Talkback: Should Chris Nolan Direct The Twilight Zone?

According to Variety, Christopher Nolan tops the shortlist to helm Warner Bros.’ Twilight Zone reboot, but he’s not alone on the list of potential candidates; Michael Bay, Alfonso Cuaron, and Rupert Wyatt are also in the mix to direct the big-budget, single-story version based on Rod Serling’s original sci-fi television series. Nolan may have an in with producer Leonardo DiCaprio and the studio that released his last five films, not to mention the upcoming The Dark Knight Rises. But should he get the gig? It might all be much simpler if each director was given a portion of the film to shoot, a la 1983’s Twilight Zone: The Movie, which split duties between John Landis, Steven Spielberg, Joe Dante, and George Miller. Then again, probably not; could you see Nolan, Bay, Cuaron, and Wyatt sharing the same bill, let alone working together to create a balanced omnibus film? Meanwhile, there’s the question of each director’s upcoming schedule. Nolan and Bay already have other projects on deck, and it’d certainly be refreshing to see Bay go the small-scale route with his Pain & Gain crime pic than take on another huge franchise. Wyatt earned a bump with Rise of the Planet of the Apes, which earned critical acclaim, but would he just go straight into prepping its inevitable sequel? Which leaves Cuaron. He’s certainly got the sci-fi/fantasy chops, with Children of Men, Harry Potter, and the upcoming Gravity under his belt. But is he the right guy for The Twilight Zone? Chime in below. Nolan, others may be slipping into ‘THE TWILIGHT ZONE’ [Variety’s Showblitz]

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Damon Lindelof Talks Prometheus

Here be (mild) spoilers!Lots of people hate spoilers connected having a size or description, although some prefer to pick over drip-feeds of taunted information. If you're inside the former camping, we applaud you, but it's suggested to depart this story now. If you're in the latter persuasion, continue reading through for just about any handful of MTV-acquired bits and pieces from Prometheus author Damon Lindelof.There's nothing here that's world-ending or ruinous, but a few new hints on tone and direction and character...Of Ridley Scott, Lindelof states he felt a substantial relief, getting been part-responsible for Lost for this type of very long time, the load of Prometheus was on someone else's shoulders. According to him he came aboard following "numerous conversations where I used to be kind of ending up in Ridley to acquire a sense of the film he preferred to create. Once I got a sense of that, it involved pointing that idea to make sure that I used to be understanding his vision, rather than imposing my vision about it. Really everything I used to be approaching with only decided to be another spin which he was saying.InchErina Fassbender's role prompts reference to the another Scott sci-fi classic: "He plays a robot. One factor that raises the idea of Edge Runner is, 'What does the film appear as with the robot's perspective?A In the event you request him, 'What can you consider all of this? What's happening? What can you think about these humans close to you?A. Perhaps it would be awesome once we found an easy method for the robot to resolve people questions?"Of Charlize Theron's character, Lindelof unveils"She's type of a business entity. That's another one of the familiar things within the Alien movies: that might be corporate interests in play. I appear like Charlize introduced a completely new spin around the old variation. It's a remix .... I don't think she's slimy like Burke. She's not the suit you are familiar with: not the short-speaking, lizard-oil face from the organization. Incidentally, what company she's a real face of can be a large part of the fun..."As well as the author thinks that you will find more fun available while using rug-yanking the ensemble cast enables: "In the event you watch the initial Alien cold, you think Tom Skerritt might be the hero, after which it he's one of the primary to go to.I like the idea of developing a really awesome ensemble and again showing everyone else with like, 'Who's apt to be left waiting for the conclusion from the movie? Maybe these. Probably not'..."Prometheus is presently in publish-production, and released on June 1 next season.

