Mumbai: LBI Eyewear has entered into a multi-territorial licensing agreement with DreamWorks Animation, SKG, to produce Shrek eyewear and accessories. Two separate collections are being developed. The first collection is Shrek Eyewear, a durable,...

Mumbai: Sony Pictures Imageworks’ and Sony Pictures Animation’s IPAX education program has announced the launch of its new online mentor program, which will begin in the winter of 2009, and will leverage Animation Mentor’s...

Mumbai: Tom Cruise starrer Valkyrie is based on the true story of Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg (Cruise) and the daring and ingenious plot to eliminate one of the most evil criminals the world has...

Mumbai: UA chief executive officer Paula Wagner has decided to leave her day-to-day responsibilities. MGM and UA confirmed that Wagner will transition to the role of a producer, under her own independent production and...

Mumbai: Apple has announced that movies from major film studios including 20th Century Fox, The Walt Disney Studios, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (MGM), Sony Pictures Television International and Lionsgate are now...

Mumbai: Barbara Broccoli, producer of the James Bond films and chair of First Light Movies, has been appointed to the board of the UK Film Council by Culture Minister Margaret Hodge. The appointment will...

Mumbai: Warner Bros. Digital Distribution (WBDD) is celebrating Warner Bros. Entertainment’s 85th Anniversary with the Video on Demand (VOD) release of 85 time-honored classic films, many of which will be available for the first...

Mumbai: Cineplex Entertainment (TSX: CGX.UN) and Xbox bring the Xbox 360 gaming experience to the big screen in surround sound exclusively at select Cineplex Entertainment theatres across Canada beginning 15 August. Pricing for a...

Mumbai: Premiere Radio Networks, a subsidiary of Clear Channel Communications, has announced the launch of The iTunes Download, a three-hour weekend music countdown show hosted by iTunes director of music programming Alex Luke. This...

Mumbai: Warner Music International announced the acquisition of a majority stake in Get In, a leading artist services company in Spain. Formed in 1990 by Iñigo Argomaniz, Get In has operations in artist management,...

Mumbai: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures has acquired Ken Kaufman and David Agosto’s pitch with Peter Segal attached to produce and direct. Segal is director of the current hit film Get Smart starring Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway,...

Mumbai: Comcast Corporation and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios announced a partnership to launch Impact, the first video-on-demand (VOD) channel dedicated exclusively to action programming. The new channel, available first to Comcast customers this week, features a...

Mumbai: MAXON Computer unveiled CINEMA 4D Release 11 (R11), the next generation of its highly acclaimed 3D animation software suite. The release is packed with advanced capabilities that deliver improved ease of use and...

Mumbai: Mattel has collaborated with Dreamworks Animation to create an online experience on the hero from the wildly popular Kung Fu Panda film. Po’s Kung Fu Challenge is a free 3D online game that...

Mumbai: The English High Court may be a long way from East Alton, Ill., but the SimmonsCooper law firm continues to make its mark in the legal industry, most recently winning a high-profile intellectual...

Mumbai: Eidos Interactive revealed that seasoned gymnast Alison Carroll will be the new face of famed videogame character Lara Croft. Carroll will portray the internationally recognized heroine for the next year, with her first...

Mumbai: Autodesk announced Autodesk Toxik 2009 procedural compositing software. Toxik 2009 offers high-performance compositing and visual effects capabilities, particularly for large-format digital film and television projects. When combined with the new Autodesk Maya 2009...

Mumbai: Autodesk announced Autodesk MotionBuilder 2009 software, the latest version of its real-time 3D character animation solution for games, film, and television projects. The 2009 version offers high-quality visualizations within the 3D viewport, an...

Mumbai: Esteemed talent manager and Primetime Emmy-nominated producer Bernie Brillstein, who helped launch such perennial programs as Saturday Night Live and The Muppet Show, died Thursday in Los Angeles at Barlow Respiratory Hospital. He...

Mumbai: Scooter Kids, LLC announced that Sean Catherine Derek, acclaimed writer for various films, has collaborated with the company to write the movie script for "The Adventures of Scooter McDoogal." The movie will be...

Mumbai: The Dude is Back debuts in a brand new commemorative DVD set when The Big Lebowski: 10th Anniversary Edition arrives in stores on 9 September from Universal Studios Home Entertainment. A comedy-thriller starring...

Mumbai: DivX announced the high-definition (HD) DivX Certification of Broadcom Corporation’s BCM7405 system-on-a-chip (SoC) solution. Building on Broadcom’s current family of SoCs, including the BCM7452 and BCM7403, the BCM7405 provides advanced internet provider (IP)...

Mumbai: Charter Communications announced that it has entered into an agreement with Disney-ABC Domestic Television to launch a subscription video on demand (SVOD) entertainment service featuring classic and contemporary movies and animated shorts from...

Mumbai: IBC has announced that its International Honor for Excellence 2008 will be presented to DreamWorks Animation SKG CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg. The award will be presented during this year’s event at the RAI Centre...

Mumbai: Multi-award winning songwriter, producer, and multi-platinum artist Mark Ronson has extended his global co-publishing agreement with EMI Music Publishing. The 32 year old, recently named Best Male Artist at this year’s BRIT Awards...

Mumbai: Television on-demand company TVN Entertainment has inked a multiyear on-demand distribution agreement covering all new releases from Overture Films, the theatrical film unit of Starz, LLC. In addition to providing access to all...

Mumbai: Electronic Arts and Paramount Digital Entertainment revealed the first details of The Godfather II videogame, the sequel to the 2007 multi-platinum hit. Inspired by the film and Mario Puzo’s Corleone family drama, The...

Mumbai: Gameloft announced a licensing agreement with Universal Pictures Digital Platforms Group to develop and publish the official mobile game of the upcoming action-thriller Death Race, which opens in theatres on 22 August. "Having...

Mumbai: R&B recording artist Bobby Valentino has entered into a distribution, marketing, promotion agreement with EMI Global Music Services – EMI Music’s third party and independent label unit.  EMI will distribute Valentino’s new Blu...

Mumbai: Following the success of their freshman film, Half Nelson, the second feature from Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden, Sugar has been acquired by Sony Pictures Classics for North American and Latin American Distribution...