Morning Grind: Mickey Rourke Had Some Problems With 'Iron Guy 2'

Mickey Rourke reaches La in the last weekend doing press for 'Immortals' (search for Moviefone's sit-lower with Rourke closer to release), then when the subject of onscreen villains came into being, the Oscar nominee had some pretty strong opinions about his heavy from 'Iron Guy 2.' "I attempt to search for the moments where [the villain is] much less cliched, evil theif which is a sizable fight," he told Not Remote. "I'd it on 'Iron Man' and so they won. It might use Marvel and them breaking [Jon] Favreau's balls and wanting merely a one-dimensional villain. The performance and everything that we tried to create in it finish around the f-cking floor. That creates explore of taking care of as much. To not to require to put that effort directly into ensure it is a wise theif or possibly a theif who's justified using what his reasons are." [Not Remote] It's the 'Elizabethtown' reunion you will not ever wanted! Orlando Blossom and Kirsten Dunst will co-star in 'Cities' with Clive Owen and 'Slumdog Millionaire' game-show host Anil Kapoor. Directed by Roger Donaldson ('Dante's Peak,' 'Species'), the film can be a "cautionary tale of avarice and ambition" inside the lead-around industry crash of 2008. Think 'Babel' coupled with 'Margin Call.' [Not Remote James Gandolfini is settling to appear inside the comedy 'Burt Wonderstone,' opposite Steve Carell and Jim Carrey. The film is about a ageing Las vegas magician (Carell) who teams along with his old partner to battle an outlandish street magician (Carrey). Gandolfini would play Carell's boss, a billionaire casino owner per Variety, Olivia Wilde and Sarah Silverman are increasingly being looked for for your female lead. [Variety] The thing that was an offer the other day is becoming a deal: creepy 'Killing' star Joel Kinnaman has signed to see Lancelot in 'Arthur & Lancelot.' [THR/Warmth Vision] "I gave him my knowledge of how this should actually be changed into an appreciation story and he's really gone by using it,In . mentioned James Cameron to Deadline about Shawn Levy's progression of the 'Fantastic Voyage' remake. Cameron's plan to refresh within the 1966 film was to experience a physician inject themselves into his dying wife to ensure that they are able to save her. [Deadline] Some Academy awards deck-chair shuffling: The brand new the new sony Classics will run some leads from 'Carnage' (Jodie Promote, Kate Winslet, John C. Reilly and Christophe Waltz) inside the supporting groups, because the studio sets Keira Knightley inside the competitive Best Actress area on her behalf be employed in 'A Dangerous Method.' [HitFix/In Contention] [Photo: Getty] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook RELATED

Friend Zone

Produced by 495 Prods. Executive producers, SallyAnn Salsano, Joel Zimmer; co-executive producer, Danny Shaner; supervising producers, Jill Garelick, Krista Van Nieuwburg, Lisa Marie Tobin; senior producer, Clay Wolflick; directors, Brad Kreisberg, Lucas Mertes; supervising story producer, Jeffrey W. Ruggles; editors, Tim Kelley, Hobie Smith; casting, Josh Allouche. 30 MIN.Playing like a dating show on amphetamines -- or a "secret crush" episode of a daytime talkshow -- MTV's "Friend Zone" strips down relationships to their potentially humiliating or heartwarming beginnings: In each half-hour, two teens break the news to a "just-friend" that they're secretly infatuated with them, offering the possibility of rejection or triumph. The situation resonates, mostly, because it's easily relatable, but also because the participants are so inarticulate as to create a level of authenticity. Leave it to MTV: Presenting romance without any foreplay or, for that matter, messy aftermath. Although the show comes from "Jersey Shore" producer SallyAnn Salsano, "Friend Zone" is almost the understated antithesis of that cash cow. Addressing the camera, kids talk about how they're mad for a friend of the opposite sex (is same-sex in the future?), setting them up for an on-air proposal: The gimmick is they think they're providing support for a dating show, only to be hit with the "I want to date you" overture themselves. As constituted, it feels like kind of a cheap trick to the object of affection, but they're quickly lost, frankly, in the pursuer's relief and exultation, or embarrassment and pain. And if there's the risk of friendships squandered or true heartbreak, well, hey, the show's only a half-hour, let 'em sort that out beyond the camera's prying lens. The feelings of youthful ardor, however, are raw, honest and compelling ("I'm just gonna be devastated" if the answer's "no," one says), perhaps more so because the first participants lack the words to really express them. Nor, for that matter, do their intendeds have much to say once confronted. In a way, that leaves the "why" of the romance -- and distinction between being friends or more -- to an answer as simple as "Because," and the focus squarely on whether the pass is completed or not. Should "Friend Zone" become a success, it would presumably become more difficult to arrange these oncamera ambushes, which hasn't stopped CBS' "Undercover Boss" from finding participants, and frankly, it's a high-class problem. For now, though, why over-think things, on a show that neatly reduces relationships to "The Wide World of Sports" opening -- as in "the thrill of victory" or "the agony of defeat." Contact Brian Lowry at brian.lowry@variety.com

Fall TV Recognition Contest: Perhaps You Have Search Grimm's Favorite Anecdotes?

