Friday, September 30, 2011

'Story' time for Rando

Rando John Rando continues to be drawn on to direct the approaching touring manufacture of the tuner adaptation of "A Christmas Story," changing Warren Carlyle, who initially signed on as helmer-choreographer. Carlyle ("Finian's Rainbow") remains onboard as choreographer. Based on reps, he's bowing from the director role because of the arranging conflict that came about when "Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway" -- that he provides musical staging and choreography -- set an autumn run, with previews beginning March. 25. Rando ("Urinetown," "The Marriage Singer") joins a title that started existence at Might Repetition last year and continued to experience Seattle's fifth Avenue Theater this year. The approaching tour aims to solidify the property's status like a holiday staple, like "Irving Berlin's Whitened Christmas," a stage tuner which has were built with a robust regional existence in addition to a handful of periodic stints around the Primary Stem. The street version, which launches a five-stop tour in Hershey, Pa., on November. 8, will star Clarke Hallum, John Bolton and Matthew Lewis, who all made an appearance within the fifth Avenue staging, together with Gene Weygandt and Rachel Bay Johnson. Musical version from the 1983 MGM pic "Christmas Story" has tunes by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul and book by Frederick Robinette, in line with the documents of Jean Shepherd as well as on the film. Peter Billingsley, who starred within the movie, produces the tuner together with a team of business producers which includes Gerald Goehring, Roy Burns and Michael Mitri. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com

Friday, September 23, 2011

The 'Lone Ranger' Remake May Ride Again (Again)

Is Disney's 'The Lone Ranger' remake back from the dead? According to Deadline, an official announcement about the film could come as early as next week, with all systems go on a smaller-budgeted version. Originally announced director (Gore Verbinski) and leads Johnny Depp (Tonto), Armie Hammer (the Lone Ranger) are all likely to be onboard (or back in the saddle, if you prefer), which raises the question: what degree of cost-cutting finally earned the project a greenlight? Supposedly, the $250 million budget has been scaled back down to a far more reasonable $215 million. What savings! But every penny counts in today's economy, so $35 million could buy you 'Taken,' 'The Fighter,' or 'The Help' and you'd still have $10 million to kick around. Or they could have just added $45 million worth of product placement. Problem solved! Shooting on 'Lone Ranger' is now expected to begin in early 2012, which would make keeping its original December 21, 2012 release date a pretty heroic feat. [via Deadline] photo courtesy of AP

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Interview: Can Captain Americas Chris Evans Break Out With Serious Turn in Puncture?

