CBS, Univision top tame Tuesday

Auds flock to CBS drama ''NCIS'' even in repeat, as Tuesday's encore was easily the night's No. 1 program in key demos and total viewers. The net's annual airing of the ''Kennedy Center Honors'' drew typically lackluster numbers and was down sharply vs. last year. According to preliminary national estimates from Nielsen, CBS opened well with ''NCIS'' (2.1 rating/6 share in adults 18-49, 12.5 million viewers overall), but ''The Kennedy Center Honors'' settled for a 1.1/3 in the demo and 8.4 million viewers overall. This matches the show's lowest 18-49 result to date and was down 27% from last year's 1.5. CBS won the night in 18-49 (tied with Univision), 25-54 and total viewers. Univision earned a share of firstin 18-49 behind a two-hour episode of ''Una Familia Con Suerte (A Fortunate Family)'' (1.7/5 in 18-49, 3.8 million viewers overall). In the 10 o'clock hour, ''Aqui y Ahora'' did a 1.0/3 in 18-49 and 2.4 million viewers overall. Elsewhere, ABC did OK with repeats of comedies ''Last Man Standing'' (1.5/4 in 18-49, 6.1 million viewers overall at 8 p.m. and 1.5/4 in 18-49, 5.7 million viewers overall at 8:30), ''The Middle'' (1.4/4 in 18-49, 4.7 million viewers overall) and ''Suburgatory'' (1.2/3 in 18-49, 4.1 million viewers overall), followed by an encore of crime drama ''Body of Proof'' (1.1/3 in 18-49, 5.1 million viewers overall). ABC's comedies certainly repeated better than Fox's, as ''Glee'' (0.7/2 in 18-49, 2.2 million viewers overall), ''New Girl'' (1.0/3 in 18-49, 2.8 million viewers overall) and ''Raising Hope'' (0.9/2 in 18-49, 2.7 million viewers overall) put up puny numbers. NBC similarly struggled on the night with repeats of the special ''The Biggest Loser: Where Are They Now?'' (0.9/3 in 18-49, 3.0 million viewers overall) and drama ''Parenthood'' (0.7/2 in 18-49, 2.0 million viewers overall). Preliminary 18-49 averages for the night: CBS and Univision, 1.4/4; ABC, 1.3/4; NBC and Fox, 0.8/2; CW, 0.3/1. In total viewers: CBS, 9.7 million; ABC, 5.1 million; Univision, 3.4 million; NBC, 2.7 million; Fox, 2.5 million; CW, 0.9 million. Contact Rick Kissell at rick.kissell@variety.com

New trailer for Underworld: Awakening

Not had enough trailer-based goodness for one week? Reckon you can squeeze in one more? Well that's handy, because a new teaser has been released for Underworld: Evolution, and it's stuffed to the brim with supernatural antics.The film sees Kate Beckinsale putting on the lycra suit one more time to play vampire warrior Selene, who breaks out of her long-standing imprisonment to find the Vampires and Lycans temporarily united by a common foe... man.The new trailer gives us a closer look at India Eisley's character Eve, a hybrid child whose existence could spell the end for both clans, as well as the fearsome-looking mega-Lycan.Take a look at the new trailer, below... Fairly exciting stuff, if you ask us. Sure, it's all OTT explosions and dizzying quick-cuts, but it does at least look as though the latest instalment won't skimp on the action. And Selene's throat-slitting corridor slide is truly badass!Underworld: Awakening opens in UK cinemas on 20 January 2012. Get ready to pick a side...

Full The Dark Dark evening Increases trailer online

The initial full trailer for your Dark Dark evening Increases has hit the web, which is whatever you wanted plus much more.We have got The Dark Dark evening Increases teaser trailer means by This summer time with Harry Potter As Well As The Deathly Hallows: Part 2, but this trailer (which turned up having a Virtual Detective: A Game Title Title Of Shadows) gives a more substantial glimpse at what expect within the finished film.Set eight years following a Dark Dark evening, Increases sees Batman face his (physically) hardest challenge yet: Tom Hardy's Bane.Batman may have spent the positive thing from the decade abroad within the law for crimes he didn't commit but things aren't all dangerous towards the non selfish vigilante, as Anne Hathaway's leather-clad Catwoman has rocked up in Gotham.Just what will be the highlights within the trailer then? Well, there's Hathaway As Catwoman just like a slinkily threatening Selina Kyle, the initial give consideration to Bane's unsettlingly strangulated voice together with a stadium-based action sequence that may have been lifted in the Roland Emmerich movie! That's enough from us, get watching the completely new trailer by yourself... The Dark Dark evening Increases opens on 20 This summer time 2012 (exactly like you didn't have that date inside your calendar in permanent marker pen).

George Lucas's Indy 5 MacGuffin Problem, and 5 Other Stories You'll be Talking About Today

Happy Tuesday! Also in today’s edition of The Broadsheet: The plug is pulled on Paradise Lost (for now)… A pair of Weinstein award horses sniff the backlash… Universal gets back in the Angelina Jolie business… and more. · I guess that George Lucas being out of ideas barely counts as news, but for the record: There’s still no real peg to hang Indiana Jones 5’s story on. Or, in Lucas’s words: “I told [Steven Spielberg] about the story, but I really haven’t found the MacGuffin yet. I mean, I know what it’s about, but I just have to find a MacGuffin that fits into the arena we’re working in.” Poor George is stumped! Can anybody out there help old Stumpy MacGuffin? [Vulture] · “STUNNER! Legendary Pictures Postpones January Start Of Alex Proyas-Directed Paradise Lost,” shouts the headline at our sister site Deadline. I mean, totally! Why would anyone think twice about letting Alex Proyas go a reported 15 percent over a $120 million budget to adapt John Milton’s poem with **Bradley Cooper **in the lead? Come on! Be stunned, already. [Deadline] · I’m no conspiracy theorist, but… Oh, who the hell am I kidding: The timing of this slur campaign against My Week With Marilyn — in which the son of Marilyn Monroe’s former manager calls the film’s source material “a complete lie” and even prompts skepticism from lead actress Michelle Williams herself — is a little strange as critics awards and the Golden Globes hammer out their favorites of 2011. Of course, The Weinstein Company has both this film and the Best Actress frontrunner The Iron Lady. Harvey wouldn’t sabotage one for the other’s sake, would he? [LAT via Moviefone] · Also experiencing the early stages of backlash: The Artist. Here’s Glenn Kenny: “[T]he fact that this movie is being proclaimed the Best Film of 2011 by various critics’ groups is literally — there’s no other word for it — insane.” Worth a read, and don’t worry: No Uggies were harmed in the writing of this review. [Some Came Running] · Universal, which has ridden the Angelina Jolie express to both box-office glory (Wanted) and Oscar-night recognition (Changeling), is back in business with the superstar and director Luc Besson. The studio will distribute the duo’s untitled “large-scale dramatic thriller” — with sci-fi elements — which commences shooting next spring. [Deadline] · This tribute to Charles Grodin’s late-night TV legend is the best possible procrastination device I can offer you today. The Johnny Carson exchange alone —”I’m just looking for warm bodies!” — will brighten your day immeasurably. [Splitsider]

Mitt Romney's $10,000 Bet to Rick Perry Sparks Criticism Around the Web

Peter Iovino/The Weinstein Co. The Artist and the entire Harry Potter film series were voted special awards as the American Film Institute chose its official selections for AFI Awards on Sunday.our editor recommends'The Artist's' Jean Dujardin, Berenice Bejo to Receive the Santa Barbara Film Festival's Cinema Vanguard AwardAFI Fest Hands Out Audience Awards to 'With Every Heartbeat,' 'Bullhead' The AFI Awards, which focus on American features, cited ten movies of the year: Bridesmaids, The Descendants, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Help, Hugo, J. Edgar, Midnight in Paris, Moneyball, The Tree of Life and War Horse. For TV programs of the year, it selected Breaking Bad, Boardwalk Empire, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Game of Thrones, The Good Wife, Homeland, Justified, Louie, Modern Family and Parks and Recreation. The selections were made by two juries, one for film and one for television. They were chaired by producers and AFI board of trustees vice chairs Tom Pollock, for movies, and Richard Frank, for TV, and included Whoopi Goldberg, film historian Leonard Maltin, uniiversity professors, critics and members of the AFI board of trustees. The creative ensembles behind the chosen film and TV shows will be honored at an invitation-only luncheon on Jan. 13 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles. Harry Potter Oscars 2007 The Artist

TV Ratings: CBS Season Highs Best 'X Factor' and 'Bones' on Thursday Night

NY - Retail giant Lowe's has pulled advertising from Discovery Communications-owned TLC's reality show All-American Muslim.our editor recommendsVIDEO: All American Muslim: Sneak Peek The conservative Florida Family Association in a statement said it has sent three email alerts, encouraging supporters to email advertisers on the show. "All-American Muslim is propaganda that riskily hides the Islamic agenda's clear and present danger to American liberties and traditional values," it said. On its Web site, the Association posted an email from a Lowe's representative saying: "While we continue to advertise on various cable networks, including TLC, there are certain programs that do not meet Lowe's advertising guidelines, including the show you brought to our attention. Lowe's will no longer be advertising on that program." On its Twitter feed, the home improvement retail company said Friday in response to a tweet: "We did not pull our ads based solely on the complaints or emails of any one group.It is never our intent to alienate anyone. Lowe's values diversity of thought in everyone, including our employees and prospective customers." A TLC spokeswoman declined comment on the issue, but said: "There is strong advertising support for the show." Some still expressed outrage at Lowe's decision. A person using the Twitter handle LawyerAsif, who says in their profile that they are a tax lawyer in Washington, DC wrote to Lowe's that "your actions did alienate people and you knew it would. Will you next consider KKKs demands to pull ads from BET?" Email: Georg.Szalai@thr.com Twitter: @georgszalai Related Topics Discovery Communications TLC All American Muslim

Bradley Cooper Eager to Shoot 'Hangover III'; Says Todd Phillips Is Working on Script (Video)