David Giuntoli, Currie Graham NBC's supernatural cop drama Grimm first demonstrated Friday, and you need to know very well what you considered it - which that you simply consider every new series this season.Selection: Which fall premieres won you over? Which flopped?Did the show's twist on Little Red-colored-colored Riding hood cause you to hungry for further? Or could it happen to be a sizable, bad mess? Election now! It's also wise to tell your pals together with other fans to election, too.Return all fall to determine which TVGuide.com clients consider your chosen - and least favorite - new shows. And remain up-to-date to look for the ultimate rankings in the season's most loved and resented debuts.Fall TV: Have the lowdown relating to this season's must-see new showsHere's our handy calendar that may help you keep close track of when you election.

Stephen Moyer on His Double Jail Time, True Blood's Camera Tricks and the Reason He Won't Do a Rom-Com

American audiences came to love English actor Stephen Moyer as sexy, small-town vampire Bill Compton on HBO’s hit show True Blood. But when the award-winning Alan Ball series goes on hiatus — as it is now between its fourth and fifth seasons — the accomplished stage actor fits in as many film projects as he can. The latest being The Double, Michael Brand’s directorial debut which co-stars Moyer as a Soviet psychopath assassin who is locked behind bars with only a gruesome facial scar and a secret — a secret that Richard Gere and Topher Grace try to wheedle out of him as they investigate the murder of a senator in this political thriller. In anticipation of The Double’s release, Moyer met with Movieline in Beverly Hills this week to discuss why he volunteered for solitary confinement on set, the art of eating a battery and his dream to direct. What made you want to play a Russian psychopath? He’s just a great character. It’s so interesting — in the [True Blood] hiatus we get five months. This year, I think it was only four and a half months to try and do something that is different from what you have been doing and to weave a tapestry. In this particular year, I also did a film with Rachelle Lefevre called The Caller in which I was playing a very straight character. I played a British politician in a British series called Ice and I also did some work for Anna [Paquin]’s brother in another thing. I wanted to broaden my horizons. Who wouldn’t want to play a Russian psychopath? It’s an awful lot of fun. You got to chew the scenery a little bit and learn some stuff. What did you learn? I learned about this form of fighting called Systema which I had no knowledge of before. I got to play with that which was great and I got to work with Richard Gere and Topher. How does one get into the mindset of a Soviet psychopath? A lot of my friends would tell you that I did that quite easily. Every situation is different. You have to learn what makes your character tick. If you imagine being locked up for 15 years, 10 of those in solitary confinement, which is what I was playing with, it’s going to make you pretty mad. When you see the window of opportunity to talk to people or to get out or to somehow twist the situation, you’re going to do that. I can’t imagine spending one week in one of those cells. Did you film in a real prison? We were shooting in a real prison actually — a working prison in Michigan. You have to go through all of the procedures of actually getting in and them closing the doors behind you. I asked them to lock me in a cell that was very close to where we were shooting. So basically, I was in this cell near where we were shooting and every time they would do another take, they would unlock me and I’d come out and do a take. It was fun and gave me that sense of the cramped, locked-in conditions that are fascinating to play. It’s just another area for a warped mind like mine. How long were you confined total? I think the first day, when they were setting up lighting, I was in there for a few hours. And then after that, I would spend five or 10 minutes in there between each take and 20 when they were resetting. That’s dedication. Why wouldn’t you want to spend time in a jail cell? You’re in a real working prison. That’s just fun. Of course there is a part of you that is wondering whether anyone is going to come back and unlock the door. That scenario would make for some pretty unhappy True Blood fans I’d imagine. Did you interact with any inmates? No. We only saw three or four high level prisoners — in that they were allowed to do things around the corridors. They had been in there a long while or their crimes weren’t as big. [SPOILER] Your battery scene made me gag. How did you make it look like you were swallowing a battery in one take? Did you notice that? Good! How do you know I didn’t actually eat a battery? Well, I don’t want to talk about why I do that in the middle of a movie. I’ll tell you though when this thing is off. [Turns off tape record and explains his battery-eating trick. Turns tape recorder back on.] I’m quite proud of that scene because I choreographed it myself. [END OF SPOILER] Was it your idea to do it in one take? It was. I came up with a way of shooting it where we didn’t have to cut the camera. Film and theater are about misdirection and making the audience see something. I find it interesting. One of the things we do in True Blood is shoot all of our stunts in camera. Instead of doing some kind of visual effect, we try to make it happen. The camera might be over my shoulder as I’m looking at, for argument’s sake, Lorena. She’ll throw me down onto the floor and the camera will whip pan and when it gets to the other side of the room, I’m already on the floor. There’s no way I could have done it that fast because we’re doing it in vamp speed. What you don’t realize is that that wasn’t me when you were looking over my shoulder because you couldn’t see my face. It sounds like sleight of hand filmmaking. It is. I get really excited about the process because it’s part of the misdirection. It’s Reservoir Dogs where Michael Madsen goes into the frame. We’re on his back and he starts cutting the ear off and the camera goes into the other room and sits there and then he walks into that frame with an ear in his hand. It’s fucking brilliant. I know that you’re starting to produce projects but it seems like you have an eye for directing. Is that something you’re looking to do also? Yes, I do. I started a theater company when I was 17. I did that for ten years while I was working on other things. I had this possibility at the time to do that if I wanted but it meant spending a couple of years away from acting. And I was doing quite well as an actor. I wasn’t in the situation where I had enough money to stop [acting]. I had to pay my bills. I decided to put the dream off and pick it back up when I could. I am very much hoping to direct this one project — well two actually — but the first I would like to shoot next summer. Then there are a couple of shorts I’ve written with a friend of mine. It’s just about finding time. It seems like you are drawn towards darker acting projects. Is that also the kind of material you’re looking to direct? Actually, the one I’m looking to direct next summer is a completely broad comedy. It’s a really great script which I’m really excited to get out to the particular cast we’re hoping to direct. Do you also want to step out of your wheelhouse as an actor? Would you ever star in a straight-up romantic comedy with Katherine Heigl? That’s so funny. I don’t see myself doing that at all but those also aren’t the kind of movies that I tend to go and see. That said, I adore Four Weddings and a Funeral. I think that’s almost the perfect movie and I’d love to do something like that. I actually did a film [Prince Valiant] with Katherine Heigl in 1997. It was my first movie and she was 15 or 16 years old. Why not? A film that I love is Raising Arizona and that’s funny but it’s quite indie and weird and odd and quirky. I’d love to do something like that. Who knows! When I started out, I was very idealistic about what I wanted to do and the kind of work I wanted to do. The job to me is when I’m on set, at work creating. When I’ve left, I’ve left. What [the film] turns into, what it is, what it ends up being is out of my control. I really appreciate the process. If someone comes to me with a [different type] of character or project, I’ll give it a go because I love seeing what happens. Not only have you always loved acting, but I read that you were so passionate about it as a teenager that you taught it to children. Right, I used to teach kids when I was younger. When I was about 14 or 15 I started teaching children drama and something that I used to say to them was, “Don’t be afraid.” People would be afraid of forgetting their lines or something. I used to say, “Have no fear because we can use fear. What you experience in that moment when the scene may not work as well as you want it to is a feeling that you’ll be able to use later in something else. Remember how you felt when people didn’t laugh at that joke that you thought was hilarious? We’re going to use that now to create something else. Take a negative thing and turn it into a positive things.” That still applies. There is no fear in choosing a role then for me. It’s all constructive. Exactly. It’s all constructive. Follow Julie Miller on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.

'Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol' Full Trailer Debuts (Video)

David James/Paramount Pictures"Mission: Impossible: Ghost Protocol" The full-length trailer for Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol has finally hit the web. VIDEO: Tom Cruise Defies Gravity in 'Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol' Clip Director Brad Bird personally introduced the new promo for the upcoming Tom Cruise actioner and this time, it doesn't rely on images of Cruise in a black hoodie. The nearly three-minute trailer -- going back to a traditional score, rather than having the previous teaser's hip-hop feel -- promises more fights, more action and more chases, evening setting up the plot (and locations) with a little more meat. ANALYSIS: Why Tom Cruise Still Matters in the Film Industry So what can moviegoers expect in December? Set-ups, near-misses, gunfights, car crashes and lots of secrets. Paula Patton, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg and Josh Holloway co-star in the fourth film in the franchise, opening in U.S. theaters on Dec. 21, which finds Ethan Hunt and the rest of the I.M.F. team going rogue to clear their organization's name. Watch the full trailer below: Tom Cruise Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

McConaughey Happening Thunder Run

With Gerard Butler & Mike WorthingtonWhile James Cameron has introduced the strategies by live-action ideas and applications a mixture of real stars and CGI, other filmmakers are really starting to embrace the idea, however with mixed results. The newest group hopping aboard is Freedom Film, which has engaged the help of Matthew McConaughey, Mike Worthington and Gerard Butler for Thunder Run.Simon West, who knows his way around an action film (which is at this time around shooting Sly Stallone and co round the Expendables follow-up), remains hired to direct. Nevertheless the new movie will mainly be making use of a mix of recorded voice-over and several eco-friendly screen attempt to bring a 3 dimensional CG world to existence. West has some reference to the exact same thing, getting just made the mainly animated Evening in the Living Dead: Roots 3d.Magic Run will adapt Pulitzer Prize champion David Zucchino and Black Hawk Lower book author Mark Bowden's book, subtitled The Armoured Strike To Capture Baghdad. The Black Hawk connection continues as that film's scriptwriter Ken Nolan has labored with Robert Port round the script.McConaughey, Worthington and Butler may have soldiers in the tank incorporated within the effort by American forces to capture the city in 2003. "That which you capture inside our cameras will probably be them," Freedom Film's John Presley notifies the heat Vision Blog. "It features a stylized effect in it but we are shooting them. We're not ageing them lower like Rob Bridges in Tron Legacy, it will likely be them for just two several hours in the highly intense tank fight. The scope in the movie will feel huge as well as the goal is always to attract the Cod world. It won't have a very gaming world feel but to experience a stylized use it."This program is always to shoot the footage next season using a mixture of the facial capture software found in West's zombie outing with Avatar's performance capture tech. Question if Worthington will probably be teaching training courses concerning how to adapt to it?

