A quick look at all things bright and shiny in Cinema today!
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Actor Dhanush will make his directorial debut with Power Paandi starring Raj Kiran
Farhan Akhtar’s Excel Entertainment will produce a show for Netflix, and another for Amazon
Alia Bhatt may star in Rajshree Ojha’s next film
Paolo Sorrentino, of Youth fame, will direct a movie based on the life of Silvio Berlusconi
Newsworthy
An asteroid has been named after legendary Queen frontman Freddie Mercury
Releases, Releases
Baar Baar Dekho, Irumugan will hit the screens this week!
Spotlight
Actor/Director Mel Gibson doesn’t think too highly of the recent Superman film. “It’s a piece of sh-t,” Gibson told Deadline at the Venice Film Festival,”I’m not interested in the stuff. Do you know what the difference between real superheroes and comic-book superheroes is? Real superheroes didn’t wear spandex. So I don’t know. Spandex must cost a lot.”
Actress Anushka Shetty said in a recent interview, that she works hard to keep herself grounded at all times. “Cinema has made my world a hundred times bigger. I have got many new friends now. I have received a lot of support as well as praise. Even though I am at the pinnacle of fame now, I have not let it get to my head. When I go home, I behave just like any other normal woman of my age.”
Time Out
Recommended
With only an 8% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, the latest movie by acclaimed director Gus Van Sant, Sea Of Trees, isn’t getting any breaks. Starring McConaughey as a man contemplating death in the woods, it’s ironically suffering a quick death at the box office. It’s taken in only $2,730 in its first week in the theatres.
Let them eat cake!
Actor Mammotty, actress Radhika Apte, and Evan Rachel Wood will all turn a year older today!