Corey Stoll joins 'Annie Parker'

StollCorey Stoll has became a member of the cast from the indie drama-comedy "Decoding Annie Parker" opposite Samantha Morton, Helen Search, Aaron Paul, Maggie Sophistication and Rashida Johnson. Stoll made an appearance as Ernest Hemingway in "Night time in Paris" and lately covered with "The Bourne Legacy." He's representing a youthful physician who befriends Samantha Morton's character and attempts to help her achieve her medical goals. "Annie Parker" is presently filming in La with Steven Bernstein pointing. The storyline focuses on the irrepressible Parker, a breast-cancer patient who stops at absolutely nothing to solve the mystery behind her illness regardless of the values from the medical establishment. "Annie Parker" is created by Clark Billings, Stuart Ross, Keith Kjarval, Mary Vernieu and Ron Senkowski with Jonathan Brownlee and Sahil Chanana professional creating. Stoll is symbolized by Suskin Management and Talent Works. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com

The Voice Season 2 Scoop: More Blind Audition Models, Bigger Teams, Savvier Participants

The Voice When NBC's The Voice returns next season, it'll be bigger than ever before. You will notice more blind audition models, through which entertainers perform for your coaches sight unseen, and 12 participants per team, up from Season 1's eight. The Voice names Christina Milian as new social media correspondent It isn't apparent exactly the amount of more blind audition episodes will air - they went for just two days taken - but executive producer Mark Burnett states careful analysis expand came from from viewer feedback and becoming more hours to produce them. "We put the show on so quickly a year ago. We just had four several days," he told TVGuide.com carrying out a press conference Friday. "As well as the finest complaint that individuals got was, 'Awww, the blind auditions ended so early.' It absolutely was a quick blip. Therefore I handled to produce a a lot more blind auditions and clearly we're responding regarding the our fans are asking for." Series coaches - Adam Levine, Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Eco-friendly and Blake Shelton - told reporters they remain unworried in regards to the glut of music shows. The Voice returns in February following a Super Bowl, and following a X Factor systems in December, nevertheless it will still have to deal with a completely new season of yank Idol. Aguilera states The Voice's process if the involves selecting entertainers -- the coaches listening only to a performer's voice after which it swinging around in people huge red-colored-colored chairs - remains unmatched. "There is not an even more suspenseful Tv program available," she mentioned. (Burnett added: "These chairs are becoming stars themselves.Inch) Is Carson Daly the founding father of social TV? Asked for particularly in regards to the parallels to Simon Cowell's X Factor, Burnett told TVGuide.com he'd only seen "maybe ten minutesInch in the show. "They really spent a lot of money, it's certainly large. I don't think it's different then other activities I've come across,Inch he mentioned. So while X Factor will award its champion getting a $5 million recording contract, The Voice will remain using its $100,000. "Do you realize what that jogs my memory of? It reminds of Austin Forces. 'One meeeellion dollars,'" Burnett mentioned. "I'm speaking about, people aren't watching the show for the.Inch For that completely new crop of Voice participants - all selected because the show has finished filming Season 2's blind auditions -- the coaches say these were given extra competitive if the found finishing their rosters. "Everyone knows the sport now. It is really an intense competition this year,In . Aguilera mentioned. She boasted that her team includes an opera singer "who allows you to definitely cry." "You wallow inside it wondering the people do not have record contracts," she mentioned. People participants may also be savvier than in the past if the involves picking who they wish to use. "Now, they all are like, 'What is it possible to do personally?AInch Aguilera mentioned. "They experience how it works" when several in the coaches want in. "Without warning, we're individuals pitching ourselves," Levine mentioned. Season 2 in the Voice returns Sunday, Feb. 5 following a Super Bowl on NBC.

FIRST BOX OFFICE: Puss In Boots #1, Paranormal Activity 3 #2, In Time #3, The Rum Diary #4, Footloose #5

