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Kristen Bell To Co-Star In Showtime’s ‘House of Lies’ Comedy Pilot

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday January 31, 2011 @ 9:02pm PSTTags: Don Cheadle, House of Lies, House of Lies Casting, Kristen Bell, Showtime, Showtime House of Lies, TV, TV Deals, Veronica Mars
Nellie Andreeva

Former Veronica Mars star Kristen Bell has been tapped for a lead role opposite Don Cheadle in Showtime’s dark comedy pilot House of Lies. Written by Matthew Carnahan based on the book by Martin Kihn, the project centers on Marty (Cheadle), a self-loathing highly successful management consultant from a top-tier firm who is never above using any means necessary to get his clients the information they want. Bell will play Jeannie Van Der Hooven, a razor-sharp, Ivy-League graduate who works at Marty’s firm. Bell joins previously cast  Dawn Oliveri as Marti’s ex-wife, Josh Lawson as Ben Schwartz as his co-workers, Glynn Turman as Marty’s psychoanalyst father; and Donis Leonard Jr. as his young son. Jessika Borsiczky is executive producing the pilot, which will be directed by Stephen Hopkins. Production is slated to begin in February in New York and Los Angeles. Bell’s last regular TV role was on NBC’s Heroes. The actress, repped by CAA and Brookside Artist Amanagement, will next be seen in the features Scream 4 and Everybody Loves Whales.

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Honest Abe? Joaquin Phoenix Mulls Acting Return in Fox’s ‘Lincoln: Vampire Hunter’

By MIKE FLEMING | Monday January 31, 2011 @ 7:28pm PSTTags: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Benjamin Walker, Jim Lemley, Joaquin Phoenix, Seth Grahame-Smith, Tim Burton, Timur Bekmambetov
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Joaquin Phoenix is the front-runner to play the mentor who teaches the 16th President how to kill bloodsuckers in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter for 20th Century Fox. Phoenix has met on the project and I’m told that it’s his … Read More »

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Tyler Perry As Alex Cross In James Patterson Franchise Reboot

By MIKE FLEMING | Monday January 31, 2011 @ 6:33pm PSTTags: Alex Cross, I Alex Cross, James Patterson, Movie Deals, Movies, Rob Cohen, Tyler Perry
Mike Fleming

QED has packaged an adaptation of I, Alex Cross, the James Patterson novel that is essentially a reboot of the James Patterson mystery series that starred Morgan Freeman as the detective/psychologist based in D.C. Tyler Perry will headline this version, … Read More »

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TV CASTINGS: Teri Polo, Darrell Hammond Book Pilots, ‘Boardwalk’ Adds A Recurring

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday January 31, 2011 @ 6:30pm PSTTags: ABC, ABC Pilots, Boardwalk Empire, Boardwalk Empire Casting, Charlie Cox, Chris Moynihan, HBO, HBO Boardwalk Empire, Hound Dogs, Hound Dogs Casting, Hound Dogs TBS, Man Up, Man UP! Casting, Mather Zickel, TBS, TBS Pilots, Teri Polo, TV, TV Deals
Nellie Andreeva

Teri Polo and Mather Zickel have landed co-starring roles on the ABC comedy pilot Man Up!. The project, from 100 Questions creator Chris Moynihan, ABC Studios and Tagline, is … Read More »

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Oscar Nominee Jacki Weaver Gets U.S. Representation Via Elevate

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday January 31, 2011 @ 6:29pm PSTTags: Animal Kingdom, Jacki Weaver, Movies
Nellie Andreeva

Australian actress Jacki Weaver, a supporting actress Oscar nominee for Animal Kingdom, has landed U.S. representation, signing with Alex Cole from Elevate Entertainment for management. Weaver, a seasoned theater, film and TV actress in her native Australia, has won three … Read More »

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ABC Family Greenlights 3 New Series – One Comedy And Two Dramas

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday January 31, 2011 @ 4:40pm PSTTags: ABC Family Pilot Pickups, ABC Family Pilots, Celia Thomson, Jeff Greenstein, Jennifer Weiner, Michael Riley ABC Family, Raven Symone, Switched at Birth, The Great State of Georgia, The Nine Lives of Chloe King, TV, TV Deals
Nellie Andreeva

