Ewen Bremner Boards Snow Piercer

He's on for that thrillerIt's been nearly per month since we learned about someone joining the cast of Bong Joon-Ho's snowpocalyptic thriller Snow Piercer, but although it appeared as if he may have discovered all his primary cast, it works out he's still adding folk: Ewen Bremner gets his ticket smacked for that film.He's joining a proper ensemble that already includes Chris Evans, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell and recently minted Oscar champion Octavia Spencer.Snow Piercer, which Bong co-authored with producer Park Chan-Wook, is occur a global in which the Earth is nearly completely covered within the chilled whitened stuff after a little badly misjudged climate experiments. The majority of humanity survives by riding the titular train, that is run by a perpetual motion machine. And it is fortunately not operated by Southern Railway, or it might be a really video clip.In spite of the necessity to survive, old class divides stay in place, and that we don't just mean individuals who obtain access to a trolley filled with packets of Monster Munch and individuals who need to make their method to the galley. And you will find a whole lot worse problems to deal with: Evans is playing a guy searching to save his kidnapped boy and Bremner is a father who purports to help.Bong will start shooting this March in Prague. Bremner was last seen alongside his old Trainspotting mucker Ewan McGregor in Sense and can appear both in Mike Newell's Great Anticipation (out later this season) and Jack The Large Killer (shoved to 2013).

REVIEW: Lack of Chemistry Can't Derail Tyler Perry's Harmless Good Deeds

Tyler Perry doesn't don drag or delve into religion in his latest,Good Deeds - the film isn't part of the prolific entertainment giant's Madea franchise (next stopMadea's Witness Protection, slated for later in 2012), but rather of his less broad line of feel-good dramedies like Daddy's Little Girls andWhy Did I Get Married?But despite the restrained tone, it's no less savvy an entertainment, one that Perry wrote, directed and stars in as San Francisco businessmanWesley Deeds, the wealthy, perfect son of a good family, head of the company his father created. Wesley'slife changes when he meets Lindsey (Thandie Newton), a beleaguered single mom whoworks as the night janitor in his office building. Like Maid in Manhattan,Good Deedsis an urban fairy tale in which the idea of a prince swooping down to woo and rescue the poor cinder girl is given a contemporary twist. But the film is well aware that it's Wesley, and the man playing him, who are the real objects of fantasy here. Loving to his icy mother (Phylicia Rashad), protective of his alcoholic, angry brother Walter (Brian White), devoted in his stewardship of the business he was left, this Deeds is actually too good, too reliable, subsuming any actual desires of his own to cater to the needs of everyone around him. He's so safe and predictable that when his fianceNatalie (Gabrielle Union) finds a blonde hair on a pillow in their bed, she takes it not as a sign of possible infidelity but as one that she needs to tell the housekeeper to be more careful with their dry cleaning. It's Lindsey, who with her 6-year-old daughter Ariel has recently fallen from a precarious economic situation into full-on homelessness, who breaks through Wesley's shell by, well, trampling all over him. Good Deedshas the shrillest meet-cute imaginable, in which Lindsey parks inWesley's spot in the company lot and, having no idea who he is, calls him an asshole and walks away. Later, she taunts that he's going to run and "tell massa" on her when he catches her using an office phone for a personal call late at night. Lindsey's abrasiveness is weirdly delightful - she's not on the lookout for anyone to save her, and she's going through a very difficult time - but it's one of several reasons the romance angle of this otherwise engaging melodrama doesn't work. The primary one is chemistry - Lindsey andWesley have none at all. There's a sibling quality to their banter that diminishes the potentially creepy aspects to the fact that Wesley comes to Lindsey's aid financially, buying her and her daughter dinner and eventually providing her with a place to stay in a corporate apartment, but there's no spark between them, even as her influence starts opening him to new possibilities in his life. Newton's loveliness is undeniable, but it's downplayed until late in the film - before that point, she's harried and frequently seen wearing a cleaning crew outfit, sleeping with Ariel in her minivan or trying to hide the girl in a supply closet while she works the night shift. In contrast, Union's character is shown beginning the day getting immaculately made up while wearing a slip and heels. Part of the fancy ofGood Deedsis that Wesley, a character who, as he says himself in the introduction, has everything, has a run-in with an unapologetically insulting, frazzled woman who leaves her kid unattended in her car and runs off, and he thinks that she's probably what he's been missing in his life. Wesley's so square that when he looks through Lindsey's iPod, he notes she's listening to "Two-P-A-C," but the two find common ground in their love of motorcycles, and take a geographically improbable lunchtime ride across the Golden Gate Bridge to Santa Rosa (despite filling in plentiful snap zoom-filled shots of San Francisco, Good Deedswas filmed in and looks like it was filmed in Atlanta). While Wesley is both too good to be true and an absence of a charisma on screen, Good Deedsis very fair to its two main female characters even as they're both entangled with the same man. Despite her role in the story, Natalie isn't made into a villain, just someone who, like Wesley, has chosen something because she's been told she should want it. And the domino chain of poverty-driven difficulties Lindsey faces is well-realized - because she can't pay her rent on time, she's evicted and loses the savings she's hidden away, because she has to work she can't check into the shelter on time, because she's working double shifts to get back on her feet financially she's late picking up Ariel and her teacher notified child services. It's Wesley who never seems like a real person, but then he's not meant to be one - he's Prince Charming for a prospective audience of women who are less enchanted by rippling abs than by kindness and responsibility. Follow Alison Willmore on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.

