Palm Springs to recognition Chastain, Shoreline

Thesp Jessica Chastain and composer Howard Shoreline would be the final inclusions in the slate of honorees for that 23rd Palm Springs Film Festival. Both is going to be recognized in a Jan. 7 gala in the Palm Springs Convention Center. Chastain caught the interest of fest coordinators this season on her roles in "The Assistance,Inch "The Tree of Existence" and "Take Shelter." "Through a number of virtuoso performances, Jessica Chastain has built herself among the cinema's most versatile and many desired youthful stars," stated festival chairman Harold Matzner. Shoreline will require home the Ernest Loewe Award for Film Creating for his focus on "Hugo." The composer won exactly the same award in 2005 for "The Aviator," also directed by Martin Scorsese. "The labyrinthine setting of the Paris railway station, in which a youthful boy lives alone, doing what he or she must to outlive, and also the discovery of the aging filmmaker gifted having a second chance supply the perfect inspiration for Shore's haunting score," Matzner stated. The fest runs Jan. 5-16. Chastain and Shoreline join formerly introduced honorees George Clooney, Glenn Close, Gary Oldman, Kaira Pitt, Octavia Spencer and Michelle Williams helmers Stephen Daldry and Michel Hazanavicius and also the film "Youthful Adult." Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Daniel Craig: 'Politicians are Sh*theads'

When he isn't blasting the Kardashians, Daniel Craig is taking out his anger on politicians. "Politicians are shitheads," Craig reportedly said in a new interview with Men's Journal (not yet online). "That's how they become politicians, even the good ones. We're actors, we're artists, we're very nice to each other. They'll turn around and stab you in the fucking back." Craig takes out most of his aggressions on former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. "Tony Blair started it much more than anybody's ever done. 'Go and have tea at 10 Downing Street.' It becomes 'Mephisto,'" the 'Dragon Tattoo' star said, conflating political elbow-rubbing in the 21st century with the 1936 novel about an actor saddling up with the Nazi party to improve his career. Of course, Craig is prone to speaking his mind. "Look at the Kardashians, they're worth millions. Millions!" he reportedly told the British edition of GQ last month. "I don't think they were that badly off to begin with, but now look at them. You see that and you think, 'What, you mean all I have to do is behave like a fucking idiot on television and then you'll pay me millions?'" You can see a much more staid version of Craig onscreen now in 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.' He returns to the scren as 007 when 'Skyfall' is out in theaters next year. [via Huffington Post, NYT/ArtsBeat] [Photo: WireImage] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Watercooler: Is Kathy Griffin Tired?

Kathy Griffin Who needs US Weekly when we have Kathy Griffin?Last night, the gossip-fueled funny lady suited up for Tired Hooker, her fourth and final Bravo comedy concert of the year. And in true Griffin form, it was an hour of TMZ and tabloid headlines, all gayed up and regurgitated for a full house of fawning fans at the Borgata Casino in Atlantic City. Kim Kardashian's "marriage." Ashton Kutcher's divorce. Nancy Grace's DWTS nip slip. And of course, her favorite, longest-running punching bag, Lindsay Lohan.Was it the hoot we expected from the red menace? Eh. Usually, Griffin kills it with her A-list targets. No one skewers pop culture better, nor do many dare to take on the more sacred subjects (Oprah, Scientology) she does. But since it seems like everyone on Twitter and Facebook and even the shiny happy hosts of E.T and The Insider has already clowned on these big-ticket celebrity scandals, a lot of Kath's material felt played out. Where she excelled, surprisingly, was when she veered away from the star-bashing to toss out personal anecdotes about her dog's penchant for eating unmentionables, her inability to order a pizza with unlikely new bestie Cher and her newfound love of Pajama Jeans. Because let's face it, the only thing funnier than pants that offer the style of a jean and the comfort of pajamas is the idea of the queen of the D-List kicking back in a pair while eating a couple slices with Chaz Bono's mom.Did you check out Kathy's latest show? What did you think?Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!

Russell Brand Lands Late-Evening Series on Forex

Russell Brand Forex has signed an offer with Russell Brand for six 30-minute instances of an unscripted late-evening series, the network introduced Thursday.The yet-to-be-entitled show is placed to debut next spring and will also be shot before an active audience, who'll communicate with the host. The network describes the series as "Brand's unvarnished, unfiltered undertake current occasions, politics and popular culture."Photo Gallery: The very best performances of 2011"We are very excited to include Russell Brand's bracingly funny, original, and honest voice towards the Forex comedy line-up," stated Nick Grad, FX's executive v . p . of original programming. "We anticipate supporting Russell and the partner Troy Miller's ambition to strip lower the located comedy format to the most fundamental elements and also to create something daring and unfiltered for that Forex audience."Browse the relaxation of present day newsBrand is better noted for his roles in Failing to remember Sarah Marshall and Make Him The Greek.Burns, a 2-time Emmy-winning director, has directed and created numerous Television shows including Flight from the Conchords, Parks and Entertainment, Work, Bored to Dying, Raising Hope, Happy Being or more Through The Night.

First images arrive for The Great Gatsby

The first official images have been released for Baz Luhrmann's 3D adaptation of The Great Gatsby, with Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan and Tobey Maguire all looking sharp in their '20s attire.Adapted by the seminal novel by celebrated author F. Scott Fitzgerald, the film will be set across a heady Long Island summer in which Midwesterner Nick Carraway (Maguire) becomes entangled in the lives of wealthy recluse Jay Gatsby (DiCaprio) and the (married) object of his affections, Daisy Buchanan (Mulligan).These first images give away little besides the look of the film, but the air of Old Hollywood glamour is intoxicating. Quite how the 3D element will work out remains to be seen, but the principle players certainly look the part here.Joel Edgerton heads up the rest of the supporting cast as Daisy's husband and all-round rotter Tom Buchanan, whilst fellow Antipodeans Isla Fisher and Gemma Ward are also involved.The film will be released in the US on Christmas Day next year, meaning that we'll probably have a little while to wait before a first trailer emerges. Then the anti-3D wailing can begin in earnest!

'This Is 40': Judd Apatow Comedy Will get 12 ,. 2012 Release Date

Toss another major film to the pile-from December 2012 releases. Variety reviews that Universal has formally slated Judd Apatow's 4th directorial outing, 'This is 40,' for release on 12 ,. 21, 2012. Which means the non-follow up follow up to 'Knocked Up' -- featuring Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann reprising their roles in the first film -- will open opposite 'World War Z' with Kaira Pitt and 'Life of Pi' from director Ang Lee and merely four days before 'Django Unchained' and 'The Great Gatsby.' Oh, and 'Les Miserables,' 'The Hobbit: An Unpredicted Journey' and Kathryn Bigelow's Osama Bin Laden movie also open that month. And also you thought this holidays was busy. 'This is 40,' which in fact had been the significant title from the film for quite a while, would be the first Apatow-directed release to spread out from summer season. 'The 40-Year-Old Virgin' was an August release, 'Knocked Up' showed up in June and 'Funny People' hit in August. Per Variety, '40' has already been test screening. So, look out for your. Featuring Rudd, Mann, Jason Segel, Megan Fox, Albert Brooks, Chris O'Dowd, Melissa McCarthy and much more, '40' comes to theaters on 12 ,. 21, 2012. [via Variety] [Photo: Getty] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Richard Hatch Released from Prison Again

Richard Hatch First Survivor champ Richard Hatch has been released from a Rhode Island state prison after serving a nine-month term for failing to file his tax returns, The Associated Press reports.Richard Hatch ordered back to prison - againHatch was freed Monday, according to a state prison official. Hatch spent most of his sentence in federal prison, except for six weeks at a state minimum-security facility as a transition.The reality star, who competed on Celebrity Apprentice last season, previously spent three years in prison after failing to pay taxes on the $1 million he won on the first season of Survivor. He was released in 2009, but jailed again in March for not re-filing his 2000 and 2001 taxes. Hatch later claimed he was "financially destitute."Richard Hatch claims he's destitute Upon his release, Hatch, 50, maintained his innocence and said he was "happy" to be out of prison.

'Crime' an indication of new occasions

'Major Crimes'When Mary McDonnell required on the guest-starring role as Capt. Sharon Raydor around the fifth season of "The Closer," nobody might have anticipated the "Battlestar Galactica" actress will be the one transporting the torch over in the TNT hit procedural to spinoff "Major Crimes."In rather serendipitous fashion, Kyra Sedgwick and McDonnell had encounter one another in a party and expressed their mutual admiration and need to interact. Caused by their exchange rapidly converted into an invite for McDonnell to experience Sedgwick's enemy inside a guest arc."The moments between Brenda and Raydor just sizzled using their conflict clash," recalls professional producer Greer Shephard, who is a author on the program since its beginning. "She designed a very large impression. All of us understood that there is an expiration date for Kyra, and i believe that people were always attempting to expect and find out the way the show could keep on.InchIn McDonnell, along with a polarizing character whose trajectory greatly was similar to those of Brenda Leigh Johnson's, they all of a sudden had their answer."Major Crimes," which premieres next summer time, has already been a transition happening. A few of the skein's figures is going to be introduced through the latter 1 / 2 of the ultimate season of "The Closer" and familiar faces can make a seamless move in one procedural towards the other.Whereas "The Closer" ended each episode having a confession, this is where the storyline starts within the reboot, which ultimately focuses more about the justice system and it is defects.The existence of the district attorney's office is going to be introduced included in the criminal process and also the series will examine how confessions, which frequently given audiences closure inside a situation, sometimes aren't enough to convict a defendant in the court."You are likely to observe how frail and human the justice product is,Inch states professional producer James Duff. "You are likely to see people battling to produce justice while coping with their baser ambitions."If the show handles to meet its predecessor is dependent largely how invested fans have been in McDonnell's character and also the crime-fixing team they have arrived at know within the last seven years. It is a gamble, but Entertainment Weekly TV critic Ken Tucker has without doubt they are up for that challenge."The wise factor the producers did is bring the supporting cast in the forefront in recent seasons, which makes them full co-stars with Sedgwick," states Tucker. "Mix this considering that the show has woven Mary McDonnell in to the show as Brenda's enemy and 'Major Crimes' is really a type of steps to make a franchise survive after its star leaves.""THE CLOSER" 100TH EPISODE TNT's blue streak Sedgwick confides on 'Closer' implications 'Crime' an indication of new occasions Bailey, Reynolds remember favorite moments Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Steven Spielberg: 'Wasn't Sure' About the End of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'

