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  • Fright Factory Blumhouse Sets ‘Insidious 2′ Followup: Aaron Eckhart-Starrer ‘Incarnate’

    EXCLUSIVE: After Insidious: Chapter Two grossed eight times its $5 million budget on its opening last weekend, the film’s producer, Blumhouse Productions’ Jason Blum, has set the company’s next launch at another horror film franchise. Incarnate will go into production in November, with Aaron Eckhart starring and Journey 2: The Mysterious Island‘s Brad Peyton directing a script by Ronnie Christensen. The plot: an unconventional exorcist who can tap into the subconscious of the possessed meets his match when a 9-year old boy is possessed by a demon from his past. Blumhouse and IM Global will co-finance the film. Blum is producing, and Couper Samuelson exec producing with Michael Seitzman and Trevor Engelson. Foreign sales will be overseen by Cynthia Kim, who recently joined Blumhouse International as senior veep of International Sales and Distribution. Blum has put together an enviable track record in the low cost horror game. Besides Insidious, he presides over the Paranormal Activity and Sinister franchises as well as The Purge, the latter a $3 million which which opened to a $34 million weekend in June, finishing with a $64 million domestic gross. Blumhouse has its first look deal with Universal but Incarnate hasn’t yet been set for distribution. Hard to imagine the studio won’t jump on this because these low-cost genre films keep minting money at an alarming rate. Eckhart, coming off the hit ... Read More »

  • Animal Planet Orders ‘Alaska Gold Diggers’

    Animal Planet has given a six-episode order to Alaska Gold Diggers, a fish-out-of-water reality series about five Orange County women transplanted to Alaska to premiere on Oct. 10. Produced by T Group Productions in association with Henry Island Prods., the series centers on Newport Beach resident SaraJane “SJ” Bartholomae who inherits two gold mines from her self-made oil and gold tycoon father, William “Popper” Bartholomae, who was brutally murdered when she was a child. With gold prices at an all-time high, SJ and her four grown daughters decide to revitalize the family mines in Nome and Fairbanks, which have remained abandoned since Popper’s death. With their pooled savings, they race against time, hiring local mining crews to try and get the mines up and running with only six weeks before the start of the Alaskan winter. “It’s more than just a fish-out-of-water story – these women have grit and gumption, and will stop at nothing until they realize their father and grandfather’s dream of striking it rich in one of the harshest terrains on the planet,” said T Group president Jenny Daly who executive produces the series with Henry Island’s Brian Neal and Debbie Shepard.

  • Mark Gordon Co. Sells Detective Drama To ABC

    UPDATED: The Mark Gordon Co. has set up an untitled drama project at ABC with writers Kathryn Price and Nichole Millard (Fallen). While the project was originally announced as being half-hour, a throwback to the old days of half-hour drama series like Dragnet, The Rifleman and Have Gun, Will Travel, turns out it is a traditional hourlong drama after all. From ABC Studios where Mark Gordon is based, the project revolves around two female detectives in San Francisco who are being partnered up again after one took a break to start a family. They used to be closer than sisters, but a secret has come between them. Now that they’re thrown back together, they have as much work to do repairing their relationship as they do solving their cases. Price and Millard will executive produce with the Mark Gordon Co.’s Gordon and Nick Pepper. The Price/Millard project joins two other half-hour sales for the Mark Gordon Co., both of those being comedies. Related: Producer Mark Gordon Signs With CAA

  • Teresa Palmer, Luke Hemsworth Join Aussie Crime Thriller ‘Kill Me Three Times’

