'Catch Me' tunesmiths on whiplash pace

Marc Shaiman, left, and Scott Wittman are writing 15 songs for the 'Marilyn' musical at the end of 'Smash.'Like so many others on the "Smash" team, Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman began working on the NBC series about the making of a Broadway musical at the same time they were knee-deep in production of Broadway tuner "Catch Me if You Can."The coincidental connective tissue between the two projects was Steven Spielberg, who had the initial inspiration for the concept that became "Smash," and who also directed the 2002 feature film "Catch Me if You Can." The intense demands of working on original music for both projects kept the composer and lyricist duo on their feet, literally."When we were rehearsing 'Catch Me,' we'd say 'We're gonna just go get a soda around the corner,' " recalls Shaiman. "And of course we ran over to the table read for 'Smash.' ""It was gay 'Inception,' " laughs Wittman.The pair's tunesmithing process has been sped up by the demands of TV, as they are tasked with delivering at least 15 original songs for the "Marilyn" musical that is the show-within-a-show in "Smash."The songs "need to be recorded and staged, because often they're production numbers; we've done one or two of them more quickly than we were used to," Wittman says. "But it's really like doing a musical. You're in a table read and you're like, 'We could write a better song for this moment.' "A key part of the "Smash" plot turns on the oft-told story of a young singer, played by Katharine McPhee, who moves to NY to seek fame and fortune onstage. It may be a trope as old as "42nd Street," but it nonetheless rings true.The show's storylines are by design "very authentic to the process," Wittman says. "Often on the set I'll say, 'I've been in this room.' " Contact Sam Thielman at sam.thielman@variety.com

New Frankenweenie image released

A new image has been released by Disney in order to promote Frankenweenie, the forthcoming stop-motion adventure from Tim Burton.In it, we see Burton's young protagonist Victor looking lovingly down at his pet pooch Sparky. Nothing macabre about that, you might think, but this being Burton, there's more to things than meets the eye. Namely, that Sparky has been brought back from the dead!The film will be a full-length adaptation of the short film of the same name with which the director first made waves back in 1984. That version was filmed in live-action however, whereas the new film sees Burton return to the painstaking stop-motion process used in Corpse Bride and The Nightmare Before Christmas.Already, the level of detail involved is clear for all to see, with Victor's bedroom lovingly adorned with all sorts of science-fiction trappings, including an eye-catching poster for 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea.Frankenweenie will draw upon the vocal talents of Christopher Lee, Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara and Martin Landau, and will be released in the UK on 5 October 2012.

James Franco in Foretells Play Hugh Hefner in Linda Lovelace Biopic

James Franco as Hugh Hefner?The actor, who last starred in "Rise from the Planet from the Apes," is within talks with Millenium/Nu Image to look inside a cameo because the legendary founding father of "Playboy," in "Lovelace," the biopic of Linda Lovelace.Lovelace sees Amanda Seyfried because the lady who starred within the most well-known pornos ever, "Deep Throat." Also within the cast are Peter Sarsgaard as her husband, Chuck Traynor, and Hank Azaria as Jerry Damiano, the director of "Deep Throat."Bobby Cannavale and Chris Noth are positioned for that particular roles from the film's bankers, Butchie Peraino and Anthony Romano, while Robert Patrick will have Lovelace's father, John.Also within the cast are Sharon Stone, Juno Temple, Wes Bentley and Romeo Brown.Franco, who had been at some point in foretells play Traynor before walking aside, seems within the Hef cameo only when dates exercise. The actor and the reps happen to be dancing with producers round the timing of the one-day shoot, but to date a consummation remains elusive.The development, underneath the direction of Take advantage of Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, started shooting in La now. The Hollywood Reporter

'Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol' Clip: Josh Holloway Does Not Call Anyone Freckles

