Sunit Jangir

Sunit Jangir

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As a Senior Editor at Sacnilk, Sunit Jangir leads our coverage on Indian cinema, box office analytics, and global entertainment trends. Passionate about Cricket, Sunit Jangir is an avid sports lover. He finds inspiration in other people's life stories and try to absorb them. Though introvert by nature, he doesn't feel shy when the topic is cinema and sports, particularly cricket.

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Warner Bros. Sets Anime Feature Film 'Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim' Theatrical Release In April 2024
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Warner Bros. Sets Anime Feature Film 'Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim' Theatrical Release In April 2024

Mumbai, February 15 - The original anime "The Lord of the Rings" feature film titled "The War of the Rohirrim" is under development at New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. Animation. According to Variety, the feature film will have a theatrical release on April 12, 2024. ## "The War of the Rohirrim" is being directed by Kenji Kamiyama, known for the TV series "Blade Runner: Black Lotus" from the screenplay penned by Phoebe Gittins and Arty Papageorgiou based on a script from Jeffrey Addiss & Will Matthews. The release of the anime feature comes 21 years after the culmination of the Lord of the Rings trilogy based on the iconic books by J.R.R. Tolkien.## Set roughly two centuries before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings", "The War of the Rohirrim" will explore the exploits of Helm Hammerhand, the King of Rohan, and the creation of Helm's Deep, the stronghold featured in Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers", reports Variety. ## The live-action "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential film series ever made. It was a major financial success and is among the highest-grossing film series of all time with $2.991 billion in worldwide receipts.## Interestingly, there is a live-action "The Lord of the Rings" TV series titled "The Rings of Power" is set for September 2, 2022, premiere on Amazon Prime Video. However, the anime feature is totally separate from Amazon Prime's series, which is set millennia before the events of Jackson's movies. ## Stay tuned...

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Warner Bros. Sci-Fi Epic 'Dune' Finally Hits $400 Million At The Global Box Office
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Warner Bros. Sci-Fi Epic 'Dune' Finally Hits $400 Million At The Global Box Office

Mumbai, February 15 - Warner Bros.' big-budget sci-fi epic film "Dune" has broken into $400 million at the global box office, after getting a major boost due to its domination at the 94th Academy Awards nominations last week. ## The Denis Villeneuve-directed adaptation of the 1965 novel of the same name by Frank Herbert scored 10 nominations, including the Best Picture, in the recently announced nominations. After getting re-released in the domestic market (North America), "Dune" gets benefitted from Oscar's nominations buzz and scored $145K on its 17th weekend for a total domestic cume of $107.8 million. ## Overseas, the film grossed $320K on its 22nd weekend, thanks to the re-release in Korea, reaching $292.3 million at the international box office. The movie currently stands at $400.2 million at the global box office, becoming the 8th highest-grossing Hollywood title of the covid-19 pandemic era.## Interesting to note that "Dune" was released simultaneously on HBO Max and in theaters. So the box office numbers are satisfying for the studio, especially knowing that fact that it was also a major HBO Max success in North America. It is also Warner Bros.' second-biggest grossing title during the pandemic, after "Godzilla vs. Kong" ($468.2M), which was also a day-and-date release on HBO Max. ## Apart from the USA, the biggest market for "Dune" is China where it has grossed $39.5 million, followed by France with $32.6 million, the United Kingdom with $30 million, Germany with $22.5 million, and Russia with $21.3 million. ## Set in the far future, it follows Paul Atreides as his family, the noble House Atreides, is thrust into a war for the deadly and inhospitable desert planet Arrakis. The movie stars Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Zendaya, David Dastmalchian, Chang Chen, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Charlotte Rampling, Jason Momoa, and Javier Bardem in key roles. ## The 2nd part of "Dune" is under development. ## Stay tuned...