Veteran filmmaker Bruce Beresford has signed on to develop and direct Taliesin, a film about fabled American architect Frank Lloyd Wright from writer Nicholas Meyer. our editor recommendsRon Burkle Buys Frank Lloyd Wright's Ennis House for Just Under $4.5 Mil The title refers to the architect's former home and studio in rural Spring Green, Wis., where the key events in the film take place. The rambling hillside compound, considered a masterpiece of Prairie-style architecture, was the focus of scandal as Wright built it for himself and his married mistress Martha "Mamah" Cheney. In 1914, while Wright was away, a domestic worker murdered Cheney, her two children and four others by locking them inside and setting fire to the building. PHOTOS: Hollywood's Biggest Real Estate Deals of the Week: Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, Jennifer Hudson, Robert De Niro "It's a very good script," Beresford toldThe Hollywood Reporter. "It doesn't cover his whole life, just a small section of it, and it doesn't whitewash him into some sort of saint." Beresford, who directed the best picture Oscar winner Driving Miss Daisy (1990) and was nominated for best director for Tender Mercies (1983), says he sparked to telling the tale of the private life of one of the greatest architects ever. "There's a documentary by Ken Burns [the 1998 film, Frank Lloyd Wright] that's quite good, but it's odd that there's never been a [feature] film about him," Beresford said. Producers J. Todd Harris, of Branded Pictures Entertainment, and Chicago-based Ed Bachrach, of Kartemquin Films, sent Beresford the script. They are currently raising money for the project, and Beresford has recently been scouting locations in and around Chicago. STORY: Ron Burkle Buys Frank Lloyd Wright's Ennis House for Just Under $4.5 Mil Who would Beresford like to play the lead? "We have someone in mind, but I can't tell you yet," he says. Beresford's Peace, Love and Misunderstanding, a generational comedy starring Jane Fonda, Catherine Keener and Elizabeth Olsen, premiered at the Toronto Film Festival earlier this year and was picked up today by IFC Films. Beresford is repped by Gersh and Anonymous. Meyer, repped by CAA and Bloom Hergott, recently penned Elegy and The Informant!. PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery Hollywood's Real Estate Deals of the Week: Oprah Winfrey, Bruce Willis, 'Twilight' Honeymoon House, Justin Bieber's Manager Related Topics

Hide

Carla Gugino in "Hide"Filmed in New Orleans by Stephanie Germain Prods. Executive producer, Germain; producer, Christopher Morgan; director, John Gray; writer, Janet Brownell; based on the novel by Lisa Gardner.Detective D.D. Warren - Carla Gugino Det. Bobby Dodge - Kevin Alejandro Alex Wilson - Mark-Paul Gosselaar Annabelle - Bridget ReganTNT's "Mystery Movie Night" is certainly a throwback to the olden days of TV movies, but do the projects actually have to be plucked directly out of a time machine? Enter "Hide," a grim, nasty and almost comically overheated potboiler, featuring Carla Gugino as a Boston detective investigating the mummified remains of six young women. It's a mystery, it's a workplace romantic triangle, it's two taste treats in one. While it's nice to see made-fors making a mini-comeback, it won't last long if they're as dunderheaded as this one. The bodies are found in an abandoned mental hospital, and D.D. Warren (Gugino) and fellow detective Bobby Ridge (Kevin Alejandro) are quickly on the case. Oh yes, and they're also sleeping together, but without any commitment because, as D.D. explains, "I am in love. With this. With what I do." Having not read Lisa Gardner's novel, let's assume writer Janet Brownell tried to be faithful to the tone, but it thoroughly flummoxed her and director John Gray, who have concocted a movie filled with stilted dialogue and improbable twists and turns. Most of them center on a mysterious woman named Annabelle (Bridget Regan) with a vague past who becomes part of the case, and a potential target for the shadowy killer. D.D. also picks up a new investigator, Alex (Mark-Paul Gosselaar), who almost immediately feels at liberty to psychoanalyze her relationship with Bobby when he isn't helping seek clues. If their banter is supposed to be flirty, the real mystery is why she doesn't mace him the first time the bozo starts insinuating himself into her head. All of this builds toward a breathless climax ridiculous even by the conventions of the thriller genre. It's almost worth watching for the last 15 minutes just for giggles. Although Gugino has been good in many things, it's hard to figure out what she's trying to convey with this role, playing a presumably hard-bitten detective as if she's a kittenish Jessica Rabbit. Then again, that's probably over-thinking things, which is something nobody will accuse the filmmakers of doing. Many doubtless harbor fond memories of the "Mystery Movie" wheel, and TNT -- with its lineup of mostly meat-and-potatoes series -- deserves kudos for trying to revive that nostalgic franchise for a new generation. Something like "Hide," though, is no way to jump-start the genre -- unless the goal is to try hiding in plain sight.Camera, James Chressanthis; production designer, Jaymes Hinkle; editor, Neil Mandelberg; music, Michael A. Levine; casting, Cami Patton. 120 MIN.With: Jay Carnes Contact Brian Lowry at brian.lowry@variety.com

Segal gets kudo as biz manager

SegalMickey Segal, managing partner at Nigro Karlin Segal & Feldstein, will receive Variety's Business Manager Elite Award today for his tremendous impact on business management and his tireless dedication to philanthropy.NKSF is a certified public accounting firm with expertise in business management and other entertainment industry-related services. The presenting sponsor of the award event, City National Bank, will make a donation to Segal's charity of choice, the Motion Picture Television Fund. Segal will receive the honor at a breakfast at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons hotel. Event will include a keynote conversation with Sam Gores, chairman of the Paradigm Agency.Segal started NKSF with two partners in 1981. "There were just three of us and a secretary," he recalls. Today, that practice has grown to a staff of 220 and represents high-net-worth clients across the entertainment industry (actors, directors, producers, writers, musicians) as well as athletes and sports figures."We're often referred to as their personal CFOs," Segal says. "We pay their bills, deposit income, do tax returns and estate planning, file medical claims, ensure they have proper insurance, deal with buying and building property, hire domestic staff, and handle their travel." A-list clients include David Letterman, Lenny Kravitz and Maroon 5. "We're totally committed to service, whatever it takes," Segal says. "It's very competitive and to make an impact, you have to be flexible and completely dedicated to your clients."SHOWBIZ WEALTH MANAGEMENT REPORTHelping hand lifts bizzers | Segal gets kudo as biz manager | No boom, no bust | How to avoid the downside of Westside wealth | Social media money trail Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Ryan Gosling & Avoi Mendes Parisian Date

First Launched: November 27, 2011 1:13 PM EST Credit: Off-shoreline Coast News La, Calif. -- Caption Ryan Gosling and Avoi Mendes stroll hands-in-hands within the Pere Lachaise Graveyard in Paris, France, on November 26, 2011New couple Ryan Gosling and Avoi Mendes appear to become 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 had been dating since September, were spotted smiling and holding hands simply because they with the capital of scotland - Lights legendary Pere-Lachaise graveyard on Saturday (the resting host to Edith Piaf, Oscar Wilde and Jim Morrison), before visiting the undercover Catacombs of Paris. AH Nation Poll: Do Ryan and Avoi produce a good couple? Follow The Link to election! Right before their graveyard trip, the easy-on-the-eyes pair who'll soon be seen together round the silver screen inside the Place Beyond the Pines loved an Argentinian dinner on Friday evening, according to People. They were holding hands and there's plenty of tenderness together, an observer told the mag. Avoi, 37, was formerly connected with producer George Gargurevich, while Ryan has dated Rachel McAdams and Sandra Bullock. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Defense Secretary Invites Dancing Champ J.R. Martinez To The Pentagon

First Published: November 25, 2011 3:55 PM EST Credit: Getty Images WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Caption J.R. Martinez from the cast of Dancing With The Stars proudly shows off his trophy on the set of Good Morning America in NY City on November 23, 2011 Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has invited soldier-turned-actor J.R. Martinez, winner of this seasons Dancing with the Stars competition, to meet him at the Pentagon. During a 10-minute telephone call Friday, Panetta told the dance champion he demonstrated the strength and resilience of wounded veterans, Pentagon spokesman Capt. John Kirby said. Martinez credited his military training for his performance on the ABC show, Kirby said. Martinez and professional partner Karina Smirnoff bested fellow finalists Rob Kardashian and Ricki Lake in the finale broadcast Tuesday. Martinez, 28, was severely burned over more than 40 percent of his body when the Humvee he was driving for the U.S. Army in Iraq struck a land mine in 2003. After dozens of operations during a nearly three-year recovery, Martinez became a motivational speaker and in 2008 won a role on the now-retired ABC soap opera All My Children. Details of Panettas meeting with Martinez are being worked out. Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Netflix Bringing Back Arrested Development

First Published: November 19, 2011 2:41 PM EST Credit: Getty Images Caption Michael Cera, Alia Shawkat, Tony Hale, Will Arnett, Jeffrey Tambor, Jason Bateman, Jessica Walter and Portia de Rossi at a script reading for Foxs Arrested Development in 2004NY, N.Y. -- Arrested Development is coming back to life on the Netflix video streaming service. The quirky TV comedy series is resuming production and will be available for instant viewing by Netflix subscribers in 2013, the company announced late Friday. Arrested Development aired on Fox for three seasons from 2003 to 2006. The Emmy-winning show focused on the formerly wealthy Bluth family and featured Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, Portia de Rossi, Michael Cera and Jeffrey Tambor in its cast. Netflix didnt specify which original cast members might be returning or say how many new episodes were planned. Twentieth Century Fox Television and Imagine Television will produce these new episodes for the online subscription service, reviving the series five years after the Fox broadcast network pulled the plug. Imagine Entertainment co-founders Ron Howard and Brian Grazer noted that bringing a series back fromcancellation almost never happens. But then, Arrested always was about as unconventional as they get, so it seems totally appropriate that this show that broke the mold is smashing it to pieces once again, they said. Earlier this year, Netflix announced that House of Cards, a new political drama starring Kevin Spacey, will be produced for viewing on the service in 2012. Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Fashion Slam: Ho! Ho! Ho? No! No! No!

First Released: November 16, 2011 2:53 PM EST Credit: Getty Images La, Calif. -- Caption It is not a situation of Bah, Humbugs! But, how come people beginning to celebrate the holiday season so early?Its already commenced. Christmas non-stop. Thats the e-mail I acquired yesterday in one of my co-employees letting me know a nearby radio station began playing holiday tunes 24/7. I seem like I usually say this, however i swear, the Christmas Holidays begins earlier and earlier each year. No Bah, Humbugs from me, Im no Scrooge or even the Grinch, I Really Like Christmas! But even I'm bothered because when honoring the holiday season has spread from December to November and today October. (Poor Thanksgiving has completely become lost within the shuffle!) I visited the La shopping complex, The Grove, around the weekend BEFORE Halloween plus they were already setting up the huge Christmas Tree. A few little shows here or there does not bother me so muchbut a 110-feet tree, plus Santas Cottage (hes already open for business) along with a existence-size Santa and sleigh flying within the Groves large pond, well, thats holidayd-to-the-hilt. My hubby joked that soon well start honoring Christmas in This summer. In the rate situations are going, Id state that hes not too remote! Fireworks and eggnog, oh boy, cant wait! I were not impressed with the Christmas tree rising so early to my boss and that he stated, well, they're doing that because merchants actually need the company throughout the challenging economy. Point taken, but couldnt we a minimum of work through Halloween? I really like Nordstrom. Each year they postpone setting up holiday adornments until Black Friday. How refreshing! Santacan we now have much more of that!? Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Critic's Guide to Wednesday TV: The SNL Comedy Invasion, A New Whitechapel Case, and More!