New ABC Family president Michael Riley is making his first new series pickups today, ordering 3 new shows, the Raven Symone comedy The Great State of Georgia and 2 dramas, The Nine Lives of Chloe King and Switched at Birth. … Read More »

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RIPPLE EFFECT: How Charlie Sheen’s Rehab Stint Affects Cast, Crew & CBS’ Schedule

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday January 31, 2011 @ 3:32pm PSTTags: CBS, CBS Schedule, CBS Two and a Half Men, Charlie Sheen, Charlie Sheen Rehab, Chuck Lorre, TV, Two and a Half Men, Two and a Half Men Production
Nellie Andreeva

With Charlie Sheen in rehab, the focus is shifting to the aftermath of his departure from the hit CBS show. Luckily (and sadly), CBS and the series producers from Warner Bros TV have been down that road before with … Read More »

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Sundance: Oprah’s OWN Acquires Docu ‘Crime After Crime’

By MIKE FLEMING | Monday January 31, 2011 @ 1:40pm PSTTags: 2011 Sundance Film Festival, Josh Braun, Lisa Erspamer, Movies, Oprah Winfrey, Rosie O'Donnell, Sundance Film Deals, Sundance Film Festival, TV
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Oprah Winfrey’s upstart cable network OWN continued its aggressive buying at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival by acquiring North American rights to Crime After Crime, the Yoav Potash-directed documentary. I’m told the deal was six figures, and that OWN … Read More »

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Remake Of John Woo’s ‘The Killer’ Reloading

By MIKE FLEMING | Monday January 31, 2011 @ 1:32pm PSTTags: John Woo, Movie Deals, Movies
Mike Fleming

Hollywood has long wanted to remake John Woo’s Hong Kong action classic The Killer and I was always kind of happy when past attempts fell apart because I’ve yet to see an assassin as cool as Chow Yun-Fat was in … Read More »

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‘Daily Show’ Claims First Weekly Ratings Victory Over ‘Conan’ In Young Demos

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday January 31, 2011 @ 1:29pm PSTTags: Cable TV, Cable TV Ratings, Comedy Central Ratings, Conan O'Brien, Conan Ratings, Late Night Ratings, Late Night TV, Ratings, TBS, TBS Conan, The Daily Show Ratings, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, TV, TV Ratings
Nellie Andreeva

Possibly boosted by State of the Union coverage, Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart posted its first weekly win over TBS’ Conan in adults 18-34, according to the network. Conan had a huge premiere in November, dominating the cable and broadcast late-night field for its first couple of weeks on the air, but The Daily Show has been steadily chipping away at Conan‘s ratings lead for the past two months. It has beaten Conan in total viewers every week since the beginning of December and in 18-49 every week since the beginning of January. For the month of January, The Daily Show is tops in viewers and 18-49, while Conan still has the edge in the 18-34 demo. However, Conan is hourlong and The Daily Show is a half-hour. If compared to the Daily Show/Colbert Report combo that airs in the same 11 PM-12AM slot, Conan is ahead in 18-34 and 18-49 while behind to the Comedy Central shows in total viewers. An interesting footnote – Versus January 2010, The Daily Show is up 9% in total viewers, while Conan is down 3% vs. the January 2010 performance of Lopez Tonight. Here are the standings of the cable late-night talk shows for January as released by Comedy Central (only original telecasts are included as Conan returned from the holiday a week later than most of the other shows, including The Daily Show): Read More »

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Rialto Acquires Martin Scorsese’s ‘Public Speaking’

By MIKE FLEMING | Monday January 31, 2011 @ 1:04pm PSTTags: Fran Lebowitz, Graydon Carter, HBO, Margaret Bodde, Martin Scorsese, Movie Deals, Movies
Mike Fleming

Specialized distributor Rialto Pictures has acquired the U.S. theatrical rights to Martin Scorsese’s PUBLIC SPEAKING, the director’s portrait of author, social critic, and acerbic wit Fran Lebowitz. The company will open the acclaimed new documentary on February 23 at New York’s Film Forum, with special engagements in select U.S.

