Thursday, December 8, 2011
WATCH: Vintage Hard Copy Segment Unearths Dragon Tattoo Mystery
The Woman While using Dragon Tattoo Tumblr Mouth Recorded Shut recently discovered a startling artifact: A vintage segment in the investigative news program Hard Copy studying the situation of just one Harriet Vanger, a teenager who went missing decades ago from her family estate in Hedeby Island, Sweden. Watch the unsettling VHS-era report following a jump, full of your chosen ads from s primetime television. In the event you’re not really acquainted with the story within Stieg Larsson’s The Woman while using Dragon Tattoo novel (or Niels Arden Oplev’s 2009 Swedish adaptation), the Vanger situation might be the mystery that can bring journalist Mikael Blomkvist (being carried out by Difficulties in David Fincher’s approaching version) and punk hacker Lisbeth Salander (as embodied by Rooney Mara) together becoming an unlikely sleuthing team. This needs to be the most effective little bit of movie viral marketing later on along shortly. Kudos, Dragon Tattoo team! Which unconventional promo bits coming. [Mouth Recorded Shut with the Playlist]
Monday, December 5, 2011
Andy Serkis 'Rise from the Planet from the Apes' Oscar Campaign: Which Best Supporting Actor Contender Should Get Overlooked?
"Now Is The Time,Inch screams the brand new For The Consideration ad for Andy Serkis's motion-capture performance in 'Rise from the Planet from the Apes,' before concentrating on these funds quote from TIME magazine critic Richard Corliss: "Serkis provides a performance so nuanced and effective it might challenge the Academy to provide an Oscar for an actor who's never observed in the film." Convincing! Only one problem: who'd you knock from the Oscar race for the best Supporting Actor to incorporate Serkis? From the 30 Oscar experts questioned at GoldDerby.com, only curmudgeonly Shaun Wells has Serkis on his ballot (apparently 'Rise from the Planet from the Apes' does not become qualified as a Joe Popcorn movie), rated behind presumed Best Supporting Actor favorite Christopher Plummer ('Beginners') and Max Von Sydow ('Extremely Noisy & Incredibly Close') -- two stars who appear 30 and 20 ballots, correspondingly. Other popular names based on the GoldDerby.com experts include Albert Brooks ('Drive' 28 ballots) and Kenneth Branagh ('My Week With Marilyn' 21 ballots), with Jonah Hill ('Moneyball' 8 ballots), Jim Broadbent ('The Iron Lady' 7 ballots), Nick Nolte ('Warrior' 6 ballots) and Patton Oswalt ('Young Adult' 5 ballots) rounding the presumed nominees. Which leaves no room for Serkis's striking and groundbreaking operate in 'Rise from the Planet from the Apes.' But! One factor that needs to be obvious in the listing of possible Best Supporting Actor nominees is this fact is really a weak area. Plummer appears determined to win, Brooks is kept in for any nomination -- his win in the NY Film Experts Circle would be a nice boost for his candidacy -- and Von Sydow is regarded as too, but next it is a mess. Plus, with 'Extremely Noisy & Incredibly Close' not really screening yet, there is the chance the Von Sydow hype is simply that, and he'll fall from the race after viewing. Stranger everything has happened. Which would be to say, don't discount Serkis from Oscar consideration quite yet. It isn't like you will find five entirely worthy candidates for the best Supporting Actor this season, and Serkis was clearly among the finest entertainers this year. If the acting branch concurs, remains to appear. Who'd you omit of the greatest Supporting Actor race to incorporate Serkis? Your ideas are welcome below. [via Slashfilm] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook
Friday, December 2, 2011
ABC' Daytime Leader to Step Lower
Susan Lucci John Frons, the best choice of ABC Daytime that oversaw the cancellation from the Kids then one Existence to Existence, is walking lower, the network introduced on Friday. "While my decision to check something totally new wasn't turned up at easily, nine years can be a very very long time in television terms," Frons mentioned in the statement. "I'm pleased with the performance of ABC Daytime over that time, and of all of the accomplishments we accomplished in route.In . General Hospital announces new showrunner Your final decision has come about as Disney/ABC merges its daytime division having its syndicated programs. The completely new division, known to as Occasions Square Art galleries also to be headed up by Vicki Drummer, will focus on non-scripted lifestyle and health programming. Current shows beneath the new structure are the View, General Hospital, The Chew, The Revolution, Katie, and Who want to be described as a Uniform. Frons, who was simply named Daytime leader in 2006, will leave ABC when his contract expires within the month of the month of january 2012.