FRIDAY PM UPDATE: Sources are giving me these early North American box office numbers which will be refined later in the evening. DreamWorks Animation’s leader Puss In Boots distributed by Paramount is poised to break the Halloween weekend record. The Shrek spinoff’s opening is in line with 2011′s other non-summer animated 3D hits like Rio ($39m) and Rango ($39M).But one rival studio exec snarked to me tonight, “What will DWA think about an opening in the $30sM? Dunno, but it could be more like Puss In Cement Boots.” Fox’s sci-fi thrillerIn Time with Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried is soft considering the wide release. (It’s clear now that Justin, while talented, is no movie star.)Whereas FilmDistrict’sThe Rum Diary withJohnny Depp is performing light as expected.Didn’t he make this movie before and wasn’t it called Fear And Loathing? (“Yes, with the same hungover result. Ouch,” one rival studio exec reminded me.) Full analysis coming. Here’s the Top 5 for now: 1. Puss In Boots (Dreamworks Animation/Paramount) NEW [3,952 Theaters] Friday $9.3M, Estimated Weekend $37M 2. Paranormal Activity 3 (Paramount) Week 2 [3,329 Theaters] Friday $7M (-70%), Estimated Weekend $20.5M, Estimated Cume $73M 3) In Time (Fox) NEW [3,001 Theaters] Friday$4.5M, Estimated Weekend $13M 4) The Rum Diary (FilmDistrict) NEW [2,272 Theaters] [2,272 Theaters] Friday$2M, Estimated Weekend $6M 5) Footloose (Paramount) Week 3 [3,224 Theaters] Friday $1.8M, Estimated Weekend $5.5M, Estimated Cume $38M

All's Faire for each other: Film Review

NY - An astonishingly bad comedy that hardly merits booking below-tier cable, Scott Marshall's All's Faire for each other sneaks into theaters a few years after production, most probably expecting getting a couple of quick dollars from star Christina Ricci's Pan Am exposure. One imagines Ricci's agents are praying because of its quick disappearance. Their hopes is going to be clarified. STORY: 'Pan Am' Star Christina Ricci Describes Why She Boarded the ABC Series We meet Ricci's Kate in the interview that finishes when, strangely, she strips from her business suit and changes right into a flowered dress. It appears she's always imagined of working in a Renaissance Faire, and also the capitalist concentration of a Wall Street interview has finally pressed her toward her future. In the Faire she meets Will (Owen Benjamin), a university jock whose British Lit professor (Cedric the Performer) has agreed to provide him credit for any class he never attended if he'll undergo a summer time of mock-peasantry. Audiences who discover that premise difficult to swallow should mind for that exit before Will meets his tormentor, Rank (a frantically unfunny Chris Wylde), and Rank's three sidekicks -- a French dwarf, a cartoonish Chinaman along with a Mexican oaf named Jamón. PHOTOS: ABC's Year Television Shows: 'Pan Am,' 'Charlie's Angels' and much more In the opening credits -- an animated sequence so crude a junior-high art student could be embarrassed with it -- to some climax by which Kate's dog is taken hostage having a crossbow, there's no ounce of mirth within this parade of ghastly accents, container-eared romantic montages and cent-store knavery. A director whose last film was the Jessica Simpson explosive device Blonde Ambition might worry that this can be a career-killer. Opens: October 28 (MGM, Regal Entertainment exclusive) Production companies: Patriot Pictures, Duke of You are able to Pictures, That's Hollywood Cast: Christina Ricci, Owen Benjamin, Matthew Lillard, Ann-Margret, Chris Wylde, Nadine Velazquez, Cedric the Performer Director: Scott Marshall Screenwriters: Scott Marshall, Jeffrey Ray Wine Producers: Michael Mendelsohn, Ron Singer, Scott Reed Executive producers: Randy Mendelsohn, Mark Lindsay Director of photography: Mark Irwin Production designer: John Collins Music: Shaun Cardoni, Julian Jackson Costume designer: Gary Johnson Editors: Josh Muscatine, Tara Timpone Ranked PG-13, 107 minutes Ann-Margaret Christina Ricci

TV Promo: Rock Center With John Williams

NBC’s primetime newsmagazine Rock Center With John Williams, that's set to premiere on Halloween, is distributing the term via some short promotions. That certain introduces the show’s adding factors — then one who didn’t quite increase the risk for cut. Williams is actually effective in letting his spontaneity show. Let’s discover if his show carries the identical light touch among all people hard-news tales.

NBC Buys 'Apocalipstick' Comedy, 'Masters and Apprentice' Drama from BermanBraun (Exclusive)

NBC scoops up two more projects from former network honchos Gail Berman and Lloyd Braun. The network has purchased scripts for dramaMasters and Apprentice and comedyApocalipstick. The first kind, in the pair's BermanBraun and Universal Television, focuses on a rookie FBI agent who enlists the use of a legendary but mysterious former operative to assist him infiltrate the shadowy group accountable for his parents' dying. The project is going to be written and executive created by Criminal Minds scribesDan Dworkin and Jay Beattie, with Gene Stein(Alphas, The Cape)becoming a professional producer. Berman and Braun are generally attached as non-writing Expanded polystyrene. The second is really a comedy, also from BermanBraun and Universal Television, in regards to a lady's father who eventually ends up dating her senior high school enemy. The project is going to be written and executive created by Julie Klausner (Ugly People in america, Best Week Ever), with Stein, Berman and Braun aboard as executive producers. Karen Spiegel will function as a co-executive producer. Dworkin and Beattle, whose other writing credits range from the Event and Whim, are repped by ICM Klausner is repped by WME. Related Subjects NBC TV Development