Some moderately bad news for 'Lost' fans: Josh Holloway does not call anyone 'Freckles' or 'Jumbrotron' or 'Doc' in 'Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol.' The good news? Holloway does make an appearance in the new blockbuster as -- wait for it -- Agent Hanaway. HANAWAY! How does Holloway's Hanaway factor into the mysteries of 'Ghost Protocol'? No spoilers here, but just make sure you arrive early unless you want to be in the dark for the whole film. Check out Holloway in action in a new clip from 'Ghost Protocol' below. Out in IMAX now, 'Mission: Impossible 4' hits theaters on Wednesday. For more on the film, check out Moviefone's interview with Brad Bird. [Photo: Paramount] The Best Movies of 2011 The Best Movies of 201150. 'Breaking Dawn'49. 'Transformers: Dark of the Moon'48. 'The Trip'47. 'Warrior'46. 'Cave of Forgotten Dreams'45. 'The Iron Lady'44. 'We Bought a Zoo'43. 'Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol'42. 'Horrible Bosses'41. 'Contagion'40. 'Winnie the Pooh'39. 'Win Win'37. 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'38. 'Hanna'36. 'Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close'35. 'The Interrupters'34. 'Crazy, Stupid, Love'33. 'The Guard'32. 'Captain America: The First Avenger'31. 'The Ides of March'30. 'Beginners'29. 'Martha Marcy May Marlene''A Dangerous Method'27. 'The Adventures of Tintin'26. 'Bill Cunningham NY'25. 'We Need to Talk About Kevin'24. 'Young Adult'23. 'My Week With Marilyn'22. 'Margin Call'21. 'X-Men: First Class'20. 'Attack the Block'19. 'Shame'18. 'Super 8'17. 'Melancholia'16. 'The Muppets'15. 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes'14. 'Tree of Life'13. 'Rango'12. 'The Help'11. 'Moneyball'10. '50/50'9. 'Drive'8. 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo'7. 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II'6. 'Midnight in Paris'5. 'Bridesmaids'4. 'The Descendants'3. 'War Horse'2. 'The Artist'1. 'Hugo' See All Moviefone Galleries » Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

9 Milestones in the Evolution of Kate Winslet

In this weekend’s Carnage, Kate Winslet plays an uptight investment banker who tries to broker a parental agreement concerning the damage done during a playground dispute between her son and another boy. So how did the British actress transform herself from a teenage murderer in her breakthrough role to a middle-aged NYer determined to settle her son’s stick fight? You can always trace a direct line through a few important roles to illustrate what led to an actor’s current success. As such, let’s look at nine pivotal performances that track the evolution of Kate Winslet. Dark Season (1991) Born into a family of working class actors, it wasn’t long before Winslet herself developed an interest in the arts and began studying drama at the age of 11. Five years later, Winslet won her first major professional acting role in BBC’s sci-fi series The Dark Season. Made up of just six episodes, the show followed a trio of teenagers (including Winslet’s Reet) as they attempted to save their school from a sinister gentleman posing as a computer dealer. Heavenly Creatures (1994) Three years later, Winslet made her film debut in Peter Jackson’s semi-biographical drama Heavenly Creatures. Winslet portrayed Juliet Hulme, a real-life teenager who in 1954, with the help of her best friend (played by Melanie Lynskey), killed her best friend’s mother. The critically-acclaimed drama (which was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay) chronicled the girls’ intense friendship which bordered on obsession, hysteria and psychosis. The film also marked Winslet’s singing debut via an a cappella version of “Sono Andati” from La Bohme. For her performance, at the age of 19, she was named British Actress of the Year by the London Critics Circle. Sense and Sensibility (1995) Because Ang Lee reportedly did not enjoy Winslet’s work in Heavenly Creatures, the Sense and Sensibility director would only allow the British actress to audition for the minor role of Lucy Steele. However, as Wikipedia legend has it, Winslet pretended that she had been told the audition was for the meatier role of Marianne and proceeded to read for the middle Dashwood sister. Needless to say, Winslet won the part as the willful Dashwood as well as her first BAFTA and her first of six Academy Award nominations. Titanic (1997) Thanks to the exposure brought on by her work in Sense and Sensibility, James Cameron cast Winslet as Rose, the fictional socialite who falls for a drifter (Leonardo DiCaprio), in this epic romance about the ill-fated RMS Titanic. The film launched Winslet into sudden, unexpected Hollywood stardom when the film broke a series of records including highest grossing film at the time and earned a record-equaling eleven Academy Award wins. Titanic remains the highest-grossing film of Winslet’s career. Her work as young Rose also earned her a second Academy Award nomination. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) Following the explosive success of Titanic, Winslet recoiled from the spotlight — reportedly passing on lead roles in Shakespeare in Love and Anna and the King to star in the smaller ’60s drama Hideous Kinky, the Jane Campion film Holy Smoke!, the Oscar-nominated period piece Quills and British biographical drama Iris. When Winslet finally returned to the Hollywood forefront, it was for a role unlike any others on her resume in the Michel Gondry-Charlie Kaufman collaboration Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. For playing a brightly-tressed neurotic woman who elects to erase memories of her relationship with her ex (Jim Carrey) in this psychological sci-fi romance, Winslet won more glowing reviews. After an Oscar nomination for Iris, Winslet earned her fourth nod for Sunshine.

