Universal Wins Harsh Evening Spec

EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures just won a putting in a bid for Harsh Evening, a thriller about of a evening that happens yearly globally, where people lock themselves fitness center fight the senseless and random attacks by Grims. Deal reaches our prime substantial against seven-figure range. Unbroken Films partners Bryan Bertino & Adrienne Biddle are joining track of Marc Platt to produce. Bertino directed Another people. The script was put together by Brandon Bestenheider & Allen Bey, who made their first purchase. The duo aided move things along by considering creating a teaser trailer for your spec that was leaked by their Verve reps just before the auction began. About six other shops were interested but Universal moved fastest. Here’s the teaser trailer: 2

U2 Honored As Greatest Act In Last 25 Years

First Published: October 24, 2011 2:02 PM EDT Credit: Getty Images LONDON, U.K. -- Caption Bono rocks out during a U2 concert in NY City on July 20, 2011Rock icons U2 have something new to brag about winning Q Magazines Greatest Act of the Last 25 Years award. The annual music awards by Britains best-selling music monthly took place Monday at Londons Grosvenor House. The Irish quartet were present at the ceremony. Brian May and Roger Taylor, meanwhile, accepted entry into the Q Hall of Fame on behalf of the band Queen. U.K. singer/songwriter Adele won two awards, Best Female Artist and Best Track for her song Rolling in the Deep. Coldplay was voted Best Band in the World at the Moment, while the U.S. Internet sensation Lana Del Ray wa s crowned the Next Big Thing. Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Happy 94th Birthday, Joan Fontaine! What's Her Finest Screen Moment?

Both Joan Fontaine and her large sister Olivia p Havilland are thriving well to their nineties, and despite the fact that they still don’t seem to be talking with one another, they remain a couple of Hollywood’s most esteemed thespians ever. (Watch p Havilland’s “Melanie Takes note of” interview from 2004’s Gone using the Wind re-release — just lovely!) Around the occasion of Ms. Fontaine’s 94th birthday, let’s have a stroll in to the Oscar champion’s filmography and discover her finest motion picture moment. I’m nearly crying at just how much I really like and also have skipped Rebecca. Alfred Hitchcock’s 1940 Best Picture champion goes beyond its era and really appears more contemporary than most of the director’s later films. Joan Fontaine plays the un named “Second Mrs. P Winter,” who marries the dashing Maxim (Laurence Olivier) and moves along with him at his great estate Manderley, but soon finds she's condemned to reside in the cisco kid of his first wife. Rebecca is cast perfectly, having a lamb-like Fontaine quivering and bleating her distance to our hearts, Olivier chilly as Maxim, and also the legendary Dame Judith Anderson because the dour, cruel Mrs. Danvers. The 3 received Oscar nominations, but Fontaine may be the true thought because the undervalued bride. And just in case that’s insufficient old Hollywood miracle for you personally, here’s Fontaine’s screen test for that role. She outperform Vivien Leigh, Anne Baxter, and Loretta Youthful — and you will understand why with this particular meek, yet engrossing portrayal received her the part. Happy birthday, Ms. Fontaine! What’s your preferred moment of hers?

'Coffin' opens for indie shingle

'Envy'Independent financier and production company Kerry Kimmel and Pollack has teamed with Eric Thompson's Vigilante Entertainment to get feature film and TV privileges to Gregg Olsen's youthful adult series "Empty Coffin." KK&P and Vigilante will co-finance and co-produce the very first title within the series, "Envy," a paranormal thriller that follows twin siblings Hayley and Taylor Ryan because they attempt to solve the mystery all around the dying of the friend. The women use their talents to resolve the crime and along the way, identify the origin that belongs to them forces. KK&P's Boss Michael Pollack and prexy Mark Morgan ("The Twilight Saga") will produce with Eric Thompson, Brett Hudson and Kami Garcia. "The fabric is sharp, funny and eerie," stated Thompson, who just created the indie horror pic "Rituals of Spring." "It's edgy with protagonists who're present day teen sleuths having a large family secret." Production is skedded to begin in fall 2012. Olsen is really a NY Occasions best-selling author and "Empty Coffin" is his first youthful adult series. Sterling Publishing's Splinter label released "Envy," which hit U.S. shelves in September and was launched within the U.K. a week ago.KK&P, which lately acquired Marcus Sedgwick's novel "Whitened Crow," is placed to begin production the following month around the Hansel and Gretel tale "Black Forest," which stars Lara Flynn Boyle, Michael Welch and Molly Quinn. Contact Shaun Sneider at shaun.sneider@variety.com