Lynne Ramsay Sets Her Sights on Moby Dick... in Outer Space

After writer-director Lynne Ramsay (Ratcatcher, Morvern Callar) debuts her latest film, this December’s moody Tilda Swinton-Ezra Miller pic We Need to Talk About Kevin, she’ll set her sights on more classic fare: Herman Melville’s Moby Dick… only, set in space. “We’re taking the premise into the realm of the galaxy; it’s creating a whole new world, and a new alien, a very psychological piece” Ramsay told Radio 5 Live’s Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo. “Mainly taking place in the ship, a bit like Das Boot, so it’s quite claustrophobic. It’s another monster movie, in a way, ‘cause the monster’s Ahab.” Stick around for more happenings in today’s Buzz Break. center> [Radio 5 Live via The Guardian] If you caught (and loved) Elizabeth Olsen in Martha Marcy May Marlene last weekend, you may be delighted to hear that her other Sundance ‘11 picture, the one-take horror remake Silent House, will be in theaters next March. [Cinema Blend] Dark Tower’s not all the way dead yet, says Brian Grazer, who told MTV that they’d shaved $45 million off the original budget and are moving forward by partnering with HBO. [MTV] You can be one of the first to see six minutes of The Dark Knight Rises this December! But only in front of showings of Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol on proper 70mm IMAX screens. [Slashfilm] Happy Halloween week! Get in the spirit via Guillermo del Toro, who recently recounted his real-life ghost encounters, one of which was so spooky he had to cleanse by watching The Wire. [Toronto Star]

Exclusive: Vampire Diaries' Arielle Kebbel to Recur on 90210

Arielle Kebbel The Vampire Diaries' Arielle Kebbel continues to be cast inside a recurring role on 90210, TVGuide.com has learned. Kebbel will have Vanessa, a charming, edgy and vivacious former bad girl who likes just a little risk-taking now and then. She'll also become romantically involved and among the show's leading males. 90210 alum Dina Meyer returns towards the zipcode The 26-year-old actress performed Stefan's vampire closest friend Lexi on Vampire Journals and although Damon wiped out her, rumor has it she'll return soon this year. Kebbel's arc on 90210 starts airing in December.

Gotham's Garden can get facelift

Simply what does $850 million allow you to get if you upgrade a structure which brings together the glitziness and vigor in the The The Big Apple and claims itself "our planet's most well-known arena"? Part of the answer will finish up apparent on March. 22 when Madison Square Garden throws open its entrance doors the first time in five several days with World Championship Boxing. The date marks in conclusion in the first phase from the three-part facelift designed to transform the ageing arena in to a sports and entertainment showplace in a position to getting within our prime profile sports, concerts and political occasions of the heyday, additionally to honours shows. The restoration may also be designed to usher in additional earnings per show, to have the ability to encourage tour producers to hold onto discover the Garden over newer arenas like the Izod Center in East Rutherford, N.J. and Prudential Center in Newark, and people being built inside the metropolitan area, such as the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The actual fact a garden is five flooring above ground, requiring more stagehands and teamsters to produce appears, helps it be most likely probably the most pricey venues within the u . s . states to make a celebration. The cost-benefit equation appears like it's sufficient for a number of concert entrepreneurs. Artists already reserved before year's finish include Duran Duran, Enrique Iglesias, Foo Mma fighters, Katy Perry and Taylor Quick. A Garden hosts roughly 350 occasions yearly, which causes it to be the second most widely used arena in the world. Furthermore, it reigns since the third-most popular music arena if this involves ticket sales. The recently completed Phase One centered on remodeling the reduced bowl(the seats within the 100 and 200 levels). Phase II, skedded for next summer season, will target the upper bowl (the seats within the 300 and 400 levels). Phase III, known as for summer season 2013, features a completely new entrance, two spectator bridges within the arena in a position to seating 500 people each, together with a ten,000- fan deck for standing-room attendance. Knicks and Rangers season-ticket holders are chief among people who will have to pony up for your restoration people who've season seats for your Basketball team will dsicover prices jump typically 49%, while their NHL brethren are going through hikes of 23%. Luxury suites, typically a venue's second most critical revenue stream behind television rights, certainly are a focus in the transformation. Really, the refurbished arena was setup while using suites in your thoughts. Right before the overhaul, a garden had 89 luxury suites listed at between $225,000 and $400,000, all situated inside the arena's upper concourse. In 1991, throughout its only prior restoration, the arena spent $200 million to eliminate hundreds of upper-tier seats to have the ability to add suites. The current restoration can provide the arena 167 suites, including 20 so-referred to as "event-level suites," that accommodate around 12 people for individuals Garden occasions where tickets are freely offered, including concerts, the circus and family shows. For hockey, the suites include seats situated inside the first five rows in the arena. For basketball, they include seats in rows 7-12. Fifty-eight new "Madison Suites" will also be built about 23 rows up within the floor, each featuring the identical fundamental layout since the lower suites. For a lot of concerts, happens will probably be situated in the western world finish in the arena or in the heart of the bowl, with no suites behind it. Each suite includes a diner, bar and bath rooms. The kitchen include granite countertops. The suites lease for just about any whopping $millions of yearly, and many types of are spoken for. Garden government bodies declined to show what they're known as of tenants. However, Garden leader and Boss Hank Ratner indicated the tenants just like a Who's Who of corporate America. As well as for your kind of money, there's one extra amenity: Tenants are allowed to choose whether their suite features a working hearth or waterfall. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