    Teresa Palmer (Warm Bodies) and Luke Hemsworth - brother to Chris and Liam - are the latest Aussies to round out the cast of Down Under crime thriller Kill Me Three Times. At the helm is Kriv Stenders, whose 2011 hit Red Dog won numerous awards and was the top-grossing Aussie film of that year. Simon Pegg, Sullivan Stapleton (300), Alice Braga, Bryan Brown, and Callan Mulvey fill out the ensemble pic in which a singer in a surf town (Braga) is the link between three tales of murder, blackmail, and revenge. Pegg plays an assassin hired by the singer’s husband (Mulvey); Stapleton is a gambling addict trying to pay off his debts through a life insurance scam masterminded by Palmer’s small town Lady Macbeth. Brown is a corrupt cop and Hemsworth plays a surfer trying to save Braga from her would-be killer. James McFarland penned the script. Palmer is repped by WME and Management 360. Hemsworth is repped by ROAR and Mark Morrissey and Associates in Australia. Filming begins this week in Perth and Western Australia. Related: ‘300’s Sullivan Stapleton Signs For ‘Kill Me Three Times’

  • Jonathan Groff Ensemble Comedy From ABC Studios Lands At CBS As Put Pilot

    EXCLUSIVE: For his first writing effort since the end of Happy Endings, the series’ showrunner Jonathan Groff is taking on another single-camera comedy about a group a friends. CBS has given a put pilot commitment to The 40s, which explores the trials and tribulations of that special time in life for a group of friends living on the same street. Groff is writing and executive producing for ABC Studios where he is under an overall deal. This is the second put pilot commitment at CBS for ABC Studios, which has been very aggressive in selling to outside networks this season, along with a multi-camera comedy from Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky and Danny Chun. This marks Groff’s second big commitment so far this season and the fourth sale, joining Dinks with Casey Wilson and June Diane Raphael, which has a pilot production commitment at ABC, as well as projects with Leila Strachan at CBS and with Vali Chandrasekaran at ABC. Groff, repped by UTA and Brillstein, co-created NBC’s Andy Barker and also previously worked on Scrubs and How I Met Your Mother.

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  • Aaron Eckhart to Play an Exorcist in INCARNATE for Director Brad Peyton

    Fresh off the box office success of Insidious: Chapter Two and the announcement of a third Insidious pic, producer Jason Blum’s horror shingle Blumhouse Productions has set its sights on a new franchise. Deadline reports that Aaron Eckhart will lead Incarnate with Journey 2: The Mysterious Island director Brad Peyton set to helm. Penned by Ronnie Christensen (Passengers), the film follows “an unconventional exorcist who can tap into the subconscious of the possessed.” Said exorcist meets his match when he confronts his next case, a 9-year-old boy possessed by a demon from his past. Filming is poised to begin next month. Blumhouse has made a habit of churning out low budget, high profit horror pics over the past few years, starting off with the Paranormal Activity franchise and continuing with other hits like Sinister and The Purge. Peyton had been attached to helm an adaptation of the comics character Lobo for Warner Bros., but it’s unclear if he’s still involved with that project. No matter, Incarnate certainly sounds like a promising premise to tackle in the meantime.

  • 1982 Review

    Tommy Oliver’s 1982 is about the dissolution of a relationship, but never lets us care about the people involved in that dissolution. Overly eager to get to the drama, the movie skips past necessary development, and as a result is a tedious and eventually unbearable picture where thinly drawn characters are either saints or sinners. There are only brief moments of respite where Oliver comes to an honest, powerful moment with the help of lead actor Hill Harper. But whereas Harper is one of the movie’s best assets, the picture can be laughable when a horribly miscast Wayne Brady enters the picture. Set in 1982, Tim Brown (Harper) is living a good, honest life with his loving wife Shenae (Sharon Leal) and their adorable daughter Maya (Troi Zee). However, their happiness is quickly undone when Shenae’s ex-boyfriend Alonzo (Brady) gets out of prison, and lures her back into a life of serious drug abuse within the span of less than a week. Tim must struggle to support and protect Maya against the addicted Shanae and sinister Alonzo as more contrived situations rain down on the decent, hard-working protagonist. The movie hints at giving the relationships time to develop, but the moment Brady enters the picture, things are already amiss. Obviously, the Chappelle’s Show sketch he did was great because Brady has a clean-cut image. It’s not just because he stars in nice TV shows. It’s because he has the look and demeanor to star in those shows. That doesn’t mean it’s impossible ...

