Chris Hemsworth almost lost the 'THOR' role to brother Liam

If you think that sibling rivalry only exists between you and your siblings, think again. Sibling rivalry exists even between the celebrity Hemsworth brothers, Though he definitely wasn't dealing with someone like Loki, it turns out that Hemsworth dealt with some significant sibling rivalry with his younger brother Liam, which ultimately helped him land the role of Marvel's Asgardian God of Thunder. 

Even though "Thor: Ragnarok" is the third film within the "Thor" series (as well as Hemsworth's fifth feature film starring as the character), his place within the Marvel Cinematic Universe wasn't always a safe bet. 

In an interview, Chris revealed that his little brother Liam almost got the role of Thor before him. According to the interview, he said, "I came into the audition with Kenneth Branagh and thought I nailed it and then never heard anything back. Months went by and then my brother, my little brother, Liam, was in Australia and sent a tape across and he got a call back, then another call back and then was down to the last kind of four or five people for it. 

During the same time when Chris bagged the role of Thor, Liam ended up landing his own franchise with ‘The Hunger Games’ alongside Jennifer Lawrence. 

Well, looks like this is one fierce competition to watch out for! 

Thor Ragnarok releases on 3rd November.

'Blade Runner 2049' gets an exclusive Johnnie Walker Black Label Limited Edition

To celebrate the film’s release, Johnnie Walker has created Johnnie Walker Black Label The Director’s Cut, a limited-edition scotch whiskey. Master Blender Jim Beveridge collaborated with the film’s director, Denis Villeneuve, on the experimental blend that is inspired by the film and is presented in a futuristic bottle.The new whisky pays homage to Ridley Scott’s visionary 1982 movie Blade Runner, which was set in 2019 and gave audiences a visual taste of a 21st century Johnnie Walker Black in a geometric bottle. 
Blade Runner 2049' is all set to release in India on 6th October, 2017. It's a Sony Pictures Entertainment India release.

AZURE Entertainment and Warner Bros. Announce Collaboration for Indian Remake of Infernal Affairs

Infernal Affairs

Mumbai based AZURE Entertainment Pvt. Limited and Warner Bros. India today announced a strategic collaboration to jointly invest in and produce an Indian remake of “Infernal Affairs”. The 2002 Hong Kong Original is a cult film with global recognition and was the film upon which the multi award-winning The Departed (directed by Martin Scorsese in 2006) was based. This project is the first of a two-picture deal between the two companies to jointly develop, produce and distribute key titles from the coveted Warner Bros. library for the Indian local film market. 

Sunir Kheterpal, CEO – AZURE Entertainment says, “It is a matter of pride for a young company like ours to collaborate with Warner Bros. to jointly develop and produce the local language adaptation of this amazing movie. We are thrilled to be working with the Warner Bros. India team and cannot wait to get started.” 

Denzil Dias, Managing Director – Warner Bros. India said, “This is an exciting time for us to be partnering in local language production with the team at AZURE, who are passionate about film and storytelling, and ideally placed to adapt and develop foreign language source material into Indian language remakes. We could not have chosen a better title than Infernal Affairs to announce this collaboration. We look forward to bringing great new Indian language films to local and global audiences.” 

AZURE and Warner Bros. India are at an advanced stage of formalizing the director for the proposed Hindi Remake of Infernal Affairs and shall soon make an official announcement on the same. In near future, they will also announce the second Warner Bros. title on which an Indian Remake shall be developed. 

About AZURE Entertainment 

AZURE Entertainment, owned and promoted by The Three Sisters: Institutional Office (TTSIO), is a Mumbai based integrated Content Development and Production company. The Company has a dual approach towards Content Development comprising Acquisition of Foreign Language Remake Rights & Filming Rights to Books and a more organic approach on Original Content Development whereby it focuses on spectacular, big ideas. AZURE has an active and an evolving development slate of 6-8 properties at any given time. 

Apart from the collaboration with Warner Brothers, AZURE’s current development slate includes a tie-up with Rodar y Rodar for THE BODY (Spanish), Atresmedia for THE INVISIBLE GUEST (Spanish), a Three Film Remake Deal with Gaumont (French), Quad for HEARTBREAKER (French), Filming Rights to Sophie Kinsella’s global bestseller, CAN YOU KEEP A SECRET? (UK) and Sushant Singh’s MISSION OVERSEAS (India). 

Parul Yadav goes deglam for 'Butterfly'

After superhits like Jessie, Killing Veerappan and AattaGara, Parul Yadav is set to amaze us with her much awaited and much talked about film 'Butterfly' that is the Kannada remake of the block buster Bollywood flick 'Queen'. Parul essays the character of the simple and naive 'Rani' that was originally portrayed by Kangana Ranaut in the Hindi version. 

The ravishing Parul made her mark as the most glamorous diva in Sandalwood, but now she plays a totally deglam look for 'Butterfly'. Her no make up look replete with bindis and wavy hair with simple Kurtas and Salwar suits will wow her fans. 

Parul will start filming for the second Indian schedule of the film in Gokarna from 4th October onwards. The film will be shot in India as well as France. We look forward to see more of her looks from the film!

“Qyuki Media and UnErase Poetry collaborate with Priya Mallik to convey “The Right to Pleasure”

Qyuki, multi-media platform, continues its string of successful collaborations with UnErase Poetry, a community that promotes and produces spoken word poetry in Hindi and English. This time  it presents a spoken word poetry by Priya Malik, a known face on television circuit (Ex- Big Boss contestant), called “Right to Pleasure”. 

“Right to Pleasure” addresses the basic right of a female to desire and pleasure. The poem takes us through the thoughts of a girl and how differently they are interpreted by men. She recites the poem beautifully  along with a drummer (name) and guitarist (name) which added to the feel of the poem. 

Previously, Qyuki Media and UnErase Poetry have showcased talented artists such as Kunal Kapoor who presented a slam poetry on Women Trafficking and Aranya Johar, a regular performer with UnErase who mostly speaks about Gender Discrimination. The idea of UnErase Poetry is to start a dialogue about the tabooed subjects in society and create awareness 

Talking about this collaboration, Sagar Gokhale, Chief Operating Officer, Qyuki Media said, “Poetry is such a great medium of expression and Unerase Poetry has always broken barriers and stereotypes. Priya Mallik is an excellent addition to this showcase and her poem is going to ring in the minds of millions. At Qyuki, our continuous endeavor is to nurture and support talent that can influence a change in society.” 

Priya Mallik expresses her thoughts on the collaboration "I wrote this piece because somebody had to. I performed this piece because somebody had to. We can't have a whole generation of young girls growing up ashamed of their own sexuality or a whole generation of young boys growing up neither understanding nor appreciating a woman's right to her own body. We already have both of those generations, look where it has led us. No more. No more." 

"Right to Pleasure", will be available digitally on the 25th of September, 2017.