With just four weeks to go, the Phuket Film Festival, which runs 4 – 13 June, is firming up its film lineup....

The move is in line with Hollywood's efforts to let TV companies turn off output connections on the back of STBs in order to prevent illegal copying of movies....

A key member of Universal's senior management team, Horowitz previously served as co-president of production and executive vice president of Universal Pictures....

Imax has signed an agreement with Russian retail and entertainment developer SBS to install an Imax theatre in the city of Krasnodar....

Paramount Pictures, which is producing the Tom Cruise starrer MI4 (Mission Impossible 4), has decided to push the release date of the movie....

MUMBAI: Imax Filmed Entertainment chairman and president Greg Foster has renewed his employment agreement and will remain with the company for three additional years.   Based at Imax’s Santa Monica office since 2001, Foster’s...

Disney's Alice in Wonderland has generated more than $60 million globally in box office revenues at Imax Theaters alone....

MUMBAI: Atlas international Film GmbH has picked up the international sales rights to Joseph Vilsmaier’s latest theatrical feature, Nanga Parbat, a drama about the mountain climbers Günther and  Reinhold  Messner  and  their  spectacular  first ...

Warner Bros. has inked a deal with BT Vision to be the first UK partner on its new branded subscription-based VOD service called WarnerFilms....

MUMBAI: Camelot Entertainment Group has acquired the assets of Liberation Entertainment, including 750 of Liberation’s 888 title film library initially, with the potential to add 138 more titles once title issues are cleared. In...

MUMBAI: PyraMovies first co-production film Son of Babylon, by Iraqi filmmaker Mohamed Al-Daradji, will have its national premiere in Iraq. The film will be screened on 6 May on the day Iraq commemorates its...

MUMBAI: EMI Music has appointed Dominic Pandiscia to oversee its sales and commercial development team in North America in the newly-expanded role of executive vice president EMI Music Services. From his base in New...

MUMBAI: Corus Entertainment Inc.has appointed Doug Murphy as president of Corus Television. "Doug is an outstanding executive with a proven track record for building strong teams and great brands. Since joining Corus he has...

MUMBAI: Thumbplay, the provider of mobile entertainment in the US, has launched its cloud-based Thumbplay Music service in Android Market, providing the Android fan-base with unlimited, anytime/anywhere access to millions of songs. Thumbplay Music...

MUMBAI: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (WBIE) has restructured its sales organization to bring closer alignment to the sales and supply chain teams within the Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group. To lead this new sales...

MUMBAI: Redbox Automated Retail, LLC and the Navy Exchange Service Command (NexCom) will expand the availability of redbox DVD rental kiosks at Navy Exchanges located on US Naval installations. Redbox is the exclusive supplier...

MUMBAI: The US Trade Representative, in a detailed report, documented the worldwide threat to American film and television businesses and workers and other copyright-based industries from the theft of creative content and its illegal...

MUMBAI: LG Electronics has joined hands with Marvel Studios to launch a multi-media marketing campaign for Iron Man 2.   The campaign will celebrate the film’s theme of heroism through technology and gadgets that...

MUMBAI: The Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) announced members of the 2010 APSA Nominations Council, comprising international film industry experts from eight countries drawn from high profile academic institutions, film festivals and film organisations...

MUMBAI: Universal Studios Hollywood is challenging filmmakers to compete in a virtual short film competition with $15,000 in prize money timed to coincide with the launch of the theme park’s new attraction, King Kong...

MUMBAI: Lionsgate has acquired the US distribution rights from Lakeshore Entertainment and Sidney Kimmel Entertainment to the upcoming crime thriller One For The Money, starring Katherine Heigl.   The film is based on the...

MUMBAI: Shakira has announced her 2010 global tour and her return to North America. The Live Nation produced summer tour will visit New York’s Madison Square Garden on 21 September, Houston’s Toyota Center on...

MUMBAI: Camelot Entertainment Group and its wholly owned subsidiary DarKnight Pictures will release the DVD of 1428 Films’ Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy on 4 May.   Never Sleep Again: The Elm...

Paramount Pictures and Marvel Entertainment’s Iron Man 2 has grossed more than $100 million in five days in international markets....

Paramount Pictures' decision to release Iron Man 2 in international markets a week prior to its North American release comes as music to the ears of the pirates....

MUMBAI: Sony Professional, RealD and Apollo Cinemas opened Europe’s first all digital and 3D multiplex cinema in Carmarthen. Working in conjunction with RealD, Apollo Cinemas opened one of the most technologically advanced cinemas in...

MUMBAI: Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp plans to more than double its network of satellite-enabled theatre locations across the United States by deploying an additional 300 locations by the end of 2010. This will increase...

MUMBAI: Universal Music Publishing Group chairman & CEO David Renzer and Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing president Dale Mathews announced that UMPG has acquired the publishing assets of Emack Music, the publishing arm of Christian label...

Marvel Entertainment and Paramount Pictures will release the action-adventure Iron Man 2 at Imax theatres across the world for a limited two weeks’ run....

MUMBAI: On World Intellectual Property Day, the International Federation Against Copyright Theft – Greater China (IFACT-GC) released the results of a survey which confirms a strong preference for a graduated response program as an...

MUMBAI: Veteran entertainment industry executive Bob Pisano has been elected as chairman of the Motion Picture & Television Fund’s (MPTF) Board of Directors.   Pisano succeeds Frank Mancuso, who has served in that post...

MUMBAI: MAVTV has inked a licensing deal with Sony Pictures Television that will integrate a slate of Hollywood theatrical movies into MAVTV’s program schedule.   MAVTV has selected films from the Sony Pictures library...