four-week-long engagement activity will not just reward individuals but also the agencies. The individual scores will be added to the agency scores. The Lifetime agency point leaders will win two PS4s.

  • ‘Superhero’ to be Hugh Jackman’s last X Men movie

    ‘Superhero’ to be Hugh Jackman’s last X Men movie

    MUMBAI: Much to the dismay of Wolverine fans all over, Hugh Jackman confirmed that his final appearance as Wolverine will be in 2017 with the movie X-Men Superhero in the third Wolverine spin-off film, reports Independent.

     

    The actor made the announcement while making an appearance on the American talk show Dr. Oz.

     

    According to The Hollywood Reporter, rumours of Jackman’s last appearance as Wolverine have been floating on social media ever since the actor uploaded a picture on Intagram with the caption: ‘Wolverine. One last time.’ 

     

    Over the years, Jackman was almost synonymous as Wolverine amongst the X Men fans worldwide. When the actor was asked his reasons for giving up such a character that has brought him so much love and respect, Jackman said, “It just felt like it was the right time to do it. And let’s be honest, 17 years. I never thought in a million years it would last, so I’m so grateful to the fans for the opportunity of playing it.”

     

    Jackman has starred in two spin-off films: X-Men Origins: Wolverine and The Wolverine and is due to appear in a third. Wolverine III, as it is currently known, will be released in 2017. When Jackman finally says goodbye to his role in 2017, he will have appeared in nine movies as Wolverine.

  • Toonami channel to launch in Thailand

    Toonami channel to launch in Thailand

    MUMBAI: Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific has announced that Toonami, its popular all-adventure kids channel, is slated to launch in Thailand on 14 January 2015 and will be seen in 11 million households as a cable and satellite channel across the country.

     
    Toonami will be broadcast in Thai language and will have a wide appeal to local viewers with a programme line-up packed with high-octane, top-rating animated series and movies. The channel is set to become a favourite destination for the action-and-adventure enthusiasts in every family.

     As a companion brand to Cartoon Network and Boomerang, Toonami is the ultimate home of superheroes. A super-charged experience, Toonami is a dream come true for superhero fans: the channel is a full-tilt, rollercoaster ride of fun and adventure, quips, and drama. Featured action franchises include Ben 10, Justice League Unlimited, Teen Titans, Transformers Prime, Wolverine and the X-Men, and Batman: The Brave and the Bold. The channel will also broadcast feature-length movies.

     
    Turner senior vice president and managing director of north Asia and southeast Asia Pacific Phil Nelson said, “We’re extremely pleased to be working with our partners from Major Kantana Broadcasting again to launch Toonami. This launch demonstrates Turner’s confidence and commitment to Thailand and follows on the success of Boomerang, the #1 kids cable & satellite channel with an amazing audience share of 72 per cent year to date. It also complements the recent opening of Cartoon Network Amazone, the brand’s first ever waterpark in Bang Saray, east of Bangkok.”

     
    Major Kantana Broadcasting managing director Khun Siamrus Lauhaskkasame added, “Major Kantana Broadcasting is very happy to be expanding its partnership with Turner. Toonami’s unique array of animated series and movies in the local language will ensure that it becomes a top entertainment destination and we are confident that Toonami will be as successful and popular as Boomerang has become in Thailand.”

     

  • MIPCOM 2014: Toonz Animation looks at international co-productions

    MIPCOM 2014: Toonz Animation looks at international co-productions

    MUMBAI: From the creation of India’s first 2D animated TV series and 2D feature film, to India’s first 3D stereoscopic theatrical- Toonz Animation has indeed emerged as one of the biggest and the most admired animation production houses in South Asia.

     

    With an established clientele of the likes of Walt Disney, Turner, Nickelodeon, Sony, Universal, BBC, Paramount, Marvel and Hallmark, Toonz Animation, which is celebrating 15 years of animation journey, has emerged the preferred destination for major European and North American media conglomerates.

     

    Providing an integrated value chain in conceptualisation, production and distribution of content and services across diverse media platforms, the company is all set to attend MIPCOM, the largest conglomeration of the entertainment industry, to showcase its new products and library.

     

    Participating for over a decade now, it tags itself as the flag-bearer of the Indian animation industry at MIPCOM. Toonz Animation CEO P. Jayakumar believes that MIPCOM is a platform that serves an opportunity to meet all such stakeholders who can make a difference to selling of the content produced by Toonz. “MIPCOM provides the platform to meet the producers, financers, distributors and important stakeholders, who can buy our content or collaborate with Toonz to produce content.”

