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Actors Yami Gautam and Akshay Kumar on Friday announced that their upcoming film ‘Omg 2’ will hit the screens on August 11.

Akshay also shared a new poster of the film, where he is seen as lord Shiva and is holding a ‘damru’. It has the date of release written in Hindi over it, with ‘Omg 2’ written below.

For the caption, he wrote: “Aa rahe hain hum, aayega aap bhi. 11th August. In theatres. #OMG2.”

Yami shared the same poster on her Instagram account.

She captioned it: “The date is locked! #OMG2 releasing in theatres on August 11, 2023. See you there!”

The film also stars Pankaj Tripathi, who too shared the poster and mentioned: “The date is locked! #OMG2 releasing in theatres on August 11, 2023. See you there!”

The film is the second installement of ‘Oh My God!’, which released in 2012. The satirical comedy-drama film was based on the Gujarati stage-play Kanji Virudh Kanji,...

For the ladies and gentlemen of the jury: we present to you… some of our favorite courtroom dramas! In a world where justice is increasingly challenged and the search for truth is of utmost consequence, we’ve amassed some of our favorite bar-based fantasies. Some are more ridiculous (“Ace Attorney”); some are emotionally overwhelming (“Verdict”); and some blend fact and fiction (“Rashomon”). In these explorations into the realm of right-and-wrong, we hope you reach the same verdict as we do: objective morality is not as simple as it seems.

1. The Attorney

The Attorney” is based on the “Burim case” of 1981, when during the authoritarian Chun Doo-hwan regime, 22 students, teachers and office workers were arrested without warrants, as North Korean sympathizers. Roo Moo-hyun, then a tax lawyer, formed a team to defend the arrested against the government. The impact of this case was so big at the time, that Roh eventually...

Richard Carter.

Australian film and television actor Richard Carter died last Saturday after a brief illness. He was 65.

Carter appeared in numerous TV series in the 1980s and 1990s including Wildside, Rafferty’s Rules, A Country Practice, Bangkok Hilton and Police Rescue.

His film credits included Bootmen, Gettin’ Square, The Man Who Sued God, voice roles in both editions of Happy Feet and The Great Gatsby.

Producer Trish Lake recalls Carter’s memorable line in Jonathan Teplitzky’s 2003 crime drama Gettin’ Square – “It’s un-Australian,” delivered in outraged tones to Timothy Spall when talking about the “super cops” and their coercive powers, observing, “He will be greatly missed and always remembered.”

He had regular roles as Mick Corella in Rake, Mick Deakin in East West 101 and Ted Hudson in White Collar Blue. In his final screen appearance he played the Bullet Farmer in Mad Max: Fury Road.

His agency...

Continuing the 2015 resurgence of Australian cinema, Oddball vaulted past Last Cab to Darwin last weekend to rank as the fourth most popular local film in cinemas this year.

As If foreshadowed last week, the Australian feature films and docs released in 2015 plus holdovers were set to break the previous all-time calendar year record of $63.4 million in 2001, the year of Moulin Rouge!, Lantana, The Man Who Sued God and Crocodile Dundee in La.

Mission: accomplished, as the total surpassed an estimated $64 million on Monday.

Produced by Steve Kearney and Richard Keddie and directed by Stuart McDonald, Oddball collected $1.5 million in its third weekend (slipping by 17 per cent), propelling its earnings to $8.1 million.

Jeremy Sims. Last Cab to Darwin has reached $7.1 million while Deane Taylor.s Blinky Bill: The Movie climbed to $2.3 million after pocketing $424,000 in its third session.

George Miller.s Mad Max: Fury Road is the No. 1 local title...

Larry Charles (Curb Your Enthusiasm, Seinfeld, Borat) has been hired to write a remake of The Man Who Sued God, the 2001 Australian film that was a tidy hit in its home country when released almost fifteen years ago. And while the decision hasn’t been made yet, Charles could end up directing as well, making it his follow-up to […]

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Larry Charles ("Borat") has been hired to write and potentially direct a "re-imagining" of the 2001 Australian feature comedy "The Man Who Sued God" for New Films International.

Scottish comedian Billy Connolly, Judy Davis, Wendy Hughes and Emily Browning starred in the original about an ex-lawyer who files a claim against God after his insurance company dismisses the destruction of his boat as an "act of God."

