MUMBAI: Academy Award winning director Martin Scorsese will team up with Rock and Roll icon Mick Jagger to direct The Long Play, a film set in the world of the music business spanning over...
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J J Abrams to direct new Star Trek film
MUMBAI: Star Trek, one of the most popular and successful franchises in the history of movies and television, will return to the big screen in December 2008 around Christmas. The movie will be directed...
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Italian music pirate fined 363,000 Euros
MUMBAI: An Italian citizen has been fined 363,000 euros after the Desenzano Fiscal Police (GdF) recovered several pirated CDs and DVDs from his home. The Fiscal Police, who were assisted by specialist music, video...
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Macrovision to distribute Disney games
MUMBAI: The Walt Disney Internet Group (WDIG) has signed an agreement with Macrovision to digitally distribute Disney-branded casual games in Europe and Australia. The first set of Disney games currently available on Macrovision’s games...
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WarpX to train women directors in horror genre
MUMBAI:Women Direct Horror, a training and production initiative to encourage women directors keen to reinvent the horror genre for the 21st Century. Warp X is the UK low-budget digital film studio set up by...
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BitTorrent launches movie download library
MUMBAI: The BitTorrent website has recently launched the BitTorrent Entertainment Network, which features a comprehensive library of downloadable digital entertainment. The library includes content from 20th Century Fox, Lions Gate, MTV Networks, Paramount...
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Martin Scorsese bags Oscar for The Departed
MUMBAI: Martin Scorsese has finally won an Oscar for Best Director for The Departed at the 79th Academy Awards. Scorsese had waited for a statuette for almost 27 years since his first nomination. He...
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Rose named MD of Disney Internet Group
MUMBAI: Cindy Rose has been named senior vice president and managing director of the Walt Disney Internet Group (WDIG) Europe, Middle East and Africa. The announcement was made by WDIG International executive vice president...
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Elton John, David Furnish raise $4.2 million
MUMBAI: Sir Elton John and David Furnish hosted the 15th annual Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF) party to celebrate the Academy Awards. The event was held on 25 February, 2007 at the Pacific Design...
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Walt Disney expands cruise business
MUMBAI: The Walt Disney Company plans to expand its cruise business by adding two new ocean liners in 2011 and 2012. The company signed a letter of intent with Meyer Werft shipyard, based in...
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