Die-hard fans of Indiana Jones claim to know everything about the series -- even the stuff that happened off-camera. Trivia buffs probably know that Tom Selleck almost took the part before a 'Magnum P.I.' scheduling conflict got in the way; that the 10-second fight scene with the swordsman was motivated by Harrison Ford's real-life bout with dysentery; that 'Temple of Doom' is one of the main reasons Hollywood came up with the PG-13 rating; and that Sean Connery was cast in 'Last Crusade' as inside joke on the idea that James Bond was Indiana Jones' father. However! Here's a new piece of trivia that you may not know: remember the creepy, face-melting contents of the Ark of the Covenant in 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'? Steven Spielberg didn't actually know what they were going to be when he shot the movie. "There were a lot of crazy things in the script. I wasn't sure how much we could actually get on the screen. We made a lot of it up as we were in postproduction," the director revealed in the latest issue of EW, on sale now. The Oscar-winning director's uncertainty over the climactic scene motivated him to deliver one of the biggest movies of all time, and fans might also be surprised to learn that the godfather of blockbuster films is motivated by his anxiety. "It's my fuel, basically -- my nervous stomach ... when I make a movie, I never think I have all the answers." The director reveals never-before-told stories like this one in anticipation of his upcoming releases, 'War Horse' and 'The Adventures of Tintin.' You'll find out everything, from more behind-the-scenes stories on his '80s hits to what really happened with Megan Fox's removal from the 'Transformers' series. You'll never get a better opportunity to become the ultimate Spielberg trivia buff. [via EW] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-486274{display:none;}.cke_show_borders #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-486274, #postcontentcontainer #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-486274{width:475px;height:357px;display:block;}

Alice Eve Grabs Lead in 'Star Trek 2'

Vincent Chase might be so proud. Alice Eve -- which team you may remember as Vince's fiance within the absurd final season of 'Entourage' -- is director J.J. Abrams's option to get familiar with the feminine lead in 'Star Trek 2.' Variety reviews that Eve may have a completely new character "inside the 'Star Trek' world" and hopefully arm wrestle Uhura (returning cast member Zoe Saldana) for female Trekkie supremacy. 'Trek 2' comes to theaters on May 17, 2013. It'll clearly maintain 3d. [via Variety] [Photo: FilmMagic] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

James Roday on Welcoming William Shatner to Psych: "He's Easy"

William Shatner For his role as Shawn Spencer on Psych, James Roday has needed to perform a large amount of crazy things through the years (see: dressing just like a vampire, participating in a kung-fu fight). However the craziest might have been asking guest star William Shatner to look inside a Psych video for Comic-Disadvantage captured. "I had been so nervous asking him to achieve that. Everything wound up during my lap and everyone only agreed to be kind of crossing their fingers, like 'Roday, go try to make him do that,AInch the stars informs TVGuide.com. "And that he was so accommodating and thus lovely. I believe he could tell I had been nervous about asking him and that he totally put me comfortable. He was like 'Of course, I'll get it done.AInch Exclusive sneak look: William Shatner cashes in on Psych Getting Shatner to star within the video - by which he told "Psych-Os" everywhere maintain the great work - only agreed to be the initial step of his initiation in to the Psych world. On Wednesday's episode, airing at 10/9c on USA, the Star Wars vet will have the disadvantage guy father of Juliet (Maggie Lawson). "Psych type of lives in tribute of popular culture also it does not get larger than William Shatner. However I think the important thing for all of us was avoid using him like a joke, avoid using him like a gag," Roday states. "Acknowledge the truth that he's William Shatner, but provide him an excellent role with nutrients to complete because he's additionally a tremendous actor." Shatner's character, Frank, returns to Juliet's existence before her birthday but nobody will easily notice whether he's really kissed his existence of crime goodbye or be it just an action to regain his daughter. To complicate matters, Shawn stops at absolutely nothing to conquer his girlfriend's father despite the fact that she would like nothing related to him. Roday ensured it had been a component worth Shatner's time. "He's an 80-year-old that has just as much, or even more, energy than Dulé [Hill]. and that i. He'd most likely the most heavy load any guest star on our show has ever transported," Roday states. "He was working all 7 days all day long, and so the one weekend we'd off, he did two concert events. He's easy." Psych's James Roday on Shawn and Juliet, Gus' growing pains and breaking all of the rules Although Psych has welcomed lots of large title guest stars through the years - including this year Molly Ringwald, Danny Glover and Jason Priestley - Roday takes note of a unique perspective of air a few days of Shatner's episode. "I was all just type of in awe. It had been also the very first time you could tell our show's crew was with each other star struck," Roday states. "We obtain lots of great people, but everyone type of turned up using their merchandise, wishing to obtain an autograph or obtain a picture." Watch a sneak look from Wednesday's episode:

Facial lines ((Arrugas))

A Perro Verde Films, Elephant within the Black Box, Cromosoma production using the participation of TVG, TVE, RTVV. (Worldwide sales: 6 Sales, Madrid.) Created by Manuel Cristobal, Oriol Ivern. Executive producers, Maria Arochena, Angel p la Cruz, Toni Marin, Tono Folguera, Daniel Martinez. Directed, edited by Ignacio Ferreras. Script, Angel p la Cruz, Paco Roca, Ferreras, Rosanna Cecchini, in line with the comicbook by Roca.With: Alvaro Guevara, Tacho Gonzalez, Mabel Rivera.The topic of senior years will get the type of attention it warrants but is simply too rarely given within the affecting "Facial lines," Ignacio Ferreras' animated study from the friendship between two senior citizens inside a elderly care. Featuring adorable but credible figures along with a superbly crafted, understated plot that emerges stylishly using their fears, dreams and forgetfulness, this thought-invoking, globally understandable item skews naturally towards adult auds, nevertheless its animated format could plausibly attract a more youthful demographic. Wider exposure is assured for that pic, posted towards the Academy for animated-feature consideration. Upon the market bank manager Emilio (voiced by Alvaro Guevara) lives together with his boy and daughter-in-law, however when he becomes progressively irritable and to forget things, he's put in a house. There, he befriends garrulous Argentinean Miguel (Tacho Gonzalez), who renames Emilio "Rockefeller." Miguel happily swindles another citizens from small quantities of cash but can also be filled with handy insider tips, for example the way the nurses look at the residents' state of mind by mention of the the neatness of the dress. Other inmates include Dolores (Mabel Rivera), whose husband has advanced Alzheimer's disease, along with a lady who sits with a window, stylishly smoking imaginary cigarettes and imaging about riding the Orient Express. Initially, Miguel scorns their tenuous grip on reality, but as Emilio 35mm slides ever further into forgetfulness, Miguel, fearful of losing uncle, becomes progressively protective of him. Among the authors, Paco Roca, may be the author of the identical-title comicbook which "Facial lines" relies, and also the source material's emotional authenticity continues to be moved intact towards the screen. Although nothing here quite matches the moving, existence-in-five-minutes montage in Pixar's "Up," one swooping flashback sequence comes very close. The storyline slips as quickly between past and offer because the figures do. You will find couple of frames that may not have access to been completed in live-action, but the choice to use animation means the "real" and fantasy sequences could be worked with as precise visual equals. This really is crucial because of the pic really wants to reveal that the strongly colorful dreams into which its figures retreat might be better places than their house, observed in frequently subdued tones. The animation technique used is uncluttered 2D, a global from digital's capability to replicate reality, but sharp utilization of telling gestures and expressions, redolent of Raymond Briggs, makes up well for the possible lack of versatility. There's lots of wealthy detail to savor, while clever utilization of insights and shadows turns the apparently comfortable facilities right into a hard place that sometimes brings up medieval horror. Seem jobs are dealt with by having an ear attuned to absolute realism. Feelings aside, pic includes a barbed edge, attacking the sorts of pricey convalescent houses which contain never-used pools the clients, as Miguel acidly reminds Emilio, aren't individuals who live there but those who are having to pay. The strings of Nani Garcia's score sometimes soar precariously near to a sentimentality that's happily absent elsewhere.Camera (color), David Cubero music, Nani Garcia seem (Dolby Digital), Cinemar Films animation, Baltasar Pedrosa. Examined at Cata Estudios, Madrid, November. 2, 2011. (In San Sebastian Film Festival.) Running time: 89 MIN. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Ryan Gosling & Avoi Mendes Parisian Date

First Released: November 27, 2011 1:13 PM EST Credit: Off-shore Coast News La, Calif. -- Caption Ryan Gosling and Avoi Mendes stroll hands-in-hands in the Pere Lachaise Graveyard in Paris, France, on November 26, 2011New couple Ryan Gosling and Avoi Mendes seem to be going strong. The Drive hunk, 31, surprised his new ladylove by flying to Paris now, where she's presently filming Carol Motors. Ryan and Avoi, who've been dating since September, were spotted smiling and holding hands because they together with the town of Lights legendary Pere-Lachaise graveyard on Saturday (the resting host to Edith Piaf, Oscar Wilde and Jim Morrison), before going to the subterranean Catacombs of Paris. AH Nation Poll: Do Ryan and Avoi create a good couple? Click The Link to election! Just before their graveyard trip, the simple-on-the-eyes pair who'll soon be viewed together around the giant screen within the Place Past the Pines loved an Argentinian dinner on Friday evening, based on People. These were holding hands and there is lots of tenderness together, an observer told the mag. Avoi, 37, was formerly associated with producer George Gargurevich, while Ryan has dated Rachel McAdams and Sandra Bullock. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Attacking Young Boys Discloses 'All I Would Like for Christmas Is You' Video Debut With Mariah Carey

The lady who allegedly pepper dispersed Wal-Mart consumers throughout a Black Friday purchase has surrendered to La police, officials confirmed.our editor recommendsBlack Friday: 5 Misadventures in Bargain Shopping PHOTOS: Greatest Hollywood Splurges The lady's identity has not been revealed, but based on the AP, police plan to release more particulars because the day continues. Police Sgt. Jose Valle stated the lady isn't presently in custody of the children, but tend to face battery charges. The shopper is charged with firing pepper spray in to the crowd at roughly 10:20 p.m. on Thursday, soon after doorways had opened up for that purchase. She apparently been successful in buying a reduced Xbox 360 video gaming console, having to pay and exiting the shop among chaos as fire trucks showed up to deal with 20 clients which were hurt through the incident. STORY: 5 Misadventures in Black Friday Shopping "The analysis continues to be ongoing," an LAPD officer stated on Saturday. "We now have several sufferers and witnesses that should be questioned to determine which appropriate actions have to be taken." The lady switched herself in at 8:30 p.m. on Friday. The violent incident is just one of several which have marred Black Friday this season. One guy was shot outdoors a San Leandro, Calif. Wal-Mart while travelling to his vehicle together with his purchases. Another guy was stab before Macy's inside a Sacramento mall. Related Subjects

