Movies
Sony DADC to screen popular movies at Kala Ghoda Arts Festival
NEW DELHI: ‘Home Entertainment Services by Sony DADC’, one of the leading home entertainment content provider in India in association with the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival 2014 is screening a line-up of critically acclaimed movies from its catalogue as a part of the festival’s movie screening segment.
Sony DADC will launch the critics’ favourite and Oscar nominated movie – Captain Phillips on home video in high definition on the Blu-ray format. The movie has been nominated for six Oscars including Best Picture and Barkhad Abdi has been nominated for Best Actor in Supporting Role.
Popular animation movies like Smurfs, Arthur Christmas and Hotel Transylvania will be screened at the festival. Nature documentary films to be screened include informative films like Secrets of Wild India, Crimson Wings, African Cats and Chimpanzee. The movies will be showcased as part of The Wild Child screenings which is a special segment for children’s movies at the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival 2014.
The Kala Ghoda Arts Festival that witnesses Indian as well as international audiences commenced today and will conclude on 9 February.
Home Entertainment Services by Sony DADC Business Head Rajat Kakar said, “The Kala Ghoda Arts Festival is thronged by art lovers and people who appreciate cinema. It is a perfect platform for us to screen our movies on the Blu-ray format for the audiences to experience high quality viewing of our films on home video format.”
The screenings are being held at the Coomaraswamy Hall and the Bombay Natural History Society.
Hollywood
Iger’s final act: Disney boss wraps up epic saga with a new captain at the helm
After 15 turbulent years, two stints in the c-suite, and billions spent on blockbuster acquisitions, Bob Iger is stepping away from the Magic Kingdom.
CALIFORNIA: The 75-year-old chief, hailed as one of the most transformative leaders in modern media, officially hands over to former parks chief Josh D’Amaro on 18 March. And this time, he’s getting the succession right.
Iger’s legacy glitters with big bets and epic wins: the $7.4bn Pixar buy, $4bn Marvel swoop, and the colossal $71bn 21st Century Fox deal. He dragged Disney into the streaming age, fought off activist investor Nelson Peltz, and saw off a political scrap with Florida governor Ron DeSantis.
But it hasn’t all been pixie dust. The forced return of Iger in 2022—after the short, shaky reign of successor Bob Chapek—tarnished an otherwise stellar run.
Now, D’Amaro takes the wheel with a streamlined leadership team and Disney firing on all cylinders. The firm’s streaming business is in the black, theme-park attendance is soaring, and five global films have hit $1billion at the box office in the past two years. Not bad for a firm that was on the ropes just months ago.
D’Amaro’s first move? A slick reorg under new president and chief creative officer Dana Walden, folding film, tv, streaming and gaming into one punchy unit. Sean Shoptaw, heading up the gaming division, now reports directly to Walden—bringing Fortnite and Epic Games collaborations closer to Disney’s creative heart.
Iger isn’t sailing off into the sunset just yet. He’ll keep busy with Angel City FC, the women’s football club he owns with his wife. And as Ann Mooney Murphy of Stevens Institute predicts: “A guy like that never truly retires.”
One era ends. Another begins. And the House of Mouse bets big on a future beyond the king.