  • New to Blu-ray: WORLD WAR Z, BEHIND THE CANDELABRA, ARROW: The Complete First Season, and More

    Here’s a look at this week’s new Blu-ray releases: World War Z (Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy) - $24.96 (55% off) World War Z (Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy) - $19.99 (50% off) The Bling Ring [Blu-ray] - $14.99 (40% off) The East [Blu-ray] - $19.99 (33% off) Behind the Candelabra (Blu-ray + Digital Copy) - $17.79 (29% off) Disconnect [Blu-ray] - $18.29 (27% off) Drift [Blu-ray] - $20.93 (16% off) Arrow: The Complete First Season [Blu-ray] - $42.99 (39% off) Bates Motel: Season One [Blu-ray] - $29.99 (40% off) Grimm: Season Two [Blu-ray] - $34.99 (50% off)

  • Atlanta Readers: Win Passes to See RUSH

    I've not been a big fan of Ron Howard's movies since Apollo 13. Last night, I went into his latest picture with a fair amount of skepticism, and was delighted to find that he's made an exciting, energetic flick. The story of Formula 1 racing rivals James Hunt (Chris Hemsworth) and Niki Lauda (Daniel Brühl) has got some serious, compelling drama, and it's matched by the intensity of the racing scenes. This is a completely different kind of movie than we've seen from Howard in the past, and it's a fun ride. I’m pleased to announce we’re giving away 20 admit-two passes to the Atlanta screening of Rush. Hit the jump to find out how you can see the movie early and for free. The film also stars Olivia Wilde. Rush opens nationwide on September 27th. To enter for a chance to get you and a guest into the movie, send an e-mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with the subject line “RUSH”. The screening is on Wednesday, September 25th at 7:00PM at Regal Atlantic Station, so don’t enter if you think you’ll be unavailable. Please note that a pass is not a ticket. To guarantee a seat, please arrive at the theater early since seating is first come, first serve. In case you haven't seen it, here's the trailer: And here's the official synopsis: The epic action-drama stars Chris Hemsworth (The Avengers) as the charismatic Englishman James Hunt and Daniel Bruhl (Inglourious Basterds) as the disciplined Austrian perfectionist Niki Lauda, whose clashes on the Grand Prix racetrack ...

  • Gina Torres Talks SUITS Season 3 Summer Finale, Upping the Stakes, Returning to HANNIBAL, Looking Back on FIREFLY, and More

    The USA Network’s Suits has become one of the most thrilling and unpredictable series on television, and things are sure to heat up on the summer finale. As Jessica Pearson, actress Gina Torres is compelling in every episode, partly for her strength and brutal honesty, and partly because she can be both your best enemy and your worst friend, especially if you’re Harvey Specter (Gabriel Macht). During this recent exclusive phone interview with Collider, Gina Torres talked about what’s coming up for her character, what she’s enjoyed about the journey this season, how the stakes just keep getting higher and higher, whether Jessica and Harvey can ever expect true loyalty from each other, and whether she’d like to see Jessica get a love interest. She also talked about her experience doing Season 1 of Hannibal and her hope to return to Season 2, and what’s it like for people to still be fans of Firefly, so many years after it went off the air. Check out what she had to say after the jump, and be aware that there are some spoilers. Collider: Just when you think things can’t get any more intense on Suits, you watch the next episode and it totally proves you wrong. That being the case, what can you say about the summer finale? Will you be ending on a major cliff-hanger that will leave viewers throwing things at their TV? GINA TORRES: Oh, yes! I can pretty much promise you that, if you’re not throwing things at your ...

