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         <title>Hathaway serenades indie 'Song One'</title>
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         <description>With big-budget blockbusters THE DARK KNIGHT RISES and LES MISERABLES on the horizon, star Anne Hathaway may return to the dramatic fare that earned her an Oscar nomination for RACHEL GETTING MARRIED, as she’s in early talks to topline the indie SONG ONE, Variety's Jeff Sneider reports. Kate Barker-Froyland will...</description>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 20:22:12 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" target="_blank" href="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef016305fc8c12970d-pi" style="float:left;"><img alt="Hathaway" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bfc7553ef016305fc8c12970d" src="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef016305fc8c12970d-250wi" style="width:250px;margin:0px 5px 5px 0px;" title="Hathaway"/></a>With big-budget blockbusters THE DARK KNIGHT RISES and LES MISERABLES on the horizon, star <strong>Anne Hathaway</strong> may return to the dramatic fare that earned her an Oscar nomination for RACHEL GETTING MARRIED, as she’s in early talks to topline the indie SONG ONE, <em>Variety</em>&#39;s <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/#!/TheInSneider">Jeff Sneider</a> reports. <strong>Kate Barker-Froyland</strong> will make her feature directorial debut with the romantic drama, which she also wrote. Several elements would have to fall into place in order for the project to come together, and while Hathaway is not officially committed to star in SONG ONE, her filming schedule for the rest of the year seems fairly open for an actress of her stature: none of the development projects to which she’s attached appear to have firm start dates.</p>
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         <title>'Thrones' star Madden in for 'Long Nights'</title>
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         <description>When GAME OF THRONES actor Richard Madden is through trying to establish himself as King in the North, he’ll star in the indie LONG NIGHTS SHORT MORNINGS, Variety's Justin Kroll reports. Story follows a young man on an erotic odyssey through the streets of New York as he sleeps with...</description>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 19:05:15 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" target="_blank" href="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef0168ebf17587970c-pi" style="float:right;"><img alt="Madden" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bfc7553ef0168ebf17587970c" src="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef0168ebf17587970c-250wi" style="width:250px;margin:0px 0px 5px 5px;" title="Madden"/></a>When GAME OF THRONES actor <strong>Richard Madden</strong> is through trying to establish himself as King in the North, he’ll star in the indie LONG NIGHTS SHORT MORNINGS, <em>Variety</em>&#39;s <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/#!/krolljvar">Justin Kroll</a> reports. Story follows a young man on an erotic odyssey through the streets of New York as he sleeps with seven women in seven nights.&#0160; Directing is <strong>Chad Harboldd</strong>, who had his directing debut with REVENGE FOR JOLLY! which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival last year.&#0160; Madden has seen his star power grow this year as he’s taken on a more prominent role in HBO&#39;s GAME OF THRONES as Robb Stark. He’s been considered for several other high profile roles, including Warner Bros.’ still-in-development ARTHUR AND LANCELOT and A WINTER&#39;S TALE.</p>
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         <title>Arterton off to the races with 'RUNNER'</title>
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         <description>Gemma Arterton has been cast alongside Ben Affleck and Justin Timberlake in New Regency and Stone Village Pictures' online gambling thriller RUNNER RUNNER, Variety's Leo Barraclough reports. Timberlake plays a Princeton student cheated out of his tuition money playing online poker who ends up the right-hand man of the site's...</description>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 18:43:28 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" target="_blank" href="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef0168ebf15a25970c-pi" style="float:left;"><img alt="Gemma" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bfc7553ef0168ebf15a25970c" src="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef0168ebf15a25970c-250wi" style="width:250px;margin:0px 5px 5px 0px;" title="Gemma"/> </a>Gemma Arterton</strong> has been cast alongside <strong>Ben Affleck</strong> and <strong>Justin Timberlake</strong> in New  Regency and Stone Village Pictures&#39; online gambling thriller RUNNER RUNNER, <em>Variety</em>&#39;s<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/#!/leobarraclough"> Leo Barraclough</a> reports. Timberlake plays a Princeton student cheated out of his tuition money playing  online poker who ends up the right-hand man of the site&#39;s corrupt boss  (Affleck). Arterton plays Timberlake&#39;s love interest. Arterton&#39;s upcoming projects include HANSEL AND GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS,&#0160; SONG FOR MARION and <strong>Neil Jordan</strong>&#39;s BYZANTIUM. RUNNER RUNNER, helmed by <strong>Brad Furman</strong> (THE LINCOLN LAWYER, THE TAKE),  shoots in Puerto Rico from late June.</p>
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         <title>Pfeiffer feelin' fire for fam in 'Malavita'</title>
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         <description>EXCLUSIVE: Michelle Pfeiffer is in negotiations to play another tough mother in Luc Besson's darkly comedic actioner MALAVITA, which stars Robert De Niro, Variety's Jeff Sneider reports. Based on Tonino Benacquista's book BADFELLAS, story follows a notorious mafia family relocated to France under the witness protection program. While they do...</description>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 01:56:51 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" target="_blank" href="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef016766ebad59970b-pi" style="float:right;"><img alt="Pfieffer" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bfc7553ef016766ebad59970b" src="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef016766ebad59970b-250wi" style="width:250px;margin:0px 0px 5px 5px;" title="Pfieffer"/> </a>EXCLUSIVE: Michelle Pfeiffer</strong> is in negotiations to play another tough mother in Luc  Besson&#39;s darkly comedic actioner MALAVITA, which stars <strong>Robert De  Niro</strong>, <em>Variety</em>&#39;s <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/#!/TheInSneider">Jeff Sneider</a> reports. Based  on Tonino Benacquista&#39;s book BADFELLAS, story follows a notorious  mafia family relocated to France under the witness protection program.  While they do their best to fit in, old habits die hard and they soon  find themselves handling things the &quot;family&quot; way. Pfeiffer will play De  Niro&#39;s wife who has a penchant for arson when crossed. Besson  adapted the script and he&#39;ll also produce the pic, which starts  production in August in advance of a 2013 bow.</p>
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         <title>Paramount toys with retailers by booting 'G.I. Joe' into next year</title>
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         <description>At major retailers nationwide, G.I. JOE: RETALIATION action figures are being pulled from shelves after Paramount moved the actioner from June 29 to March 29, 2013, Variety's Marc Graser reports. Some Walmart, Toys R Us and Target locations had started to stock the toys this week, although they weren't supposed...</description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 23:50:22 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" target="_blank" href="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef016305d716b8970d-pi" style="float:left;"><img alt="The.rock" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bfc7553ef016305d716b8970d" src="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef016305d716b8970d-250wi" style="width:250px;margin:0px 5px 5px 0px;" title="The.rock"/></a>At major retailers nationwide, G.I. JOE: RETALIATION action figures are being pulled from shelves after Paramount moved the actioner from June 29 to March 29, 2013, Variety&#39;s <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/#!/marcgraser">Marc Graser</a> reports. Some Walmart, Toys R Us and Target locations had started to stock  the toys this week, although they weren&#39;t supposed to make them  available until next week. Those that did wanted to get a jump on  demand, and some of the 47 items that would&#39;ve been sold are expected to  show up on eBay at inflated prices by the end of the weekend. Stores had started to clear  shelf space of existing G.I. JOE toys to make way for the new. Store managers contacted by Variety said the space allotted for G.I. JOE: RETALIATION will now go to THE AMAZING SPIDER MAN toys and THE AVENGERS, which is still doing brisk business   --  for Hasbro. Yet as it tries to keep retailers happy, the toymaker now has another  problem to deal with: angry hardcore fans, with a G.I. JOE convention set to take place in New Orleans June 28-July 1  --  the same  weekend the movie was set to open.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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         <title>Malin Akerman has a heart of glass for 'CBGB'</title>
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         <description>Exclusive: ROCK OF AGES star Malin Akerman is set to play Blondie singer Debbie Harry in Randall Miller's indie CBGB, which chronicles the iconic New York music venue, Variety's Jeff Sneider reports. Brit thesp Alan Rickman stars as Hilly Kristal, the legendary owner of CBGB, while HARRY POTTER thesp Rupert...</description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 21:17:28 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" target="_blank" href="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef016766ca062e970b-pi" style="display:inline;"><img alt="CBGB.jpeg" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bfc7553ef016766ca062e970b" src="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef016766ca062e970b-450wi" style="width:430px;" title="CBGB.jpeg"/> </a><br />Exclusive: </strong>ROCK OF AGES star <strong>Malin Akerman </strong>is set to play Blondie singer <strong>Debbie Harry </strong>in <strong>Randall Miller&#39;s</strong> indie CBGB, which chronicles the iconic New York music venue, Variety&#39;s <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/#!/TheInSneider">Jeff Sneider</a> reports. Brit thesp <strong>Alan Rickman </strong>stars as <strong>Hilly Kristal,</strong> the legendary owner of CBGB, while HARRY POTTER thesp <strong>Rupert Grint</strong> will co-star as <strong>Cheetah Chrome</strong>, the guitarist for the Dead Boys, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.showblitz.com/2012/05/harry-potter-star-rupert-grint-seems-ready-to-transition-into-more-adult-roles-landing-parts-in-the-necessary-death-of-char.html">as SHOWBLITZ first reported</a> earlier this week.</p>
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         <title>Browning senses psychic skills for 'Plush'</title>