VIDEO: Watch the initial 9 Minutes of ABC's Not such a long time ago

Not Such A Long Time Ago Snow White-colored, Prince Charming, Jiminy Cricket, Rumplestiltskin... ABC's new fantasy-drama Not such a long time ago boasts many familiar fairytale figures, while offering to re-introduce all of them with techniques you have not seen before. ABC is supplying audiences a sneak try looking in the very first 9 minutes of the new undertake the classics. The series, premiering on Sunday at 8/7c on ABC, stars Ginnifer Goodwin as Snow White-colored and Jennifer Morrison as her unknowing daughter, Emma Swan. Snow White-colored as well as the relaxation of her magical posse in some manner finish off inside the modern-day small town Storybrooke, Maine searching like normal people and unaware of that old particulars. Not such a long time ago exclusive: Eion Bailey likely to Storybrooke Watch the initial 9 minutes here: Will you stay updated Sunday to find out more?

Metallica's Lars Ulrich handed down Kill Bill soundtrack

Music being such a fundamental element of a Quentin Tarantino movie, you'd expect that after he will get together and among the greatest names in rock it might be an effective meeting from the minds. In Lars Ulrich's situation, that wasn't really true.The first connecting seems like it went pretty much, using the pair getting dinner inside a Bay Area restaurant in 2001."Getting Q.T. six inches from my face, eyes dancing, intensely animated, explaining in intricate detail how he'd written and choreographed the 2 primary fight moments within the film towards the Metallica tunes 'Enter Sandman' and 'Sad But True'. Fists would impact faces on accents. Kicks would land on cymbal hits. Physiques would twirl together with the rhythm from the music. Tarantino's next-level movie miracle married to Metallica music, all switched as much as 11," Ulrich told the Bay Area Examiner.The film? Kill Bill Vol. 1.However, it's when Ulrich browse the 180-page script that things began to visit wrong."Page by page, I realized that many of the was designed in a language which was outdoors of my arena of understanding. I'd never experienced a story such as this, occur, in my experience, a really foreign culture of fighting techinques and Asian misconceptions. I simply could not wrap my thick Danish mind around it," the rock star confesses."I championed his movies, loved him like a person, but in the finish from the 180 pages, I sitting there somewhat bewildered and felt very uncool because of not setting it up. I wasn't able to appreciating its brilliance."Sad but true indeed.Ulrich, referred to turning lower the Kill Bill soundtrack as, "the only greatest mistake I have produced in the creative department.""Obviously Kill Bill switched to be far above brilliant, as have his subsequent movies, that have all been an essential part of my existence within the 2000s. Even today I still worship the floor Q.T. uses,Inch he added.

Broadway catches 'Peter Pan'

'Peter Pan' prequel 'Peter and the Starcatcher' is headed to Broadway later this spring.Producers of "Peter Pan" stage prequel "Peter and the Starcatcher" have pulled the trigger on a Broadway transfer, announcing a spring bow on the Main Stem. Play, adapted by Rick Elice ("Jersey Boys") from the novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, has been a rumored contender for the Rialto since its well-reviewed bow earlier this year at Off Broadway's NY Theater Workshop. Show could be the first of the two Rialto outings this season with ties to Disney Theatrical Prods.: "Newsies," the legit adaptation of the 1992 movie musical, also is circling a potential Broadway berth following a well-received world preem at the Paper Mill Playhouse last month. Disney Theatrical, which owns the underlying rights to "Peter" and has been closely involved in its development, has licensed the title to Broadway producers Nancy Nagel Gibbs and Greg Schaffert, both on the producing of 2005 outing "All Shook Up." For the Rialto staging, Disney will be credited as a producer with the right to a vote in major creative decisions. Helmed by Roger Rees and Alex Timbers, "Peter" follows the origin story of Peter Pan and his enduring enmity with Captain Hook. Prior to its run at NYTW, the show was developed in a early lab production at the Williamstown Theater Festival in 2007 and subsequently as part of the Page to Stage series at the La Jolla Playhouse. Casting for the Broadway incarnation has not been nailed down. The Off Broadway version starred Adam Chanler-Berat ("Next to Normal") as Peter, Celia Keenan-Bolger as his love interest and Christian Borle as Peter's pirate nemesis. Borle's current gig as one of the stars of upcoming NBC skein "Smash" seems likely to complicate any involvement in the upcoming version of "Peter." On Broadway "Peter" could prove a tough sell, as a non-musical offering with a relatively large cast of 13 and, based on the Off Broadway incarnation, no star casting. On the other hand, "Peter" comes to the Main Stem after earning the thumbs-up from several Gotham critics, and it also taps into the hidden backstory of a well-known all-ages tale, a la megahit "Wicked." Rialto design team reunites Off Broadway collaborators Wayne Barker (music), Steven Hoggett (movement), Donyale Werle (set), Paloma Young (costumes), Jeff Croiter (lights) and Darron L. West (sound). Broadway venue and exact dates remain to be announced. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com

