Asian Pitch chooses winning docus

Tokyo, japan -- MediaCorp, NHK and KBS have selected three projects for that Asian Pitch -- a regional pitching event for Asian docu-makers, the partners introduced on Friday. The 3 those who win, selected from nearly 100 distribution and 10 short-listed nominees, will get full funding in the partners. Raja Shabir Khan (India), Park Hwan-Sang (Columbia) and Mohammed Redhaudeen Bin Hassan (Malaysia) all intend to rapidly launch production and also have their docus ready for worldwide broadcast by summer time 2012. Khan's "Shepherds of Paradise" follows India's nomadic shepherds, Park's "The Bridle of Equine Fighter" will concentrate on males in the Miao minority active in the sport of horsefighting, and Bin Hassan's "The Wild Zoysia Hunter" will examine the lives of untamed zoysia predators in Malaysia. The Asia Pitch travelled the ten short-listed nominees to Singapore, where they pitched their projects to producers from MediaCorp, NHK and KBS. This program has become in the fifth year. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

EuropaCorp to create multiplex

PARIS -- Luc Besson's small-major EuropaCorp is positioned to create a 12-screen multiplex near Paris in 2013. French customers are joining tabs on Unibail-Rodamco, one Europe's leading commercial real-estate companies, to create the multiplex, which signifies a great investment different between Pounds 11 and 13 million ($14.8 million to $17.5 million), according to French trade Investir. The project has not been approved through the municipality physiques. EuropaCorp filed a project proposal for the prefecture of Bobigny, the Paris suburb where it'll be situated, that is examined on March. 11. If greenlit, the 2,505-chair multiplex will probably be built-in the mall in Tremblay-en-France, near to the Charles p Gaulle airport terminal terminal, which will open in 2013. The project suits french company's corporate way to broaden its activities. EuropaCorp has furthermore leased a multiplex in Marseilles to check on-screen its films, and contains been prone to create a 14-screen cutting-edge multiplex inside the city for virtually six years. The Marseilles project was postponed for several reasons, but local press reviews indicate will still be round the agenda and might be build by 2015. Meanwhile, Besson and Tarak Ben Ammar's $40.5 million, nine-soundstage Paris Art galleries, continues to be built. It'll be situated inside the Cite p Cinema site, which will also house production companies, a theater as well as the Louis Lumiere Film School. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Morning Grind: Warner Bros. Wants Steven Spielberg for Moses Movie

The bible is much like Hansel: so hot at this time! Captured it had been says Darren Aronofsky was planning for a $130 million allocated epic about Noah's Ark, and today Warner Bros. wants Steven Spielberg because of its Moses film 'Gods and Nobleman.' Deadline reviews that no formal discussions have occurred yet, but Spielberg did browse the script by Michael Eco-friendly and Stuart Hazeldine, which follows Moses from birth to dying. (Obtaining the always-busy Spielberg signed on would be the difficult part.) Between this, Aronofsky's film and Mel Gibson's undertake Judah Maccabee's existence, B.C. is getting a significant moment. [Deadline] Charming Dominic Cooper -- who stole moments as youthful Howard Stark in 'Captain America' and impressed experts together with his dual performance in 'The Devil's Double' -- is within foretells star in 'Motor City' for producer Joel Silver and director Albert Hughes. Cooper would play a felon seeking revenge around the males who presented him. [Variety] Here is your awesome rumor during the day: Twitch reviews that 'Girl Using the Dragon Tattoo' star Rooney Mara may be the top option to take part in the female lead in Spike Lee's Americanized version from the cult film 'Oldboy.' Josh Brolin has already been looking for a mans lead. Take this having a touch of suspicion, but note: Twitch was the very first site to report Brolin's potential participation within the summer time. [Twitch] Cherin Entertainment -- headed by Peter Cherin -- is near to obtaining an untitled pitch from screenwriters Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless and producer Gore Verbinski for what's being known as a "advanced 'Jungle Book.'" And also you thought Hollywood was from ides! [Deadline] MTV spoken to 'Prometheus' author Damon Lindelof back throughout Comic-Disadvantage, as well as in the needed-launched video (spend some time around the editing, fellas), the first kind 'Lost' showrunner discloses that you ought to most likely check anticipation for that potential 'Alien' prequel in the ticket booth. "I believe among the really awesome reasons for the very first 'Alien,' should you watch it cold, Ripley is kind without anyone's knowledge like among the crew people, and you are like, 'Skerrit's [who performed Captain Dallas] the hero from the movie,' and he's among the first to visit. After which you are like, 'It's [the engineer performed by] Harry Dean Stanton.' And, no, he's gone... and all of a sudden Sigourney Weaver, within the last 40 minutes from the movie, is the only person left alive. I believe the thought of creating a really awesome ensemble and again showing the crowd with like, 'Who's likely to be left standing around the finish of the movie? Maybe these. Most likely not,' [that's] area of the fun of the items we set to do." [MTV] Time for many year-finish release date shuffling! 'Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol' will open in IMAX on 12 ,. 16, although not in wide release until 12 ,. 21... where it'll face off from the just-moved 'The Adventures of Tintin,' that was looking for 12 ,. 23. Meanwhile, presumed Oscar favorite 'War Horse' increased to 12 ,. 25 from 12 ,. 28, where it'll not in favor of 'Extremely Noisy & Incredibly Close.' [Deadline] In other release date news: Warner Bros. has secured out March. 19, 2012 for 'Gangster Squad,' the 'L.A. Confidential'-y cops-and-crooks drama featuring Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling, Josh Brolin and Emma Stone. Mark individuals calendars! [Deadline] Photo: Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic

