Hollywood's Homecoming
India's already a hotbed for Hollywood flicks, and as if that isn't enough, there have been some very exciting happenings in both 'Woods.
* Wes Anderson and Coppola are heading to India to shoot their next flick, featuring Owen Wilson and Adrien Brody.
* Will Smith's all gung ho about making films in India, as his company, Overbrook, collaborates with Screwvala's (wonder who'll carry on his legacy?) UTV, which recently had a big stake eaten into by Disney.
* Sony Pictures picked Bhansali's Saawariya as its maiden venture.
* Pierce Brosnan's shooting his next flick in India, as well as finding an Indian chef for a desi restaurant he's planning to open in L.A.
* Peter Weir, Roth and Johnny Depp are coming together for Warner Bros' 'Shantaram', to be shot predominantly in Mumbai.
* Morgan Freeman will be shooting Moses Tate's War, in Rishikesh and Hardwar.
* Everyone knows about Michael Douglas and Aishwarya's Romancing the Stone.
* Sylvester Stallone's started the production of Rambo IV in Mumbai and Nagpur.
* India has already begun playing a significant technical role, behind the scenes of big Hollywood studio productions.
* Meanwhile, Ambani's Adlabs is geared to enter Hollywood, in collab with Amritraj.
* Our very own Sushmita Sen is all set to star in The Expat, across Richard Gere.
* Even Chunky Pandey has a Hollywood role. (Half my readers: Who?)
A major wave of collaboration, as major film and trade critics are claiming that there has never been this degree of cross-talent and cross-mergers between Hollywood and any other global film industry. I don't know about you, but I foresee a revolution. :-)
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