Happy Finish

A Nordisk Film discharge of a Zentropa Intl. Sweden, Trollhattan Film presentation and production. (Worldwide sales: TrustNordisk, Hvidovre, Denmark.) Created by Madeleine Ekman. Directed by Bjorn Runge. Script, Runge, Kim Fupz Aakesen.With: Ann Petren, Malin Buska, Gustaf Skarsgard, Johan Widerberg, David Dencik, Mariah Kanninen, Hanna Malmberg.Good intentions don't always result in preferred effects in "Happy Finish," the most recent feature from Swedish theater and periodic film director Bjorn Runge ("Daybreak," "Mouth to Mouth"). A little web of interconnected tales that fans out around an eager mother's difficult rapport together with her thin-skinned artist boy, the pic reps an average slice of Scandinavian miserabilism, from the solid acting to the fairly straightforward aesthetic. Pic preemed in the recent San Sebastian fest and will also be welcomed at other film occasions, though ever-after happiness is likeliest around the Euro tube. Widowed driving-school instructor Jonna (Runge regular Ann Petren) takes her grown-up boy, Peter (Gustaf Skarsgard, Alexander's brother), in after he suffers a failure and it is abandoned by his pretty g.f. (Hanna Malmberg). Home, the still-fragile painter falls for pretty Katrine (Malin Buska), Jonna's cleaner, who's herself in an abusive relationship together with her b.f. (Johan Widerberg), who owes money to some thug (David Dencik). Aesthetically more straightforward than "Mouth to Mouth," this depressing crisscrosser does feature one attention-getting sequence: a sluggish zoom that discloses ace thesp Skarsgard's face because he asks Katrine an essential question.Camera (color), Ulf Brantas editor, Lena Runge music, Ebba Forsberg production designer, Jette Lehman costume designer, Anna Karlsson. Examined at San Sebastian Film Festival (competing), Sept. 20, 2011. Running time: 94 MIN. Contact Boyd van Hoeij at news@variety.com