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  • Shazam Hires Hulu’s Senior VP of Sales

    Media-discovery app company Shazam Entertainment has hired Kevin McGurn, previously senior vice president of sales for Hulu, as chief revenue officer. At Shazam, McGurn will focus on television and mobile ad sales and developing partnerships with media companies. He will be based in New York. SEE ALSO: Hulu’s Executive Exodus Accelerates “With more than 15... Read more »

  • Broadway’s Beth Williams Launches Grove Entertainment

    Beth Williams, currently CEO of Key Brand Entertainment’s theater division, will hang out her own shingle, launching a new production company called Grove Entertainment starting next year. Grove will assume control of a number of the theatrical projects that Williams has been working on at Key Brand as supervisor of Broadway Across America, the Key... Read more »

  • Exclusive Media Taps Ron Hohauser For CFO Post

    On the heels of debuting Ron Howard’s “Rush” at the Toronto Film Festival, Exclusive Media has tapped Ron Hohauser as its chief financial officer. Hohauser has been serving as a consultant to Exclusive Media for the past year during the company launch of its domestic distribution label. Hohauser, the former CFO at Summit, will also... Read more »

  • SAG-AFTRA Lawsuit: Union Slammed for Over $130 Million In Unpaid Funds

    Ed Asner and the 15 other plaintiffs in the SAG-AFTRA lawsuit over $130 million in unpaid funds from foreign royalties and residuals have blasted the union’s efforts to dismiss the action, alleging that leaders are “clearly indifferent” to federal requirements of accountability and transparency. “These requirements have been ignored deliberately, placing the pecuniary interests of... Read more »

  • Montreal Film Review: ‘Falling Leaves’

    Ali Jaberansari's debut feature approaches the conflict between tradition and Westernization in Iran with sly satire and humor.

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  • Despite Her Best Efforts, Still Not a Dainty Ingenue: On the Return of Mindy Kaling's 'The Mindy Project'

    We are in an interesting era rife with self-lacerating television heroines, ones who don't look like or act like your typical leading ladies and who directly confront that fact on screen by shouldering criticism and humiliation, some of it self-generated. Tina Fey's Liz Lemon may be gone, but Lena Dunham has trudged to the forefront of this trend with her defiantly slovenly Hannah Horvath on "Girls," a character who seems created to challenge every built in expectation we have about a female protagonist's need to win our affections by being competent, lithe and perky and by waking up every morning with a full face of makeup already in place. This fall Rebel Wilson joins her with her new ABC sitcom "Super Fun Night," which is an unfortunate mess of a series, but is also one that aggressively pushes its main character Kimmie's plus-sized figure, geekiness and social awkwardness to the forefront not just of the jokes but of her situation in life as a reliable "workhorse"...

  • BitTorrent Takes On Freedom of Expression with New Madonna Film

    A short film co-directed by Madonna with Steven Klein will be distributed by BitTorrent via a new format, BitTorrent Bundle. It seems only fitting that BitTorrent, the company which has long been associated with digital piracy, would support a project about freedom of expression. The 17 minute-film, "secretprojectrevolution," will launch "Art For Freedom," an online global initiative to support freedom of expression. Created by Madonna, the initiative will be curated by VICE and distributed by BitTorrent. It will encourage users to submit video, music, poetry and photography that examines the issue of freedom and revolution around the world. READ MORE: Can BitTorrent Be Used as a Platform for Indie Television? One Music Biz Comedy Is Giving It a Try "My goal is to show by the example of secretprojectrevolution my creative commitment to inspire change in the world through artistic expression," Madonna said in a statement. "I hope my film and other submission to...

  • The Final Season of 'Mad Men' Will Air in Two Halves Over 2014 and 2015

    AMC will give the seventh and last season of "Mad Men" the "Breaking Bad" treatment and split it up over two years. The network announced today that the upcoming final season will run for 14 episodes instead of the usual 13 and will air seven in the spring of 2014 and seven in the spring of 2015. "This approach has worked well for many programs across multiple networks, and, most recently for us with 'Breaking Bad' which attracted nearly double the number of viewers to its second half premiere than had watched any previous episode," explained AMC's Charlie Collier. "We are determined to bring 'Mad Men' a similar showcase. In an era where high-end content is savored and analyzed, and catch-up time is used well to drive back to live events, we believe this is the best way to release the now 14 episodes than remain of this iconic series." "We plan to take advantage of this chance to have a more elaborate story told in two parts, which can resonate a little bit longer in the minds of our...