Focus sets dates for 'Flynn,' 'Friend,' 'Kingdom'

Focus Features has dated ''Being Flynn,'' ''Seeking a Friend for the End of the World" and ''Moonrise Kingdom'' for the first half of next year. Focus made the announcement Friday. ''Being Flynn'' will open March 2 in limited release. Paul Weitz directed ''Flynn'' from his own script, adatped from Nick Flynn's 2004 memoir ''Another Bullshit Night in Suck City'' about the bonds between parent and child. Paul Dano, Julianne Moore and Robert De Niro star.Universal's animated ''The Lorax,'' Warner's comedy ''Project X'' and Paramount's ''Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters'' are going wide on March 2. Focus will open ''Seeking a Friend for the End of the World,'' in a wide release on April 20, Pic stars Steve Carell and Keira Knightley and explores what people will do when humanity's last days are at hand. ''Seeking'' will open against FilmDistrict's ''Lockout,'' Disney's ''Chimpanzee,'' Warner's ''The Lucky One'' and a pair from The Weinstein Co. --''Scary Movie 5'' and ''Wettest County.'' It will launch romancer ''Moonrise Kingdom,'' directed by Wes Anderson, in limited release on May 25. Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton and Jason Schwartzman star. Sony's opening ''Men In Black 3'' on May 25. Contact Dave McNary at dave.mcnary@variety.com

'American Horror Story' Scares Up Golden Globe Nominations

It's always great to see genre titles make it to the awards shows, which is why we're excited that Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk's "American Horror Story" has been nominated for a Golden Globe in the Drama Series category. The Harmon family and their supernatural roommates are up against several other newcomers including the much-loved "Game of Thrones." Congrats also go out to the sharp-tongued Jessica Lange's Constance Langdon, who is nominated in the Best Supporting Actress category. Does the horror series stand a chance this season? Ponder that, and read up on the rest of this week's horror news past the break. New "[REC] 3: Genesis" Trailer Hits The nightmares continue with a new trailer for "[REC] 3: Genesis" the third installment in the terrifying found footage series. [REC] and [REC] 2 co-director Paco Plaza tells the story that takes place just a few hours before the first film's carnage begins at a wedding, even. Stars Leticia Dolera and Diego Martin see their special day turn into an utter bloodbath (love it!). Wedding bells ring in Spanish theaters on March 30, which hopefully means we'll be seeing a release date in the U.S. sometime soon. 'Saw' Writers 'Rise' At Warner Bros. Deadline hasn't shared much about a new action/sci-fi pitch circulating at Warner Brothers, but we noticed two familiar names from the genre world. "Saw" writers Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan have teamed up with "The Ring" producer and a fledgling screenwriter for a project they're calling "Rise." The horror duo recently worked on the "Piranha 3DD" screenplay and there's some ambiguous info floating around on IMDb about a "Collector" sequel, so we're curious to see how this one pans out for the team. 'Paradise' Hopefully Found Soon For Legendary Pictures Alex Proyas' good vs. evil action epic, "Paradise Lost" based on the classic John Milton poem has hit a budgetary roadblock. Legendary Pictures exceeded their $120 million mark, which means it's back to the drawing board to make some cuts. Hopefully that doesn't mean any changes for the cast that includes Bradley Cooper, Casey Affleck, and Dominic Purcell. We'll stand by patiently for now to see where things go, because we really want to know what Bradley Cooper looks like as Lucifer. Stop Motion Animated Hellfire Coming Soon There's a new stop motion animation feature that sends someone to hell to burn for all eternity. Two best friends try to rescue their buddy, but all those pesky demons try to stop them because the dark ones can be pretty greedy when it comes to meeting their monthly quota. Nick Swardson ("Reno 911") and TJ Miller ("Cloverfield," "Get Him to the Greek") will be appearing in the R-rated animation that starts shooting in January. Will you brave the hellfire and brimstone to check it out? Universal Conjures 'Daughter of Smoke and Bone' Universal just scooped up the rights to Laini Taylor's young adult novel, "Daughter of Smoke and Bone" a newly published story that Paramount tried to snag several weeks ago. A 17-year-old art student is sent across the world to collect teeth by her father. She's not sure why (guess this family doesn't talk much ), but an encounter with an angel reveals all that her family has been hiding. Otherworldly adventures ensue. Have you read the book yet, and do you see this one making an interesting translation to the big screen? " target="_blank">Watch the Unnerving New Trailer for IFC's 'Kill List' If you haven't been paying attention, IFC's "Kill List" arrives on VOD on January 4 and a creepy new trailer has arrived for Ben Wheatley's movie. The film finds an ex-soldier as a contract killer who is grappling with the devastating aftermath following a botched job in Kiev. He presses on with a strange, new assignment, but soon realizes that his whole world is beginning to unravel. Tell us what you think of this week's Horror Bites in the comments section and on Twitter!

