<![CDATA[Gawker: defamer, hollywood asiamania]]> http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gawker.com.png <![CDATA[Gawker: defamer, hollywood asiamania]]> http://gawker.com/tag/defamer/hollywoodasiamania http://gawker.com/tag/defamer/hollywoodasiamania <![CDATA[Bollywood Epic To Employ Ancient Action-Hero Gods Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger]]> Following last week's surprise announcement that India's Reliance ADA Group would sink a half-billion into DreamWorks, the lines dividing Hollywood and Bollywood continue to blur: Today comes news that national action-hero treasures Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger have carved some time out of their busy franchise-rebooting / incomprehensible-speechifying schedules to sign on for the most epic Bollywood production of all time. And it's all going down right on the Universal lot, a stone's throw from Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks offices:

The 61-year-old "Rocky" legend will soon become the first well-known American actor to star in a Bollywood film.

"Incredible Love," which is also set to feature Arnold Schwarzenegger, marks the first Indian production to be shot at Hollywood's Universal Studios and will have the largest budget of any Bollywood movie - over $21 million. It will co-star Bollywood stars Ashkay Kumar and Kareena Kapoor and tell the story of an Indian stuntman who takes Hollywood by storm, but can't find true love.

The production is a departure for both '80s action titans, who we hope will make the most of their debuts not playing some ham-fisted send-up of their own personas, but rather colorful, Bollywoodesque characters integral to the plot: Perhaps they could be shrunk to the size of field mice, and play tiny, multi-limbed agent-gods, forever bickering in their client's ear about the most effective way to woo a beautiful stuntprincess. Here's hoping this marks just the beginning of the Holly-Bolly cultural exchange, and that some local Indian dayplayer might soon find himself nobly gutted by Stallone's own first on a Bangalore soundstage, where production on Rocky Vs. Rambo: First Reckoning has just begun.

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<![CDATA[Hollywood Asiamania Continues With 'Night Of 1000 Sheiks' On Paramount Lot]]> If this year were a Japanese monster movie, Hollywood would be Tokyo, and Asia would be the 30-story-high radioactive reptile devouring everything in its path. With the industry having already been bitten by the theme park monster—with announced plans for Paramount Movie Park Korea and Universal and Marvel attractions in Dubai—came today's news that one of our prettiest daughters, DreamWorks, had been paired off with India-based conglomerate Reliance ADA Group. A Defamer operative now informs us of a gala affair tomorrow night on the Paramount lot. The occasion? Kissing up to 1000 esteemed delegates from the United Arab Emirates:

So this email went out this morning announcing that there will be a huge party tomorrow night on the Paramount lot and that parking will be at capacity on the lot, so everyone go home at 5.

"This will make it more convenient for your staff to leave the lot before the crowds arrive and provide a better experience for our event guests."

I find out later the party isn't for a premiere or anything, but rather for 1000 guests from the United Arab Emirates, sponsored by Emirates Airlines.

Obviously, the UAE and has been engaged in an ongoing flirtation with Hollywood for some time now—one that extends far beyond mere amusement park plans, to include the securing of Brad Pitt's foundation-compromising design services for a new hotel in its Grove-like capital of Dubai. Whatever Paramount plans to gain from tomorrow's soiree, you can bet it's something hugely significant, as it's not just any old function that features both Brad Grey and Sumner Redstone behind a table of entree warmers, offering a friendly, "Good evening, Sultan Bin Sulayem! We're featuring cornmeal-crusted ahi and sauteed arugula tonight. Did you get a chance to see Indy yet?" as the traditionally garbed VIPs make their way down the buffet line.

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