It is often the case in this business that when actors are out promoting movies they have a filter on that keeps the real honesty at bay. That’s definitelynot the case with the blazingly truthfulChris Evans whose new indie film, Puncture , opens in limited release today from distributor Millennium and who is also coming off the summer hit, Captain America: The First Avenger which has grossed $364 million worldwide. He is currently back in ‘Cap’ mode shooting the all-star Marvel flick, The Avengers which Disney and Marvel release in May. Evans, in his guise of Captain America (aka Steve Rogers), is signed up for three Captain America and three Avengers films, having previously appeared in two Fantastic Four flicks as Johnny Storm, The Human Torch. So it’s no wonder in his down time between superhero travels he is proud to get the chance to do a small , true-life drama like Puncture in which he gets to play Mike Weiss, a drug-addicted lawyer who takes on a giant health supply company while trying to overcome his own problems with the needle and other demons. When I talked with him he made no apologies for doingthe films that pay the big bucks. But to drum up interest in this tiny film for which he is receiving the best reviews of his careerhe will even be out making personal appearances atthe Landmark theatre in Los Angeleswhere the movie opensthis weekend. “I’m going to keep doing everything I can. I usually hate press but that’s just because I make bad movies, problem is I’m just used to making movies where you’ve gotto lie. If you work really hard on something and you know it’s not something you would want to see you stillhave to find a way to sell it. It’s your job. It’s so rare to be proud of something,” he says while emphasizing he is not dissing movieslike Captain America which itself received good reviews and an impressive 78% overallfresh rating at Rotten Tomatoes (Puncture has a 78% fresh RTrating among top critics and 60% overall). “No disrespect to’Captain America’. I love that movie and had a fantastic experience but sometimes those studio films, some of the artistic integrity falls through the cracks,not on that one, but sometimes that does happen. But when you have a minute between these ridiculous films that have you under contract, you can do do a film like (Puncture).”, he says. He saysthe problemmaking thosebig studio behemoths thathe is so associated with now is thatyou sit in your trailer for five or six hours a day on a very tedious schedule that lasts six months. “This movie we had five weeks and you come to set and better know every single word of dialogue, you better know exactly what you’re going to do,you get two takes and we gotta move. And you come home everyday on these movies and you really feel like, ‘I made a movie today, I acted today’.You feel like you were part of something. You come home and you feel like you’ve created. Not to say you don’t feel thatway on ‘Captain America’ (laughs) but it’s just different on an indie film where everyone’s here for a passion.No one’s here for the paycheck,” says Evans who comes from a theatre-trained background but hasn’t gotten as much of an opportunity in movies to display his real acting chops – until now. “I’m pretty candid when it comes to this type of stuff. I have no reason not to be. My career has been spotty (laughs). You know, as an actor you do what you can and not all mymovies have worked out. It’s not easy to make a good movie, so it’s rare to be part of something you can be proud of and I’m proud of this. I have made movies for ten years and I amjust so used to making movies that you somehow excuse , in the press element of it, and try to find a flowery way to tell people to go see this piece of shit. Unfortunately that’s the way it’s been for me which is really too bad. But the first time I saw this movie I texted theseguys I was so happy and I said, listen I’m going to do whatever I have to do to get people to see this movie, and it’s obviously a limited release,” he says of the battle toget traction for the film. Although it’s got a couple of good bookings intop theatres in LA and NY, Millennium has a very limited marketing budget and the film’s one sheet showing a disheveled Evans holding a needle looks more like a horror film thana serious drama like ‘Leaving Las Vegas’ which it more closely resembles. It will be an uphill climb as Avi Lerner’s Millennium , which is known for more mainstream fare like the recent Conan The Barbarian (released thru Lionsgate), is not exactlythought ofasthe kind of indie house that knows how to nurture films that require special handling. But if themovie does manage to catch on in the indie marketplace Evans could even find himself in the year-end awards conversation. It’s the kind of raw performance other actors will relate to. As for future projects Evans will alsobe seen next week in 20th Century Fox’s romantic comedy, What’s Your Number? opposite Ana Faris. The sequel to Captain America likely won’t be slotted until 2014 leaving him plenty of time to find another challenging role like Mike Weiss. “I remember leaving the first meeting with directors Mark and Adam Kassen, saying ‘well, I hope you just keep me in mind’ and they said ‘Chris, we want you’ and I couldn’t believe it because I am so used to fighting for (good) roles. It ended up being one of the best professional experiences of my life,” he says.

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Thursday, September 15, 2011

Procedural Drama From Ilene Chaiken & Joel Silver Will get Put Pilot Commitment At CBS

EXCLUSIVE: The L Word creator Ilene Chaiken has teamed with director-producer Joel Silver for any character-driven procedural which, inside a competitive situation, arrived at CBS having a put pilot commitment. Chaiken will write the drama, dedicated to an edgy punk hacker girl who teams track of an Concord police detective to resolve crimes. Chaiken and Silver will executive produce with Silver for Warner Bros. TV where Silver’s TV clients are based. The offer reunites Chaiken, Silver and CBS. Last season, Chaiken offered as executive producer/showrunner about the Silver-created pilot for CBS Hail Mary. The offer keeps WME-repped Chaiken within the CBS family. She spent yesteryear 8 years at Showtime focusing on her drama The L Word and it is reality offshoot. Silver includes a lengthy history at CBS where he created the cult vampire series Moonlight and, most lately, the Minnie Drive-starring Hail Mary.