New Lock-Out Trailer Online

Guy Pearce explodes into space (prison)Back in August 2010, when word broke of Maggie Grace jumping aboard Luc Besson's new high concept thriller Lock-Out (or MS One: Maximum Security as it is in France), we thought the set up sounded like a blend of Escape From NY and Fortress. From the looks of this trailer, we were bang on, with just a dash of Die Hard added in for good measure. Check it out below, but beware of some NSFW language.Grace plays the president's daughter, who gets stranded when the supposedly invulnerable maximum-security prison floating in space is suddenly taken over by its psycho inmates. So who could rescue her? Well, since Liam Neeson clearly wasn't available, Guy Pearce is called in to do the job. He's a snark-fuelled type who has been falsely accused of espionage against the US. Promised a pardon in return for his actions, he's dispatched off to the prison on a rescue mission. And that's when the shooting starts.Pearce looks to be having a blast here, ditching serious roles for some good old-fashioned wise-crackery that makes us think this one will walk the line between vats marked clag and classic, possibly falling into a little of both.With Lennie James, Peter Stomare and Vincent Regan also among the cast and James Mather and Stephen St Leger on directing duties, Lock-Out (or whatever it ends up being called) is scheduled to hit our screens on April 13.

Farm Boy

'Farm Boy'A New Perspectives Theater Company presentation from the play in one act by Michael Morpurgo, modified and directed by Daniel Buckroyd. Composer, Matt Marks.Grand boy - Richard Pryal Grandfather - John Walters"Farm Boy" can be a sweet show, nevertheless it requires the British people Off Broadway festival with marketing issues. Heart-warming two-hander in regards to the deep bond from a classic player and also the grand boy was modified in the story by children's author Michael Morpurgo, who claims that it's a follow-up to "War Equine," that more youthful crowd provided the foundation material. Within your dreams, people. This superbly socialized story-theater piece possesses its own modest charms, but auds searching to determine really Joey, the farm equine who distinguished themselves because magnificent Tony Award-winning show, will probably be sorely disappointed. John Walters (Grandfather) and Richard Pryal (Grand boy) are usually enchanting storytellers, entrusted by adapter-director Daniel Buckroyd to convince us the featureless stage can be a sprawling family farm inside the British countryside. With only a classic tractor (a stylized work of folk art crafted by Tim Brierley and Susan Winters) and Mark Dymock's dreamy lighting to look for the bucolic setting, thesps' hypnotic voices are sufficient to create the illusion from the working farm teeming with existence. Joey the war equine does estimate the story, meaning that old Grandfather recalls the equine that his father, the boy Albert in "War Equine," introduced where you can the farm within the battlefields of France within the finish from the First World War. But Joey is not a genuine presence inside the narrative, not necessarily inside the scene when the old man's some guy nearly works him to dying in the plowing competition getting a tractor. As appreciated by Grandfather (and carried out by Walters by getting an iron will, but heartbreaking physical fragility), the over 60's Albert has more full-bodied dimension. It's a subtle factor, however, if Pryal shows the Grandfather just like a youthful guy, it's basically a small variation on his warm portrayal in the Grand boy. However, when Walters plays his character's father Albert becoming an some guy, a totally different character comes alive. It's inside their original roles, though, rather than inside the fancy transformation moments, that Pryal and Walters are truly simpatico. Then when Grandfather and Grand boy finally forge their bond around the project that goes past the decades, it's enough to move an audience to tears.Lighting, Mark Dymock tractor construction, Tim Brierley tractor painting, Susan Winters production stage manager, Amy Kaskeski. Opened up up 12 ,. 13, 2011. Examined 12 ,. 8. Running time: 1 hour, 10 MIN. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Katie Couric, Boyfriend Split After Five Years

