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Daniel Brühl (“The Falcon and the Winter Soldier”), Riccardo Scamarcio (“John Wick 2”) and Volker Bruch (“Babylon Berlin”) are set to star in motorsport thriller “2 Win.”

Directed by Stefano Mordini (“The Players”), the film is inspired by true events that occurred during the fierce rivalry between Germany (Audi) and Italy (Lancia) at the 1983 Rally World Championships.

HanWay Films is handling worldwide sales, which will kick off at Cannes.

“It’s a real David vs. Goliath story where Italian flare, cheek and imagination battle against the engineering prowess and perfection of the Germans in a race to the finish,” reads the logline.

In the film, Brühl will play Roland Gumpert who is competing with Cesare Fiorio (Scamarcio) to win the 1983 Rally World Championships. Fiorio is almost certain to lose but thanks to ingenuity and cunning he rises to the challenge, partly thanks to his unusual team including a team doctor and...

Naples-set young adult series “The Sea Beyond,” which depicts the world of a juvenile jail in the crime-ridden Italian city, is scoring a slew of international sales prompted by its phenomenal ratings on pubcaster Rai.

Germany’s Beta Film, which is selling the show about kids behind bars produced by Rome-based Picomedia and Rai Fiction, has inked deals with WarnerMedia Latin America for HBO Max, Sweden’s free-to-air channel TV4, cabler Hot for Israel, and streamer Blu TV in Turkey.

The deals mark a rare case of an Italian young adult series traveling abroad.

Set in a youth detention center overlooking the bay of Naples, “The Sea Beyond” depicts a world populated by kids apparently without hope, “given that they mostly belong to [the Camorra] organized crime syndicate that Naples is known for,” said Picomedia chief Roberto Sessa, who added that the show also has “all the color and vitality of that city.

Nine global indies have joined together to form a Fremantle-backed alliance to create high-end drama series and films.

The Creatives alliance kicks off with a three-year partnership with Fremantle to develop and fund high-quality international projects.

The Creatives is comprised of the likes of France’s Haut Et Court and Unité, U.S. producer Masha and UK’s Good Chaos. Also featured are Netherlands’ Lemming Film, Belgium’s Versus Production, Norway’s Maipo Film, Germany’s Razor Film and Israel’s Spiro.

The group, which has more than 100 films and series in various stages of development or production, will work closely on co-production and strategic partnerships and information sharing, while combining each other’s talent and networks.

A Creatives group statement said the move will “offer writers and directors a home of significant scale where they will benefit from a global approach” while retaining their rights “as much as possible.

South and West Asian films make up the entirety of this years Brooklyn Film Festival’s (Bff) Asian film line-up. As with the rest of their programme, the festival has a good mix of movies. Of the features spanning from Turkey to Syria to Nepal, some are East Coast premieres; some US; some even world. While the standard Asia-based narratives persist, the festival also leans into modern-day trends to feature more diaspora narratives. Notably, of these entries, almost half of them (3 out of 7) highlight Muslim or Islam-influenced narratives.

Earlier this week, the Brooklyn Film Festival announced the film lineup for its 24th edition, “The Clearing.” The 2021 edition will feature 36 World Premieres, 28 USA bows, 34 east coast debuts, and 25 first-time screenings in NY. In total, Bff will show in competition 147 features and shorts from 35 countries. The full lineup includes 13 narrative features and 9 documentary features highlighted in this release. The festival will also present 39 narrative shorts,...

Mumbai, March 2 (Ians) Actress Sonal Chauhan took to Instagram on Tuesday to post about love and relationships, with a black and white picture of herself.

In the picture, Sonal sits on the bed and facing the camera. She captioned the post saying: "If love hunts you down , finds you , captures you ... Will you hold it tight ... nurture it? Protect it ? I hope you will... I hope you can."

Sonal made her Bollywood debut in 2007 with the Himesh Reshammiya's "Aap Kaa Surroor". She was seen alongside actor Emraan Hashmi in the film "Jannat" as well, and has been part of regional films. She featured in the Telugu films "Pandaga Chesko", "Sher", "Dictator" and "Ruler", and the Tamil film "Inji Iduppazhagi".