Dear God, The L'ensemble des Grossman Movie Is Real -- and it is 'Heartfelt'

I am prepared to give on-the-edge film writer Michael Bacall the advantage of the doubt according to what I have been sent of him to date, from Scott Pilgrim versus. the planet (that they co-authored) towards the Todd Phillips-created teen party comedy Project X and 21 Jump Street (each of which he's scripting and story credits on), the second which is generating remarkably glowing responses in the blogoscenti. However I may need to draw some kind of line in the Tropic Thunder spin-off starring a body fat, hairy Tom Cruise as slimy Hollywood professional L'ensemble des Grossman, which apparently isn't just really, seriously a factor but is, as Bacall describes, "quite a sincere story." "I authored it for R because we'd precedent with Tropic Thunder," he told Collider lately, promising a script unhampered by PG-13 limitations. "Its really quite a sincere story. I'd lots of conferences with Mr. Cruise and Mr. Stiller also it was crazy, it had been a great time. I believe we emerged with a few really fun stuff to provide you with a look into who the man is, so Im hopeful that thatll get ready to go soon. Cruise, he confesses, might be pretty busy with non-L'ensemble des Grossman gigs for any good while, therefore it is difficult to say if this informative consider the guy who won 8 Academy awards, gained 400 million dollars in the box office, and saved Tugg Speedman's career will hit theaters. I can not imagine something more tiring than watching Cruise yell and dance to Flo Rida for the size of an element film. Project X, meanwhile, captures the youth side of the dick-obsessed male culture if by having an excess of sleaze, and 21 Jump Street is generating probably the most solid advance buzz I have heard shortly where much talked about studio fodder is worried. So perhaps there's hope yet? On the other hand, Bacall isn't just a scribe, he's an actress as they most lately made an appearance in Inglorious Basterds, his appearance around the infamously terrible Marky Mark and also the Funky Bunch: Make My Video Sega game really makes me like him, even though it proves that does not all high concept projects built around macho gyrating personas are great ideas. Film writer Michael Bacall Gives Update on L'ensemble des Grossman Movie States Its Quite A Sincere Story also it Was Written to become Ranked R [Collider]

Everything You Want to Know About the Rest of Suburgatory's First Season

Katy Perry Katy Perry is going to jail - but it's only for her guest role as a prison guard on Raising Hope.The 27-year-old pop-star will appear on the Fox comedy's March 6 episode, the network announced Wednesday.Katy Perry and Russell Brand finalize divorce"[Cast member] Shannon Woodward told me that her friend Katy was interested in doing an episode and I thought, 'Why not? Let's do your friend Katy a favor,'" said executive producer Greg Garcia in a statement. "Then she came in and did a terrific job. She was hilarious. And now people are telling me that Katy is also a singer. I sincerely hope that her appearance on the show helps her get her singing career off the ground. It's a tough business."In the episode, Sabrina (Woodward) finds herself under the watchful eye of Rikki (Perry), after being incarcerated during an Occupy Natesville protest. Rikki does everything in her power to make Sabrina's stay a miserable one - until she realizes the two are actually old friends.Russell Brand files for divorce from Katy PerryPerry married comedian Russell Brand in October 2010, but the two finalized their divorce earlier this month.Raising Hope moves to its new timeslot on Tuesday, March 6 at 8/7c on Fox.