Brooks Perlin and Katie Couric Katie Couric and her boyfriend of five years, entrepreneur Brooks Perlin, have split, People reports.The breakup was "inevitable," a source tells the magazine, because the two were at different stages in their careers. Poll: Which 2011 celebrity breakup shocked you the most?Couric, 54, and Perlin, 37, met at a 2006 fundraiser for cancer research, and she was initially worried about their 17-year age difference. Her husband, Jay Monahan, with whom she has two daughters, died of colon cancer in 1998.Couric, who left the CBS Evening News in June, is working on her new syndicated ABC daytime show, Katie, which will begin in September.

Sinead O'Connor Marries Boyfriend in Las vegas

Sinead O'Connor Sinead O'Connor married boyfriend Craig Herridge on Thursday in Las vegas, People reviews. Sinead O'Connor to marry boyfriend on her behalf account birthday "On sunday I'll setup blog on whole day. Too glorious for words," the singer written in regards to the wedding on her behalf account blog. In line with the magazine, O'Connor used a small-cut pink dress and Herridge, a children's addiction counselor, donned a dark jacket getting a pink shirt. Following a 10-minute ceremony, the employees in the Little White-colored Wedding Chapel sang "Happy Birthday" for the bride, who switched 45. See other stars who've tied the knot this year This really is really the singer's fourth marriage. She's four children.

'Saw' Sequels Along The Way, 'Evil Dead' Plot Revealed

In the event you thought "Saw 3dInch was the final installment in the gory franchise, then you may want to sit lower with this particular news. The comfort people can stand, because we'd next miles away every diehard horror fan sees that a movie proclaiming being the "final" installment isn't finished permanently! Lionsgate just states a completely new "Saw" flick is along the way. Throughout the interview with CNBC, Vice Chairman Michael Burns got somewhat chatty in regards to the company's large moneymaker. "I am certain, sooner or later, you will notice 'Saw' within the image,Inch Burns mentioned. It appears sensible, no less than financially Lionsgate features a potential franchise in "Hunger Games," but sometimes certainly use backup within the reliable "Saw" series. In the fan perspective, anyone who seen James Wan's "Insidious" may have suspected it had been coming. Numerous you may have spotted the chalk-attracted Billy the Puppet by getting an "8" underneath him round the blackboard in one scene. Argue for or against a completely new "Saw" movie inside the comments below, and then click past the break for further from the week's Horror Bites. Extended-Anticipated Film about Alfred Hitchcock's 'Psycho' along the way "Alfred Hitchcock and also the building of Psycho" is finally ongoing to maneuver forward at Fox Searchlight. The project occured in development hell for four years at Vital, nevertheless the film that follows the macabre maestro on his journey inside the horror world may be seeing an April production start date. Anthony Hopkins is positioned to see Hitchcock, with Helen Mirren playing his wife. Their relationship is an additional primary narrative inside the movie. Sacha Gervasi ("Anvil! The Story of Anvil") will direct the look, which is founded on a non-fiction book by Stephen Rebello. Are you currently presently very happy to start to see the studio finally stick to the granddaddy of horror dudes? 'Evil Dead' Plot Particulars Revealed (Spoilers!) If you were wondering just what the approaching remake of Mike Raimi's 1981 horror classic, "Evil Dead," would finish up like, Moviehole recently shared lots of plot particulars to appease your curiosity. Shooting starts in March in Nz, where the Fede Alvarez-directed movie (with writing revisions by "Jennifer's Body" scribe Diablo Cody) will need shape. Stop reading through through here if you want to prevent spoilers of any type. "The redo plays it a lot more serious. These arent cartoonish heroes like Bruce Campbells Ash reaches the first films, they're real folks with real existence problems. By golly is it looking for some frightening not whatsoever amusing s---," the breakdown begins. See the relaxation at Moviehole. Bradley Cooper Talks Departing 'The Crow' "4 weeks Later's" Juan Carlos Fresnadillo was installed on direct Relativity's remake of 1994's "The Crow." Actor Bradley Cooper was set to star inside the lead role, which was initially carried out with the late Brandon Lee. Everyone hopped ship, and many types of we'd left was some debatable concept art showing what Cooper may have made an appearance as though since the undead avenger. Cooper recently spoke to Empire in what happened. "There really weren't that numerous pros and cons. I had been talking about carrying it out because of Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, who I used to be this kind of massive fan of. And timing didn't exercise. Then, he just dropped from this also, so I am unsure what they're doing to accomplish.In . Uncover what else Cooper must say the following. 'Final Destination 5' Artwork Scares Uk Children The poster campaign for your DVD and Blu-ray releases of "Final Destination 5" remains making Uk kids wet their pants. Our pals across water-feature have formally banned the artwork. The deed really was done because of the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). A skull being shattered by lots of steel rods travelled into it's the main reason, as well as the image isn't any more allowed to appear anywhere in Uk territory. Meaning all people massive bus adverts and ads will need to go. It needed only 13 complaints to obtain the ASA to tear it lower, fearful it could cause further "fear and undue distress" to youthful ones. Distributor Warner Bros. contended the skull only agreed to become a "fantasy image," nonetheless they lost your dream regardless. Is it overreacting, or are they using a location? Another 'Snow White' Picture Gets into the Ring Someone didn't have the memo that Hollywood is on "Snow White-colored" overload nowadays. David DeCoteau's poor "Snow White-colored: A Deadly Summer season" starring Eric Roberts ("The Dark Dark evening") and Maureen McCormick ("The Brady Bunch") features a trailer. The present retelling finds Snow kidnapped by her wicked stepmother. The youthful girl is arrived at a discipline camping run having a callous hunter. Snow's fellow campers (you will discover seven of those) start to die one at a time, and he or she must identify the deadly mystery before she becomes victim number eight. If you would like more favorite anecdotes within your existence, watch a clip at Shock Before You Drop. Reveal everything you consider this week's Horror Bites inside the comments section and also on Twitter!