Clark is expected to put his own spin on the original film's premise. The original film has also already spawned a Bollywood remake.

Source: Deadline...

It was revealed today that Larry Charles (Borat, The Dictator, TV's Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm) will write a reimagined version of the cult Australian hit The Man Who Sued God for New Films International (Nfi) with an eye toward directing.

Nfi founder and President Nesim Hason and Mace Neufeld (The Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games, Sony's upcoming The Equalizer with Denzel Washington) are producing the new project with Sixth Sense Productions principals Richard Harding and Sam Feuer (The First Grader).

Charles' take on The Man Who Sued God is expected to veer from the original premise, which involves a former lawyer who had found happiness with a simpler life and career - until a natural disaster strikes and he is denied insurance money because it was 'an act of God'. He re-registers as a lawyer and sues the insurance company and the church under the guise of God, defending himself.

Since he's no longer at the helm of A Walk in the Woods, director Larry Charles (Borat, The Dictator) is on the hunt for a new project, and it seems he's found one. Deadline has word that New Films International has hired Charles, who was also behind "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and "Seinfeld," to write The Man Who Sued God, based on a 2001 Australian cult favorite of the same name. Charles also has expressed interest in directing the film where he'll put his own spin on the story about an ex-lawyer who files a claim against God himself after his insurance company dismisses the destruction of his boat as an “act of God.” Read on! Here's the trailer for the original Australian comedy from 2001: As you can see, Billy Connolly starred in the original film, and it opened at #1 at the box office down under. There was already a Bollywood remake,...

While the period of time between original films and their eventual remakes is getting shorter and shorter, some projects just call out to certain filmmakers.  As such, Larry Charles has been set to pen the New Films International remake of The Man Who Sued God.  The original 2001 Australian film from director Mark Joffe starred Billy Connolly as a lawyer-turned-fisherman whose only possession - his boat - is destroyed by lightning.  When the insurance company turns down his claim citing the uncovered "acts of God", he decides not to take on the deep-pocketed insurance men, but rather God himself.  Charles will write the script with an eye to direct.  Hit the jump for more,  including the trailer for the original film. Deadline reports that Charles will write the remake of The Man Who Sued God with a possibility of directing.  He's said to be putting his own spin on the story in his reimagining.

Larry Charles will write and may direct a reimagined version of the cult Australian hit The Man Who Sued God for New Films International (Nfi).

Nfi founder and president Nesim Hason and Mace Neufeld will produce with Sixth Sense Productions principals Richard Harding and Sam Feuer.

Charles’ take on The Man Who Sued God is expected to veer from the original premise, which involves a former lawyer who sues an insurance company pretending to be the Almighty.

The Man Who Sued God is the second project to come through Nfi’s multi-title development deal with Neufeld after WWII action thriller The Pursuit.

It's just raining remakes today isn't it? Larry Charles, the director of Borat, Bruno, and one of the best writers on Seinfeld is set to write the remake of the 2001 Australian film The Man Who Sued God. There is also the possibility of Charles directing the movie. The original film starred fellow Scotsman Billy Connolly and having watched it I can certainly see the appeal to someone like Larry Charles. Here’s the synopsis of the original: Billy Connolly plays...

Wendy Hughes, who has died in Sydney aged 61, will be remembered by her peers as one of the finest actors of her generation.

Hughes won the AFI award for best actress for Careful, He Might Hear You in 1983 and was nominated on six other occasions, for Newsfront, My Brilliant Career, Lonely Hearts, My First Wife, Echoes of Paradise and Boundaries of the Heart.

.She was a brilliant actress who set the standard and was pioneering for her era,. filmmaker Philippe Mora, who was a close friend in the 1980s and early 1990s, told If.

.In my opinion without Wendy there would have been no Judy Davis, no Nicole Kidman and no Cate Blanchett. If timing had been different she would have been a major international star. As it is she leaves a legacy of perfect performances as one of Australia's greatest actresses..

Mora wanted to cast Hughes as the female...