P pressure

A Studio 37, Rezo Films relieve a Marilyn Prods. presentation from the Studio 37, Iris Films, Iris Prods., Chaocorp, Ufilm, Ufund production, in colaboration with Canal Plus, Cine Plus, 13eme rue, while using participation of Backup Films. (Worldwide sales: Kinology, Paris.) Produced by Franck Chorot. Co-producers, Nicolas Steil, Jesus Gonzalez. Directed, put together by Frank Henry.With: Isabelle Adjani, Eric Cantona, Simon Abkarian, Thierry Fremont, Anne Consigny, Linh-Serta Pham, Pierre Stevenin.Films by former cops are legion people by ex-cons are handful of. Knowing by "P pressure," from Gallic desperado-switched-director Frank Henry, this can not change soon. A amazing roster of thesps, introduced by Isabelle Adjani and Eric Cantona, sleepwalk through this subpar crimer of a tough-as-nails policewoman who must unlawfully use a jailed heavy unwilling to cooperate with police around the major situation. Late-October title tanked in your town, but star-hungry Euro channels could still bite. It's all regulated controlled downhill carrying out a restless, tense and music-free opening, in which a Corsican criminal mastermind (Simon Abkarian) stages a anxiety attack by having an armored vehicle. Officer Damico (Adjani) can get carte blanche to collect his gang and calls on jailbird acquaintance Makarov (Cantona), who (initially) won't help. Setup is neat, lower to Damico's worries about her juvenile-delinquent boy (Pierre Stevenin, terrible), but since the plot evolves progressively absurd, the film proves incompetent at keeping any kind of emergency or tension. The ensemble, including distaff stars Anne Consigny and Linh-Serta Pham, seems more drowsy than world-weary, because the eighties-sounding score further slows lower the proceedings. Look is perfectly generic title means "By Pressure."Camera (color, HD), Jean-Pierre Sauvaire editor, France Duez music, Gast Waltzing, Frank Henry, Claude Salmieri, Marco Papazian production designer, Regine Constant costume designer, Uli Simon. Examined at Cine Cite Ces Halles, Paris, March. 27, 2011. Running time: 96 MIN. Contact Boyd van Hoeij at news@variety.com

Music Label Sues Demanding '50/50' Distributors Change Title

Chris Helcermanas-Benge/Summit Entertainment A Florida-based music and fashion label is suing Lionsgate, Summit Entertainment, and Mandate Pictures for infringing its trademark on the title of the film, 50/50, starringJoseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen.our editor recommends'50/50's' Seth Rogen Weds in Sonoma'50/50': What Moviegoers Are Saying About the Cancer Comedy'50/50's' Seth Rogen Reveals 'Most Challenging' Part of Filming (Video)'50/50': How Joseph Gordon-Levitt Signed on Cancer Comedy at Eleventh Hour (Video) Eastland Music Group filed the federal lawsuit on Thursday in Illinois and says it has been using the 50/50 mark since 2000 in connection with entertainment services and products. As evidence, the plaintiff points to its website,phifty-50.com, which currently has a sign post on its front page adorned with "50/50." A screenshot from five years ago, however, suggests that the sign may have been changed at some point. In 2006, for example, the sign post read, "Phifty 50." Nevertheless, Eastland says it has a trademark on "Phifty-50" and a common law trademark on "50/50," meaning that the latter was never formally registered but potentially still recognized as intellectual property if it was used continuously during that time. The company says it puts out CDs and DVDs and alleges that Lionsgate's plans to release the film on DVD threatens to harm the recognition and goodwill its marks have earned in the marketplace. Eastland notes that it sent a request to Lionsgate to stop using the 50/50 mark in September. The 50/50 film was released later that month by Summit, and the comedy about a man trying to beat his cancer diagnosis earned excellent reviews. The movie has so far grossed nearly $34 million at the box office and is considered a long-shot sleeper for an Oscar nomination. But the title is allegedly causing consumer confusion, so Eastland is demanding a permanent injunction against use of the title, the destruction of all products where "50-50" is affixed, and an award of all of the film's sales and revenues as a result of the alleged infringement. The defendants haven't yet responded to requests for comment. E-mail: eriqgardner@yahoo.com Twitter: @eriqgardner Joseph Gordon-Levitt Seth Rogen 50/50

Most sexy Guy AliveGate, and 6 Other Tales You Will Be Speaking About Today

Happy Thursday! Also in today’s edition from the Broadsheet: Sharon Stone can get maternal in Lovelace… Elvis Mitchell will get his close-up… Sacha Baron Cohen’s method… Ough Gervais wastes virtually no time frightening the Hollywood establishment… and much more. · Apparently People Magazine’s selection of Bradley Cooper because this year’s Most sexy Guy Alive is drawing outrage in certain circles, in which the sanctity from the annual prize is within doubt after Ryan Gosling was passed over. A professional-Gosling Facebook page promises a protest at People HQ, while another dissenter has enlisted scientific data to fairly prove Gosling’s SMA supremacy. Meanwhile, fans of Leonardo DiCaprio, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Idris Elba, David Beckham and numerous other sexy, sexy males have voiced their very own displeasure with Cooper’s selection, and something site has place the matter to some simple election. Huzzah! We're the 99 %! Of idiots. [People] · Talking about People Magazine, is “Dakota Fanning: I’m Understanding how to Do Laundry” the very best Web headline ever, or what? Learn faster, Dakota! Elle’s delicates aren’t gonna clean themselves! [People] · OK, enough frivolity! Onto hard stuff: Sharon Stone has introduced that they will have porn star Linda Lovelace’s mother within the approaching biopic Lovelace. Amanda Seyfried was confirmed formerly for that lead. [AP] · What’s former Movieline critic Elvis Mitchell as much as nowadays? Well, it’s complicated, however it all begins with holding the egg. [LA Weekly] · “‘It was strange, dealing with Sacha [Baron Cohen]. You’re enticed to increase to him and say’and here Butterfield slips right into a perfect Borat imitation‘“Is a-niiiice.”’ But throughout filming he am serious, and everybody needed to call him up Inspector.’” Wait — what's track of 14-year-old Hugo star Asa Butterfield getting seen Borat? [Vanity Fair] · For the consideration: Clint Eastwood is really a hack, and history proves it. [Large Hollywood] · What’s third-time host Ough Gervais got in your mind for that Golden Globes? Let’s listen to it in the guy themself… [@rickygervais via THR] .bbpBoxstyles/theme1/bg.png) #C0DEEDpadding:20pxJust told Billy Very he’d do not use some of my holocaust or child molester material in the Academy awards. He agreed (true) http://t.co/s1JWOCiyWed November 16 21:24:23 via Twitter for iPhoneRicky Gervaisrickygervais Follow S.T. VanAirsdale on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.

'Brave' Trailer: Meet Pixar's First Female Hero, Merida

.publish-content img It's the moment Pixar fans are actually waiting for. The whole trailer for your movie 'Brave' has turned up, plus it looks awesome. Already garnering major buzz since it features Pixar's first female protagonist, 'Brave' follows Merida, a Scottish princess who is undoubtedly a very skilled archer. After repel a period-old custom, she eventually eventually ends up resulting in chaos inside the Scottish highlands. Merida's choice forces her to exhibit to have an old witch, who eventually eventually ends up granting the princess an ill-fated wish. Drama! Featuring the voice of Kelly Macdonald (most broadly referred to as Margaret in HBO's 'Boardwalk Empire) as Merida, additionally to Julie Walters (Wise Lady), Billy Connolly (King Fergus), Full Elinor (Emma Thompson) and also the almighty Apple computers (Craig Ferguson), 'Brave' hits theaters on June 22, 2012. Watch a clip above. [via Slashfilm] [Photo: Disney] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

David Gordon Eco-friendly to Direct Love Story 'Q'

Director David Gordon Eco-friendly is heading to Columbia Pictures, the studio that made his Pineapple Express. He'll write and direct an unconventional love story known as Q. Columbia is within final discussions to get privileges towards the Evan Mandery novel, that was released in August. Matt Tolmach will produce with Pouya Shahbazian, who handles Mandery. PHOTOS: 10 Greatest Book-to-Giant Screen Adaptations from the Last two-and-a-half decades Within the Harper Collins novel, a guy is visited with a future version of themself and told to not marry the passion for his existence. He concurs and stays the relaxation of his existence attempting to undo that fateful choice and discover the only real lady he ever loved, even while he's visited by other future selves, all attempting to redirect his existence. A dark tone is referred to as it is An Excellent Existence with a mix of romance, comedy and drama. Matt Tolmach Productions professionals Robert Kessel and Kate Checci spotted it and can shepherd growth and development of the variation. Andrea Giannetti is managing Q for Columbia together with Hannah Minghella. Eco-friendly has got the Sitter being released from Fox in December, and last directed Your Highness. Eco-friendly labored with Tolmach when he was Columbia's production chief. Email: Borys.Package@thr.com Twitter: @Borys_Package Related Subjects David Gordon Eco-friendly Pineapple Express

Grey's Postmortem: Kim Raver States "Teddy's Not really a Puddle on the groundInch