Two on Twain: The Review

Mark Twain is not just the key author in American letters. Throughout yesteryear century, Twain themselves -- the white-colored suit, the cigar, the folksy advice -- has become an legendary character. Now, two new books -Body a memoir, another a little of comedy -- obtain the icon since the jumping-off point for own tales. Nobody is doing more to shape our picture of Twain in comparison to actor Hal Holbrook (All the Leader's Males, Wall Street), that's been playing him in the one-guy show a lot more than Samuel Clemens did -- 57 versus 47 years. Harold: The Boy Who Increased being Mark Twain (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $30) covers just the first 35 years of Holbrook's existence, from his truly Dickensian childhood -- abandoned by his parents, one for your stage as well as the other with an insane asylum, at 2 -- to barnstorming nationwide just like a youthful actor. The truly fascinating part covers the 15 years from college graduation to fame playing Twain on Broadway and might be subtitled "working out from the actor together with a man.Inch Holbrook not only produces insightfully about learning the craft of acting as well as the work that went into creating Twain but furthermore frankly about his ambitions as well as the toll they needed on his family. "I see now I used to be a crippled figure. ... The children. This type of mess. I dropped the ball there ... permit them to fall asleep to sea after i was fighting it with Harold to uncover who the hell he was." That kind of energetic self-reflection should earn Harold an area round the shelf connected having a ambitious actor. In Mark Twain's Autobiography 1910-2010, (Fantagraphics, $19.99), Adult Frolic in the water contributor and comics creator Michael Kupperman (Lizard 'n' Sausage) reworks Holbrook's Twain just like a Zelig-like immortal cruising using a century of existence after his 1910 dying. The story is told in three dozen short sections, a few that are outlined comic-style. A couple of from the tales are amusing koans of absurdist comedy -- Twain since the unknown fourth astronaut round the Apollo 11 mission is fabulous. Despite the fact that often it has the appearance of a Saturday Evening Live skit extended in to a feature film -- perfect in small doses although not sustainable around the longer haul -- the premise is just too good to abandon. Related Subjects

Jane Lynch Not Sure She Wants to Host Emmys Again

NEW YORK (AP) Just days after hosting her first Emmy Awards, actress Jane Lynch says she's not sure she'd do it again.Lynch said in an interview Wednesday that if she had to decide now, her answer would be no. But she says she had a great time and hadn't felt "that creative and alive in a long time."Her Emmy performance Sunday received mixed reviews.The actress is promoting her new memoir, "Happy Accidents," and "Glee." Lynch plays glee-club-hating cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester on the hit Fox series, which premiered its third season Tuesday.Lynch says she's looking forward to spending time with her family now that the Emmys are over. She married Lara Embry last year and is stepmother to Embry's 9-year-old daughter, Haden.Copyright 2011 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

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Prospect Park Sets Up Slew Of TV Projects