Specialty Box Office: December 2-4

Specialty Box Office: Shame (Fox Searchlight) NEW [10 Theaters] Friday $110K, Saturday $139K, Weekend $361K, Per Screen $36,118 The Dirty Picture (FLM) NEW [48 Theaters] Friday $76K, Saturday $120K, Weekend $268K, Per Screen $5,583, Cume $268K Pastorela (Lionsgate) NEW [55 Theaters] Friday $23K, Saturday $24K, Weekend $65K, Per Screen $1,191, Cume $65K I Am Singh (Reliance Big Pictures) NEW [54 Theaters] Friday $7K, Saturday $13K, Weekend $29K, Per Screen $539, Cume $29K Kinyarwanda (Ind) NEW [9 Theaters] Friday $8K, Saturday $7K, Weekend $21K, Per Screen $2,344 Answers To Nothing (Roadside Attractions) NEW [21 Theaters] Friday $5K, Saturday $5K, Weekend $14K, Per Screen $712, Cume $15K Sleeping Beauty (IFC) NEW [2 Theaters] Friday $2K, Saturday $3K, Weekend $9K, Per Screen $4,770 Outrage (Magnolia) NEW [2 Theaters] Friday $2K, Saturday $2K, Weekend $6K, Per Screen $3,080 My Week With Marilyn (The Weinstein Co) Week 2 [244 Theaters] Friday $344K, Saturday $506K, Weekend $1.1M (-33%), Per Screen $4,836, Cume $3.8M The Artist (The Weinstein Co) Week 2 (6 Theaters) Friday $56K, Saturday $88K, Weekend $205K, Per Screen $34,263, Cume $495K A Dangerous Method (Sony Classics) Week 2 [4 Theaters) Friday $32K, Saturday $48K, Weekend $122K, Per Screen $30,629, Cume $415K, Desi Boyz (ERO) Week 2 [103 Theaters] Friday $55K, Saturday $82K, Weekend $182K, Per Screen $1,768, Cume $996K Melancholia (Magnolia) Week 4 [110 Theaters] Friday $72K, Saturday $101K, Weekend $238K, Per Screen $2,170, Cume $1.6M Like Crazy (Paramount Vantage) Week 6 [152 Theaters] Friday $84K, Saturday $108K, Weekend $251K, Per Screen $1,654, Cume $2.9M Margin Call (Roadside Attractions) Week 7 [150 Theaters] Friday $58K, Saturday $103K, Weekend $217K, Per Screen $1,451, Cume $4.7M Martha Marcy May Marlene (Fox Searchlight) Week 7 [84 Theaters] Friday $27K, Saturday $42K, Weekend $95K, Per Screen $1,095, Cume $2.7M The Skin I Live In (Sony Classics) Week 8 [116 Theaters] Weekend $165K, Per Screen $1,424, Cume $2.6M, Take Shelter (Sony Classics) Week 10 [47 Theaters] Weekend $45K, Per Screen $840, Cume $1.5M, Midnight In Paris (Sony Classics) Week 29) [305 Theaters] Friday $78K, Saturday $105K, Weekend $274K, Per Screen $900, Cume $55.9K