In Time

Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried star in 'In Time'A 20th Century Fox release of a Regency Enterprises presentation of a New Regency/Strike Entertainment production in association with Luma Pictures. Produced by Andrew Niccol, Eric Newman, Marc Abraham. Executive producers, Arnon Milchan, Hutch Parker, Bob Harper, Andrew Z. Davis, Kristel Laiblin, Amy Israel. Co-producer, Debra James. Directed, written by Andrew Niccol.Sylvia Weis - Amanda SeyfriedWill Salas - Justin Timberlake Raymond Leon - Cillian Murphy Philippe Weis - Vincent Kartheiser Rachel Salas - Olivia WildeA tightrope walk between inspired high-concept storytelling and near-agonizing obviousness, Andrew Niccol's "In Time" takes place in a retro dimension where everyone is 25 'til the day they die. Time is money as the rich measure their wealth in centuries while the poor scrape by for a few extra minutes, all painfully aware that life ends the second their accounts run empty. It's a fascinating philosophical conceit delivered as a slick, hyper-stylized conspiracy yarn, juicy enough to deliver on both fronts, provided you don't ask too many questions. Interest should sync with that of recent sci-fiers "The Adjustment Bureau" and "Source Code." In a return to the elegant, streamlined view of the future presented in "Gattaca" and "The Truman Show" -- or perhaps it's some parallel universe, where the continents are shaped like ours and no matter where you go, everything looks like Los Angeles -- writer-director Niccol turns back the clock a dozen years, effectively erasing the disappointment of his intervening efforts, "Simone" and "Lord of War." The way it works, citizens are divided into time zones according to class. In the ghetto, guys like Will Salas (Justin Timberlake) live hour-to-hour, keeping a careful eye on the bright green life-expectancy timers embedded in their forearms. The most reliable way to buy themselves more time is by to spend some of their own on the job, though renegades (such as Alex Pettyfer's dandy-dressing, English-accented gangster) run around robbing people for a few hours. Nobody walks in the ghetto; time is far too precious. In the more upscale time zones, however, it's a different story: Leisure is a way of life, bought at the expense of the working poor -- a lesson Will learns when a suicidal chap (Matt Bomer) with a century on his clock whispers a few big secrets before taking a tumble off the nearest bridge. In true Hitchcockian fashion, innocent Will has no way to explain how he acquired 100-plus years, a situation that puts him on the lam from a squad of officious time keepers led by Raymond Leon (Cillian Murphy). As science fiction goes, "In Time" is the type that alters a few intriguing variables while otherwise preserving enough of the real world to illuminate aspects of our current system we don't normally consider. It hardly counts as a cautionary tale, since there's little chance of man developing the capacity for eternal life presented here: Niccol's system hinges on the ability to stop aging at the quarter-century mark and to sustain the body in mint condition as long as its owner can "afford" it. But the idea of time as money has real currency at a moment when world events have shaken the foundations of a paper-based banking system, just as the film's central inequity -- which finds Philippe Weis ("Mad Men's" boyishly smarmy Vincent Kartheiser) exploiting the poor to feed his own immortality -- echoes the sentiments of the Occupy Wall Street crowd. Thanks to a stellar below-the-line team that includes d.p. Roger Deakins, production designer Alex McDowell and costume designer Colleen Atwood, "In Time" looks like "Gattaca," though the story is far more intricate and the action considerably more complex. Niccol stages shootouts and chase scenes that take full advantage of Timberlake's action-hero potential, pairing him with red-wigged Amanda Seyfried as Weis' daughter, Sylvia, a hostage-turned-accomplice in Will's efforts to upset the system. But the helmer is too much in love with his own ideas, indulging every little play on words (Pettyfer: "I'd say your money or your life, but your money is your life"). He's incredibly surface-oriented, which makes for meticulous compositions amid beautiful environments, but causes problems in casting, especially since Niccol doesn't handle actors well, however perfect their cheekbones may be. A rugged 30, Timberlake deepens his usually reedy voice, suggesting that time is harder on those in the ghetto (ditto for Murphy, 35, and next-door neighbor Johnny Galecki, 36). For the most part, side players fare less convincingly. Olivia Wilde is particularly ill-used, except to guarantee a laugh at the film's opening line ("Hi, Mom"), while model-looking extras are left to flail awkwardly on the sidelines. Still, the premise is rich enough to engage, making it easy to forgive Niccol's indulgences. What other studio director would have the nerve to counter Ayn Rand on her own turf, packaging a sure-footed lefty parable as genre entertainment? Though not exactly a rallying cry for the cause, "In Time" serves as two hours well spent for those bullied by the system and looking to let off some steam.Camera (widescreen, Deluxe color), Roger Deakins; editor, Zach Staenberg; music, Craig Armstrong; production designer, Alex McDowell; art directors, Priscilla Elliott, Todd Cherniawsky, Chris Farmer; set decorator, Karen O'Hara; costume designer, Colleen Atwood; sound (Dolby/Datasat), Ed Novick; supervising sound editors, Richard King, Michael Babcock; re-recording mixers, Paul Massey, David Giammarco; special effects supervisor, Matt Sweeney; visual effects supervisor, Ellen M. Somers; visual effects, Soho VFX, Luma Pictures; stunt coordinator, David M. Leitch; second unit director, Leitch; second unit camera, Paul Hughen; assistant director, Lars P. Winther; casting, Denise Chamian. Reviewed at Fox Studios, Los Angeles, Oct. 25, 2011. MPAA Rating: PG-13. Running time: 109 MIN. Secondary Cast: With: Matt Bomer, Johnny Galecki, Collins Pennie, Toby Hemingway, Brendan Miller, Yaya DaCosta, Alex Pettyfer. Contact Peter Debruge at peter.debruge@variety.com