The actress featured in the music video "Fursat hai aaj bhi" alongside singer Arjun Kanungo last year. She was recentlyu seen in Mahesh Manjrekar's "The Power", which released digitally.

Mumbai, Nov 13 (Ians) Actress Radhika Madan has turned to an old Hindi song featuring Tabu and Suniel Shetty for inspiration, while posting a quirky caption for her new Instagram picture.

In the image, Radhika is seen posing on a jet ski. As caption, Radhika wrote: "Main Ladki Po Po Po".

The words form the starting line of a song filmed on Tabu and Suniel Shetty in Priyardarshan's 2000 comedy hit, "Hera Pheri".

Radhika keeps entertaining fans with her captions as she keeps borrowing lines from film dialogues, songs and even memes.

In the past, she has used old Hindi songs such as "Kaun main haan tum" ("Ajnabee"), "Oh oh jaane jaana" ("Pyaar Kiya Toh Darna Kya") for captions in her posts.

The actress was last seen in "Angrezi Medium", the last Bollywood release before the lockdown, and also the final film of the late Irrfan Khan.

She will next be seen...

Production of TV dramas is back on track in Italy after a pandemic-prompted pause just as several hot new Italian shows, such as Luca Guadagnino’s “We Are Who We Are,” are hitting international screens and markets.

Pay-tv platform Sky Italia, which partnered with HBO on Guadagnino’s “We Are Who We Are,” has a slew of shows in various stages, including two very different ancient Rome skeins. One is “Romulus,” the mythical tale of Rome’s founding by twins Romulus and Remus — which was shot in archaic Latin — that will air in Italy in November; ITV Studios is selling it internationally.

The ancient Rome-set series is “Domina,” looking at Roman history from a female prism. Drama stars Kasia Smutniak (“Devils”) as Livia Drusilla, the wife of Emperor Augustus, played by Liam Cunningham (“Game of Thrones”). “Domina” had shut down production in early March but resumed in July and recently wrapped.

Paramount Pictures International has signed a landmark distribution partnership with Italy’s leading independent distribution company Eagle Pictures. Under the deal, Eagle Pictures will release Paramount titles in the country starting in March with John Krasinski’s anticipated horror film “A Quiet Place 2.”

Since 2017, Paramount Pictures has had its films released by Fox in Italy, and prior to that, by Universal. Following the Disney/Fox merger, however, the U.S. studio has been searching for another solid partner among independent distributors in the region.

A number of distribution outfits were considered, including Medusa, Rai, Leone, Notorious and Lucky Red, according to an industry insider.

The timing is auspicious for Eagles Pictures, which has had a banner year. The outfit was Italy’s top distribution company, and the only local player ranking in the B.O.’s top 10, leading with “Green Book.” Eagle was also the only Italian banner to...

Joseph Baxter Jan 14, 2020

Valiant Comics' signature super-soldier, Bloodshot, is coming to the big screen, played by Vin Diesel.

Bloodshot is set to arrive in 2020 as the first feature film adaptation of Valiant Comics, brandishing a headliner in Vin Diesel, who stars as the eponymous nanite-powered super-soldier.

Sony Pictures partnered with the publisher with clear designs for Bloodshot to launch a Valiant Cinematic Universe alongside film projects such as Harbinger and Archer & Armstrong as well as a Quantum & Woody TV series (with the Russo Bros. involved). However, the studio’s dream of harvesting its own shared continuity became mired in doubt back in September after Paramount acquired the rights to Harbinger, a crucial title filled with key characters and concepts in the Valiant lineup, analogous to Marvel’s X-Men IP.

Dave Wilson directed Bloodshot, transitioning from work as a visual effects artist on Avengers: Age of Ultron and an array of video games.

