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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Watch Katniss Fire Her Bow in First Glimpse of 'The Hunger Games' (VIDEO)

Tonight, during the MTV Video Music Awards, viewers got their first glimpse of action from the upcoming adaptation of 'The Hunger Games,' which will hit screens next March. The clip isn't extensive or anything, though it does finally show us Katniss, well, walking through the forest ... until she's running through the forest evading those burning trees falling everywhere! RUN, KATNISS! Anyway, please watch for yourselves: 2011 VMA - Music

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Steve McQueen Directing 12 Years A Slave

Chiwetel Ejiofor will starNever a man to shy away from difficult subjects, Hunger director Steve McQueen is now set to tackle a controversial and poignant true story with 12 Years a Slave, starring Chiwetel Ejiofor. According to Variety, McQueen has been developing the project under the radar for a while now and co-wrote the script with Red Tails scribe John Ridley. The movie will unspool the real-life tale of Solomon Northrup (Ejiofor), a New York resident who was kidnapped in Washington in 1841. He was sent to a cotton plantation in Louisiana and lived as a slave for more than a decade before being rescued in 1853. Brad Pitt's Plan B company is producing the film, and McQueen is now looking to put financing in place so he can start shooting early next year. His latest effort, sex addiction drama Shame (which reunites him with Hunger's Michael Fassbender), is now complete and will have its premiere at the Venice Film Festival next month. Ejiofor, last seen in 2012 and Salt, will already have played a slave before he reports to the 12 Years set, as he appears in Annette Haywood-Carter's Savannah. The film follows the friendship between artist Ward Allen (Jim Caviezel) and freed slave Christmas Moultrie (Ejiofor). That one should arrive sometime next year.

Alec Baldwin Back on 'Saturday Evening Live'

NEW You are able to (AP) Alec Baldwin makes boasting privileges because the most familiar "Saturday Evening Live" host when he opens the NBC show's 37th season on Sept. 24.It will likely be his 16th time as host. The "30 Rock" actor moves past Steve Martin, that has tried it 15 occasions. Radiohead would be the musical guest, the network stated Friday.Melissa McCarthy of CBS' "Mike & Molly" and also the movie "Bridesmaids" would be the host from the show's second week, her "SNL" debut. The nation trio Lady Antebellum is going to be her musical guest.Copyright 2011 Connected Press. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Alec Baldwin PHOTO CREDIT Jason Kempin/Getty Images NEW You are able to (AP) Alec Baldwin makes boasting privileges because the most familiar "Saturday Evening Live" host when he opens the NBC show's 37th season on Sept. 24.It will likely be his 16th time as host. The "30 Rock" actor moves past Steve Martin, that has tried it 15 occasions. Radiohead would be the musical guest, the network stated Friday.Melissa McCarthy of CBS' "Mike & Molly" and also the movie "Bridesmaids" would be the host from the show's second week, her "SNL" debut. The nation trio Lady Antebellum is going to be her musical guest.Copyright 2011 Connected Press. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

Warrants Former Lead Singer Jani Lane Found Dead in Hotel (Report)

Jani Lane, the former lead singer of the rock group Warrant, was found dead in a Los Angeles-area hotel Thursday night, TMZ reported.Related Topics•Obituaries His body was found at the Comfort Inn in Woodland Hills, but no cause of death has been released. The singer had a history of alcohol-related arrests. He was taken into custody in June 2009 for reporting crashing into a parked car. He pleaded no contest to misdemeanor DUI and was put on probation for three years. PHOTOS: Hollywood's Notable Deaths A year later, he was arrested for a similar incident that landed him in jail for 120 days. Lane (born John Kennedy Oswald) also served as the lyricist and main songwriter for Warrant. He joined the band in 1986, two years after its formation by guitarist Erik Turner. The band is probably best known for their single "Cherry Pie," which Lane wrote. The song, a top 10 hit in 1990, featured a guitar solo by C.C. Deville of Poison, Jani's longtime friend and bandmate of Bret Michaels, who tweeted his condolences to Lane's family after the news broke. UPDATE: Hollywood, Fellow Musicians React to Jani Lane's Death Lane also wrote several other hits for the group, including "Heaven," "Down Boys" and "Sometimes She Cries" from their debut album, Dirty Rotten Filty Stinking Rich, and "I Saw Red" and "Uncle Tom's Cabin" from the group's second album, Cherry Pie. He left Warrant three times over the years, including the most recent, in 2008. He was featured on VH1's Celebrity Fit Club 2 in 2005 and last year toured with Great White, filling in for singer Jack Russell, who was recovering from surgery. Related Topics Obituaries

