MUMBAI: Columbia Pictures has acquired a pitch by screenwriter Sarah Thorp to be developed into a feature film produced by Original Film’s Neal H Moritz. Columbia Pictures’ production presidents Doug Belgrad and Matt Tolmach...
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Warner Bros takes ‘The Dark Knight’ to Imax
MUMBAI: Director Christopher Nolan is filming four sequences in the next instalment of Warner Bros Pictures’ Batman franchise, The Dark Knight, with extremely high resolution Imax cameras using the giant 15/70 film format. While...
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Jumeirah donates $110,000 auction prize at Cannes
MUMBAI: The Jumeirah Hotel Group donated an auction prize – ‘the Dubai Fantasy Vacation’- worth USD 110,000 to the amfAR gala event, held during the 60th Cannes International Film Festival. Actors Goldie Hawn and...
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Pirates of the Caribbean strikes gold at BO
MUMBAI: Walt Disney Pictures’ Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End has had the biggest opening in industry history, with an unprecedented booty of $401 million in its first six days of release. This...
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Disney’s Pirates crosses $100 million mark
MUMBAI: Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End continued on a wave of unprecedented success at the global box office over the weekend, and is poised to have the biggest worldwide opening of...
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Pirates of the Caribbean grosses $58 million
MUMBAI: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, the new adventure from Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer Films, landed a phenomenal worldwide gross of $58 million in its first two days of pre-weekend...
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Scanbox signs up to HD VMD at Cannes Fest
MUMBAI: New Medium Enterprises, Inc signed a content deal with film distributor Scanbox Entertainment at the Cannes Film Festival in France. The partnership ensures that Scanbox are the leader of HD VMD films...
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Oprah heads to Hallmark Channel in Asia
MUMBAI: Hallmark Channel will soon become the new home for The Oprah Winfrey Show in Asia. Channel owners Sparrowhawk Media have signed a deal, securing exclusive pan regional cable and satellite rights to the...
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Ocean’s Thirteen star cast at Cannes
MUMBAI: The Ocean’s Thirteen rat pack was united together at the Cannes Film Festival. Present at the premiere were George Clooney, Matt Damon, Brad Pitt, Don Cheadle, Andy Garcia, Scott Caan, Ellliott Gould, Shaobo...
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Cannes: Martin Scorsese holds forth on career
MUMBAI: French film critic Michel Ciment sat down with director Martin Scorsese at the ongoing Cannes Film Festival, facing a full-house crowd and talked about his career, interspersed with the showing of six excerpts...
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