Sony Exec Says Same-Day Streaming/Theatrical Releases Are “Devastating” To The Film Industry

Naman Ramachandran Aditya Chopra, chair and MD of leading Indian studio Yash Raj Films (YRF), has launched the Saathi Card to provide health insurance, school fee allowance and food rations among other benefits to the industry’s daily wage earners and their families.The card is launched under the aegis of The Yash Chopra Foundation, named after the late Yash Chopra, one of Bollywood’s all-time great filmmakers.

"The whole world has seen the tragic footage of what happened at the Twin Towers 20 years ago – but I was actually there and so was my future son. When I woke up on 11 September, 2001, it felt like a really special day.

Naman Ramachandran Aditya Chopra, chair and MD of leading Indian studio Yash Raj Films (YRF), has launched the Saathi Card to provide health insurance, school fee allowance and food rations among other benefits to the industry’s daily wage earners and their families.The card is launched under the aegis of The Yash Chopra Foundation, named after the late Yash Chopra, one of Bollywood’s all-time great filmmakers.

NEW YORK -- The day for day-and-date releases has passed — at least for the Walt Disney Co.' upcoming releases.The studio on Friday announced that all of its remaining films this year will open exclusively theatrically. That includes the Marvel release “Eternals" (Nov.

saying that her contract was worded around the film getting a theatrical exclusive release and that she would’ve received bonuses based on the film’s box office performance (Disney initially said the lawsuit has “no merit whatsoever”).

Editor’s note: One in a series of remembrances on the 20 years since 9/11.

Manori Ravindran International EditorBAFTA has unveiled new eligibility rules for British debut movies that will widen the net for new filmmakers.

This is the second Universal film this year to attempt a hybrid release with Peacock after the studio did so with DreamWorks’ “The Boss Baby: Family Business” in early July. Universal has released more theatrically exclusive films this year than any other studio, including “F9,” which grossed $172 million in North America and $710 million worldwide.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief“Free Guy” held on strongly to grab a second weekend at the top of the mainland China box office. It beat an unusual theatrical release for “The Tomorrow War,” which has gone straight to streaming in other territories.“Free Guy” earned $18.3 million between Friday and Sunday, according to data from consultancy, Artisan Gateway.

TAICCA Taiwanese cinema has much to celebrate.Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the island produced an impressive 71 films last year, making it the third most productive country globally. This year, the island has gone even further, bringing immersive projects to the virtual reality programs of prestigious film festivals around the globe.At present, it is difficult to imagine that the Taiwanese film industry was struggling a mere 40 years ago.

Christopher Vourlias Amidst all the horrors of a war-torn decade that she would largely like to forget, one memory stands out for Kosovar filmmaker Kaltrina Krasniqi: the day her mother surprised the family with a VHS player. “We were so, so excited,” she tells Variety.

Netflix asked him to change the location of his new film Hustle from China to Majorca.Sandler, who signed a new deal with Netflix at the start of 2020 to make four more original films, explained that the streaming giant changed his original concept for the new film about a basketball recruiter who travels overseas.“It was written originally that I find a player in China and somehow, Netflix is not in China,” Sandler said on The Dan Patrick Show.“So they were like, ‘Would you guys please make it

Being James Bond, from MGM, will stream exclusively on the Apple TV app as a free rental ahead of the theatrical release of No Time To Die, the 25th installment of the storied franchise.

Kanye West is unhappy with the release of Donda.

The Zurich Film Festival (September 23 -October 3) has scored a coup with the inclusion of anticipated James Bond film No Time To Die in its official selection.

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No one is here to incriminate themselves when it comes to movie piracy. But if you’re reading this website, odds are you’ve seen a pirated movie at some point in the past.

As films have either skipped theaters or released simultaneously in cinemas and on streaming services in response to the pandemic, they have appeared on pirate sites faster than ever before thanks to rapidly improved torrent technology.