EXCLUSIVE: These days, Jeff Kwatinetz’s Prospect Park is known mostly for its headline-making deal to continue to produce ABC’s canceled soaps All My Children and One Life To Live. But the new daytime player has quietly been building a primetime presence since the company’s 2008 launch and is now making a push to expand it with former ABC exec Josh Barry recently joining Paul Frank as a partner in the TV division. Prospect Park has set up 7 series projects at various networks and studios around town, all executive produced by Kwatinetz, Barry, Frank and his father, Prospect Park partner Rich Frank, as well as the projects’ writers. So far, the company has had a perfect pilot-to-series batting average, with both of its pilots, USA Network’s Royal Pains and FX’s Wilfred, going to series that have become breakout hits for their networks. Wilfred was renewed for a second season last month, while Royal Pains was picked up for Season 4 yesterday. One of Prospect Park’s new projects reunites the company with FX and Wilfred co-creator and star Jason Gann. GILF, which will be written by Gann, centers on an adopted man who, at the urging of his wife, seeks out his biological mother, discovers shes a former porn star, invites her to move in, and forces his family to deal with the unpredictable consequences. Here is a list of Prospect Park’s other projects in development: Built in a Day at ABC, from writer Mike Larsen (Real Time with Bill Mahr). Set 3,000 years ago, it tells the story of Atticus, a promising young speechwriter, whose ability to make the local village idiot sound like Caesar himself, has landed him a job at the most prestigious PR firm in all of Ancient Rome. When a Republican Senator gets caught with his tunic down, or a star Gladiator makes some disparaging comments about the Plebeians, its up to Atticus and the rest of the gang at Consultus Publicus to save their careers and sometimes their lives! Freestyle at ABC, from writer Richard Kramer. A soap set around the sexy world of one of the nations preeminent dance centers. Cyber Crimes at Fox, from writer Carla Kettner (Bones). A techno-phobe female FBI agent is partnered with a witty and handsome hacktivist to solve violent crimes with a cyber component. Girl Band at MTV, from writer Eric Weinberg (MTV’s Death Valley) and Death Valley star Caity Lotz as producer. Described as Spice Girls meets Spinal Tap, it is a half-hour mockumentary-style comedy about a semi-famous European girl group as they try to make it big in America. Diplomatic Immunity, from writer Daran Little, set up at NBC International. A sexy, international soap that follows the sometimes over-the top exploits of foreign diplomats and their embassies as they live it up on Londons embassy row. Prospect Park’s slate also includes 2 recently announced projects: The Frontier at NBC, from writer Shaun Cassidy, with Sony producing. Thomas Schlamme is attached to direct and executive produce the potential pilot for the drama, which chronicles the journey of a group of disparate travelers from Missouri to the West Coast in 1840. As they struggle to survive, these strangers will be forced to band together and form a family, while they boldly press forward into the great unknown that is The Frontier. Princess of Whales at Lifetime, from writer Stephen Kronish and produced in association with Kathryn Morris Revival House. Based on the true story of Marcia Hartman, it follows the exploits of one of the most successful “hostesses” Las Vegas has ever known. Prospect Park is represented by Abel Lezcano at Del,Shaw,Moonves, Tanaka, Finkelstein & Lezcano

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Emmy producers add green touches to show

Emmy host Jane Lynch, exec producer Mark Burnett and TV Acad topper John Shaffner roll out the eco-friendly red carpet.Solar power and recycled carpet fibers will be in the Emmy spotlight on Sunday as part of Fox and the TV Acad's efforts to make the ceremony considerably more eco-friendly than it has been in the past. Fox and the TV Acad are using solar panels to provide the power used by all those screaming photogs and others who will line the entryway to the Nokia Theater. The 390-foot red carpet itself is made from 25,000 square feet of locally sourced recycled carpet made in a factory about 16 miles away from downtown L.A. All of the lighting will come from low-energy LED and fluorescent bulbs, of course, which will use only about 20% of the power sucked in by conventional lighting sources. After the Emmys, the solar panels will be donated to Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles for use in its home-building efforts. The carpet will be donated to the Ronald McDonald House in Long Beach and to Habitat for Humanity. Among the other green initiatives for the Emmycast: n All signage is printed with water-based inks on biodegradable materials. n Bicycles will replace golf carts for staff and crew members whizzing around the venue. n All of the chow served backstage will be locally grown and organic, from chef Alan Jackson of Lemonade. All of the plates, cups and utensils are reusable. - -- Cynthia Littleton Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com