Twit Wit: The Best 5 Tweets About Movies This Weekend

comments: 0 || add yours It was an underwhelming weekend at the box office, but that didn’t stop Twitter from reacting to the fancy-free stylings of Footloose, the terror of The Thing and even the already-forgotten The Big Year. We’ve racked up the best five tweets about movies this weekend — and the most dubious telegrams comes from one of the film’s own stars. 5. 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I loved it. I rate it 4.5 out of 5 horrifying monsters.Oct 17 via Plume FavoriteRetweetReply 4. 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Comedian Billy Eichner has an important question for James Lipton. #embedly_twitter_61855083{background:url(http://a2.twimg.com/profile_background_images/232625895/Billy_with_Dog_.png) #C0DEED;padding:20px;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 p{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 0px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px;line-height:22px;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 .embedly_tweet_content{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 p span.metadata{display:block;width:100%;clear:both;margin-top:0px;height:40px;padding-bottom:12px;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 p span.metadata span.author{line-height:15px;color:#999;font-size:14px;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 p span.metadata span.author a{line-height:15px;font-size:20px;vertical-align:middle;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 p span.metadata span.author img{float:left;margin:0 10px 0 0px;width:48px;height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 p a {color:#0084B4;text-decoration:none;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 p a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 .embedly_timestamp{font-size:13px;display:inline-block;margin-top:5px;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 .components-above span.embedly_timestamp{font-size:10px;margin-top:1px;line-height:12px;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 a {color:#0084B4;text-decoration:none;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 .tweet-screen-name {font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 .tweet-full-name {padding-left:4px;color:#999;font-size:12px;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 .tweet-actions{margin-left:10px;font-size:13px;display:inline-block;width:250px;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 .components-above span.tweet-actions{font-size:10px;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 .controls{line-height:12px!important;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 .tweet-actions a {margin-left:5px;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 .tweet-actions a b{font-weight:normal;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 .components-above span.tweet-actions a b{vertical-align:baseline;line-height:12px;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 .components-above .tweet-text{font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 .tweet-image {float:left;width:40px;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 .tweet-user-block-image {float:left;width:48px;height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 .tweet-row {margin-left:40px;margin-top:3px;line-height:17px;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 .tweet-user-block {}#embedly_twitter_61855083 .stream-item {padding-bottom:0px;margin-left:12px;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 .simple-tweet-image img {margin-top:4px;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 .simple-tweet-content {margin:0 0 13px 0px;font-size:14px;min-height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 .in-reply-to-border {border-color:#EBEBEB;border-style:solid;border-width:1px 0 0;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 .in-reply-to-text {margin-left:4px;padding-left:8px;padding-right:10px;color:#999;font-size:12px;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 .tweet-actions i {background:transparent url(http://a2.twimg.com/a/1306889658/phoenix/img/sprite-icons.png) no-repeat;width:15px;height:15px;margin:0 4px 3px;outline:none;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline-block;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 .tweet-actions a.retweet-action i {background-position:-192px 0;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 .tweet-actions a.reply-action i {background-position:0 0;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 .tweet-actions a.favorite-action i {background-position:-32px 0;}@billyeichnerbilly eichner How is there not an Inside the Actor’s Studio with Julianne Hough?Oct 15 via webFavoriteRetweetReply 2. Glee producer Michael Hitchcock summed up the justice-seeking instincts of Kenny Wormald pretty succinctly. More like William Jennings Grindin’! #embedly_twitter_18893545{background:url(http://a1.twimg.com/profile_background_images/291297098/227979_115848111834273_100002272543050_145619_2118461_n.jpg) #022330;padding:20px;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 p{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 0px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px;line-height:22px;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 .embedly_tweet_content{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 p span.metadata{display:block;width:100%;clear:both;margin-top:0px;height:40px;padding-bottom:12px;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 p span.metadata span.author{line-height:15px;color:#999;font-size:14px;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 p span.metadata span.author a{line-height:15px;font-size:20px;vertical-align:middle;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 p span.metadata span.author img{float:left;margin:0 10px 0 0px;width:48px;height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 p a {color:#0084B4;text-decoration:none;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 p a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 .embedly_timestamp{font-size:13px;display:inline-block;margin-top:5px;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 .components-above span.embedly_timestamp{font-size:10px;margin-top:1px;line-height:12px;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 a {color:#0084B4;text-decoration:none;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 .tweet-screen-name {font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 .tweet-full-name {padding-left:4px;color:#999;font-size:12px;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 .tweet-actions{margin-left:10px;font-size:13px;display:inline-block;width:250px;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 .components-above span.tweet-actions{font-size:10px;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 .controls{line-height:12px!important;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 .tweet-actions a {margin-left:5px;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 .tweet-actions a b{font-weight:normal;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 .components-above span.tweet-actions a b{vertical-align:baseline;line-height:12px;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 .components-above .tweet-text{font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 .tweet-image {float:left;width:40px;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 .tweet-user-block-image {float:left;width:48px;height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 .tweet-row {margin-left:40px;margin-top:3px;line-height:17px;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 .tweet-user-block {}#embedly_twitter_18893545 .stream-item {padding-bottom:0px;margin-left:12px;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 .simple-tweet-image img {margin-top:4px;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 .simple-tweet-content {margin:0 0 13px 0px;font-size:14px;min-height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 .in-reply-to-border {border-color:#EBEBEB;border-style:solid;border-width:1px 0 0;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 .in-reply-to-text {margin-left:4px;padding-left:8px;padding-right:10px;color:#999;font-size:12px;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 .tweet-actions i {background:transparent url(http://a2.twimg.com/a/1306889658/phoenix/img/sprite-icons.png) no-repeat;width:15px;height:15px;margin:0 4px 3px;outline:none;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline-block;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 .tweet-actions a.retweet-action i {background-position:-192px 0;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 .tweet-actions a.reply-action i {background-position:0 0;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 .tweet-actions a.favorite-action i {background-position:-32px 0;}@hitchmichaelMichael Hitchcock Spoiler Alert: the “Footloose” kids got dancing legalized again. Sort of.Oct 17 via webFavoriteRetweetReply 1. Yes, it’s a few days old, but Steve Martin’s ambivalence about properly promoting The Big Year kept us laughing all the way up to its unfortunate opening weekend. #embedly_twitter_49956107{background:url(http://a1.twimg.com/images/themes/theme16/bg.gif) #9AE4E8;padding:20px;}#embedly_twitter_49956107 p{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 0px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px;line-height:22px;}#embedly_twitter_49956107 .embedly_tweet_content{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;}#embedly_twitter_49956107 p span.metadata{display:block;width:100%;clear:both;margin-top:0px;height:40px;padding-bottom:12px;}#embedly_twitter_49956107 p span.metadata span.author{line-height:15px;color:#999;font-size:14px;}#embedly_twitter_49956107 p span.metadata span.author a{line-height:15px;font-size:20px;vertical-align:middle;}#embedly_twitter_49956107 p span.metadata span.author img{float:left;margin:0 10px 0 0px;width:48px;height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_49956107 p a {color:#0084B4;text-decoration:none;}#embedly_twitter_49956107 p a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}#embedly_twitter_49956107 .embedly_timestamp{font-size:13px;display:inline-block;margin-top:5px;}#embedly_twitter_49956107 .components-above span.embedly_timestamp{font-size:10px;margin-top:1px;line-height:12px;}#embedly_twitter_49956107 a {color:#0084B4;text-decoration:none;}#embedly_twitter_49956107 a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}#embedly_twitter_49956107 .tweet-screen-name {font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;}#embedly_twitter_49956107 .tweet-full-name {padding-left:4px;color:#999;font-size:12px;}#embedly_twitter_49956107 .tweet-actions{margin-left:10px;font-size:13px;display:inline-block;width:250px;}#embedly_twitter_49956107 .components-above span.tweet-actions{font-size:10px;}#embedly_twitter_49956107 .controls{line-height:12px!important;}#embedly_twitter_49956107 .tweet-actions a {margin-left:5px;}#embedly_twitter_49956107 .tweet-actions a b{font-weight:normal;}#embedly_twitter_49956107 .components-above span.tweet-actions a b{vertical-align:baseline;line-height:12px;}#embedly_twitter_49956107 .components-above .tweet-text{font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;}#embedly_twitter_49956107 .tweet-image {float:left;width:40px;}#embedly_twitter_49956107 .tweet-user-block-image {float:left;width:48px;height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_49956107 .tweet-row {margin-left:40px;margin-top:3px;line-height:17px;}#embedly_twitter_49956107 .tweet-user-block {}#embedly_twitter_49956107 .stream-item {padding-bottom:0px;margin-left:12px;}#embedly_twitter_49956107 .simple-tweet-image img {margin-top:4px;}#embedly_twitter_49956107 .simple-tweet-content {margin:0 0 13px 0px;font-size:14px;min-height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_49956107 .in-reply-to-border {border-color:#EBEBEB;border-style:solid;border-width:1px 0 0;}#embedly_twitter_49956107 .in-reply-to-text {margin-left:4px;padding-left:8px;padding-right:10px;color:#999;font-size:12px;}#embedly_twitter_49956107 .tweet-actions i {background:transparent url(http://a2.twimg.com/a/1306889658/phoenix/img/sprite-icons.png) no-repeat;width:15px;height:15px;margin:0 4px 3px;outline:none;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline-block;}#embedly_twitter_49956107 .tweet-actions a.retweet-action i {background-position:-192px 0;}#embedly_twitter_49956107 .tweet-actions a.reply-action i {background-position:0 0;}#embedly_twitter_49956107 .tweet-actions a.favorite-action i {background-position:-32px 0;}@SteveMartinToGoSteve Martin Okay, got it figured out. The movie is The Big Year. I play a character called “Year.” Wait, that’s not right. Let me get back to you.Oct 10 via webFavoriteRetweetReply Tagged: billy eichner, footloose, ken jennings, michael hitchcock, steve martin, the big year, the thing

