MUMBAI: Merlin Entertainments (Merlin) is opening Madame Tussauds Hollywood, on 1 August. The $55 milion attraction is the ninth Madame Tussauds to open worldwide and fourth in the USA, joining sister attractions in New...
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Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment launches Watchmen game for PS3
MUMBAI: Watchmen: The End is Nigh Part 2, the second of two episodic action videogames based on the Watchmen film, was launched on the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and...
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Warner Bros earns $394 million worldwide from Harry Potter
MUMBAI: Warner Bros. Pictures’ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has taken a record-breaking opening, earning a worldwide box office gross of $394 million. The film brought in $158 million from the US and...
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment releases first DVD via CreateSpace
MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has collaborated with CreateSpace, part of the Amazon group of companies, to release Star-ving, the online reality series from Crackle.com via CreateSpace’s DVD on Demand technology. The DVD will...
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment & Redbox ink distribution agreement
MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) and Redbox Automated Retail have signed a multi-year distribution agreement which will make SPHE new release, direct-to-video and catalog titles available to consumers through more than 17,000 Redbox...
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Warner Bros. crosses $1 billion at BO with Potter, Hangover
Warner Bros. Pictures has surpassed the $1 billion threshold in domestic box office revenue for the tenth out of the past eleven years....
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Copyright industries key to economic recovery: IIPA report
MUMBAI: Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. chairman and CEO Dan Glickman joined Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and the leaders of other copyright industry groups in releasing a new report from the International Intellectual...
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Warner/Chappell’s Non-Stop Music acquires V-The Production catalog
MUMBAI: Non-Stop Music, a division of Warner/Chappell Music, has acquired the entire catalog of V-The Production Library, a London-based production music library. The deal gives the Emmy award-winning Non-Stop Music worldwide publishing rights to...
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Madame Tussauds Hollywood set to open in Los Angeles
MUMBAI: As the world-famous Madame Tussauds prepares to open tomorrow, there is another accomplishment to celebrate – the completion of the landmark building that houses it. Located at the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and...
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Marvel Entertainment appoints Paphitis to international advisory board
MUMBAI: Marvel Entertainment, Inc. has added Theo Paphitis to the company’s International Advisory Board. Comprised of business leaders from key international growth markets, the Advisory Board works with Marvel executives to explore opportunities for...
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