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FCC OKs Cumulus-Citadel Merger

ATLANTA & Vegas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cumulus Media Corporation. (Cumulus Media) (NASDAQ: CMLS) and Citadel Broadcasting Corporation (Citadel) (OTCQB: CDELA) (OTCQB: CDELB) (OTCQB: CDDGW) today introduced the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved the pending merger of the wholly-possessed indirect subsidiary of Cumulus Media and Citadel (the Merger). With this particular approval and also the formerly introduced termination from the waiting period underneath the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Enhancements Act of 1976 (the HSR Act), Cumulus Media and Citadel have finally received all needed regulating home loan approvals regarding the the Merger. As formerly revealed, regarding the the termination from the waiting period underneath the HSR Act, Cumulus Media will divest three r / c in 2 marketplaces Flint, Michigan and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The Merger remains susceptible to approval through the stockholders of Citadel, along with other customary closing conditions. Also as formerly revealed, Citadels special meeting of stockholders to approve the Merger is going to be held on Thursday, September 15, 2011, and also the deadline for Citadels stockholders to create an election regarding the consideration they would like to receive within the Merger is 5:00 p.m., NY City time, also on September 15, 2011.

Source: Paul McCartney Not Receiving Married A Few Days Ago

La, Calif. -- Despite reviews that Mister Paul McCartney and longtime girlfriend Nancy Shevell are going to get married in only days, Access Hollywood has learned there won't be any wedding for that couple a few days ago. A resource near to the couple told Access the reported wedding in the former Beatles farmhouse in Sussex, England won't occur a few days ago. McCartney, 69, and Shevell, 51, who introduced their engagement in May, first began dating throughout the summer time of 2007.This is the 3rd marriage for that music icon. He get married Linda McCartney in 1969, and also the couple continued to be married until Linda died of cancer of the breast in 1998. In 2002, he tied the knot with Louise Mills. However, McCartney declared divorce in 2006 as well as their divorce was completed in 2008. McCartney has five children from his previous associations, varying in age from 48 to many years old. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All privileges reserved.These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Prokino nabs '360,' 'Heights'

Prokino Filmverleih has acquired high-profile Toronto screeners ''360,'' Fernando Meirelles' star-studded relationship drama, and Andrea Arnold's ''Wuthering Levels,'' which opened up in Venice. The Munich-based distrib also nabbed Valerie Donzelli's French drama and Cannes screener ''Declaration of War,'' in which the author-director also stars as well as co-scribe Jeremie Elkaim. The distrib has yet to announce release dates for your photos. Prokino's approaching films include Hendrik Handloegten's German love story ''Summer Window,'' starring Nina Hoss and Mark Waschke Nanni Moretti's ''We Use a Pope'' and Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi's ''Chicken with Apples.'' Contact Erection dysfunction Meza at staff@variety.com

Relativity Media Hiring James McTeigue On Period Crime Drama Ness/Capone

EXCLUSIVE: James McTeigue, who just completed the John Cusack-starrer The Raven for Relativity Media, is getting back in business with Ryan Kavanaugh. I’m told that McTeigue is making a deal to direct Ness/Capone, the Grant Pierce Myers script that made the 2010 Black List and puts a new spin on the epic battle between Eliot Ness and Al Capone during the Prohibition Era 1920s. Relativity acquired it in April. McTeigue is negotiating, even as he is casting his next film, Message From the King, the Oliver Butcher- and Stephen Cornwell-scripted thriller about an enigmatic outsider who comes to L.A. to investigate the sudden disappearance of his sister. That film is being financed by FilmNation Entertainment. Ness/Capone covers the feud in more shades of gray than were evident in The Untouchables. Ness is a skirt-chasing 26-year-old publicity hound who seemed to get an adrenaline charge out of courting danger, kicking in doors, smashing moonshine stores and rubbing it in the noses of Capone and other mobsters. He would parade confiscated bootleg trucks past Capones hotel, calling Capone in advance to suggest he look out the window. Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Jeremy Bell, Gianni Nunnari, Jason Felts and Rene Rigal are producing. McTeigue is repped by CAA.