E! Hires ABC Exec Kevin Plunkett to Oversee Scripted Programming

E! has found itself a scripted chief in Kevin Plunkett.our editor recommendsE! Network to Undergo 'Brand Audit' Under NBCU's Bonnie Hammer (Exclusive) The former SVP of comedy development at ABC Studios has been named senior vice president of scripted programming at the network best known for the Kardashians' reality fare. "It is very exciting for all of us at E! to enter this new programming genre, and we know that Kevin is the right person to lead the charge," said the cable network's entertainment programming president Lisa Berger of an executive whose credits include Scrubs, Cougar Town, Samantha Who and Happy Endings. "He has both the experience and the creative vision that will help us establish and build a great scripted programming initiative that is uniquely tailored to appeal to the E! audience." The move comes after a months-long search, which E!'s newly installed president Suzanne Kolb has been intent on filling since she was hired in July. Months earlier, NBCU cable entertainment and cable studios' Bonnie Hammer confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that she will be pushing the network into the scripted drama space over the next two to three years. "Obviously we do a boatload at USA and Syfy, and E! is the next step," she said, noting that "E! is not going to turn into Syfy or USA." As THR first reported, the network has been undergoing what Hammer dubs a "brand audit," much the way her USA did seven years earlier. "I would say that E! is a wide open book right now in terms of where we go," she told THR of her plan to figure out what the female-leaning network is -- and perhaps more poignantly, could be last spring. "E! is very successful right now; it's not broken in any way, shape or form. But the goal is to do to E! what we did to USA over the past seven years: take it from a successful channel and have it just completely break out." Related Topics E! Entertainment

AP: NBC Sports Departing 30 Rock

The Deadline team is because the News Corp traders meeting inside and outdoors LA’s Fox Art galleries. Nikki Finke is becoming writing from staff and news reviews. 4th UPDATE, NOON WRITETHRU: News Corp.’s annual investor meeting todayat LA’s Fox Art galleries converted to a pitched fight of words and accusations and insults.Rupert Murdoch’s experts arranged at two microphones and ventilation their anger at whatever they consider to bea corporate culture run amok. Within the sametime the Chairman/Boss’s defendersopposed the investor requires better corporate governance as well as the separation in the chairman/Boss title to have the ability to have a very Boss outside of Murdoch.Rupert, for his part, could barely stay polite when he was challenged again and again.”I hate to contact you a liar, however don’t believe you,” he stop investor Stephen Mayne, director in the Australian Traders Association who was simply criticizingNews Corp’scorporate governance.Edward Mason in the Chapel of England spoke intended for the motion which will oust Murdoch as chairman. But Murdoch interrupted Mason rapidly, saying “your possibilities haven’t been exceptional”. Other traders were dedicated to the Uk phone hacking scandal which is roots inside the organization. Uk parliament member Tom Watsoncaught an plane from London to LAjust to confrontMurdoch throughout today’s traders meeting. He asked for in a really Britishpolite way when the chairman and Boss was alert to more accusations, this timeof computer hacking, at News Corp-possessed newspaperNews around the world. Murdoch mentioned he wasn’t andresponded, “I have assured that what went wrong a few years back as well as the recentrumors by you continues to be worked out while using police. We'll put thisright.”Watson was interrupted byNews Corp board member and Murdoch ally Viet Dihn, who mentioned, “We’re fully cooperating while using police and aren’t permitted to comment onallegations per their instruction. I welcome any information you've for that analysis following a meeting.”But Murdoch told the traders:”I promise you'll that individuals visit nothing to access the feet of the and comprehend it correctly.” Murdoch also tried to reassure traders that News Corp was succeeding financially, boasting about”digital treasure groups” from New Media and results showing that cable channels were delivering half from the organization’s total profit. ‘But that didn’t seem to soothe the traders within the microphones. Particularly with institutional traders like Calipers, the Christian Brothers and sisters investment services, and theAustralian Traders Associationcalling with an independent Boss. Outdoors,people in the media and police far outnumbered just a little quantity of protesters numbering about 50 in general who collected however gate of Fox Art galleries. Occupy La, according to information released round the Occupy Wall Street offshoot’s website, planned to protest “one-around the sides verifying, job cuts, phone hacking, and bad governance.” Besides a “Fox News Lies” banner, protesters made an appearance to target mainly on animal rights and anti-war issues. There's no disruption for the work of studio employees who've been allowed to make use of without incident. second UPDATE, 9:45 AM: News Corp deliberately drove the shuttle moving media for the traders meeting round the Fox lot using a side gate and so the press wouldn’t start to see the protesters. UPDATE, 9:59 PM: An British Part of Parliament scheduled to participate News Corp stockholders inside Fox’s Zanuck Theatre is predicted to cope with protesters as you're watching studio on Pico Boulevard before heading into the meeting, one of the planners told Deadline late Thursday. Labor Party Megapixel Tom Watson, an important estimate the Parliament’s analysis in the phone-hacking scandal, has mentioned he expects to provide new accusations of other sorts of technological surveillance techniques News Corp provides furthermore to phone hacking by reps in the now-defunct News around the world. Holders of proxy shares — apart from institutional together with other groups who plan to election against Murdoch-allied board people — may also be certain to have harsh questions for company professionals. Formerly, 7:31 PM: News Corp traders coming for annual meeting Friday within the Fox lot on Pico Blvd. in West La will encounter some uninvited greeters bearing unhappy tidings. Occupy La, according to information released round the Occupy Wall Street offshoot’s website, expects to protest “one-around the sides verifying, job cuts, phone hacking, and bad governance.” Rupert Murdoch together with other company leaders are needed to hear in the major pension fund together with other stockholder groups disgruntled incidentally people in the Murdoch family in addition to their supporters round the board have handled the phone-hacking scandal inside the U.K. together with other company activity. People traders may be allowed to lodge their complaints but not have the clout or votes to eliminate the Murdochs or their supporters within the board. No less than they’ll get inside the meeting. Occupy L.A. protesters are extremely unlikely to acquire beyond the front gate or anywhere round the lot, as well as near to the studio’s Zanuck Theater where the meeting continues to be held. Studio security will probably be tight than usual, and anybody without authorization won’t work through the gate. Efforts to attain protest planners weren't effective.