OSCARS: Margin Call J.C. Chandor

Cari Lynn is a contributor to AwardsLine Early this autumn, as the Occupy Wall Street movement heated up, writer-director J.C. Chandor was getting nervous. Really nervous. It was only days before the release of his writing and directorial debut, Margin Call, set in 2008 and about a fictitious investment bank discovering its the linchpin of the financial crisis. My fear was that the OWS movement would turn into the World Trade Organization riots in Seattle, where they were breaking windows and burning cars, Chandor says. And theres the old adage about films, that when its that too close, no one wants to see it. Of course, Chandor and his ensemble cast — including Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Zachary Quinto, Stanley Tucci, and Demi Moore — were relieved that things went in a Gandhian way, which, Chandor says, kept the national dialogue open. This film, to me, was always a tragedy,” he said. “Its about misused potential. People who should, could, and wouldve been doing other things with their lives but had been roped into this world through extreme compensation packages. To have had that gut feeling about what I was writing [three years earlier] end up being what people decided to protest at the time the film was coming out was lucky, but really exciting. Now with an Oscar nom for Best Original Screenplay, Chandor is marveling at the trajectory of his project, which was a linchpin of its own sort: Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions’ experiment in the simultaneous theatrical and VOD release. We had to overcome the stigma of what in the old days would be called a straight-to-video release, Chandor says of the propitious but unchartered route. Obviously the world is changing. I had an amazing lunch with Bingham Ray and he told me his belief was that, 10 years from now, there will be a circuit of 200 to 300 local, non-for-profit art theater houses that will also have a strong VOD component, where most of the revenue will come from. Would Chandor opt for the same theatrical/VOD path with subsequent films? He rattles off cautions, such as: no advertising for VOD; the potential need to do a four-wall contract with theaters; and theaters acting on fear of too much competition from too many angles (according to Chandor, despite an expansion plan, Margin Call, which had a better-than-anticipated opening at approximately $10,000 per screen, never moved beyond the initial number of 55 screens due to theater owners opposition). Chandor, who made his living in commercials, says his interest in finance stemmed from his father, a Merrill Lynch lifer and readily applies his avocation to film financing, frequently circling back to what he calls the sound business model upon which Margin Call was built. I came about this with a background in trying to put films together, mainly failures, but still, I learned a lot in the process, Chandor says of his struggling for 15 years to get an independent film off the ground. I dont ever want the project to not make sense financially. Hes not just talking the talk; according to Box Office Mojo, Margin Call has grossed $11.5 million internationally, and Chandor claims first-run VOD adds another $5.5 to $6 million. Not bad against a $3.5 million budget. Uncompromising in his vision of the project, Chandor declined to expand the eventual budget, which he says he feasibly could have. Rather, the film was shot in 17 days, using offices of a freshly abandoned hedge fund that had occupied the 42nd floor of Manhattans 1 Penn Plaza. When I walked off the elevator, I had a tear come to my eye, he recalls. You had an open view of the city as if the rest of the world is looming over the characters shoulders and then I came around a corner and there was a 150-person trading floor. He tried to capitalize on the tight shooting schedule, viewing it as a strength not only in recruiting A-list talent who could more easily commit to a brief timeframe, but also in creating an intensified atmosphere. Were trying to convey the panic the characters are feeling, only these characters are Type-A, hyper-smart, trained to never panic; likewise, these are hyper-trained, hyper-successful, veteran actors and its hard to rattle them, but with the pace we were shooting, there were moments where, if they made an error, youd see a twitch, and I started to zero in on these things that youd never have gotten if you had four days to shoot a scene. Chandor also acknowledges the brazenness of entering a niche of finance-themed films thats long been viewed as filled, with the evergreen classics of 1983s Trading Places and 1987s Wall Street still cornering the market (both of which, Chandor says, he was a huge fan). Previous films that dared dip in a toe, like the UKs 1999 Rogue Trader and 2000s Boiler Room quickly bottomed out. Contrast this with the reception Chandor found at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2011: The first question I got when I landed in Berlin was, ‘Why havent the U.S. arts looked more in depth into this issue that essentially blew up the world? Why are there not more films coming out about this?