Molly Shannon Lost in all this week's understandable hubbub over NBC putting Community on midseason hiatus - and no, I'm not happy about it, either - was the welcome news that NBC is at least doing the right thing by its freshman sleeper comedy Up All Night and moving it to Thursdays come January, swapping time periods with Whitney. (What took them so long?) On this week's new episode (8/7c), yet another Saturday Night Live alum makes a guest appearance: the reliably side-splitting Molly Shannon as Reagan's less-than-Superstar assistant Nancy, who Reagan (Christina Applegate) can't bring herself to fire. This is followed by a repeat (8:30/7:30c) featuring SNL vet Will Forte in a very funny turn as a neighbor giving Chris (Will Arnett) ludicrous sex tips on how to put the spice back in their baby-burdened marriage. The same episode features a cameo by Jorma Taccone (of SNL's The Lonely Island troupe) as Maya's excitable ex-boyfriend. The SNL invasion into prime time continues over on ABC's broadly satirical Suburgatory (8:30/7:30c), with Ana Gasteyer chewing the scenery as wacky neighbor Sheila Shay, who this week nurses a cowed George (Jeremy Sisto) back to health after he throws out his back. Meanwhile, Tessa (Jane Levy) watches her new suburban support system go overboard to throw her a "Super Sweet Sixteen" party when all she wanted was a little get-together. Want more fall TV news? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now! There's another copycat killer on the loose as BBC America's gripping crime thriller Whitechapel (10/9c) begins a new three-episode arc. And while the Kray twins (whose gangster crime spree was a '60s sensation) aren't quite as notorious on these shores as Jack the Ripper, the murders and maimings echoing the Kray mayhem are just as gut-churning a challenge for DI Chandler (Rupert Penry-Jones), still smarting from his reputation as "the man who failed to find the Ripper." He is further upstaged by rising star DCI Cazenove (Peter Serafinowicz), the head of the Organized Crime unit, who tells Chandler, "You're chasing phantoms again," in an attempt to take over the case. Which makes Chandler even more committed to dig in his heels, despite his deputy's warning that "Some cases can be too interesting." As in dangerous. There's no end to the lurid nonsense on FX's American Horror Story (10/9c), which tonight introduces us to yet another bad seed in the haunted house's unhappy family history. (Never go in the attic, or the cellar, would seem to be the smartest advice. But do they ever listen?) There's another rape-ish sex fantasy - or is it? - involving the rubber-suited ghoul, and if you can't see where one sordid subplot is headed, in which housekeeper Moira (the sexy Alexandra Breckenridge version) seduces a prospective buyer for the house, then you must have missed those last truly terrible seasons of Nip/Tuck. Which is what every single episode of this ridiculous Horror Story reminds me of. Jessica Lange, however, continues to absolutely kill it as the increasingly sinister neighbor lady Constance, who this week gets to state one of the show's apparent themes as she observes how in today's crowded cities, there is no respect for what came before, and we risk "building on top of somebody else's life." Her warning to the potential new buyer: "You should stop unearthing while you're ahead. It only brings a haunting." But do they ever listen? A much more satisfying guilty pleasure can be had on ABC's Revenge (10/9c), promising "Treachery" in this week's episode title. Which really wouldn't be anything new for this show. The arrival on the scene of Amanda Clarke (aka the real Emily Thorne, who swapped identities with our heroine in prison) should only muddy the Hamptons waters further. But the Graysons are busy freaking over what Lydia might remember as she continues to recover from her shoulda-been-fatal fall. Good times. So what else is on? ... A particularly timely episode of PBS' Nature (check local listings) for this Thanksgiving season is titled "My Life as a Turkey," the story of artist/naturalist Joe Hutto (portrayed by Jeff Palmer), who imprints himself on a newly hatched family of turkey chicks and is not prepared for the consequences. ... There's yet another double elimination on this addictive season of CBS' Survivor: South Pacific (8/7c), with a key alliance in danger of shredding, while on Redemption Island, one of the three alpha males battling it out makes what CBS calls "a bold threat to his former tribemates." ... My favorite character from CBS' Criminal Minds (9/8c), Kirsten Vangsness' Garcia, takes center stage in an episode involving the disappearance of a friend (Army Wives' Brigid Brannagh) from her survivor's support group, who vanishes seven years to the day that her daughter went missing. Heroes' Jack Coleman guests as another member of Garcia's group. ... Natasha Lyonne guests on NBC's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (10/9c) as a mental patient who may or may not have been raped. A witness says she was, but she denies it. Carrie Preston, so memorably amusing as a deceptively ditzy lawyer on a recent episode of The Good Wife, appears as Lyonne's aunt. ... Norm Macdonald returns to ABC's The Middle (8/7c) as sketchy Uncle Rusty, while Frankie and Sue join a community theater production of The Wizard of Oz that clearly accepts all volunteers, though with Poor Sue, you never know how long that will last. Again, good times. Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!

'Sherlock Holmes' Set Visit: 'Game Of Shadows' Is 'Bigger And Better'

What else could you expect in the approaching "A Virtual DetectiveInch follow up, "A Virtual Detective: Bet on Shadows"? Well, based on director Guy Ritchie, you may expect everything to become "bigger and.Inch MTV News was lucky enough to get mind towards the London group of the film in The month of january to talk with Ritchie and leading males Robert Downey Junior. and Jude Law concerning the latest installment within their steam punk-esque, action-packed franchise. Ritchie stated that this time around around you may expect everything to become a little more extreme because now he "knows the identity" of his colorful figures. "I supposed I stuck my foot within the water artistically around the 4g iphone. I am most likely a bit more confident about who these men are," Ritchie stated. The very first "A Virtual DetectiveInch only agreed to be a tease to setup the approaching conflict with classic Holmes villain, Professor James Moriarty. Ritchie drawn on Jared Harris, most widely known for his roles in "Mad Males" and "Great Murders," to experience the item of Holmes' obsession. And, out of the box a great register any casting process, Ritchie is a nice large fan of getting Harris within the film. "I am not to imply this since it is what company directors are meant to say, but I do think Jared is an excellent Moriarty, and you're simply coping with perhaps probably the most infamous villain within the good reputation for literature, therefore it is no mean task," Ritchie stated. But in the centre from the film may be the great chemistry between leading males Downey Junior. and Law. Apparently the 2 are a handful of pretty large troublemakers on set, and there is no telling what effect filming a scene may have in it. "We have done stuff which we are cracking up over and that we think is really funny, and that we watch it go back over and actually, it is extremely touching," Law stated. "We believe, 'Where did which come from?' And the other way around, we'll do stuff we are frantically attempting to make this sincere moment, and it is simply broad and extremely funny." Downey agreed, "It is a discovery process." Are you currently searching toward "A Virtual Detective: A Game Title of Shadows"? Inform us within the comments section below or on Twitter!

Ex-Porn Star Sasha Gray Reading through To LA Students Causes Stir

First Released: November 12, 2011 6:44 PM EST Credit: Getty Images COMPTON, Calif. -- Caption Sasha Gray who joins the Entourage cast this year looks stunning in the premiere of HBOs Entourage Season 7 at Vital Galleries in La, Calif., on June 16, 2010Some parents have filed complaints using the Parent-Teacher Association following a former adult film star stated she read to children inside a class in a La County elementary school. Sasha Gray, a 23-year-old ex-porn actress that has made an appearance in mainstream shows like HBOs Entourage, would be a guest earlier this year at Comptons Emerson Elementary School for Read Across America Day. Gray tweeted November. 2 that they spent your day reading through to students in the foremost and third grades. KTLA-TV cited parents questioning whether or not this was appropriate to possess Gray in the school. Parent Dudley Wheaton wondered why the college couldnt look for a fireman or perhaps a officer to see to students. Gray hasn't made an appearance in porn films in over 2 yrs. She is a regular on Entourage and made an appearance within the 2009 film The Girlfriend Experience. Copyright 2011 through the Connected Press. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Who Should Replace Brett Ratner?

After Brett Ratner’s spectacular self-caused demise as Oscarcast producer, the Academy will get lower to business getting a alternative to become listed on Don Mischer in obtaining the pieces. I’ve heard speculation varying from Scott Sanders (who had been eyed before Ratner got the jerk) to previous Oscar producers Joe Roth, Adam Shankman and Laurence Mark. Harvey Weinstein offered an as they are suggestion last evening. Weinstein, that has sitting through lots of Oscarcasts, recommended drafting Saturday Evening Live producer Lorne Michaels, and becoming Tina Fey active in the writing. The concept is that they will make Eddie Murphy comfortable and provide the broadcast a powerful comic focus. I’m unsure Michaels or Fey could spare time from their weekly show obligations in NY, though. Who should make the show?