Hugh Jackman Would Still Love to Play James Bond

Hugh Jackman was once on a very short list of actors to play James Bond, but turned down the role that eventually went to Daniel Craig. The actor, who's currently starring in box-office champ 'Real Steel,' is now explaining why he rejected the role of a lifetime: "I was about to shoot 'X-Men 2' and Wolverine had become this thing in my life and I didn't want to be doing two such iconic characters at once," he tells the British Press Association. Although Craig is committed to two more films as 007, Jackman says he'd be open to the part if he were asked again. "I think every male at some point thinks about playing James Bond, so it was not right then, but it may be right if it comes back," Jackman says. The reigning 007, Craig, is currently at work on the 23rd Bond film. Wonder if he and Jackman discussed the whole Bond issue when they co-starred in the 2009 Broadway production of 'A Steady Rain.' [via EW] [Photo: FilmMagic] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook RELATED

A&E renews 'The Glades'

A&E has restored Matt Passmore starrer "The Glades" for any 10-episode third season, scheduled for summer time 2012. Throughout its second season, which went for 13 episodes from June to September, "The Glades" averaged 3.87 million audiences per episode entirely-week Digital recording device playback and demonstrated development of 12% among grown ups 18-49 in comparison with 2010's season one. Additionally towards the return of "Breakout Nobleman," A&E will even launch scripted drama "Longmire" having a 10-episode season in 2012. Series creator Clifton Campbell professional produces "The Glades" for Innuendo Prods. with Gary Randall of Grand Prods. Fox Television Galleries produces. Contact Jon Weisman at jon.weisman@variety.com

Zynga to Trade on Nasdaq

Zynga, the most effective maker of games for Facebook, will trade round the Nasdaq Stock Market beneath the symbol ZNGA after its initial public offering, the business mentioned Thursday.our editor recommendsLady Gaga to Unveil More Tunes From 'Born This Way' on FarmVilleCityVille, FarmVille Maker Zynga Will get near IPO Filing (Report) Though Nasdaq has typically been home of youthful technology companies -- especially Internet start-ups -- recent tech IPOs like LinkedIn and also the planet the planet pandora Media have gone while using NY Stock Exchange. STORY: Zynga Reveals New Games, Own Social Gaming Platform Named Project Z Zynga introduced within this summer time it absolutely was attempting to raise $1 billion within the IPO, though there's no specific date that it's going to debut just like a freely exchanged company. STORY: Zynga, Enrique Iglesias Team on CityVille Integration Zynga may be the organization behind CityVille and FarmVilleas well as popular word games like Hanging With Pals and Words With Pals. Usually simple to play, Zynga's games cost nothing and also the organization makes revenue by selling upgraded versions and add-ons additionally to advertising. According to its website, 232 million people play Zynga games, with 60 million of those considered "daily active clients." Related Subjects Zynga LinkedIn

'The Simpsons' Restored for 2 More Seasons

Fox The Simpsons are secure for 2 more seasons, that will bring these phones a historic two-and-a-half decades on network TV, more than every other scripted series. PHOTOS: 'The Simpsons': Satisfy The Cast After tense discussions using the voice acting cast for any renewal, Fox introduced Friday mid-day the longest running comedy ever will return for any 24th and 25th season. Fox didn't reveal the the handles the stars, but sources say they recognized a clear, crisp cut in pay, close to 30% in the $440,000 for every of 22 episodes they'd been making. That might be approximately $300,000 per episode. EXCLUSIVE: 'Simpsons' Cast Blinks in Salary Showdown With Fox There is no specific mention within the Fox announcement concerning the actor but all are thought set to come back. That will include Julie Kavner (Marge yet others), Nancy Cartwright (Bart yet others), Yeardley Cruz (Lisa), Hank Azaria (Moe, Chief Wiggum and Apu), and Harry Shearer (the voice of Mr. Burns, Principal Skinner, and Ned Flanders, amongst others). The fight between Fox and it is voice stars is a regular event every couple of years since 1998 but this time around around was particularly bitter and public. Fox required the unusual step of giving an argument saying the show's economic model no more was viable, which it needed to keep costs down. There have been reviews the producers, authors and stars would really see their compensation reduced. There is a leak to 1 blog there could be just one more season from the Simpsons regardless, which clearly has switched to be incorrect. STORY: Analyst: Fox Might Get Around $750 Million in New Distribution Revenue After 'Simpsons' Cancellation Throughout the heated discussions, the stars volunteered to lessen their salaries but searched for a share of back finish profits from such things as distribution and certification. Shearer even stated early Friday he'd have a 70% salary cut in exchange for any share from the profits. The studio held firm and declined to pay for them any profit discussing. The actor's get extra pay when their voice is included in certification but otherwise don't share for the reason that revenue. Source say with this particular new deal they still won't have any cut from the back finish profits. Fox stated in the announcement The Simpsons will return on March. 30 with new episodes, starting with the "Treehouse of Disasters XXII." The Simpsons, that is written by Fox, is really a Gracie Films Production in colaboration with twentieth century Fox Television. James L. Brooks, Matt Groening and Al Jean would be the executive producers. Film Roman, a Starz Media Company, may be the animation house. The Simpsons Fox Cable Systems

Will U.S. Viewers Stand for Subtitles on TV Series?