Don Groves is a Deadline contributor based in Sydney. Australian actor-writer-director Bille Brown, who performed on Broadway and the West End and in the films Killer Elite, The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader and Fierce Creatures, died Sunday in a Brisbane hospital. He was 61 and had been battling bowel cancer. William “Bille” Brown began his career in the early 1970s at the Queensland Theater Company with Geoffrey Rush, among others. In 1976 he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company and appeared in productions at London’s Aldwych and Haymarket Theaters and with the Chichester Festival Theater and English National Opera. He had two further engagements with the RSC, from 1986–88 and 1994–96. He was an artist-in-residence at the State University of New York in 1982 and made his Broadway debut in 1986 in Michael Frayn’s Wild Honey with Ian McKellen. He returned to Australia to live permanently in 1996. His Australian film credits include The Dish,...

Religion and faith are as instrumental for the survival of Indians as air and food. It’s no wonder that with devotees often forgetting the thin line between religious belief and blind faith, there are people that know just how to con the gullible. It’s no secret that religion has become as commercial as any other entity out there and with God being the ultimate savior for everyone, the fear and blind devotion are regularly preyed on by those smart enough to use the opportunity. Of course, the plus point is that religion and God being such delicate and sensitive topics, no one can really point out the black sides without being ostracized from the society. And that’s why it is commendable that Umesh Shukla manages to bring forth this point in his Friday release Omg Oh My God.

Based on the Gujarati play Kanji Viruddh Kanji (adapted...

The new thriller is written and to be directed by Sebastián Silva, an exciting Chilean filmmaker whose last film, the droll, blackly humorous The Maid won the Grand Jury prize at Sundance and was nominated for Best Foreign Film at the Golden Globes and the Sydney Film Festival Prize in 2010. Currently in pre-production, Magic, Magic is set in a remote Chilean village where Browning plays a vacationing young woman who begins to mentally unravel. Michael Cera (Juno) also stars with Juno Temple (Three Musketeers, Atonement).   After getting noticed in a school play, the diminutive Browning went on to small roles in The Man Who Sued God and Ned Kelly.

Aussie drama Red Dog has passed local classics Shine and The Castle at the box office, to become the 21st biggest Australian film of all time. The feel-good film, about a hitchhiking dog that unites an isolated mining town, posted another strong performance in its fourth weekend, raking in $1.9 million from 257 screens. The film had a screen average of $7548, but unlike past weeks, the result was down (13 per cent). It's now grossed $10.5 million. It has, as a result, passed a number of classic Australian films including The Castle ($10.3m), Shine ($10.2m), Pharlap ($9.3m), The Man Who Sued God ($8.5m) and Babe: Pig In The City ($7.8). Directed by Kriv Stenders (Boxing Day), Red Dog was filmed in the Pilbara region of Western Australia and in parts of South Australia. Melbourne...

Though this is billed as a trailer to the forthcoming Tim Chey film Suing the Devil it is more of an extended clip, and it sets up the film nicely. If your trailer needs are not being met I’ve included that below also. I do it because I love you.

Malcolm McDowell as the devil? Great casting, in my opinion and Tim Chey’s latest slice of Relitigious filmmaking (his previous films include Gone, in which a group of lawyers deal with the Rapture) gets a Us release on the 26th of August, over a year since its pemiere. Looks like a fun premise and here’s a matter of fact synopsis to ease you in,

A down-and-out law student sues Satan for $8 trillion dollars. Satan appears to defend himself and the trial of the century takes place.

What I’m hoping is that this is some sort of...

Romantic comedies make money. Lots of it. So why isn’t Australia making more? Miguel Gonzalez spoke with the creators of I Love You Too, a comedy that will help fill that gap in the film market.

I Love You Too is comedian Peter Helliar’s big screen debut, produced by Princess Pictures’ Laura Waters (We Can Be Heroes, Summer Heights High) and Yael Bergman (Love and Other Catastrophes).

Helliar had worked with Waters in the pilot episode for Rove in 1999 and kept in touch with the producer.

Knowing he had a number of ideas for features, in 2002 Waters asked Helliar to choose one and start working on it. Due to other commitments, it took a while before that idea became a treatment and, finally, a film script.

According to Waters, the message that drove Helliar to write the story and guided every draft was “tell people that you love them”, and from that premise,...

Billy Connolly is set to return to stand-up comedy after a highly successful acting career. Controversial Connolly, 58, notably starred with actress Dame Judi Dench in Mrs. Brown and is currently filming The Man Who Sued God in Sydney, Australia. He plans to do a world tour once filming is complete. He says, "Acting is nice, but it's a bit stressful working with other people. I'm not in control. Performing live is what I was born to do. Now I'm ready to go back to comedy."...