MUMBAI: All Things Digital announced the speaker lineup for the eighth annual D: All Things Digital, The Wall Street Journal’s executive conference to be held from 1 – 3 June near Los Angeles. ...
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Julie Bertucelli’s The Tree is Closing Night film of Cannes Film Festival
MUMBAI: Julie Bertucelli’s film The Tree has been chosen as the closing night film of the 63rd Cannes Film Festival. The movie stars Charlotte Gainsbourg, Marton Csokas and Aden Young. Shot in Australia,...
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Lionsgate acquires US distribution rights to The Lincoln Lawyer
MUMBAI: Lionsgate has acquired the US distribution rights from Lakeshore Entertainment and Sidney Kimmel Entertainment to the upcoming legal thriller The Lincoln Lawyer, based on the best-selling Michael Connelly novel of the same name....
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Star India’s Uday Shankar & Fox’s Sanford Panitch honored at IFFLA
MUMBAI: Star India CEO Uday Shankar and Fox International Productions president Sanford Panitch received the 2010 Industry Leadership Award at the 8th Annual Indian Film Festival Los Angeles (IFFLA). The award to Shankar...
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Disney ups Amit Malhotra as vice president program distribution, Asia Pacific
MUMBAI: Disney Media Distribution (earlier Disney-ABC International Television) has promoted Amit Malhotra as vice president of program distribution in Asia Pacific. Malhotra will be in charge of the program distribution sales team and...
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Bill Condon to direct The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn
MUMBAI: Academy Award winner Bill Condon will direct The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, based on the fourth novel in author Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn is currently being written...
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Satyajit Ray Film Festival to be held from 2 – 16 May
MUMBAI: The Taj Enlighten Film Society will be rolling out the Satyajit Ray Film Festival. The festival will be held from 2 – 16 May at Cinemax and Metro Big Cinemas. Beginning 2...
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Imax Corporation and Warner Bros sign three year deal for 20 films
Imax Corporation & Warner Bros. Pictures have signed an agreement to release up to 20 Warner Bros. films in Imax's format from 2010 - 2013....
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Singapore film industry launches educational DVD for students
MUMBAI: In conjunction with World IP Day celebrations this month, the Motion Picture Association (MPA) premiered It’s a Wrap – an educational video that goes behind the scenes to provide an insight into the...
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IPR stakeholder recognise students’ efforts in promoting IPR on World IP Day
MUMBAI: To mark World Intellectual Property Day on 26 April, the International Federation Against Copyright Theft – Greater China (IFACT-GC) coordinated a range of activities acknowledging the efforts of Hong Kong students to promote...
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Mehul Kumar’s Krantiveer – The Revolution to release on 11 June
MUMBAI: Mehul Kumar’s Krantiveer- The Revolution is slated to release on 11 June, 2010. The film is a sequel to Krantiveer, and portrays Roshni, the young daughter of the man responsible for the last...
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Yuthlert Sippapak’s Friday Killer to premiere at Phuket Film Festival
MUMABI: The Phuket Film Festival will screen acclaimed Thai director Yuthlert Sippapak’s Friday Killer as its closing film on 13 June, 2010. This will be a World Premier for director Sippapak’s first movie in...
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It’s A Wonderful Afterlife grosses GBP 464,468 in UK opening weekend
MUMBAI: Gurinder Chadha’s It’s a Wonderful Afterlife opened to much box-office fanfare in the UK. The film, which opened with paid previews on 21 April, grossed GBP 464,468 in its opening weekend. The...
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Sony Pictures’ The Bounty Hunter takes Rs 10 million in Indian opening weekend
MUMBAI: Sony Pictures’ The Bounty Hunter, which released on 23 April took in gross box office collections of approximately Rs 10 million (Rs 1 crore) in India. The film was released with 52 prints....
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Reliance Communications signs strategic alliance with GetJar
MUMBAI: Reliance Communications and GetJar have signed a strategic alliance. According to this alliance, GetJar will offer Reliance Communications its extensive catalog of over 65,000 free mobile applications. Reliance Communication’s over 100 million...
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Shemaroo Entertainment releases Best of 50s DVD
MUMBAI: Shemaroo Entertainment releases Best of 50s – a vale pack which includes four movies DVD from the 50’s, namely; Shree 420, Awara, Kala Pani and Madumati. Awara and Shree 420 are both...
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Pratik Babbar & Vidya Malavade to perform on International Dance Day
MUMBAI: Pratik Babbar and Vidya Malavade are all set to perform on the International Dance Day, which will take place on 29 April at J W Mariott. The two will perform to a...
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Imagine promotes Harsh Rohatgi as head of content & communication
MUMBAI: Turner General Entertainment Networks India (TGEN) has promoted Harsh Rohatgi as head – content and communication of its flagship Hindi GEC – Imagine TV, with immediate effect. A key member of the management...
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Film on equal rights issues for Pakistani women to release in September
MUMBAI: S&S Films International headed by Saman Hasnain will be releasing its first film titled 51%, which focuses on equal rights for Pakistani women, in September. The film’s name is derived from the...
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Rensil D’Silva’s second film for Dharma Productions to go on floor in early 2011
Director Rensil D'Silva is working hard on his second script for Karan Johar's Dharma Production, which is likely to go on floors in early 2011....
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Zee to create roadblock for Prakash Jha’s Raajneeti in the UK
In an innovative marketing strategy, UTV Motion Pictures' film Raajneeti will create a roadblock on Zee Network's channels in the UK with it theatrical trailer....
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UTV Motion Pictures syndicates upcoming movie rights for Rs 707.5 million
UTV Motion Pictures has signed syndication deals worth Rs 707.5 million for its upcoming movies with broadcasters and two music companies....
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PVR forays into Ahmedabad with six-screen multiplex
With this launch, PVR's total screen count has increased to 136 and the company has extended its presence to 18 cities across the nation....
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