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         <description>EXCLUSIVE: Emily Browning is in talks to star in Catherine Hardwicke's PLUSH, Variety's Justin Kroll reports. Hardwicke, who's also producing, will helm from a script she co-wrote with Artie Nelson. Story follows a psychic psychologist who delves into the minds of patients and sees their memories in order to help...</description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 18:24:29 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" target="_blank" href="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef016766c8bceb970b-pi" style="float:right;"><img alt="Browning" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bfc7553ef016766c8bceb970b" src="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef016766c8bceb970b-250wi" style="width:250px;margin:0px 0px 5px 5px;" title="Browning"/> </a>EXCLUSIVE</strong>: <strong>Emily Browning</strong> is in talks to star in <strong>Catherine Hardwicke</strong>&#39;s PLUSH, <em>Variety</em>&#39;s <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/#!/krolljvar">Justin Kroll</a> reports. Hardwicke, who&#39;s also producing, will helm from a script she co-wrote with <strong>Artie Nelson</strong>. Story follows a psychic psychologist who delves into the minds of  patients and sees their memories in order to help them unleash past  demons. He meets his match in Browning&#39;s teen, who shares his gift. Browning was most recently seen in SLEEPING BEAUTY, and is best known as the female lead in Zack Snyder&#39;s SUCKER PUNCH.</p>
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         <title>Wilson, Larson and others going for 'The Nuts'</title>
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         <description>21 JUMP STREET star Brie Larson, Owen Wilson, Jason Schwartzman and Olivia Wilde are attached to star in Peter Bogdanovich’s quirky indie comedy SQUIRRELS TO THE NUTS, which will be produced by Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach, Variety's Jeff Sneider reports. Bogdanovich wrote the script, which follows a hooker-turned-Broadway-thesp (Larson)...</description>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 23:51:25 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" target="_blank" href="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef016766c2a951970b-pi" style="display:inline;"><img alt="Blitzlarson" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bfc7553ef016766c2a951970b" src="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef016766c2a951970b-450wi" style="width:450px;" title="Blitzlarson"/></a><br />21 JUMP STREET star <strong>Brie Larson</strong>, <strong>Owen Wilson</strong>, <strong>Jason Schwartzman</strong> and <strong>Olivia Wilde</strong> are attached to star in <strong>Peter Bogdanovich</strong>’s quirky indie comedy SQUIRRELS TO THE NUTS, which will be produced by <strong>Wes Anderson</strong> and <strong>Noah Baumbach, </strong><em>Variety</em>&#39;s <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/#!/theinsneider">Jeff Sneider</a> reports. Bogdanovich wrote the script, which follows a hooker-turned-Broadway-thesp (Larson) and the recurring intersection between these two facets of her life. Wilson will play a Broadway director who pays for the young protag’s services despite being married to the star of the play. He later gives Larson’s character money to quit escorting and follow her dreams. Schwartzman will co-star as a playwright who falls for Larson despite the fact that he’s dating her therapist (Wilde), whose own alcoholic mother is in rehab.</p>
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         <title>Ashley Hamilton in talks for 'IRON MAN 3' baddie</title>
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         <description>EXCLUSIVE: Ashley Hamilton is in talks to play Firepower, one of the villains in IRON MAN 3, Marc Graser and Jeff Sneider report. In the Marvel comicbooks, the character is the pilot of an experimental armored suit, built by the government, under the secret Project: Firepower project. He eventually uses...</description>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 23:08:15 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" style="float:left;" target="_blank" href="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef016766c28205970b-pi"><img class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bfc7553ef016766c28205970b" style="width:250px;margin:0px 5px 5px 0px;" title="Ashley.hamilton" src="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef016766c28205970b-250wi" alt="Ashley.hamilton"/> </a>EXCLUSIVE: Ashley Hamilton </strong>is in talks to play Firepower, one of the villains in IRON MAN 3, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/#!/marcgraser">Marc Graser</a> and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/#!/TheInSneider">Jeff Sneider</a> report. In the Marvel comicbooks, the character is the pilot of an experimental armored suit, built by the government, under the secret Project: Firepower project. He eventually uses the suit to battle Iron Man. Thesp, the son of <strong>George Hamilton</strong>, stepson of <strong>Rod Stewart</strong> and himself a singer-songwriter, competed on the ninth season of “Dancing with the Stars” before becoming a correspondent on “Extra.” Plot will borrow elements from <strong>Warren Ellis’</strong> six-issue “Iron Man: Extremis,” which also influenced the first IRON MAN installment, and focuses on the spread of a virus through nanotechnology.<p><a rel="nofollow" class="read" target="_blank" href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118054630.html?categoryid=13&cs=1"><span style="display:none;">Read Full Article</span></a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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         <title>Mikkelsen to Marvel viewers in 'Thor 2'</title>
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         <description>Though AVENGERS continues to dominate the global box office, Marvel is not slowing down on preperations for its future endeavors as Mads Mikkelsen is in talks to star as the villain in THOR 2, Variety's Marc Graser and Justin Kroll report. It is unknown at this time what part he...</description>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 22:57:04 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" style="float:right;" target="_blank" href="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef016766c270b8970b-pi"><img class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bfc7553ef016766c270b8970b" style="width:250px;margin:0px 0px 5px 5px;" title="Mikkelson" src="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef016766c270b8970b-250wi" alt="Mikkelson"/></a>Though AVENGERS continues to dominate the global box office, Marvel is not slowing down on preperations for its future endeavors as <strong>Mads Mikkelsen</strong> is in talks to star as the villain in THOR 2, <em>Variety</em>'s <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/#!/marcgraser">Marc Graser</a> and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/#!/krolljvar">Justin Kroll</a> report. It is unknown at this time what part he will play, but what is known is that <strong>Tom Hiddleston</strong>, who played Loki in the original, will still have a big part as an antagonist. Most of the cast from the original, including star <strong>Chris Hemsworth</strong>, are returning, with <strong>Alan Taylor</strong> on as the pics director. <strong>Don Payne</strong>, who co-wrote THOR, penned the original draft with <strong>Robert Rodat</strong> doing the most recent polish. Marvel has skedded THOR 2 for Nov. 15, 2013, with production expected to start later this summer.&nbsp;</p>
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         <title>Mears, Whalen round out 'Hatchet' ensemble</title>
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         <description>Genre stalwarts Derek Mears (FRIDAY THE 13TH), Caroline Williams (THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2), Sean Whalen (THE PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS), Diane Goldner (THE COLLECTOR) and THE FP writer-director Jason Trost are set to round out the ensemble cast of HATCHET 3, Variety's Jeff Sneider reports. Original HATCHET cameraman BJ...</description>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 21:33:16 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" target="_blank" href="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef016305cdc701970d-pi" style="display:inline;"><img alt="Blitzmears" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bfc7553ef016305cdc701970d" src="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef016305cdc701970d-450wi" style="width:450px;" title="Blitzmears"/> </a><br /></strong>Genre stalwarts <strong>Derek Mears</strong> (FRIDAY THE 13TH), <strong>Caroline Williams</strong> (THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2), <strong>Sean Whalen</strong> (THE PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS), <strong>Diane </strong><strong>Goldner</strong> (THE COLLECTOR) and THE FP writer-director  <strong>Jason Trost</strong> are set to round out the ensemble cast of HATCHET 3, <em>Variety</em>&#39;s <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/#!/theinsneider">Jeff Sneider</a> reports.&#0160; Original HATCHET cameraman <strong>BJ McDonnell </strong>is making his directorial  debut with the pic, which stars horror vets <strong>Danielle Harris</strong> and <strong>Kane  Hodder </strong>as &quot;Bayou Butcher&quot; Victor Crowley. Story finds Harris hunting  down the true secret to ending the voodoo curse that has left Crowley&#39;s  ghost terrorizing Honey Island Swamp for decades.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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         <title>Ludwig: From District 1 to 'Grown Ups 2'</title>
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         <description>Alexander Ludwig, who played the main baddie Cato in THE HUNGER GAMES, is pivoting to a less menacing role, joining the cast of GROWN UPS 2 to play David Spade's son, Variety's Justin Kroll reports. Sony sequel stars Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock and Rob Schneider. GROWN UPS helmer...</description>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 20:48:19 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" target="_blank" href="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef0168ebc32cdd970c-pi" style="float:left;"><img alt="142658177" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bfc7553ef0168ebc32cdd970c" src="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef0168ebc32cdd970c-250wi" style="width:250px;margin:0px 5px 5px 0px;" title="142658177"/> </a>Alexander Ludwig</strong>, who played the main baddie Cato in THE HUNGER GAMES,  is pivoting to a less menacing role, joining the cast of GROWN UPS 2  to play <strong>David Spade</strong>&#39;s son, <em>Variety</em>&#39;s <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/#!/krolljvar">Justin Kroll</a> reports. Sony sequel stars <strong>Adam Sandler</strong>, <strong>Kevin James</strong>, <strong>Chris Rock</strong> and <strong>Rob Schneider</strong>. GROWN UPS helmer <strong>Dennis Dugan</strong> is returning to direct. Pic marks first big role for the thesp since THE HUNGER GAMES bowed in March.</p>
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         <title>Grint grins with two roles</title>