B.C. digs for Look

Visual effects house Look Effects has opened up a Vancouver location within the Gastown district. The organization already has offices in La and Gotham. It joins a slew of other production and vfx companies with facilities in Vancouver, including Pixar, Digital Domain, and Rhythm & Hues, amongst others. Look Effects prez Mark Driscoll told Variety that the organization have been searching at Vancouver for "about ten years.Inch The drive to spread out a Canuck outpost "came lower to versatility," he stated. "Clients desired to have the ability to use Look, however in locations where were preferential due to tax incentives and shooting locations." The vfx company will staff the Vancouver branch with Canadian talent. Its first project in Vancouver is going to be Summit's horror pic "Warm Physiques." Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Whitaker, Stanton join 'Last Stand'

Forest Whitaker, Luis Guzman, Johnny Knoxville and Harry Dean Stanton are rounding out the cast of Lionsgate's "The Last Stand," which moved into production Monday with Arnold Schwarzenegger returning to acting for the first time since leaving the California governorship. Lionsgate, which has domestic and international distribution rights, said the film has pre-sold well in several overseas territories. Jaimie Alexander is in the female lead opposite Schwarzenegger. South Korean helmer Kim Jee-Woon directs the pic, which finds Schwarzenegger playing the sheriff of a sleepy little town who runs up against an escaped drug cartel leader heading for the Mexican border. Peter Stormare, Rodrigo Santoro, Eduardo Noriega and Zach Gilford co-star in the film, which is being produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura. Andrew Knauer wrote the original spec script that was subsequently rewritten by Jeffrey Nachmanoff and more recently, George Nolfi. Schwarzenegger, Knoxville and Jee-Woon are represented by CAA. Santoro and Stormare are represented by ICM, with Guzman represented by the Gersh Agency, and Whitaker and Gilford represented by WME. Stanton is represented by Bresler-Kelly and Associates. Deals were negotiated on behalf of Lionsgate by Robert Melnik, Executive Vice President of Business Affairs. Contact Dave McNary at dave.mcnary@variety.com

New on DVD & Blu-ray, Week of October 11: 'Green Lantern,' 'The Tree of Life' and 'Horrible Bosses'