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

ROLL CALL: Britney Spears & Jason Trawick Not Getting Engaged

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Your Daily Dispatch of Celebrity Shenanigans Leave Britney AloneWhen Her Man Is Meeting About Bling!: Cant Britney Spears man, Jason Trawick, meet with a jeweler without rumors flying?! Jason was spotted meeting with famed bling guy Pascal Mouaward on Monday, causing rumors to spread that the pop star was getting engaged for a third time, but a rep for Brit told People otherwise. There is no truth to that report with regards to engagement rings, a rep for Britney said in a statement. However, Jason was there to discuss other matters with Pascal, but nothing relating to him personally. Joe Jonas Takes A Bath With A Sexy Lady: Middle Jo Bro Joe Jonas is all grown up! In attempt to shake off his past purity ring-Disney vibe, Joe is keeping it steamy in his new video for Just In Love. The singer is seen with his music video leading lady taking a bath together and rolling around in bed with each other. Despite appearing to be naked in the video, Joe told E! Online they faked it a bit. Im not naked and shes not naked, but I think its a little bit, well, Ill just say its a little bit older than anything Ive done before, he said. Check out Joes Just In Love. video, HERE! True Blood Star Dishes On Losing Virginity: True Blood stud Alexander Skarsgard is keeping his sense of humor when it comes to the press asking about the most private details of his life, especially his sexual life. Mens Journal asked the Swedish actor about when he first lost his virginity for their October cover story. That was 2008, I think. Best eight seconds of my life, the actor deadpanned. And what does HBOs hottest vampire think about being named Swedens Sexiest Man for the last five years? Every single day, I wake up and look in the mirror and think, Five times, motherf***er. Five times. Bs Lil Baby Bump! Giant Gaga! & Ravishing Ladies In Red!: Access has all the days hottest shots including Beyonce stepping out for NY Fashion week the bump continues to grow! Lady Gaga towers above the competition during a photo shoot with Annie Leibovitz in NYCs Central Park! And, who looked hotter in red Christina Hendricks and Olivia Munn? Click HERE to decide! Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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Saturday, September 10, 2011

The Heavens from the UFC Title Their Picks For MMA's Real-Existence 'Warriors' (VIDEO)

Mma -- hard-striking, tough-as-nails combat sport which has acquired scores of fans recently -- will get a level better spotlight a few days ago using the discharge of 'Warrior.' The film -- starring Tom Sturdy and Joel Edgerton as two lower-on-their-luck siblings who go into the ring to boost some money -- takes the classic underdog sports story and is applicable it towards the brutal bet on strikes and distribution. 'Warrior' will certainly spark the curiosity of the couple of audience people who would like to look into the next UFC event, but which real-existence players count following? Our buddies at MMA Fighting questioned a few of the sport's most difficult martial artists in the recent UFC fight evening in Rio p Janeiro, South america, to discover who they believe may be the ultimate "warrior" in mma -- after which requested when they would ever fight their very own siblings for the money. If you are a brand new fan searching to look at some good fights, you might like to remember names like Chris Leben and Antonio Rodrigo Noguiera. So you may want to just avoid Forrest Griffin's way.

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One For The Investment Poster Online

Katherine Heigl goes bounty huntingEven even though last time she dipped her toes inside the waters of action comedy we have got the nightmare that was Killings, which has not put Katherine Heigl off the idea of mixing laughs with beating people up. On her behalf next stab within the genre blend, she's no less than got a great foundation in Jesse Evanovich's record pun-obsessed Stephanie Plum books, while using first, One for the investment, along the way. The poster is online, and might be seen below. To look for the entire-size poster at Moviefone, click the pic above. Money finds Heigl as Plum, a lingerie buyer which has hit some serious financial troubles after losing her job. Along with her vehicle snapped up by debt fanatics, Plum turns to her sleazy cousin for help, convincing him to supply her employment at his bail-hooking up company trying to find wayward crooks. She's less than born for the task - she's never handled a gun and doesn't own some handcuffs, but Stephanie makes her all. The problem here's, her first situation not only involves chasing after after lower the charming Joe Morelli (Jason O'Mara), the bloke who broke her heart in secondary school, but furthermore meddling family people, a potentially murderous boxer as well as the little couple of witnesses who keep dying on her behalf account. Heigl will need to wait some to convince audiences she is going to do greater than play in the rom-com card, and thinking about the truth that Evanovich created a compelling and very popular character, she'll be judged because when well she includes the unlikely fugitive hunter. One for the investment is going about the month of the month of january 27 in the united states, but doesn't appear to experience a solid release date for your Uk yet.