Kim Raver [Warning: This story consists of major spoilers from Thursday night's episode of Grey's Anatomy.] Grey's Anatomy really understands how to make doctors suffer. Poor Teddy (Kim Raver), she finally found happiness with patient-switched-husband Henry (Scott Foley) simply to get him to die inside a surgery inside the walls of Dallas Sophistication, most likely just one OR lower... so close yet to date away as his heart gave its final thump. Grey's Anatomy's Speculating Game: Who's Dr. Blank? Though Teddy is not conscious of the end result - Owen (Kevin McKidd) lied to her so she could finish another complicated surgery - she'll soon arrived at learn he died within the surgery Cristina (Sandra Oh) carried out, not aware of who the individual really was. The way Teddy experience losing what Kim Raver calls Teddy's "first real loveInch? TVGuide.com swept up with Raver to discover: Teddy continues to be so happy this season. How have you feel whenever you discovered that happiness could be removed from her? Kim Raver: Oh it's devastating. I'd such training for this with 24, it had been such as the minute anything is nice, you realize there is a bull's-eye lying on your back. [Laughs] Dealing with Scott Foley is so great. He's really so easy to utilize and thus funny. I figured, "Not again, something is originating soon." I resided inside a delusion for some time. I had been like, "Oh this really is so excellent. Teddy's so for each other.Inch It's terrific after which I acquired this news. I believe the whole cast is really very upset. Throughout the table blood pressure measurements when anything begins happening, the entire cast is much like, "No, no, no!" Discuss the evolution of the relationship. In the beginning it had been manufactured to save him, but she really did fall deeply in love with Henry. Raver: Teddy has this factor for attempting to fix things. Initially it had been, "Oh this really is completely illegal. We ought to all have health care. It isn't your fault that you simply can't do that.Inch That's also why she's this type of good surgeon, her ability to go into there and turn a dire situation right into a excellent situation. It really was about the subject being close friends and her not simply because she'd this unique guy on her before her. Then, when she required that leap of belief because they were getting this unique some time and had this unique connection, they fell for each other. Most likely for Teddy, this really is her first real love, which arrived on the scene of the strange situation that actually increased right into a really deep connection. Obtain the solutions to Grey's Anatomy's speculating game Due to this being her first soul mates, the way Henry's dying affect her like a person so that as a physician? Raver: That is what we are likely to explore. I spoken towards the authors about this. She's worked with dying a great deal really, which will probably be interesting. It will most likely differ than the way in which others have worked by using it on the program previously. Her closest friend died in 9/11. She saw dying in Iraq when she was there. I've got a feeling, and that i might be wrong, but knowing Teddy, she'll most likely be a work maniac due to her lack of ability to process it. Your day that they really comes with to process it will most likely be really untidy. [Executive producer] Shonda Rhimes and that i have talked about some that. It'll most likely be her attempting to not really cope with it by ongoing to repair things and dealing. It feels as though the Grey's Anatomy audience has become seasoned pros at realizing signs of Post traumatic stress disorder due to Owen and Cristina. Do you consider Teddy will have the identical a reaction to what they have worked with? Raver: What's been interesting about Teddy is you never really saw her with Post traumatic stress disorder. When she showed up at Dallas Sophistication, she's a remarkably positive, existence-re-inifocing, grab-existence attitude, whereas Owen was much more dark. I believe there's certainly likely to be something, but I am less than sure what that's likely to be. I understand that Teddy's not really a puddle on the ground. Shonda and that i did discuss that. It will not be that. Everything will probably be about work so she does not need to process an enormous loss. What else could you say of Teddy's reaction when she does discover? Raver: It is so congratulations and thus superbly and horrifically done. Teddy, Owen and Cristina finally got beyond the love triangular and today the authors have tossed a wrench within their working relationship. The way the occasions of the episode affect these associations, particularly with Owen laying to her about Henry's fate? Raver: I believe that will be huge. That's certainly likely to be a large step to deal with. I am glad to determine the 3 of these needing to exercise stuff again. Not them like a relationship, but us as working surgeons together. I am excited to become coping with Teddy and Owen's friendship.What's this likely to mean to that particular friendship? Catch on instances of Grey's Anatomy by reading through our recaps Do you consider there is a chance Dr. Perkins (James Tupper) could return into her existence or perhaps is it too early for Teddy to attempt considering that? Raver: Oh gosh yeah, I believe it's far too soon. Honestly, I truly have no idea how Teddy's getting over this. Teddy is really crazily deeply in love with Henry. With Perkins, these were great for one another in writing, but Henry and Teddy were good in the heart. These were just good on a lot of levels. Individuals individuals are so rare to locate inside your existence. I simply have no idea how she is going to ever let someone in her existence to that particular level. Grey's Anatomy returns with new episodes at the begining of The month of january. Are you currently sad to determine Henry go?

Screen Gems Shuts Deal to Remake Toronto Sensation 'The Raid'

"The Raid" Well, it's official: Screen Gems features it's closed the sale round the remake rights for your Raid, the Indonesian action movie written and directed by Gareth Evans.our editor recommendsScreen Gems in Discussions to Remake 'The Raid' (Exclusive)'The Raid' Director Signs with Management 360Toronto 2011: Hot Indonesian Action Movie 'The Raid' Sells The Planet (Exclusive) The pic won the Toronto Film Festival's Evening time Madness Audience Award and told the story from the SWAT team that becomes in a tenement run having a callous mobster, outfitted with two highly violent fighting styles killings plus an military of machete-swinging, machine gun-transporting retailers and thugs. THR/Warmth Vision first broke what is the news in the remake in September. According to Screen Gems, "the remake will probably be produced by Abc Films, which produced the first film too. Evans will executive result in the project and may not write or direct this new British language film." And several strangely enough, the ideal choreographers in the original film can also be connected with this particular remake. That last part is important since most of the buzz created within the movie is due to the on-screen showing in the Indonesian fighting form referred to as silat. Worldwide

Haywire: Film Review

Imagine a whole action film devoted towards the proposition that each fight offers the concentration of the classic Sean Connery-Robert Shaw to-the-dying scrap in From Russia With Love and you will understand what Haywire is about. With the feel of the vacation from more high-minded and ambitious projects, Steven Soderbergh remembers making his 25th feature film within 22 years having a kick-ass worldwide action romp toplining mma star Gina Carano like a covert operative who proceeds to whup a succession of macho leading males additionally to assorted anonymous enemies she's Pepper to Angelina's Salt. World-opened like a surprise sneak preview at Hollywood's AFI Fest, this Relativity release should have a solid commercial career with action-seeking men and women audiences upon its Jan. 20 release.our editor recommendsGina Carano: 5 Things to understand about the 'Haywire' StarComic-Disadvantage 2011: Gina Carano, Michael Douglas in 'Haywire' Trailer (Video) A handsome, black-haired hardbody who wears a night time dress as quickly as she does a hoodie, Carano exudes the kind of self-confidence and physical wherewithal that leaves without doubt she will prevail in a situation. This really is essential since the film rides upon a person's certainty that her character, Mallory Kane, an worldwide troubleshooter designated to off-the-books missions, may take out almost any guy in mano a mano combat. Soderbergh shoots her half-a-dozen approximately fight moments without doubles or cheat editing, emphasizing his star's capabilities towards the extent the semblance and extremity from the combat's reality becomes the film's entire raison d'etre. STORY: AFI Fest: The 8 Films on Everybody's Radar Within this, Haywire entirely and winningly works. In a single sequence, she chases a youthful guy across 1 / 2 of Barcelona until she catches track of him and allows him get it. Elsewhere, she bounces off walls, advances in one building to a different, utilizes a devastating leg lock, exhibits remarkable backward driving abilities, shoots unerringly, jams men into assorted hard surfaces, knows just where you can kick and, once, realizing she's met an actual complement, makes by helping cover their a youthful hunk. VIDEO: Comic-Disadvantage 2011 Gina Carano, Michael Douglas in 'Haywire' Trailer Soderbergh and scenarist Lem Dobbs, who formerly authored Kafka and also the Limey for that director, appear keen to confess the action moments are the purpose of the film, content to create a plainly generic story around them. It is a straight revenge tale, with Mallory fighting her way through assorted muscle-bound, well-armed and otherwise formidable obstacles to be able to discover who set her up for murder after she drawn from the Barcelona job. The script will not make any make an effort to assert its plausibility or realism it's, rather, refreshingly frank about what it's, an easy, workable framework for that melees and mayhem. Haywire will get right lower towards the business within the opening scene, a really rough tussle between Mallory as well as an agent (Channing Tatum) with whom she's history. Getting away inside a vehicle having a freaked-out youthful guy named Scott (Michael Angarano), she relates what's brought as much as this tense moment, starting with the Barcelona caper, which Mallory drawn served by great panache. PHOTO: Comic-Disadvantage 2011 Steven Soderbergh's 'Haywire' Teaser Poster Makes Debut Mallory's point guy (Ewan McGregor, having a very dorky haircut) then transmits her to Dublin on undesirable arm-chocolate duty with another operative, the dashing Paul (Michael Fassbender, in glamor-boy mode). The 2 are very matched up physically, within their sophistication as well as their ruthlessness, which becomes apparent when Paul, rather than putting the make on her behalf, attempts to kill her. Their prolonged struggle, which destroys a suite in the Shelbourne Hotel, is really a tour p pressure for that entertainers, director and whomever else assisted exercise all of the moves. Now knowing she has been tricked, Mallory commits herself to returning to the U.S., but must first deal with a platoon of agents who chase her with the roads and over the roofs of Dublin. Her worldwide travel difficulties easily missed over, the yarn rejoins the current-day as Mallory and Scott's getaway is abruptly ended in order to pressure the storyline towards the grand New Mexico home of Mallory's father (an excellent Bill Paxton). It works out Mallory is simply a daddy's girl in the end, the daughter of the former Marine (as she's, too) who's now a famous author of contemporary warfare nonfiction. The home becomes the setting for film's rough penultimate fight before Mallory forms up accounts together with her superiors, who likewise incorporate the graceful top guy performed by Michael Douglas along with a more shadowy figure described by Antonio Banderas, mostly inside a hairy graying beard. STORY: AFI Fest: Secret Screening Is Steven Soderbergh's 'Haywire' The fine utilization of locations, stylishly mobile shooting style and hair-trigger editing are consistent with what one needs from Soderbergh. But here the generally larky but serious-when-it-needs-to-be tone is placed through the extremely diverse musical contributions of David Holmes, whose film score-sampling background blues-and-jazz techno orientation yield a variety of tastes to from time to time jarring but overall bouyant effect. As solid as all of the male stars are, ultimately the show goes to Soderbergh, who required a danger having a largely untested leading lady, and Carano, whose shoulders, and anything else, prove plenty sufficiently strong to hold the film. The director shrewdly determined what she could and possibly could not do, and she or he shipped having a turn which makes other stars who've attempted such roles, regardless of how well developed and aficionado they grew to become, seem like pretenders. Venue: AFI Film Festival Opens: Jan. 20 (Relativity Media) Production: Relativity Media Cast Gina Carano, Michael Fassbender, Ewan McGregor, Bill Paxton, Channing Tatum, Mathieu Kassovitz, Michael Angarano, Antonio Banderas, Michael Douglas Director: Steven Soderbergh Film writer: Lem Dobbs Producer: Gregory Jacobs Executive Producers: Ryan Kavanaugh, Tucker Tooley, Michael Polaire Director of Photography: Peter Andrews Production Designer: Howard Cummings Costume Designer: Shoshana Rubin Editor: Mary Ann Bernard Music: David Holmes 91 minutes Ewan McGregor Michael Fassbender Steven Soderbergh AFI Fest

New Regency boarding 'The Revenant'

New Regency is within foretells seriously board Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's American West drama "The Revenant." Company would produce together with Anonymous Content's Steve Golin, David Kanter and Keith Redmon. Anonymous setup the project, which Warner Bros. has optioned to distribute. "Vacancy" scribe Mark L. Cruz authored the script. The project is dependant on the novel "The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge" by Michael Punke and released in 2003. Novel is occur 1823 and focuses on a fur trapper who's mauled by murdered and conned through the two males enlisted to remain with him. Fueled by anger, the trapper survives and makes his way through 100s of miles of uncharted backwoods to exact retribution. Pic is probably the first projects New Regency has signed onto since a shakeup in the professional ranks. In September, news broke that co-chairs Hutch Parker and Bob Harper would exit by year's-finish, while founder Arnon Milchan introduced former Vital professional Kaira Weston in as Boss. Earlier this year, company came aboard to co-produce the Allen Hughes-helmed drama "Damaged City," with Mark Wahlberg and Russell Crowe mounted on star. twentieth century Fox-based Regency also closed a $500 million credit facility recently. Contact Rachel Abrams at Rachel.Abrams@variety.com

