MUMBAI: News Corp outdoing president Peter Chernin has tapped Universal Pictures production executive vice president Dylan Clark as the head of his company’s film division. Clark, who has been with Universal Pictures for eight...
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Low-cost movie advertising agency launched in LA
MUMBAI: HIGH, a new movie-advertising agency has launched in Los Angeles. Specialising in providing key art (movie posters), taglines and online media at affordable prices; HIGH aims to provide studio-quality key art to filmmakers...
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Warner Bros. Television names Erin Gough Wehrenberg as SVP
MUMBAI: Warner Bros. Television has tapped Erin Gough Wehrenberg as its new senior vice president, comedy development. In her position, Gough Wehrenberg will supervise the day-to-day operations of WBTV’s primetime comedy series development group,...
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American Film Institute honors actor Michael Douglas
MUMBAI: Jack Nicholson, Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Matthew McConaughey, Tobey Maguire, Martin Sheen, Oliver Stone, Benicio Del Toro, and Kathleen Turner were among those honoring Michael Douglas at the 37th AFI Life Achievement Award...
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Morgan, Purvis & Wade to work on next James Bond movie
Peter Morgan, Neal Purvis and Robert Wade will be the screenwriters of the 23rd James Bond adventure, which will star Daniel Craig yet again....
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Queen Latifah to host BET Awards ’09
MUMBAI: Hip-hop’s first lady, Queen Latifah, will be hosting the My Black Is Beautiful Post Show at the Shrine Auditorium at the BET Awards ’09 on 28 June . The special will capture and...
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Cinemeccanica & Barco expand D-Cinema roll-out in France
MUMBAI: Cinemeccanica and Barco have signed another digital cinema deployment deal in France. Both companies have signed a contract with Cinéville for the installation of thirty Barco 2K digital cinema projectors in five multiplexes....
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Rolling Stones: The Biggest Bang to be released on Blu-ray
MUMBAI: S2BN Entertainment will be releasing the Rolling Stones’ The Biggest Bang Blu-ray, featuring over three hours of high-definition video and uncompressed digital 5.1 surround sound. The Biggest Bang Blu-ray features more than 30...
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Gravitas & Kino International to offer on demand entertainment content
MUMBAI: Gravitas Ventures, a licensor and programmer of content across Video On Demand (VOD) platforms, has inked a partnership with theatrical distribution company specializing in classics and foreign language art films Kino International. Under...
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LG Electronics delivers broadband HDTVs that stream to Netflix members
MUMBAI: Building on its 18-month alliance with Netflix, Inc, LG Electronics has introduced yet another industry first with two new series of Full HD 1080p HDTVs with Netflix instant streaming software embedded directly in...
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