Camilla Belle Pick For Eve In Paradise Lost

EXCLUSIVE: I hear that Camilla Belle is Legendary Entertainment and Alex Proyas’ option for charge role of Eve in Paradise Lost. She'd join Bradley Cooper as Lucifer and Benjamin Master, who plays the archangel Michael within the action epic fight between good and evil that's inspired through the John Milton poem. Belle starred in 10,000 B.C. and before that performed Daniel Day-Lewis’ daughter within the Ballad of Jack and Rose. Let’s find out if her deal works, but this can be a role lots of youthful stars wanted. She sparks the war that started all wars for future years of mankind. Belle is repped by WME. Warner Bros is disbursing and thinking of getting a 4th quarter 2013 release.

Euro academy picks toon nominees

BERLIN -- Nostalgia for your Golden Era in the 19 thirties and 40s, ideally getting a focus on felines, characterize this years European Film Award nominations for your animated feature film category. The Eu Film Academy's three options include "The Rabbi's Cat," Antoine Delesvaux and Joann Sfar's adaptation in the latter's graphic novel of a cat in 19 thirties Algeria, who gains an opportunity to speak and tries to become Judaism to win a person's heart of the owner, a rabbi's daughter, before beginning around the go to a mythical Jewish city in Africa. Also nominated is "Chico & Rita," Tono Errando, Javier Mariscal and Fernando Trueba's love story between two youthful artists that begins in 19 forties Cuba and follows the 60-year romance. Likewise inside the running is Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli's "The Kitty in Paris," the storyplot from the cunning cat who leads a double existence: throughout your day a child's pet, by evening a thief's accomplice. The Eu Film Academy's 2,500 individuals will pick the champion, that is introduced within the European Film Honours ceremony in Berlin on 12 ,. 3. Contact Erection dysfunction Meza at staff@variety.com

'Contagion' goes viral

Warner Bros.' 'Contagion' nabbed $22.4 million last weekend.The previous weekend's domestic B.O. race was a mixed bag of good and -- let's be real -- abysmal performances from wide releases. Starting with the good, Warner Bros.' "Contagion" scored $22.4 million, which was in line with last year's hearty post-Labor Day pics "The Town" ($23.8 million) and "The Social Network" ($22.4 million). Even Lionsgate's "Warrior," with a $5.2 million opening, has potential to grow, given the film's positive critical and audience reactions. Now to the bad. A pair of wide releases -- one studio pic, one independent -- flatlined during opening weekend: Sony's "Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star" was one of the lowest-grossing debuts in recent memory for a studio wide release, with just $1.4 million, while indie distrib Bubble Factory took an unusually aggressive wide-release approach with its monster movie "Creature," which went out on 1,507 locations for a paltry $327,000 -- the worst wide release ever. It's not uncommon for review-challenged films to hit theaters during late August or early fall; that period has a reputation for being a dumping ground as students go back to school. But adult-skewing counterprogrammers (i.e. "Contagion") also can find success during the time frame, and those looking for early awards buzz can beat the rush of fourth-quarter product. "We planted the seed this weekend," says Lionsgate distribution topper David Spitz, "and we just hope that audiences continue to respond." Contact Andrew Stewart at andrew.stewart@variety.com

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Kevin Costner walks from Tarantino's Django Unchained

Just once we thought Quentin Tarantino was getting together most likely probably the most awesome cast ever for his slave western Django Unchained, one of the folks i had been most searching toward seeing leaves the project.Kevin Costner, mentioned being playing Ace Woodsy (among lead villain's Calvin Candie's key crew), has happened concerning the picture, stating 'scheduling conflicts.'It seems like Costner prefer to produce a TV movie entitled The Hatfields & The McCoys for your History Funnel along with his old friend Kevin Reynolds than work with exciting living director in the world.But Kevin may also be turning up in Zack Snyder's Superman reboot Guy Of Steel, so possibly his role for that reason that's bigger than we first thought.Either in situation, Tarantino will have to look for a completely new Ace. The gossips are presently suggesting Danny McBride, but we're unsure once we notice. Costner and McBride couldn't be different.And that we are particularly disappointed that Costner has dropped out, after we were searching toward watching Django and Fandango in the Kevin Costner-designed rhyming double-bill. That dream is finished.