  • Review: Why James Gandolfini's Performance in Nicole Holofcener's 'Enough Said' Is His Best Movie Role

    Nicole Holofcener's movies tend to focus on conflicted women, but the men sure don't have it any easier. With the tender-hearted "Enough Said," her first studio production and one of the late James Gandolfini's final screen credits, Holofcener returns to the terrain of her 1996 debut "Walking and Talking" with another awkward romance threatened by conflicting agendas and poor judgement. As much as "Enough Said" revolves around single mother and neurotic masseuse Eva (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), it also foregrounds the impact of her romantic confusion on good-natured suitor Albert (Gandolfini), who doesn't realize that Eva has been treating his ex-wife Marianne (Catherine Keener) and secretly gleaning information from her about Albert's flaws. The cringe-worthy setup might provide sufficient fodder for an episode of "Curb Your Enthusiasm," but Holofcener's unassuming script gives the situation a more credibly delicate balance of humor and sadness. However, there's a secret weapon in the...

  • Watch: 'American Horror Story: Coven' is Really Embracing the Whole Sexualized Snake Swallowing Motif

    First FX unveiled a provocative poster for "American Horror Story: Coven" that featured... let's just go ahead and call it interracial group snake fellatio, but symbolic, probably. And the latest promo for the series takes that imagery even further, pairing up benign-sounding guitar strumming and female vocals with a female mouth being confronted with, opening up and swallowing a snake. Given the new season of the never-subtle series has for a central setting an embattled New Orleans coven and the prominence of Jessica Lange, Angela Bassett and Kathy Bates, no one would ever accuse the series of short-shrifting its formidable female characters, and last year the series directly dealt with themes of sexism, oppression and repression. So there's no doubt this combination of sexualized imagery and ones of power and devouring are deliberate, as much as they're also button-pushing. New season premieres October 9.

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Movies: Past, present and future
  • Movie theater junk food: Is it a menace to society?

    If you’re a parent concerned about your kids eating healthful food, where is the last place you’d want them to go? The answer is simple: a movie theater. When I give my 14-year-old son some cash so he can have something to eat at the movies, I know that whatever he gets at the concession stand is going to be the most unhealthful thing he eats all month.

  • Pulp non fiction: Joe Eszterhas tells all about Mel Gibson

    Screenwriter Joe Eszterhas has given up chasing women. He’s given up booze. He’s given up smoking, after barely surviving a horrible bout of throat cancer. But judging from “Heaven and Mel,” his new Amazon e-book about his ill-fated attempt to write a historical action drama about the Maccabees for Mel Gibson to direct, Eszterhas hasn’t lost his fondness for larger-than-life showbiz soap opera. Eszterhas was once the highest-paid screenwriter in Hollywood, a man who fought bitterly with directors, studios and actresses — at least when he wasn’t sleeping with them. He lived across the street from Bob Dylan in Malibu,...

  • Kirk Douglas on the blacklist: Why Hollywood showed so little courage

    Kirk Douglas has written a lively new memoir about one of his greatest triumphs. Titled “I Am Spartacus!” it recounts how Douglas helped break the midcentury anti-communist blacklist by secretly hiring Dalton Trumbo to write “Spartacus,” the historical epic that was directed by Stanley Kubrick and produced by Douglas and came out in October 1960.

  • Alan Horn: Can Disney's new boss reinvent the studio?

    The arrival of Alan Horn, who was unceremoniously pushed out of his Warners job in April 2011, is a game changer for Disney. It’s a sign that Iger, who has spent the last several years hiring (and then firing) untested executive talent, notably the recently departed studio chief Rich Ross, realizes Disney needs a seasoned hand and a soothing presence who can revive its relations with top Hollywood talent.

  • How did 'Battleship' escape the 'John Carter' flop furor?

    If there is a truism in Hollywood when it comes to the media, it’s that people in the industry never think you’re nasty, mean or vicious enough when writing about someone else’s movie. It’s a business, after all, where people root just as hard to see their friends fail as their enemies. So I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised to hear from so many studio execs, producers and agents this week, all wondering the same thing: Why hasn’t the entertainment press been giving “Battleship” just as big a whipping as it gave “John Carter” a couple of months ago?...

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