Michael Lohan In Jail After Release From Hospital

First Published: October 28, 2011 8:23 PM EDT Credit: TAMPA, Fla. -- Caption Michael Lohan following his arrest on October 25, 2011 in Tampa, FloridaThe estranged father of actress Lindsay Lohan has been released from a Tampa hospital and is now in jail. The Hillsborough County Sheriffs Office says Michael Lohan will be held in administrative confinement in the infirmary at the Falkenburg Jail. He will make his first court appearance Saturday morning. Tampa police say Lohans on-and-off girlfriend reported receiving a harassing phone call from him Wednesday. Police went to Kate Majors condo, and she put the call on speaker so detectives could listen. Authorities then went to a hotel where Lohan was staying. He jumped from a third-floor balcony in an attempt to escape. Lohan was taken into custody, the second time within a week. He was jailed Tuesday on domestic violence charges and later released. Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Fairly Legal: Ryan Manley Lawyers As New Series Regular

Ryan Manley Court is within session for Ryan Manley, that has became a member of the cast of Fairly Legal's approaching second season, TVGuide.com has confirmed. Manley will have Ben Grogan, a clear, crisp trial attorney whose star is rising. Ben is nice at getting within the a lot of money ( he's known out and about for his bus advertisements) and sees not a problem in putting their own profit above doing what's right. Ben also offers no qualms saying what's on his mind, that ought to lead him to a fascinating foil for Kate (Sarah Shahi). Fairly Legal restored for Season 2 - creative changes ahead Fairly Legal informs the storyline of Kate, who, within the wake of her father's dying, threw in the towel as being a lawyer to become mediator and struggles to navigate her complicated associations together with her estranged husband and stepmother/boss. Manley is better noted for his focus on the cleaning soap Home and Away, located in his native Australia, and Ghost Driver. Fairly Legal, which first showed last The month of january, started production on Season 2 Friday. A premiere date for that year is not set.

Final Muppets Parody Trailer Tackles 'Paranormal Activity 3,' 'Puss In Boots' and 'Breaking Dawn' (Video)

Scott Garfield/Getty Images The final Muppets parody trailer has been released online and rather than tackling one film, this one hits several, including Paranormal Activity 3, Puss in Boots, Breaking Dawn and even the Muppets' own previous trailers. The Internet-only trailer is totally upfront with its intentions, thanking viewers for supporting the previous parody viral clips and lamenting that since this is the final one, they won't have time to do parodies for other films, followed by clips from those possible trailers. STORY: How Disney's Muppets Movie Has Purists Rattled Previous films that had received Muppet parodies included The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Green Lantern and The Hangover Part 2. The film is set to be released Nov. 23rd by Disney. It stars Jason Segel (or Jason the Segel as the parody trailer would have you believe) and Amy Adams and was written by Segel. Puss in Boots The Muppets Paranormal Activity 3

Samuel L. Jackson Is Greatest-Grossing Actor ever

Samuel L. Jackson's movies make a lot more than $7.4 billion -- making them the greatest-grossing actor ever, based on the Guinness Book of World Records.our editor recommends'Avenger's' Samuel L. Jackson, Hathaway As Catwoman Reveal Acting Inspiration'Avengers' Star Samuel L. Jackson Joins Twitter (Video) PHOTOS: 'The Avengers': New Photos From Marvel's Super hero Film Jackson, 63, makes a lot more than 100 movies since debuting in Spike Lee's 1991 movie, Jungle Fever. PHOTOS: Hollywood Golfers' Handicaps Jackson's Jurassic Park ($914 million), Pulp Fiction ($212 million) and also the The Exorcist prequels ($2.4 billion) are among his top earners. PHOTOS: Steven Spielberg's 'The Adventures of Tintin: Secret from the Unicorn' He earnings four films annually. He earned six this year, four this year and can have three in 2012. Related Subjects Samuel L. Jackson

'Paranormal Activity 3' Leaves Fans Afraid

FROM MTV MOVIES: It isn't frequently that you simply see people meaning hrs inside a line that systems neighborhood only for the opportunity to get scared from their minds, but that is precisely what happened Tuesday evening in NY in an advance fan screening of "Paranormal Activity 3." Fans tweeted for an opportunity to look into the third entry within the found-footage horror series and also to find out how the haunting began. A few of the hopeful audience people turned up as soon as the morning prior to the 10 p.m. screening. Once within the theater, the lucky crowd taken part for awards like apple ipods, only heightening the thrill within the room. If this was finally time for you to screen the film, company directors Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost turned up, properly clothed for Halloween with fake knives and syringes lodged in all of their heads. Browse the full story at MTV Movies!

Cast preview of Twilight Saga: Breaking Beginning - Part 1

On tenterhooks for the November relieve The Twilight Saga: Breaking Beginning - Part 1? Can't wait to find out really Billy Burke, Rachelle Lefervre and Rachelle Lefervre? This is a brief taster to quell the monster in the body.Certainly, the Twilight trio have came out in the behind-the-moments video that previews the beginning in the finale.Most informative is Stewart's discuss her character's mindset just before the wedding.InchYou will discover handful of beats prior to the marriage really happens that really send [Bella] into the anxiety they brings into the ceremony, when she first starts walking lower the aisle," Stewart told Entertainment Tonight. "You will discover a few looks from Edward that are just kind of unclear to her."Following a stars get set on their roles furthermore, you will find some B-roll footage and also on-set laughter which will make this worth a glance.Have a look at their chat below...The Twilight Saga: Breaking Beginning - Part 1 opens on 18 November 2011.

New 'Immortals' Photos: Your Fight Cry Is Not about this [Moviefone Exclusive]

The fight cry: that extra shot of adrenaline enthusiast gives themself before charging the area and taking someone's mind off. If you are thinking about a good example, take a look at the brand new picture in the 'Immortals,' featuring Daniel Shaman screaming towards the top of his lung area (we will think that this won't be the only real time a fight cry happens throughout this film). Starring Henry Cavill and Freida Pinto, 'Immortals' informs the storyline of Theseus (Cavill), an individual employed through the god Zeus (performed by Luke Evans) to prevent Hyperion (Mickey Rourke) from exacting revenge on humanity. Shaman plays the Greek god of war, Ares. You can observe the Ares photo, together with an image of Evans and Isabel Lucas (Athena), below. 'Immortals' hits theaters on November. 11. Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook RELATED

Healy aboard as 'Enemy' scribe

Author Patrick M. Healy continues to be tabbed to evolve the Cinemax Film "Eating Using the Enemy." Project, presently in development, is dependant on it "Eating Using the Enemy: Generate An Income Fought Peace With North Korea From My BBQ Shack in Hackensack" by Robert Egan and Kurt Pitzer. Cinemax vet James Gandolfini is mounted on play Bobby Egan, a Hackensack, N.J., restaurant owner who forged rapport using the North Korean Un mission in upper Manhattan and continued to experience a huge role like a liaison in U.S. and North Korean relations. Robert P Niro, Jane Rosenthal, James Gandolfini, Nancy Sanders and Mark Remedy are professional creating for Tribeca Prods. and Attaboy Films. Co-producers are Kurt Pitzer and Kimberly Levin. Healy continues to be an actress because the mid-1990's but authored a number of scripts for that 2009 season of HBO's mental health specialist drama "In Treatment" making an impact using the pay cabler. Gandolfini, while most widely known for his lead role in "The Sopranos," lately co-starred within the net's telepic "Cinema Verite." Healy is repped by Verve. Contact Stuart Levine at stuart.levine@variety.com

Last Guy Standing's Nancy Travis: I Be a Buffoon Too

Tim Allen, Nancy Travis Tim Allen's new ABC sitcom Last Guy Standing may present the first sort Do-it-yourself star so far another dopey sitcom husband, but Allen's co-star Nancy Travis states they reaches be dopey too.Fall TV: Have the lowdown relating to this season's must-see new shows"They are unlike a regular sitcom couple, where he's the buffoon and she's the person wife," Travis notifies TVGuide.com. "We toss that ball forward and backward. You will discover episodes where [I'm] just fumbling around which he comes off since the voice of reason. Both are kind of searching for their way."Allen plays Mike Baxter, the director of promoting with an outdoors sports store. When Mike's boss (Hector Elizondo) puts him accountable for focusing around the business's Internet sales - and also the wife Vanessa (Travis) can get promoted in their job - Mike finds themselves trading more hours conscious of his three kids: single mom Kristin (Alexandra Krosney), dim, self-centered teen Mandy (Molly Ephraim) and tomboy Eve (Kaitlyn Dever).Travis, who also recurred inside the initial few cases of the CW's newcomer drama Hart of Dixie, demands it is the household dynamic that will emerge since the heart in the show. "It won't be as black and white-colored as 'a guy ornamented by women,'" Travis states. "Part of beginning a show is you will need a hook or gimmick, that is really the gimmick. But we now have shot eight episodes and what's altering can be a show of a real family in the heart of the u . s . states where both mother and father works. ... It is not your cookie-cutter family - it's a family that's just trying to handle your entire day and realize success.InchPicture timeline: The emasculation of males on TVThe setup will certainly feel just a little familiar to audiences of Allen's previous ABC sitcom, Do-it-yourself. While Tim "The Tool Guy" Taylor familiar with grunt and scream for "more energy" on Tool Time, Mike takes to YouTube to berate a period of teens who can't change their unique tires."Tim remains prone to have that outlook during the man's guy and [come] advertising online from the classical host to 'Men specified for to possess guns!'" Travis states. "But he'll have counterpoints compared to that perspective within the family. ... Tim is devoted to making every scene work and not choosing for that apparent joke. He'd such as this show being rooted in something that's real."On her character, Travis states Vanessa will deal with from being referred to as out for greeting trick-or-treaters in the too-sexy sailing costume to going to grips with like a youthful grandmother. Meanwhile, the youngest daughter will feel disconnected because of Vanessa's extended work several hours because the earliest laments losing the existence she planned to own once you have pregnant.Last Guy Standing: Is Tim Allen's character a buffoon?"We're just searching for the nuances and break in the stock ideas as well as the broad jokes," Travis states."You need to know very well what makes this family tick which makes it relatable. But whenever you unearth everything, you receive a really funny show."Last Guy Standing premieres Tuesday at 8/7c on ABC.

