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Reliance Big Entertainment and Brad Pitt to develop film on Dark Void
MUMBAI: Reliance Big Entertainment (RBE), under its creative partnership deal with Brad Pitt’s production company Plan B Entertainment, has reached an agreement to produce a sci-fi film Dark Void, based on an upcoming video game with the same name.
The two companies have taken film rights from its developer and publisher Capcom.
The theatrical version of the Dark Void will be developed as a sci-fi action franchise by RBE and Plan B Entertainment, as a part of the development and production financing deal (termed a creative partnership) which was announced at the Cannes Film Festival last year.
RBE chairman Amit Khanna commented, “We are delighted that our creative partnership with Plan B has led to this agreement to develop the Dark Void motion picture based on Dark Void.”
Dark Void (the game) is a new property from Capcom, which will be released on the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 computer entertainment systems and PC in North America on 19 January, 2010 and across Europe on 22 January.
“As a game, Dark Void was developed with a wide-screen mentality – a world full of adventure presented in cinematic scope and scale,” said Capcom Entertainment Sr VP licensing Germaine Gioia. “Plan B recognised the potential of our newest property and is as excited about bringing Dark Void to life in cinemas as Capcom is to bring the interactive experience to home theatres.”
Dark Void is a blend of aerial and ground-pounding combat which centres on Will, a pilot who crash lands in the Bermuda Triangle following a routine mission. Will wakes up to find himself in “The Void,” an alternate world resembling a primitive earth where aliens with superior technology are planning to take over civilization. Together with a faction of humans who have disappeared into the Void, Will takes on the alien race using their own advanced technology including a high-powered jet pack to defeat them and keep order in the civilized world.
The deal was brokered by CAA on behalf of RBE and Plan B, and by UTA on behalf of Capcom. Plan B was additionally represented in the deal by Jon Liebman and Cynthia Pett-Dante at Brillstein Entertainment Partners.
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Dhurandhar the revenge storms past Rs 1,000 crore in a week, rewrites box office records
Aditya Dhar’s spy thriller sets fastest run to Rs 1,000 crore with record-breaking weekday hold
MUMBAI: The box office has a new juggernaut—and it is moving at breakneck speed. Dhurandhar the revenge has smashed past the Rs 1,000 crore mark worldwide in just a week, clocking a staggering Rs 1,088 crore and resetting the rules of the blockbuster game.
Backed by Jio Studios and B62 Studios, and directed by Aditya Dhar, the spy action sequel opened to the biggest weekend ever for an Indian film globally—and then refused to slow down. Unlike typical tentpole releases that taper off after Sunday, this one powered through the weekdays with rare muscle, posting Rs 64 crore on Monday, Rs 58 crore on Tuesday, Rs 49 crore on Wednesday and Rs 53 crore on Thursday.
The numbers stack up to a formidable first-week haul. India collections stand at Rs 690 crore nett and Rs 814 crore gross, while overseas markets have chipped in Rs 274 crore, taking the worldwide total to Rs 1,088 crore in just eight days.
The film’s opening weekend alone delivered Rs 466 crore, laying the foundation for what is now being billed as the fastest climb to the Rs 1,000 crore club in Indian cinema. Every single day of its first week has set fresh benchmarks, from the highest opening weekend to the strongest weekday hold—metrics that typically separate hits from phenomena.
A sequel to the earlier hit Dhurandhar, the film has not just built on its predecessor’s momentum but obliterated previous records, emerging as the biggest global blockbuster run by an Indian film to date.
At this pace, the film is not merely riding a wave—it is creating one.
