Priceless John Carter Email From Disney

Disney sent a message to thousands of financial analysts and Wall Street types aimed at drawing their attention to about-to-bomb $250M-budget John Carter even though it’s looking like a $100 million writeoff. Talk about tone deaf. “The best part is the subject line of the email. Disney obviously hasnt noticed that The Lorax came out last weekend.” Enjoy: From: Walt Disney Pictures Date: March 8, 2012 2:47:10 PM EST Subject: See “The First Blockbuster of the Year” tomorrow: Get Tickets Today

Rhys Coiro & Andrea Martin Join Pilots

EXCLUSIVE: It’s A Gifted Man reunion on the CBS pilot Applebaum, directed by Chris Columbus. Rhys Coiro is set as a male lead opposite his Gifted Man co-star Rachelle Lefevre in the pilot based on Ayelet Waldmans Mommy Track Mysteries series of books. Applebaum centers on Juliet Applebaum (Lefevre), a former public defender who becomes a private investigator to keep from being bored to death as a stay-at-home mom. Coiro will play Juliet’s husband Peter, a successful comic book artist who is crazy about his wife. For both, Applebaum is formally in second position to CBS’ A Gifted Man, which is produced by the same studio, CBS TV Studios, as the pilot. Ayelet, Jennifer Levin and Sherri Cooper wrote Applebaum and are executive producing with Columbus, Michael Barnathan and Jeff Rake, who serves as showrunner. In addition to Lefevre and Coiro, A Gifted Man co-star Margo Martindale also booked a pilot in second position, ABC comedy Counter Culture. Coiro previously recurred on HBO’s Entourage. Comedy veteran Andrea Martin is set to co-star opposite Ben Falcone and Judd Hirsch in CBS untitled multi-camera comedy written by Falcone and fellow actor Larry Dorf and co-executive produced by Falcones wife, Mike & Molly star Melissa McCarthy. The project centers on David (Falcone), a single 37-year-old who loses everything he has in the real estate collapse and finds himself back home in the house he grew up in withhis parents (Hirsch, Martin).

Tupac Musical 'Holler if Ya Hear Me' Starts Casting, Aims for Broadway

A minumum of one new production might give Broadway some street cred next season. Casting will start now for "Holler If Ya Hear Me," a brand new musical inspired by and including the background music from the late stylish-hop icon Tupac Shakur. The storyline is occur present around the inner-city roads of the Midwestern industrial city, where two childhood buddies as well as their extended families find it difficult to reconcile the difficulties and facts of the lives using their hopes, dreams, and ambitions."The concept was always to create a musical inspired by his music and to avoid an autobiographical method of his existence or anything like this,Inch director Kenny Leon stated throughout a job interview with PBS in November. "And since I usually believed that Tupac would be a prophet and that i thought if everyone could hear his words and listen to his tales, they'd see things i see. So we will most likely perform a large workshop in NY and I am going to try and take it to Broadway within the next Broadway season."Casting director David Caparelliotis of MelCap Casting is mainly seeking African-American and White emcees who are able to also sing and act. Open auditions for Equity and nonunion entertainers is going to be held Saturday, March 10 in NY City. Equity chorus requires men and women singer-emcees is going to be held Wednesday, March 14. To learn more and audition particulars, see the full casting notices on BackStage.com. (Subscription needed.)Leon formerly directed the Broadway productions of "The Mountaintop," "Stick Fly," "A Raisin the sun's rays,Inch "Fences," and much more. He's even the artistic director of True Colors Theatre Company in Atlanta, and that he is presently focusing on an organized film remake of "Steel Magnolias," that will feature an exciting African-American cast. Leon told the Huffington Publish he had begun dealing with Shakur's mother, Afeni, with an early reading through from the musical in October. Afeni Shakur has apparently approved the show.The developmental workshop will run from April 23 to May 11, but a Broadway premiere date is not set. "Holler If Ya Hear Me" will be the first full-scale stylish-hop production in Broadway history.Caparelliotis' Broadway casting credits include "Seminar," "Stick Fly," "Bengal Tiger in the Bagdad Zoo" and also the approaching revival of "Dying of the Salesperson."