Clint Eastwood to do something again in danger Using The Curve

We were not looking to let you know about new projects starring Clint Eastwood in the near future, considering the fact that the all-rounder introduced his retirement from acting following Gran Torino.Eastwood made the decision to concentrate his talents on pointing rather, therefore it is great to have the ability to are convinced that he'll return while watching camera in danger Using The Curve.The baseball movie features an ageing scout who's losing his eyesight and sets on one further trip together with his daughter to look at a hot prospect.Eastwood has not behaved inside a film which was directed by anybody but themself since Within The Type Of Fire in 1993. What exactly enticed him from retirement?Well, the script by Randy Brown has triggered Eastwood to possess a "serious look" in the project.Plus, it will be directed by very long time collaborator Robert Lorenz, who had been assistant director on films for example Mystic River and Bloodstream Work.Additionally, it kills a while as they waits for Beyoncé to provide birth so he is able to direct the remake of the Star Comes Into The World.

New Roseanne Barr Family Sitcom Lands At NBC With Penalty

In 1987, NBC had first crack at a working class family sitcom starring then-up-and-coming standup comedian Roseanne Barr. Legendary NBC programmer Brandon Tarikoff famously passed, and the project landed at ABC where it went to series, Roseanne, which ran for 9 years. Twenty four years later, another sitcom about a lower middle class family starring Barr hit the market, and this time NBC and its new programming chief Bob Greenblatt jumped on it. The network bought the multi-camera comedy, titled Downwardly Mobile, with a script commitment plus penalty. Co-created by Barr, her boyfriend John Argent and former Roseanne executive producer Eric Gilliland, who will serve as showrunner, the ensemble comedy revolves around a family and friends living in a mobile home community. It is produced by 20th Century Fox TV as it stems from a script deal the studio made with Barr in August. Barr, Argent and Gilliland will executive produce with Steven Greener, who also executive produced Barr’s Lifetime reality series Roseannes Nuts, which was recently canceled after one low-rated season. The timing of Barr’s new sitcom is reminiscent of that of Roseanne, which resonated with viewers for its realistic depiction of the struggles of the lower middle class in the post-Ronald Reagan America. Two decades later, America’s working class is going through similarly tough economic times. Barr, who has never been shy about speaking her mind, has grown into a rather controversial figure since rising to fame as a sitcom star on Roseanne. In August, she announced her candidacy for president under the ‘Green Tea Party’ and said she would also be running for Prime Minister of Israel. And earlier this week, she made headlines with her statements that bankers who don’t give up wealth should be beheaded.

Andrews gets a Grace

Andrews ChuJulie Andrews will be honored at this year's Princess Grace Awards Gala with the Prince Rainier III Award, a kudo given to prominent creatives whose career has included both artistic achievement and significant humanitarian work.Andrews has a long history of charity work, particularly on behalf of orgs that tackle international issues. She's a founding board member of Operation USA, which provides relief to areas of the world hit by disasters, disease or poverty, and has also been a goodwill ambassador for gender-equality fund Unifem. In recent years, the honor has gone to Denzel and Pauletta Washington, Mandy Patinkin, Glenn Close and George Lucas.Also tapped for a career achievement award at the ceremony is Jon M. Chu, helmer of "Justin Bieber: Never Say Never." He'll get the Princess Grace Statue Award. Prior winners of the statue award have included Tony Kushner, Greg Mottola and Cary Joji Fukunaga.Princess Grace Awards support emerging creatives in legit, dance and film, handing out scholarships, apprenticeships and fellowships. Twenty-one up-and-comers will receive the Princess Grace during the upcoming kudofest and gala.Ceremony is set for Nov. 1 at Gotham's Cipriani 42nd Street. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com

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Peru picks 'October' for Oscars

Peru's National Film Council, Conacine, has selected Cannes 2010 Not Sure Regard Grand Jury prize champion "October" (Octubre) to represent the country inside the foreign-language Oscar category.The feature debut of brothers and sisters Daniel and Diego Vega concentrates on a loner pawnbroker whose existence changes considerably when someone abandons a baby on his bed mattress. He turns to his neighbor, a devotee of October's feast within our Master in the Miracles, for help.Other Peruvian photos in contention were "El ultimo guerrero Chanka" (The Ultimate Chanka Warrior) by Vctor Amadeo Zarabia, "La vigilia" (The Vigil) by Augusto Tamayo and "El Inca, la boba y el hijo del ladron" (The Inca, the Idiot as well as the Boy from the Crook) by Ronnie Temoche."October" remains making the models inside the festival circuit and contains agreed to Germany, Europe, Austria and Canada among other nations. U.S. rights-holder NYer Films released the pic in the year. The deadline for individuals nations to deliver inside their distribution is March. 1. The 84th Academy awards will probably be held Feb. 26 within the Kodak Theater in Hollywood. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

FBI makes arrest in The new sony hacking situation

The FBI arrested a Phoenix guy on Thursday suspected of hacking in to the personal computers at The new sony Pictures Entertainment.Cody Kretsinger, 23, of Phoenix, is charged with joining the LulzSec hacking group that stated credit for hacking in to the The new sony personal computers from May 27 to June 2. Kretsinger is famous through the moniker "recursion." A great jury indicted him on Sept. 2 on charges of conspiracy and unauthorized impairment of the protected computer, however it was stored under seal until his arrest.The FBI alleges that Kretsinger completed the attack by delivering a proxy server to mask his Ip. He along with other cyber-terrorist acquired private information from The new sony computer systems utilizing an "SQL injection" attack against its website, which is often used by cyber-terrorist to get on the computer system's weaknesses. At that time, LulzSec, associated with the worldwide cyber-terrorist referred to as Anonymous, boasted about how exactly easy it had been to interrupt in to the The new sony system.The FBI also claims that Kretsinger yet others published the stolen information on the LulzSec website, after which introduced it on Twitter.Kretsinger ended up being to make his first court appearance in Phoenix on Thursday, however the FBI intends to request he be gone to live in La. If charged, he faces as much as fifteen years imprisonment. Contact Ted Manley at ted.manley@variety.com

Ted Turner: Murdoch should step lower

LONDON -- Ted Turner has referred to as on Rupert Murdoch to manage lower as mind of News Corp. inside the wake in the phone hacking and police corruption scandal. Asked Tuesday by Bloomberg TV's Betty Liu, the founding father of CNN, which has fallen out Murdoch formerly, mentioned that Murdoch is "gonna need to step lower," which "he or she must have known" in regards to the interception of voicemails within the U.K. tabloid what is the news around the world. I'm past retirement now. So, I'm 72. This can be a little late being controlling an organization,Inch Turner mentioned. Murdoch's still doing the work on 80, but also for not for substantially longer, I'm afraid. In my opinion he's gonna need to step lower." He'd not managed to get anything like thisThis is serious It's going illegal. You understand, not necessarily Rupert Murdoch needs to be allowed to destroy regulations. Nobody should. He or she must have known. I'm speaking about, he was chairman in the board. He's responsible. I needed responsibility once i went my chance. You will not heard me say, 'Well, I didn't know.' You will not ever saw me get because kind of trouble, perhaps you have?In . Inside the interview he claims he's handled to obtain tabs on Murdoch: "I did so, which i've made amends. I'm just, to tell the truth, I'm very disappointed it has happened. A substantial media company will be carrying out a law, that's all. Then when they break regulations and certainly, it's lately been recognized that News around the world broke regulations. So, there's without doubt what the law states was broken." He added: "You now request , what size a scandal can it be. Plus they are considering that now, and we'll know very quickly. But meanwhile, you understand, you are innocent before you are proven guilty. But because, too." Turner's versions with Murdoch go as long ago to 1983 each time a Murdoch-backed yacht collided while using CNN designers boat within a Sydney-to-Hobart race. Within the publish-race dinner Turner attacked Murdoch, apparently challenging him with a public fist-fight in Las vegas. Subsequently Fox News surpassed CNN, becoming most likely the very best cable news web inside the U.S. Turner accused Murdoch to become "a warmonger" for supporting Leader Bush's invasion of Iraq. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Simmons seduces by mobile

Just like a music artist, Gene Simmons was responsible for most likely probably the most legendary music in the seventies. However when he was not even savvier available arena, the earth might possibly not have known."Creativity is ok, but it's like obtaining a vehicle without any fuel," according to him. "We've an deduced fiduciary duty as designers of content to make sure the distribution model can be as large as you possibly can, and reaches as much people as you can in as much ways as you can.InchBack again then, an inspired marketing hook like the band's face fresh fresh paint aided make heads turn. Nowadays, according to him, the most effective tool to attain people is as simple as mobile technology. Really, he notes, it might be inside your accomplish this inside a very long time.InchThe physicality of technology will appear reduced before very lengthy,Inch according to him. "Mobile can be a word many people don't understand. It is not only your handheld device. It might use areas you can't even imagine.InchUp to now, one of the finest hurdles mobile (and several other kinds of online communication) has faced remains the term what barrier. Within the Mobile Entertainment Summit today, Simmons will discuss Ortsbo, a computerized translation tool for several sites including Facebook, Twitter and Google Talk.Ironically, Simmons states, the current language from the web itself -- for instance terms like "social mediaInch -- has hampered communication."Personally, i can't stand the brainiacs that created the technology had control of the term what,Inch according to him. "A number of these test is really off-putting."As communication lines open, though -- those learn to move ahead from people tech terms -- the mobile world will finish up a sizable-open area for companies, ideologies plus much more to achieve success, according to him.InchYou need to seduce the general public into thinking they need to have what you are offering," according to him. "Mobile is regarded as the sexy method that now." Difficult to killFour items that set to slay the iPad -- and not successful Apple's dominance inside the tech world sometimes seems easy. Since their debut, the apple apple iphone and iPad have introduced the smartphone and tablet market, departing numerous rivals inside their wake. Here's a review of four "iKillers" that never quite were living around their hype: H . p . TouchPadJust six days following a relieve this 10-inch tablet, H . p . introduced expects to discontinue it, which causes it to be most likely probably the most stunning failures in tech history. Despite its user-friendly operating-system, the equipment didn't meet anticipation and was considered bulky -- but wasn't any worse than other rivals. Motorola XoomHailed since the best gadget at CES within the month of the month of january, the Xoom fell flat at retail, listed from picking a most clients and hobbled having a needed company commitment. Ultimately, the customer experience wasn't compelling enough to draw filled with audience.Samsung World Tab Samsung attempted going smaller sized using this slimmed-lower 7-inch tablet -- and acquired some decent reviews. But Android's inadequate a tablet interface in those days together with a paucity of programs saved it from growing in recognition. Its large brothers and sisters survive. (Samsung knocked the screen in the follow-around 10.1 inches making it more competitive.)Home home windows Phone 7Microsoft's complete redesign of the smartphone operating-system was miles before its predecessor, but a small selection of programs and huge consumer bitterness over its earlier phones has saved this method powering individuals. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