It's another banner week for home video releases, with a plethora of choices that run the gamut from the ridiculous to the sublime: There's the meaningful tale of 'The Tree of Life' set off against the nonsense of 'Horrible Bosses,' while the comic book world of 'Green Lantern' is juxtaposed with the fantasy life of 'Zookeeper' ... and there's all manner of 'B' movies in between. Read on. 'Green Lantern' What It's About: Director Martin Campbell -- best known for hotshot work on 'GoldenEye' and 'Casino Royale' -- tackles the origins of the Green Lantern with mixed results. The Green Lanterns -- some 3,000 of them, each with a ring that grants him the ability to create anything his mind can imagine -- have been the galactic keepers of the peace for eons. That peace is threatened when the worst evil force in the universe -- Parallax, whose strength is based on fear -- escapes its confinement and heads for Earth on its first stop to galactic destruction. Only newly minted Green Lantern Hal Jordan (Ryan Reynolds), a cocky test pilot with fear issues of his own stands in the way of total apocalypse. Will he save the world and win the girl? You betcha. It's Kinda Like: 'Hancock' meets 'Spider-Man' What We Say: Green Lantern was one of those DC comic book super heroes that rebellious fanboys turned to when they were fed up with the predictability of Superman, Batman and their minions. The stories were more involving, the villains more complicated, the powers more otherworldly. None of this translates to the film, however. Reynolds is way miscast -- and way too snarky -- as Jordan/Green Lantern, the other Green Lanterns are way too Disneyesque (to coin a word for being too cartoonish) and Parallax looks more like a thunder cloud with dreads than a devourer of galaxies. There's some cool special effects -- and Blake Lively is always nice to have around -- but for the most part, 'Green Lantern' is a dud. • Extras: The Blu-ray disc includes an extended version of the film, several featurettes, a 'Justice League #1' digital comic, additional scenes, and Warner's Ultraviolet Digital Copy, which allows cloud streaming. Rotten Tomatoes Reviews | Buy DVD | Save DVD to your Netflix queue Watch a clip from the DVD: 'The Tree of Life' What It's About: This ambitious story of love, loss and family ties from Terrence Malick, one of America's most highly-regarded filmmakers, tells the story of a small town Texas family in the 1950s that experiences the loss of one of its sons, a tragedy that triggers each family member's deep questioning about their place in the scheme of things. The mother, father, and remaining brother grapple with the way they can absorb horrific change while still retaining their dignity and remaining thriving human beings. It's a tough journey that taxes each family member ... and audiences as well. It's Kinda Like: 'A River Runs Through It' and 'How the Earth Was Made' What We Say: Maverick filmmaker Malick has had audiences and critics severely divided on this one. Some think it's a masterpiece of lyrical filmmaking; others think it's a cinematic journey sorely in need of an editor. We tend to side with the latter. Malick's scope of one family's place on the planet is so overblown and ambitious that he often gets lost in images that have little to do with the family tragedy at hand. When Malick is able to stay focused on his actors (Jessica Chastain as the mother; Brad Pitt as the father; Sean Penn as the grown brother), he creates magic in showing the tenderness and tensions between them. But when he thrusts the story into imagery of the earth's formation, dinosaurs, and what often seem like the insides of a lava lamp, he loses his grip on good, tight storytelling. Yet this is a film that deserves to be seen. It's a pure example of a director whose vision remains unique and uncompromised. Pitt is a standout as the stern but loving father. • Extras: A behind-the-scenes featurette. Rotten Tomatoes Reviews | Buy DVD | Save DVD to your Netflix queue 'Horrible Bosses' What It's About: Three working stiffs -- Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis and Charlie Day -- have the worst bosses in the