MUMBAI: Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) continued formal discussions this weekend between the AFTRA New Union Committee and the SAG Merger Task Force to facilitate the...
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Relativity Media ups Greg Forston as EVP – theatrical distribution
MUMBAI: Relativity Media has promoted Greg Forston to executive vice president and general sales manager of theatrical distribution. Forston will report directly to Relativity Media president, worldwide distribution Kyle Davies. Forston previously served as...
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RealD and SAGA sign agreement to expand 3D cinema in China
MUMBAI: RealD Inc and Beijing SAGA Luxury Cinema Management Co., Ltd., a deluxe Chinese theatre chain, have signed an agreement to equip 100 auditoriums across the SAGA circuit with RealD 3D technology. Installations have...
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Carl Ichan finally sells stake in Lionsgate
MUMBAI: Carl and Brett Icahn have reached an agreement with Lionsgate under which the Icahns have agreed to sell up to 44,161,971 shares of Lionsgate common stock, representing substantially all of the Lionsgate shares...
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240 films to compete for 2011 Asia Pacific Screen Awards
Mumbai: The Asia Pacific Screen Awards marks its fifth year with the strongest competition to date. APSA Artistic Director Maxine Williamson announced that 240 films from 43 countries will compete in this year’s APSAs,...
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ABC Studios’ Missing to have world premiere at MIPCOM
MUMBAI: ABC Studios’ TV series Missing will debut at MIPCOM 2011’s World Premiere Television Screenings on 03 October in Cannes. International buyers and media will have their chance to screen episode one of this...
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GDC passes the 10,000 digital cinema server milestone
MUMBAI: GDC Technology has surpassed the 10,000 mark in digital cinema server deployments. The achievement includes the installation of over 3,000 GDC SX-2000 Digital Cinema Servers with Integrated Media Block, and goes hand-in-hand with...
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New multi-platform HD movie service to launch in Canada
MUMBAI: Hollywood Suite, four new high–definition channels for the True Movie Lover, will be launched across Canada this November. Featuring commercial–free HD movies 24/7, uncut and unedited, Hollywood Suite is the exclusive home of...
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Principal photography begins on Relativity Media’s 21 And Over
MUMBAI: Principal photography has begun the comedy 21 and Over, starring Miles Teller, Justin Chon, Skylar Astin and Sarah Wright. Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, writers of The Hangover and The Change Up, will...
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Barco inks JV with China Film Group to develop digital cinema market
MUMBAI: Visualization company Barco and China Film Group have formed CFG Barco (Beijing) Electronics Co. Ltd. The new company is a joint venture among two Barco subsidiaries – Barco Visual (Beijing) Electronics Company Limited...
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