ABC's Mandy Moore Pilot and 'White Van Man' Land Casting Directors

Two more ABC comedy pilots have signed on casting directors, Back Stage has confirmed.Wendy O'Brien will cast "White Van Man," from ABC Studios. Based on a BBC show, the pilot follows a man whose dream of opening a restaurant is put on hold when his father leaves him in charge of the family handy-man business, and the attendant van. The pilot was written by Bob Bowman, who has written several episodes of hit Fox comedy "Raising Hope." Kyle Bornheimer is attached as the titular man, while J.K. Simmons will play his retiring father. Shooting is scheduled to begin next month.In addition to "White Van Man," O'Brien is also casting Fox pilot "Little Brother" and NBC pilot "Next Caller Please," both comedies.O'Brien casts several current series, including the FX series "Sons of Anarchy" and "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" and MTV's "Teen Wolf," as well as the upcoming Nickelodeon comedy "Zach Stone is Gonna Be Famous" starring You Tube sensation Bo Burnham.The other pilot also involves someone who has a dream to open a restaurant, only this time there's no retiring father to stand in her way. Mandy Moore will star in an untitled comedy about a woman who opens a hip new restaurant in her hometown with her husband. The pilot, from 20th TV, will be cast by Leslie Litt. It will shoot in mid March.Litt also casts Fox comedy "Breaking In" and CBS comedy "Rules of Engagement."

Pilot Season: Greg Berlanti's CBS Cop Drama Pilot Collars Kevin Alejandro

Kevin Alejandro Southland and True Blood stream alum Kevin Alejandro has grew to become part of CBS' untitled pilot from Greg Berlanti, Deadline reviews.Pilot Season: Pushing Daisies' Chi McBride to co-star in Greg Berlanti pilotFormerly known to as Golden Boy, the primary one-hour drama tales one cop's meteoric rise from officer to detective to Police Commissioner. Alejandro may have the most effective detective who's disturbed with the new man's arrival and plots to derail his career. He joins Chi McBride, who'll play in the new officer's partner.Nicholas Wootton will write and executive-result in the project alongside Berlanti, who offers drama aircraft aircraft pilots at Fox (Guilty) as well as the CW (Arrow).