In an industry that's ruled by the heavyweights like the Khans, the Kapoors, the Kumars and the Bachchans, here is a man who has single handedly taken the entire industry, not just by a mere storm but a lethal combo of tornado cum whirlpool! He is none other than Bollywood's eternal blue-eyed boy Emraan Hashmi, our today's Birthday Boy. Having started his career with 'Uncle' Bhatt's Footpath, this dude with an attitude, soon earned the infamous tag of 'Serial-Kisser' courtesy his on-screen shenanigans in films like Murder, Zeher, Aashiq Banaya Aapne etc However, his last few films like Aawarapan, Jannat have portrayed the latent talent that this actor possesses. A recent survey revealed that almost 95% of the cinegoers flocked in to see his last release Raaz-The Mystery Continues, only for him! While other actors' career chart exhibit their Hits and Miss, Emraan is a man whose career chart boasts of Hits alongwith many 'Misses'!

In an industry that's ruled by the heavyweights like the Khans, the Kapoors, the Kumars and the Bachchans, here is a man who has single handedly taken the entire industry, not just by a mere storm but a lethal combo of tornado cum whirlpool! He is none other than Bollywood's eternal blue-eyed boy Emraan Hashmi, our today's Birthday Boy. Having started his career with 'Uncle' Bhatt's Footpath, this dude with an attitude, soon earned the infamous tag of 'Serial-Kisser' courtesy his on-screen shenanigans in films like Murder, Zeher, Aashiq Banaya Aapne etc However, his last few films like Aawarapan, Jannat have portrayed the latent talent that this actor possesses. A recent survey revealed that almost 95% of the cinegoers flocked in to see his last release Raaz-The Mystery Continues, only for him! While other actors' career chart exhibit their Hits and Miss, Emraan is a man whose career chart boasts of Hits alongwith many 'Misses'!

Before stepping into the filthy water for shooting Kunal Deshmukh's (of Jannat fame) Tum Mile, the film's lead stars Soha Ali Khan and Emraan Hashmi had to be vaccinated to avoid infection. Presently the film is being shot in Mumbai's eastern suburb Bhandup at an old dilapidated factory in Mulund. Our unit source revealed, .Since the film is based on the infamous Mumbai floods of 26th July 2005, a lot of flood sequences are being presently shot but it's getting difficult not only for Emraan and Soha but also for the crew to be stranded in the water for long times...

Actress Sonal Chauhan, who starred alongside Emraan Hashmi in "Jannat", is on a roll. She will shoot at the Seven Wonders of the World for a song worth Rs.6 million. The song will be for a Kannada film "Cheluvine Ninna Nodalu" and she has teamed up with southern actor Shivrajkumar in it. "I am more excited than nervous. I will have to do tonnes of rehearsals. The most exciting part of it all was shooting this song with the superstar himself - Shivrajkumar. He is absolutely amazing to work with," Sonal said. In the song, Sonal is believed to have worn a dress worth nearly Rs.400,000. The film's team is expected to fly to all the monuments on the new list of Seven Wonders of the World in March. "I am very excited about this trip. This is a lifetime opportunity. Imagine going to every single monument across the world...

Click above for more movie stills Post the success of Raaz - The Mystery Continues, Bhatts have announced the release date of their next production, Jashn. Starring Adhyayan Suman, Anjana Sukhani, Shahana Goswami and Humayun Saeed (from Pakistan) in the lead, Jashn is a musical and would be arriving in the month of April. "Yes, we are bringing Jashn on 24th April. This is the release date that has been blocked. We plan our movies effectively and during the September 2008 launch itself, we had announced the film's arrival in April this year. So here we are", says Mukesh Bhatt whose banner Vishesh Films is now riding high after back to back success of Jannat and Raaz - The Mystery Continues. "Music is the highpoint of the film", claims Mukesh Bhatt, which hardly comes across as a surprise considering majority of soundtracks created for films coming from the house of Bhatts...

Emraan Hashmi has done it again. Along with Bhatt brothers, he now has second straight hit in a row in the form of Raaz - The Mystery Continues. After Jannat, a lot was riding on this horror flick by Mohit Suri since a second straight success was much required for Emraan to completely establish himself in the top league. He has done that now with Raaz - The Mystery Continues which has taken a much better opening than even Chandni Chowk To China. While the Akshay Kumar starrer netted around 26 crores from it’s first week run, Raaz - The Mysyery Continues has brought home.