Peninsula Hotel Developer Selling Estate at $55 Million -Body of L.A.'s Most Costly Entries

On Wednesday morning, I'd the chance to invest a while with Steve McQueen, probably the most exciting and eccentric youthful filmmakers on the planet. McQueen, obviously, shares a title using the great anti-hero of sixties cinema (as well as an identical independent streak), however the commonalities hold on there. This Steve McQueen is black, British and alive -- so when he constitutes a film, he's less worried about being awesome than being provocative.our editor recommendsTHR's Company directors Roundtable: How you can Fire People, Who to Steal From, and Amy Pascal's Secret AdviceShame: Film ReviewNudity, Three-Ways, Hints of Incest: A Studio's Intend to Sell 'Shame' to Oscar It appears that McQueen, 42, happens to be artistic, serious, and a little counter-culture. He was raised loving art found the U.S. to go to NYU's Tisch School from the Arts but rapidly came to the conclusion that it hadn't been for him and left to pursue more unconventional types of filmmaking by himself. Before lengthy, his unusual work -- for example Bear (1993), a black-and-whitened quiet short by which he and the other guy appear naked and exchange glances Deadpan (1997), another black-and-whitened quiet short by which he reenacts Buster Keaton's famous house collapse stunt and Drumroll (1998), that he mounted cameras aside of the drum he folded lower the roads of NY -- had been observed, showing up in art galleries, and garnering acclaim. His finest recognition arrived 1999, when London's Tate gallery granted him the Turner Prize for the best visual artist younger than 50. PHOTOS: Films that Narrowly Prevented an NC-17 He states since he lengthy harbored a want to make an element-length film, but battled to stay upon an appropriate subject. Through the mid-2000s, however, he'd one: Bobby Sands, the IRA hunger striker whose story had fascinated him decades earlier. He co-authored and directed Hunger (2008), a gritty film which was never broadly seen past the festival circuit, but received rave reviews (it ended up at 90% on Rotten Tomato plants) triggered a lot of interest in the industry in McQueen (whom film critic Roger Ebert referred to as "a painter who utilizes cruel realism") and introduced the planet to Michael Fassbender, the Irishman who he selected to experience Sands, and who looked shockingly gaunt after losing nearly 40 pounds for that part. Though McQueen had his pick of possibilities after Hunger, he required 3 years before starting on his next project, a movie in regards to a subject that's perhaps the toughest to market in prudish and puritanical America: sex... more particularly, sex addiction. The greater McQueen discovered sex addiction, the greater it reminded him of the items Helps have been as with the eighties -- a genuine, common affliction that's everywhere, but that couple of people know about and/or decide to acknowledge. And when he made the decision to create the film, there is no doubt how he would allow it to be: reasonably. VIDEOS: THR's Honours Season Roundtable Series 2011 -- The Company directors He cowrote a script with Abi Morgan (who also composed The Iron Lady) that stories the lives of and relationship between Brandon, a effective 30-something NYer who's privately a sex addict, and Sissy, his psychologically-unstable more youthful sister who moves along with him when she manages to lose her apartment. Getting made full disclosure within the script that full-frontal nudity could be needed from the stars who performed both figures and explicit sex moments of all kinds will have to be simulated through the male, he guaranteed committments from Fassbender and Oscar nominee Carey Mulligan, and also the ball was moving. After 25 times of filming in NY City, the film is at the can, and coming around the world. Shame was not going to be a simple sell. With this kind of content, it had been inevitable it would recieve an NC-17 rating, that has in the past scared away marketers, since couple of participants have have you been prepared to screen NC-17 films (because of their naturally limited audience) and couple of guides have have you been prepared to feature ads marketing them (for anxiety about problem their visitors with sexually-suggestive materials). However when the film started using the festival circuit, winning rave reviews and stirring up a variety of provocative conversations concerning the world by which we live today, Fox Searchlight, perhaps probably the most daring from the indie marketers, made the decision to consider a flyer onto it. They might have been motivated with a need to