MUMBAI: Media reports in the US now indicate that huge amounts were spent on actors Matthew McConaughey and Penelope Cruz during the making of the 2005 film Sahara, leading to incongrous budget hikes. The allegation...
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Ashley Judd to act in film on US immigration
MUMBAI: Hollywood actor Ashley Judd may feature in The Weinstein Company’s next feature film Crossing Over. The film already boasts a star cast comprising Harrison Ford, Ray Liotta, Sean Penn and Cliff Curtis, reports...
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Church official arrested in piracy crackdown
MUMBAI: A sacristan working at the Naples’ main cathedral (Duomo di Napoli) was arrested along with his son as part of an anti-piracy investigation carried out by the Fiscal Police (GdF) from Rome, who...
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Thomson digitally masters Meet the Robinsons
MUMBAI: Thomson has provided the digital cinema mastering and distribution for Walt Disney Pictures’ Meet the Robinsons. Thomson’s Technicolor Digital Cinema digitally mastered and distributed Meet the Robinsons for 892 screens worldwide. Domestically, the...
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Harrison Ford to wed Calista Flockhart
MUMBAI: They first met at the Golden Globes in 2002, and now Hollywood actor Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart plan to get married, says www.Hollywood.tv founder Sheeraz Hasan. Ford made his proposal on April...
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Will Ferrell launches new website
MUMBAI: Actor Will Ferrell and Gary Sanchez Productions have together launched their own comedy video website christened FunnyOrDie.com. The beta release of the website debuted last Thursday, and a two-minute video clip called The...
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Spidey director Sam Raimi eyes The Hobbit
MUMBAI: Spider-Man director Sam Raimi is seriously thinking about making a feature film based on The Hobbit, reports www.Hollywood.tv founder Sheeraz Hasan. The possibility of Raimi directing The Hobbit has surfaced with the falling...
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Red Rock sets first P&A commitment
MUMBAI: Red Rock Pictures Holdings, Inc. has made its first commitment to financing prints and advertising for the release of a motion picture. The company has made a commitment to support Beach Party at...
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Starz Entertainment acquires 3 Weinstein films
MUMBAI: Starz Entertainment continues its relationship with the Weinsteins and directors Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez, acquiring the exclusive Pay TV rights to The Weinstein Company’s recently released pulp thriller Grindhouse, directed by Tarantino...
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UK Film Council aids award winning films
MUMBAI: Universal Pictures International has been granted £300,000 for Yimou Zhang’s award-winning and Oscar-nominated The Curse of the Golden Flower, from the UK Film Council’s P&A Fund. The film, a period drama-tragedy set in...
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