AFM 2011: Hayden Panettiere, Melissa Leo Join Racing Thriller 'Over the Wall'

Melissa Leo and Hayden Panettiere are joining the cast more than the Wall, a racing thriller put together by Steven Christopher Youthful, who's also making his directorial debut.our editor recommendsMelissa Leo on her behalf account Questionable Ads: The Oscars Are About 'Pimping Yourself Out'Hayden Panettiere Handles 'Harsh' Spotlight of Playing Billed Killer Amanda KnoxRelated Subjects•AFM 2011 The film, which stars Nick Stahl andFreddy Rodriguez, will shoot in Ohio in the year. New You are able to may also be round the location list. PHOTOS: On Set while using Leading Ladies of Hollywood Wall can be a love story occur the area of stock vehicle racing and follows a husband, wife, surrogate mother and nearest friend getting through a tragic event. Ray Meistrich and Ken H. Keller are coming up with. Executive producers are Steven Beer and Rodriguez. AFM 2011: THR's Complete Coverage Indomina Group, that the 2009 week introduced it absolutely was concentrating on two Cabin Fever prequels, is handling worldwide sales and showing the project to customers at AFM. Related Subjects AFM Hayden Panetierre Movie Casting Melissa Leo AFM 2011

Olivia Wilde Loves Steve Carell In 'Burt Wonderstone'

Olivia Wilde is probably not the following Lara Croft, but she (and Steve Buscemi) may be the next stars to become listed on forces with Steve Carell for "Burt Wonderstone." The Hollywood Reporter has found that the duo have been in foretells join the project as Carell's love interest and longtime partner who quits their Vegas magician act, correspondingly. Jim Carrey and James Gandolfini will also be in discussions in the future aboard. "Burt Wonderstone" is scheduled to start filming in The month of january. Browse the relaxation of present day casting news following the jump! Octavia Spencer Joins Diablo Cody Directorial Debut The Hollywood Reporter has found that "The AssistanceInch actress Octavia Spencer will join Julianne Hough and Russell Brand in Diablo Cody's presently-untitled directorial debut. Formerly known as "Lamb of God," the film follows a conservative religious lady who manages to lose her belief following a plane crash, heads to Las vegas to become a sinner, after which finds her belief again. Spencer is really a card dealer in the casino Brand works at. "You Now See" Michael Caine In New Movie Michael Caine is joining the ranks of Louis Letterier's heist-thriller "You Now See Me," based on the Playlist. He'll be joining Dork Franco, Woodsy Harrelson, Morgan Freeman, Isla Fisher, Mark Ruffalo, Melanie Laurent and Jesse Eisenberg within the flick. The magician thriller will hit theaters on The month of january 18, 2013. Jeremy Irvine To Experience A Youthful "The Railway Guy" "War Equine" star Jeremy Irvine continues to be drawn on by Jonathan Teplitzky to experience a youthful Colin Firth within their new The Second World War drama "The Railway Guy." The Hollywood Reporter has got the news that Irvine will have a youthful Eric Lomax, the guy who authored the memoir the film is dependant on. The film recounts Lomax's experience focusing on Japan's Dying Railway in The Second World War. Genesis Rodriguez Joins "The Final Stand" The stars continue scrambling to Kim Jee-woon's action flick "The Final Stand." Variety has found that Genesis Rodriguez may be the latest to become listed on the film being an FBI agent joined with another who's being performed by Eduardo Noriega. They'll join Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jaimie Alexander, Forest Whitaker and Harry Dean Stanton within the film. Anthony LaPaglia Occurs Board "Django Unchained" Deadline has found that Anthony LaPaglia may be the latest to link up with Quentin Tarantino's flick "Django Unchained." He'll take part in the leader of greedy slave-trafficking Aussies who encounters titular slave-switched-fugitive hunter, Django. LaPaglia and Frederick Gordon-Levitt will have siblings within the film. Inform us your ideas on present day Casting Get in touch with your comments ought to section below or on Twitter!

Will Justin Timberlake Sing for your Coen Brothers and sisters in 'Inside Llewyn Davis'

As Moviefone happily mentioned on Friday, Justin Timberlake was formerly a relatively effective music artist. Who understood, right?! Wonderful his acting performances throughout the past few years (both positive and negative hey, 'Love Guru'!), it's sometimes easy to forget that JT is certainly a proficient singer, accountable for top Top-40 singles in the last decade. ("Cry Us a River": still awesome.) Which is why Timberlake's potential participation inside the Coen brothers's 'Inside Llewyn Davis' so intriguing: the film is among the '60s folk scene in NY's Greenwich Village, and Timberlake could find themselves playing a folk music artist if he accepts the Oscar-winning brothers's offer. Translation: cell phone industry's colliding! Variety reviews that Joel and Ethan Coen have extended an offer to Timberlake to star as Carey Mulligan's onscreen husband, a singer named Jim. Oscar Isaac ('Drive') plays the titular Davis, a fighting NY music artist who can't settle the debts despite immense talent. Hardly any other particulars are known presently, but considering simply how much music the Coens found in 'O Brother, Where Art Thou?' it seems logical you may anticipate 'Inside Llewyn Davis' being chockablock with tunes. With Timberlake and Mulligan -- who not only sang with Belle & Sebastian, but supplies a show-stopping performance of "NY, NY" in 'Shame' -- aboard, you will probably have an interest the soundtrack. [via Variety] [Photo: Getty] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook RELATED

'Boots' takes Friday B.O.

Judging by early Friday grosses, "Puss in Boots" will take the top spot at the weekend box office. Observers say the Paramount-Dreamworks Animation 3D pic should gross in the mid-thirties. Depending on how Friday-night crowds turn out, though, the film could see slightly higher earnings of around $38 million. For comparative numbers, "Puss in Boots" was tracking below DWA's 2010 fall entry "Megamind," which opened to $46 million during the weekend of Nov. 5. Twentieth Century Fox's "In Time," with an expected three-day perf of $12 million to $13 million, should beat FilmDistrict's "Rum Diary." B.O. observers expect Johnny Depp-toplined "Diary" to gross between $6 million and $8 million -- not surprising given the film's limited target demo. Some tracking services from earlier this week suggested the pic could earn between $8 million and $11 million, based on the popularity of Johnny Depp. Contact Rachel Abrams at Rachel.Abrams@variety.com

Brent Hoff, Malcolm Pullinger win Film Independent grant

Film Independent has announced this year's Sloan Producers Grant recipient and selected nine projects for its 11th annual Producers Lab, sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The fifth annual Sloan grant of $25,000 was awared to Brent Hoff and Malcolm Pullinger for their film "El Diablo Rojo." Grant is dedicated to developing films about science and technology from commerical production to global distribution. In "El Diablo Rojo," a marine biologist and his team discover a super swarm of El Diablo Rojo squid and risk their lives to save it from ecological disaster. The filmmakers attached to the nine projects, including "El Diablo Rojo," will attend the free seven-week L.A.-based producers lab, which aims to help filmmakers improve their craft and move current projects into production. The other selected projects are Megha Kadakia's "A Day With Dandekar," Anil Baral's "Ethel," Angela C. Lee's "Lee," Shrihari Sathe's "Man With Van," Rikki Jarrett's "Pit," Gil Kofman and Stacy Raskin's "Raw," Jonathan Sheldon's "Televisionaries" and Anna Kerrigan's "Three." Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Mitsuko Provides (Hara go kore nande)

A "Mitsuko Provides" Film Partners production. (Worldwide sales: Pony Canyon, Tokyo, japan.) Created by Hiroshi Kogure, Sachiko Sone, Yuichi Shibahara. Directed, compiled by Yuya Ishii.With: Riisa Naka, Aoi Nakamura, Ryo Ishibashi, Keiko Saito, Miyoko Inagawa. (Japanese, British dialogue)Although transported by Riisa Naka's powerful perf like a demon-may-care pregnant lady, "Mitsuko Provides" is definitely an awkward Japanese comedy that frequently feels as though hard labor. Helmer Yuya Ishii's rising-star status was cemented this past year using the frequent fest play of "Sawako Decides," that also featured an idiosyncratic femme, which latest effort follows the fest route of his earlier endeavors. But commercial prospects inside or outdoors Japan look harsh. Mitsuko Provides Potential kicked out, pregnant Mitsuko (Naka) telephones her Tokyo, japan-dwelling parents, striving to convince them she's not nearby but nonetheless residing in the U.S. She finds digs in the pub where she was raised after which reconnects together with her childhood acquaintances so she will increase their lives, whether or not they enjoy it or otherwise. Script's central conceit is the fact that Mitsuko comes with an inner tranquility, but in reality she just bullies everybody. While Naka's performance creates smiles, the general effect is a script not aware of their internal contradictions. Helming includes a boxy tube look, with tech credits to complement.Digital camera (color, HD), Yukihiro Okimura editor, Naoichiro Sagara music, Takashi Watanabe production designer, Tomoyuki Maruo. Examined at Busan Film Festival (A Window on Asian Cinema), March. 13, 2011. (Also working in london, Tokyo, japan, Vancouver film festivals.) Running time: 109 MIN. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Desplat named top composer at Ghent

DesplatFor the 3rd year consecutively, Alexandre Desplat was honored using the film composer of the season kudo in the World Soundtrack Honours on Saturday, the culmination from the 38th Ghent Film Festival in Belgium.The award is presented for any body of labor over the year before, as well as in Desplat's situation, that incorporated his scores for "The King's Speech," "The Tree of Existence" and 2 "Harry Potter" movies. Desplat, an Oscar nominee four of history 5 years, can also be in contention this season for his music in "The Ides of March" and "Carnage."Throughout a night time devoted towards the late publicist Ronni Chasen, her client Hendes Zimmer, received the initial score award for "Beginning." Randy Newman won for original song, "We Belong Together," from "Toy Story 3," and Alex Heffes was presented with the invention of the season kudo for "The Very First Grader" and "The Rite." A.R. Rahman was handed the general public Choice Award for "127 Hrs." The Sabam Award for the best Youthful European Composer visited Gabriel Heinrich. Contact Steve Chagollan at steve.chagollan@variety.com

Sino VOD bandwagon

"Mr. Popper's Penguins" is one of several films that 20th Century Fox will offer on VOD in China beginning next month. McCabeWith companies looking to grow the video-on-demand market in China, they're starting to lock down deals with Hollywood, with 20th Century Fox the latest of the majors to make its homevideo titles available in the region.Fox Home Entertainment has inked a deal with Joy.cn to provide new releases and library fare to the website's pay-per-view service Hollywood Theater. Site launched in 2008.New films can be viewed for 5 yuan (about 80), while older pics can be viewed for 3 yuan (50).The price may seem low, but it proved necessary in a country known for rampant piracy. "If you want to take away all barriers to do something legitimate, fighting piracy with a good price point can be pretty effective," said Jamie McCabe, executive VP or worldwide PPV, VOD and electronic sell through for 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.First slate of Fox titles to go live on Joy.cn next month as new releases include "Black Swan," "127 Hours," "Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son," "Cedar Rapids," "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules," "Gulliver's Travels," "Monte Carlo," "Mr. Popper's Penguins," "Water for Elephants" and "Win Win."There will also be about 100 titles available from the Fox library. Joy.cn also has films from Sony and Disney.Fox becomes the third studio in a year to lock down VOD pacts in China, eyeing the 1.3 billion population there as a major potential revenue source for PPV coin.Until now, the studios had been worried about their films being pirated in the region, which has lost them tens of millions per title in the past. But the VOD offerings have pledged to thwart piracy with anti-piracy technology in order to land more content.Fox already brokered a deal with Chinese online video service Sohu Video to license 400 films over the next three years. Sony had a deal with VOD provider Anyplex to provide films via the on-demand service through Internet connected integrated digital TV (iDTV) and a set-top boxes. It's had a VOD presence in China since 2005.And Warner Bros., in June, inked a deal with pay-TV service YOU On Demand to provide PPV titles, starting with the "Harry Potter" franchise, through cable and IPTV services in China. "There are a lot of companies that are in the VOD business in China," said McCabe, who recently met with 16 of the firms while on a trip to the country. "We wanted to make sure we reward those who are doing the right thing and have a good service," McCabe said. Joy.cn "checked a lot of the boxes."That includes deploying anti-piracy methods.Piracy once ran rampant in Korea, but when legitimate services launched to take advantage of the high-speed internet available there, the country became "our third or fourth biggest market in the world," McCabe said. "Intuitively, you could say, 'Let's give up and focus our energies elsewhere,' but when there are good services, good content and an attractive price," consumers will show up. Contact Marc Graser at marc.graser@variety.com