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Tom Holland's 'Uncharted' Opens Solid At The International Box Office
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Tom Holland's 'Uncharted' Opens Solid At The International Box Office

Mumbai, February 14 - With "Spider-Man: No Way Home" still putting strong numbers at the box office, Tom Holland's next film "Uncharted" has kicked off the international box office on a strong note. ## Ahead of its domestic (North America) debut on February 18, Sony's big-screen adaptation of its popular video game series opened in 15 international markets and grossed a solid $21.5 million over Valentine's Day weekend. There were questions about whether Tom Holland could bring audiences to theaters outside his "Spider-Man" movies, and "Uncharted" might have answered all those questions. ## Directed by Ruben Fleischer, the action-adventure film had the biggest start in the United Kingdom, swinging to $6.4 million, followed by Russia with $4.5 million, Spain with $3.5 million, and Ukraine with $1.3 million.## Compared to pandemic-era blockbusters, "Uncharted" movie is tracking 12% above "Eternals", 18% above "Black Widow" and 21% higher than "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" at similar points in their theatrical rollouts, according to Variety.## The $120 million budgeted movie, will debut in the U.S. and Canada in the coming weekend along with India, Australia, Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, and South Korea. Apart from Holland who plays Nathan Drake, "Uncharted" also stars Mark Wahlberg as his mentor Victor Sullivan, with Sophia Ali, Tati Gabrielle, and Antonio Banderas in supporting roles.## In the film, Drake is recruited by Sullivan in a race against Santiago Moncada (Banderas) and Jo Braddock (Gabrielle) to locate the fabled treasure of the Magellan expedition.## Stay tuned...

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Marvel Studios 'Doctor Strange 2' Locks Final Release Date In India
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Marvel Studios 'Doctor Strange 2' Locks Final Release Date In India

Mumbai, February 14 - Marvel Studios' next big feature, "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" has finalized the release date for the Indian audience. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Dr. Stephen Strange, the highly-awaited superhero movie will debut in theaters on May 6, 2022, in English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam languages. ## On Monday (Feb. 14), Marvel released the full trailer of the sequel of the 2016's film. It is the second film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe that explores the multiverse concept, after "Spider-Man: No Way Home". "Doctor Strange 2", however, takes deep into the concept where things become messier than "No Way Home". ## In the latest trailer, one can see that Cumberbatch's Sorcerer Supreme is under attack from all sides after he opened that gate of the multiverse in "No Way Home", which goes wrong as several monstrous beings invade the MCU. To deal with that he seeks the help of Scarlet Witch played by Elizabeth Oleson, however, it is not as easy as it looks. ## Meanwhile, "Doctor Strange 2" is rumored to have many cameos including Captain Marvel. In one of the clips of the trailer, it looks like Captain Marvel is fighting Scarlet Witch. Among the other possible cameos, previously Fox-owned characters like X-Men may debut in MCU with the Multiverse of Madness. The rumors have also stated that Tom Cruise plays a cameo as Iron Man in this blockbuster sequel. ## The movie is being directed by Sam Raimi from a script written by Michael Waldron. It stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Stephen Strange, alongside Elizabeth Olsen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Benedict Wong, Xochitl Gomez, Michael Stuhlbarg, Rachel McAdams, among many other Marvel characters. ## ## Stay tuned...

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Gal Gadot's 'Death On The Nile' Opens To Number 1 At The Domestic Box Office
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Gal Gadot's 'Death On The Nile' Opens To Number 1 At The Domestic Box Office

Los Angeles, February 13 - Gal Gadot-starrer murder mystery film "Death on the Nile", took an underwhelming start at the domestic box office with $5.1 million on Friday, followed by Jennifer Lopez-Owen Wilson romantic comedy "Marry Me" with $3 million at number 2. ## Disney and 20th Century Studios' "Death on the Nile", based on the famous Agatha Christie novel, is heading towards $12.7 million in its opening weekend at the domestic (North America) box office. The opening of the film, however, is only half as much as the opening day gross of its predecessor "Murder on the Orient Express" ($10.7 million) in 2017, which went on to score $102 million domestic gross. ## The Kenneth Branagh-directed cost $90 million in production, and Hollywood trade experts believe that the movie will find it tough to recover the production cost. The movie has faced several delays due to the covid-19 pandemic while the production of the film was greenlit shortly after the release of "Murder on the Orient Express". ## According to Variety, the box office fate of "Death on the Nile" may have seemed prewritten for quite some time now. Many of Disney's projects rooted in the Fox era have been perceived as disappointments, with films like "West Side Story", "The Last Duel" and "The King's Man" coming up short at the box office.## The film is the third screen adaptation of Christie's novel, following the 1978 film and an episode of the television series Agatha Christie's Poirot broadcast in 2004. It stars Gal Gadot, Hercule Poirot, Annette Bening, Russell Brand, Ali Fazal, Dawn French, Armie Hammer, Rose Leslie, Emma Mackey, Sophie Okonedo, Jennifer Saunders, and Letitia Wright in key roles. ## Stay tuned...

