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Brazil, Russia, India, China Box Office Expected To Hit Combined $12.1B By 2017

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Thursday March 21, 2013 @ 8:13am PDTTags: Box Office, Brazil, China, India, Russia

After doubling their box office takings over the past five years, the BRIC countries will see combined revenues of $12.1B and account for 25% of global sales by 2017, according to research group IHS. That would put the Big Four on a par with where IHS expects the North American box office to be at that time. (It was $10.8B in 2012.) Driving growth are increased ticket prices and new construction — China is building cinemas daily and is expected to have about 20,000 screens by 2015 alone. IHS analyst Charlotte Jones also noted the loosening of quotas in China for 3D and IMAX films, the popularity of premium pics in Russia and the rise of shopping centers in Brazil as market drivers. READ MORE »

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Global Showbiz Briefs: Silvio Berlusconi, Nicholas Hytner, India Channel Crunch, ‘Vigilante’ Launched

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday March 8, 2013 @ 12:01am PSTTags: Global Showbiz Briefs, India, Silvio Berlusconi

Silvio Berlusconi To Appeal Wiretap Verdict
Italian media mogul and former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was handed a one-year jail term today by an Italian court over an illegal wiretap. It’s highly unlikely the Mediaset chief will do any time as he has appeals available to him and, under Italian law, isn’t expected to go to prison until all appeal attempts are exhausted. Berlusconi is already appealing a four-year sentence that was handed to him in Milan last year over fraud on movie rights deals. Today’s punishment comes for making public the taped contents of a confidential phone call in a case related to a 2005 banking scandal, Reuters reported. Berlusconi has oft been in court before over his business dealings, but he’s always been cleared or seen the statute of limitations expire.
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Global Showbiz Briefs: Keanu Reeves, India At Cannes ’13, Asia Pacific Screen Awards

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday November 23, 2012 @ 6:45pm PSTTags: Global Showbiz Briefs, India, Keanu Reeves, Side By Side

‘Life Of Pi’, Keanu Reeves’ Doc At Plus CameraImage
Plus CameraImage, the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography, kicks off its 20th anniversary edition this weekend in Bydgoszcz, Poland. Fest opener is Keanu Reeves’ filmmakers documentary Side by Side, followed by the Polish premiere of Ang Lee’s Life of Pi. Reeves and Life of Pi cinematographer Claudio Miranda are scheduled to attend the opening gala. Fest runs November 24 through December 1st. Other attendees include directors David Lynch, director Steven Okazaki, Michael Lindsay-Hogg and film editor Alan Heim. As preveiously reported, Gus Van Sant will accept the Director Duo Award on behalf of his late friend and collaborator Harris Savides.
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Nielsen Co. Sued For Fixing Ratings For Bribes In India

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Monday July 30, 2012 @ 4:21pm PDTTags: India, Nielsen Co, TV Ratings

India’s New Delhi Television Limited has sued The Nielsen Co for manipulating ratings data in favor of broadcasters that pay bribes. Filing the intricate suit (Read it here) in New York’s Supreme Court, the subcontinent’s largest and … Read More »

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‘Slumdog Millionaire’ Star Anil Kapoor To Produce & Star In Indian Version Of ‘24’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday November 9, 2011 @ 8:38am PSTTags: 24, Anil Kapoor, Fox, India, Jack Bauer
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Slumdog Millionaire star Anil Kapoor knows first-hand how Fox/20th TV’s real-time drama 24 was produced, having co-starred on the series’ final season. Now he will apply his knowledge to an Indian incarnation of the Emmy-winning drama, in which he will … Read More »

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Disney Shifted Foreign Strategy Months Ago

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday September 15, 2011 @ 9:44pm PDTTags: Brazil, China, Disney, India, Russia

A report today from the UK’s Financial Times headlined “Disney Axing Local Language Film Unit” wasn’t really news for most in Hollywood and certainly not Burbank. Disney backed away from its strategy of producing local language films with local actors and made the … Read More »

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Global Showbiz Briefs: Scotland, UK, India

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday September 14, 2011 @ 3:25am PDTTags: India

American Author To Head Edinburgh Film Festival
Chris Fujiwara has taken over leadership of the festival at a critical juncture. That fact was underlined by today’s news that the chief executive of the festival’s parent body, Gavin Miller, had resigned. The former BBC marketing executive was rocked by the resignation of previous artistic director Hannah McGill and a 2011 edition of the fest in June that was short on funding, premieres and star power. Fujiwara told The Scotsman that he was “well aware” of the criticism leveled at the festival this summer. “Edinburgh is clearly a festival that is going through a transitional phase,” he said, “but that means there is an opportunity for positive change and to make a real difference.” Fujiwara said it was almost certain that the next festival would keep remain in June, rather than returning to its traditional August slot. Read More »

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Global Showbiz Briefs: UK, India, China

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday September 9, 2011 @ 9:20pm PDTTags: Bollywood, Brian Cox, Disney, Fox, Imax China, India, ITV, Simon Cowell, X Factor

Simon Cowell Tries To Deflect Flak From ‘Red Or Black?’
The music and TV mogul said today “human error” was to blame after a man who did time for domestic abuse, Nathan Hageman, won the £1M jackpot on the game show’s … Read More »

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Global Showbiz Briefs: UK, India, Korea

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday August 24, 2011 @ 9:50pm PDTTags: Christopher Nolan, Daniel Craig, India, James Bond, Oscars, Pinewood Studios, Prometheus, Ridley Scott, Sam Mendes, Snow White and the Huntsman, The Dark Knight Rises, Universal

Solid First Half For UK’s Pinewood Shepperton Studios
Revenues are up 68% over the first half of the 2011 according to interim results released today, from $27M to $42M over the same period a year ago. The largest film production based at Pinewood Studios during the period was Dark Shadows (Warner Bros), and the largest production based at Shepperton Studios was Wrath of the Titans (WB). Other films that used Pinewood Shepperton facilities included The Iron Lady (DJ Films/Pathé), Gravity (WB), Woman in Black (Hammer Films), 47 Ronin (Universal) and Ridley Scott’s Prometheus (Fox). Universal’s Snow White And The Huntsman has just begun shooting at Pinewood. The surge in film business offset a drop in TV revenues from $8.3M last year to $7.6M, which the studio attributed to using more space on movie productions.

Off-Track Bond 23 May Exit India For South Africa
Unhappy that permission to shut down portions of two railways outside Mumbai still has not been granted, Take One Productions is threatening to move production of Bond 23 from India to South Africa. Originally scheduled to shoot in the fall, the Sam Mendes-directed project starring Daniel Craig is now pointing for a January start. “South African authorities are waiting to provide everything that is required to support this movie,” said Take One’s Pravesh Sahni. “If we can’t get this cooperation from India, the film will no longer be shot here.” The railroad scenes will be a major part of the film, Sahni told The Times of India. Read More »

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