MUMBAI: Square One Entertainment releases a hilarious trailer for the new movie Underground Comedy 2010 – a raunchy over-the-top sketch comedy co-starring Lindsay Lohan, Michael Clark Duncan, Bobby Lee, Joanna Krupa and Vince Offer....

MUMBAI: For six-time Grammy Award winning multi-platinum megastar group The Black Eyed Peas – will.i.am, apl.de.ap, Taboo and Fergie – it has been a year to remember. This week, as the Peas’ worldwide 7.33...

MUMBAI: The Walt Disney Company has sold Miramax Films to Filmyard Holdings LLC for over $660 million subject to certain adjustments. Partners in Filmyard include Los Angeles businessmen Ron Tutor, Tom Barrack, Colony Capital...

MUMBAI: Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group has launched Virgin Produced, a film and television development, packaging and production company, which has also entered into a joint venture with Relativity Media’s Rogue Pictures to develop,...

Mumbai: Despite the sad loss of a crowd favorite, last week it was announced that Shrek is now coming to the West End. Superbreak will have show and hotel packages on sale from October...

Mumbai: Warner Bros. Entertainment has promoted Mike Marino to senior vice president and chief employment counsel. In this post, Marino will serve as lead employment counsel for all of Warner Bros.’ businesses worldwide. He...

Mumbai: Warner Home Video has partnered with two major CE manufacturers, LG Electronics, Inc. and Sony Electronics Inc., to offer new Blu-ray 3D versions of IMAX Under the Sea 3D, IMAX Space Station 3D...

Mumbai: Redbox has started rolling out Blu-ray titles with availability at approximately 13,300 kiosks. Redbox will rent Blu-ray Discs at $1.50 per night plus tax and the company expects to have availability across its...

Mumbai: Sony Pictures Imageworks has released OpenColorIO (OCIO), its sixth production-proven open source software to be introduced since launching its open source initiative in July 2009. The new release can be found online at...

MUMBAI: Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ crime drama The Town will premiere at this year’s 35th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). The Gala Presentation, which marks the North American debut of the film,...

MUMBAI: Imax Corporation and Russian exhibition chain Cinema Park, have signed an agreement to install up to 14 Imax theatre systems throughout Russia, beginning in 2010. The agreement, which marks the single largest European...

MUMBAI: Technicolor is set to deliver more than 15 Blu-ray 3D titles, leading the industry in 3D compression and authoring services. As announced at CES in January earlier this year, Technicolor produced the very...

MUMBAI: The Walt Disney Company has agreed to acquire online social gaming company Playdom Inc. Playdom shareholders will receive total consideration of $563.2 million, subject to certain conditions, and a performance-linked earn-out of up...

MUMBAI: Relativity Media will take over the distribution and marketing operations and some assets of the Starz Overture Films subsidiary. Approximately 45 staff members, or two-thirds of Overture’s employees, will make the move to...

MUMBAI: RMG Networks (RMG) and MTV have inked an exclusive partnership that extends the companies’ sales and marketing reach through mtvU, MTV’s college television network, and across RMG’s place-based video networks that reach 35...

Mumbai: Inception, written and directed by Christopher Nolan, continued its strong performance during the second weekend and is expected to cross $20 million in worldwide gross box office today across Imax screens. The worldwide...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

Mumbai: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment announced Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters an action-adventure title that will be available in conjunction with Warner Bros. Pictures’ feature film Green Lantern scheduled for...