Completely New Lady In Black Trailer

Radcliffe will get the fright of his lifeWe've seen a reasonable couple of The Lady In Black trailers now, in the original teaser in April towards the proper trailer in August and today this, another, bigger, more frightening, most shocking version of August's taster.As it is a frightening-movie-fillum, we'll spare the actual particulars from the trailer and allow you to excited/worried/scared good and proper, but know this:it's searching promising.Plus, if you want seeing the-guy-who-once-was-Harry-Potter obtaining the bejesus scared from him, than the is most certainly a clip for you personally - you sick, sick puppy.The Lady In Black is going to be on Feb 10 the coming year.

No Agenda Behind 'Muppets' on 'Modern Family' (Video)

If you were watching Modern Family with the rest of the Emmy-winning comedy's 13.4 million viewers Wednesday, Oct. 12, you likely made the assumption that the multiple Muppets movie plugs were either paid or the synergistic workings of Disney, the corporate parent to both the show's network home and the movie's studio.our editor recommends'Muppets' Movie Soundtrack Features Feist, Flight of the Conchords, Andrew Bird As it happens, neither is true. Instead, the mentions --first in the movie theater, and then later in Cam and Mitchell's retelling of the movie theater story to the extended family-- were 100 percent creatively driven, aspokesperson for the show confirmed. In this case, the series' writers were looking to include a current kids movie to reference in an arc about Cam and Mitchell ending up in the wrong theater, and then blasting a father who had taken his kids to see what the couple believed was a scary movie. That there was a Muppets ad for the movie, opening Nov. 23, running during one of the commercial breaks was still another coincidence. It's worth noting that Modern Family has a history of incorporating actual brands and pop cultural references to lend authenticity to its storylines without any larger corporate agenda at play.You'll recall what appeared an Apple tie-in during season one, when Phil Dunphy spent much of an episode pining for a new iPad for his birthday, even petting one adoringly at the end of the show. Though the show went through official channels to secure the then not-yet-released iPads for the shoot (and the late Steve Jobs sat on Disney's board), the idea to include them was initiated in the writers' room and no money was changed hands.(Given co-creatorsSteve LevitanandChris Lloyd's clout care of the show's critical and commercial success, multiple sources suggest they have earned the right --or at least, the power-- to deny any such requests when they do come up.) Related Topics Modern Family The Muppets

Pete Travis and Alex Garland set the record straight over Dredd

On Friday The LA Occasions broke the story that Dredd director Pete Travis wasn't any more concentrating on the project which author/producer Alex Garland had adopted editing duties.However, the state update from each side claims that is not really what's happened.According to them, it's just all gone just a little "unorthodox" and been "misinterpreted"."Throughout all stages in the filmmaking, Dredd is really a collaboration between numerous devoted creative parties," see the statement released by both Travis and Garland."Within the start we made a decision by having an unorthodox collaboration to produce the film. This situation remains misinterpreted. To produce the record straight, Pete wasn't fired and stays a central part of the collaboration, and Alex is not seeking a co-director credit."The clarification is constantly on the express, "We're all happy using the film we've made, and appropriately claim that it's judged on viewing when it's released next season.InchSince sounds more orthodox.Dredd is founded on the 2000AD comic strip of a advanced lawman as well as the film opens 21 September 2012.

Manley wins Equity recognition

JonesJames Earl Manley has showed up the Paul Robeson Award from legit thesps' union Actors' Equity Assn.Inaugural kudo was granted to Robeson in 1971, too as with subsequent years remains presented to an actress or other creative who demonstrates the renaissance-guy concepts of Robeson, a thesp, singer, athlete, author and civil rights activist.Manley, presently london undertaking within the civilized world Finish version in the recent Broadway revival of "Driving Miss Daisy," arrives back round the Rialto in the year in the revival of "Gore Vidal's The Most Effective Guy." His extended stage career has incorporated a string of Shakespeare and Athol Fugard plays additionally to "The Fantastic White-colored Hope" as well as the 1987 bow of "Fences." Recent Primary Stem credits are the 2005 revival of "On Golden Pond" as well as the 2008 staging of "Cat around the Hot Container Roof."The Robeson Award is due to be given out within an Equity general membership meeting Friday, but because Manley is at London, he won't be there to just accept the award personally. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com

Hank Williams Junior. Produces New Song for Fox News, Books 'The View,' 'Hannity'