Film Finance Forum: Challenge for indies

IM Global Boss Stuart Ford discussed challenges in film financing at Thursday's summit. While his keynote speech on Thursday may have been informative, IM Global's Stuart Ford couldn't result in the indie producers attending within the Film Finance Forum happy. "Just like a financier, we now have really gravitated towards what, by independent standards, are very pricey films," Ford told everyone else within the summit, presented by Winston Baker in colaboration with Variety. He noted that photos with increased compact budgets are more unlikely to own worldwide commercial elements as being a large star or large effects. "(We've) north of $200 million within our own profit movies that are not allotted under $20 million." Ford mentioned that lots of factors make worldwide sales reps more picky. Nobody knows how VOD and emerging platforms will replace the drop-off in DVD revenue and piracy is ongoing to develop in formerly strong areas like Italia, Mexico and also the country. Additionally, since the worldwide box office reaches become more crucial that you a pic's ancillary revenue, traders frequently want safe bets vulnerable to succeed overseas. "Most of us hope that digital platforms as well as the new VOD platforms, as revenue streams, will sooner or later supplant what DVD was," Ford mentioned. "But we're not there yet. It'll be several more years before we're inside the zone." Which suggests that large sales the kind of IM Global are unlikely to battle harmful films. Because it stays a "a significant bitInch that belongs to them capital in films, Ford mentioned its developed a reason behind being very conservative, despite some slight fluctuations inside a couple of areas. "In my opinion there's some a hazard in film financing circles to visualise the foreign marketplace has truly came back within the final 12 to 18 several days," he mentioned. "Plenty of entrepreneurs have return into the sport worldwide which is created an uptick in sales, but it's an very fragile uptick. Despite the fact that the quantity of economic has elevated, there isn't the identical reliable shops." Because the worldwide B.O. is a lot more important than in the past, entrepreneurs in key areas aren't faring much better than people inside the U.S. "They're beset through the same challenges since the whole distribution world transitions in new directions," mentioned Ford, watching that development in the world B.O. is coming initially from mainly from emerging areas like Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe and Russia. He reported Korea, where people obtain access to a quick broadband connection, just like a place where digital downloads could provide a reliable revenue stream. China, where you can an incredible number of urban people without fast access to movie theaters, has particularly opened up up up its infamously closed film gates to U.S. traders, joining track of U.S. companies to co-produce films, purchase U.S. media making new screens. Ford also mentioned that the fact sales reps can't rely on certain entrepreneurs to obtain a collection volume of films each year has only made sales reps more picky, an unpleasant fact for a number of indie producers attending within the NY conference. "How would you act if an individual found you getting a historic drama of a lady?" asked for one audience member. "Visit Focus Features," shot back Ford, whose customers are handling Madonna's "W.E." "The moment you slip below good quality packages, you'll be able to disappear a higher high cliff really quickly." Contact Rachel Abrams at Rachel.Abrams@variety.com