Emraan Hashmi has done it again. Along with Bhatt brothers, he now has second straight hit in a row in the form of Raaz - The Mystery Continues. After Jannat, a lot was riding on this horror flick by Mohit Suri since a second straight success was much required for Emraan to completely establish himself in the top league. He has done that now with Raaz - The Mystery Continues which has taken a much better opening than even Chandni Chowk To China....

Sequels and their sequels are here to stay. First Munnabhai Mbbs and Golmaal, now there's Raaz which threatens to turn into a Raaz-ma-taz, what with the second part of the Bhatt's spook saga getting an unexpectedly solid opening. Emraan Hashmi who has been lying low during the publicity, thanks to all the focus on the real-life Kangna-Adhyayan pair, says he feels vindicated by the audiences' response. "My wife kept telling me I should try the genre. I had never done horror before. It's believed in the trade that horror films open well and then soon fizzle out. But then it was also believed that a film looking at the seamier side of cricket (Jannat) would never do well. I like to walk the lonely path. That's why you don't see me at parties and functions. Maybe that's why I play the part of the loner and watch another guy...

Emraan Hashmi is bound to be ecstatic. And rightly so, considering his Raaz - The Mystery Continues has taken a good start all over and is all set to be at the least a Hit at the box office. Last year too he had a superhit Jannat and before that too there were quite a few successful films with Bhatt brothers. Does that reaffirm once again that Bhatts and Emraan Hashmi are a success formula?...

By Joginder Tuteja

Emraan Hashmi is bound to be ecstatic. And rightly so, considering his ‘Raaz - The Mystery Continues’ has taken a good start all over and is all set to be at the least a Hit at the box office. Last year too he had a superhit ‘Jannat’ and before that too there were quite a few successful films with Bhatt brothers. Does that reaffirm once again that Bhatts and Emraan Hashmi are a success formula?

Says Emraan in an excited tone, "Well, it’s a fact for all to see that we do make a great pair after all. Of course there is a great team.

Apart from the Khans, the Kapoors, the Kumars and the Bachchans, if there is one actor who has delivered one hit after the other, its none other than Emraan Hashmi. Having started his career with 'Uncle' Bhatt's Footpath, this dude soon earned the infamous tag of 'Serial-Kisser' courtesy his on-screen shenanigans in films like Murder, Zeher, Aashiq Banaya Aapne etc However, his last few films like Awarapan, Jannat have portrayed the latent talent that this actor possesses. As his latest film Raaz-The Mystery Continues opens across cinema halls next week (Jan 23), Bollywood Hungama gives you a chance to get up, close and personal with the one and only Emraan Hashmi only on Celebrity chat on Saturday Jan 17 at 1430 hrs Ist.

Apart from the Khans, the Kapoors, the Kumars and the Bachchans, if there is one actor who has delivered one hit after the other, its none other than Emraan Hashmi. Having started his career with 'Uncle' Bhatt's Footpath, this dude soon earned the infamous tag of 'Serial-Kisser' courtesy his on-screen shenanigans in films like Murder, Zeher, Aashiq Banaya Aapne etc However, his last few films like Awarapan, Jannat have portrayed the latent talent that this actor possesses. As his latest film Raaz-The Mystery Continues opens across cinema halls next week (Jan 23), Bollywood Hungama gives you a chance to get up, close and personal with the one and only Emraan Hashmi only on Celebrity chat on Saturday Jan 17 at 1430 hrs Ist.

Jannat fame Kunal Deshmukh will have an unusual pair Emraan Hashmi and Soha Ali Khan in his forthcoming film. Titled as Tum Milein, is a love story. It has backdrop of Mumbai floods.

According to the director Kunal Deshmukh the story has been inspired by the floods happened on July 26, 2005. He says, “Yes my forthcoming film is based on Mumbai floods that affected life in Mumbai. I will be shooting it in Mumbai and Cape Town as these two main protagonists’ moves from Cape Town to Mumbai. We are planning to erect a huge set in Mumbai itself to shoot flood portions. Our first.