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Bernadette Peters' Dark Road Returns to Broadway

NEW You are able to (AP) Some Stephen Sondheim might have applied off on Bernadette Peters.Peters, among the composer's most skilled interpreters, has recently done some Sondheim-like moonlighting creating tunes on her children's books. She's the lyricist and songwriter for 2 tunes to date, both on Compact disks packed using the books.That begs an issue: Has she sent these phones Stephen Sondheim?"No!" she states rapidly, almost squeaking it. "They are not works of art. He slaves over his stuff and works very hard onto it. They're works of art. This isn't exactly the same factor whatsoever, by any means shape or form. It's like saying, 'Hey, Steve. Look at this! You believe you are a author? I am a author!' I'd never do this!InchPeters might be modest about her songwriting, there is however no denying her passion for Sondheim. This month marks her second appearance inside a Broadway revival of 1 of his musicals in little at least a year.Peters plays Sally Durant Plummer, an old Ziegfeld-style showgirl now wasting away within an unhappy marriage within the revival of Sondheim's 1971 musical "Follies." It's her sixth Sondheim musical."I am always searching for great material. I really like his material. He always creates about interesting things. You decide to go, 'Well, this really is about something.' Then you definitely realize, 'No, no, no. It comes down to SOMETHING,'" she states, laughing.Within an interview in her own dressing room in the Marquis Theatre, Peters sips eco-friendly tea and appears arresting in a set of tight black jeans along with a black cowl neck sweater, her corkscrew red-colored curls framework milky skin. She's the hippest-searching 63-year-old you will probably ever meet.New You are able to-born Peters is at the time of the darkly dramatic streak. Last summer time, she changed Catherine Zeta-Johnson in "Just A Little Evening Music" on Broadway, crying nightly as she sang of her character's unrequited love in "Submit the Clowns." Now she's singing the show-stopper "Losing My ThoughtsInch in "Follies."Also this month, she's inside a bleak little movie by Lisa Albright making its world premiere in the Woodstock Film Festival "Approaching Roses," the storyline of the stage mother who pushes her daughter.Peters, that has two Tony Honours for Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Song and Dance" and Irving Berlin's "Annie Get A Gun," states she attempts to alternate dark roles with light ones, but keeps finding meaty parts that they can't turn lower. "I pray for that moments individuals moments that surprise you," she states.To get within the mind of the middle-aged housewife pinning for lost love, Peters states she studies the script, foretells Sondheim and attempts to catch the vibe that's Sally.Eric Schaeffer, who's pointing Peters, states Peters has nailed it. "She's a fragility about her Sally that's unlike any I have seen,Inch he states. "She helps make the part her very own in ways which i think you have not seen before, that is exciting."In her own dressing room, she's introduced three large tacky mugs decorated with wild birds and flowers which are each labeled "Believe," ''Faith" and "Dream." Peters describes them as "very Sally" part serious, part delusional. Following a recent performance, Sondheim stated to her, "Congratulations, you are just a little crazy."Sondheim know that in the end, the 2 return a lengthy way. The actress along with her sister and mother is at a national tour of "Gypsy" in 1961 when she was 13. She later came from the roles of Us dot/Marie in Sondheim's "Sunday around the block With George" and also the Witch in the "In to the Forest" on Broadway within the eighties.She sang in "Anybody Can Whistle" at Carnegie Hall in 1995 and walked in to the formidable role of Mama Rose within the 2003 Broadway revival of "Gypsy," exactly the same musical she'd performed like a teen. A lot of her tracks possess a Sondheim connection."She comes with this type of link with Steve's work that many artists never get or take a long time and years to try and have," states Schaeffer. "His words and music are extremely layered and textured. The truly amazing factor is the fact that Bernadette may bring all that out. And she or he does."Where Peters adopts her mind when she channels anguish is famous simply to her. She's very guarded about her private ideas and nicely evades personal questions regarding what she draws onto have the ability to cry so freely."You pray that you could discover the heart from the character. You simply pray that you could experience what this character's going through and produce it to folks,Inch she states. "Would you discover a great deal with regards to you? I certainly do. And That I discover that interesting. You realize, Mama Rose in my experience was such as the greatest therapy I ever endured.InchWhen Peters is not belting out Sondheim, she are available together with her two dogs and cat about the Upper West Side. Her passion for creatures brought her to co-create with Mary Tyler Moore the charitable organisation Broadway Barks, which attempts to find houses for abandoned pets.Peters states it is good to determine "Follies" in New You are able to inside a lush, $7 million production: That one has 41 people on stage and 28 music artists within the orchestra pit. "Where's a brand new You are able to audience ever getting the opportunity within this economic time for you to see such as this again?" she asks.Unlike some purists who see danger within the recent rise of theatrical spectaculars like "The Lion King" and "Spider-Guy: Switch Off the Dark," Peters is not worried. She thinks there'll always be room for any little Sondheim on Broadway."I wager that a number of individuals kids that see 'Spider-Man' need to visit the theater again. So that as their tastes evolve, they are new theatergoers," she states. "Entertainment is entertainment. It simply needs to be pure. It needs to be truthful.InchCopyright laws 2011 Connected Press. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