promote a lengthy-term relationship with McQueen or perhaps a sense that, by using their notoriously creative marketing team, they'd probably create a return of investment or perhaps a genuine need to bring an initial-rate film to some bigger audience. The simple truth is most likely a mixture of all the above. But the end result is they have arranged a substantial quantity of theaters that are prepared to show the film are broadly publicizing it and therefore are positive about its prospects on the market with honours voters (specifically for Fassbender like a best actor contender). VIDEO: 'Shame' Red-colored Band Trailer: Michael Fassbender Brings Sex towards the Subway For McQueen, he's only mildly thinking about the way the film does in the box-office. Distributing awareness concerning the problem of sex addiction is, for whatever reasons, infinitely more essential to him, and also the degree that his film does which will define, for him, whether it's a success. Meanwhile, he and Fassbender happen to be getting set to operate together all over again. (The actor has stated he hopes to possess a Martin Scorsese/Robert P Niro-like relationship using the director, and also the director appears to talk about that desire.) For his or her next film, Twelve Years a Slave, they'll be using a substantially bigger budget and costar -- Kaira Pitt -- but when what's past is prologue, I wouldn't expect a movie anymore mainstream or less significantly-welcomed than Hunger or Shame. 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NY - Charlie Ergen's Dish Network is one of the winners of Friday's $3.6 billion wireless spectrum deal announced by Comcast, Time Warner Cable and a smaller cable operator with Verizon, according to analysts. Dish shares rose 6.6 percent to close at $26.21.our editor recommendsCharlie Ergen Steps Down as President, CEO of Dish NetworkGoogle plans to bid for wireless spectrum Ergen previously bought spectrum, and analysts have long wondered what satellite TV giant Dish would use it for. While some have predicted Ergen could sell the spectrum or parts of it for a profit, others have said that Dish could use the spectrum to offer broadband and online video services. Wells Fargo analyst Marci Ryvicker calculate that the cable companies will get $0.695 per megahertz per pop, a common measure of price for spectrum, in value for their so-called AWS spectrum. "Applying this to Dish's [MSS and 700 MHz] spectrum gets us a $10 billion value, or roughly $22 in equity value, which is clearly not in Dish's stock price," she said. BTIG analyst Walter Piecyk in a report spoke of "Ergen's emergence as wireless' power broker." He wrote: "In the future, spectrum buyers will have to negotiate a deal with the likes of Charlie Ergen and Dish Network, whose strategic value has risen dramatically." He said that Dish paid only $0.25 per MHz per pop to buy DBSD and TerreStar spectrum. One potential buyer of Dish's spectrum is a telecom giant whose planned acquisition of a competitor has been called in question by regulators, Piecyk said. "Dish would be a good alternative for AT&T if the T-Mobile deal is not approved," he said. Meanwhile, Friday's Verizon spectrum deal news is also good for Comcast and TW Cable "as it answers the question 'what is the wireless strategy?' and negates the fear of a wireless build," Ryvicker said. Piecyk listed Dish competitor DirecTV under the deal's losers though, saying it and others will "face increased pressure to address their spectrum needs." Said the analyst: "DirecTV's strategic options are declining and could continue to diminish in 2012." Email: Georg.Szalai@thr.com Twitter: @georgszalai Related Topics DirecTV Dish Network

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Have you ever heard? The birth scene from 'Breaking Beginning Part 1' is leading to seizures. Apparently, the brilliant character from the scene -- liberal utilization of flashing lights -- makes people distribute in theaters. Regrettably, 'Breaking Dawn' is not the only real film to elicit extreme responses from moviegoers many people faint, others cry, along with a couple of completely panic when dealing with anything graphic. From 'The Exorcist' (fainting) to 'Human Centipede 2' (more fainting) to 'The Passion from the Christ' (dying -- seriously) Moviefone presents 10 Unbelievable Responses to Movies. 10 Unbelievable Responses to Movies 'The Exorcist'飗 Hrs''Breaking Beginning Part 1'񟭁: An Area Journey''Saw three dimensional''Shame''Grace''Frozen''Human Centipede II (Full Sequence)''The Passion from the Christ' See All Moviefone Art galleries » Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook