Samachar This Week – 15/5/24

From changing release dates to big budget cuts, here we are at OCD Times bringing to you, a recap of last week – your weekly dose of Samachar to cover all news, updates and rumours surrounding movies!

Sikandar Got His Heroine

Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment announced that Rashmika Manndana as the leading lady opposite Salman Khan in “Sikandar.” A R Murugadoss is directing the film. The movie will be going on floors very soon. There are no updates on Salman’s The Bull.

What do you think about This New Pair? Tell us in comments

Akshay Still Searching For His Heroine

Alia Bhatt, Kiara Advani and Keerthy Suresh are the top contenders for the Akshay Kumar – Priyadarshan film as the leading lady. Shoot is expected to begin by December this year.

Tabu’s Hollywood Project

Tabu will be a part of Dune: Prophecy, a prequel series set 10,000 years prior to the rise of Paul Atreides. She’s returning back to Hollywood after The Namesake (2006) and Life Of Pi (2012). Tabu Is playing Role of Sister Francesca. 

Big-Budget Cuts

Looking at the recent box-office failure of big films, film producers are re-thinking on their investments. Several films are shelved and many have gone under huge budget cuts.

1. Shahid Kapoor led Ashwatthama‘s budget has gone from ₹500 Crores to ₹200 Crores.
   
2. Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s Karna, starring Suriya and Janhvi Kapoor, that was planned to be a 2-part with on a budget of ₹600 Crores is being reconsidered now.
   
3. Ranveer Singh‘s spy film with director Aditya Dhar is also being re-budgeted as per reports. Same is the case with Shaktimaan, even though Mukesh Khanna says Ranveer will never star in the film.
   
4. Meena Kumari biopic by Manish Malhotra is put on hold due to budget and rights issue.
   
5. Kishore Kumar biopic by Anurag Basu is on hold due to budget issue, even though they have the rights.
   
6. Sidharth Malhotra’s Spyder is shelved because of his recent box office failure Yodha.
   
7. Tiger Shroff’s shelved films include Ganapath Part 2, Rambo and Hero No. 1. He only has Baaghi 4 in his line-up as of now, but there are no visible shoot timelines as of now.
   

Highlights of the week

1. Zara Hatke Zara Bachke will finally release on Jio Cinema on 17 May 2024, after almost a year after it’s theatrical release.
   
2. Panchayat season 3 trailer leaked online.
   
3. Team Panchayat, Chandu Champion, Mr and Mrs Mahi and Chhota Bheem & The Curse of Damayaan have began promotions.
   
4. Producer Madhu Mathena sent an IP rights breach notice to the makers of Ranbir Kapoor starrer Ramayan. Madhu Mathena and Allu Aravind were the former producers of Ramayan, who claim that they invested a lot of time and effort in developing the script, which is used by director Nitesh Tiwari.
   
5. Baby John dubbing in progress. A massy release date announcement is expected soon.
   
6. Prabhas joins the cast of highly anticipated Telugu film Kannappa. He will be playing a cameo in the film along with Mohanlal, Vishnu Manchu, Akshay Kumar and Shiva Rajkumar.
   
7. SS Rajamouli plans to make Baahubali 3. Says, talks are on with Prabhas.
   
8. Mahesh Babu gives voiceover to Vishnu Avatar of Prabhas In Kalki 2898AD. As per reports Prabhas is playing 6 roles in the film.
   
9. Double Ismart teaser out today. 
   
10. Silambarasan TR joins cast of Kamal Hassan’s Thug Life. 
    
11. Aamir Khan and Naseeruddin Shah celebrate 25th anniversary of Sarfarosh.

Shoots – Kya Shuru Kya Khatam

1. Raid 2- Filming Wrapped. All set for a grand release on 25th November 2024. There are high chances the movie might get prepone.
   
2. Jewel Thief – The Netflix Original stars Saif Ali Khan, Jaideep Ahlawat and Shaji Choudhary. The film is produced By Siddharh Anand under the banner of Marflix Pictures and is directed By Robbie Grewal known for Romeo Akbar Walter (2019).
   
3. Chhavaa – It’s a film wrap for the Vicky Kaushal – Rashmika Madanna film on Chhtrapati Sambhaji Maharaj. Realeasing on 6 December 2024
   
4. SLB’s next – the untitled film starring Siddhant Chaturvedi and Mrunal Thakur will go on floors this month. Directed by Ravi Udyawar and produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali.
   
5. Sanki starring Ahan Shetty and Pooja Hegde to begins shooting with action sequences in June.

New Announcements Samachar This Week

1. Priyadarshan is in talks for a thriller film starring Saif Ali Khan where he will be playing the role of a blind man. 
   
2. Akshay Kumar to headline The Entertainers Tour in August 2024, this year in Australia, along with Nora Fatehi, Disha Patani, Sunil Grover, Elnaaz Norouzi, Sonam Bajwa, and Stebin Ben.

Release Dates

1. Border 2 gets a release date. Sunny Deol and Ayushmann Khurrana film will release on 23 January 2026
   
2. Indian 2 again delayed New release Is 17th July 2024 (Tentative)
   
3. Ishq Vishk Rebound, starring Rohit Saraf, Pashmina Roshan, Jibraan Khan And Naila Grewal in Key Roles will be releasing in cinemas on 21st June 2024. 

Hollywood and other International Samachar

1. Reportedly, actor John Malkovich joins the cast of Fantastic 4.
   
2. British actor Ralph Inensin joins the cast of Fantastic 4. He will be playing the role of world devouring cosmic villain, Galactus.
   
3. The next season of The Rings Of Power debuts on Prime Video in August. Trailer out now. 
   
4. House Of The Dragon Season 2 trailer out now – streaming from 19th June on HBO Max and Jio Cinema (India).
   
5. This Summer I Turned Pretty season 3 delayed.

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