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Movie Lit Agent Jumping To ICM From UTA

EXCLUSIVE: Film literary agent Doug Manley is anticipated to become listed on ICM from UTA now. So far the majority of the movement continues to be from ICM to UTA. Manley’s client list includes Vanessa Taylor (co-executive producer of Cinemax’s Bet On Thrones and author of The new sony’s approaching Great Hope Springs with Meryl Streep, director Frank Coraci (The Marriage Singer, Zookeeper), multi-hyphenate Nick Cannon, author Jordan Cahan (My Closest Friend’s Girl) who lately offered an airplane pilot to NBC, film writer Michael Gordon (300), author Steve Leff.

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Toronto 2011: Day 2 Recap

Getty I awoke early to complete formulations for 3 interviews, because both versions ended up running smoothly (and can publish here as quickly as possible): the very first was with Bryce Dallas Howard, the daughter of Ron Howard along with a fine actress/producer in their right, who's here to advertise two cancer-centric films, 50/50, which she plays a small sector, and Restless, which she created Gus Van Sant, the truly amazing director of indies and also the periodic mainstream film, who directed Restless and Albert Brooks, the comedy icon who rarely does press, but does a couple of interviews here to advertise Drive, by which he provides a haunting dramatic turn. (I shared a lift as much as among the interviews having a guy putting on a flamboyant whitened fur coat, who I eventually acknowledged as Ezra Burns, a best supporting actor hopeful for his villainous submit We have to Discuss Kevin.) PHOTOS: 13 Films to understand in the Toronto Film Festival Following the Brooks interview ended, I rushed to see Machine Gun Preacher, that we've been really searching toward, however they were running late, and so i needed to bounce because I couldn't manage to be late for my next screening, the planet premiere from the dramedy Buddies Aith Kids, because I'll be meeting with stars Jon Hamm, Megan Fox, and Adam Scott tomorrow. Next wrapped, I headed to a reception for that Ides of March, which opened in the Venice Film Festival a couple of days ago coupled with its world premiere after tonight's gathering. While there, I spent a couple of minutes talking with star George Clooney, who I met a couple of occasions throughout honours seasons past, and who welcomed me by joking, "What's this?! I'm putting on a tie and also you're not!" Clooney was outfitted towards the nines and sporting a brand new haircut for Ides' large stateside unveiling, that they was very looking forward to -- "It's nice to have the ability to show it for an British-speaking audience," he stated. His other film playing here, The Descendants, was his primary focus a week ago in the Telluride Film Festival, a significantly tamer festival than Toronto's. I told him which i was amazed because when accessible he earned themself there, where he'd without any entourage and couldn't happen to be user friendly to local people and journalists alike. He responded, "Well, you realize in addition to anybody which i'm unable to get out there and simply have a glass or two in a bar very frequently, but there' was." "The ones were sincere?" I requested. "I don't learn about 'respectful,'" he jeered, "but just like i possibly could have wished for. I'd like to return sometime after i don't need to sell a film and merely watch movies online.Inch Before I headed out, I additionally had an opportunity to greet Clooney's longtime writing/creating partner Grant Heslov, although not to his Ides co-stars Ryan Gosling, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Marisa Tomei, and Evan Rachel Wood (sporting a high hat and tuxedo-like outfit like Marlene Dietrich in The other agents), who have been also attending. It was on the Soho House for Harvey Weinstein's dinner in recognition from the Artist. I talked quite extensively with author/director Michel Hazanavicius (who talks British perfectly -- we spoken about the most popular quiet movies) and star Jean Dujardin (who talks merely a little British -- he needed translation in the Weinstein Company's French-fluent Victoria Parker -- but who designed a pact with TWC's marketing/publicity co-chief Sarah Greenberg Roberts they would learn one another's languages by Christmas Day. (I recommended that Oscar evening may well be a more realistic -- and much more pertinent -- deadline!) Toronto Worldwide Film Festival Bryce Dallas Howard George Clooney Jon Hamm The Artist The Ides of March

