MUMBAI: Soft, Simon Ellis’s critically acclaimed short film, commissioned by Film4 and the UK Film Council with The Bureau for Cinema Extreme, has won Best Live Action Short at the Toronto Short Film Festival,...
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Videogame on Paramount- Nickelodeon’s film
MUMBAI: Vivendi Games’ division Sierra Entertainment is developing a videogame on the upcoming 2008 theatrical release The Spiderwick Chronicles, which is being produced by Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Films. The game, which will...
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Blockbuster Inc acquires Movielink
MUMBAI: In a move to further provide customers with convenient access to home entertainment, Blockbuster Inc. has acquired movie download service Movielink. The acquisition gives Blockbuster access to one of the largest libraries...
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Weinstein Company launches Asian Film Fund
MUMBAI: The Weinstein Company (TWC), announced the launch of a $285 million fund that will fully finance the development, production, acquisition, marketing and distribution of a large slate of Asian themed films over the next...
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Napster pre-loads digital music on HP PCs
MUMBAI: After pre-loading its Napster To Go digital music service on Toshiba Satellite and Qosmio notebook computers in the United States, Napster UK and Napster Deutschland GmbH (subsidiaries of Napster), have inked a marketing...
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Sony BMG launches music visualizer game
MUMBAI: Sony BMG Music Entertainment has released musika, a music visualizer game, on the iTunes Store for play on Apple’s fifth generation iPod. musika is a fresh and innovative experience that creates visuals using...
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Dogs Lucky and Flo nab movie pirates
MUMBAI: Malaysian enforcement officers, with the assistance of two dogs – Lucky and Flo, who are trained to sniff optical discs, raided a suspect pirate optical disc production factory in Kuala Lumpur. They seized...
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Lionsgate to distribute Babysitter Wanted
MUMBAI: Lionsgate will be handling the domestic distribution of Big Screen Entertainment Group’s new horror/thriller, Babysitter Wanted. The film stars Sarah Thompson, Matt Dallas, Bill Moseley, Bruce Thomas, Kristen Dalton and Monty Bane....
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Warner achieves record sales for 300 HD DVD
MUMBAI: Warner Home Video (WHV) has had the fastest and highest-selling high definition title in the market with the epic action-adventure, 300. Since 31 July, 2007, 300 has sold more than 250,000 copies to...
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Thought Equity Motion acquires FilmWorld
MUMBAI: Thought Equity Motion, a motion content agency, has acquired Australian provider of film and video content FilmWorld. Creative and production professionals across the globe can now access an international cast of characters...
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