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Ben Wheatley's (Free Fire) seventh feature, Happy New Year, Colin Burstead, will air in the UK on BBC Two over Christmas after its London Film Festival (Oct 10-21) world premiere. Following LFF, the comedy-drama will screen around the UK in a limited run of Q&A sessions and will forego a theatrical run in favour of a…

After being released theatrically in October, Bollywood blockbuster Happy New Year just went live online, taking the Direct-To-Fan route. The Shah Rukh Khan-starrer simultaneously became available on its own platform for download worldwide this afternoon, outside of India and China, and in an effort to bring it to…

Final UPDATE, Monday, 4:23 PM, PT: Final grosses are in for the following films: Lucy in China, Disney/Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy, Disney Animation’s Big Hero 6 (which bows Nov. 7th in the states), this weekend’s domestic No. 1 and No. 2 openers Ouija and John Wick. Sony just reported for Fury, Whiplash, The Equa…

Last week I wondered whether Bollywood heist movie Happy New Year would become an all-time blockbuster. Starring the industry’s best-known global hitmaker, Shah Rukh Khan, in a reteam with his Chennai Express co-star Deepika Padukone, it seemed almost like a no-brainer. But Aamir Khan’s December 2013 release Dhoom 3…

Bollywood stars have been having a good run at the international box office over the past year, from Hrithik Roshan and Katrina Kaif‘s current release Bang Bang to Salman Khan in Kick this summer. Next up is arguably the best-known global Bollywood hitmaker, Shah Rukh Khan, in Happy New Year (see trailer below). Set…