MUMBAI: On Sunday, 25 July, Warner Bros. Studios became the only studio in history to surpass $1 billion at the North American box office for 10 years in a row. In addition, the division...
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Lionsgate inks home entertainment distribution with Coppola’s company
Mumbai: Lionsgate has entered into a multi-year home entertainment distribution agreement with filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola’s Zoetrope Corporation. Under the terms of the arrangement, Lionsgate obtains the North American DVD, Blu-ray, Electronic-sell-through (EST), Video-on-demand...
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Leonardo DiCaprio’s Inception leaves Angelina Jolie’s Salt behind at box office
MUMBAI: This weekend, the Leonardo DiCaprio starrer Inception, directed by Christopher Nolan, reclaimed the top spot at the North American box office with $43.50 million collections. The newly released action flick – Salt –...
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Barry Levinson to direct Brother Jack for Columbia Picures
Mumbai: Academy Award-winning director Barry Levinson will helm the film Brother Jack for Columbia Pictures. Brother Jack based on the life of human rights activist Jack Healey, is the coming of age story of...
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Imax expands theatre deal with Russia’s Rising Star Media
Mumbai: Imax Corporation and Russia’s Rising Star Media have signed an agreement to expand their relationship by adding an additional Imax location in Moscow following the success of the exhibitor’s first three Imax locations...
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Rock band Good Charlotte sign with Capitol Records
Mumbai: Rock sensations Good Charlotte have signed to Capitol Records and will be releasing their fifth full-length album Cardiology on 26 October, 2010; almost 10 years after their self-titled debut put them on the...
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Isabella Ragonese to be godmother of 67th Venice Film Festival
Mumbai: One of the talents of Italian cinema, actress Isabella Ragonese, recently acclaimed in Venice for the film-revelation of Controcampo Italiano 2009 Ten Winters (Dieci Inverni) by Valerio Mieli will be the godmother for...
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Sony Pictures Television forms JV with Brazilian company
Mumbai: Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has formed a joint venture production company in Brazil with locally-based production executive, Elisabetta Zenatti. The announcement was made by SPT president, international production Kees Abrahams. Through Zenatti, SPT...
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Jingwu Fengyun – Chen Zhen is second opening night film at Venice Fest
Mumbai: The film by Andrew Lau Jingwu fengyun – Chen Zhen (Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen), the third episode in the saga of Chen Zhen, the hero brought to the...
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UK government to abolish UK Film Council; lottery funding to continue
Mumbai: The UK’s Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is planning to abolish the UK Film Council and have a more direct and less bureaucratic relationship with the British Film Institute (BFI). However,...
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