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         <description>HARRY POTTER star Rupert Grint seems ready to transition into more adult roles, landing parts in THE NECESSARY DEATH OF CHARLIE COUNTRYMAN and CBGB, Variety's Justin Kroll reports. COUNTRYMAN stars Shia LaBeouf as a normal guy who falls for a woman who's been claimed by a violent crime boss. Evan...</description>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 19:45:18 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" target="_blank" href="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef0168ebbaa64d970c-pi" style="float:right;"><img alt="Grint" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bfc7553ef0168ebbaa64d970c" src="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef0168ebbaa64d970c-250wi" style="width:250px;margin:0px 0px 5px 5px;" title="Grint"/></a>HARRY POTTER star <strong>Rupert Grint</strong> seems ready to transition into more  adult roles, landing parts in THE NECESSARY DEATH OF CHARLIE COUNTRYMAN and CBGB, <em>Variety</em>&#39;s <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/#!/krolljvar">Justin Kroll</a> reports. COUNTRYMAN stars <strong>Shia LaBeouf</strong> as a normal guy who falls for a woman  who&#39;s been claimed by a violent crime boss. <strong>Evan Rachel Wood</strong> co-stars,  with <strong>Fredrik Bond</strong> helming from a script by <strong>Matt Drake</strong>. CBGB stars <strong>Alan Rickman</strong> as CBGB owner Hilly Kristal and the New  York City club&#39;s impact on the underground music scene, highlighting  artists like the Talking Heads, the Ramones and Blondie. Grint will play  Cheetah Chrome of the Dead Boys, who played a prominent role during the  club&#39;s rise. <strong>Randall Miller</strong> will direct from a script he co-wrote with Jody Savin.</p>
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         <title>Bandits Cruise-ing for a bruising in 'Magnificent Seven'</title>
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         <description>EXCLUSIVE: As MGM prepares to start production on ROBOCOP and CARRIE later this year, the studio has begun developing yet another remake, this time of John Sturges' classic 1960 Western THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN with Tom Cruise attached to star, Variety's Jeff Sneider reports. There is no director on board the...</description>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 23:21:22 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" target="_blank" href="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef016305b4e46a970d-pi" style="float:left;"><img alt="Cruise" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bfc7553ef016305b4e46a970d" src="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef016305b4e46a970d-250wi" style="width:250px;margin:0px 5px 5px 0px;" title="Cruise"/> </a>EXCLUSIVE</strong>: As MGM prepares to start production on ROBOCOP and CARRIE later this  year, the studio has begun developing yet another remake, this time of  John Sturges&#39; classic 1960 Western THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN with <strong>Tom  Cruise</strong> attached to star, <em>Variety</em>&#39;s <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/#!/theinsneider">Jeff Sneider</a> reports. There is no director on board the project yet, though sources tell <em>Variety</em> that MGM has quietly started its search for a writer. Sources  tell <em>Variety</em> that while Cruise has long been interested in saddling up  for a MAGNIFICENT SEVEN remake, the project is still a long ways off  and is not in Cruise&#39;s immediate plans. A remake of Akira  Kurosawa&#39;s 1954 pic SEVEN SAMURAI, THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN starred Yul  Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, James Coburn, Robert Vaughn,  Brad Dexter, and Horst Buchholz as a group of American gunmen who are  hired to protect a small Mexican village from a group of savage bandits,  led by Eli Wallach.</p>
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         <title>Duplass, Kingsley attending 'CONVENTION'; Aniston circling</title>
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         <description>EXCLUSIVE: Mark Duplass and Ben Kingsley are attached to star in quirky sci-fi comedy CONVENTION, while Jennifer Aniston is circling the pic’s female lead. Commercial helmer Justin Reardon will make his feature directorial debut from a script by Christopher Painter. Set at a national box convention, indie pic will star...</description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 21:32:17 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" style="display:inline;" target="_blank" href="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef016766971e2a970b-pi"><img class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bfc7553ef016766971e2a970b" style="width:430px;" title="Mark.duplass" src="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef016766971e2a970b-450wi" alt="Mark.duplass"/> </a><br />EXCLUSIVE: Mark Duplass</strong> and <strong>Ben Kingsley</strong> are attached to star in quirky sci-fi comedy CONVENTION, while <strong>Jennifer Aniston </strong>is circling the pic’s female lead. Commercial helmer <strong>Justin Reardon</strong> will make his feature directorial debut from a script by <strong>Christopher Painter</strong>. Set at a national box convention, indie pic will star Duplass as an inventor who unveils his latest creation: the five-sided box. The mysterious new design initially seems perfect, until the inventor learns that each time he creates its special fold, he rips a hole in the space-time continuum. It’s up to him and his sister to put things back together and save the world. Aniston is circling the role of Duplass’ sister, though she hasn’t officially committed as producers haven’t settled on a firm start date.</p>
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         <title>Ryan Reynolds may be the one: 'Highlander'</title>
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         <description>EXCLUSIVE: The franchise’s motto is “there can be only one,” and Lionsgate-Summit seems to have found the man to carry on the HIGHLANDER franchise: Ryan Reynolds has emerged as the front-runner to topline the reboot, and though it’s unclear whether an actual offer has been made, sources tell Variety that...</description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 19:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" target="_blank" href="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef0168eb9867f0970c-pi" style="display:inline;"><img alt="Reynolds.Highlander" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bfc7553ef0168eb9867f0970c" src="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef0168eb9867f0970c-450wi" style="width:430px;" title="Reynolds.Highlander"/></a><br /><strong>EXCLUSIVE: </strong>The franchise’s motto is “there can be only one,” and Lionsgate-Summit seems to have found the man to carry on the HIGHLANDER franchise: <strong>Ryan Reynolds </strong>has emerged as the front-runner to topline the reboot, and though it’s unclear whether an actual offer has been made,&#0160; sources tell <em>Variety </em>that both sides are in talks and are very interested in working together. Insiders add that Reynolds is weighing other offers and that could still pursue another project. <strong>Juan Carlos Fresnadillo </strong>is on board to direct. Though plot details on this installment are vague, the original series followed an immortal swordsman who battled other immortal warriors through the centuries. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/#!/krolljvar">-Justin Kroll</a></p>
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         <title>Badge Dale feels Coldblood-ed for 'Iron Man 3'</title>
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         <description>James Badge Dale has joined the cast of IRON MAN 3, Variety's Marc Graser and Justin Kroll report. Dale will play Eric Savin. In the Marvel comicbooks, he's a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army put in charge of Project: Ultra. After he steps on a land mine, cybernetic surgery...</description>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 18:31:33 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" target="_blank" href="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef0168eb8ca706970c-pi" style="float:right;"><img alt="Badgedale" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bfc7553ef0168eb8ca706970c" src="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef0168eb8ca706970c-250wi" style="width:250px;margin:0px 0px 5px 5px;" title="Badgedale"/> </a>James Badge Dale</strong> has joined the cast of IRON MAN 3, <em>Variety</em>&#39;s <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/#!/marcgraser">Marc Graser</a> and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/#!/krolljvar">Justin Kroll</a> report. Dale will play Eric Savin. In the Marvel comicbooks, he&#39;s a  lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army put in charge of Project: Ultra.  After he steps on a land mine, cybernetic surgery is performed on him,  and Savin&#39;s resurrected as the cyborg Coldblood. IRON MAN 3 starts production this month under the helm of <strong>Shane Black</strong>, who also co-wrote the script with <strong>Drew Pearce</strong>. <strong>Robert Downey Jr.</strong> returns as billionaire Tony Stark, while  <strong>Gwyneth Paltrow</strong>, <strong>Don Cheadle</strong>, <strong>Guy Pearce</strong>, <strong>Ben Kingsley</strong> and <strong>Rebecca Hall</strong> are also set. Pic&#39;s plot will borrow elements from Warren Ellis&#39; six-issue  IRON MAN: EXTREMIS, which also influenced the first IRON MAN  installment, and focuses on the spread of a virus through  nanotechnology. Disney has already skedded &quot;Iron Man 3&quot; for release on May 3, 2013.</p>
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         <description>Sony Pictures has tapped its Oscar-winning SOCIAL NETWORK scribe Aaron Sorkin to adapt Walter Isaacson's bestselling biography of late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, Variety's Jeff Sneider reports. Though Sorkin has openly said he was offered the job and was weighing it, this confirms that the Jobs movie will have that...</description>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 01:16:28 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" target="_blank" href="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef01630591e4f0970d-pi" style="float:left;"><img alt="Sorkin" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bfc7553ef01630591e4f0970d" src="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef01630591e4f0970d-250wi" style="width:250px;margin:0px 5px 5px 0px;" title="Sorkin"/></a>Sony Pictures has tapped its Oscar-winning SOCIAL NETWORK scribe <strong>Aaron  Sorkin</strong> to adapt <strong>Walter Isaacson&#39;s</strong> bestselling biography of late Apple  co-founder <strong>Steve Jobs,</strong> <em>Variety</em>&#39;s <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/#!/TheInSneider">Jeff Sneider</a> reports. Though Sorkin has openly said he was offered the job and was weighing it, this confirms that the Jobs movie will have that snappy Sorkin dialogue.</p>
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         <title>Fuhrman to topline horror remake 'Suspiria'</title>