Berry Welsh rises at Tribeca

Tribeca Prods. has upped Berry Welsh to director of development. Based in L.A., he'll work on current Tribeca projects including CBS midseason skein "The 2-2"; pics "The Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust" and "Eating With the Enemy," both with HBO Films; "The Undomestic Goddess" for MGM; and the untitled Freddy Mercury Project with GK Films. Welsh has been a creative exec at Tribeca for the last two years, working on films such as "Little Fockers" and "What Just Happened." Output for the Gotham-based production company, founded by Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal, also has included "The Good Shepherd," "Rent," "About a Boy" and "Analyze That." Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com

'Home Improvement' to 'Last Guy Standing': Tim Allen States Males Continue To Be Backed Right into a Corner

Randy Holmes/ABCTim Allen on ABC's "Last Guy Standing." Tim Allen returns to his ABC roots with a brand new sitcom, Last Guy Standing. He told reporters in the Television Experts Association (TCA) Press Tour on Monday the show was essentially his hit 90s sitcom, Do It Yourself, but switch-flopped. He plays a guy encircled by his group of four women who's attempting to claim his rightful place. PHOTOS: ABC's Year Television Shows: 'Pan Am,' 'Charlie's Angels' and much more "This can be a tiny bit elevated situation in the last sitcom Used to do,Inch Allen informs The Hollywood Reporter. "But it is still exactly the same interest I've. Give me an idea us to complete? What eventually would women want if God knows they might develop a guy? And an amount it seem like?Inch Sure, all of this seems like the macho grunts we have been told by the actor before, but he states like very little has transformed for his gender over his lengthy career. "After I began standup, it appears just like a forever ago, my act has not transformed much," he informs us. "There's some anger within me that [men's] territory continues to be chipped away tiny bit by tiny bit. That's generate an income feel, most likely not how women would describe it." PHOTOS: The Quotable TCA: TV Press Tour Eavesdropper Allen's new show arrives amongst ABC's approaching selection of countless series, which attempt to seem sensible of or define the current guy, including Guy Up and Arrange It. But, Allen states the issue with males is identical problem they have had for a long time: Women are constantly attempting to change them. "There's this little bark. I have always felt that males are pressed inside a corner," he describes. "We do not have numerous abilities. We can not have babies. No. 1 reason women aren't the same as males is the fact that they are in a position to have children. We do not have anything left. Which woofing creates a new type of guy." Last Guy Standing premieres Tuesday, March. 11. on ABC. Email: Jethro.Nededog@thr.com Twitter:@TheRealJethro ABC TCA Tim Allen Last Guy Standing TCA Summer time Press Tour 2011

Andy Cohen To Pen Coming-Of-Age Memoir

Henry Holt announced Monday it has acquired the rights to Bravo Executive Vice President and late night host Andy Cohen's untitled memoir.our editor recommendsSummer Books: 5 Beach Blanket Must ReadsHow Andy Cohen wrangles the 'Housewives'Andy Cohen Apologizes for 'Tasteless' Heidi Montag TweetBravo Exec Andy Cohen Wanted to Stick Knife in Eyes Watching Childrens Choir at OscarsKristen Wiig, Andy Cohen, Elijah Wood Chat in Closet in New Web Series (Video) The book will use Cohen's life-long love of pop culture and entertainment as a focus to tell the story of his journey from a closeted gay teen growing up in 1970s suburban St. Louis to a multi-hyphenate cable television powerhouse. Publication is scheduled for summer 2012. PHOTO: Summer Books: 5 Beach Blanket Must Reads In a statement announcing the deal, Holt's president and publisher Stephen Rubin said: "Anyone who sees what Andy Cohen has achieved at Bravo knows the guy is a marketing genius. What nobody knows as of yet, is that Andy is also a very seductive and compelling writer with a story to tell that will charm, shock and engage readers with its candor, honesty, and wit. Andy is as irresistible on the page as he is on screen." Cohen added, "I love to write and I'm thrilled that I get to share stories of my improbable intersections with pop culture that have enriched my life. As a teen Cohen's love of such hit TV shows as The Brady Bunch, Laverne & Shirley, and Donnie and Marieled him to move to New York in his twenties to pursue a career in entertainment. He landed his first job at CBS News, where he eventually rose to senior producer on CBS This Morning and 48 Hours. He moved on to a programming job at NBC Universal's TRIO before assuming his current position as head of original programming for Bravo. Among the Bravo hits that Cohen has shepherded to the small screen are Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, Project Runway, Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List. He has won both an Emmy and a Peabody Award and Out Magazine named him the hottest blogger of 2006. Henry Holt promises Cohen's memoir "will include many hilarious moments of mishaps on the set and while on assignment, and tell of his coming-of-age social life filled with antics and mayhem." Cohen is repped by CAA. Terms of the deal were not announced, though Cohen reportedly received a six-figure advance for the book. Related Topics Bravo