Utility Company Theater: Brings edge to theater scene

'No Exit'Is it theater, or perhaps is it art? Could it be an active performance, or perhaps is it a motion picture experience? Utility Company Theater brings a definite edge to Vancouver's live entertainment scene using its experimental method of productions, pushing aside conventional limitations and keep audiences engaged -- frequently towards the extent they end up part of the show.Utility Company was created like a collective in 1996 by director Kim Collier, David Hudgins, Jonathon Youthful and author Kevin Kerr, who met while training at Studio 58. They've created original works in addition to adapt existing plays, by having an focus on physical and visual imagery, frequently crossing disciplines and integrating new media.In the 15th season, Utility Company has placed on 12 mainstage productions, gone on tour eight occasions across Canada, the U.S. and Scotland, written two scripts and it has won theater honours across the nation. Although its original intention ended up being to only produce new work produced by the organization, it's lately broadened the mandate to incorporate productions of existing scripts reinterpreting classics for example "No Exit," a effective undertake Sartre's classic having a motion picture approach which involves hidden cameras.Actually, its jobs are so motion picture that Trish Dolman wound up adapting its play, "The Score," for CBC.Utility Company is located inside a 6,000-square-feet building situated within the arty and decidedly indie Commercial Drive neighborhood, discussing the area with three other theater companies. "This degree of collaboration among organizations is sort of unique in Canada and reflects our earliest impulses like a company," states artistic director Kerr.Filmmaker John Manley has labored with Utility Company on several projects like a d.p. to assist realize large-scale video work/forecasts built-into happens performances. "I love to think about our relationship as collaborative -- as that's how generous individuals men are using their work," states Manley. "They're really getting an worldwide scope and pedigree to what's happening in theatre here."Next for Utility Company is really a re-picturing of Tad Mosel's "Completely Home" along with a project using the H.R. MacMillan Space Center. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Kristin Cavallari Makes Her Dwts Conjecture

La, Calif. -- Chaz Bono may be making the majority of the Dancing using the Star head lines, however when it involves crowning a Season 13 champion, Kristin Cavallari thinks fellow contestant Ricki Lake will dance served by the mirrorball. I believe Ricki Lake, I truly do, the truth star told Billy Rose bush and Package Hoover on Tuesdays Access Hollywood Live, when requested who the leader may be. Ive seen her dance and shes good. The first kind star from the Hillsides stated pressure continues to be mounting because the premiere from the hit ABC series rapidly approaches. I havent been sleeping well since i have made the decision to get it done, she revealed. Each time I consider the very first show, I recieve type of crazy. Helping her every two-stage is her professional partner Mark Balls. He does not yell at me, hes excellent. He makes me feel totally comfortable. Hes always very even-keeled and nice, she stated of Mark. Kristin was quick to extinguish any gossips of the Dancing romance between her and Mark, who's dating former The American Idol Show contestant Pia Toscano. No, no, thats the final factor on my small mind! Kristin told Package and Billy when requested concerning the possibly of chemistry between her and her professional. Im frightened of Pia! Mark is really sweet. Dwts will premiere on Monday, September 19, inside a two-hour show, at 8 PM ET/PT. The next evening, ABC will air Dwts: Satisfy the Cast, which airs at 8 PM, adopted at 9 PM through the first DWTS results show. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All privileges reserved.These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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Why (Some) French Movie Posters Are Superior To Ours

France might be the homeland of Truffaut and Godard, but it is also the area whereJerry Lewis is globally regarded as like a motion picture immortal. And So I wasn't entirely surprised to determine an advertisement for that miserably examined Kevin James vehicle 'Zookeeper' in Paris throughout my visit there a week ago. But understanding how poorly comedies do compared to action movies in overseas marketplaces, I had been a little taken aback through the sheer amount of comedies that were rebranded for French audiences. Poster after poster for 'Horrible Bosses' (Comment Tuer Boy Boss), 'Bridesmaids' (Mes Meilleures Amies), and 'Friends With Benefits' (Sexe Entre Amis), but none of them for 'Transformers 3'? Comme c'est étrange! Well, one factor brought to a different and that i wound up with sufficient apple iphone button snaps of numerous posters to construct a gallery. You will find the pictures, and my snap choice about the subject, following the jump. French Films Posters: C'est Magnifique Bad TeacherSexe Entre AmisComment Tuer Boy BossMes Meilleures AmisZookeeperGreen LanternDestination FinaleWarriorUn JourA LâÂÂEst DâÂÂEden See All Moviefone Art galleries »