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'Spider-Man' Best Picture Oscars Snub Disappoints Jimmy Kimmel And Director Kevin Smith
1579 days ago
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'Spider-Man' Best Picture Oscars Snub Disappoints Jimmy Kimmel And Director Kevin Smith

Los Angeles, February 12 - The recently announced nominations for the 94th Academy Awards are being criticized for not picking "Spider-Man: No Way Home", in the Best Picture category. Despite being hailed critically and doing wonders at the box office, "No Way Home" was nominated only for the Best Visual Effects category. ## Jimmy Kimmel called out on Academy on Tuesday's late-night episode and argued that the biggest snub was the movie everyone is going to see, even Academy voters. He also said that "Don't Look Up" was not worthy to be picked for a Best Picture nomination. ## "The biggest snub today in my opinion, and I'm actually even angry about this, I'm kind of embarrassed to say, is the unforgivable omission of Spider-Man: No Way Home", he said. "You're telling me Don't Look Up was better than Spider-Man? It certainly was not", he argued. Kimmel wondered how "No Way Home" didn't get one of the ten nominations this year and called it a "great" movie. ## Among the other people who are not happy with "Spider-Man: No Way Home's" Best Picture snub is director Kevin Smith. On his podcast, FatMan Beyond (via Deadline), Smith did not say which of the ten should be eliminated to make way for Spider-Man.## "I would just like to congratulate the good folks who made Spider-Man: No Way Home for the very deserved Best Picture nomination that I'm sure it got, I didn't read the nods", he said at first, before doing a spit take when he was informed it did not.## "What the f—! They got 10 slots, they can't give one to the biggest f—–g movie of, like, the last three years?" He said it was unfathomable, given that the Oscars ratings are dropping. "Like f—–g make a populist choice, f—, man. You got how many slots? Throw in Spider-Man for God's sakes; let him swing in there. F—–g poor kid's always getting crapped on and s—. Show Peter Parker some f—–g love. I'm not even being facetious, with as many movies as they now nominate for Best Picture…."## The 94th annual Academy Awards will be live at Hollywood's Dolby Theatre on ABC Sunday, March 27.## Stay tuned...

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Tom Cruise's 'Mission Impossible 7' To Be One Of The Costliest Films Ever
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Tom Cruise's 'Mission Impossible 7' To Be One Of The Costliest Films Ever

Mumbai, February 12 - The covid-19 pandemic is taking a huge toll on Tom Cruise's long-awaited "Mission Impossible 7" movie. The pandemic has not only forced the makers to push the release multiple times but has also pushed the production budget of this high octane actioner to a whole new level. ## Tom Cruise has performed some of the death-defying stunts in "Mission: Impossible 7", and one of such stunts is, actor driving his motorcycle off a cliff in Norway. Director Christopher McQuarrie said during CinemaCon last year that it was the most dangerous thing he has attempted and Cruise admitted saying that he wanted to do such things since his childhood. ## However, to film those stunts have proved costly for Paramount Pictures and Skydance Media, as the budget of the film has skyrocketed to $290 million (according to Variety), which is way more than what the studios had actually planned. The cost includes the substantial tax incentives that the global production was able to leverage to rein in costs. ## The eye-popping budget of the "MI7" has made it one of the costliest films ever. According to Culture Crave, the action spy film is currently the 6th most expensive movie of all time. "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" is the costliest film ever with a budget of $379 million. ## Avengers "Age of Ultron", "Endgame", and "Infinity War" are the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th most expensive movies with $365 million, $356 million, and $325 million, respectively. "Pirates of the Caribbean: The World's End", and "Justice League" are the 5th most expensive titles with a cost of $300 million each. ## According to Variety sources, a significant factor in this budget escalation is that "Mission: Impossible 7" was initially scheduled to begin shooting in Venice in February 2020, but it had to stop and start production seven different times. ## "Mission: Impossible 7" was supposed to hit screens in September this year, but in January, Paramount announced that it was delaying the release of "Mission: Impossible 7" to July 14, 2023, citing "delays due to the ongoing pandemic". The postponement will also add interest costs to the film's overall budget. Paramount and Skydance also announced that "Mission: Impossible 8" will open on June 28, 2024, instead of its previously announced debut of July 7, 2023.## Stay tuned...