The CW, 'Easy A' Scribe to Play Truth or Dare

David Livingston/Getty ImagesBert V. Royal The CW is getting ready to play Truth or Dare. The young-skewing network has picked up Dare, a script from Sherlock Holmes producer Dan Lin and Veronica Mars EP Jennifer Gwartz revolving around a group of five twentysomethings who are forced to play a deadly game of Truth or Dare while trying to discover who is behind the game and how to stop it. Easy Awriter Bert V. Royal is attached to pen the hourlong action-thriller from Lin Pictures and Warner Bros. Television. The deal continues Lin's relationship with Warner Bros. Television, where he has an overall deal. Last year, Lin developed Poe, a supernatural period crime procedural exploring how Edgar Allen Poe's most famous stories came to be. ABC produced the pilot but ultimately passed on the drama in May. Lin has a string of big-screen features in development, including The Bodyguard remake. The Sherlock Holmes sequel is set for a Christmas release. Gwartz's credits lend themselves well to the action-drama: she cut her teeth on the Tales From the Crypt 1990s TV series and was an executive producer on Cupid as well as a co-EP on Starz's Party Down. Royal, meanwhile, penned the Emma Stone starrer Easy A and is in development on the feature A Thousand Words or Less Lin is repped by WME; Royal is repped by Paradigm, R.E.D and Hansen Jacobson. Dare marks the latest in a string of thrillers in the development pipeline. Fox developing a half-hour project based on the Zombieland feature; the CW also is in development on the supernatural thriller based on DC Comics' Deadman with Supernatural creator Eric Kripke attached. Email: Lesley.Goldberg@thr.com; Twitter: @Snoodit The CW TV Development

Milan court rejects charges against Silvio

ROME - A Milan court on Tuesday ruled against indicting Silvio Berlusconi in a tax fraud case centered around multimillion-dollar Hollywood movie rights purchased by the Italian premier and media mogul's Mediaset TV empire. But the court did indict Berlusconi's son, Mediaset VP Pier Silvio Berlusconi, as well as Mediaset chairman Fedele Confalonieri and nine other defendants in the so-called Mediatrade case The long-simmering case centers around an alleged scheme to inflate the price of TV rights to a large volume of U.S. movies bought by Mediaset's Mediatrade unit from Hollywood studios, including Paramount and Fox, via offshore companies, evading tax and creating a slush fund. The trial is set to start Dec. 22 in Milan. In throwing out the case Milan magistrate Maria Vicidomini ruled that Silvio Berlusconi had not committed an offense. In a statement Mediaset said the trial will also prove the innocence of Berlusconi fils, Confalonieri and the other defendants. Silvio Berlusconi's legal woes are now lighter, though he still faces three trials in Milan on charges including corruption, tax fraud, and accusations that he paid for sex with an underage girl. Berlusconi, who has proclaimed his innocence in all three active cases and claimed to be a victim of politically motivated prosecutors, has faced 25 trials since becoming a pol in 1994, but has either been acquitted or let off because the statute of limitations expired. Contact Nick Vivarelli at nvivarelli@gmail.com

The Artist & Hard Times: Lost On Long Island Take Top Prizes At Hamptons Film Fest

The Artist from director Michel Hazanavicius earned the Audience Award (Narrative) while Marc Levin’s Hard Times: Lost on Long Island was honored with the Audience Award (Documentary) to pace winners at the 19th Annual Hamptons International Film Festival announced tonight. Also taking home an Audience Award was Two’s a Crowd from directors Jim Isler and Tom Isler (for Best Short), while The Fairy – directed by Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon — was selected as winner of the Golden Starfish Narrative Feature Award. The Golden Starfish for Best Documentary went to Fellipe Barbosa’s Laura. Other winners included: The Strange Ones, from directors Christopher Radcliff and Lauren Wolkstein (Short Documentary Jury Winner); Without, from director Mark Jackson (Kodak Award for Best Cinematography and the Wouter Barendrecht Pioneering Vision Award); andYou’ve Been Trumped, from director Anthony Baxter (Victor Rabinowitz and Joanne Grant Award forSocial Justice). The Narrative Jury also awarded a special jury mention to Joshua Marton’s The Forgiveness of Blood. Previously announced winners included Small, Beautifully Moving Parts from directorsAnnie Howell and Lisa Robinson (Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Feature Film Prize), and The Bully Project from director Lee Hirsch (Brizzolara Family Foundation Award for a Film of Conflict and Resolution). 2011 Breakthrough Performer recipients included Sleeping Beauty starring Emily Browning; Melancholia featuring Alexander Skarsgard; Cracks in the Shell, with Stine Fischer Christensen; Another Happy Day starring Ezra Miller; The Descendants with Shailene Woodley; and Like Crazy starring Anton Yelchin.

Choked (Gasi)

A Korean Academy of Fine Arts presentation in association with CJ Entertainment of a Korean Academy of Fine Arts production. (International sales: CJ Entertainment, Seoul.) Produced by Kafa Film. Directed, written by Kim Joong-hyun.With: Um Tae-goo, Kil Hae-yeon, Yoon Chae-young, Park Se-jin, Yoon Su-ah.Stifling, repetitious atmosphere and a confusing script about two women arguing over a debt dull the impact of the robust perfs in "Choked." Film-school grad Kim Joong-hyun makes a generally auspicious bow here, but pic lacks the polish of other prominent student films, like "Member of the Funeral" and "Bleak Night," which have made a splash in Busan's New Currents strand. A Euro fest tour awaits. After a weight-loss-product pyramid scheme goes awry, charming middle-aged mother Hee-su (Kil Hae-yeon) goes on the lam, leaving her debts to her grown son, Youn-ho (Um Tae-goo). Volatile divorcee Seo-hee (Park Se-jin) is determined to recover the money owed, and is convinced Youn-ho is shielding his mother. Authentic thesping captures the essence of characters caught in a loop of blame and irresponsibility, and the actors' frequent explosions of hysteria and violence impress. But lack of dramatic progress suggests writer-helmer Kim is as stuck as his characters in terms of where to go with the story, and his docu-like style and near-sepia HD lensing make for a draining and ultimately unrewarding experience.Camera (color, HD), Lee Jin-keun; editor, Park Young-sam; music, Kim Mok-in; production designer, Hur Seo-hyung. Reviewed at Busan Film festival (New Currents), Oct. 13, 2011. Running time: 99 MIN. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

New Teaser For 11-11-11 Online

The gateway will open, and...Slightly peculiar this: in keeping with the general oddness of the film, the marketing campaign for 11-11-11 seems to be running backwards. We've already had a full trailer, but now here's a new 11-11-11 teaser. We almost didn't think it worth mentioning, but then the punchline made us laugh. You'll need to enter your date-of-birth, due to its NSFW-ness.Previous clips have been all-over-the-place weird, which perhaps explains the straightforward voice-over and jokiness here, although there's not much in the way of actual footage. What we know to expect is a surreal barrage of numerological horror strangeness,heralding what we're told is an entity from another world arriving on Earth through Heaven's eleventh gate on the eleventh day of the eleventh month, 2011.Michael Landes is the guy with the hard luck story who gradually realises that a pair of elevens is cropping up all over the place, portending Something Bad. The director is Darren Lynn Bousman though (Saws II, III and IV, and Mother's Day) so this should have more meat on its bones than eitherKnowing or The Number 23.11-11-11 is released in the US, of course, on November 10.

Google Wrapping Up Groundbreaking Deals To Launch 25+ Professionally Produced YouTube Channels: Debut In January

EXCLUSIVE: I’ve learned that Google has put Hollywood on notice to keep mum as it prepares to announceitsbig plan to redefine YouTube with 25 or so channels that will offer professionally produced news, information and entertainment. Google plans to spend an estimated $150M for the services — top tier channels would get about $5M apiece.I’m told that the search giant wantsto unveil its initial slate of channels by the end of this month. They’d go live in January.YouTube is gearing up to announce additional channels in January that would be up around April.Partners expected in the the first round includeWarner Bros., ShineReveille, BermanBraun, FremantleMedia,and skate boarder Tony Hawk.But Google has insisted that partners sign non-disclosure agreements — and has warned that those identified publicly before things are official might be cut out of the announcement. There’s also lots of skittishness because Google will control the promotion and ad sales for many of the channels. Google plans to recoup its investments from ad sales, and then split revenues with the content producers. But Google’s still engaged in severalsimultaneous negotiations as content providers look to strike different deals. For example, major studios and networks insisted on using their own ad teams — in part to avoid conflicts with their existing TV or Web advertisers.In another major concession, Google has agreed to let content providers retain ownership rights to their productions. Although Google’s still trying to keep details of the project under wraps, CEO Larry Page told analysts in an earnings call yesterday that YouTube is well positioned to help content creators “find the right users, and get paid both through advertising and directly. And so I think that’s just a logical place for us to be in, and a logical place where you’ll see a lot of activity in general.”

World War Z Faces Real Gun Drama

Anti-terrorist team raids weapon storeWhile the experience while watching camera of Kaira Pitt's latest, World War Z, involves people running fromOreliminating nasty undead types, the drama behind it's turning to be just like intense. The most recent incident? A load of weapons that were planned to be used through the production continues to be confiscated by Hungarian government bodies included in an anti-terrorism mission. And also the real trouble with the guns? Works out that rather than the securely neutralised good examples that will avoid anybody getting hurt, the photographers remained as greatly functional. "Today a personal plane introduced guns covered with a parcel from the company for an individual [in Budapest," stated Hajdu Janos, director from the Anti-Terrorism Unit inside a statement acquired through the Warmth Vision Blog. "Guns such as these are highly illegal to move even when these were used as stage guns, which hopefully they were not." Whoops does not really start to pay for it...It is not the very first problem to possess befallen to adaptation of Max Brook's sprawling zombie conflict tome. Fans from the book have previously were not impressed with the script's change to some more positive story which finds Pitt's UNworker now knee-deep in fighting the undead menace. Plus, based on Us Weekly, the film, with Marc Forster in the helm, has become over budget and behind schedule after getting already shot in Glasgow. Pitt is apparently "furious" though we'll be taking that certain having a hefty serving of salt since Us Weekly is not exactly noted for the searing precision in the confirming on any celebrity problem...

