Newsreelindia launches Andhra Pradesh website

http://www.newsreelindia.in brings you another exciting website - www.hyderabadsaimira.com - which is a portal providing you info and services on everything about Andhra Pradesh.
This is a portal dedicated to the sweet Telugu language, the glorious culture of Andhra Pradesh, its language, art, lifestyle, movies, music and what-have-you.
This is yet another website from the stable of the Pyramid Saimira group with a view to provide info, news, services, events - in short, everything you wanted to know about Andhra Pradesh.
The site went live with the click of the mouse by T K Vibhaker, president, Operations, Saimira Access Technologies Ltd, in the presence of R Venkatakrishnan, COO.
The site will provide 24-hour live news updates related to Andhra Pradesh and Telugus living all over the world.
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http://www.hyderabadsaimira.com comes to you close on the heels of chennaisaimira.com going live.

Upcoming film ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is a 2008 fantasy adventure film, based on the novel by J. K. Rowling. It is the sixth film in the popular Harry Potter films series. Production is in the post-production stage. David Yates, the director of the fifth film, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, is returning as director for this film. David Heyman and David Barron are producing the film, and Steve Kloves, though he did not write the fifth film, has returned as screenwriter for this instalment. Filming began on September 24, 2007 and the film is scheduled for a UK and US release on November 21, 2008, South Africa on December 5, 2008, and an Australian release on December 11, 2008. Like the previous film, the sixth film will be simultaneously released in regular theatres and IMAX 3-D. Editing of the movie has been completed and studio officials will soon see the finished product. The film has been chosen to be screened at this year's Royal Film Performance on 17 November 2008.
Production- Development
Before David Yates was officially chosen to direct the film, many others had been offered the job, and previous directors had expressed an interest in returning. Alfonso Cuarón, the director of the third film, stated he "would love to have the opportunity" to return. Goblet of Fire director Mike Newell declined a spot to direct the fifth film, and was not approached for this one. Terry Gilliam was Rowling's personal choice to direct Philosopher's Stone. However, when asked whether he would consider directing a later film, Gilliam said, "Warner Bros. had their chance the first time around, and they blew it."
Yates has retained composer Nicholas Hooper, costume designer Jany Temime, visual effects supervisor Tim Burke, creature and make-up effects designer Nick Dudman, and special effects supervisor John Richardson from the fifth film. Since February 2007, Stuart Craig, the production designer of the first five films as well, has been designing sets, including the cave, and the astronomy tower, where the climax of the film takes place. Academy Award nominated Bruno Delbonnel is the film's cinematographer.
Yates and Heyman have noted that some of the events of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows may influence the script of the film, and that there will not be as many memories in the film as in the book. Yates noted: "We're making a decision right now to compress those a wee bit, but we've still got some really cool ones." Steve Kloves, who wrote the first four films, returned for the sixth adaptation. Rowling has read Kloves' script and crossed out a passage in which Dumbledore recalls a past female love, penning in the margin "Dumbledore is gay."

Filming
Filming began on September 24, 2007; with one week of rehearsals, and principal photography ended in May 2008. Before filming commenced, there was belief that filming may move from the UK, where all of the previous five films have been shot. This is North Scotland reported filming will take place in New Zealand, due to the "more agreeable economy and climate" and lack of Scottish funding. The Sunday Business Post in Ireland noted that the film's producers and WB executives had been scouting there, specifically Leinster and Munster because they "believe they have now exhausted possible locations in Britain." They are "particularly keen on Ireland, as the landscape is similar to Britain and will appear similar to the settings of the previous films." The crew also scouted around Cape Wrath in Scotland, for use in the cave scene. Filming is scheduled to return to Glen Coe and Glenfinnan, both locations that have appeared in the previous films, to preserve the continuity of the landscape.
On the weekend of 6 October 2007, the crew shot scenes involving the Hogwarts Express in the misty and dewy environment of Fort William, Scotland. A series of night scenes have been filmed in the village of Lacock and the cloisters at Lacock Abbey for three nights starting 25 October 2007. Filming took place from 5 p.m. to 5 a.m. daily, and residents of the street were asked to black out their windows with dark blinds. On set reports indicated that the main scene filmed was Harry and Dumbledore's visit to Slughorn's house. Further filming took place in Surbiton railway station in October 2007, Gloucester Cathedral, where the first and second films were shot, in February 2008, and at the Millennium Bridge in London in March 2008.
Though Radcliffe, Gambon and Broadbent started shooting in late September 2007, some other cast members started much later: Watson did not begin until December 2007, Rickman until January 2008, and Bonham Carter until February 2008. Principal photography wrapped up on 17 May 2008.