Emraan Hashmi has great hopes from ‘Raaz - The Mystery Continues’. Not just the film brings him back with Mohit Suri after ‘Awarapan’, ‘Kalyug’ and ‘Woh Lamhe’, it also sees him in yet another Bhatt film where music always plays in integral part of the narrative.

After a hardcore drama ‘Jannat’, which proved to be a superhit at the box office and was also a huge musical success, Emraan Hashmi promises that his next ‘Raaz - The Mystery Continues’ will raise the bar for horror flicks. Not just.

Emraan Hashmi has great hopes from Raaz - The Mystery Continues. Not just the film brings him back with Mohit Suri after Awarapan, Kalyug and Woh Lamhe, it also sees him in yet another Bhatt film where music always plays an integral part of the narrative. After a hardcore drama Jannat, which proved to be a superhit at the box office and was also a huge musical success, Emraan Hashmi promises that his next Raaz - The Mystery Continues will raise the bar for horror flicks....

After a hardcore drama Jannat which proved to be a superhit at the box office, Emraan Hashmi promises that his next Raaz - The Mystery Continues will raise the bar for horror flicks. Not just would it give Indian audience something to see on the big screen that has never been witnessed before for a Bollywood flick, it would also scare the living daylights of all in the auditorium. "That's true, there are number of visibly disturbing scenes in Raaz - The Mystery Continues"...

Aah, now how many times have we heard before that Bhatt brothers, Emraan Hashmi and hit music go together. But then how can on resist saying that when their track record says it on it’s own? ‘Murder’, ‘Tumsa Nahi Dekha’, ‘Zeher’, ‘Kalyug’, ‘Gangster’, ‘Awarapan’, ‘Jannat’ - it is one long enviable list. And if one starts counting the music videos that have come out of these films, it could make for a countdown album.

‘Woh Lamhe Woh Baatein’ [Zeher], ‘Aadat’ [Kalyug], ‘Tera Mera Rishta’.

Click above for more movie stills Ok, so we are not talking about the war of the century being averted. Neither is this a case of two Khans coming face to face with each other. However, the fact is that two young guys, whose films were on the verge of clashing with each other, now would have lesser competition in weeks to come. That's because Raaz - The Mystery Continues and Aloo Chaat, which were earlier said to be coming together on the same day i.e. 23rd January, would now be spaced out. While Raaz - The Mystery Continues is sticking to it's original release date, the makers of Aloo Chaat have wisely moved their film's release to the month of February. Though the final date is yet to be closed on, there are good chances of this Aftab Shivdasani & Aamna Shariff film to be releasing on 6th February.

Aah, now how many times have we heard before that Bhatt brothers, Emraan Hashmi and hit music go together? But then how can on resist saying that when their track record says it on its own? Murder, Tumsa Nahi Dekha, Zeher, Kalyug, Gangster, Awarapan, Jannat - it is one long enviable list. And if one starts counting the music videos that have come out of these films, it could make for a countdown album. 'Woh Lamhe Woh Baatein' [Zeher], 'Aadat' [Kalyug], 'Tera Mera Rishta' [Awarapan],...

Remember the chartbuster track 'Tum Mile' from Criminal? Well, Bhatts appear to have really fallen in love with this song from their own production and have used the lyrics as the title of their film with director Kunal Deshmukh (of Jannat fame). They have named the film as Tum Milein which stars Emraan Hashmi and Soha Ali Khan in the lead. Confirms Kunal, "Yes, we are currently calling the film as Tum Milein though let me clarify that currently it is only the working title....

2008 is coming to an end and the debate has started heating up around the best soundtrack of the year so far. Will Pritam walk away with the honors due to five successful albums - Race, Jannat, Singh Is Kinng, Kismat Konnection and Golmaal Returns? Or is it going to be A.R. Rahman who has proved his dominance with albums like Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Naa, Jodhaa Akbar and Ghajini? Even Vishal-Shekhar have had a fruitful year with Bachna Ae Haseeno, Tashan and Dostana....