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Keck's Exclusives: Former Law & Order: SVU Executive Producer Releases Crime Novel
Neal Baer During his 11-year reign as Law & Order: SVU's executive producer, Neal Baer dissected the horrors of nearly every sex-crime scenario imaginable. But there's one story he never tackled. "We never explored on SVU what it's like for the child of a child molester to deal with what their parent has done," says Baer, who now executive produces CBS's A Gifted Man. "The legacy haunts the child of the molester as well as the molester's victim." This storyline is touched on in Neal's new novel, Kill Switch (out December 13), a medical thriller he describes as "the best of SVU meets medicine." Neal jumped on the phone to give us a preview of what's inside the pages. TV Guide Magazine: How did you find time to write a book while running your network shows?Neal Baer: The book was outlined as a feature film nine years ago by me and John Green, who is one of the writers on SVU and A Gifted Man. We put it away for years and then pulled it out when our book agent asked if we had a thriller. We ended up with five publishers interested before we sold it as part of a three-book deal. TV Guide Magazine: What is Kill Switch about?Baer: It's about a young forensic psychiatrist, which gives it its SVU-ness. The woman is assigned to Rikers Island to make sure prisoners who are about to be paroled are ready to go back out into the world. One of them was not quite ready, as a number of serial killings begin to occur. TV Guide Magazine: Is this investigator anything like Mariska Hargitay's Olivia Benson?Baer: Claire Waters is much more audacious than Olivia in terms of the lengths she'll go to. She is doing a fellowship in forensics psychology with one of the top psychiatrists who treats the criminal mind. I would say there are elements of Benson and Chris Meloni's Stabler in the character Nick Lawler, who is the cop Claire ends up partnering with. TV Guide Magazine: Will the other books in your three-book deal also feature Claire? And might they be developed for the screen?Baer: Yes. And there is talk of turning them into features. TV Guide Magazine: Since you're now spearheading A Gifted Man, I should ask what fans of that show might find appealing in your book.Baer: There's a lot of medicine in this because Claire is a physician as well as a psychiatrist. And we delve deeply into bio-ethics, which we do all the time on A Gifted Man. Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
'Book of Mormon' recoups
Hallelujah -- Broadway tuner "The Book of Mormon" has recouped its capitalization costs.Show's swift journey into the black isn't much of a surprise given the stellar grosses the musical has consistently logged since it opened in March. Legit outing from "South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone and "Avenue Q" composer Robert Lopez has become one the Street's hottest tickets, regularly commanding an average ticket price of about $150.Last week, during the high-demand Thanksgiving frame, "Mormon" logged $1,677,963 for nine perfs, reporting a whopping $170 average per-ducat price. During its time on the Rialto, show has logged a cume of more than $45 million.Producers won't confirm the Broadway capitalization cost of the musical, but it's generally thought "Mormon" weighed in at around $8 million or $9 million.Musical's sales are powered not only by the international popularity of Parker and Stone's "South Park," the Comedy Central skein that's amassed a huge fanbase over 15 seasons, but also by the enthusiastic response of the legit world. Tuner won critical raves when it opened and then in June took home nine Tonys, including the new musical laurel, the one theater kudo generally believed to have a real impact on box office.Production also benefits from the size of its venue, the Eugene O'Neill Theater, which at 1,066 seats is considerably smaller than most tuner houses on the Main Stem. The theater's limited ticket inventory, coupled with high consumer demand, have driven up ticket prices: Top non-premium ducat costs $153, while the top premium pricetag is $475.Andrew Rannells, Josh Gad and Nikki M. James lead the cast of "Mormon," about a pair of Latter Day Saints sent on a mission to Uganda. Show is co-helmed by Parker and Casey Nicholaw, who also choreographed.Anne Garefino and Scott Rudin lead a team of producers that also includes Roger Berlind, Scott M. Delman, Jean Doumanian, Roy Furman, Important Musicals, Stephanie P. McClelland, Kevin Morris, Jon B. Platt, Sonia Friedman Prods. and Stuart Thompson. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com
Monday, November 28, 2011
And That's When Miley Cyrus Released a Video in Support of Occupy Wall Street
Shortly after outing herself as a stoner at her 19th birthday party, Miley Cyrus proved that her interests and causes are diverse…by releasing a video in which she offers her support to Occupy Wall Street. Naturally! The video, which looks like a fan-made mash-up, combines the teen multimillionaire’s 2010 pop song “Liberty Walk” with actual footage from the Occupy protests, in which masses of people protest the greed and the corruption of the 1 percent. Cyrus dedicates the video “to the thousands of people who are standing up for what they believe in.” Do you think this is just an opportunistic play by Cyrus — to either glean attention from this lingering news story or to salvage her reputation following video evidence of her marijuana habit — or a sincere gesture of support? Either way, she may have been better served by filming a music video at one of the rallies and providing work/extra pay for Occupy Wall Street supporters the way Dark Knight Rises originally intended to do. [via Village Voice]
Monday, November 21, 2011
The Finest Paid out Youthful Stars in Movies
When Kermit, Miss Piggy, Jason Segel and may Be sitting lower for Moviefone's Muppets Unscripted session, they considered in on current day most pressing issues. Like, which has the greater amusing laugh, Seth Rogen or Fozzie Bear? Is Meryl Streep or Miss Piggy a far greater actress? And what went lower when Kermit and Jason Segel spent a evening in Mexico? All valid questions. All amusing responses. (Hint on that 4g apple iphone: it involved a glass or two referred to as 'The Muppet.') The session includes something the earth is dying to know -- no less than according to Miss Piggy. The facts? You will have to uncover the shocking truth to uncover (consider the five:15 mark), however, you won't be sorry. Muppets Unscripted: You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll jump for pleasure. Ensure to check out 'The Muppets,' opening country wide this Wednesday, November. 23. Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook Embed inside your site:
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