Ryan Murphys Passion Is Back For Glee: Plus Season 3 Spoilers For Cast And Songs

Ray Richmond is contributing to Deadline’s TV coverage. Co-creator Ryan Murphy is coming off a sophomore season of Glee that drew gripes from fans and a controversy surrounding his commentsabout stars Lea Michele, Chris Colfer, and Cory Monteith. Now,Ryanis ready to make amends. “This year, the idea is just to run the show,” he said this afternoon after a screening of Glee‘s 3rd season premiere.”Last year was a new thing for me. I’d run television shows before, but I’d never run a business before. It was a weird thing.” Now the focus is “on makingthisthe best year we’veever done.And in fact, we thinkthat’sexactly what we’regoing to have. Part of the reason for that is we’ve figured out the best way to shoot the show, and a way to do itmoreeconomically for Fox.” Added Murphy: “I have my passion forit back. And you can see the excitement on the set.The actors I feel are really renewed and excited and are thrilled to be there. It’s funagain. You know, things took a bit of a nasty turn,but I feel greatabout it again.” Theseason opener, which airs Tuesday, features Lindsay Pearce — one of the 4 finalists on the Oxygen reality series The Glee Project. Pearce is playing a major roleduring Season 3… SPOILER ALERT! SPOILER ALERT! … asthe leader of a rival singing group to New Directions. She’ll continue to recur as a nemesis to Rachel (Michele) in several episodes. Her big first music number is singing “Anything You Can Do“ from Annie Get Your Gun. Murphy told reporters that it occurred to him after the part already had been written that Pearce would be perfect for it — but had to shoot her first episode before The Glee Project finale had aired. “We kept delaying doing it so it wouldn’t leak.”The Glee Project‘s two winners, Damian McGinty and Sam Larsen, also will appear in significant story arcs on the show later this fall … SPOILER ALERT! SPOILER ALERT! … with McGinty portraying “a foreign exchange student shacking up with Brittany (Heater Morris), and she of course believes him to be a leprechaun with magical powers”. McGinty “isn’t an actor,” Murphy acknowledged, “but he did great. On his first day he got shoved into a locker like 25 times” but came through it well. Larsen will appear in “somewhere around Episode 10 or 11,” Murphy added. So with Michele, Colfer, and Monteith’s charactersgraduating from high school at the end of this coming season, how will they be integrated into the series’ high-school setting? “There are lots of things they could do,” Murphy told Deadline. “They could become teachers. They could become college students. There are very organicways you could keep them on the show, and keep them big, and keep the audience invested in them… But the show is always going to be about that choir room.” As for doing a spinoff,the producers will revisit the idea in the spring. “We would do discussions of it much differently than we handled it before,” Murphy said.

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Dual Purpose: 10 Stars With 2 Movies at TIFF

Marketing one film inside a festival is tough enough, but two? These artists (then one producer) had their work eliminate on the account as of this year's Toronto Worldwide Film Festival. From Shakespearean war histories ('Coriolanus') to political thrillers ('The Ides of March') to Sigmund Freud ('A Dangerous Method'), this years TIFF is certainly an embarrassment of riches. And seriously, there's no such factor as a lot of Jessica Chastain. Stars Yanking Dual Purpose at TIFF Marketing one film inside a festival is tough enough, but two? These artists (then one producer) get their work eliminate on the account as of this year's Toronto Worldwide Film Festival. George ClooneyJessica ChastainGerard ButlerRyan GoslingChristina HendricksSeth RogenCarey MulliganMichael FassbenderVanessa RedgraveHarvey Weinstein See All Moviefone Galleries » Photos because of Fox Searchlight, The brand new the new sony, The brand new the new sony Pictures Classics, the Weinstein Company, Relativity, FilmDistrict, Summit.

Watch Amy Winehouse's Final Music Video

Amy Winehouse's final music video was released Wednesday, on what would have been her 28th birthday. MTV VMAs 2011: Amy Winehouse Career in Pictures Proceeds from "Body and Soul," a duet with Tony Bennett, will benefit her Amy Winehouse Foundation, which her dad Mitch says will "support charitable activities in both the UK and abroad that provide help, support or care for young people, especially those who are in need by reason of ill health, disability, financial disadvantage or addiction." PHOTOS: Amy Winehouse Funeral Winehouse is in good spirits in the clip, which was taped at London's Abbey Road Studios in March. She was found dead in her London home last July. STORY: Amy Winehouse's Death: What Hollywood Is Saying Of their collaboration, Winehouse says, "Our singing together just blended perfectly. It couldn't have been better." PHOTOS: Hollywood's Notable Deaths Related Topics Amy Winehouse

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Marc Anthony & Will Smith Enjoy Monday Night Football Together

