MUMBAI: Hollywood star Tom Cruise is facing flak from the family of a historical character he will be portraying in a forthcoming film, according to www.Hollywood.tv founder Sheeraz Hasan. Relatives of Count Claus Schenk...

MUMBAI: Fifty three old year martial arts superstar Jackie Chan is looking for a film successor, through a television reality show he will launch soon. According to www.Hollywood.tv founder Sheeraz Hasan, the show will be titled...

MUMBAI: Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio may play the lead in director Ridley Scott’s next venture, based on William Monahan’s adaptation of David Ignatius’ novel, Body of Lies. According to www.Hollywood.tv founder Sheeraz Hasan, DiCaprio...

MUMBAI: The Munich International short film festival will be held from 14 to 20 June, prior to the main Filmfest Munich. The festival showcases the world’s best contemporary short films each night at the...

MUMBAI: Mexican Federal Police agents and more than 150 officers from Mexico City’s Secretary of Public Security this week dismantled the entire “Escarmeno syndicate,” one of the largest pirate DVD distribution networks operating in...

MUMBAI: Academy Award winning director Martin Scorsese will announce the launch of the World Cinema Foundation, devoted to the preservation and restoration of the masterpieces of world cinema, during the forthcoming Festival de Cannes....

MUMBAI: Anti piracy raids in Sao Paulo recently yielded 200 CD burners and over 30,000 pirated CDs and DVDs with a street value of more than $100,000.   The raid, carried out with the...

MUMBAI: UK director Paul Andrew Williams will receive the UK film council’s Lottery funding for his new film The Cottage. The Cottage is a black comedy horror film, set in a remote part of...

MUMBAI: Buena Vista Worldwide Home Entertainment (BVWHE) has announced the first-ever theatrical tie-in with Walt Disney Pictures’ Meet The Robinsons. The movie was released on 30 March 2007. As a part of its Disney...

MUMBAI: Last night, The Pursuit of Happyness star Will Smith deposed Tom Cruise and fought off stiff competition from Johnny Depp and Brad Pitt when Newsweek magazine named him the most powerful actor in...