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         <description>EXCLUSIVE: Isabelle Fuhrman, who parlayed her starring turn in ORPHAN into a key supporting role in THE HUNGER GAMES, has landed the lead in David Gordon Green’s remake of SUSPIRIA. Daria Argento’s 1977 horror pic followed Suzie, a young girl who travels to Europe to attend a world-renowned school, only...</description>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 23:48:06 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" style="display:inline;" target="_blank" href="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef0168eb871916970c-pi"><img class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bfc7553ef0168eb871916970c" style="width:430px;" title="Fuhrman" src="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef0168eb871916970c-450wi" alt="Fuhrman"/> </a><br />EXCLUSIVE: Isabelle Fuhrman</strong>, who parlayed her starring turn in ORPHAN into a key supporting role in THE HUNGER GAMES, has landed the lead in <strong>David Gordon Green’s</strong> remake of SUSPIRIA. <strong>Daria Argento’s</strong> 1977 horror pic followed Suzie, a young girl who travels to Europe to attend a world-renowned school, only to learn that the academy is a front for a coven of witches. Fuhrman recently wrapped indie THE HEALER and is currently filming <strong>M. Night Shyamalan’s</strong> sci-fi pic AFTER EARTH with <strong>Jaden Smith.</strong></p><p><a rel="nofollow" class="read" target="_blank" href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118054076.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&ref=vertfilm"><span style="display:none;">Read Full Article</span></a></p>
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         <title>Tatum takes one for the 'White House'</title>
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         <description>After proving he can hold his own with a romantic drama and comedy, Channing Tatum is looking to get back to his action-hero roots as the 21 JUMP STREET star is in advanced talks to topline Sony's WHITE HOUSE DOWN, Variety's Justin Kroll reports. Roland Emmerich will direct from a...</description>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 22:58:33 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" target="_blank" href="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef0163058ab581970d-pi" style="float:right;"><img alt="Tatum" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bfc7553ef0163058ab581970d" src="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef0163058ab581970d-250wi" style="width:250px;margin:0px 0px 5px 5px;" title="Tatum"/></a>After proving he can hold his own with a romantic drama and comedy,  <strong>Channing Tatum</strong> is looking to get back to his action-hero roots as the  21 JUMP STREET star is in advanced talks to topline Sony&#39;s WHITE HOUSE DOWN, <em>Variety</em>&#39;s <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/#!/krolljvar">Justin Kroll</a> reports. <strong>Roland Emmerich</strong> will direct from a script by <strong>James  Vannderbilt</strong>. The film is described as DIE HARD in the White House and  follows a secret service agent who must save the president. Sony had no comment on the casting. Production is expected to start in late  summer. Sony&#39;s next  objective is to find the pic&#39;s president and the head of the Secret  Service, though no offers have been tendered at this time.</p>
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         <title>Scorsese rolls up in Rolls Royce biopic</title>
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         <description>EXCLUSIVE: Martin Scorsese is teaming with Lord Richard Attenborough and Anthony Haas to produce SILVER GHOST, a drama based on the true story of the founding of Rolls Royce that will be a co-production between the HUGO helmer’s Sikelia Prods. banner and Zuma Prods. SILVER GHOST is described as a...</description>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 17:47:46 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" target="_blank" href="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef01630589884d970d-pi" style="display:inline;"><img alt="Rolls.royce" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bfc7553ef01630589884d970d" src="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef01630589884d970d-450wi" style="width:430px;" title="Rolls.royce"/> </a><br />EXCLUSIVE: Martin Scorsese </strong>is teaming with <strong>Lord Richard Attenborough </strong>and <strong>Anthony Haas </strong>to produce SILVER GHOST, a drama based on the true story of the founding of Rolls Royce that will be a co-production between the HUGO helmer’s Sikelia Prods. banner and Zuma Prods. SILVER GHOST is described as a complex love story, not only between men and women, but men and machines. Set at the turn of the last century, it traces the story of <strong>Charles Rolls </strong>and <strong>Henry Royce</strong>, as well as the love affairs of the famed Beaulieu family. Said Lord Montagu of Beaulieu, one of the 90 elected hereditary peers that remain in the House of Lords, the upper house of the Parliament in the U.K.: “It is a remarkable story which has long been a family secret and I am delighted that Martin Scorsese has joined Richard Attenborough and Anthony Haas in bringing it to the screen.” - <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/#!/TheInSneider">Jeff Sneider</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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         <description>Cameron Diaz and Benicio del Toro have boarded the action-comedy AGENT: CENTURY 21, Variety's Diana Lodderhose reports. Pic is directed by Danish helmer Adam Hashemi, who makes his feature film debut. Story, penned by Greg Brooker, sees Diaz play a woman who works in real estate and is dejected from...</description>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 19:13:49 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" target="_blank" href="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef0168eb69abc1970c-pi" style="display:inline;"><img alt="Agent" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bfc7553ef0168eb69abc1970c" src="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef0168eb69abc1970c-450wi" style="width:450px;" title="Agent"/> </a><br />Cameron Diaz</strong> and <strong>Benicio del Toro</strong> have boarded the action-comedy AGENT: CENTURY 21, <em>Variety</em>&#39;s Diana Lodderhose reports. Pic is  directed by Danish helmer <strong>Adam Hashemi</strong>, who makes his feature film  debut. Story,  penned by <strong>Greg Brooker</strong>, sees Diaz play a woman who  works in real estate and is dejected from her recent divorce. Feeling  that she can&#39;t catch a break, she agrees to take on an unpleasant task  for her boss which leads to her getting kidnapped and tossed into the  center of a Mexican drug war. Del Toro plays the Cartel boss who  takes pity on her and gives her a chance to save her life by sending her  on an impossible mission to avenge the death of his son.</p>
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         <title>'SCARY MOVIE' writers sending up 'HUNGER GAMES'</title>
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         <description>EXCLUSIVE: It was only a matter of time before someone sent up one of the year's runaway hits: Spoof auteurs Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer have come on board to write and direct THE STARVING GAMES, with K5 selling its international rights at Cannes. Though HUNGER GAMES will be front...</description>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 17:56:15 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" target="_blank" href="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef016305733d57970d-pi" style="display:inline;"><img alt="Aagamesblitz" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bfc7553ef016305733d57970d" src="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef016305733d57970d-450wi" style="width:430px;" title="Aagamesblitz"/></a><br /><strong>EXCLUSIVE:</strong> It was only a matter of time before someone sent up one of the year&#39;s runaway hits: Spoof auteurs <strong>Jason Friedberg</strong> and <strong>Aaron Seltzer</strong> have come on board to write and direct THE STARVING GAMES, with K5 selling its international rights at Cannes. Though HUNGER GAMES will be front center for many of the jokes, other pics it plans to pillory include THE AVENGERS, SHERLOCK HOLMES and the HARRY POTTER finale. Friedberg and Seltzer have made a living making fun of other people’s work starting with SCARY MOVIE, for which Friedberg and Seltzer served as writers and Safran was an exec producer. Since then the duo have co-written and co-directed VAMPIRES SUCK, DATE MOVIE, MEET THE SPARTANS and DISASTER MOVIE. -<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/#!/krolljvar">Justin Kroll</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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         <title>Rudd, Poehler come together for 'They Came Together'</title>
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         <description>EXCLUSIVE: WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER stars Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler are set to reteam with director David Wain on THEY CAME TOGETHER, a romantic comedy parody, Variety's Jeff Sneider reports. Wain and his longtime collaborator Michael Showalter wrote the script shortly after WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER, though the project...</description>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 22:49:13 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" target="_blank" href="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef01630569df6d970d-pi" style="display:inline;"><img alt="Theycametogether" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bfc7553ef01630569df6d970d" src="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef01630569df6d970d-450wi" style="width:450px;" title="Theycametogether"/></a><br /><strong>EXCLUSIVE:</strong> WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER stars <strong>Paul Rudd</strong> and Amy <strong>Poehler</strong> are set to reteam with director <strong>David Wain</strong> on THEY CAME TOGETHER, a romantic comedy parody, <em>Variety</em>&#39;s <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/#!/theinsneider">Jeff Sneider</a> reports. Wain and his longtime collaborator <strong>Michael Showalter</strong> wrote the script shortly after WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER, though the project never got made. When Joel (Rudd) and Molly (Poehler) meet, it’s hate at first sight; his big corporation is the one that threatens to shut down her quirky knick-knack store. Story, which follows their predictably on-again/off-again relationship, features rom-com staples such as the jealous ex-girlfriend, the office jerk, scary in-laws, a boring dentist, a wise dog and beautiful shots of New York City in autumn. Both Rudd and Poehler participated in a table read of the script at the San Francisco Sketchfest back in January.</p>
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         <title>'Unknown' director, Neeson reteam for 'Non-Stop' thrills</title>
