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...falsely perceived as doing that. We didn't set out to parody zombie movies with Shaun of the Dead. If anything, that film was a parody of romantic comedies. The zombie element in that film is entirely serious. With Hot Fuzz, we didn't say, "Let's spoof action movies." We just wanted to make an action film. Because we're from a comedy background, it's a comedy...
KIRK CAMERON film debuts in top 5 at box office. Don't call it a comeback. Because...
...conditions too, claiming they often have to work back-to-back shifts, they're also angry at producers for hiring many non-unionized workers, especially when it comes to the junior artists. Producers seem to think the unionized junior artists no longer gel with the contemporary settings of their films. These artists were more in demand when films with socialistic messages set in rural India were the norm, but now movies and TV shows are increasingly about an upwardly mobile, young and urban India. As a result, producers have been hiring college students, aspiring models or even foreigners...
There's been no lights, camera or action in Bollywood since Wednesday, when roughly 150,000 film workers began a strike to demand better wages, less punishing working hours and a ban on non-unionized labor. With no dancing girls to mysteriously appear out of nowhere when a star begins to sing, and no spot-boys to keep the sets functioning, film and TV shoots have ground to a halt because of the action brought by the Federation of Western India Cine Employees. "All shoots are off. The producers have not stuck to the terms of the agreement they signed...
...industry is enjoying as a result of booming demand. Bollywood recorded revenues close to $1.9 billion in 2007, which are likely to rise to $3.9 billion by 2012, while advertising revenue for cable TV was $1.02 billion in 2005 and is forecast to grow to $1.8 billion by 2010. Film-trade analyst Komal Nahta says, "If you can pay [$10 million] to top stars like Akshay Kumar (Singh Is Kinng), surely there should be no problem paying junior artists...