Amy Acker Holds Playing Grimm's Alluring Black Widow

Amy Acker Amy Acker, recognized for representing a sweet egghead who was simply captive on Joss Whedon's vampire-detective series Angel, won't be playing the victim on Friday's Grimm (9/8c, NBC). In "Tarantella," Acker plays Lena, a stylish lady who is undoubtedly a deadly black widow-type of creature, or possibly in Grimm-speak, a Spinnetod. "It's a spider-creature who, to have the ability to survive, must sacrifice or eat three males every five years,In . the actress notifies TVGuide.com. From Castle to Grimm: A user's self-help guide to TV procedurals Concentrating on Grimm reunited Acker with Angel executive producer David Greenwalt. "I used to be excited he was back doing another factor again," she states. "Which I simply loved the whole concept of the favourite anecdotes, the Grimm tales and detectives. It absolutely was a thing that once we were searching whatsoever the completely new shows, I used to be like, 'I desire to watch that particular.A I used to be excited with this particular role because it made an appearance enjoy it might be merely a real challenge also it might be a thing that I certainly hadn't done before." Discover much more about Acker's conflicted character, the makeup involved and becoming back with Whedon for Much Ado About Nothing as well as the Cabin inside the Forest: Exactlty what can you reveal about Lena and her need to kill males?Amy Acker: That was the thing that was interesting about playing this part is that you simply really, you kind of have trouble with her about what the very best factor on her behalf to accomplish is. She's doing the wrong factor, but concurrently, it's kind of like, there is not an alternative choice. She's nothing beats Monroe, the Blutbad, who is able to be considered a vegetarian but nonetheless survive. Can't they've created a dietary alternative for Spinnetods, like the blood stream substitute that was created for vampires of the underworld from the underworld on True Blood stream?Acker: Exactly. I appear like they might require as being a physician who is able to assist them to solve every one of these people problems. Maybe they need to bring my character to assist solve this problem. Look at this video of one other Spinnetod explaining her cursed existence: Are there discussions about how precisely she chose her sufferers, to make sure that no less than she chose bad people, since the killer does in Dexter?Acker: There have been not, nevertheless it made an appearance in my opinion like she chose individuals who, she felt like maybe there's something regarding the subject that handled to obtain better to complete what she required to do. Whoever else consider Lena's different hide - such as this great fedora - they accustomed to get males?Acker: That was a few things i referred to as David Greenwalt about first: Is simply her, and she's in disguise? Or does she have to become someone else to have the ability to do what she should do? He was like, "In my opinion it's somewhere within the center.Inch He'd kind of let me adjust it, therefore i kind of needed the notion that it is not like she's a completely different person, nevertheless it was better to complete what she needed to complete when she wasn't seeing herself carrying it out... Who understood a hat may be essential? Start searching: Amy Acker guest-stars on Grimm Is it possible to describe the practical makeup effects you possessed to handle to see the Spinnetod?Acker: It absolutely was interesting because I've done lots of shows with really large makeup effects, but I've been the primary one watching individuals setting it on as i am done. I am unsure that we had enough sympathy for anybody it's a extended process. I'd say I used to be inside the chair between two and three several hours. It's not as easy as it seems, nevertheless it actually was fun to look for the way they pull this little bit of, whatever it's produced from, from a little of plaster inside your face and watching it transform over two several hours. Simply mind dazzling how gifted individuals are. How managed to get happen feel to own everything makeup you?Acker: The oddest part of the spider makeup really was the arm pieces. They were proclaiming that usually when people have hands that they're kind of large mitts, that have been skintight. Therefore I was like, "Can it be normal not have access to circulation along with you?In . And they're like, "We'll release that a little.Inch Nevertheless it looked so awesome, so when using it, you're like, "OK, this can be who the level of smoothness is." It absolutely was fun because I used to be delivering texts where you can my husband and kids. He's like, "You realize its mattress time and you're simply totally terrifying our youngsters.In . Look at this promo that unveils Acker in their full Spinnetod glory: We've observed in the promo there a few action moments, like when Lena increases up a pole. The amount of of individuals moments perhaps you have do yourself?Acker: I obtained to carry out a good deal in the fighting here, but because of all of the makeup, there has been some moments that we was like, "You understand, In my opinion since i have have can't see or hold on, I'll permit the professional take action.In . Your work got an increase begin with Joss Whedon on Angel, and you also came back together with him for your approaching film The Cabin inside the Forest. Exactlty what can you reveal relating to your character?Acker: I am unsure will have the ability to inform you much relating to this. Everything I really do is kind of a secret, I guess. However did notice a couple of days ago the first time, which i loved it. I didn't define what you should expect, which i reaches it. It's so original as well as other. They did an admirable job. I used to be scared. There's some screaming. Furthermore you done Whedon's adaptation a vast amount of Ado About Nothing. How could it have been coping with other stars within the Whedon world, like Nathan Fillion and Alexis Denisof?Acker: There's almost all the favourite people there. It absolutely was nice. It absolutely was similar to going out with numerous old pals. I play Beatrice, and sadly Beatrice and [Fillion's character] Dogberry don't have one scene together, however arrived at see him in passing, but Alexis Denisof was Benedick, to make sure that will be a small-Angel reunion. The sci-fi and fantasy fandom has recognized you. Do you want watching people genres?Acker: I really do. I watch Grimm and never such a long time ago. I really like all of people shows, which we watch True Blood stream. People will be the shows personally that are fun to check out, because I really like that part of escapism, but the acting is really fun to check out, and people will be the figures I enjoy play. It might seem like you might have trouble watching horror movies though, knowing due to your reaction to The Cabin inside the Forest...Acker: I'm type of a wimp, however i am enhancing. I'm trying to love them. I appear like several my pals those keep in them, therefore i keep requiring to look at them. You have carried out Grimm in addition to produce a guest appearance on Not such a long time ago later this month. Do you want favorite anecdotes? Would you stand out to suit your needs from childhood?Acker: I made my brothers and sisters and brothers and sisters carry out the Little Mermaid. I used to be pointing. My sister, Rachel, was the little Mermaid, and my sister, Shelly, remains mad at me because I made her be Ursula. She still holds which more than my thoughts. I used to be playing Sebastian and one another area. Grimm airs on Fridays at 9/8c on NBC.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt Turns Director

He's making a comedyGiven how much Joseph Gordon-Levitt has enjoyed stretching himself in various creative ways both cinematically and musically, it was only a matter of time before his career wheel spun towards directing. Now he's making that move, setting up an untitled comedy that he's written and will also star in alongside Scarlett Johansson. Talking to Deadline, the Inception star didn't want to divulge many plot details, but he did reveal that he's playing a "selfish dick" modern-day Don Juan-type who decides to try to better himself. "I wrote myself a helluva role, one that people wouldn't necessarily thought of me for," the actor says, admitting that he's been preparing to watch himself on screen through his short film work. "It takes practice to get used to seeing yourself and not being freaked out and self conscious by the sound of your own voice."He's locked in funding from Hurt Locker producer Nicolas Chartier's Voltage Pictures, and plans to co-produce via his hitRecord Films company. "I was a child actor for years and quit at 19, went to school awhile, and a big part of why I came back was that I ultimately wanted to make movies," Gordon-Levitt explains. "I spent a year working with Chris Nolan, Rian Johnson, Steven Spielberg, and I did my best to pay attention. I've also been making short films for a long time now, I've directed a ton of them, and that is a huge part of why I feel comfortable and confident in this."We'll see the fruits of those directors' labours this year, as Gordon-Levitt will be seen in Premium Rush, The Dark Knight Rises, Looper and Lincoln. But his filmmaking ambitions might keep him from sticking to his small part in Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained. "It will be tricky schedule-wise, but I was honest with Quentin upfront," Gordon-Levitt says. "He was so cool and encouraging. He said, 'You strike me as the kind of guy who would want to direct,' and I took that as high praise."