world, but their financial situations and weak job market prevent then from quitting. Tired of putting up with humiliation and (sexual) harassment by the likes of Kevin Spacey, Colin Farrell and Jennifer Aniston, the three meet with a hustling ex-con (Jamie Foxx) to get some pointers on eliminating these ogres and come up with a plan to kill each other's boss. Naturally everything that can go wrong, does, and the trio soon find themselves way over their heads in deceit, misunderstandings, and mistaken identities. It's Kinda Like: 'Strangers on a Train' meets 'Nine to Five' What We Say: This mash-up of 'Strangers on a Train,' 'Dirty Work,' 'Swimming With Sharks,' 'Throw Momma From the Train,' 'The Devil Wears Prada,' 'The Office,' 'Nine to Five' and 'The Hangover' starts out by promising us the fulfillment of every worker's wildest dream: getting even with your nasty boss. It's a dark premise, but while insinuating that revenge will be sweet, the film quickly devolves into a silly, vapid, nasty mess with bathroom humor, gratuitous sexual innuendo, and a waste of several talented actors. • Extras: Deleted scenes, a couple behind-the-scenes featurettes. Rotten Tomatoes Reviews | Buy DVD | Save DVD to your Netflix queue Watch a clip: Other New October 11 Releases: 'Adventures in Pornoland': (2008) A Canadian couple head to Hollywood to get work in the film industry but reluctantly get involved in the porn biz. 'Arena' (2011) A man kidnapped from his ordinary life is thrust into the savage world of a modern day gladiatorial arena where men fight to the death for the entertainment of the online masses. Stars Samuel L. Jackson, Kellan Lutz, Nina Dobrev, Daniel Dae Kim. 'Beautiful Boy' (2010) A married couple on the verge of separation are leveled by the news that their 18-year-old son committed a mass shooting at his college, then took his own life. Stars Michael Sheen, Maria Bello. 'Cafe' (2010) A week in the life of a group of West Philadelphia residents -- who congregate in the local coffee house -- dealing with life's challenges and trying to get things right. Stars Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jamie Kennedy, Daniel Eric Gold, Alex Vega. 'Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer': (2011) It's summer time and though feisty, fearless Judy Moody finds herself stuck at home with her pesky brother Stink under the watchful eye of Aunt Opal, she uses her imagination and smarts to turn a boring summer into a fun time. Stars Jordana Beatty, Heather Graham, Jaleel White, Preston Bailey, Parris Mosteller. 'Lunopolis': 2009) Two documentarians accidentally uncover proof of a hidden city on the moon inhabited by people from the future controlling life on Earth. 'Mr. Nice': (2010) The true story of Howard Marks (aka Mr. Nice, a cult figure who inspired books and songs), a middle-class Welsh boy and Oxford scholar who became one of Britain's biggest marijuana smugglers and hobnobbed with Hollywood hotshots, Arab millionaires and IRA honchos until his arrest and eventual 25-year prison sentence. Stars Rhys Ifans, David Thewlis, Chloe Sevigny, Crispin Glover. 'The Princess of Montpensier': (2010 -- France) The latest directorial outing by French great Bertrand Tavernier sets love and intrigue against the backdrop of the savage Catholic/Protestant wars that ripped France apart in the 16th century. Based on a novella by the celebrated Madame de Lafayette. 'Terri': (2011) A school principal and a shy-but-pretty teen girl take an overweight social misfit, Terri Thompson -- the lone caretaker and guardian for his elderly Uncle James -- under their wings to help him find acceptance in school ... and life. Stars John C. Reilly, Creed Bratton, Jacob Wysocki, Olivia Crocicchia. 'Zookeeper': Kevin James is the poor man's Dr. Dolittle in this comedy about the animals in a zoo who offer advice on life and love to their zookeeper in order to prevent him from leaving his job. Stars Rosario Dawson, Leslie Bibb and the voice talents of Cher, Nick Nolte, Adam Sandler, Sylvester Stallone, Judd Apatow, Jim Breuer, Jon Favreau, Faison Love and Maya Rudolph. Check out more October 11 DVD releases at OnVideo.