Finding vino

John and Nancy Lasseter often their loved ones vineyard when hes not making movies. Pixar founder John Lasseter is keen on stating that wine making is Nancy Lasseter's movie. Younger crowd loves to joke he does his regular job to finance his wife's regular job. But it is obvious that Lasseter Family Vineyard is near to each of their hearts. The Lasseters began making wine years back -- using Tommy Smothers' neighboring vineyard in the beginning -- by 2002 had bought 95 acres in Glen Ellen, an excellent Sonoma County wine region. The vineyard remained largely individually distinct until last November, once the Lasseters opened up a tasting room towards the public by appointment. Nancy Lasseter began her career at Apple, however her focus is on grapes, focusing on the branding and marketing for that vineyard. Both Nancy and John work carefully with wine maker Julia Iantosca to choose the best mixture of grapes for all of their four wines, that are all French-style blends with monikers that reflect the couple's passion for Gallic culture. "We bounce ideas off one another, and that he gives input on the style of labels,Inch stated Nancy Lasseter. When they were thrilled when "Up" was selected to spread out this year's Cannes Film Festival, Nancy was nearly as excited with an excuse to go to Bandol, the location that creates the crisp roses that Cannes festgoers frequently fall madly in love. They cut back 29 bottles from France and tried all of them to locate the perfect blend for his or her own dry, light Enjoue rose. Finally month's Oscar-week Lasseter Family Vineyard dinner at Patina, some animation buffs traveled miles for the opportunity to try all types and pay attention to the Lasseters discuss their adoration for wine making. As the vineyard formerly provided some Pixar-designed bottles to auction for charitable organisation, since Pixar is a component of Disney, the Lasseters often understate the Pixar connection. No cartoon figures show up on labels, and Nancy hopes the tasting room fishing lures serious wine consumers, not looky-loos. There is however one unavoidable indication from the connection: The Marie E. narrow-gauge railway once possessed by John Lasseter's mentor Ollie Johnston, certainly one of Wally Disney's legendary Nine Old Males, winds with the winery and it is commemorated around the label from the Chemin p Fer Rhone blend. Lasseter wines are manufactured from grapes grown organically around the estate from types including Malbec, Cabernet wine Sauvignon, Syrah and Grenache. A restricted amount will quickly be launched of the fifth wine, L'Ame du Sage, produced from 100-year-old Zinfandel vines. Lasseter vino is offered at Patina restaurants such as the flagship Disney Hall location, at producer Gale Ann Hurd's Vertical Wine Bar and could be bought at Studio City's Flask Fine Wines. Contact Pat Saperstein at pat.saperstein@variety.com

James Forest Joins Jamesy Boy

With Ving Rhames & Mary-Louise ParkerAfter a couple of low-profile years, James Forest is once more accumulating the film projects. Following Hay Dogs and also the lately completed Officer Lower, he's signed for that Stone Pony and could also direct A United States Girl. As though that wasn't plenty to become happening with, Forest has became a member of the cast of Jamesy Boy, a genuine-existence crime drama by which he'll co-star with Ving Rhames and Mary-Louise Parker.It may sound a little just like a Prophet (to not be mistaken with The Prophet, which seems elsewhere today), a little like Felon, and a little like a variety of other prison movies. This a person's about James Burns, a street-gang member who finds themself tossed in clink. There he forges an unlikely mentor-student relationship having a cool killer, who helps him see existence from the new perspective. Hey, maybe it is just like The Prophet in the end.The roles reserved for Forest, Rhames and Parker have not yet been revealed, but Burns has been performed by newcomer Spencer LoFranco. Trevor Whitened is pointing, making the transition from short films to feature-length, and that he co-authored the script with Lane Shadgett, that has an unproduced script of Brett Easton Ellis' Lunar Park to his title.Jamesy Boy's production will get going ahead in Baltimore on March 4.

Johnston reteams with 'Captain' thesp

Director Joe Johnston is reteaming with his "Captain America" thesp JJ Feild, who has been cast in Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Prods.' low-budget thriller "Not Safe For Work" along with Tom Gallop and Emmy winner Christian Clemenson ("CSI: Miami").Brit scribes Adam Mason and Simon Boyes wrote the script, which follows a young paralegal trapped in an office with a killer on a secret mission to destroy files and anyone that stands in his path.Max Minghella ("The Social Network") will star as the cunning protag, while Eloise Mumford (ABC's "The River") will play his girlfriend, who works at the same office along with Clemenson.Jason Blum ("Paranormal Activity") is producing the pic, which will be exec produced by Couper Samuelson. Bryan Brucks is set to co-produce.Feild, who co-starred in Neil Marshall's "Centurion," is represented by UTA and U.K.-based Ken McReddie Associates. APA-repped Gallop is a veteran TV thesp who recently appeared in the Paul Greengrass-directed sequels to "The Bourne Identity."Clemenson, who stars on "CSI: Miami" and won an Emmy for his guest turn on "Boston Legal," recently appeared in Clint Eastwood's "J. Edgar." He's repped by Stone Manners Salners Agency and manager Mitch Clem Management and Marshak/Zachary. Contact Jeff Sneider at jeff.sneider@variety.com