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Hank Williams Junior. will have his say.our editor recommendsESPN Permanently Cuts Hank Williams Junior. From 'Monday Evening Football'ESPN's Decision to reduce Hank Williams Junior. From 'Monday Evening Football' Met With Cheers and Jeers VIDEO: Hank Williams, Junior. Compares Obama to Hitler on Fox News Williams' has cut a completely new song "I'll Keep My ...," calling out Fox & Pals and ESPN after the interview the other day round the Fox News talk show introduced for the finish of his link with the sports network and Monday Evening Football, extended where you can his "Is not it time for a lot of football?" theme. STORY: ESPN's 'Monday Evening Football' Finds Alternative for Hank Williams Junior. He's also scheduled to to research the View and Hannity on Tuesday to talk about the uproar that put their hands up after he gained a good example that Leader Obama and House Speaker Repetition. John Boehner golf together was like Nazi leader Adolph Hitler and Israeli Pm Benjamin Netanyahu playing a round. ESPN made a decision to tug Williams' intro from last Monday's MNF telecast following a comments as well as the move increased being permanent Thursday when both sides mentioned they'd made a decision to tug the area. Williams written the topical third verse of "I'll Keep My ..." when he awoke Friday morning which he and many players laid it lower in the Nashville studio by Friday mid-day. It might be on iTunes late Monday or early Tuesday. STORY: ESPN's Decision to reduce Hank Williams Junior. From 'Monday Evening Football' Met With Cheers and Jeers Inside the song Williams, boy of recent bands icon Hank Williams, states Fox & Pals hosts twisted his words: "So Fox `n Pals wanna put me lower/Request my estimationOrDistort everything around." He finishes the verse: "Well two can also enjoy that gotcha game you'll see." At the beginning of the song, according to him the U.S. is "likely to waste" and states it's becoming "The united states . Socialist States of America." He mentions keeping Fox & Pals and ESPN at home toward the conclusion in the song. VIDEO:ESPN Drops Hank Williams Junior. Opening From 'Monday Evening Football' Williams' comments last Monday came unlikely reactions with a lot of writers and comics going to his defense, proclaiming ESPN was infringing on his to free speech. His defenders incorporated the left-leaning Whoopi Goldberg and Pleasure Behar in the View and Jon Stewart in the Daily Show and however in the political landscape Sarah Palin and Hurry Limbaugh. STORY: ESPN Permanently Cuts Hank Williams Junior. From 'Monday Evening Football' The brouhaha motivated Williams and also to start selling "Hank Junior. for Leader" T-t t shirts on his website. STORY: Hank Williams Junior.s' Boy Defends Him for Evaluating Obama to Hitler on Fox Williams' theme song is constantly on the take part in MNF since 1989. The song will be a version of his hit "My Rowdy Pals Are Coming Over Tonight" he transformed to fit each week's game. He has the song and many types of the rights in it, so ESPN will not be capable of put it to use at all. STORY: Hanks Williams Junior. 'Owes Apology to Holocaust Children' After Obama-Hitler Comparison, States ADL Rather, the network states it'll take advantage of the intro featuring Hall of Fame running back Craig Sanders and soul singer Jimmy Scott right before the Chicago Bears at Detroit Lions game Monday evening. The introduction can alter each week. Related Subjects Monday Evening Football

Kelman drawn on to evolve 'Ramayan 3392 AD'

Mandalay Pictures has drawn on emerging scribe Nic Kelman to evolve Liquid Comics' graphic novel "Ramayan 3392 AD." First released in 2006, story is dependant on a legendary Hindu poem concerning the adventures of legendary blue-skinned warrior Prince Rama, who fights to save his wife in the demon king who kidnapped her. Mark Canton ("300") is creating with Mandalay prexy Trina Schulman, while Liquid Comics cake toppers Gotham Chopra and Sharad Devarajan will professional produce the pic with Atmosphere Entertainment. Former Mandalay professional Scarlett Lacey will even serve inside a creating capacity. John Collee ("Master and Commander") was initially hired to evolve the comicbook in March. 2008, but Mandalay sparked to Kelman's new undertake the fabric. Kelman, who's best referred to as author of the greatest-selling novel "women," offered his sci-fi spec script "Genneris" to DreamWorks in March. He's repped by CAA and attorney Michael Gendler of Gendler & Kelly. Contact Shaun Sneider at shaun.sneider@variety.com