Quentin Tarantino Setting Don Manley For Django Unchained

Django Unchained director Quentin Tarantino has offered the role of wealthy plantation owner Spencer Bennett to Don Manley, plus they are settling for Manley to become listed on a cast which includes Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Samuel L. Jackson and Kurt Russell. The image shoots this fall using the Weinstein Company disbursing locally and The new sony foreign. Tarantino is definitely great for an unexpected or two when he goes past the apparent casting lists and taps talent from his memory banks, something he's completed with the kind of Travolta Qantas Video and also the late David Carradine. Putting the first kind Miami Vice and Nash Bridges star right into a villainous role here appears inspired. Bennett runs a reliable of “ponies,” that is a terrible description for which is really several attractive youthful black slave hookers. The liberated slave Django (Foxx) and the fugitive hunter partner (Waltz) satisfy the plantation owner in search of a bounty, and that he turns the table in it. Tarantino continues to be speaking to Manley a while concerning the role. Manley most lately performed a personality known as Miles Deep within the recent comedy Bucky Larson: Born To Become A Star, but soon his newest credit is a large Tarantino film.

Morning Grind: Michigan Lady Sues FilmDistrict Over 'Drive' Trailers

Being reductive in regards to a film as lovingly crafted as 'My Week With Marilyn' feels a little cheap, but thinking about Oscar season is about cutbacks: should you be wondering which approaching little bit of Oscar bait may be the heir(ain) apparent to 'The King's Speech' take a look at 'Marilyn.' In the film's primary theme (by 'The King's Speech' composer Alexandre Desplat) to the existence of Harvey Weinstein's title in credits to some lead performance, here by Michelle Williams, that appears destined for honours glory, 'My Week With Marilyn' shares more most abundant in recent Best Picture champion than you may have assumed. That is its strength, in addition to its limitation. In line with the journals of Colin Clark, 'My Week With Marilyn' is really a coming-of-age story masked like a biopic. Or perhaps a biopic masked like a coming-of-age story. In 1956, in the ripe chronilogical age of "nearly 24," Clark (Eddie Redmayne) leaves the place to find are another assistant director around the group of 'The Princess and also the Showgirl' with Mister Laurence Olivier (Kenneth Branagh) and Marilyn Monroe (Williams). During the period of the shoot -- which Monroe stretches past the norms due to her devotion towards the Method type of acting championed by Lee and Paula Strasberg -- Clark and also the world's most well-known leading lady fall under an elaborate relationship of affection and want, much towards the consternation of Olivier, Marilyn's primary handler Milton Greene (Dominic Cooper, entirely Howard Stark mode) and Colin's maybe-girlfriend Lucy (Emma Watson, Hermione'ing up). Colin's in over his mind with Marilyn, however the pull of her come-hither winks and little-girl-lost persona is simply too much for just about any guy to face. A minimum of that is what the film informs us. Frequently. Like 'The King's Speech,' this can be a "tell, do not showInch production: through pointless voice-over and high-handed dialogue, 'My Week With Marilyn' hammers home its slight points -- that Colin can get his heart damaged that Monroe is playing a component and not able to flee, even when she would like to -- in ways that recalls an Cinemax telefilm. Thank heavens then for that performances. Not too you are surprised, but Williams is perfection as Ms. Monroe. She nails the nuance and subtlety from the role -- which really requires three different personas: the general public Marilyn Monroe, the non-public Marilyn Monroe and also the part in 'The Princess and also the Showgirl.' "You need to think about them together, because they have to adhere," Williams stated in a publish screening Q&A in the NY Film Festival on Sunday. "I understand that you will find three different factors, but I'm not sure just how much it will help to think about them as three separate people." Williams may be the least flashy part of the film, an impressive fact since a lot of portrayals of Monroe border on cartoon. You are able to tell the job she put in this performance: not only using the voice, actions and attitude, however with your eyes. Williams draws you into Monroe's wounded soul gradually, carefully and deliberately. It is too soon to go over Oscar locks and management -- not too we've not already -- however it appears highly probable that Williams is going to be around the short-listing of Best Actress challengers come next Feb. For the relaxation from the cast: Redmayne is adorably naive and mouth-gaped throughout, giving Colin a little of new charm that never feels forced. Branagh will get the showboat-y role of Olivier -- Mister Ray to his buddies -- playing the acting titan as both blustering idiot and cold-eyed perfectionist, a maturing prat who uses "honesty" in an effort to cut lower all competitors. Everybody else is dependably British and solid, with Dame Judi Dench, Derek Jacobi, Toby Johnson and Julia Ormand knocking out their brief moments and moments with professionalism, reliability , sophistication. The problem: for any movie in regards to a forbidden love and among Hollywood's greatest and many inscrutable stars, 'My Week With Marilyn' feels too professional. It's all regulated too safe. Like 'The King's Speech,' it's as gorgeous like a still photograph -- the film never moves. Simon Curtis, an experienced of British television work making his feature debut here, has something to with this -- his style makes Tom Hooper seem like David Fincher -- but he's given no the aid of the on-the-nose script. Not too sooner or later it matters: 'My Week With Marilyn' is really a performance movie and, as Redmayne confirmed following the film, that's Curtis's strength. "The main reason a lot of remarkable stars were focusing on this film was simply because they love employed by Simon," stated Redmayne. "He's an excellent facility with stars." Which would be to say, expect if Harvey Weinstein has another Oscar ace up his sleeve in the end, the actor's branch may be the biggest voting block within the Academy. Once The Weinstein Company snapped up Cannes favorite 'The Artist,' many assumed it might become Harvey's Best Picture cause célèbre. Still it might. With 'My Week With Marilyn,' though, 'The Artist' would likely possess some inter-office company. [Photo: The Weinstein Company] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook RELATED: 'My Week With Marilyn' Photos Michelle Williams as Marilyn MonroeEddie Redmayne as Colin ClarkKenneth Branagh as Mister Laurence OlivierEmma Watson and Eddie Redmayne as Lucy and Colin Clark See All Moviefone Art galleries »

Apocalypse or possibly a buffet

Charlotte now now Gainsbourg and Kirsten Dunst flank Alexander Skarsgard. "Even 10 mins in I used to be like I'm need to see the Cliff's Notes," a guest shared with her friend within the after-party of Magnolia Pictures' "Melancholia," the newest film from director Lars Von Trier. The pic, which unspooled Monday at Alice Tully Hall incorporated within the NY Film Fest, focuses on a planet that may collide with Earth. Pic's Kirsten Dunst mentioned she fears earthquakes greater than comets, while co-star Charlotte now now Gainsbourg offered, "In my opinion a pokey ending might be terrifying. Therefore I in the event you should you prefer a quick one." Within the Stone Rose Lounge fete, pic's Alexander Skarsgard spoken along with his "Hay Dogs" co-star Rhys Coiro and Jack McBrayer of "30 Rock" who loved the party options. "That is free!" he introduced.