James Cameron Eyeing 60 Frames Per Second for 'Avatar' Sequels (Exclusive)

Jean-Luc Godard may have famously said that "cinema is truth 24 frames per second," but James Cameron is currently convinced that shooting at a rate of 60 frames per second offers a more truthful image.our editor recommends10 Billion Dollar Babies: Movies That Have Crossed the 10 Figure MarkTop 10 Grossing Films As he readies to shoot Avatar 2 and 3, the technologically-savvy director has been looking at higher frame rates of 48 and 60 frames per second. And, he tells The Hollywood Reporter, at the moment he would "personally favor" 60 fps. "I think it is such an affinitive answer," he said. "But other people may choose 48 for other reasons." STORY: James Cameron, Vince Pace Team With BBC Earth, Evergreen on 'Walking With Dinosaurs 3D' Film Last March at CinemaCon, Cameron said he "fully intends" to film the Avatar sequels at a higher frame rate and he presented an extensive test showing the differences between images shot at 24, 48 and 60 fps. At that time, he said, "The 3D shows you a window into reality; the higher framerate takes the glass out of the window." But as for choosing between 48-which Peter Jackson has selected for production of The Hobbit-and 60, Cameron left that for the industry to discuss. "The reason I went down that path is because I believe it makes for better 3D," Cameron said of his advocacy of higher frame rates in a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter. "There were lots of arguments for why 48 and why 60. My feeling is if it is a software upgrade (for digital cinema projectors), do both. It doesn't change anything at the projector; you don't have to change the lamp house or the lenses. If you are uploading software you can upload it for 48 and 60 and let the filmmakers decide." PHOTOS: 10 Billion Dollar Babies: Movies That Have Crossed the 10 Figure Mark In terms of how he will decide at what rate to shoot the Avatar sequels, Cameron said, "If the exhibitors will adopt the idea of a dual standard, than I'll probably want to shoot 60. If they don't, then I will have to look very carefully at the pros and cons of 60 and 48." Frame rates are the number of images displayed by a projector within one second. 24 frames per second (fps) has long been the standard in cinema; television uses higher rates including 50 fps and 60 fps, which can mean less motion blur and judder in the images. In related news, Lightstorm Entertainment and digital cinema projector maker Christie recently inked a five-year agreement aimed at furthering 3D digital cinema and the use of higher frame rates. Additionally, Christie has started to demonstrate the use of higher frames rates within a single projector setup. As part of the agreement with Lightstorm, Christie will assist in outfitting Cameron's new production facilities, including two screening rooms that will serve as virtual production sites for the next two Avatar movies. PHOTOS: Top 10 Grossing Films Projectors are just one part of the equation. Cameron said, "The cost (to go to higher frame rates) is not at the camera, which is very straightforward; the cost is not at the projectors, because it is a software upgrade. I could go out right now, shoot a movie at 60 fps if it was all live action and project it, and have a stunning effect. It has value immediately. What we have to work on is the FX workflow-primarily the render pipeline." "The trick in the near term is going to be to not have a big upward inflection in the cost of visual effects," he explained. "I believe there are ways to do it, but there is some code that needs to be written to do it, and I'm working with some of the big FX providers on that now. You can't expect people to run off adopting a higher frame rate if it is going to cost an addition 10 percent of their FX costs, which are already pretty high. We have to get it down to 1 percent or so, which I think is achievable." Related Topics 3D Avatar James Cameron

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Supernatural Creator Developing Series Adaptation Of Comic Deadman For CW

EXCLUSIVE: With Smallville ending its 10-season run this past May, the CW has made launching a new superhero franchise based on a DC property a priority. The network’s first effort this development season is Deadman, a drama based on the DC Comics books by Arnold Drake and Carmine Infantino, which will be written and executive produced by Supernatural creator Eric Kripke. The project is about the spirit of a murdered man, Boston Brand, who lives on as he inhabits other peoples bodies and helps them solve crises in their own lives. It is produced by Warner Bros. TV, which handles the mining of the DC catalog for TV series. Were looking next year to do a superhero show if the right superhero comes to be, CW president Mark Pedowitz said at TCA last month, noting the advantage of having Time Warner-owned DC Comics in the family. (CW is a joint venture of Warner Bros. Entertainment and CBS). Getting Kripke to develop Deadman seems like a no-brainer as he is the man behind CW’s longest running scripted series on the air. Sci-fi drama Supernatural enters its seventh season this fall and Pedowitz recently indicated that it is not intended to be the show’s last. While no longer a hands-on showrunner (Supernatural is co-run by Sera Gamble and Robert Singer), Kripke continues to serve as an executive producer.

Christian Bale Has His Pick of Publish-'Dark Dark night Rises' Roles: Is He Going To Choose Eastwood, Aronofsky or Spike Lee?

Christian Bale is busy kicking Bane's ass (we assume) but what'll he do once 'The Dark Dark night Rises' systems? This is a question that a few of the greatest names in Hollywood are holding their breath over. Bale's potential dance list includes Clint Eastwood, Michael Mann, Spike Lee and Darren Aronofsky, all whom he's keeping waiting until Christopher Nolan is performed with him about the third and final Batman film. Eastwood wants Bale for his remake of 'A Star Comes Into The World,A starring Beyoncé Knowles, although it isn't obvious if he'd be changing Leonardo DiCaprio (Eastwood's leading guy in 'J. Edgar') because the male lead. Bale could go for Mann's 'Gold,' a modern day 'Treasure from the Sierra Madre'-esque tale about prospectors and investors. He could take part in the villain in Lee's remake of Korean thriller 'Oldboy.' We are able to totally see Bale within the gritty 'Out from the Furnace,' a good ex-disadvantage who's to avenge his brother's dying. 'Crazy Heart' helmer Scott Cooper will direct. And finally, are you able to picture Bale as Noah for Aronofsky's scriptural epic? The actor was sporting quite a epic beard before the Academy awards. Many of these films are going to begin filming in the finish of the season and 'Dark Dark night Rises' shoots through this fall. Bale's already wrapped 'The 13 Women of Nanjing,' that is going to be out in 2012. What project do you want to see Bale do next? [via Variety] Image thanks to Jacqueline Larma/AP Photo

Nets' road to digital crosses cable turf

All of a sudden, there's real money at stake for Hollywood in digital licensing deals. That was evident in the latest round of earnings reports, when most of the majors touted a growing boost to the bottom line from library rights pacts with Netflix and Amazon's fledgling Amazon Prime service, among other players in the U.S. and abroad. Viacom's Philippe Dauman declared it to be a business with profit margins "in excess of 75%." So how come most of Hollywood is still treading cautiously when it comes to selling TV's hottest wares -- current series -- to Netflix et al? Fear of dampening the long-term syndication value of a program remains the single-biggest concern. But another reason is that the timing of this particular gold rush is terrible for the majors. Netflix's rise to a company with a $12.5 billion market cap coincided with the Great Retrans Wars of 2009-10. The major studio-network congloms have just come through a period of bludgeoning cable, satellite and telco operators to pay significant retransmission consent fees to their O&O stations in order to keep Big Four network programming. (The nets are also siphoning retrans coin from affils.) In exchange for hundreds of millions of dollars in retrans fees, operators have demanded expanded online and VOD distribution rights to programming -- exactly the kind of cutting-edge services they need to offer to compete with lower-priced competitors like Netflix. This means the digital rights to the majors' most saleable material is encumbered in larger deals with the old-guard cable operators and satcasters that provide so much of Hollywood's earnings these days. The fact that the majors are unsure of how to proceed with the opportunities on the horizon is demonstrated by the fact that they are hedging their bets by opting for short one- and two-year deals for older shows. Are they leaving money on the table? The initial Hulu charter of offering free, advertising-supported online access to a broad menu of shows has proven to be only modestly profitable for its Hollywood parent companies, News Corp., NBCUniversal and Disney. Hence the focus on building up the $8 a month Hulu Plus subscription service. As the Web streaming winds shift to the subscription model, the question of how much a Netflix, Amazon Prime or Hulu Plus service would pay for day-and-date rights to, say, "Glee" or "The Good Wife" or "Jersey Shore" remains academic, because nobody's offering those deals. It would disrupt too much of TV's entrenched eco-system. One showbiz giant that has recently articulated a strong vision for balancing the demands of new and old customers is News Corp., under the direction of chief operating officer Chase Carey. He's known to have been critical of Hulu's initial free approach. "We're going to be focused on having built the right business models and long-term asset value and not how to squeeze a quick buck out of this for a quarter or two," Carey told investors earlier this month. In keeping with Carey's philosophy, the Fox network has taken the bold step of limiting the immediate availability of its programming via free Web streaming through Hulu and its own Fox.com website. As of Aug. 15, Fox Broadcasting established an eight-day window of exclusivity for Web streaming via password-protected TV Everywhere services linked to cable, satellite and telco providers. Viewers will be able to watch episodes of new shows like "Terra Nova" and "New Girl" online hours after each episode's premiere, but only if they already pay a monthly bill for cable, satellite or telco TV service, or Hulu Plus. In the short term, the move will severely restrict online access to Fox shows because many operators have been slow to launch the technically complex TV Everywhere authentication services. Fox execs say it's a trade-off they're willing to make as part of the larger goal of supporting their vital business partners. There's talk that ABC may make a similar move. "We have a lot of businesses invested in the pay TV universe," says Mike Hopkins, prexy of affiliate sales and marketing for Fox Networks. "We're taking a leadership position on a way to create more value for the pay TV customer." Contact Cynthia Littleton at cynthia.littleton@variety.com

New Trailer for the Star Wars Blu-Ray Collection Is All About the Bonus Footage (VIDEO)

As you may have already heard, like it or not, George Lucas will be releasing all six Star Wars movies on Blu-ray come Sept. 16. Even after buying the series on VHS and then buying it on DVD years later, when you consider the extent to which this franchise has gotten pimped out since 'Episode IV' first hit theaters in 1977, you secretly knew this day would come. If you're still on the fence about whether you should support the sick and twisted reign of George Lucas after seeing the first promotional trailer, we now have our hands on a new trailer for the Blu-rays to give you a better glimpse into the 40 hours of bonus features you can expect to see in the collection, titled 'Star Wars: The Complete Saga': Hard to imagine that better visuals and a disgusting amount of extras will make the new trilogy any less excruciating to sit through, but while we probably won't be shelling out the $89.99 they're asking for over at Amazon, we wouldn't be sad to see this baby sitting under the Christmas tree come December. Will you be buying the Star Wars Blu-rays? [via Deadline]

The Helix Loaded

This sci-fi thriller explores your way from the "Other Ones" and thrie visit a mysterious new super drug also it's illusuve creator Oprheum. Loaded and led only by "The Hole" the "Other Ones" have to research which one of these is determined to uncover the strategies of The Helix.