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         <description>EXCLUSIVE: Jaume Collet-Serra looks ready to reteam with his UNKNOWN star Liam Neeson, as the helmer is in negotiations to direct NON-STOP, Variety's Justin Kroll reports. Pic takes place on an international flight on which Neeson is forced into stop a threat. Joel Silver’s Dark Castle Productions picked up the...</description>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 22:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" target="_blank" href="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef0168eb5f63a9970c-pi" style="display:inline;"><img alt="Nonstop" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bfc7553ef0168eb5f63a9970c" src="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef0168eb5f63a9970c-450wi" style="width:430px;" title="Nonstop"/> </a><br />EXCLUSIVE: Jaume Collet-Serra</strong> looks ready to reteam with his UNKNOWN star <strong>Liam Neeson</strong>, as the helmer is in negotiations to direct NON-STOP, <em>Variety</em>&#39;s <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/#!/krolljvar">Justin Kroll</a> reports. Pic takes place on an international flight on which Neeson is forced into stop a threat. Joel Silver’s Dark Castle Productions picked up the airplane spec from John Richardson and Chris Roach back in August. Plan is for production to start in October in New York. Since UNKNOWN, Collet-Serra has had a tough time getting his next project up and running. He was to direct WB’s AKIRA, but production halted so the studio could work on the script and budget. There also had been talk of him moving to Dracula pic HARKER, but that project is still looking for leads.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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         <title>Evans feels 'Fast and Furious'</title>
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         <description>Universal has set one of the final pieces of casting for FAST AND FURIOUS, as Luke Evans is in negotiations to star as the villain opposite Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and Dwayne Johnson, Variety's Justin Kroll reports. Sources tell Variety that Evans has worked out skedding issues with his work...</description>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 19:28:16 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" target="_blank" href="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef0167665c37f4970b-pi" style="float:right;"><img alt="Evans" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bfc7553ef0167665c37f4970b" src="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef0167665c37f4970b-250wi" style="width:250px;margin:0px 0px 5px 5px;" title="Evans"/></a>Universal has set one of the final pieces of casting for FAST AND FURIOUS, as <strong>Luke Evans</strong> is in negotiations to star as the villain  opposite <strong>Vin Diesel</strong>, <strong>Paul Walker</strong> and <strong>Dwayne Johnson</strong>, <em>Variety</em>&#39;s <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/#!/krolljvar">Justin Kroll</a> reports. Sources tell <em>Variety</em> that Evans has worked out skedding issues with  his work on THE HOBBIT and will transition immediately from the<strong> Peter  Jackson</strong> pic to FAST AND FURIOUS 6. Twitchfilm reported last week that Evans had received an offer, but it was unclear whether the dates would work out. <strong>Justin Lin</strong> will direct, with <strong>Chris Morgan</strong> penning the script.  Plot details are being kept under wraps, but sources say it would  involve the crew heading overseas to work on a heist job. Evans would  play the leader of another crew trying to pull off the same job.</p>
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         <title>'ON THE ROAD' gets a U.S. home at IFC Films, Sundance Selects</title>
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         <description>EXCLUSIVE: AMC Networks has acquired all U.S. distribution rights to ON THE ROAD, to be released jointly by the company’s film distribution labels IFC Films and Sundance Selects sometime this fall. Walter Salles’ adaptation of the Beat Generation tome by Jack Kerouac will world premiere in competition at the Cannes...</description>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 00:07:45 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" target="_blank" href="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef0167665339ea970b-pi" style="display:inline;"><img alt="On The Road Movie" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bfc7553ef0167665339ea970b" src="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef0167665339ea970b-450wi" style="width:430px;" title="On The Road Movie"/></a><br /><strong>EXCLUSIVE: </strong>AMC Networks has acquired all U.S. distribution rights to ON THE ROAD, to be released jointly by the company’s film distribution labels IFC Films and Sundance Selects sometime this fall. <strong>Walter Salles’</strong> adaptation of the Beat Generation tome by <strong>Jack Kerouac</strong> will world premiere in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, which begins next week. AMC Networks, which owns IFC and Sundance Selects, is said to have acquired the title in a low seven-figures deal. Multiple people who have seen the film agreed that it contains awards-caliber performances and cinematography, but add that its two-hours-plus length and nebulous narrative will make it a challenge to market to mainstream auds. But ON THE ROAD will unspool with more than one built-in fanbase: Fans of Kerouac’s stream-of-consciousness road trip tale, written in 1951 and published in 1957, will be eager to check out its first-ever bigscreen adaptation. And another factor at the box office will be fervent TWILIGHT devotees, who have been constantly buzzing about her role as Mary Lou since the project was announced two years ago almost to the day. Other cast includes TRON: LEGACY star <strong>Garrett Hedlund </strong>as Dean Moriarty; <strong>Kirsten Dunst</strong> as Camille; and <strong>Sam Riley </strong>as Kerouac’s alter ego, Sal Paradise. <strong>Amy Adams</strong>, <strong>Elisabeth Moss</strong> and <strong>Viggo Mortensen</strong> co-star. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/#!/Variety_JLD">-Josh L. Dickey</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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         <title>Nick Cassavetes going (back) to 'Cali'</title>
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         <description>EXCLUSIVE: Nick Cassavetes (THE NOTEBOOK) will direct the gritty action pic CALI, for which Kristen Stewart is set to star. Pic follows a pair of San Fernando Valley lovebirds who sell a fake snuff film and ride off with a bundle of cash. Years later, the girl (Stewart) must “return...</description>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 19:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" style="float:left;" target="_blank" href="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef0168eb52f49f970c-pi"><img class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bfc7553ef0168eb52f49f970c" style="width:250px;margin:0px 5px 5px 0px;" title="Cassavetes" src="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef0168eb52f49f970c-250wi" alt="Cassavetes"/> </a>EXCLUSIVE</strong>: <strong>Nick Cassavetes </strong>(THE NOTEBOOK) will direct the gritty action pic CALI, for which <strong>Kristen Stewart </strong>is set to star. Pic follows a pair of San Fernando Valley lovebirds who sell a fake snuff film and ride off with a bundle of cash. Years later, the girl (<strong>Stewart</strong>) must “return from the dead” to save the younger sister she left behind. Voltage Pictures will be selling the film at the Cannes Film Market, and producers are anticipating a late summer start. Cassavetes is best known for directing the hit <strong>Nicholas Sparks </strong>adaptation THE NOTEBOOK, as well as the true crime tale ALPHA DOG. Cassavetes is an actor as well, and he most recently appeared in THE HANGOVER PART II. -<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/#!/TheInSneider">Jeff Sneider</a></p>
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         <title>'AVENGERS' staying in all IMAX locations in sharing agreement with Warner Bros.</title>
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         <description>EXCLUSIVE: Turns out Disney-Marvel’s THE AVENGERS won’t have to vacate any Imax houses this weekend to make way for DARK SHADOWS after all. Disney and Warner Bros. agreed Monday to evenly split digital Imax showtimes this weekend between the two movies, leaving the Marvel pic in all 275 digital-only Imax...</description>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 01:25:30 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" target="_blank" href="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef01630554cd02970d-pi" style="float:left;"><img alt="Avengers Movie" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bfc7553ef01630554cd02970d" src="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef01630554cd02970d-250wi" style="width:250px;margin:0px 5px 5px 0px;" title="Avengers Movie"/> </a>EXCLUSIVE: </strong>Turns out Disney-Marvel’s THE AVENGERS won’t have to vacate any Imax houses this weekend to make way for DARK SHADOWS after all. Disney and Warner Bros. agreed Monday to evenly split digital Imax showtimes this weekend between the two movies, leaving the Marvel pic in all 275 digital-only Imax screens from which it collected a record-setting $15.3 million last weekend. AVENGERS was slated to lose 200 of those Imax locations to DARK SHADOWS as dictated by a pre-existing three-year pact inked between Imax and Warners back in April 2010. Prior to today’s agreement, SHADOWS had secured 225 Imax locations all to itself from varying U.S. markets. By sharing screens, the film now has 300 runs in all Imax DMAs, with approximately 25 print-only locations to itself. (AVENGERS is a digital-only release.) It’s a win-win … <em>win </em>situation for Disney, Warners and individual exhibitors, who kickstarted the screen-sharing talks after AVENGERS posted a staggering $207.4 million overall domestic bow.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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         <title>Eisley set as Jolie's mini-'Maleficent'</title>
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         <description>EXCLUSIVE: India Eisley is set to play a younger version of Angelina Jolie’s character in Disney’s MALEFICENT, Variety's Jeff Sneider reports. Veteran production designer Robert Stromberg is making his directorial debut from a script by Linda Woolverton, who wrote Disney’s billion-dollar grosser ALICE IN WONDERLAND. Live-action fantasy pic stars Jolie...</description>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 22:55:40 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" target="_blank" href="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef016766479992970b-pi" style="display:inline;"><img alt="Malificent" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bfc7553ef016766479992970b" src="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef016766479992970b-450wi" style="width:450px;" title="Malificent"/> </a><br />EXCLUSIVE: India Eisley</strong>&#0160; is set to play a younger version of <strong>Angelina Jolie</strong>’s character in Disney’s MALEFICENT, <em>Variety</em>&#39;s <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/#!/theinsneider">Jeff Sneider</a> reports. Veteran production designer <strong>Robert Stromberg</strong> is making his directorial debut from a script by <strong>Linda Woolverton</strong>, who wrote Disney’s billion-dollar grosser ALICE IN WONDERLAND. Live-action fantasy pic stars Jolie in the title role as Disney’s ultimate villainess. Eisley will play young Maleficent in the opening act. <strong>Sharlto Copley</strong> will co-star as Stefan, the half-human, half-fairy bastard son of the human king (<strong>Kenneth Cranham</strong>). Supporting cast also includes <strong>Sam Riley</strong> as Maleficent’s right-hand man, <strong>Miranda Richardson</strong> as Maleficent’s regal aunt, and Brit thesps <strong>Imelda Staunton</strong> and <strong>Lesley Manville</strong> as pixies who care for Aurora. Disney will release the pic on March 14, 2014.</p>
