MUMBAI: The Weinstein Company has acquired US rights to the thriller Walk All Over Me from IndustryWorks Distribution. Directed by Robert Cuffley and co-starring Golden-Globe nominee Leelee Sobieski and Tricia Helfer, the film recently...
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Brad Pitt to star in Paramount’s Fighter
MUMBAI: Brad Pitt will be starring opposite Mark Wahlberg in The Fighter, the Paramount Pictures drama about boxer Irish Mickey Ward and his unlikely path to become world lightweight champion. Pitt is in discussions...
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BAG’s two new channels get government nod
MUMBAI: BAG Films & Media Ltd has received permission for uplinking and downlinking of forthcoming news and current affairs channels from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. The two channels have been named NEWS24...
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Eros, Zee acquire Ek’s distribution rights
MUMBAI: The distribution rights of K Sera Sera’s Ek – The Power of One, which stars Nana Patekar and Bobby Deol have been sold to Zee and Eros International. The film is slated to...
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NDTV Arabia launches in Mid East, N Africa
MUMBAI: NDTV has launched NDTV Arabia, a 24-hour news and infotainment channel that will mark its entry into the Middle East and North Africa region. This is a soft launch of the channel; an...
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Adlabs’ Siddharth Jain to produce films independently
MUMBAI: Adlabs’ head of animation division, Siddharth Jain is now eyeing film production and hence will relinquish his current responsibilities at Adlabs. Sources inform that while the nitty-gritties of the matter are still being...
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UTV finalises financing for Shyamalan film
MUMBAI: Further to disclosures made in its admission document dated 26 June 2007, UTV Motion Pictures Plc has finalised arrangements for the production of the live action movie The Happening. Further to the memorandum...
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Starbucks to go Wi-Fi with iTunes in October
MUMBAI: On 2 October, the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store, which features Starbucks exclusive “Now Playing†service, goes live in more than 600 Starbucks locations in New York and Seattle. In celebration of this historic launch,...
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Disney-ABC TV Group and AOL ink deal
MUMBAI: Disney-ABC Television Group and AOL have inked a deal to make availability of full-length episodes of popular primetime shows on AOL Video. Delivered via a co-branded version of ABC.com’s Emmy-winning broadband player, full...
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Indian films in spotlight at SAIF Festival
MUMBAI: The South Asian International Film Festival (SAIFF) 2007, held from 3-9 October in New York City SAIFF will host over 50 of the latest short, documentary and feature films from the South Asian...
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