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CABLE RATINGS: Solid Debut For ‘Working Class’, ‘Jerseylicious’ Sets Record

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday January 31, 2011 @ 12:49pm PSTTags: Cable TV Ratings, CMT, CMT Scripted Series, Jerseylicious, Style Network, TV, Working Class
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IMAX Moves From NASDAQ To New York Stock Exchange

By MIKE FLEMING | Monday January 31, 2011 @ 12:21pm PSTTags: IMAX, IMAX Richard L. Gelfond, IMAX Theatres, Movies, NASDAQ, New York Stock Exchange
Mike Fleming

New York, NY – January 31, 2011 – IMAX Corporation (NASDAQ:IMAX; TSX:IMX) today announced the pending transfer of the listing of its common stock from the NASDAQ Global Select Market (“NASDAQ”) to the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). The Company expects to begin trading on the NYSE on February

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Disney’s Chuck Viane Retiring: Dave Hollis Promoted To EVP Theatrical Exhibition Sales/Distribution

By NIKKI FINKE | Monday January 31, 2011 @ 11:59am PSTTags: Chuck Viane Disney, Chuck Viane Retirement, Movies, Rich Ross Walt Disney Studios, Walt Disney Studios Distribution

BURBANK, Calif. – January 31, 2011 – Chuck Viane, president of Global Distribution for Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, announced today that he will retire in July after 25 years with The Walt Disney Company.

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Tarak Ben Ammar Financing Story of Tunisian Martyr Mohamed Bouazizi

By MIKE FLEMING | Monday January 31, 2011 @ 11:45am PSTTags: Black Gold Finance, Black Gold Tunisia, Jean-Jacques Annaud, Movie Deals, Movies, Tarak Ben Ammar
Mike Fleming

While the growing unrest in Egypt is playing out before us, the recent overthrow of the government of Tunisia is on its way to becoming a feature film. Tarak Ben Ammar will finance and produce a feature about Mohamed Bouazizi, … Read More »

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Writers Guild East Sets Awards Roster; ‘Bourne’ Scribe Tony Gilroy To Present Dad Frank Gilroy Lifetime Achievement

By MIKE FLEMING | Monday January 31, 2011 @ 11:10am PSTTags: 2011 WGAE Awards Ceremony, 2011 Writers Guild Awards, 63rd Annual WGA Awards, John Larroquette, Kathleen Turner, Movies, TV, WGAE
Mike Fleming

NEW YORK CITY – Television, film, stage, and news headliners are set to take the stage for the 2011 Writers Guild of America Awards ceremony in New York City. Kristen Schaal (The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and Flight of the Conchords) will host the 63rd annual Writers Guild

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Hammond Analysis: Oscar After SAG, DGA

By PETE HAMMOND | Monday January 31, 2011 @ 11:02am PSTTags: 83rd Academy Awards, Academy Awards, David Fincher, DGA Awards, Directors Guild Of America Awards, Harvey Weinstein, Oscars, SAG, Screen Actors Guild Awards, The King's Speech, The Social Network
Pete Hammond

This has been one of the most schizophrenic awards seasons in recent memory. It has consisted of two distinct contests: first, the critics awards cycle which had The Social Network in a walk. Now the industry awards which completely reversed that decision, … Read More »

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Scribes John Collee, Karl Gadjusek Join Verve

By MIKE FLEMING | Monday January 31, 2011 @ 10:36am PSTTags: Benderspink, Happy Feet, John Collee, The Mechanic, Unknown
Mike Fleming

Verve has signed John Collee, the Australian writer whose credits include Master & Commander, Happy Feet, Creation and Legend of the Guardians. Collee had been at CAA. He is currently scripting Walk with the Dinosaurs, the animated that that IM … Read More »

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Jonah Hill Launches Production Company, Signs First-Look TV Deal With Fox

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday January 31, 2011 @ 9:40am PSTTags: Fox, Jonah Hill, TV, TV Deals
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Multihyphenated Jonah Hill has launched his own production company, JHF. In the company’s first major move, JHF has signed a first-look TV development deal with Fox. Under the deal, Fox has bought an untitled single-camera comedy spec written by Hill, which he may direct. The network will also have first rights to future JHF projects in television. “Jonah is one of the most prolific young talents in comedy today, and possesses a fearless, wickedly smart sensibility that’s perfect for FOX,” said Fox’s entertainment president Kevin Reilly. Read More »

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