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         <title>Tommy Lee Jones playing 'Homesman' all four ways: Directing, Writing, Producing &amp; Starring</title>
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         <description>EXCLUSIVE: Just weeks before Sony releases MEN IN BLACK 3, star Tommy Lee Jones has lined up his next directing vehicle, as he’s set to write and direct THE HOMESMAN, a period pic he’ll also produce and topline. Story follows a pioneer woman and a claim-jumping rascal of a man...</description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 23:09:04 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>Pattinson, Pearce get rugged for 'Rover'</title>
         <link>http://www.showblitz.com/2012/05/robert-pattinson-and-guy-pearce-are-in-negotiations-to-star-in-david-michods-rover-varietys-justin-kroll-reports-pearce.html?cmpid=RSS|Blogs|Showblitz</link>
         <description>Robert Pattinson and Guy Pearce are in negotiations to star in David Michod's ROVER, Variety's Justin Kroll reports. Pearce will star as a man who after having his car stolen by a group of men pursues them through the wild and rugged Australian Outback. Pattinson will portray one of the...</description>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 20:25:59 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" target="_blank" href="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef016305216143970d-pi" style="display:inline;"><img alt="Rover" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bfc7553ef016305216143970d" src="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef016305216143970d-450wi" style="width:450px;" title="Rover"/> </a><br />Robert Pattinson</strong> and <strong>Guy Pearce</strong> are in negotiations to star in <strong>David Michod</strong>&#39;s ROVER, <em>Variety</em>&#39;s <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/#!/krolljvar">Justin Kroll</a> reports. Pearce  will star as a man who after having his car stolen by a group of men  pursues them through the wild and rugged Australian Outback. Pattinson  will portray one of the thiefs. Michod will helm and wrote the  script which based on an idea he and ANIMAL KINGDOM star <strong>Joel Edgerton</strong> originated.</p>
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         <title>Heard hears 'Machete Kills' call</title>
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         <description>EXCLUSIVE: THE RUM DIARY star Amber Heard is in talks to become the latest femme fatale to join the cast of Robert Rodriguez's sequel MACHETE KILLS, Variety's Jeff Sneider reports. Danny Trejo stars alongside returning thesps Jessica Alba and Michelle Rodriguez and series newcomers Mel Gibson and Demian Bichir. Pic,...</description>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 19:17:58 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>Bekmambetov feels shock of 'Current War'</title>
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         <description>EXCLUSIVE: One of the hot specs of 2011 is getting a jolt as Timur Bekmambetov's Bazelevs banner has acquired THE CURRENT WAR as a directing vehicle for Bekmambetov, Variety's Justin Kroll reports. Michael Mitnick penned the spec, which chronicles the competition between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse to create the...</description>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 19:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" target="_blank" href="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef0167661443a0970b-pi" style="float:left;"><img alt="Bekmambetov" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bfc7553ef0167661443a0970b" src="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef0167661443a0970b-250wi" style="width:250px;margin:0px 5px 5px 0px;" title="Bekmambetov"/> </a>EXCLUSIVE</strong>: One of the hot specs of 2011 is getting a jolt as <strong>Timur Bekmambetov</strong>&#39;s  Bazelevs banner has acquired THE CURRENT WAR as a directing vehicle  for Bekmambetov, <em>Variety</em>&#39;s <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/#!/krolljvar">Justin Kroll</a> reports. <strong>Michael Mitnick</strong> penned the spec, which chronicles the  competition between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse to create the  first sustainable electrical current. With Bekmambetov and  Zaillan on board, the search will now begin for actors to play the  historical figures. Sources say <strong>Sacha Baron Cohen</strong> had shown interest in  playing Edison, but offers would not be made until a director was  locked. It&#39;s unclear whether an offer would be made to Baron Cohen  --   or whether he&#39;d even be available.</p>
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         <title>Bichir boasts two new projects</title>
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         <description>Hot off his first Oscar nomination for his perf in A BETTER LIFE, Demian Bichir is in negotiations to join Robert Rodriguez's MACHETE KILLS, Variety's Jeff Sneider reports. Sources also tell Variety that Bichir has been tapped to star in William Friedkin's next film, the indie thriller TRAPPED. Details on...</description>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 21:03:23 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" target="_blank" href="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef016305155597970d-pi" style="float:right;"><img alt="Bichir" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bfc7553ef016305155597970d" src="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef016305155597970d-250wi" style="width:250px;margin:0px 0px 5px 5px;" title="Bichir"/></a>Hot off his first Oscar nomination for his perf in A BETTER LIFE,  <strong>Demian Bichir</strong> is in negotiations to join <strong>Robert  Rodriguez</strong>&#39;s MACHETE KILLS, <em>Variety</em>&#39;s <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/#!/theinsneider">Jeff Sneider</a> reports. Sources also tell <em>Variety</em> that Bichir  has been tapped to star in <strong>William Friedkin</strong>&#39;s next film, the indie  thriller TRAPPED. Details on Bichir&#39;s role in MACHETE KILLS remain  under wraps, though he&#39;ll play an Israeli operative in the Friedkin  pic, according to sources. Bichir will shoot the MACHETE sequel in  early June, while TRAPPED will lens early next year.</p>
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         <title>BBC wants ABC's Lee</title>
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         <description>EXCLUSIVE: ABC Entertainment Group prez Paul Lee is being courted for the top job at the BBC, Variety's Steve Clarke reports. It's understood that BBC-affiliated execs have reached out to the ABC topper in recent weeks, though source say Lee has no intent of taking the post. The British exec...</description>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 19:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" target="_blank" href="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef0168eb0a3eca970c-pi" style="float:left;"><img alt="Lee" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bfc7553ef0168eb0a3eca970c" src="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef0168eb0a3eca970c-250wi" style="width:250px;margin:0px 5px 5px 0px;" title="Lee"/></a><strong>EXCLUSIVE</strong>: ABC Entertainment Group prez <strong>Paul Lee</strong> is being courted for the top job at the BBC, <em>Variety</em>&#39;s Steve Clarke reports. It&#39;s  understood that BBC-affiliated execs have reached out to the ABC topper in recent weeks, though source say Lee has no intent of taking the post. The British exec began his  career at the BBC in 1984. Lee is coming off a strong season at  ABC in which the network fielded successful new series in ONCE UPON A TIME, REVENGE and SUBURGATORY, plus other promising newcomers. The BBC &#39;s search for a new topper is heating up as current director  general <strong>Mark Thompson</strong> prepares to step down later this year or early  next following the broadcaster&#39;s coverage of the summer Olympics and the  Queen&#39;s Jubilee celebration. Lee first  joined the BBC in 1984 as a general trainee and in 1990 moved to drama,  where he produced, directed and wrote TV movies. He ultimately served as  channel editor for BBC Prime, the company&#39;s 24-hour entertainment  channel.</p>
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         <title>Magnolia unburies Jobs' 'Lost Interview'</title>
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         <description>Magnolia Pictures has acquired US rights to STEVE JOBS: THE LOST INTERVIEW, filmed in 1995 by Robert Cringely, Variety's Dave McNary reports. Magnolia will open the film in select theaters on May 11 with a DVD and VOD release to follow later this summer. The film had limited special screenings...</description>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 18:42:39 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" style="float:right;" target="_blank" href="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef01630513d546970d-pi"><img class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bfc7553ef01630513d546970d" style="width:250px;margin:0px 0px 5px 5px;" title="Jobs" src="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef01630513d546970d-250wi" alt="Jobs"/></a>Magnolia Pictures has acquired US  rights to STEVE JOBS: THE LOST INTERVIEW, filmed in 1995 by<strong> Robert  Cringely</strong>, <em>Variety</em>'s <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/#!/variety_dmcnary">Dave McNary</a> reports. Magnolia will open the film in select theaters  on May 11 with a DVD and VOD release to follow later this summer. The film had  limited special screenings at select theaters in the Landmark circuit earlier  this year. In the interview, Jobs discussed his early days,  career battles, and vision for the future. Small portions of the piece were used  for a TV series at the time, but the vast majority was shelved and had been  thought to be lost until recently. The interview took place two years before Jobs  would retake control of Apple Computer.</p>
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         <title>Favraeu reclaims acting 'Identity'</title>
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         <description>EXCLUSIVE: Jon Favreau is taking a break from the directing chair and going back in front of the camera, as the multihyphenate has joined the cast of the Universal comedy IDENTITY THIEF, Variety's Justin Kroll reports. Pic currently stars Jason Bateman, Melissa McCarthy and Amanda Peet, with Seth Gordon at...</description>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 18:27:12 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" target="_blank" href="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef01676606e71d970b-pi" style="float:left;"><img alt="Favreau" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bfc7553ef01676606e71d970b" src="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef01676606e71d970b-250wi" style="width:250px;margin:0px 5px 5px 0px;" title="Favreau"/> </a>EXCLUSIVE</strong>: <strong>Jon Favreau</strong> is taking a break from the directing chair and going back in front of the camera, as the multihyphenate has&#0160; joined the cast of the Universal comedy IDENTITY THIEF, <em>Variety</em>&#39;s <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/#!/krolljvar">Justin Kroll</a> reports. Pic currently stars <strong>Jason Bateman</strong>, <strong>Melissa McCarthy</strong> and <strong>Amanda Peet</strong>, with <strong>Seth Gordon</strong> at the helm. Story revolves around a man (Bateman) whose life is upended when his identity is stolen by a woman (McCarthy). Sources tell <em>Variety</em> Favreau will play Bateman’s boss.<strong> Steve Conrad</strong> penned the first draft with <strong>Craig Mazin</strong> doing the most recent rewrite.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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         <title>Brosnan caught in 'The Coup'</title>