Handley boards 'Of Men and Mavericks'

"Battle: Los Angeles" thesp Taylor Handley has joined the cast of Fox 2000 and Walden Media's "Of Men and Mavericks," helmer Curtis Hanson's surfing pic starring Gerard Butler. Story follows a chapter in the real life of Jay Moriarty (Jonny Weston), a world champion surfer from Northern California who made his reputation surfing Marvericks north of Half Moon Bay before dying in a diving accident at age 22. Butler plays local surfing legend Frosty Hesson, who mentored and trained Moriarty. Elisabeth Shue and Abigail Spencer co-star as Moriarty's mother and Hesson's wife, respectively. Handley will play Sonny, a bully who never follows the surfer's code and threatens anyone who tries to "steal" his wave. His contempt gives way to others' open admiration for Moriarty. Hanson will direct from a script by Kario Salem and Brandon Hooper. Hanson and Hooper are also producing with Mark Johnson and Jim Meenaghan. Butler is exec producing with his manager Alan Siegel. Fox 2000 will co-finance and handle domestic distribution for the pic, which starts production later this month in Santa Cruz. Handley, who recently appeared in "Skateland," just wrapped the lead in the sci-fi thriller "Mentryville." He's repped by Paradigm and Booh Schut Company. Contact Jeff Sneider at jeff.sneider@variety.com

The Simpsons Cast Near to Signing Deal But Exactly How Much Can They Make?

The Simpsons It appears such as the Simpsons may continue their hijinks on Fox. The cast from the longest-running prime-time scripted series is near to signing an offer, which keeps them around the air for just one more year, based on the Hollywood Reporter. The brand new deal will not reduce their salaries around the 45 percent pay cut Fox initially required, but it won't include any revenue pay. The Simpsons' Harry Shearer: I am prepared to have a 70 % pay cut in return for profits On Monday, it had been reported the stars - Serta Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Cruz, Hank Azaria and Harry Shearer - suggested a 30 % pay cut in return for half the normal commission from the show's back-finish profits, including distribution and retailing. But that provide was quickly declined through the network. Early Friday, Shearer spoke out against Fox, saying he'd have a pay cut as huge as 70 % to be able to obtain a share from the sitcom's hefty profits. Shearer stated there have been "virtually no conditions to which the network would consider permitting me or the stars to talk about within the show's success." Fox gives Simpsons stars an ultimatum The show's producers have previously decided to salary cutbacks, but a number of them curently have deals including compensation from back-finish profits. The deadline - Friday at noon - for Fox's ultimatum for that cast to go ahead and take pay cut or even the show is going to be canceled has transpired, without response in the stars or even the network.

Charlize Theron is really a Mean Girl within the First Trailer for 'Young Adult'

With trailers for 'Extremely Noisy & Incredibly Close' and 'My Week With Marilyn' getting first showed within the last week, precious couple of year-finish prestige releases remain an overall total mystery. Now, using the new trailer for Jason Reitman's 'Young Adult' getting just first showed, a different one bites the dust. (Ball's inside your court, 'In the Land of Bloodstream and Honey'!) The Diablo Cody-scripted dramedy follows a children's book author-cum-adult Mean Girl (Oscar champion Charlize Theron) who returns to her home town to stalk a now-married former senior high school flame. Let us stop attempting to make fetch happen watching ahead. Initial ideas, in staccato form: Theron-as-Rachel McAdams from 'Mean Girls' in fifteen years? Yes, please. Crisp and puncturing dialogue thanks to the always-great Ms. Cody? Yes, please. Dark comedy, which -- when the script comments are accurate -- will get even more dark? Yes, please! The final time Cody and Reitman partnered it had been for that sunshine-y 'Juno' for everyone concerned -- including Theron, inside a role that on first blush appears more suited to someone like Kristen Wiig -- be excited 'Young Adult' certainly is not that. 'Young Adult' has gone out 12 ,. 9. Watch in HD at Apple. [via Not Far Off] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Microsoft Ink Multiple TV Content Deals for Xbox 360 360 Live

Microsoft has had another step toward its goal of creating its Xbox 360 360 gaming console probably the most helpful and ubiquitous box within the family room.our editor recommendsE3 Daily Dispatch: Microsoft introducing Live TV and Voice-Controlled Entertainment to Xbox 360 360 Ubisoft Offers Free Tom Clancy Video Game On Wednesday, the program maker stated it's struck handles some three dozen designers and marketers of TV content from 20 nations, including Bravo, Comcast, Cinemax Go, FiOS and SyFy, for live as well as on-demand tv shows. Customers will still require a subscription to some traditional provider of TV, however the Xbox 360 360 Live service will place the content on multiple TV screens without resorting to several boxes, and it'll make finding shows simpler. PHOTOS: Netflix's 10 Most Leased Movies ever The service, available around Christmas, uses the Kinect gaming device to get rid of the requirement for multiple controllers for switching between live TV, on-demand shows or doing offers. Rather, TV is going to be controlled through voice control or arm motions, so no complicated button-sequences to fumble with. Here's how Microsoft referred to that part of the Xbox 360 360 upgrades in the announcement on Wednesday: "Using voice search with Bing on Xbox 360, easily look across a number of top quality services and take part in the programming you would like without ever raising a finger. Getting trouble finding last evening's episode from the Office? It's now merely a voice command away. Just say 'Xbox, Bing, Work and Xbox 360 finds it." Related Subjects Comcast Microsoft Cinemax Work Bravo SyFy Xbox 360

Everybody's a critic

If there's one thing film students love more than watching movies, it's sharing their opinions of movies. Just Seen It, started by recent U. of Southern California film school graduate David Freedman, allows a team of recent USC grads and current masters and doctorate film students to do just that. The Just Seen It group writes, shoots and produces short reviews of films and TV shows a la Gene Siskel, Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper's "At the Movies." Putting a contempo spin on those shows, Just Seen It caters to a younger demo with online video reviews and a three-part rating system: see it, stream it or skip it. Shot in the way you'd expect film students to break down a movie they've just seen -- over drinks with a few close friends -- Just Seen It reviews major movies and new TV shows and champions "hidden gems," lesser-known shows and films near and dear to their hearts. Some recent reviews include "Moneyball," which earned a "See It!" and "Contagion," which got a "Stream It!" In December, Freedman, who now works for Bill Mechanic's Pandemonium shingle, and his friends were looking to fill the void left by the now-defunct "At the Movies." There "wasn't a really intelligent and entertaining and contentions movie show," on TV, he said. They shopped the idea for a Just Seen It TV show around and found a cable network that was interested. The net eventually backed out, but Freedman and his friends didn't give up. Now JustSeenIt.com has about 40,000 hits per week, 500 registered users, and the team just posted the 100th review to the site. Though the Internet is home to Just Seen It for now, Freedman one day hopes to see Just Seen It on TV. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

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First Look: Check Out the Key Art for AMC's Hell on Wheels

Hell on Wheels "Blood will be spilled."So promises the poster for AMC's latest period drama Hell on Wheels.Fall TV: Get the lowdown on this season's must-see new showsSet in the aftermath of the Civil War, the series tells the story of Confederate veteran Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount), whose quest to avenge his wife's death at the hands of Union soldiers takes him west to work on building the transcontinental railroad.The drama also explores the problems faced by newly emancipated slaves, many of whom still work for a meager wage for the corrupt and greedy railroad. Rapper Common (Date Night) stars as one such former slave, while Colm Meaney (Star Trek: The Next Generation) plays a businessman looking to profit from the railroad.Fall TV: See the 17 stars to keep your eyes on this yearThe cast also includes Dominique McElligott (Leap of the Year), Ben Esler (The Pacific), Philip Burke (Law & Order) and Eddie Spears (Into the West). The series was created and written by Tony and Joe Gayton, who will also executive-produce the series.Get your first look at the full-sized poster below. Hell on Wheels premieres Sunday, Nov. 6 at 10/9c on AMC.

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Antoine Fuqua in foretells helm 'Hunter Killer'

With multiple movies in development. Antoine Fuqua is hardly hard-up for work, but he's still looking for a greenlight which has evaded him so far. The "Brooklyn's Finest" director might be a measure nearer to finding his next feature project, as he's in final discussions to accept helm of Relativity Media's "Hunter Killer."In line with the novel "Firing Point" by George Wallace and Don Keith, story follows an untested submarine captain who must make use of a Navy SEAL team to save Russia's leader, taken prisoner throughout a military coup. The 2 sides synergy to prevent a rogue Russian general from stimulating World War III. Script was compiled by Jamie Moss, John Kolvenbach and Arne Schmidt.Original Film's Neal Moritz and Toby Jaffe are creating with Relativity Boss Ryan Kavanaugh. Relativity's Tucker Tooley assists as professional produce the pic, that is specific to begin production this winter. Fuqua might be probably the most searched for-after company directors in Hollywood but his projects keep stalling out. He'd been looking to start production around the Eminem-brought boxing movie "Southpaw" in The month of january, but DreamWorks drawn the plug around the picture in August, and also the filmmakers have reached the entire process of shopping the project with other galleries. Helmer was designed to spend the summer time shooting Morgan Creek's Tupac Shakur biopic but that film still has not found its lead, and Fuqua is no more mounted on direct. In This summer, Fuqua signed onto direct an adaptation of John Huddy's non-fiction book "Storming Vegas" for Summit Entertainment, that also courted him to direct its jailbreak drama "The Tomb." He seemed to be within the mix to direct both "Wolverine" follow up and "Die Hard 5" for twentieth century Fox, but lost individuals high-profile gigs to James Mangold and John Moore, correspondingly.In November 2010, Fuqua started settling to direct the comic adaptation "Afterburn" for Relativity, though there has not been any movement around the project since that time. Most lately, CAA-repped Fuqua signed onto direct an element-length documentary about Dying Row Records co-founder Suge Dark night for Showtime. Contact Shaun Sneider at shaun.sneider@variety.com