Watch Christina Hendricks in a James Bond Commercial With Pierce Brosnan

YouTube is great for unearthing old and/or embarrassing commercials from current movie stars. Take for instance the one just found by the NY Daily News. The ad stars Pierce Brosnan as James Bond and a young Christina Hendricks as a British woman selling him caviar. The commercial is from 1997, meaning Brosnan was likely doing it to promote the 007 film 'Tomorrow Never Dies.' Funny enough, Hendricks and Brosnan would meet up 14 years later for the film 'I Don't Know How She Does It.' Wonder what Pierce would have thought if we told him in 1997 that his young commercial co-star would arguably be more famous than he would in 2011? [via NY Daily News] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

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New Muppets Character Banners

Kermit! Animal! Dame Piggy!Every single thing we've seen from the new Muppet Movie so far looks pretty darn awesome. From poster to other poster to trailer and parody trailer, via a barn-storming, crowd-winning appearance at Empire's Big Screen event (whereat our Chris conferred a Damehood on MissPiggy), it's all gold.And now here's a new set of character posters that continue that tradition by being freakin' awesome.It helps, of course, that the character design is so iconic that you basically have to point a camera at these folk to end up with a great poster - but still. Good work!Many pats on many backs. The Muppets is out on November 23 in the US, and February 10, 2012, in the UK, in an example of blatant discrimination in favour of their country of origin. Haven't you forgiven and forgotten that whole Revolutionary War thing yet?Seriously.

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Kurt Russell Joins Django Unchained

Changing Kevin Costner as Ace WoodyScheduling conflicts have forced Kevin Costner to bow from Quentin Tarantino's western, but his loss has motivated something of the Dying Proof reunion:Django Unchained now looks set to welcome Kurt Russell towards the lately vacated role of Ace Woodsy.Russell performed the murderous Stuntman Mike in Tarantino's muscle vehicle exploitation slasher surprise, and can inhabit a nearly equally uncomfortable character if he signs onto Django. Woodsy is really a sadistic plantation manager who relishes punishing slaves. He forms a part of a villainous triumvirate with plantation owner Leonardo DiCaprio (who runs dying-matches among his slaves), and Samuel L Jackson because the "mind slave" loyal to DiCaprio.Meanwhile, Laura Cayouette, who performed Rocket in Kill Bill Vol. 2, has became a member of the cast as DiCaprio's widowed sister: a "Southern belle" who co-is the owner of the plantation.As you will be knowledgeable if you have been following to date, Django Unchained stars Jamie Fox like a freed slave who turns into a fugitive hunter underneath the tutelage of Christoph Waltz, before going to the DiCaprio plantation to liberate his slave wife. Gerald McRaney and Dennis Christopher will also be showing up, and shooting begins in November, for any release in the finish of 2012.

'Arrested Development's' Return: Exactly what the Fans Say

News that Arrested Development creator Mitch Hurwitz was planning for a "small-season" of his beloved show, to become then an element film, sent fans running for their mobile products to spread the term through Twitter.our editor recommends'Arrested Development' Stars Confirm Plans for Show's TV Return'Arrested Development:' 5 Things to understand about the Series' Potential Return Some were ecstatic others were more reserved. But still others used this news to root for for that return of other beloved-but-canceled Television shows. Actor Joshua Malina "The cast of Sports Evening and that i are pleased to verify that Arrested Development is returning for just one more season along with a feature film!" Cabbie Richards of TSN's Sportscentre "EXCITED that Arrested Development is coming back to TV! Movie within the works too. Tobias Funke = the best character. Who's your fave?" PHOTOS: Best and Worst TV Fathers: 'Modern Family,' 'The Simpsons,' 'Shameless' Questo from the Roots "best news ever to awaken to: Arrested Developement to come back on air AND movie!!!!!" PhD student DA Banks "Murdoch is delivering more Arrested Development while he knows it is among the couple of distractions that may stop people from #occupywallst" "Great Whitened Snark" Gary W. "Arrested Development back next fall, providing people with yet another chance to disregard it on broadcast and "uncover it" on DVD" PHOTOS: Fall TV's 12 Most Anticipated Shows Robb Hohmann "Shut up about friggin' Arrested Development and obtain from my lawn." Tom Erickson, former press flack for Tim Pawlenty "I am hoping the Arrested Team of developers doesn't pull a George Lucas and ruin among the best shows ever produced." Joss Whedon fan (Twitter motto: In Joss we trust) Amrit Atwal "If Fox may bring back Arrested Development, it may fricking restore Firefly. Corporate mules." St. Louis podcaster Louis Kwok "Any excitement I've for that return of Arrested Development is tempered by recalling how frequently I really watch Futurama presently." Austin popular culture aficianado Demi Adejuyigbe "If Arrested Development returns on Showtime, I'll purchase a Showtime subscription and cancel it the precise second the show is from the air." Related Subjects