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         <description>Pierce Brosnan has come on board to star opposite Owen Wilson in the thriller THE COUP with lensing set to start in October, Variety's Dave McNary reports. John Erick Dowdle is directing from a script he co-wrote with his brother Drew Dowdle. Story's centered on an American family that moves...</description>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 20:29:39 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" target="_blank" href="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef016765fb3695970b-pi" style="float:right;"><img alt="Brosnan" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bfc7553ef016765fb3695970b" src="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef016765fb3695970b-250wi" style="width:250px;margin:0px 0px 5px 5px;" title="Brosnan"/> </a>Pierce Brosnan</strong> has come on board to star opposite <strong>Owen Wilson</strong> in the thriller THE COUP with lensing set to start in  October, <em>Variety</em>&#39;s <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/#!/variety_dmcnary">Dave McNary</a> reports. <strong>John Erick Dowdle</strong> is directing from a script he  co-wrote with his brother <strong>Drew Dowdle</strong>. Story&#39;s centered on an American  family that moves to Southeast Asia and finds themselves entangled in a  violent coup where merciless rebels are attacking the city.</p>
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         <title>'Pariah' director to reunite 'This Man, This Woman'</title>
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         <description>EXCLUSIVE: After developing the project for 17 years, producer Mike Lobell has attached PARIAH helmer Dee Rees to direct the indie love story THIS MAN, THIS WOMAN, Variety's Jeff Sneider reports. Frederic Raphael wrote the script, which follows a divorced couple struck by tragedy who find themselves seated next to...</description>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 20:26:14 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" target="_blank" href="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef01630507cf72970d-pi" style="float:left;"><img alt="Deerees" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bfc7553ef01630507cf72970d" src="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef01630507cf72970d-250wi" style="width:250px;margin:0px 5px 5px 0px;" title="Deerees"/> </a>EXCLUSIVE</strong>: After developing the project for 17 years, producer <strong>Mike Lobell</strong> has  attached PARIAH helmer <strong>Dee Rees</strong> to direct the indie love story THIS MAN, THIS WOMAN, <em>Variety</em>&#39;s <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/#!/theinsneider">Jeff Sneider</a> reports. <strong>Frederic Raphael</strong> wrote the script, which follows a  divorced couple struck by tragedy who find themselves seated next to  each other on an airplane, where they rekindle their relationship as  they reminisce about what went wrong. Lobell sparked to Rees after seeing her acclaimed directorial  debut, PARIAH, which she also wrote. After Lobell called Rees&#39; reps at  WME to express his interest, the unlikely duo went to lunch to discuss  the project, which led to a three-hour meeting at Lobell&#39;s home.  Producer and helmer are currently seeking talent before they start  searching for financing.</p>
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         <title>'Chariots' director back in the saddle with 'Midnight Sun'</title>
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         <description>EXCLUSIVE: It's been a dozen years since CHARIOTS OF FIRE helmer Hugh Hudson took on a feature film, and he's chosen for his return a family-friendly adventure in MIDNIGHT SUN, which Hyde Park Entertainment and Image Nation Abu Dhabi are teaming to finance. Intended to be in the vein of...</description>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 23:54:59 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" target="_blank" href="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef016765f1c356970b-pi" style="float:right;"><img alt="Hugh.hudson" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bfc7553ef016765f1c356970b" src="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef016765f1c356970b-150wi" style="width:150px;margin:0px 0px 5px 5px;" title="Hugh.hudson"/></a>EXCLUSIVE: </strong>It&#39;s been a dozen years since CHARIOTS OF FIRE helmer <strong>Hugh Hudson </strong>took on a feature film, and he&#39;s chosen for his return a family-friendly adventure in MIDNIGHT SUN, which Hyde Park Entertainment and Image  Nation Abu Dhabi are teaming to finance. Intended to be in  the vein of FREE WILLY and DOLPHIN TALE, story follows a young boy’s efforts  to reunite an abandoned polar bear cub with its mother in the ice fields of  northern Canada. Hudson, whose last feature was I DREAMED OF AFRICA in 2000, will direct from a script he co-wrote. - <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/#!/Variety_JLD">Josh L. Dickey</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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         <title>Moura set for the sweet life of 'Fellini'</title>
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         <description>Brazilian thesp Wagner Moura, who starred in the ELITE SQUAD films, is set to play Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini in FELLINI BLACK AND WHITE, Variety's Jeff Sneider reports. Henry Bromell (HOMELAND is set to direct from his own script. Pic has Terrence Howard, Peter Dinklage and William H. Macy attached...</description>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:58:23 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" style="display:inline;" target="_blank" href="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef0168eaf1a514970c-pi"><img class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bfc7553ef0168eaf1a514970c" style="width:450px;" title="Mourafellini" src="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef0168eaf1a514970c-450wi" alt="Mourafellini"/></a><br />Brazilian thesp <strong>Wagner Moura</strong>, who starred in the ELITE SQUAD films, is set to play Italian filmmaker <strong>Federico Fellini</strong> in FELLINI BLACK AND WHITE, <em>Variety</em>'s <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/#!/theinsneider">Jeff Sneider</a> reports. <strong>Henry Bromell</strong> (HOMELAND is set to direct from his own script. Pic has <strong>Terrence Howard</strong>, <strong>Peter Dinklage</strong> and <strong>William H. Macy</strong> attached to play supporting roles. Set in Los Angeles in March of 1957, story follows Fellini’s first voyage to America to attend the Oscars, during which he went missing for 48 hours and barely made it to the ceremony. Pic postulates what might have happened during those two days, after which the helmer returned to Italy and directed his two most revered films, LA DOLCE VITA and 8 1/2. Script finds Fellini discovering the jazz and surf scenes and falling for a veterinarian while his wife tries to drown her sorrows by cavorting with Ricky Nelson. Howard will play a jazz musician who introduces Fellini to his world. Macy will play Fellini’s publicist, while Dinklage will play the vet’s lover.</p>
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         <title>New Regency opts for 'The Operators'</title>
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         <description>EXCLUSIVE: New Regency has optioned Michael Hastings' tome THE OPERATORS and joined with Brad Pitt's Plan B shingle to produce, Variety's Rachel Abrams reports. OPERATORS has roots in Hastings' 2010 article in Rolling Stone, "The Runaway General," which chronicled the actions of U.S. Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal as head of...</description>
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         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" target="_blank" href="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef0168ead1b15d970c-pi" style="float:left;"><img alt="Hastings" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bfc7553ef0168ead1b15d970c" src="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef0168ead1b15d970c-250wi" style="width:250px;margin:0px 5px 5px 0px;" title="Hastings"/> </a>EXCLUSIVE</strong>: New Regency has optioned <strong>Michael Hastings</strong>&#39; tome THE OPERATORS and joined with <strong>Brad Pitt</strong>&#39;s Plan B shingle to produce, <em>Variety</em>&#39;s <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/#!/rachelabramsdv">Rachel Abrams</a> reports. OPERATORS has roots in Hastings&#39; 2010 article in Rolling Stone, &quot;The Runaway  General,&quot; which chronicled the actions of U.S. Army Gen. Stanley  McChrystal as head of the U.S. war effort in Afghanistan. That account,  which included less-than-flattering quotes about President Obama from  McChrystal, led to the general&#39;s resignation later that year. Book  picks up where the article left off, chronicling Hastings&#39; observations  during a 2010 pan-European trip with McChrystal as he gathered help for  the war in Afghanistan. The book offers behind-the-scenes glimpses into  the lives of top military officials, including their after-hours  partying as well as life-and-death wartime decisions.</p>
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         <title>Kloves swings from Rowling to Kipling</title>
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         <description>HARRY POTTER scribe Steve Kloves is in early talks to write and direct a live-action take on THE JUNGLE BOOK for Warner Bros., Variety's Jeff Sneider reports. Kloves wrote every film in the WB's eight-pic HARRY POTTER franchise, and he also worked on the script for the studio's long-gestating pic...</description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 21:54:13 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" target="_blank" href="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef016304dc0e11970d-pi" style="float:right;"><img alt="Kloves" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bfc7553ef016304dc0e11970d" src="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef016304dc0e11970d-250wi" style="width:250px;margin:0px 0px 5px 5px;" title="Kloves"/></a>HARRY POTTER scribe <strong>Steve Kloves</strong> is in early talks to write and direct  a live-action take on THE JUNGLE BOOK for Warner Bros., <em>Variety</em>&#39;s <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/#!/theinsneider">Jeff Sneider</a> reports. Kloves  wrote every film in the WB&#39;s eight-pic HARRY POTTER franchise, and he  also worked on the script for the studio&#39;s long-gestating pic AKIRA,  as well as Sony&#39;s summer tentpole THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN.</p>
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         <title>'Mormon' star Gad in talks to play Woz</title>