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'Spider-Man: No Way Home' Star Zendaya To Get Paid A Whopping Salary For Her Next Film
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'Spider-Man: No Way Home' Star Zendaya To Get Paid A Whopping Salary For Her Next Film

Los Angeles, February 11 - Actress Zendaya, who was recently seen in the billion-dollar hit "Spider-Man: No Way Home", is putting strong legs in the Hollywood film industry. Apart from feature films, the young actress led HBO Max's Emmy-winning, high-school drama series "Euphoria", which has been renewed for season 3. ## Zendaya, meanwhile, has reportedly been cast in a feature film "Challengers", a drama set in the world of tennis. It will be directed by the Oscar-nominated film "Call Me by Your Name's" director Luca Guadagnino while Amy Pascal will produce it under her production banner Pascal Pictures. ## According to Puck.news (via Culture Crave Twitter account), Zendaya will get paid a whopping salary of $11 million or $13 million to headline the project. The amount is unbelievable knowing that Tom Holland, Zendaya's boyfriend and Spider-Man Homecoming trilogy star was reportedly paid $10 million after "No Way Home's" thundering box office success.## There is no doubt Zendaya has proved her worth over the years since her debut. Even in the Homecoming trilogy, the actress was appreciated for playing the role of MJ. She is already winning praises for "Euphoria", which is currently airing its second season. ## The details about her upcoming feature film "Challengers" is yet to be made official. ## Stay tuned...

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Robert Pattinson's 'The Batman' Special IMAX Preview Screenings Sold Out
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Robert Pattinson's 'The Batman' Special IMAX Preview Screenings Sold Out

Los Angeles, February 10 - The theater owners are in for a treat, despite "Spider-Man: No Way Home" is nearing its theatrical run in North America. "Spider-Man: No Way Home" has done more than what it was anticipated to do before the release, and now, the onus on DC movie, "The Batman" to carry the momentum, and in that regard, the indications are highly positive. ## To give the first glimpse of the unpreceded hype for Robert Pattinson's "The Batman", the special preview IMAX screenings of the superhero movie were sold out immediately after Warner Bros. put tickets on sale on Tuesday (Feb. 9) morning in North America, reports Deadline. The IMAX special screening at 350 locations is set to be held on March 1. ## The preview is dated so that fans can watch the movie simultaneously with those attending the New York premiere. The Matt Reeves-directed DC movie opens on March 4, with nationwide previews on March 3. It will be the longest "Batman" movie ever with a runtime nearly hitting 3 hours. ## The superhero movies have worked wonders during the covid-19 pandemic, and "The Batman" seems to be the continuation of that trend. According to the early box office projections, Robert Pattinson-starrer is heading for over $100 million in the opening weekend. It might also take the biggest opening for a Batman movie, as the projection shows it could reach $185 million in the domestic opening weekend. ## Set in his second year of fighting crime, "The Batman" film sees Batman uncover corruption in Gotham City while pursuing the Riddler (Paul Dano), a serial killer who targets Gotham's elite. The movie also stars Zoë Kravitz is playing Catwoman, with Colin Farrell fully transforming himself into the Penguin. Barry Keoghan, Peter Sarsgaard, Amber Sienna, Andy Serkis, Jeffrey Wright, and John Turturro round out the cast.## Stay tuned...

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Hugely Hyped 'Spider-Man: No Way Home', And Suriya's 'Jai Bhim' Fail To Get Oscars Nod For Best Pictures
1583 days ago
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Hugely Hyped 'Spider-Man: No Way Home', And Suriya's 'Jai Bhim' Fail To Get Oscars Nod For Best Pictures

Mumbai, February 8 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominees for the 94th Academy Awards on Tuesday (Feb. 8), and it brought disappointment to India, despite hopes from fans and the filmmakers behind it.## India's Tamil movie, "Jai Bhim", starring Suriya, was in the race to get the nomination in the Best International Feature Film category. The hope increased when Awards Editor for Rotten Tomatoes, Jacqueline Coley bid for "Jai Bhim" to get a nod for Best Picture nominations. However, the drama film based on real-life incidents, couldn't make it to the list. ## The movies that are nominated for Best International Feature Film, include - "Drive My Car" (Japan), "Flee" (Denmark), "The Hand of God" (Italy), "Lunana: A Yak In The Classroom" (Bhutan), and "The Worst Person In The World" (Norway). ## Meanwhile, the other film that was supposed to make it into the Best Feature Film category, Marvel/Sony's global blockbuster, "Spider-Man: No Way Home", also couldn't find a spot in the nominations. No Way Home was considered a long shot in the best picture race, and Marvel/Sony even started a campaign for Oscars nod over its box office success.## "Spider-Man: No Way Home" is currently playing in theaters and has so far grossed over $1.77 billion globally, there was hope that the Academy would recognize it for helping reinvigorate theater-going. However, despite falling short in the best picture race, "No Way Home" has been nominated in the Best Visual Effect category along with Marvel Studios' "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings".## Films based on comic books have often been ignored at the Oscars in the Best Picture category. However, things have changed in the last couple of years. Marvel Studios' "Black Panther" (2018) and Warner Bros' DC film "Joker" (2019) were nominated for best picture. Earlier, Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight" (2008) was nominated in the category. ## Stay tuned...

