IMAX Corporation, Mississauga, Canada-based entertainment technology company specializing in motion-picture technologies and large-format motion-picture presentations, reached agreements to bring nine new large-screen theaters to India. IMAX will partner with Mumbai-based INOX Leisure Ltd., on five of the theaters, and with Mexico's Cinepolis India on the other four. The new theaters...
Archie Comics Heads to Bollywood
New York-based Archie Comics and mobile content and character entertainment company Graphic India are teaming up to bring Archie, Jughead, Betty and Veronica to India. The two companies will create a Bollywood-style live-action film, with an all-Indian cast, based on the iconic Archie Comics characters. The production, which will be...
SFO International Film Fest to Honor India's Shah Rukh Khan
The San Francisco International Film Festival, to be held April 5-19 at various venues throughout San Francisco and Berkeley, Calif., will pay a special tribute to Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan. This event will take place April 14 at 8:30 p.m. at the Castro Theater in San Francisco, and will...
Netflix Strikes Deal with Bollywood's Shahrukh Khan
Netflix announced a deal with Bollywood icon Shah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment banner to license its catalog and new films globally. Under this agreement, all members of Netflix will gain access to exclusive video-on-demand subscription to films made under Red Chillies banner as well as new films that will...
Vin Diesel Paired with India's Deepika Padukone
Americans have been enchanted by India's Priyanka Chopra on the ABC Television prime time hit, Quantico. Soon an Indian female will hit the big screens of Hollywood. Ahead of the 17th International Indian Film Awards held in Madrid, Spain this year, Bollywood super-star Deepika Padukone disclosed in an interview with...
Authorized Hollywood Movie Remakes Gain Ground in India
Hollywood’s 2011 martial arts drama Warrior, has been remade as Brothers, a co-production between Lionsgate and Endemol India's Eyedentity Motion Pictures. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Rentrak ranked Brothers in the 10th spot among the top 10 international releases for the weekend of August 15. The movie collected a total...