Showtime renews trio of shows

'House of Lies''Californication'Showtime has purchased new seasons of "Shameless," "House of Lies" and "Californication." Presently in the second season, "Shameless" has been doing well for that pay cabler and Don Cheadle starrer "House of Lies" is off and away to an excellent start after starting at the begining of The month of january. The renewal will mark a sixth season for "Californication," which first showed underneath the Bob Greenblatt era at Showtime. Although Greenblatt assisted develop "Shameless," both it and "House of Lies" hit the environment after David Nevins required over as leader this year. While "Dexter" continues to be most-viewed show on Showtime, "Shameless" isn't any. 2 and earnings 4.7 million audiences per week when including original and repeat telecasts, in addition to Digital recording device and when needed viewing. "These three shows are clearly resonating with audiences as evidenced by their steady growth on Sunday nights," stated Nevins. "I so appreciate that all these series has this type of obvious and distinctive voice." "Shameless" is dependant on the U.K. series from Paul Abbott in regards to a Chicago family that struggles in tough economic occasions. Cast is headlined by Emmy Rossum and William H. Macy. Skein comes from Warner Bros. TV while Abbott professional produces with John Wells and Andrew Stearn. Laffer "House of Lies," about several energy-hungry consultants brought by Cheadle, is dependant on a singular by author Martin Kihn and it has carried out well in the publish-"Shameless" 10 p.m. timeslot. Weekly cumulative average is available in only a fraction under 4 million audiences. Matthew Carnahan produced the skein, that is created internally, and that he professional produces with Cheadle, Jessika Borsiczky and Stephen Hopkins. For "Californication," skein expires 10% from last year and earnings 2.9 million cumulative audiences. David Duchovny stars like a sex-addicted novelist who juggles his personal and professional lives. He professional produces with creator Tom Kapinos. These renewal come for Showtime following the internet lately completed the very first season of terrorist drama "Homeland," which gained healthy rankings and will also be back later this season. Contact Stuart Levine at stuart.levine@variety.com

Concept art shows alternative Deathly Hallows ending

Although the three dimensional presentation of Harry Potter And Also The Deathly Hallows Part 2 wasn't to everyone's taste, there might be little argument that Voldemort's dying scene tips in the technology, specially when the confetti effect blew his smoking remains in to the spellbound audience.However, exceptional dying scene might have been just a little more dark, a minimum of according to a different group of production stills launched by concept artist Andrei Riabotvitchev.The brand new images show Voldemort suffering a Raiders From The Lost Ark style face melt, inside a scene which was most probably considered too nasty for that more youthful people from the audience.Another alternative ending shows Voldemort going the clear way of Cate Blanchett in Kingdom From The Very Skull. That is what transpires with individuals who achieve for an excessive amount of energy, the thing is...I was always fairly pleased with the way in which David Yates chosen in conclusion the franchise, but it is interesting to notice more adult conclusions were considered. Old lizard-features is dead though, which happens to be the primary factor.

Viacom CEO financials released

Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman's fiscal 2011 compensation totaled $43 million including a $3.5 million base salary and hefty $20 million cash bonus - up from $11 million the year before, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission late Friday. The balance was paid in stock and stock options.His overall pay fell from $84 million in 2010 when Dauman was the highest paid CEO in corporate America.Chief operating officer Thomas Dooley earned $34 million, his base salary of $2.5 million plus a $16 million bonus that was nearly double the year earlier figure.And the company's billionaire controlling shareholder Sumner Redstone received $21 million in compensation with a $1.75 million base salary and a $10 million bonus, also nearly the double 2010 bonus.Viacom said in the filing that "The goal of our compensation programs is to make sure that we have the talented executives and employees we need to achieve our strategic plans and deliver financial returns to stockholders over the short term and long term. To do that, we need to attract and retain great managers and employees, and compensate them in a way that encourages and rewards their performance."Viacom's fiscal year ends Sept. 30. The company said it will hold its annual shareholders' meeting at its NY City headquarters on March 8. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

