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Stating that everything is done in the name of entertainment, Shah Rukh spoke about portraying different roles in movies and requested people to not take their alter egos too seriously.He said, "Sabka maksad ek hi hota hai. We should spread happiness, brotherhood, love, kindness, even when I'm playing a bad guy like in Darr. Even if I'm playing a Baazigar, even if John is being bad in a film. None of us are bad.""We are all playing characters to make you happy. If we say things in the film, none of them are meant to hurt any sentiment or anybody. It is just entertainment," continued Shah Rukh.The actor added, "We love each other, we joke with each other. We have fun with each other. Fun, entertainment should be left at that. Don't take it more seriously. We all are one. All of us are loving each other and trying to make that love spread just to tell you in a very simple manner... this is Deepika Padukone, yeh Amar hain. Main Shah Rukh Khan hoon, main Akbar hoon. Yeh John hain, yeh Anthony hain. And this is what makes cinema."Prior to the release of 'Pathaan' there was a campaign to boycott the Shah Rukh starrer and some objectionable words were used against him on social media.However, all this did not affect its box office numbers as 'Pathaan' received a massive response from viewers and SRK's fandom globally has warmly welcomed the actor to his movie after four years. The film also entered the Rs 100 crore club on its opening day and has grossed a total collection of Rs 542 crore in 5 days.

Filmmaker Suneel Darshan, who is known for films such as Inteqam and Andaaz, has filed an FIR against the search engine giant Google, its CEO Sundar Pichai and several other employees of the corporation, alleging an infringement of the copyright of his 2017 directorial Ek Haseena Thi Ek Deewana Tha on YouTube.According to several reports, the director has claimed that though he had not uploaded the movie anywhere, nor sold it to anyone, several channels on YouTube are profiteering off it and Google has refused to take the movie off those channels. His FIR, filed with the MIDC Police Station at Andheri East, alleges infringement of Sections 51, 63 and 69 of the Copyright Act of 1957.Sharing the information, Darshan told a print publication that his faith and belief in the advancement of technology are implicit, but the infringement of his rights is a cause of grave concern. He added that his entire copyrighted movie, apart from its songs and sequences from it, have been uploaded and monetised, and he had to helplessly watch such illegal acts.Darshan clarified that it was only after his repeated requests went unanswered that he had to seek legal help. Maintaining that he had the utmost respect for Google, he, however, said the corporation had been unfair to genuine creators. Darshan said that he has total respect for both the technology and the funds that they (Google) bring to India but added that the corporation's reluctance to work with experienced content creators and benefiting from their knowledge had only led to mutual loss, and denied quality content to the audience.As for his next step, Suneel Darshan stated that he will move according to the law and the advice of his lawyers.

Netflix has added a pair of big names to its upcoming limited series All the Light We Cannot See. Mark Ruffalo and Hugh Laurie will star opposite newcomer Aria Mia Loberti in the adaptation of Anthony Doerrs Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.According to The Hollywood Reporter, All the Light We Cannot See centers on Marie-Laure (Loberti), a blind French teenager whose path crosses that of young German soldier Werner as they both try to survive the devastation of World War II in occupied France. The role of Werner has yet to be cast.HBOs I Know This Much Is True and the Marvel universe star, Mark Ruffalo will play Daniel LeBlanc, Marie-Laures father and the principal locksmith at the Museum of Natural History in Paris. Caring and clever, hes determined to give his daughter as much independence as he can while also protecting her and the secret gem they carry from Nazi occupation.Hugh Laurie will play Etienne LeBlanc, Daniels uncle. Etienne is an eccentric, reclusive World War I hero who suffers from PTSD and records clandestine radio broadcasts as part of the French resistance.Hugh Laurie is also writing and directing an adaptation of Agatha Christies Why Didnt They Ask Evans? for streamer BritBox and is currently filming The Canterville Ghost, based on the Oscar Wilde story, alongside his longtime comedy partner, Stephen Fry.Peaky Blinders fame Steven Knight is adapting the novel, and Levy, whose credits include Stranger Things and Free Guy will direct all four episodes. They executive produce with 21 Laps Dan Levine and Josh Barry. The series is the second recent collaboration for Levy and Ruffalo. Levy is directing and Ruffalo is part of the cast of a time-travel movie (formerly Our Name Is Adam) that moved to Netflix in lieu of a theatrical release by Paramount Pictures.