English isn't necessarily the universal language -- at least not on upcoming primetime network dramas. The hot trend at MIPCOM, the TV market taking place in Cannes, is shows that flaunt international locations, foreign-language segments and non-U.S. actors. Take Touch, the new Tim Kring-produced drama from Fox that stars Kiefer Sutherland. At its heart, it's about the relationship between a father and his autistic son. But as in his former NBC sci-fi drama Heroes, Kring follows storylines the world over -- from Japan to Ireland to Iraq -- and keeps them true to those locales.our editor recommends'Touch': First Trailer for Kiefer Sutherland Drama Debuts (Video)Kiefer Sutherland: '24' Movie Is 'Very Close'MIPCOM 2011: Steven Van Zandt Goes Norwegian in Bilingual Gangster Thriller 'Lilyhammer'MIPCOM 2011: Steve Van Zandt Talks 'Lilyhammer,' Netflix Deal and the Television Revolution (Q&A)Related Topics•MIPCOM "When I first read the script, I wasn't fully aware that the other storylines would be in their local language," says Sutherland. "So when I sat down at the first table read and heard the two Iraqi boys do their dialogue, I was blown away. As an industry, specifically in America, we've made the terrible mistake of underestimating the audience and thinking they're not going to want to read the subtitles. That is just not true." Steven Van Zandt, formerly of The Sopranos, has taken things a quantum leap further by starring in the Norwegian-language drama Lilyhammer, which will appear on Netflix. He is the only non-Norwegian in the cast. "There was no doubt in my mind that it was going to travel," says Van Zandt, citing authentic Norwegian detail as what should make the show a success. Sharing a similar view is Grant Scharbo, co-executive producer on ABC's Missing, which stars Ashley Judd as a former CIA operative trying to rescue her kidnapped son. With settings in Rome, Venice, Prague and Istanbul, the show's international cast includes Adriano Giannini, Cliff Curtis, Tereza Voriskova and Sean Bean. Says Scharbo: "We set out to make an international show that would have appeal everywhere and was authentic. We didn't want to hire a bunch of American actors to put on fake accents and act like goofballs." Related Topics Kiefer Sutherland International Touch

Fringe Scoop: Peter Returns... But Nobody Recalls Him!

Joshua Jackson Peter is coming back - and sooner than we thought! Poor Peter Bishop (Joshua Jackson). He apparently disappeared into nothing after serving his purpose and joining together the two galaxies inside the Season 3 finale of Fringe. Now, once he's doing return, nobody will remember who he's, and may think he's as crazy as Walter. (The apple doesn't fall definately not the tree, right?) Fringe Bosses: Peter never existed, nevertheless the last three seasons still did "The truth is a man go back to some existence those he understood, but they don't know him," Anna Torv states of Peter's return. "He's a stranger to everyone, except they are fully aware several things.In . Even though Fringe Division doesn't remember who Peter Bishop is, he still keeps his recollections of those. "It is actually as though he never existed,Inch Lance Reddick states. "When he appears proclaiming every one of these things and knowing every one of these things, it's freaky. Broyles' attitude is always that it's possible what he's saying is true, nevertheless the last place I'm prone to go is always to believe him... no less than at first.Inch Reddick was coy to convey whether meaning they'll lock Peter up for his crazy ideas, but Peter may ultimately earn their trust. "It must acquire a place where there is lots validity for the information he's and how he helps, by using time, he's given progressively more trust and progressively more freedom to make use of, work and help." Gallery: Which Tv shows hopped the shark last season? Getting the trust of Olivia, who may not have put much belief in anybody, is really a different animal altogether, stretching -- that which you believe being -- an eventual reconciliation involving the pair. "In this timeline, Olivia doesn't know who he's, too as with Peter's timeline, it needed them a really very long time to acquire together, so..." Torv states getting fun, understanding fans' frustrations. Even when Peter returns, he may involve some competition in this universe's Lincoln subsequently subsequently (Seth Gabel), who's universal counterpart had feelings for Bolivia. "It seems being happening again," Gabel states. "Initially, when Lincoln subsequently subsequently met Olivia inside our world, clearly the conditions were very intense because his partner only decided to be destroyed, nonetheless they immediately had a great connection and increased being partners pretty quickly and situated they saw eye-to-eye. After we complement, we'll realize that relationship open a little more.Inch "People feelings seem to mix galaxies," Gabel continues, watching that Alt-Lincoln's feelings for Bolivia may also be still intact despite a substantial alteration of the timeline. "Clearly the timeline is a touch different now and he or she didn't finish off getting a baby, to ensure that they didn't have that moment when he mentioned 'I accept you,A but that love, For me, remains,Inch according to him. "Alt-Lincoln subsequently subsequently certainly retains feelings on her behalf, which she bounces off as, 'Oh yeah, you're an excellent kid.' That certainly continues." Fringe Finale: Guess who never existed? Speaking concerning the infant, it is not likely that Henry will return to the series unless of course obviously the timeline reverts back. "It is not possible should they have never met," Torv states of Peter and Bolivia's baby. "Unless of course obviously we finish off coming back for the other timeline, that might happen." Despite Lincoln's growing presence, Gabel demands that his character is not there to switch Peter. "It's been a sizable factor will be able to have Lincoln subsequently subsequently 't be an problem that's threatening to switch Peter," according to him. "Clearly, with having less Peter, that concept is threatening for the audience and also the area of Fringe. Peter's a voice the show needs and certainly cannot be transformed, that's there being above everything, and concurrently, greatly within it, and ultimately, the hero that will save it, while he did last season. If this involves Lincoln subsequently subsequently and Peter coming back, In my opinion there is room for both of them.In . Fringe airs Fridays at 9/8c on Fox.