New image for Prometheus

The steady drip-feed of Prometheus marketing material continues apace, with a brand new still of this mysterious stone mind appearing online.The brand new image informs us nothing more than the initial batch of images did, however it does afford us phone giant statue from the different perspective. What exactly are individuals little coffee pods surrounding it? And exactly what does the statue represent?Ridley Scott is keeping these kinds of particulars carefully under-systems, but that has not stopped our anticipation growing through the week. Whereas the continual stream of Dark Dark night Increases images constantly threatened spoilers, the brand new Prometheus photos are cryptic enough to excite discussion without giving anything away.The film will star Michael Fassbender, Noomi Rapace, Idris Elba and Charlize Theron like a crew of intergalactic people who encounter a lot more than they'd bargained when ever trying to explore a brief history of the world.Prometheus is going to be launched within the United kingdom on 1 June 2012. We have first got it marked around the calendar alongside The Dark Dark night Increases and also the Hobbit among the most exciting films of the season...

FilmSharks ink with SnagFilms on Total photos

Buenos Aires-based FilmSharks Intl. has closed a rights deal with U.S. indie movie VOD site SnagFilms around the 10-pic package from Total Entertainment, producer from the clutch of Brazilian B.O. hits. Coming just several days after Netflix launched across South Usa, deal signals a measure-up in VOD biz at among Latin America's finest sales companies. FilmSharks has furthermore inked round the Total library with Berlin's The Information Certification Agency for German-speaking areas, Filmin for that country and Mubi for a number of areas outdoors the U.S. Split-revenue deals are exclusive for Snag and CLA, non-exclusive elsewhere. Distributed in South usa by Fox, Total movies incorporate a couple of from the finest-grossing game game titles in the last decade, including "Sex, Love and Disloyality," a Brazilian remake of Mexican hit "Sex, Shame and Tears," along with the "Personally" franchise, whose second part acquired $24.2 million in South usa. The Three films will be in FilmSharks Intl.'s package. FilmSharks tied lower worldwide rights on Total's library late a year ago. "The operation is to offer the best back catalog of films in the country and South Usa for worldwide digital rights distribution -- TV, VOD and new media," FilmSharks topper Guido Rud told Variety. The business may also be angling to cope with worldwide packages from outdoors Ibero-America. It's in discussions with "large production companies," he added. Rud mentioned the whole catalog could be also provided to TV nets abroad. While prices paid out around the globe for movies' broadcast rights have frequently dropped, sales volumes remain fairly stable. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Clooney, Freeman to provide at Producers Guild Honours

Clooney, Freeman to provide at Producers Guild Honours By Philiana Ng The month of january 19, 2012 Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images George Clooney George Clooney, Morgan Freeman and Neil Patrick Harris happen to be drawn on to provide in the 23rd annual 2012 Producers Guild Honours.Kathy Bates, Annette Bening, Tobey Maguire, Jessica Chastain, Viola Davis, Melissa McCarthy, Jason Segel, Sofia Vergara, Evan Rachel Wood and Zachary Quinto will even present in the honours ceremony, set to occur Saturday, Jan. 21 in the Beverly Hilton Hotel at 7:30 p.m. PST carrying out a dinner.Alicia Secrets will work in the PGA honours, that will pay tribute to Leslie Moonves, Steven Spielberg, Don Mischer, Stan Lee and also the producers behind "Within the Land of Bloodstream and Honey," including Julia Roberts.The Ten nominated films within the primary film category are "The Artist," "Night time in Paris," "Bridesmaids," "War Equine," "The Descendants," "The Ides of March," "The Lady Using the Dragon Tattoo," "The Assistance,Inch "Hugo" and "Moneyball." The nominees in television include "30 Rock," "Modern Family," "Downton Abbey," "Cinema Verite," "Glee," "The Large Bang Theory," "Mad Males," "The Good Wife" and "Boardwalk Empire." The Hollywood Reporter Clooney, Freeman to provide at Producers Guild Honours By Philiana Ng The month of january 19, 2012 George Clooney PHOTO CREDIT Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images George Clooney, Morgan Freeman and Neil Patrick Harris happen to be drawn on to provide in the 23rd annual 2012 Producers Guild Honours.Kathy Bates, Annette Bening, Tobey Maguire, Jessica Chastain, Viola Davis, Melissa McCarthy, Jason Segel, Sofia Vergara, Evan Rachel Wood and Zachary Quinto will even present in the honours ceremony, set to occur Saturday, Jan. 21 in the Beverly Hilton Hotel at 7:30 p.m. PST carrying out a dinner.Alicia Secrets will work in the PGA honours, that will pay tribute to Leslie Moonves, Steven Spielberg, Don Mischer, Stan Lee and also the producers behind "Within the Land of Bloodstream and Honey," including Julia Roberts.The Ten nominated films within the primary film category are "The Artist," "Night time in Paris," "Bridesmaids," "War Equine," "The Descendants," "The Ides of March," "The Lady Using the Dragon Tattoo," "The Assistance,Inch "Hugo" and "Moneyball." The nominees in television include "30 Rock," "Modern Family," "Downton Abbey," "Cinema Verite," "Glee," "The Large Bang Theory," "Mad Males," "The Great Wife" and "Boardwalk Empire." The Hollywood Reporter