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Toronto 2011: Iran Bars Filmmaker From Attending Film Festival

TORONTO -- Iranian filmmaker Mojtaba Mirtahmasb continues to be barred from going to the Toronto Worldwide Film Festival to screen his documentary This Isn't a movie, in regards to a day in fellow Iranian director Jafar Panahi's existence.our editor recommendsBerlin Film Fest Invites Iranian Director Jafar Panahi to become listed on Worldwide Jury for 2011European Filmmakers, Festivals, Rally to aid Jafar Panahi "It's truly unfortunate that Mojtaba Mirtahmasb continues to be prohibited from traveling here to go to the festival," Toronto fest director Cameron Bailey stated Wednesday. The 75 minute Farsi-language documentary, which represents Panahi because he appeals his conviction for propaganda from the Iranian system, is screening tomorrow in Toronto, on TIFF's opening evening. "His presence and perspective about the film and also the conditions surrounding the building of the film will be a special element for audiences attending the screening," Bailey stated of Mirtahmasb to not get a visa to go to Toronto. Simultaneously, Iranian government bodies are giving Panahi's wife and daughter clearance to go to TIFF, and both of them are likely to be available for that first screening from the documentary. Toronto has additionally laid on the free screening of This Isn't a movie to encourage fest audience to determine the documentary and find out more about Panahi's on-going legal and professional troubles in Iran. Related Subjects Toronto Worldwide Film Festival Worldwide Jafar Panahi

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Why Are Harold & Kumar Celebrating Christmas In 3D?

FROM MTV MOVIES: Last summer, MTV News got a very special, very twisted look at "A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas," the third installment of Kal Penn and John Cho's herbaceous buddy-comedy franchise, when we popped by the Detroit set. We can't yet show you much of what we saw that day, but as part of our Fall Movie Preview, we're rolling out a tasty nugget of our interview with Penn and Cho. In between cracking jokes about '80s comedies, MTV programming and potential celebrity cameos, the duo let us know what we can expect when the new film, which focuses on the two estranged friends reuniting during the holidays, hits theaters November 4. Read the full story at MTV Movies!

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Randy Orton The Evolution of the Predator

Randy Orton is among the most widely used celebrities within the WWE, this release takes an in-depth take a look at WWE's Apex Predator from Elimination Chamber with the route to WrestleMania and Orton's brutal bout with Centimetres Punk. On the way, fans find out about the Viper interior and exterior the ring because he reflects on his career up to now. Family and competitors lead never-before-seen interviews about Orton's past, present, and future. Additionally the set comes complete with a few of Orton's most memorable matches and moments from his career.

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