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         <description>The indie movie about Steve Jobs is close to filling the role of Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, with “The Book of Mormon” star Josh Gad is in talks for the role opposite Ashton Kutcher, Jeff Sneider reports. Joshua Michael Stern's pic is written by Matt Whiteley, and chronicles Steve Jobs...</description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:44:13 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>The indie movie about Steve Jobs is close to filling the role of Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, with “The Book of Mormon” star Josh Gad is in talks for the role opposite Ashton Kutcher, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118053208"><strong>Jeff Sneider reports</strong></a>.</p>
<p>Joshua Michael Stern&#39;s pic is written by Matt Whiteley, and chronicles Steve Jobs from wayward hippie to co-founder of Apple, where he became one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of our time. <br /><br />Gad is making a deal to play Wozniak, who created the Apple I computer and co-created the Apple II computer in the mid-1970s. <br /><br />Gad recently earned a Tony nomination for Trey Parker and Matt Stone&#39;s “The Book of Mormon” and is set to star in the NBC pilot “1600 Penn,” a family comedy set in the White House that Gad co-created and will exec produce.&#0160;&#0160;</p>
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         <title>Goldsman fancies Farrell for 'Winter's Tale'</title>
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         <description>EXCLUSIVE: After a thorough search of up-and-coming leading men, writer-director Akiva Goldsman has offered the lead role in his passion project WINTER'S TALE to Colin Farrell,Variety's Jeff Sneider and Justin Kroll report. Farrell would be joining Jessica Brown Findlay should he accept the coveted part in the Warner Bros. project....</description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:34:18 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" target="_blank" href="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef016765c46679970b-pi" style="float:left;"><img alt="Farrell" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bfc7553ef016765c46679970b" src="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef016765c46679970b-250wi" style="width:250px;margin:0px 5px 5px 0px;" title="Farrell"/> </a>EXCLUSIVE</strong>: After a thorough search of up-and-coming leading men, writer-director  <strong>Akiva Goldsman</strong> has offered the lead role in his passion project  WINTER&#39;S TALE to <strong>Colin Farrell</strong>,<em>Variety</em>&#39;s <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/#!/theinsneider">Jeff Sneider</a> and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/#!/krolljvar">Justin Kroll</a> report. Farrell would be joining <strong>Jessica Brown Findlay</strong> should he accept the coveted part in the Warner Bros.  project. Farrell hasn&#39;t yet begun  negotiations, which could still prevent him from taking the role, as  sources tell <em>Variety</em> that the actor is seeking a payday with his  starring turn in Sony&#39;s summer tentpole TOTAL RECALL already  generating heat. If Farrell doesn&#39;t take the offer, Goldsman has  been considering <strong>Luke Evans</strong>, <strong>Garrett Hedlund</strong>, <strong>Liam Hemsworth</strong>, <strong>Aaron  Johnson</strong> and rising star <strong>Benjamin Walker</strong> to play the protag, a young  thief on the run who breaks into a wealthy man&#39;s home and ends up  falling for his terminally-ill daughter. Goldsman&#39;s past  collaborators <strong>Russell Crowe</strong> and <strong>Will Smith</strong> are expected to take on  supporting roles along with a flying horse that factors into the plot. Goldsman  is set to make his directorial debut with WINTER&#39;S TALE, a  supernatural drama based on Mark Helprin&#39;s 1983 novel of the same name.</p>
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         <title>Riseborough, Skarsgard scared for 'The Hidden'</title>
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         <description>Andrea Riseborough is set to star opposite Alexander Skarsgard in THE HIDDEN, Variety's Justin Kroll reports. Matt and Ross Duffer will direct from their own spec script. Project is an elevated horror-thriller about a family hiding in a bomb shelter after escaping a mysterious outbreak. With Riseborough’s deal now done,...</description>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:39:45 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" style="display:inline;" target="_blank" href="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef016304c1795f970d-pi"><img class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bfc7553ef016304c1795f970d" style="width:450px;" title="Thehidden" src="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef016304c1795f970d-450wi" alt="Thehidden"/> </a><br />Andrea Riseborough</strong> is set to star  opposite <strong>Alexander Skarsgard</strong> in THE HIDDEN, <em>Variety</em>'s <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/#!/krolljvar">Justin Kroll</a> reports. <strong>Matt and Ross Duffer</strong> will direct from their own  spec script. Project is an elevated horror-thriller about a  family hiding in a bomb shelter after escaping a mysterious outbreak. With Riseborough’s deal now done, the film should gain  a greenlight shortly as one was contigent on getting its two stars to close  deals.</p>
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         <title>Duhamel feels the Sparks for 'Safe Haven'</title>
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         <description>After the recent success of Nicholas Sparks’ THE LUCKY ONE, Relativity is gearing up another Sparks novel with Josh Duhamel in negotiations to star in SAFE HAVEN, Variety's Justin Kroll reports. Lasse Hallstrom is helming the pic with Dana Stevens adapting the script. Story follows a mysterious young woman who...</description>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:20:36 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" target="_blank" href="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef0168eab6b4b3970c-pi" style="float:right;"><img alt="Duhamel" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bfc7553ef0168eab6b4b3970c" src="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef0168eab6b4b3970c-250wi" style="width:250px;margin:0px 0px 5px 5px;" title="Duhamel"/></a>After the recent success of <strong>Nicholas  Sparks</strong>’ THE LUCKY ONE, Relativity is gearing up another Sparks novel with <strong>Josh  Duhamel</strong> in negotiations to star in SAFE HAVEN, <em>Variety</em>&#39;s <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/#!/krolljvar">Justin Kroll</a> reports. <strong>Lasse Hallstrom</strong> is helming the pic with <strong>Dana  Stevens</strong> adapting the script. Story follows a mysterious young woman who arrives  in a small North Carolina town, and her reluctance to join the tight knit community  raises questions about her past. Slowly, she begins putting down roots, and  gains the courage to start a relationship with a widowed store owner with two  young children. Duhamel would play the widower. The pic is set to bow on Feb. 8, 2013 and  Relativity will now try to lock down the female lead. There was talk of <strong>Keira  Knightley</strong> taking the part but as of now the role is still open.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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         <title>Mara spike'd on Jonze project</title>
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         <description>Rooney Mara is in final negotiations to join Spike Jonze's upcoming project now that Carey Mulligan has fallen out due to skedding conflict, Variety's Justin Kroll reports. Untitled project stars Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams and Samantha Morton. Jonze penned the script and is set to direct the pic about a...</description>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:13:16 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" target="_blank" href="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef016765b496f1970b-pi" style="display:inline;"><img alt="Marajonze" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bfc7553ef016765b496f1970b" src="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef016765b496f1970b-450wi" style="width:450px;" title="Marajonze"/> </a><br />Rooney Mara</strong> is in final negotiations to join <strong>Spike Jonze</strong>&#39;s upcoming  project now that <strong>Carey Mulligan</strong> has fallen out due to skedding  conflict, <em>Variety</em>&#39;s <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/#!/krolljvar">Justin Kroll</a> reports. Untitled project stars <strong>Joaquin Phoenix</strong>,<strong> Amy Adams</strong> and <strong> Samantha Morton</strong>. Jonze penned the script and is set to direct the pic  about a man who falls in love with the voice of a computer. Details of  Mara&#39;s role are unclear. If a deal closes, Mara would segue to the Jonze pic once she finishes her work on <strong>Steven Soderbergh</strong>&#39;s THE BITTER PILL. Jonze  had not helmed a pic since 2009&#39;s WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE. Landing  Mara would be the final element he needs to get the pic up and running.</p>
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         <title>Pearce is Killian it for 'Iron Man 3'</title>
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         <description>EXCLUSIVE: Guy Pearce is in final talks to join Marvel Studios and Disney’s IRON MAN 3 as the geneticist Aldrich Killian, Variety's Marc Graser and Justin Kroll report. Shane Black is helming the film, that brings back Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark and Iron Man, along with Gwyneth Paltrow,...</description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:33:23 +0000</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" target="_blank" href="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef016304818bd1970d-pi" style="float:left;"><img alt="Pearce" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bfc7553ef016304818bd1970d" src="http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef016304818bd1970d-250wi" style="width:250px;margin:0px 5px 5px 0px;" title="Pearce"/> </a>EXCLUSIVE</strong>: <strong>Guy Pearce</strong> is in final talks to join  Marvel Studios and Disney’s IRON MAN 3 as the geneticist Aldrich  Killian, <em>Variety</em>&#39;s <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/#!/marcgraser">Marc Graser</a> and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/#!/krolljvar">Justin Kroll</a> report. <strong>Shane Black</strong> is helming the film, that brings  back <strong>Robert Downey Jr.</strong> as Tony Stark and Iron Man, along with <strong>Gwyneth Paltrow</strong>,  <strong>Don Cheadle</strong> and <strong>Scarlett Johansson</strong> also set to return to the franchise. <strong>Ben  Kingsley</strong> is set to play the villain. Plot will borrow elements from Warren Ellis’  six-issue IRON MAN: EXTREMIS comicbooks, that also heavily influenced the  first IRON MAN pic, and focuses heavily on the spread of a virus through  nanotechnology. In the books, Killian co-created the Extremis  technology that Iron Man adopts after Killian sells it to terrorists. Disney has set IRON MAN 3 for May 3,  2013.</p>
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