Hough, Brand to star in Cody's debut

Julianne Hough and Russell Brand will star inside the untitled Mandate Pictures pic that Diablo Cody could make her directorial debut. Cody composed the story from the protected youthful lady (Hough) who handles to get rid of her belief carrying out a plane crash and visits Las vegas to determine the wild existence. She meets an unlikely companion (Brand), who helps her find her true self. Mason Novick will produce with Mandate Prexy Nathan Kahane will professional produce with Cody. Hough is seen next in Paramount's "Footloose," while Brand just wrapped New Line's "Rock old range." Hough is repped by CAA and Brand is repped by WME. Contact Justin Kroll at justin.kroll@variety.com

Facebook Fans Drag Rachelle Lefervre To London

FIRST Released: September 26, 2011 11:38 AM EDT LONDON, U.K. -- Rachelle Lefervre can get a loud welcome in the European premiere of his latest film Abduction. Hell be meeting fans in the British Film Institutes IMAX screen working in london on Monday evening. A Facebook campaign made certain hed promote the film within the U.K., using more than 79,000 supporters liking the page around the social-networking site. Lautner states hes always surprised at the fan support hes had since he broke in to the in a major way as werewolf Edwards Friend Jacob within the Twilight film series. And hes got accustomed to the seem of screaming wherever he goes. Directed by John Singleton, Abduction sees Lautner assumes charge role of the teen who finds out his parents arent really who he thought these were. Abduction has been launched Wednesday within the U.K. Copyright 2011 by Connected Press. All privileges reserved.These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

REVIEW: Machine Gun Preacher Fails as a Tale of Rebirth, Redemption and Kicking Ass

There’s a theoretical sweet spot to be found for Machine Gun Preacher — that of the multi-quadrant film, as the marketers say. It aims to be a hard-charging actioner that’s also a based-on-a-true-story tale of rebirth and uplift; an earnest, somber look at conflicts in Sudan that’s simultaneously a faith-centric, family-oriented redemption song. Directed by Marc Forster (of, appropriately enough, Quantum of Solace and Finding Neverland) from a screenplay by Jason Keller (who’s also credited as one of the writers on Tarsem Singh’s upcoming take on Snow White), Machine Gun Preacher always seems aware that it’s working off ripe material, but can’t fit it into beats that work on-screen. And really, what could be riper for adaptation than the life of Sam Childers, a onetime biker gang member who finds religion, starts his own church, builds an orphanage just north of the Ugandan border and defends it from attacks by the Lord’s Resistance Army using the weapons expertise he learned while holding up drug dens? The man the locals start referring to in hushed tones as “the white preacher,” a term that’s a twist on the one used for professional big-game hunters in the colonial days, should be an irresistible figure, the unlikely do-gooder in a desperate situation. But Machine Gun Preacher doesn’t allow him moments of triumph — it’s a struggle throughout, which may be truer to life but makes for a wearying middlebrow movie that doesn’t make its days of self-improvement and altruism seem any brighter than its days of smack addiction and violence. Gerard Butler, who’s honed his screen persona as a brutish, charismatic jerk, isn’t a bad fit for the role of Sam, even if he’s more believable spraying bullets and stabbing hitchhikers than he is delivering a sermon. He’s got the swagger of someone who doesn’t expect to be messed with from the moment he first appears on-screen, on his way to being released from prison, his wife Lynn (Michelle Monaghan) waiting to pick him up outside. Since he’s been gone, Lynn’s discovered Jesus and given up stripping, and Sam finds to his dismay that the trailer in which the two live with their daughter Paige (Ryan Campos when younger, Madeline Carroll as a tween) is free of cigarettes and beer. Sam’s not so quick to come to God — he falls back easily into his old biker life, reconnecting with his friend Donnie (the always welcome Michael Shannon, so bug-eyed in his early scenes he’s almost a cartoon character), shooting up in bathrooms, waking up on the floor amidst beer bottles, Paige playing nearby. When he does get baptized, with Lynn and his mother, Daisy (Kathy Baker), looking at him beseechingly until he goes up, it’s not an ecstatic moment, just another milestone in a shifting life. While there’s something to be said for Machine Gun Preacher’s reluctance to dramatize itself along the lines of the typical biopic arc it theoretically follows, it makes the changes taking place in its main character difficult to discern until he abruptly acts on them. Sam’s decision to go to Africa for a few weeks of aid work, prompted by a guest speaker from Uganda appearing at the family’s church, comes as a surprise to his family and to the audience, who haven’t been given many clues as to the depth of his religious convictions. After witnessing atrocities on that trip, including a woman whose lips were cut off by rebels for talking back and a little boy whose legs are blown off by a mine, Sam comes back possessed by a desire to build both a church near his home and an orphanage in Africa that seems manic and a little worrying instead of inspired, a reaction reinforced by the cautiousness of Lynn’s support. Because Machine Gun Preacher chugs along like a relay race instead of coming to a point of crescendo, it’s easier to wonder what it’s actually about: Is Sam heroic for what he does or nave and presumptuous? Does he get mired in the impossibility of saving everyone from the heinousness of what’s happening in the area or has he always just been an asshole with violent tendencies underneath? These ambiguities don’t seem intentional, they seem like indecisiveness, like signs of a film in need of either more focus or less material. When Sam first picks up a gun and blasts rebels attacking the orphanage like Rambo by way of the Peace Corps, it should be the meeting of the film’s two halves, of his biker background and his newfound good intentions coming together — the machine gun preacher, a graphic-novel-worthy character come to life. But that turns into a meditation on the downhill slope of violence that is, given the context, a little irrational, and from there to a portrait of depression brought on by having to choose whom to help and risk letting others die. Films based on true stories often suffer from being made too neat, but in this case some tidying up was called for. Then what should have been a solid, gripping story wouldn’t have ended with an ellipsis and a shrug.

REC 3: Genesis teaser trailer creeps online

The very first teaser trailer for The spanish language horror [REC]³ Génesis has made an appearance online at ShockTillYouDrop.It is a cleverly done 50-second tease, spun around a neat twist around the usually yawnsome wedding photos montage before ejaculating having a torrent of gore.One things without a doubt, this looks fairly dissimilar to the sooner [REC] movies, each of which were set in a infected apartment block.That one is directed by Paco Plaza, who co-directed the sooner instalments with Jaume Balagueró, and it is stated to contain prequel elements (unsurprising considering the fact that subtitle).Additionally, it appears to possess moved from the found-footage format: does it still have the ability to create the same concentration of dread with no first-person gimmick?Browse the teaser here: [REC]³ Génesis is anticipated to spread out in The country in March 2012.Balagueró will direct final chapter [REC]: Apocalypse, going to be out later the coming year.

The Before party

Jeffrey Katzenberg with Neil Patrick Harris and David Burke GALLERY: The Evening Before partyThe setting is elegant, the meals divine and also the swag impressive. However ,, it is the hobnobbing which makes the Evening Before party the can't-miss affair from the pre-Emmy social swirl.The 5th annual event, raising $1.5 million for that Film and tv Fund, came its usually eclectic guest listing of executives, talent, tenpercenters along with other bizzers on Saturday towards the Lawn at Century Park.Showing sponsors Target, Hewlett packard, People and Revlon stored partygoers entertained with cubicles featuring games and free gifts (Target's Missoni collection giveaways were a significant hit). However the most fun only at that government-formed outside party space was watching for interesting couplings -- for example Jim Parsons giving Edie Falco a bear hug as she showed up, or Margo Martindale within an animated conversation with Leslie Bibb, or J.J. Abrams and Conan O'Brien discussing deep ideas, or Eric Stonestreet and John Stamos getting fun.But even just in this high-powered group, there have been breakouts of fandemonium. "OK, you are awesome," a lady gushed to Aziz Ansari because the "Parks and Entertainment" star made his way with the crowd. "Large Bang Theory" professional producer Bill Prady confessed to some "total fanboy moment" because he and "Large Bang" trouper Kunal Nayyar anxiously waited outdoors the men's room for the opportunity to shake hands with "Bet on Thrones" thesp Jon Snow. GALLERY: The Evening Before party Contact Cynthia Littleton at cynthia.littleton@variety.com

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Kirstie Alley Kirstie Alley has lost 100 pounds, she tells Entertainment Tonight. "I feel like I'm back in my element," she said. "I honestly didn't even realize what I looked like." The Dancing with the Stars runner-up has long talked about her body struggles. In 2004, she became the spokeswoman for Jenny Craig and in 2006, she showed off her slimmed down figure in a bikini on Oprah. She regained weight before mambo-ing off the pounds last spring. Check out more dramatic celebrity weight loss "Before Dancing with the Stars, I bought these dresses from size 14 to 4," she explained. "[They were] all the same dress, and I said, 'You know what I really want? I really wanna be in this dress in a 4!'" What do you think of her weight loss?

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'Rum Diary' preem looking for Film Independent's LACMA program

Helmer Jason Reitman may be the guest artist for Film Independent's inaugural LACMA Film Series. Occasions range from the world preem of "The Rum Diary" on March. 13, tests of "Martha Marcy May Marlene" along with a restored version of Charlie Chaplin's "Modern Occasions" in addition to a live read of "The Breakfast Club." Series, presented through the NY Occasions, is curated by film critic Elvis Mitchell with LACMA film coordinator Bernardo Rondeau and also the Film Independent team. It'll include tests of narrative and docu photos, together with worldwide showcases, guest-curated programs and conversations with artists. Stated Mitchell: "What's vital that you me is ... keeping alive the tradition of programming the classic canon to ensure that the theater's loyal audience feels protected, while adding new elements towards the mix that guarantees the eye of the new crowd." With the Live Read program, thesps read aloud classic scripts. "Among my personal favorite moments like a filmmaker may be the first table read of my script," Reitman stated. "This ought to be an enjoyable method to bring people into what happens to be a closed process." To learn more, visit Lacma.org. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Megan Fox on Shia LaBeouf, Her Public Image and Starting Over With 'Friends With Kids'