Pilot Season: House Star Kal Penn Lands Lead in ABC's Prairie Dogs

Jenny McCarthy is having a good week. On the heels of her talk-show announcement, the former Singled Out star has landed the hosting gig for NBC's reality series Love in the Wild. "It's a huge advantage to have the versatile Jenny McCarthy return to host an alternative series on our network in a genre that she first helped to make popular on television," NBC executive Paul Telegdy told The Hollywood Reporter. "She brings a measure of unpredictability to the show's unique format and we are thrilled to feature her charisma, enthusiasm and magnetism in this adventure series." Read More > Other Links From TVGuide.com Jenny McCarthySingled OutLove in the Wild

Revenge Exclusive: Scoop on TV's Sexiest Mystery

The bad news: Erica, who had a child with Private Practice's Cooper, has a terminal brain tumor. The good news: Amelia Shepherd and her big brother Derek will reunite to try to save her.Amelia (Caterina Scorsone) will travel to Grey's Anatomy's Seattle Grace during a special ... Read More > Other Links From TVGuide.com A.J. LangerPatrick DempseyEric DaneGrey's AnatomyCaterina ScorsonePaul AdelsteinPrivate PracticeGriffin Gluck

British Film Institute poised to obtain additional gold gold coin

LONDON -- The British Film Institute may be searching for a dramatic increase in its funding, due to a boom in sales of National Lottery tickets, in line with the latest U.K. government estimations. Culture minister Erection dysfunction Vaizey introduced the BFI is becoming forecasted to obtain 240 million ($380 million) in lottery gold gold coin from 2012-13 to 2016-17, up 20% in the earlier predicted figure near to $318 million. Which will translate becoming an average budget of $78 million yearly being allotted to U.K. film production, distribution, training and industry development. The us government formerly mentioned the BFI's lottery funding would increase from $43 million to $68 million yearly by 2014. That comes even close to your financial allowance of $40 million yearly received with the U.K. Film Council before its closure last April. But affiliates estimate the BFI's actual budget might even greater, as much as $90 million yearly, after including unspent surpluses inherited within the UKFC and recoupment revenues from hit UKFC films for instance "The King's Speech" and "Streetdance 3d.Inch The BFI have been set to savor the government's decision use a bigger share in the national lottery revenues for the arts from 2012 forward, after a period in which a significant proportion of lottery gold gold coin was diverted to funding the London 2012 Olympics. The newest elevated budget estimations follow an unforeseen rise in lottery ticket sales. The Humanities Council of England may also be now forecasted to obtain one more $253 million from 2012 to 2017, getting its total five-year budget to $1.98 billion. But Vaizey informed these increases will simply materialize once the current upward trend of lottery sales continues over the following five years. "Presently of economic uncertainty, the humanities tend to be important than in the past,In . Vaizey mentioned. "The cultural value is immeasurable which we've been in undoubtedly in regards to the contribution the humanities make towards the economy, our cities, our schools and our well-being. "We awesome the country's Lottery to make sure that the humanities, film, sports and heritage would actually benefit. And rising ticket sales signify one more 200 million may be going to the humanities over the following five years, that's good news for artists and audiences nationwide.In . Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Warner Bros. lands 'Landover'

Warner Bros. is looking to make some magic, optioning Terry Brooks' "Magic Kingdom of Landover" series of books for Akiva Goldsman's Weed Road Pictures and Andy Cohen's Grade A Entertainment. Goldsman and Cohen will produce with Weed Road's Kerry Foster and Alex Block overseeing for Weed Road. The film will be based on the first book in the series "Magic Kingdom for Sale -- Sold!," first published in 1986. It's the story of a recently widowed lawyer who finds an advertisement in an upscale Christmas catalog claiming to offer a magical kingdom for $1 million by a man named Mr. Meeks. After he purchases Landover, he discovers he must unite the kingdom's denizens and creatures to stop an evil demon bent on destroying the realm. Other titles in the series are "The Black Unicorn," "Wizard at Large," "The Tangle Box," "Witches Brew" and the most recent title, "A Princess of Landover." Project was previously set up at Universal, which acquired the rights to the series in 2005 for Stephen Sommers to direct, and tapped Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel to adapt the first book. Brooks is best known for the "Landover" and "Shannara" series of fantasy books, which has 19 titles. Brooks is repped by Anne Sibbald of Janklow and Nesbit Associates. Contact Dave McNary at dave.mcnary@variety.com

Casting Company company directors Hired for NBC Drama and Comedy Aircraft aircraft pilots

