The movie theater industry’s annus horribilis will continue to drag well into next year, according to new research from consulting firm Deloitte.
“Mulan” lands on Disney Plus for subscribers at no extra charge this weekend. The live-action remake directed by Niki Caro is an adaptation of Disney’s 1998 animated film and based on Chinese folklore. The film stars Yifei Li as Mulan.
“76 Days” captures the first 76 days of the lockdown right at the start of the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, China. Back in January, when the virus was beginning to gather traction, Weixi Chen and Anonymous picked up a camera and began filming.
In Telugu cinema, filmmakers often forget about people and stories outside the borders of big cities and urban milieus. Middle Class Melodies broke this mould.
The film business is likely to decline by at least 50% over the next year or two as compared to the pre-pandemic period with fewer films available for release given the long break in production, fewer screens for showcasing and expected box office coming down substantially.
The National Film Awards, administered by the Indian government''s Directorate of Film Festivals (DFF), already acknowledge three gender marked awards in categories of best actor, best supporting actor and best singer - for both male and female, he said.
Industry and trade experts say the move could relegate theatricals to a secondary viewing medium and make recovery from the covid-19 pandemic impossible.
Eric Kohn and Anne Thompson discuss the logic behind the studio's big move.
Shankar will be succeeding Sangita Reddy, President, FICCI, and Joint Managing Director, Apollo Hospitals Group during FICCI's 93rd Annual General Meeting (AGM) scheduled to be held on December 11,12 and 14, 2020.
Many in Hollywood had expected traditional studios to follow the lead of Universal Pictures, which brokered a milestone deal in July to shrink the theatrical window — the exclusive period in which movies run in theaters — to just 17 days before Universal would have the option to take their wares to paid video-on-demand.