MUMBAI: Moviegoers went wild for Warner Bros.’ Where the Wild Things Are during the weekend, corralling an estimated $32.5 million atop the domestic box-office in an opening that outpaced even bullish expectations for the...

MUMBAI: Warner Entertainment Japan Inc. plans to launch Warner On Demand, a website where Japanese consumers can rent or buy Warner Bros. films and TV series for the first time ever directly from the...

MUMBAI: Forum Film Bulgaria, established early this year, is an affiliate of Cinema City International group, and Bulgaria will become the forth territory for the group to be the Disney distributer. Forum Film Israel...

MUMBAI:  Bon Jovi will be the first artist ever to appear across the many brands of NBC Universal in a Artists in Residence partnership. In the exclusive agreement, Jovi’s music/appearances/performances will be widely seen...

MUMBAI:  Dennis Maguire has been appointed president of Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment Worldwide; it was announced by  Paramount Pictures vice chairman Rob Moore. In this role, Maguire holds operating responsibility for the division’s sales,...

MUMBAI: Odyssey Entertainment has acquired the licensing/distribution rights to 31 hours of animated children’s content from Dominique Paul Mougenot (DPM). The recently completed transaction was initiated in May of this year at the 2009...

MUMBAI:  Seven Arts Pictures plc has acquired the motion pictures Grinder and The Somnambulist for foreign and domestic distribution. Seven Arts agreed to act as sales agent for the two pictures through its subsidiary,...

MUMBAI: The Asia Pacific Screen Awards has announced nominees in nine award categories with 37 films representing 16 countries and areas. They are: Australia, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Islamic Republic of Iran, Israel, Japan, New...

Independent UK film production remained steady for the first 9 months of 2009, with 62 UK films made, up from 61 in the same period in 2008....

MUMBAI: Hasbro, Inc. announced the appointment of two senior executives at the company’s newly formed Hasbro Studios, which is based in Los Angeles. Entertainment industry executives, Lisa Licht and Linda Steiner will be stepping...