Cast
Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter
Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley
Emma Watson as Hermione Granger
Michael Gambon as Albus Dumbledore
Jim Broadbent as Horce Slughorn
Alan Rickman as Severus Snape
Tom Felton as Draco Malfoy
Bonnie Wright as Ginny Weasley
Matthew Lewis as Neville Longbotton
Evanna Lynch as Luna Lovegood
Robbie Coltrane as Rubeus Hagrid
Maggie Smith as Minerva McGonagall
David Thewlis as Remus Lupin
Natalia Tena as Nymphadora Tonks
Helen McCrory as Narcissa Malfoy
Helena Bonham Carter as Bellatrix Lestrange
Timothy Spall as Peter Pettigrew
Mark Williams and Julie Walters

Top 5 weekend collections in Hollywood

Top 5 weekend collections for the weekend of 25-27, 2008 (Hollywood) 1. The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.): $314.2 million

2. Step Brothers (Sony / Columbia): $30.0 million

3. Mamma Mia! (Universal): $62.7 million

4. The X-Files: I Want to Believe (Fox): $10.2 million

5. Journey to the Center of the Earth (New Line): $60.2 million

Hollywood movie ‘Boy A’ Official Trailer

'007: Quantum of Solace' Official Teaser Trailer

'Hellboy II: The Golden Army’ Sizzles

Two unpolished superheroes, Hellboy and Hancock, were neck-and-neck for the top spot over the weekend. Without a new release with blockbuster potential, though, overall attendance lulled to the lowest level the post-Independence Day weekend has seen since 2001, but business is poised to roar back next weekend with the arrival of The Dark Knight.
‘Hellboy II: The Golden Army’ stormed onto approximately 4,400 screens at 3,204 theaters and grossed an estimated $35.9 million over the weekend, a significant bump over its predecessor's $23.1 million start. That was the bar for Hellboy II's success, but the movie also posted a greater debut than the similar comic book adventure, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, which opened on the same date five years ago.
While the first Hellboy’s $60 million final gross back in Spring 2004 wasn't convincing for distributor Sony to take on a sequel, the picture was well regarded by many and support grew on DVD. Universal Pictures took over on the $85 million-budgeted Golden Army and reported that the majority of the audience had seen the first movie in theaters or on DVD. Universal's aggressive marketing campaign picked up where the first picture left off tonally and reiterated the origin of the Hellboy character as well as the ‘Men in Black’ like premise. At the forefront were the picture's colorful visuals and sense of humor. Hellboy II nabbed $15 million more than fellow opener ‘Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D’, which in turn earned $15 million more than another debuting title, ‘Meet Dave’. The $60 million Journey mined a decent estimated $20.6 million on around 3,200 screens at 2,811 sites. About $11.7 million or 57 percent of that weekend gross came from Real D's 3D presentations at 854 locations, the format's biggest release to date. Distributor Warner Bros. marketed the picture like a theme park attraction and noted that families comprised 60 percent of the audience
Meet Dave short-circuited in its opening, like many sci-fi comedies before it. The Eddie Murphy vehicle logged an estimated $5.3 million on around 3,300 screens at 3,011 venues, faring marginally better than past flops like ‘The Adventures of Pluto Nash’ and ‘What Planet Are You From? Meet Dave's limited advertising focused on the gimmick of a tiny Murphy and crew piloting a normal-sized Murphy and little else.
Among holdovers, last weekend's champ, Hancock, descended 47 percent to an estimated $33 million, lifting its total to $165 million in 12 days. In terms of attendance, the Will Smith spectacle is tracking ahead of ‘Men in Black II’ through the same point, though it trails ‘Independence Day’ and the first Men in Black by a wide margin.
‘Wall-E’collected an estimated $18.5 million in its third weekend, down 43 percent for a stellar $162.8 million tally. So far, it's about on par with Pixar stablemate ‘Cars’ draw through day 17. Another special effects action picture, Wanted, rounded out the Top Five with an estimated $11.6 million, notching a solid $111.5 million in 17 days.
Meanwhile, ‘Kung Fu Panda’ became the first non-‘Sherk’ feature from DreamWorks Animation to cross the $200 million mark.

Walt Disney’s upcoming 3-D film ‘Up’ (2009)

Up is an upcoming computer-animated 3-D film being produced by Pixar Animation Studios. It will be distributed by Walt Disney Pictures, and is scheduled for release on May 29, 2009. The film is directed by Monsters, Inc. director Pete Docter and features the voices of Edward Asner, Christopher Plummer, Jordan Nagai and John Ratzenberger.

Plot

SCarl Fredricksen (Edward Asner) has spent his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe and experiencing life to its fullest. But one day, Carl finds himself to be 78 years old and his life has seemingly passed him by, until he befriends a chubby 8-year-old Wilderness Explorer named Russell. The two opposites match up for thrilling adventures as they encounter wild terrain, unexpected villains, and all the terrifying creatures that wait in the jungle.