David Morse Joins Zombie Pic World War Z

EXCLUSIVE: David Morse continues to be cast in Vital’s zombie-pests pic World War Z, the Marc Forster-directed adaptation from the Max Brooks novel that's been looking for a December 12, 2012 release. Morse, who stars on Cinemax’s Treme and then seems on movie screens in Disney’s The Odd Existence Of Timothy Eco-friendly, will have a prisoner residing in an abandoned jail in World War Z, which stars Kaira Pitt, Mireille Enos and James Badge Dale. The 2-time Emmy nominee is repped by UTA and Kipperman Management.

BREAKING! MPTFs Acute Care Deal With Providence Health & Services Falls Through

EXCLUSIVE: I’ve just received confirmation of what I’ve suspected since September 4th: the Motion Picture And Television Fund’s pact for Providence Health & Services California to take over the acute care hospital and intensive care nursing facilities is no more. That’s right, the deal has fallen through whose existence I scooped back in on February 23rd, and then announced with such fanfare, called forProvidenceto broaden and expand healthcare services to the entertainment industryon the storied Wasserman Campus in Woodland Hills. However, an MPTF insider tells me tonight that there’s a “better alternative” on the way and that any rumors about the facilities “closing [are] not true”. I know that several major Hollywood moguls have been and still are working behind-the-scenes to find a way to keep servicingacute care patients. But as of this week, employees and staff of the hospital began telling family members that the Providence deal has collapsed and there is nothing in place to keep it open. So basically the MPTF is back in the same mess it was starting in 2009 when the first announcement was made about the MPTF’s decision to close its acute care hospital and intensive care nursing facilities because they were losing $10 million a year. This became a huge Hollywood story with major ramifications for everyone who considered the MPTF as their safety net in times of sickness and old age. And it underscored how, with all the enormous wealth in showbiz, that the community couldnt or wouldnt look after its own better than this. I understand that the grassroots activists who fought so hard and long to keep the facilities from shuttering have not been officially told yet about this terrible development. Who is served by keeping this secret? Certainly not the patients or their loved ones. The relationship with Providence meant that that MPTF could continue providing long-term care services on its campus, setting aside its closure announcement. At the time of the announcement, insiders told me, It couldnt be a better scenario. The news came on the eve of the Motion Picture & Television Fund Foundations 9th Annual Night Before Pre-Oscar Fundraiser hosted by Jeffrey Katzenberg, chairman of the MPTF Foundation Board. It also followed a California Department Of Public Health inspection of the Motion Picture & Television Funds skilled nursing facility completed on June 4, 2010, citing the MPTF for rights violations and service failures. And came after the forced resignation of Dr. David Tillman, MPTFs president and chief executive, and his replacement by the more responsible and conciliatory Bob Beitcher. And let’s not forget the years of bad publicity for nearly everyone involved at the MPTF because of protests by groups like Saving The Lives Of Their Own to ensure that the entertainment industrys promise of Taking Care of Our Own remains unbroken now and for future generations just as it did when it was founded back in 1921 by Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith to help showbiz people who fell on hard times. And recent weak Hollywood Guild agreements with the studios and networks will have the result of robbing more members of their middle class livelihoods and imperiling their health and pension benefits so that in the future even more stress will be put on MPTF infrastructure. Back on November 24th, I reported that MPTFs recently installed President/CEO Bob Beitcher was trying to effect a compromise and was told odds are favoring a face-saving yet real solution for the LTC and a major capital campaign, over a continued war of attrition and negative PR. So a dialoguewas ongoing between Beitcher, Motion Picture and Television Fund Foundation CEO Ken Scherer, and MPTF moguls. It was two years ago, that without any warning the shocking announcement was made that the MPTFs acute care hospital and long term care nursing home were losing $10 million a year and that the shortfall was expected to widen significantly in coming years. Cited as the problem was that the vast majority of hospital and LTC patients are covered by government insurance programs whose reimbursement rates have not kept pace with fast-rising operating costs. So MPTF had been making up the shortfall by dipping into its investment reserves. But, based on its projections, continuing to subsidize the hospital and LTC facility would likely exhaust available reserves within five years. About 100 retirees then lived in MPTFs acute-care facilities. As a result of the planned phase-outs, those patients were to be relocated over the course of 2009 to selected MPTF and Providence hoped to complete definitive agreements later this year, detailing each partys roles and responsibilities. Any final agreement would have been subject to Board and regulatory approvals. But the deal never closed. At the time of the announcement, Beitcher said there are nothing but winners here, including our long-term care residents”. Without another deal in place with caregivers, sounds like there are nothing but losers now.

Warrior director Gavin O'Connor grapples The Samurai

Warrior director Gavin O'Connor has wasted no time choosing a follow-up project, as it looks as if he'll direct The Samurai next.O'Connor has written the spec script with Michael J Wilson (Ice Age, Shark Tale), and it was sold to Warner Bros last week.The film will follow an assassin who goes on the run after escaping from jail in Texas. His journey as a fugitive will see him pick up a mother and child en route, as the chase crosses Costa Rica, Colombia and Paris.Not one to take things easy, O'Connor has been working on Victory with Warrior co-writer Anthony Tambakis, and the pair are also working on bringing 1961 classic The Hustler to the stage.While there's currently no news on casting for The Samurai, expect this one to gather pace quickly.

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