Win Tickets To Burke & Hare World Premiere!

Fancy becoming a celebrity for the night? Well we have just the ticket – or rather, pair of tickets in this case!

To celebrate the release of BURKE & HARE, in cinemas October 29th, FilmShaft have teamed up with Entertainment to offer you the chance to win tickets to the World Premiere in London.

On the night, you and a guest of your choice could be sharing the red carpet with Simon Pegg, Andy Serkis and Isla Fisher as well as a who’s-who of celebrity guests! For your chance to win a pair of tickets simply answer the simple question below:

BURKE & HARE is a comedic take on the true story of the 1828 Edinburgh body-snatchers William Burke (Simon Pegg) and William Hare (Andy Serkis). These two Irish entrepreneurs, spurred on by a chance meeting with a gorgeous actress (Isla Fisher), discover that a dead body can fetch a hefty price when the demands of the leading medical professors Dr. Knox (Tom Wilkinson) and Dr. Monroe (Tim Curry) reach beyond that of the local supply.

In 2009 Simon Pegg featured in which popular Sci-Fi Blockbuster?

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Meet Dolly & Mr. Pricklepants – More Toy Story 3 Characters Revealed

More Toy Story 3 characters have been revealed to us by Disney today – Dolly and Mr. Pricklepants. We’ve also got an updated advent calendar that is nearing full capacity, meaning, it’s got all the major players on it. Plus there’s the usual character descriptions and an official synopsis for you, our dear readers, to feast your eyes upon. There’s a lot of “buzz” and anticipation regarding Toy Story 3 – will it live up to expectations? They are rather great expectations, one must admit.

Synopsis:
The creators of the beloved “Toy Story” films re-open the toy box and bring moviegoers back to the delightful world of our favourite gang of toy characters in TOY STORY 3. As Andy prepares to depart for college, Buzz, Woody and the rest of his loyal toys are troubled about their uncertain future. Directed by Lee Unkrich (co-director of “Toy Story 2” and “Finding Nemo”), TOY STORY 3 is a comical new adventure in Disney Digital 3D™ that lands the toys in a room full untamed tots who can’t wait to get their sticky little fingers on these “new” toys. It’s pandemonium as they try to stay together, ensuring “no toy gets left behind.” Meanwhile, Barbie comes face to plastic face with Ken (yes, that Ken). Pixar veteran Darla K. Anderson (“Cars,” “Monsters, Inc.”) produces, while Michael Arndt, Academy Award®-winning screenwriter of “Little Miss Sunshine,” brings his unique talents and comedic sensibilities.

DOLLY
Dolly is a soft and sweet dress-up rag doll, and is the perfect gift for any young child! Her floppy body and sunny smile will make her an irresistible new member of your family. Dolly has purple hair, googly eyes and gently blushing cheeks. She comes with a pretty blue dress, but templates are included to create and sew your own outfits! Machine washable on gentle cycle.

MR. PRICKLEPANTS
Frolic your afternoons away on woodland adventures with Mr. Pricklepants! This charming lederhosen-wearing hedgehog is from the Waldfreunde collection of premium imported plush toys. He may look prickly, but the plump and fuzzy Mr. Pricklepants is made strictly for cuddling! Hand wash and air dry. Restore fluffiness with fingers. Made in Germany.

Release dates:
18 June (USA)
24 June (Australia)
23 July (UK)


MGM Studios “Teetering On Bankruptcy”

News has broke that Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. – the powerhouse behind films such as the James Bond series and one of the oldest film studios in Hollywood is “teetering on bankruptcy” according to sources.

The studio held emergency conference calls at the end of September with worried bondholders who were said to be “very loud and very upset” according to Nikki Finke of Deadline Hollywood. Bondholders, who were concerned about their possible investment returns, requested the calls to assuage their own fears during the worldwide financial crisis, the worst in recent memory. However, MGM are said to have made a desperate plea for money as numbers were down, and the studio is due to run out of funds very soon.

“The implication was that it’s teetering on bankruptcy,” a source told Deadline Hollywood, Finke added:

MGM said it needed $20M in short-term cash flow to cover overhead, and an additional $150 million to get through the end of year and continue funding its projects, and to start Peter Jackson’s Hobbit.

Some say the call lasted 6 1/2 hours. Others said it lasted 2 1/2 hours with lenders, and then the lenders themselves had a conference call that lasted another 2 hours. After the MGM presentation, several bondholders spoke, “and they were irate”, an insider tells me. True, this regularly happens on bad news calls like this. But in this case the creditors who hold MGM’s term loan debt blame Harry Sloan for MGM overpromising and then missing its numbers, which was discussed during the summer and why he was removed as CEO. “They’re not happy that Sloan let the company go in this direction but they understand what’s going on. It’s unfortunate, but they get it that the company is in a distressed situation, and they have to figure out an action plan moving forward,” a source explains to me.

The problem it seems, it that MGM are having difficulty making interest payments on their $3.5 billion worth of debt. Part of MGM’s 11th hour request included a waiving of interest payments until 2010 to allow the studio to use the funds for their future production slate.

However with bondholders already down on equity, they have responded by saying they’d let the studio go bankrupt and in turn collect on their original investments, as they would be first in line to receive payments.

If MGM are forced into bankruptcy they have said they would lose their hold over the James Bond franchise, other properties at risk would include The Hobbit and also MGM’s proposed Robocop remake which was announced last year.

According to Deadline Hollywood, the next stage is for the studio to formally ask bondholder for forbearance. Should bondholders vote in the negative then the result could be catastrophe for certain franchises, the cinema-going public and one of Hollywood’s oldest filmmakers.