French TV reporter wiped out in Syria

LONDON -- French television journalist Gilles Jacquier was wiped out Wednesday within the town of Homs, Syria. He's the very first Western journalist to become wiped out in the united states since protests started 10 several weeks ago. Jacquier, who labored for funnel France 2, was among several 15 journalists talking with government supporters once they received attack from rocket grenades. An un named Nederlander journalist was hurt, and eight Syrian ordinary people were also wiped out. Jacquier was a part of a government-approved visit to the nation, France 2 stated. Jacquier would be a seasoned foreign correspondent, who had covered conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo and Algeria. He won among France's top journalism awards, the Prix Albert Londres, in 2003, and acquired another award, the Jean-Louis Calderon prize, last year. Bertrand Coq, who won the Prix Albert Londres with him, told AFP: "He was a great war reporter. He was courageous. He was the type of individual who stuck his neck out, but he never required unnecessary risks." Jacquier was "among the best reporters in France 2 a fantastic guy," Thierry Thuillier, news director at pubcaster France Televisions, which runs France 2, stated. "Many of us are in shock. We will miss him a great deal.Inch In France They government known as to have an analysis in to the attack, and stated its ambassador would visit Homs. "We intensely condemn this odious act," French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe stated inside a statement. "It's as much as Syrian government bodies to guarantee the security of worldwide journalists within their territory, and also to safeguard this fundamental liberty the freedom of knowledge.Inch Syria is infamously hard for Western journalists to gain access to, and individuals which are permitted in are carefully supervised through the regime. Homs has seen a few of the country's greatest anti-government protests, and also the military has held lower difficult on the town, leading to many civilian deaths. The U.N. estimations that 5,000 individuals have been wiped out in Syria because the protests began. Contact Leo Barraclough at leo.barraclough@variety.com

MTV Movie Brawl 2012: 'Snow White' Vs. 'Woman In Black'

The MTV Movie Brawl 2012 is officially on! After the initial play-in and wild card rounds, 16 films have been selected to compete in a series of head-to-head single elimination matches in our March Madness-style bracket. In the end, only one of these flicks can be crowned the can't-miss movie of the year, and the choice is entirely up to YOU. Which movie will win the brawl for it all? Vote at MTV Movies Blog and make your choice known! There is life after "Harry Potter." There is life after "Twilight." Even if it doesn't always feel that way for fans, just look at lead actors Daniel Radcliffe and Kristen Stewart as examples. Both stars are leaving the wizards and vampires behind for new pastures with their next sure-to-be hits, "The Woman in Black" and "Snow White and the Huntsman." But only one of them can continue on in our brawl... (7) "The Woman in Black" Vs. (2) "Snow White and the Huntsman" Radcliffe's come a long way since playing the Boy Who Lived. His dancing days on Broadway are behind him, and now he's about to face some true terrors in "Woman in Black," his horror film debuting in February. But is it enough of an about-face to off-set his Movie Brawl opponent, Kristen Stewart's "Snow White and the Huntsman"? It's not just Stewart fans lining up for this badass take on the classic fairy tale, after all. Genre geeks and fantasy fans are coming on board as well, especially after the epic trailer that dropped late last year. Already proving to be one of the most contentious brawls of the Sweet 16, the outcome of this battle is truly anyone's guess. Watch our MTV Movie Brawl 2012 analysis!

Darnell Williams to Reunite With Debbi Morgan on The Young and the Restless

Debbi Morgan, Darnell Williams Darnell Williams will reunite with his longtime All My Children co-star Debbi Morgan in his new role on The Young and the Restless, Soap Opera Digest reports.Check out the rest of today's newsAside from All My Children, the two have co-starred in Loving and its spin-off, The City. Details about Williams' role on the CBS soap are scarce, but with All My Children's future in limbo, its good news for the 56-year-old actor.Do you think Williams will play Morgan's love interest in his new role?