"I love Shia to death," said Megan Fox to Moviefone in Toronto over the weekend. "I love him unconditionally." Those don't sound like the words of someone who has been "hit hard," as Fox said, by the principal players associated with 'Transformers: Dark of the Moon' -- the summer blockbuster that very famously didn't feature the former franchise co-star. While Shia LaBeouf and Michael Bay piled on during the press rounds for 'Transformers,' Fox remained silent. That's about to change. In a way, Megan Fox is trying to start over, and her role in the new indie ensemble comedy 'Friends With Kids' -- which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival -- is an interesting choice. Fox is well aware of her image as a pin-up girl -- she refers to her own public image as "a robot" -- and is media savvy enough to know that that image hasn't always been a hindrance. Moviefone spoke to a candid and engaging Fox in Toronto about 'Friends With Kids' (she plays Mary Jane, Adam Scott's younger girlfriend in the new comedy), her public image, the beating she's taken in the press, and why she didn't defend herself. And, yes, she revealed if she's seen 'Transformers: Dark of the Moon.' Moviefone: I literally just walked out of 'Friends With Kids.' I haven't had any time to write questions and I can't even read my notes. Megan Fox: They're really sloppy. You have very sloppy handwriting. That's indicative of something. Like, what's this word? "Pun"? What would that even mean? Why would I write down "pun"? I'm not sure. Anyway ... we'll see how this goes. That's like a psychiatric emphasis of when you post just random words -- free write. Then you read it and you're like, "Wow, what is wrong with me?" I liked your movie. Thank you. You know what I liked about it? Your character is not a jerk. That's true. She's not a jerk. I mean, she's not super-sweet, either, but she's not a jerk or an assh*le. That wouldn't fit with Adam's character. They just wouldn't make sense. Was that important for you? I mean, I never once thought, Why would he ever be with her? She's mean. Yes, that was the idea. We didn't want Mary Jane to be mean. I've never actually played a mean character -- well, besides Jennifer in 'Jennifer's Body,' who hates men. But, yeah, obviously Adam is so fun to watch and he's so likable, you wouldn't want to see Adam with someone who is mean to him for a second. You would hate that person because he's just so wonderful. So it's just more that she was there at two different points in their life. Looking at your career, I feel this is a very good role for you. Let me preface that by saying that I have no idea what I'm talking about. People have said that before. I get what you're saying -- I think I get what you're saying. This role seems to ... Makes me seem human? I wouldn't put it that way. But after the kerfuffles of the past, you are playing a normal person in this as part of an ensemble. Does that make sense? Yes. Was that your plan? I always want to be a part of ensembles. Besides it feeling safer, I think it's a more fun environment to work in. To have a bunch of people collaborating on something, it takes the pressure off of each individual. Aside from Jen, obviously who wrote and directed and is starring in it. She had to carry the burden on her shoulders. But I think these films have turned out to be the most enjoyable to work on ... for me. It's interesting that you said "feel more human." Explain that. That's the reviews I took from my inner circle. That's how they phrase it. I just think the idea is that because most of the way that people have seen me, it's the glorified pin-up girl with motorcycle boots who is also fighting to save the world. It's not necessarily someone who you connect with because they're not real people necessarily who exist like that -- the glossy lips in the middle of the desert. In 'Jennifer's Body' I was this crazy -- it's this wonderful Diablo Cody script, but it's so kooky and so weird and I was eating people. It's just a very strange movie. You don't necessarily see the human side of whoever is playing that person. And I just think the media, in general, I just don't really get portrayed as someone who has feelings or who is sympathetic. Or I sort of am portrayed as this -- I feel -- like a self-absorbed ice queen. Maybe. And I think the people who see me in a role that allows me to be more human -- I don't know another word to use to describe it -- is why people are saying it's a good move to have done. It's also interesting that you said that you think people don't think you have feelings. But that whole image, is that a help or a hindrance for you? It's both, at times. I mean, sometimes I feel like it's a help because you can pretend that you just have this shield around you at all times. For the most part I'm really strong with how much bullsh*t I had piled upon me for so long. But, you know, I care about people. I care about my life and I love people. I'm not this robot. I feel people think I'm almost like a robot -- like an android. And that I'm all about me and my thoughts are all about me. That I want to be famous. I know one thing I've heard a lot is, "Does she say the things that she says because she wants attention? It's attention-seeking." But I always felt like, if that were the case, wouldn't I display some sort of attention-seeking behavior, which I've never done. I've always tried to live a really normal, private, quiet life. So I just think I've always really allowed room for the media to sort of chop my words and put their own narrative on it and create this salacious sound bite that goes everywhere. And because of that I feel like people just have no idea what I'm like or who I am. I feel like it's a mystery. Which is OK. Is that really a bad thing? It could be a good thing. But obviously there are times when you struggle with it because being misunderstood 90 percent of the time is difficult because you want to clarify. But you deal with it. With the recent Shia Labeouf interview and the 'Transformers' situation, why didn't you clarify or defend yourself? I didn't want to talk about it while they're on the press tour because I didn't want to try to throw mud at them. I didn't want that movie to suffer. Especially because I love Shia. I wanted that movie to do well for him. I didn't want to have this big media war over something that really was so silly and it would have just been my ego needing to engage in a war, at that point. Of course, there will be a time when I want to tell my side of the story. I just don't feel it was appropriate while they were promoting the movie. Are you saying that was a no-win situation? Right. Like, "She's trying to take away from the movie." So it was best to let them say what they were going to say. It's fine. With everything that happened with the 'Transformers 3' situation with you ... With what you read in the press. Well, yes. And I get why you wouldn't be happy, but at the same time I'd kind of want to know how the story, the movie itself, ends. Did you see 'Transformers: Dark of the Moon'? I haven't seen it yet, but I will see it. I mean, if they hadn't been hitting me so hard on the press tour, I would have gone to the theater. But I felt like that would have been a disaster: Me sitting with a packed theater of people watching the movie. So I didn't go. I mean, I have nothing against watching it. And I love Shia to death; I love him unconditionally. And I love that crew. I'm really close to the hair, makeup and wardrobe that made that movie. I want to see it for them. I know it looked amazing in the trailer. Out of all three trailers, that was the trailer that I was like, "Wow, sh*t, this is a huge movie." So I think it will be an interesting, fun thing to watch, I just haven't gotten around to it yet. I'm picturing the blog headlines, "Megan Fox Watches 'Transformers'!" I couldn't do it. Then that would turn into not just me wanting to see the movie, that would have been like, "She's trying to take attention from the movie by being at the theater when it's released." It's a lose-lose. So I'll just watch it on Netflix back home. You brought up a good point earlier about the fact that, other than your interviews, you've stayed out of the spotlight. So why do you think it's sensationalized? Why do they sensationalize my comments? No, why do they sensationalize your life? [Sighs] That's a question I sit and I ponder often. And journalists sit with me and I'm always like this with whomever I talk to. That's sort of the most ... like the feeling of betrayal -- that you have as a celebrity or an actor or entertainer -- I think comes from meeting with journalists and feeling like, Hey, I had a good conversation with you, then you read the article and it's like, Wow! Well, that's not the angle that I thought you were going to take. You need to sell this magazine, I understand, but, sh*t, I just didn't realize it was going to go in that direction. So you have to become a little bit jaded with press in that sense. You have to just guard yourself, because you never know what people are going to do. Like I said, I used to have a lot of fun in interviews -- I'd be playful, I'd be sarcastic. But there's too much room for someone to take what I was saying and cut it up, rearrange it, and throw it on 'Extra.' It's insane. You have to be really strong. You have to just shut yourself off to the criticism at some point. So people keep trying to beat me down. I thought about that the other day, that I feel like people have tried so hard to break me ... and I won't break. So they just keep trying. So is 'Friends With Kids' a calculated move? So people will stop thinking of you in this way? I definitely think it helps with doing other comedies. I mean, from working with Jen [Westfeldt] and Jon [Hamm] and everyone involved, Judd [Apatow] called them to ask, "Hey, what was she like on set? How was it? How was the experience?" Because they had a good experience with me, that caused Judd to want to put me in his movie. So it's opened doors that way. I love working on comedy film sets. They have been the most wonderful experiences and they are nice, kind, fun people. So it's a genre I like to be in. And you finished filming 'The Dictator.' It's done. And it's going to be funny. I mean, I'm not saying my stuff, but the movie. And Sacha is great in it. So is this your future -- comedies? [Laughs] We'll see. 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'Project X' thesp joins 'Pitch Perfect'

"Project X" star Alexis Knapp remains attracted on for just about any key supporting role in Jason Moore's a capella pic "Pitch Perfect." Knapp joins Anna Kendrick, Adam DeVine and Digital digital rebel Wilson in Gold Circle Films' romantic comedy, that is compiled by Universal. Knapp may have Stacie, an connect in the collegiate a capella group Divisi who lacks self-awareness, because she works inside an overtly sexual manner regardless of what song she sings. Brownstone Prods. partners Elizabeth Banks and Max Handelman are coming up with the pic, which starts production the next month in New Orleans. Kay Cannon modified the script from Mickey Rapkin's nonfiction tome. Knapp, who plays the feminine lead inside the Todd Phillips-produced laffer "Project X," will next be seen alongside Miley Cyrus and Jeremy Piven inside the Weinstein Company's action-comedy "So Undercover." Knapp is repped by CAA and Untitled Entertainment. Contact Rob Sneider at rob.sneider@variety.com

Dark Blue Ocean To Shut BFI London Festival

The Dark Blue Ocean starring Rachel Weisz, Tom Hiddleston, and Simon Russell Beale will close the 55th BFI London Film Festival on October 27th. This is the United kingdom premiere from the drama modified and directed by Terence Davies (Distant Voices, Still Lives) marking his go back to fiction feature. Occur publish-war Britain, it is really an adaptation of Terence Rattigans classic play, The Dark Blue Ocean – research of forbidden love, covered up desire, and also the anxiety about loneliness. Director Terence Davies stated: ”As an english filmmaker, to get involved with the BFI London Film Festival whatsoever is bliss – to obtain a Closing Evening film is sheer paradise! The Festival has become, appropriately, seen among the major European and World Film Festivals championing not just British but World cinema.” The Dark Blue Ocean opens in United kingdom movie theaters on November 25th.

GK Films Taps Abby Ex As VP Production & Development

Abby Ex, who as VP Production & Development at The Weinstein Co worked on Oscar Best Picture winner The King’s Speech among other films, has been hired for the same position at Graham King’s GK Films. She willbe responsible for helping find and acquire material for the company and will serve as creative support on existing projects. Ex will report to Kahli Small, EVP Production & Development. Before Weinstein — where she also worked on Nine, Hoodwinked Too and upcoming releases The Master, This Must Be the Place and Dirty Girl — she worked for Harry Potter producer David Heyman at at Heyday Films.”Abby has built an amazing network of relationships, and has her finger on the pulse of Hollywood,” Small said. “She knows how to spot young talent, as well as talk to the more established filmmakers. She has great taste and commercial instinct, a unique and killer combination.” GK Films, which next up has Martin Scorsese’s Hugo due out Nov. 23, is currentlyin development on the screen adaptation of Jersey Boys, the untitled Freddie Mercury story starring Sacha Baron Cohen and written by Peter Morgan, and a reboot of Tomb Raider.

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