AGBO, the artist-led independent banner led by Avengers: Endgame directors Anthony and Joe Russo, has received a $400 million investment from Nexon Co., the Japanese video game maker.According to The Hollywood Reporter, the deal which values AGBO at $1.1 billion as Nexon takes a 38 percent stake, will accelerate the global expansion of Nexons existing and new franchise intellectual property into film and TV and will also fuel AGBO as it develops, produces and owns tentpole-led entertainment universes reaching global audiences via games and virtual world experiences.AGBO CEO Jason Bergsman, who leads strategy and business operations at the Russo brothers indie banner said, Weve proven early success at AGBO to create entertainment franchises at a global scale, and this investment from Nexon allows us to do even more of that, to continue to press the envelope on their ambitions and accelerate what were already doing.He added that while the Russo brothers will continue to make smaller films away from the superhero arena like the Tom Holland starrer Cherry, they will mostly be working on a broad global creative canvas as they expand onto more digital platforms and world-facing streaming platforms look for content that appeals to audiences globally.While AGBO has already begun early discussions with Netflix on a video game based on the Extraction property, the Russo brothers more broadly will look to do cross-platform collaborations with Nexon as each partner seeks to collectively extend its own IP onto additional media platforms aimed at global consumers.As its ambitions grow with Nexon backing, the Tokyo-listed gaming company has committed to invest up to another $100 million in the first half of 2022, if AGBO makes the request.Nexon, van Dyk explains, as a successful producer of online virtual worlds in Asia like Dungeon Fighter, The Kingdom of the Winds, MapleStory and KartRider, through its partnership with AGBO will expand into additional world markets across games, film, TV, merchandising and other experiences.AGBO will continue as an independent entity, with the Russo brothers and their executives maintaining majority control over the company.The Russo brothers and producing partner Larocca launched AGBO in 2017 and have since worked on films and TV series with partners like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, NBC Universal, Disney, Apple TV+, A24 and Roku. Before that, the Russo brothers and the writing team of Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, AGBOs co-presidents of story, partnered to direct and write four Marvel films, which netted $7 billion at the box office.AGBOs current slate includes Extraction 2, a sequel for Netflix; Citadel, a global event series for Amazon Prime; The Gray Man, starring Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans, for Netflix; and the Russo brothers will next direct the Electric State adaptation for Universal, to include a TV component.

Bohemian Rhapsody screenwriter Anthony McCarten has filed a breach of contract suit against Graham King and his GK Films for money owed on the 2018 Academy Award Best Picture-nominated film about Queen and its iconic singer Freddie Mercury.According to a report in Deadline, the lawsuit shows that the $55 million budget film grossed $911 million worldwide, and yet according to accounting statements issued by 20th Century Fox Film Corporation, Bohemian Rhapsody is in the red, to the tune of $51 million. The suit names King and his GK Films and not Fox or Disney, which acquired the studio and holds Bohemian Rhapsody currently.McCarten maintains a deal directly with King to receive 5% of GKs take but King, eventually turned over all of those deals to Fox and now Disney. McCarten states that the deal accounting definitions changed and he has not been paid a cent from his backend deal and that King has been unresponsive to his appeals to get paid.McCarten, with his Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump Holley LLP attorneys, are seeking monetary damages in an amount to be proven at trial, a full accounting of the movie, and a judicial declaration of the parties contractual rights and duties in connection with the Writers Agreement.By this action, McCarten seeks to hold GK Films to its promise in the Writers Agreement, says the 50-page filing on November 17 in LA Superior Court, citing the first of three deals the scribe struck with production company WAGW, Inc in 2015 for an amount equal to 5% of 100% of the Net Proceeds'.Fox boarded the Queen biopic in 2016. Representatives for GK Films tell Deadline that they believe Fox/Disney should be a party to this action and will be reaching out to them forthwith to consult on future responses. The studio is insisting McCarten is only due any profits via their Defined Net Proceeds definition, rather than GK Films standard Net Proceeds definition, as modified through good faith negotiation.As per the suit, as McCarten was negotiating his fee for the film, anticipated a Coming to America scenario like he is now in and believed a solution had been agreed on:Relevant here, at the time he entered the Writers Agreement, McCarten was aware of the reputation major studios have for snatching losses from the jaws of profits-most notably, by defining profits in byzantine ways and then applying arbitrary, onerous distribution fees administrative fees, overhead fees, etc. At the same time, McCarten knew that indie producers, such as GK Films-which had famously financed the $156-$170 million Hugo, among other mid- and big-budget projects offered a little less money upfront than did the major studios, but more favorable backend definitions. GK Films, for its part, embraced the reputation. For example, late in the negotiations, when he was frustrated over the low fixed fees that would inspire the side letter, McCarten called Denis OSullivan, a then-GK Films executive. OSullivan told McCarten, The number is what it is, but Graham wants me to tell you that as he did with Cameron Diaz on Gangs of New York, he will take care of you in success.McCarten, no industry na f, understood what Graham was telling him, and what he wasnt telling him. He-Graham King, not Fox, and not any other studio-was going to make up for the low fixed fees by paying him out on the backend. But only in success. With this background, it made perfect sense that the definition would be that of GK Films, and the net proceeds those of GK Films. Simply put, McCarten understood that GK Films Net Proceeds would actually resemble 5 percent of what GK Films made on the Picture-the difference between GK Films actual and net proceeds being the home video royalty and his unrecouped development expenses (if any). And there was no question GK Films net proceeds definition would be more favorable to him than whatever a major studio called its net profit definition.McCarten is one of the elite screenwriters of fact-based biographical pictures. Bohemian Rhapsody won Best Actor Oscar honors for Rami Malek and The Theory of Everything did the same for Eddie Redmayne and Darkest Hour claimed the prize for Gary Oldman. More recently, The Two Popes garnered nominations for its stars Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce.On the work front, He has in the works the Kasi Lemmons-directed Whitney Houston film I Wanna Dance With Somebody at Sony. He is a producer on that film.