In einem Land vor unserer Zeit XI - Das Geheimnis der kleinen Saurier

While trying to obtain "Tree Sweets", Littlefoot into the tree and knocks down all the blossoms, which attract the tiny dinosaurs, Tinysauruses. They devour the plants and disappear. But Littlefoot isn't blamed for the disappearance. Instead of taking the blame, he accidentally makes the adults go into a "Get Frankenstein" frenzy when they believe the tiny dinosaurs were the main cause. Now Littlefoot and his friends must protect the tiny herd, and in the end learn the value of honesty.

CW Orders More Instances of Gossip Girl, Supernatural

Blake Lively and Jared Padalecki The brand new fall season has not began yet, however the CW has already been beefing up its 2011-2012 schedule. Elizabeth Hurley sashays to Gossip Girl The network has purchased two additional instances of Gossip Girl and 90210, and something additional episode of Supernatural and Nikita, Deadline reviews. This can bring Gossip Girl and 90210's season totals to 24 episodes, and Supernatural and Nikita's seasons to 23 episodes each. The move is a component of recent CW leader Mark Pedowitz's intend to shorten rerun periods, based on Deadline.

Run for Existence (Trci za zivot)

A Starhill Films and Dreams production based on Dept. of Culture, Belgrade City Set up, Secretary of state for Culture from the Republic of Serbia, NHK, Jan Vrijman Fund of IDFA. Created by Mladen Maticevic. Co-producers, Nikola Majdak Junior., Ana Stankovic. Directed by Mladen Maticevic.With: Gebre Egziabher Gebre Sellasie, Tamirat Legesse, Estifanos Eshetu, Mladen Maticevic, Zoran Molovic, Boban Stojanovic, Dragan Zivotic, Slobodan Brankovic, Streten Mijovic. Narrator: Mladen Maticevic. (Serbian, British, Amharic dialogue)Filmmaker Mladen Maticevic gets to be more part of the storyline than he expects in "Run for Existence," a modest but moving docu around three Ethiopian lengthy distance runners who defect to Serbia with the hope of enhancing their career possibilities as well as their lives. Audience-friendly, humanist tale should continue its jog round the fest circuit before segueing by-viewing formats. In 2007, marathoners Gebre Egziabher Gebre Sellasie, Tamirat Legesse and Estifanos Eshetu visit Podgorica, Montenegro, to compete, plus some days later end up in Belgrade declaring asylum. Stuck for several weeks inside a refugee camping, they ultimately speak to a local sports club that puts them in contact with a supportive trainer. That coach, Zoran Molovic, takes them on as clients, supplying them accommodation at his home within the small farming village of Pambukovica in exchange for his or her deal with the area along with a share of the eventual winnings. It comes down to this time around the youthful runners arrived at the interest of helmer Maticevic (whose previous docu, "How to be quite the hero,Inch shows his self-transformation from an overweight, in poor condition 40-year-old right into a daily runner and competitor within the Belgrade marathon.) Immediately connecting using the Ethiopians -- and purchasing them newer and more effective footwear -- Maticevic begins to follow along with their existence within the village, training regimen and races, as well as their mission for Serbian citizenship. Regardless of Maticevic's mentioned preference for films with happy being, his docu implies that real existence isn't any story book. Even though Ethiopians make lots of buddies within the village over 18 several weeks, most touchingly with cheerful neighbor Boban Stojanovic, whom they find yourself calling "Father," their racing answers are not too spectacular the Serbian government is wanting to grant them citizenship. Furthermore, they find existence in Europe isn't as simple as they'd naively expected. These disappointments result in dissatisfaction using their initial mentor Molovic, who provides several excuses for his training foibles and supplies evidence the runners weren't entirely honest with him. Maticevic dimensions up matters by having an unjaundiced eye, helping all his subjects to maneuver past petty recriminations and target the most positive possible final results. His kindly, lower-to-earth spirit rules the film, especially through his low-key narration. Straightforward production package is appealing, using the lovely score and animated credits, both by Dejan Vucetic Vuca, particularly worth note.Camera (color, DV), Nikola Majdak Junior., editor, Suzana Stevanovic music, Dejan Vucetic Vuca seem, Vladimir Jankovic Stonce, Milan Mihailovic Milance, Ivan Antic Antrax. Examined in the Sarajevo Film Festival (competing), This summer 27, 2011. Running time: 87 MIN. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com