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Warner Bros. Lends In Trouble Over 'Matrix Resurrections' Day-and-Date HBO Max Release
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Warner Bros. Lends In Trouble Over 'Matrix Resurrections' Day-and-Date HBO Max Release

Los Angeles, February 8 - Last year, Walt Disney company faced the heat over Scarlett Johansson's "Black Widow's" day-and-date Disney+ release, which reportedly cost Disney a whopping $40 million to settle the lawsuit filed against it. And now, the same is happening with Warner Bros.## Village Roadshow Pictures, the producers of the recently released science fiction action film, "The Matrix Resurrections", has sued Warner Bros. for breaching the contract. The Keanu Reeves-fronted movie was released in theaters and on HBO Max simultaneously in December last year, which is the reason behind the lawsuit. ## Village Roadshow Pictures has alleged that Warner Bros. is prioritizing HBO Max to increase streamer's popularity at the cost of movies box office revenue. ## "WB's sole purpose in moving the release date of The Matrix Resurrections forward was to create a desperately needed wave of year-end HBO Max premium subscriptions from what it knew would be a blockbuster film, despite knowing full well that it would decimate the film's box office revenue and deprive Village Roadshow of any economic upside that WB and its affiliates would enjoy, especially as compared to a 2022 exclusive theatrical release", states the complaint filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, according to The Hollywood Reporter. ## Warner Bros. said in a statement, "This is a frivolous attempt by Village Roadshow to avoid their contractual commitment to participate in the arbitration that we commenced against them last week. We have no doubt that this case will be resolved in our favor".## The production company alleged that "The Matrix Resurrections" was supposed to release in 2022, but was moved up by Warner Bros. to boost HBO Max's subscribers. The day-and-date release of The Matrix sequel really put a massive dent in its box office potential as the movie grossed only $37 million domestically. It is also causing huge losses to actors, producers, and other financial partners whose revenue depends on the film's box office numbers. ## Warner Bros. renegotiated contracts tied to box office performance when it announced that it would put its entire slate of 2021 movies onto HBO Max and in theaters. However, according to THR, the lawsuit said no such deal was reached with Village Roadshow over Matrix Resurrections, adding that the rushed release caused it to be rampantly pirated, further hurting its box office returns. ## Stay tuned...

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'Moonfall' Director Blams Superhero And Star Wars Films For Ruining The Film Industry
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'Moonfall' Director Blams Superhero And Star Wars Films For Ruining The Film Industry

Los Angeles, February 6 - Hollywood filmmaker, Roland Emmerich joins many other actors and filmmakers who believe that the lack of originality in superhero and Star Wars films is ruining the industry. ## The director, whose latest big-budget science fiction disaster film "Moonfall" opened poorly at the box office, has lambasted the state of the movie business because these types (superhero) of movies exist.## While talking about his newest disaster film, he mentions in a conversation with Den of Geek, "Because naturally, Marvel and DC Comics and Star Wars have pretty much taken over. It's ruining our industry a little bit because nobody does anything original anymore".## Emmerich claims to be all about originality and believes that Christopher Nolan is making bold choices when it comes to filmmaking. "You should make bold new movies, you know? And I think, actually, Christopher Nolan is the master of that. He is someone who can make movies about whatever he wants", he said.## Meanwhile, Emmerich's latest venture, "Moonfall", which was shot in Montreal on a $145 million production budget, opened to poor reviews with 40 percent on Rotten tomatoes while its CinemaScore is also weak C+. At the box office, it opened to nearly $3.5 million on Friday, which is poor for a big-budget film. ## Stay tuned...

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