New Abduction trailer lands

A new trailer has arrived online for Abduction, Taylor Lautner's explosive post-Twilight vehicle. And from the looks of it, Lionsgate are going all out to push the shirtless wonder as their next big action hero.The film sees Lautner as your average happy-go-lucky teen whose world is turned upside down when he finds a baby picture of himself on a missing persons website. In no time at all, the people he thought were his parents are killed, the government are after him and the only option is to go on the run.Coming off like a teenage Bourne Identity, the trailer whips up a brief synopsis of the film's identity-crisis storyline before hurtling through a series of bruising set-pieces. Check it out here... While we're not entirely convinced by some of Lautner's delivery (that "Not if I find you first" is pretty clunky) director John Singleton appears to have conjured up some meaty action scenes. And when he's running, punching, or simply not talking, Lautner certainly looks the part.On top of that, there's a rather fearsome supporting cast on display, including Sigourney Weaver, Alfred Molina, Danny Glover, Jason Isaacs and Maria Bello. The film arrives in cinemas on 30 September 2011.Source: AppleDo you buy Lautner as an action hero? Let us know!

Report: Track Palin and Wife Welcome an infant Girl

Track Palin and Britta Palin Sarah Palin is really a grandmother again.The first kind Alaska governor's boy, Track, and the wife, Britta Hanson, welcomed a daughter named Kyla Sophistication Palin on Sunday, People reviews. The infant may be the first child for that couple and also the second grandchild for Sarah Palin, whose grand son, Tripp, by daughter Bristol, turns 3 in December.Track Palin and wife expecting babyThe Palins never confirmed her pregnancy, but photos of the pregnant Hanson encircled by baby gifts were published on Facebook recently.Monitor Palin, 22, and Hanson were senior high school sweethearts and get married in May. She's a student nurse in the College of Alaska, where her husband intends to enroll following the commercial fishing season.

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RATINGS RAT RACE: So-So Premiere For ABC's 'Take The Money And Run'

Three networks -- NBC, Fox and ABC -- offered all-original lineups last night, including the OK though not spectacular debut of ABC's new reality series Take the Money and Run (1.9/5 in 18-49, 5.1 million viewers),from producers Jerry Bruckheimer and Bertram van Munster,at 9 PM. It held onto 95% of its Wipeout (2.0/6) demo lead-in and boosted its lead-out Combat Hospital (1.0/3), up a tenth from last week. Still, even with the reinforcements, ABC finished third for the night in both 18-49 and total viewers. Fox (2.5/8, 6 million viewers) edged NBC (2.4/7, 9.3 million) for the top spot in adults 18-49 with its Gordon Ramsay block of Hell's Kitchen (2.6/9, 6.2 million) and MasterChef (2.4/7, 5.8 million), while America's Got Talent (2.9/8, 11.6 million) from 9-11 PM was once again the top-rated and most-watched program of the night, helping NBC to win the nightly race in 18-49. Hell's Kitchen was even with last week in 18-49 and up 3% in total viewers to log its largest audience this summer. Talent was down 6%. Its lead-in, NBC's new game show It's Worth What? (1.2/4), was down 14%. CBS aired reruns and 48 Hours Mystery.

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious win for 'Poppins'

SYDNEY -- "Mary Poppins" -- a Disney, Cameron Mackintosh co-production playing at Sydney's Capitol Theater -- took home a record eight kudos at the Helpmann Awards, Australia's equivalent to the Tonys, in Sydney on Monday night. "Mary Poppins" won best musical, its leads Verity Hunt-Ballard and Matt Lee nabbed male and female actors in a musical and Philip Quast won for best supporting actor. Lee beat vet and favorite Anthony Warlow who was nommed for the new tuner, "Doctor Zhivago." "Mary Poppins" also snagged best direction for Richard Eyre and Matthew Bourne; choreography of a musical for Bourne and Stephen Mear; best sound design for Peter Grubb and best music direction for Stephen Brooker and Michael Tyack. Geoffrey Rush and Neil Armfield took home best actor and best director of a play for their revival of "Diary of a Madman" at Belvoir, while Cate Blanchett won for female actor in a play for her turn in "Uncle Vanya" for the Sydney Theater Company, which is currently touring Washington. Blanchett will begin a performance at the Kennedy Center this week so could not attend the kudocast. Best new Aussie work went to comic Tim Minchin for his musical show "Tim Minchin vs Sydney Symphony" and Oz rockers Powderfinger took best contemporary concert for the "Sunsets" farewell tour. The 11th Helpmanns, staged by Live Performance Australia, honor all forms of live entertainment across 41 categories. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Johnny Ferretti...Got the Part

Know your "type" and submit only if appropriate are fundamental rules every actor should follow, yet many don't. Fortunately for Johnny Ferretti, he's made these rules the building blocks of his quest for acting, and thus he arrived the role of Bruno within the theatrical world premiere of "Moose about the Loose."Ferretti routinely accumulates paper edition of Back Stage from his local 7-Eleven. "I love getting the physical factor and circling the roles which i as with a red-colored pen," he states. It can be his technical backgrounda degree in journalism and electrical engineering, flight testing planes for Boeing, and dealing like a software consultantthat gives him a focused method of acting. "I have been only at that lengthy enough to understand typically what type of figures they [casting] need me to experience,Inch states Ferretti. "I am wasting time basically submit for something which I am not suitable for.InchThe author-producer of "Moose," Dina Morrone, wishes all stars were this self-aware and finds it alarming the number of submit themselves when they don't fit the fundamental physical description. Morrone was frustrated and disappointed at the inability to find the correct actor for Bruno. Tiring her sort through various personal and professional contacts, she made the decision to make use of Back Stage. Morrone states she appreciated the assistance she received from the Back Stage employee in spinning her character explanations to assist yield the greatest results and fondly takes note of receiving Ferretti's submission and subsequent audition. "I'd just finished worrying towards the other producer and also to my director which i was not going to find this actor," she recalls. "I went online, which guy [Ferretti] posted. It had been 1:15 each morning, and that i went, 'Oh, my God. He's Bruno!' " Morrone immediately added him towards the audition list. "He then arrived and auditioned, and that he was perfect looks-smart. He am prepared and did some improv inside the lines, and that we understood, such as the minute he opened up his mouth, he was the perfect guy for that part."Director Peter Ton was equally pleased. "He would be a right diamond necklace: his spontaneity, his timing, and the temperament," Ton states. "I never sought out anybody else once Johnny walked with the door."Ton opposed using Back Stage for anxiety about bringing in an enormous cattle call towards the audition process. But ultimately he was glad that Morrone went behind his back and placed the notice. "It had been a great move I had been wrong, she was right," he states. "Everyone who arrived through Back Stage I figured was worth seeing. I wouldn't hesitate to make use of [Back Stage] again." Ton was impressed with Ferretti's preparation and improv ability within the audition. "I desired a wise actor who could push the play forward, an actress who had a feeling of the smoothness coupled with things i would call their very own authority, so they are not only waiting to become told how to proceed either through the line or even the director." Ferretti analyzed acting in the Beverly Hillsides Playhouse for nearly ten years and credits Gary Imhoff, an instructor there, like a major inspiration, in addition to Julia Fulton from UCLA, whom he analyzed with briefly just before that. He does not attach any sort of label to his technique, explaining it really as "a belief in conditions, to consider things because they come and respond to them because the person I'm at that time.InchFerretti also sings opera and it is searching to branch out for the reason that arena. He is visible occasionally playing our prime school janitor on Nickelodeon's "Victorious" and it has lately been cast within an original musical adaptation of Shakespeare's "Twelfth Evening."Ferretti is symbolized theatrically by Beats per minute Artists by Commercial Talent in La.Has Back Stage assisted you receive cast previously year? We'd like to inform your story. Maintain the weekly column by contacting casting@backstage.com for brand new You are able to or bswcasting@backstage.com for La with "I Acquired the Part" within the subject line.

Eva Longorias On-Set Pole Dancing Injury: Worth The Pain!

FIRST PUBLISHED: July 29, 2011 6:22 PM EDT LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- What has Gabrielle Solis gotten herself into now?!? Eva Longoria, who plays the mischievous mom on ABCs Desperate Housewives, posted a photo proudly displaying multiple bruises on her arms injuries incurred while pole dancing for an upcoming episode of the hit dramedy. My wounds from pole dancing! Eva captioned the photo posted to her WhoSay account. Wait til u see this episode of DH! Hilarious! Worth the pain! Click HERE to see the photo! Hopefully Evas battle wounds will be all healed up by September 16, when the brunette beauty is slated to co-host the ALMA Awards with George Lopez. Desperate Housewives Season 8 will premiere on September 25 on ABC. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

David Tennant talks Pirates, plasticine and secret projects

*While lounging around his West End dressing room waiting to go
on-stage to perform in _Much Ado About Nothing_, former timelord
Tennant, talked Total Film through how he's been keeping busy since
stepping away from the Tardis.*

First up he's starring as a tight-trousered Las Vegas illusionist in
the 3D update of _Fright Night_, then he'll lend his voice to
Aardman's latest _The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists_
(released 28 March 2012).

“What a joy to be part of that. You feel a little bit of a cheat
to take any credit for it, but really the stars of this film are the
animators. What they can make a piece of plasticine is quite
remarkable."

"The other day I did my last session on the film and they brought the
little model of [my character] Darwin down so I have shaken hands the
plasticine me - which was strangely thrilling.”

Also strangely thrilling is Tennant's next film project which he hopes
to start work on by the end of the year. But he's sworn to secrecy on
details:

"It will be something entirely new to me – the process will be
something I’ve never done before. That’s exciting and a
little bit scary – and I’ve already said too much!"

And don't rule out a return to the Doctor:

"Not impossible forever, but no plans at the moment. People keep
telling me that they’ve read online that I’m coming back
– but believe me, if that happens I’ll be the first to
tell everyone, I’ll be shouting about it very loudly."

"I’m very proud of the show and I’m fully aware it casts a
long shadow professionally, but I’m quite happy about that.
It’s a shadow wearing a very cool, long coat!"

_Fright Night_ opens on 2 September 2011, and _The Pirates! In An
Adventure With Scientists!_ is arriving 30 March 2012.

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