Emraan Hashmi has done it again. He started the year with 'Zara Sa' and 'Judai' (both from Jannat) and is all set to end it on a winning note too. The man with a Midas touch, as far as contributing with one chartbuster song after another is concerned; Emraan Hashmi in his five year long career has delivered more than 20 superhit songs. Now add at least a couple of more in his long list as his first track from Raaz - The Mystery Continues is unveiled....

At Bollywood Hungama, we were the first to unveil the music of Raaz - The Mystery Continues a.k.a. Rtmc which is expected to add on to the enviable catalogue of Hit soundtracks coming from the house of Vishesh Films. While the formal release of the album is still a few days away, we had an exclusive hear at the songs and were left stunned with at least a couple of them, especially 'Maahi' and 'Soniye' that are expected to add on to list of chartbusters that Emraan Hashmi has been accumulating ever since he first hit the Bollywood scene with Footpath. However, even as all his films have successively featured at least a chartbuster song or two, Emraan is now super positive that Rtmc is going to out do each of these previous albums. Even though this pretty much sounds like a tall claim considering the fact that early this year,...

Download image as wallpaper Among the many newcomers who made a lasting impression this year (2008) is the tall and sexy actress Sonal Chauhan. The babe debuted opposite Emraan Hashmi in Mukesh Bhatt's Jannat and the movie even went on to become a Superhit, yet Sonal hasn't been seen or heard of much since then. Now, all Sonal fans would get to see their favorite actress in a brand new avatar. Sonal would be seen sharing the stage and performing alongside internationally acclaimed rockstar Bryan Adams at a gala event in January next year. The gig has been organized by a leading jewellery company and this is the first time a mainstream Bollywood actress would be seen performing alongside a top international rockstar. Needless to say, Sonal is all pumped up and excited at the thought of sharing the stage with someone like Bryan Adams who has a huge fan following across the world.

New Delhi -- Bollywood lost about $37.5 million in the first half of 2008, as most films released here sold fewer tickets than expected, a leading business daily reported here Monday.

A survey published by the Economic Times of India also showed ticket receipts of only $75 million for the 47 Hindi-language films released from January through June, well below industry expectations.

Bollywood, the most famous segment of India's vast movie industry, does not have an independent source for boxoffice data.

"It's been a bad year (in that) major films have just tanked," film critic and industry analyst Rajeev Masand told The Hollywood Reporter.

The few successes in the first half of the year included Utv's historical epic "Jodhaa Akbar," which collected $30 million worldwide on the way to recovering its $10 million budget; the action-packed "Race" from the Abbas-Mastan directing duo; and "Jannat" (Heaven), Kunal Deshmukh's look at illegal betting in cricket.

Bollywood's six-month report card puts pressure on the industry to perform in the second half of the year.

"While there have been success stories, the industry is desperate for a breakthrough hit," Masand said.

Hopes were high for the star-studded "Tashan" (Attitude) by veteran banner Yash Raj Films. However, the film was panned by the critics and has battled a boycott by multiplex owners.

Similarly, the early July release of the big budget sci-fi romance "Love Story 2050" by Adlabs Films -- starring actress Priyanka Chopra and newcomer Harman Baweja -- drew negative reviews.

Masand, a critic for the CNN-ibn channel, predicted "Love Story," too, "may deliver below expectations," but added that there may be hope coming from other quarters.

"This year is special because two Hollywood studios -- Disney and Warner -- will bow their productions here," Masand said.

Expected this autumn are both "Roadside Romeo," Disney's animated co-production with Yash Raj, voiced by local star Saif Ali Khan and actress Kareena Kapoor; and Warner Bros.' co-production with veteran filmmaker Ramesh Sippy, "Chandni Chowk to China" (Made in China), starring Akshay Kumar.

As big films in India are traditionally slated for the festive season beginning in October, there is still a chance the year-end boxoffice could achieve the 13% annual growth recently forecast by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Ficci and PwC reported that India's overall film industry -- Bollywood plus the cinema of the nation's multiple other dialect groups -- tallied 2007 boxoffice receipts of $1.78 billion.