The shooting of the Anthony Mackie starrer Desert Warrior, an action packed epic feature set in 7th Century Arabia, is currently underway in Neom and Tabuk in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.As reported by Deadline, the film is set in 7th century, when Arabia is made up of rival, feuding tribes, disunited and forever at each others throats. Emperor Kisra (Kingsley) has a fearsome reputation for being utterly ruthless. But when the Arabian Princess Hind (Hart) refuses to become the emperors concubine, the stage is set for an epic confrontation. It is a battle that, by its conclusion, will have changed the region forever and echo throughout history. Escaping with her father, King Numan (Massoud) into the vast and unforgiving desert, Hind is pursued by Kisras seasoned mercenary Jalabzeen and his bloodthirsty troops. Hind and her father are forced to entrust their safety to a mysterious bandit (Mackie), whose fighting prowess is second to none. The bandit harbors his own secrets, which will play a large part in deciding the fate of the battle. Hind inspires the fractious tribes to come together for one last stand and unite against an army that outnumbers them and is far better equipped.MBC Studios is the production arm of MBC Group, the largest and leading media company in the Middle East and North Africa, and Desert Warrior is its biggest ever film production to date. The picture is supported by the Neom Media Industries Sector, with major productions being a catalyst for the development of the regional media industries epicenter at Neom. Along with AGC Studios, Jeremy Bolt is also producing through his JB Pictures.Besides Mackie, the film co-stars Aiysha Hart, Sharlto Copley, Ghassan Massoud, Sami Bouajila, Lamis Ammar, G za R hrig, and Sir Ben Kingsley with script by Wyatt, Erica Beeney, David Self, and Gary Ross.On the work front, Mackie will also be the star of the next Captain America film for Marvel Studios, after co-starring in the Disney+ series Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Wyatt directed Rise of the Planetof the Apes, and episodes of the Apple TV+ series Mosquito Coast, on which he is an executive producer.The Production for Desert Warrior is expected to continue for several months.