Pic players ply promos

DWA's Anne Globe, Warner's Sue Kroll, Fox's Oren Aviv and Universal's Josh Goldstine take the stage for a panel at Variety's Film Marketing Summit on Tuesday at the Universal Hilton. In today's film biz, marketing may not be everything, but everything is definitely marketing.That was the prevailing sentiment Tuesday at Variety's Film Marketing Summit, as execs and creatives debated issues ranging from what aspects of a pic to reveal to auds, and when, to the integration of social media into promotion and new tools to propel auds to plexes.Execs from both the studios and the indie realm weighed in the scope of today's marketing approaches in back-to-back sessions at the Universal Hilton, with some some embracing -- and others wary of -- just how much material comes into public scrutiny as a film ramps up."You can't announce your title, your release date, your director, your casting choices without thinking of it as a piece of marketing," said Oren Aviv, prexy of domestic theatrical marketing and chief marketing officer at 20th Century Fox.Speaking at a session titled "State of the Theatrical Film Marketing Business," Aviv said his reaction to releasing early marketing materials -- trailers in particular -- is typically "terror," but that the process has its advantages, in that the long lead time and abundance of feedback "gives you the opportunity to shape your message.""You have time to screw it up," he said, "and fix it."Josh Goldstine, who joined Universal Pictures as marketing prexy in August, underscored the importance of galvanizing a message early and sticking to it."Do I want to make this look like something they've seen before, or something they haven't seen before?" Goldstine said, noting that U's marketing team, even before his arrival, had already decided to present "Bridesmaids" as a distinctly different kind of female-driven comedy. That turned out to be the right call. Changing people's expectations enabled the film as a whole to "tap into what was so inherently human and relatable in that movie: to embrace breaking the rules," said Goldstine. "That actually set the audience up for the heart of that movie to really connect with people."Likewise with "Horrible Bosses" and the "Hangover" films, which Warner Bros. worldwide marketing president Sue Kroll cited as examples of how today's long-lead marketing campaigns and multiple platforms allow audiences a more intimate look at a film's characters well before the films themselves unspool."Nowadays you can bring shape and definition to all the different characters through all that content," Kroll said. "With 'Horrible Bosses,' we had a great concept, but we branded it in a way that was unique for a comedy. Because when people understood all those characters and their different interactions, they understood what it was."During the afternoon's "Indies Make a Comeback" panel, FilmDistrict prexy Bob Berney stressed that in the indie and adult-oriented realms, the key to marketing is to stay focused on a specific audience -- but also to pick the right movies in the first place."It's all about finding that balance of art and marketability," Berney said.Howard Cohen, co-prexy of Roadside Attractions, agreed: "You have to court your core as an indie. Identify them -- and then stay with them."Beyond creating crucial first impressions of a film, finding ways to get auds involved -- through sites like Twitter, Facebook or Eventful -- is increasingly important, as execs at the panel titled "Urgency & Driving Moviegoing Frequency" noted."Letting people be part of the process pays off in spades. That's what social media is for," said Jordan Glazier, CEO of Eventful, adding that an online campaign that interacts with potential moviegoers creates "a sense of affiliation, belonging and kinship" which "translates to theatergoing."Ted Hong, chief marketing officer of online ticket seller Fandango, agreed, saying, "The power of online is it's much more of a dialogue. TV is still one way."The growth of online advertising also means studios need to figure out how to speak with audiences in a new way. "We want to protect the theatrical window," Hong said, "But we want studios to stop marketing and start connecting with audiences to the point where it doesn't feel like marketing."Landmark Theaters CEO Ted Landmark's Mundorff made a point of suggesting that studios spend more to support a film after it opens in theaters, not just before. "A lot of the time they're not supported," he said.Mundorff isn't a fan of discounting ticket prices to fill seats. He didn't approve of Lionsgate's pair-up with Groupon and Fandango to discount tickets for "The Lincoln Lawyer" earlier this year. "When the consumer is buying a $6 ticket, you are devaluing movies," he said.But the ploy worked for Fandango and Lionsgate, which said 89% of the people who took advantage of the discount said "they would not have seen the movie had it not been for Groupon," according to Hong.There are both perks and perils to other ticket-sales drivers as well, the panel noted.For Fandango, ticket sales on mobile devices have grown from 1% to 20% of the online ticket seller's business over just a couple of years, said Hong. Fandango is now testing barcodes that can be scanned in theaters when tix are purchased on cell phones. Two exhibs are currently testing the service, with a third coming on board soon.But as consumers rely more on their cell phones to text and tweet, their increased usage in theaters is turning off moviegoers to the point where exhibs need to remove them during screenings."When someone's not happy (about the no cell-phone policy), I say tell your friends," said Landmark's Mundorff, adding that "the worst offenders are the acquisition people at film festivals. It's already against all odds that these films get picked up."Mundorff said it would be shortsighted to phase out more traditional marketing tools. He said doesn't foresee a time when film ads no longer appear in newspapers."People read reviews and reviews drive our business," Mundorff said. "If the industry abandons newspapers, newspapers will abandon reviews."The biz, panelists agreed, needs to find ways to enhance the moviegoing experience as a whole."Our theaters are churches, and my goal is to preach to cinema fans of different denominations," said Henri Mazza, chief creative officer of the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, whose chain of theaters relies on positive word of mouth and serving alcohol in a more laidback setting to attract auds.The Texas-based chain has 10 locations, mostly within the Lone Star state, and one in Winchester, Virginia, but is looking to expand into Los Angeles and NY soon."The first couple of years was about perfecting the experience," Mazza said. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

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Be Brave! New War Equine Trailer Will Elope Together With Your Heart

“Can there be an Oscar nomination for any equine?” asks Sasha Stone at Honours Daily, supplying her initial ideas concerning the new trailer for Steven Spielberg’s Oscar-bait behemoth War Equine. I am talking about, it’s an excellent question! At this time I’m wondering if there anything this film can’t be nominated for. Obviously you can do without all of the standard, Spielbergian monitoring-in-at-gaping-whitened-people shots, however the relaxation is really a sell project for the age range. More in Wednesday’s Oscar Index, but spoiler alert: That one’s not budging. VERDICT: So, so there.