     

    This year, Toonz is specifically looking at buying content in the action comedy adventure genre which Jayakumar feels has a huge demand in the Indian market. “But we are also looking at expanding in the Asia Pacific region and hence, will look at content that will work in general with such regions as well,” he adds.

     

    He further reveals that this year it is planning to tap into the Indian and Asian markets with focus on broadcast, VOD and digital platforms.

     

    Moreover, it is launching a new show called ‘HTDT’, a 52 x 11 minutes series. The show which is created by live shots and produced and distributed by Toonz, is currently in pre-sale.

     

    So what does the company expect from MIPCOM this year? “We’re hoping to have maximum exposure and opportunities to meet with those interested in our library of content, which has, Wolverine, Magic beyond Words and FreeFonix series.”

     

    Jayakumar hopes to get a few international co-productions kick started and meet with international producers interested in producing content, for which the company can get Indian rights. 

  • Star Movies sets a new benchmark with its leadership

    Star Movies sets a new benchmark with its leadership

    MUMBAI: This 15th August, freedom of ‘tweets’ set a new standard in social media marketing for television movie premieres. No surprise then that this achievement was spearheaded by the Star Movies team. When the occasion is as spectacular as the premier of The Wolverine, the campaign needs to be equally path breaking, if not more. That’s exactly what the Star Movies twitter campaign achieved with hashtags #IAmWolverine and #WolverineOnStarMovies.

     

    Star Movies emerged as a numero uno English movie channel, leading with 119 TVT’s- the highest TVT ratings this month. (TAM All India 1 Mn+, CS 15+ AB, 9 pm Premieres). Surpassing tough competition from Hollywood premieres of other English movie channels, the channel garnered a relative share of 24% not only retaining the No. 1 position in the category but also leaving the competition far away with a huge gap. (TAM All India 1 Mn+, CS 15+ AB, Wk 33 2014)

     

    A one-of-a-kind Twitter engagement that complimented the spirit of freedom on Independence Day by eliminating the need to compete, Star Movies proudly proclaimed – every tweet wins. The twitterati lapped up the opportunity to own some exclusive Wolverine merchandise and proclaim their love for the movie with the one channel that has always re-invented Hollywood – Star Movies. Furthermore the #IAmWolverine contest challenged viewers with a quiz on the movie in which lucky winners stood to win The Wolverine Claw.

     

    Twitter reported an outstanding 47 million impressions with the hastags trending at no. 1 nationally. Riveting hashtags like the Modi Speech and Independence Day, could not suppress the love of Wolverine fans and Star Movies followers as they trended to the top during different parts of the day.

  • Fox gets David James Kelly to script next ‘Wolverine’

    Fox gets David James Kelly to script next ‘Wolverine’

    MUMBAI: Fox has roped in David James Kelly as scribe for the next installment of The Wolverine, the X-Men franchise spinoff that James Mangold will direct with Hugh Jackman reprising his signature role.

     

    The studio is eyeing a 3 March 2017, release. Kelly is also in line to adapt the Dark Horse graphic novel Mind Mgmt for Scott Free Productions and the original pitch Sentinel for Appian Way and Fox.

     

    The 2013 released The Wolverine made on a production budget of $120 million managed to make nearly $415 million in worldwide collections. 

  • Hugh Jackman starrer Wolverine all set to release in 3D next month

    Hugh Jackman starrer Wolverine all set to release in 3D next month

    NEW DELHI: Fox Star Studios The Wolverine 3D directed by James Mangold marks the return of global superstar Hugh Jackman aka Wolverine as everyone‘s favourite immortal, adamantium-clawed X-Man.

    This time Logan, dealing with the events of the original X-Men films, finds himself in Japan and posed with an incredible proposition. If he can become mortal and live a normal life, would he give up what makes him special?

    With plenty of large scale battles, and a few previously released striking scenes featuring the Silver Samurai, Hugh Jackman is all to be released on 26 July. The film will be released in English, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu.

    Based on the celebrated comic book arc, this epic action-adventure takes Wolverine (Hugh Jackman), the most iconic character of the X-Men universe, to modern-day Japan. Out of his depth in an unknown world, he will face a host of unexpected and deadly opponents in a life-or-death battle that will leave him forever changed. Vulnerable for the first time and pushed to his physical and emotional limits, he confronts not only lethal samurai steel but also his inner struggle against his own immortality.