Hollywood actor Anthony Mackie, after recently being named the next Captain America, seems to have found his next superhero role. According to Deadline, Mackie is set to star in and executive produce Sony Pictures Television and PlayStation Productions Twisted Metal, a live-action adaptation of the popular video game.Mackie will play the lead role of John Doe in the half-hour live-action TV series. As per the report, Sony TV and PlayStation Productions are extremely high on the package and a plan is in the works to take it to buyers soon.Asad Qizilbash, head of PlayStation Productions, said, Were thrilled to have Anthony Mackie on board. His ability to blend comedy, action and drama is perfect for the twisted world were creating.Based on an original take by DeadpoolTwisted Metal is a high-octane action comedyscribes Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick about a motor-mouthed outsider offered a chance at a better life, but only if he can successfully deliver a mysterious package across a post-apocalyptic wasteland. With the help of a trigger-happy car thief, hell face savage marauders driving vehicles of destruction and other dangers of the open road, including a deranged clown who drives an all too familiar ice cream truck.With no memory of his past, Doe is smartmilkman who talks as fast as he drives, gets a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make his wish of finding community come true, but only if he can survive an onslaught of savage vehicular combat.Glenn Adilman, EVP Comedy Development at Sony TV, said, Weve been big fans of Anthonys phenomenal body of work over the years and knew he was the only actor who could play a character as complex, funny and compelling as John Doe. Fortunately for us, he agreed.Cobra Kai writer Michael Jonathan Smith will write and executive produce the series along with Reese and Wernick, Will Arnett and Marc Forman from Electric Avenue, Peter Principato/Artists Firstare attached to executive produce. Mackie, his manager Jason Spire from Inspire Entertainment, Qizilbash and Carter Swan (PlayStation Productions) and Hermen Hulst (head of PlayStation Studios) will also executive produce.Mackie is coming off reprising his role as Sam Wilson/The Falcon in the Disney+ hit series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. He will also appear as Captain America in Captain America 4.

Updated: Aug 19, 2021 - 6:04 PM IST Hollywood actor Anthony Mackie is all set to star in MCU's superhero movie Captain America 4. Mackie has played Falcon in six Marvel films beginning with Captain America: The Winter Soldier as the wingman of Captain America, who was handpicked by that superhero. The series involved his conflict in taking on the superhero persona.According to Deadline, the deal marks an exceptional career moment for the actor who has been appreciated for his role in whichever movie he worked in, which includes the Best Picture winner The Hurt Locker, 8 Mile and The Banker.The details about Sebastian Stan, who starred with Mackie in Marvel Studios Disney+ limited series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, will feature in the upcoming or not, is still not made public. The scriptwriting is still undergoing by The Falcon and the Winter Soldier head writer and creator Malcolm Spellman, along with series staff writer Dalan Musson. A director hasnt yet been set for the film.The reports suggest there are chances that the makers might bring Chris Evans back into the fold.On the workfront, Anthony Mackie was last featured in TV series Solos and is currently working on We have a Ghost and several other projects.

Director and Screenwriter Christopher Landon has been roped in by Netflix to write and direct their in-house production film We have A Ghost. The film will star Anthony Mackie, David Harbour, Jahi DiAllo Winston, Tig Notaro, Jennifer Coolidge and others in pivotal roles.According to Deadline, The film centres on Kevin, who finds a ghost named Ernest haunting his new home. Kevin subsequently becomes an overnight social media sensation, along with his family. But when he and Ernest go rogue to investigate the mystery of the latters past, they become targets of the CIA."Christopher Landon is penning the script of the film, based on Geoff Manaughs short story, Ernest. The film will be produced by Dan Halsted alongside Temple Hills Marty Bowen and Isaac Klausner. The executive producers of the project include Christopher Landon himself and apart from him also has John Fischer, Geoff Manaugh, Korey Budd and Nathan Miller on board.

After years of speculations, Sex and the City will be back on the screen and the revival is titled And Just Like That on HBO Max. Actors Mario Cantone, David Eigenberg, Willie Garson and Evan Handler are ready to reprise their roles.The American romantic comedy-drama, which aired from 1998 to 2004, now follows a new chapter with the same storyline with Cantone as Anthony Marentino, Eigenberg as Steve Brady, Garson as Stanford Blatch, and Handler as Harry Goldenblatt.According to Variety, the executive producer Michael Patrick King, said, Everyone at And Just Like That is thrilled to be able to continue the storylines of these beloved Sex and the City characters with the actors who made them so lovable.The original stars of the show Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, and Kristin Davis are returning onscreen and as executive producers sans Kim Cattrall. "The new Max Original series is based on the book, Sex and the City, by Candice Bushnell and the original TV series created by Darren Star. The series will follow Carrie, Miranda, andCharlotte as they navigate the journey from the complicated reality of life and friendship in their 30s to the even more complicated reality of life and friendship in their 50s," according to Entertainment Weekly.The production of the series will begin in late spring in New York. It will be half an hour series spanning 10-episodes.