MIAMI, Fla. -- If there were any lingering rumors about Will Smith and Marc Anthonys friendship the pair put them to rest last night when they were spotted together at the Miami Dolphins Monday Night Football game. Will joined Marc along with Sean Kingston, Pitbull, Fergie, Josh Duhamel, and Dwyane Wade for an early birthday celebration, where the group watched Miami take on the New England Patriots. Marc and J.Lo, as well as Fergie, are all part owners of the Dolphins. Prior to the game, Fergie performed the National Anthem. Following Marc and Jennifer Lopezs split in July, rumors swirled that Will and wife Jada Pinkett Smiths marriage was in trouble something the superstar couple was quick to deny. Some reports surfaced claiming Marc and Jada, who starred together on HawthoRNe were romantically linked, something the singer called laughable in an interview with ABCs Nightline, earlier this month. Marc will turn 43 on September 16.Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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ABC Nabs Drama Project from 'Grey's Anatomy's' Shonda Rhimes, Jenna Restrictions

ABC has acquired another drama pitch from Shonda Rhimes' Shondaland shingle.our editor recommendsThe Quiet Mystery of Shonda RhimesShonda Rhimes Sells 'Gilded Lillys' Drama to ABC'Grey's Anatomy's' Shaun Perry Joins Shonda Rhimes Drama Pilot (Exclusive) STORY: The Quiet Mystery of Shonda Rhimes The main one-hour project, which originates from ABC Galleries, concentrates on a youthful,idealistic and lately fired defense lawyer struggles to begin their own firm by having an eclectic number of lawyer misfits, while beginning to understand he might have been fired from his old job while he got too near to a deadly cover-up. Jenna Restrictions (From the Map, Gray's Anatomy) will function as a author and executive producer, with Rhimes and Betsy Ales aboard as nonwriting executive producers. STORY: Shonda Rhimes Sells 'Gilded Lillys' Drama to ABC This news comes mere days after Rhimes --accountable for Gray's Anatomy, Private Practice and approaching Scandal on ABC's schedule-- offered another drama project, Gilded Lillys, set in a 1890's luxury hotel. Rhimes is repped by ICM Ales is by using UTA. Email: Lacey.Rose@THR.com Twitter: @LaceyVRose Related Subjects ABC Shonda Rhimes Grey's Anatomy TV Development

Tribeca Film Accumulates 'Detachment' for U.S. Distribution

And also you thought the only real film distribution deals now would emerge from the Toronto Worldwide Film Festival! Tribeca Film introduced on Thursday that it'll release the Tony Kaye-directed 'Detachment' in U.S. theaters and VOD platforms in 2012. 'Detachment,' which opened in the Tribeca Film Festival early in the year, follows a unhappy substitute teacher (Adrien Brody) who finds themself in a falling apart public school. James Caan, Marcia Gay Harden, Christina Hendricks, Bryan Cranston and Lucy Liu co-star. [Pr Release]

Eddie Murphy to Host the Academy awards?

So how exactly does "Eddie Murphy, Oscar host," seem? Based on Deadline, Academy awards-producer Brett Ratner wants the comedian, who co-stars in the approaching fim 'Tower Heist,' to host the 84th Oscars. Ratner must obtain the okay from the Academy first, but Eddie is apparently "showing interest" within the gig. Murphy was nominated for the best Supporting Actor for his role in 2006's 'Dreamgirls.' Once we remember it, he wasn't the finest sport about losing to Alan Arkin for 'Little Miss Sunshine,' but we are speculating he'd make an infinitely more passionate host. "Nobody knows movies better or perhaps is a larger cinephile than Eddie. Not Brett. Not really Quentin Tarantino. Eddie can quote moments from each and every movie sentence after sentence,Inch Deadline quotes an insider. "He is able to bring everything experience to hosting. Plus he's 'Saturday Evening Live' experience before an active crowd. And worldwide the greatest crossover comics are Will Cruz and Eddie Murphy." How about Billy Very, who's introduced he'd like to host again? He'd allegedly be incorporated within the show, simply not because the host. The famous host oprah Winfrey, who had been formerly rumored to host, is going to be there, but because the person receiving an honorary Oscar, as will James Earl Johnson. What is your opinion? Would Eddie create a great Oscar host? [via Deadline]