New Delhi: The international trailer of 'Captain Phillips' has been released. Directed by Paul Greengrass, the film stars Tom Hanks and Catherine Keener in the lead roles. The film is scheduled to be released on October 11, 2013.
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02:28 PM, May 09, 2013
Censors in China have edited out 40 minutes of content from 'Cloud Atlas' before its release next week. ...
01:00 PM, Jan 24, 2013
Los Angeles: Tom Hanks was concerned about accepting the role of iconic animator Walt Disney in new film 'Saving Mr Banks' because he feared he would not be able to do the movie with justice. Disney, the founder of the animated studio, spent 14 years trying to persuade 'Mary Poppins' author P L Travers to allow the studio to make a film based on her popular children's story. Travers was...
11:55 AM, Nov 16, 2012
Los Angeles: The Warner Bros. thriller, directed by and starring Ben Affleck, had been sitting at No. 2 the past two weeks. It made just over $12 million this past weekend for a total of $60.5 million, according to final studio figures Monday. 'Cloud Atlas' actually had a slightly better debut than Sunday estimates to jump from third to second place. Also from Warner Bros., the sprawling drama starring Tom...
05:30 PM, Oct 30, 2012
London: Emma Thompson is all set to give Tom Hanks a tough time in Walt Disney's biopic 'Saving Mr Banks'. Thompson, 53, is playing the role of 'Mary Poppins' author P L Travers in the film, which is currently being shot while Hanks plays Walt Disney. The actress wore her hair in tight curls and carried a white beaded clutch bag during the shoot, the Daily Mail reported. Disney, the...
10:34 AM, Oct 30, 2012
Los Angeles: It took three weeks, but 'Argo' finally found its way to the top of the box office. The Warner Bros. thriller from director and star Ben Affleck, inspired by the real-life rescue of six U.S. embassy workers during the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis, made nearly $12.4 million this weekend, according to Sunday studio estimates. 'Argo' had been in second place the past two weeks and has now made...
11:25 AM, Oct 29, 2012
New Delhi: Hollywood's versatile actor Tom Hanks, who plays six different characters in 'Cloud Altas', terms the film 'cinematic literature'. He also admits that making the transition from one character to another was a challenge for him. The story of the film, which released Friday, spans 500 years and explores the interconnectedness of the human race. It is an epic story of humankind in which the actions and consequences impact...
02:54 PM, Oct 28, 2012
Maybe if you're 20 years old and high in your dorm room with your friends, the platitudes presented in 'Cloud Atlas' might seem profound. Anyone else in his or her right mind should recognize it for what it is: a bloated, pseudo-intellectual, self-indulgent slog through some notions that are really rather facile. Ooh, we're all interconnected and our souls keep meeting up with each other over the centuries, regardless of...
12:53 PM, Oct 27, 2012
This week two Hollywood films hit theatres including Tom Hanks starrer 'Cloud Atlas' and Mark Wahlberg's 'Ted'. Inspired by the novel of the same name, 'Cloud Atlas' stars Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugh Grant and Susan Sarandon. Based on the premise of action and reaction, the film explores how individual lives impact one another over different periods of time - the past, the present and the future. A comedy, 'Ted' ...
10:49 AM, Oct 26, 2012
New Delhi: Hollywood star Tom Hanks read about Bollywood actor Aamir Khan's work for the Indian society, and is mightily impressed. He says "giving back" (to the society) is tough. Hanks, whose new film 'Cloud Atlas' is releasing in Indian theatres on October 26, read about Aamir in the September 10 issue of the prestigious Time magazine, in which he was positioned as India's "first superstar-activist". "I really admire the...
02:22 PM, Oct 09, 2012
Toronto: Cult novel Cloud Atlas was once considered unfilmable. For some movie critics, it still is. The adaptation of the philosophical book by Britain's David Mitchell premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival to sharply divided reviews, suggesting the complex storylines and ambitious plot structure did not always connect with audiences who had not read the novel. With a budget that reportedly topped $100 million, and an all-star cast of...
07:03 PM, Sep 10, 2012
New Delhi: The first extended trailer of Tom Hanks and Halle Berry's 'Cloud Atlas' was released to much excitement among fans of the epic drama, based on a 2004 novel by the same name by British author David Mitchell. A scene from the trailer shows Berry in a red sari and wearing the red and white bangles that married women from north India wear. Mitchell had won the British Book...
04:46 PM, Jul 27, 2012
Playing characters based on real life personalities seems to be the perfect recipe to win an Oscar. Hollywood's romance with such real life stories is certainly not new. ...
05:23 PM, Jul 05, 2012
Los Angeles: Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson are lined up for a film on the behind-the-scenes drama while making the Disney classic 'Mary Poppins'. The film, titled 'Saving Mr Banks', has a script by Kelly Marcel detailing how Walt Disney spent 14 years coaxing PL Travers, the Australian author of Mary Poppins, in order to adapt her books about the magical nanny. Travers resisted for so long because she feared...
12:02 PM, Apr 11, 2012
New Delhi: Directed by Stephen Daldry, Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close is a touching movie that recalls the horror of 9/11 and the aftermath where all America still struggles to deal with the pain of losing the ones they loved. The movie hits theatres on March 2. The movie stars Tom Hanks, Thomas Horn, Sandra Bullock, Zoe Caldwell, Dennis Hearn, Julian Tepper, Caleb Reynolds, John Goodman, Max von Sydow, Stephen...
06:54 PM, Mar 01, 2012
Los Angeles: Even the hundreds of photographers, TV cameras and webcams around the Hollywood & Highland Center can't capture every starry moment of Sunday's 84th annual Academy Awards. Celebrities reunite on the red carpet, mingle during commercial breaks and experience impromptu star-crossings in the wings - and we've got our eyes and ears trained on those moments. From arrivals to after-parties, here's a running account of what you didn't see...
06:37 AM, Feb 27, 2012
Los Angeles: The Academy Awards are a big deal - even to A-listers. That's why a parade of stars came through the theater at the Hollywood & Highland Center Saturday to run through their lines and prepare to address their peers in front of a worldwide audience of millions. Muppet rehearsal: Even celebrities of the felt variety took time to practice their lines. Though Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy...
04:21 PM, Feb 26, 2012
Los Angeles: After starring in a bunch of films and making some small screen projects, Tom Hanks is now working on a web series. The 55-year-old actor's production company Playtone has teamed up with Reliance Entertainment to produce 'Electric City' which will be streamed on internet giant Yahoo before heading to more traditional outlets, Ace Showbiz reported. The 90-minute animated sci-fi series will be broadcast online in 20 segments, each...
02:07 PM, Jan 10, 2012