Casting company company directors are actually hired for just two more NBC aircraft aircraft pilots, Back Stage has confirmed.Susie Farris is casting the pilot for "The Completely New Normal," in regards to the combined number of a gay couple as well as the lady they hire to become surrogate to assist them start a family. The only real-camera half-hour comedy was put together by Ryan Murphy ("Glee," "American Horror Story") and Ali Adler, and you'll be directed by Murphy. Andrew Rannells, who was simply nominated for just about any Tony Award for his role in "It of Mormon" on Broadway, remains cast one of the three leads, nevertheless the other roles remain available. The pilot shoots in March.Farris has cast the NBC comedy series "Whitney" as well as the USA series "Covert Matters" and "Royal Pains." She's also cast movies for instance "Health spa Time Machine," "Elf," and "Wet Hot American Summer season."April Webster is casting "Revolution," a dramatic sci-fi thriller pilot for NBC from J.J. Abrams and "Supernatural" creator Eric Kripke. The publish-apocalyptic adventure follows several figures fighting to live and reunite with family people in the world where all kinds of energy have strangely stopped to exist. Shoot dates are TBA.Webster can be a CSA member which has cast lots of Abrams's previous projects, like the television series "Alcatraz," "Fringe," "Lost," and "Alias," together with the films "Mission: ImpossibleGhost Protocol," "Super 8," and "The Exorcist.Inch

A beak into the future

Episode 100 of 'Robot Chicken''Robot Chicken' versions of Matthew Senreich and Seth GreenGreenSenreichFew shows are as suited to a modern attention span as "Robot Chicken." Its sketches -- often but a few seconds long -- are ideal online viewing and tap directly into the fanboy mind that enshrines "Star Wars" as gospel and led comicbook superheroes to box office glory this past decade.But is the show's rapid, ADD-style format a product of the culture's dwindling attention span or a leading contributor to it?"It's both, and that's actually something that we struggle with," says Seth Green, co-creator, executive producer, writer, director and voice actor for "Robot Chicken."Things have been moving toward shorter bursts of content for a long time, Green says, citing as precedent MTV's 1990s series "Liquid Television," short-film festivals and even a Comedy Central clip show called "Short Attention Span Theater." And with younger viewers increasingly turning to mobile phones for all their content, it's not going to change anytime soon."We just like telling jokes, and we like telling them quick," he says. "We don't like wasting time."Adds co-creator, executive producer, writer and director Matthew Senreich: "I would love to say that I had the foresight to know the Internet would have exploded the way it did and short-form content would be so easily accessible, so our show fits into that perfectly."We just knew we wanted to keep sketches short enough where someone wasn't rolling their eyes saying, 'I can't believe this sketch is still going on.'?"Adult Swim exec veep Keith Crofford says he thinks the rapid-fire format is a product of the short-attention span culture and stacks the deck in favor of the show finding an audience."You're churning through material so fast that you're bound to find a couple of things that you love even if there's a couple things that you hate," he says.Head writer and exec producer Doug Goldstein says the show had to wait for the right time to find its audience. "I think we've always wanted to be a short-attention-span society, it's just media had to catch up and give us what we wanted," he says.But there was never a conscious effort to make "Robot Chicken" fit such big-picture ideas."We had things to say and things to make fun of, but they weren't things that really needed a long time to talk about it," Goldstein says. "We wanted to talk about how, 'Hey, wouldn't it be funny if a Transformer got prostate cancer?' That's not exactly a joke that takes 20 minutes to tell."However, that is a joke that works on YouTube, which launched within days of the premiere of "Robot Chicken" and played a significant role in building its audience. The show is the top-rated original program on Adult Swim, as well as a hit on DVD with more than 1.3 million units sold.The show's true impact goes far beyond the numbers. Green, Senreich and crew are as popular as any actor or director at Comic-Con, and "Robot Chicken" has developed into the comedy voice of the fanboy generation."All of us growing up felt a little alienated, like misfits -- super-separated by the things we liked," says Green. "And as you get a little bit older, you realize that everyone growing up feels that way, and we had the same kind of experience with this show. We just felt this stuff was our personal musings, our private, super-nerdy thoughts, and yet, over time, that's grown exponentially."That helps explain why the show's fanboy-focused sense of humor has connected with so large an audience and charmed George Lucas into lending his voice to a sketch and granting "Robot Chicken" rare permission to make three "Star Wars"-themed specials. A similar special focused on the heroes of DC Comics is next on the "Robot Chicken" docket.Hitting the 100-episode marker without signs of slowing down has changed the perspective on how long the show could go on mining pop culture for comedy sketches."We're really trying to evolve it, not to become something different than it is, but to be come a better, more realized version of what it is," says Green."When we started the show, we all expected to be done in a couple years," adds Senreich. "But the more we do it and the more response we get, the more we realize we're a sketch comedy show -- and we can last as long as we're funny."'Robot Chicken' 100th EpisodeA beak into the future | Team reps rapid rise of nerd processors | Fandom fodder for film-flam | Initial production hurdles were nothing to cluck at Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

The Loan companies Josh Lucas Is Engaged

First Launched: The month of the month of january 7, 2012 6:56 PM EST Credit: Getty Images La, Calif. -- Caption Josh Lucas reaches the J. Edgar opening evening gala throughout AFI FEST 2011 presented by Audi held at Graumans Chinese Theatre, Hollywood, on November 3, 2011Josh Lucas nabbed charge on NBCs new drama, The Firm, as well as the actor recently revealed hes set to battle another large role within the personal existence what husband! The 40-year-old star confirmed the happy news to Jay Leno within a feel and look round the Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Friday. Josh saved a lot of the engagement particulars private like the title of his now-girlfriend but referred to how he found realize she was the primary one. While filming a small-budget film in Large Sur, Calif., the actor and also the ladylove ended up remaining in the run-lower trailer (apparently recognized becoming an eco-retreat by its owner), found on the hill requiring a 20-minute muck road hike to attain it. Undertaking a extended day's filming, Josh hiked within the hill inside the wee several hours in the morning, sans torch, and experienced a mountain lion a hazard his now-girlfriend had informed him about (without results) yesterday. Because he came back to his girlfriend, Josh mentioned he recognized hed found his match for one another. I made a decision because moment, truly because moment, this lady was the woman personally, he told Jay, of because he returned for the trailer carrying out a close-call while using animal. As formerly reported on AccessHollywood.com, Josh is not the only real star about to dive right in Came Barrymore recently increased being engaged to Will Kopelman, while Justin Timberlake is rumored to own sprang the question to longtime girlfriend Jessica Biel. The Firm, which stars Juliette Lewis, features its own two-hour premiere on Sunday at 9 PM EST/PST on NBC, before moving towards the regular timeslot Thursdays at 10 PM. Copyright 2012 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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The Laying Game Star: Mads and Thayer Become Allies Against Their Shady Father

Alice Greczyn The Laying Game's Alec Ryback is searching progressively suspicious, and can his shady behavior cause his daughter Mads to show against him? "She does not trust her father [but] she does indeed want her family to obtain along," Alice Greczyn, who plays Mads, informs TVGuide.com. "She's playing the ostrich role, burying her mind within the sand [because] she does not have sufficient [yet!] proof to create waves otherwise." The Laying Game Exclusive Start Looking: Sutton's vehicle was discovered - without her Once the ABC Family series left off, Sutton Mercer (Alexandra Chando) came back home from searching out her and twin Emma's birth mother but was soon assaulted after which all of a sudden went missing. Who might be behind her disappearance? Well, Alec (Adrian Pasdar) is among the couple of people conscious that the twins even exist as well as compensated lots of money to help keep Sutton and Emma's real mother, Annie Hobbs, quiet. And also to complicate things further, another lady named Annie, also from Alec and Ted Mercer's past, returns on the identical evening that Sutton went missing. It is possible to connection? That continues to be to appear. "Charisma Carpenter's character occurs as Annie however it's rapidly established that they now passes Rebecca -- It's intended to be confusing." Greczyn states. "She turns into a love interest for Alec." Even though Alec will get nearer to Rebecca, the same is true Mads, who would go to her for assistance with her very own new love interest. "Once they introduce Ryan [Misha Crosby], she expresses to Rebecca that she's a bit reluctant to fall madly in love again because she's still guarded from Eduardo," Greczyn states. "She eventually takes a danger because he's awfully charming." And fortunately for Mads, this time around round her stern da father is sort of available to the connection. Greczyn adds, "There is a scene beside me and Adrian they cut, but where he's encouraging of her dating Ryan. He is removed as a result a villain, however i think Alec loves Mads." Exclusive: Charisma Contractor will get in around the Laying Game Although Mads is busy with Ryan and supporting her closest friend Char (Kirsten Prout), who also is actually the niece of Rebecca (we all know it's confusing!), eventually Mads will begin to suspect that something's track of Alec, because of her brother Thayer (Christian Alexander), whose arguments against their father are pretty convincing. "Following a certain point, Mads can't hide in the growing evidence against their father," Grezcyn states. "She and Thayer [become] allies." What secrets do you consider Alec is hiding? Watch Rebecca's awkward introduction scene, such as the reasons for altering her title, below: The Laying Game returns on Monday at 9/8c on ABC Family.