Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Jennifer Garner and Film Clip Reveal New Baby's Title
When will audiences say their final goodbye for the folks of Tree Hill? The CW features this season's finale dates, including April being for starters Tree Hill and newcomer drama Ringer. The network also revealed the premiere date for your six-episode Canadian series The L.A. Complex, which follows the lives of six youthful artists dwelling inside a condo-style motel. Discover More > Other Links From TVGuide.com America's Next Top ModelOne Tree HillSupernaturalGossip Girl90210The Vampire DiariesNikitaRingerThe Secret CircleHart of DixieThe L.A. Complex
'Matilda' on the move
The Royal Shakespeare Company is bringing its hit musical to Broadway early next year.
The Royal Shakespeare Company will bring its big London hit "Matilda" to Broadway early next year, issuing preemptive confirmation of the much-anticipated news ahead of the imminent start of adult auditions for the Gotham incarnation.RSC hasn't yet chosen an American producing partner for the Rialto transfer; it's expected the org will figure out a precise plan of action in the coming weeks.Based on the Roald Dahl novel, the much-lauded musical bowed in 2010 at the RSC in Stratford-Upon-Avon prior to the current West End transfer that began in October.Adaptation of "Matilda" has a book by Dennis Kelly with songs by Tim Minchin. Matthew Warchus helms the show, about a book-loving young girl whose mysterious powers help her triumph over a dastardly headmistress.London incarnation is produced by the RSC with Andre Ptaszynski on board as exec producer.With preliminary auditions for adult roles to begin next month, the timeline for the Gotham version of "Matilda" would see the tuner land on the Rialto in early 2013.Theater, dates and other details remain to be set. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com
Monday, February 27, 2012
Guadalajara unveils 'Princesses,' 'Talented'
MADRID -- Laura Astorga's "Red Princesses" and Che Sandoval's "You Think You're the Most Talented" unspool at Guadalajara Construye, one of Latin America's key sneak-peeks at pics from up-and-coming helmers. An industry highlight at Mexico's Guadalajara Fest, its biggest movie confab, GC showcases films in post-production. It runs March 6-7. A '80s-set intimist drama with political undertones, "Princesses" turns on an impressionable 9-year-old girl whose parents, both Sandinista intelligence operatives, are dispatched to Costa Rica. First seen at GC as a work in progress, it proved a standout at Berlin's 2010 Talent Project Market. "Talented" won Works in Progress at Chile's FicVina in December, earning a GC berth. A garrulous trawl through Santiago night life, plumbing the miseries of machismo, "Talented" follows an office worker's search for sex after his wife walks out on him. From Buenos Aires' Carrousel Films, which produced Natalia Smirnoff's Berlin 2010 Competition player "Puzzle," "From Tuesday to Tuesday," another GC competitor, proffers a jaundiced take on soul-sapping materialism. It played Ventana Sur's Primer Corte last December. Like "Princesses," Venezuelan Patricia Ortega's "The Return" explores one of Latin American cinema's grand themes: Macro events' insidious impact on innocent lives, here seen in a Wayuu native massacre, which prompts two young girls' across-the-tracks friendship. "Daggers in the Sky," Peruvian vet Alberto Durant's mother-daughter reconciliation drama, and Brazilian village docu-fiction "Breath," by Marcos Pimentel, round up GC. Titles vie for nine prizes, usually services from Mexican companies, such as Churubusco Studios' data transfer to a 35mm print. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com
Friday, February 10, 2012
U taps rookie helmer for 'Dracula' pic
Gary Shoreline is at early discussions to produce his feature directorial debut with Universal Pictures' "Dracula Year Zero." Pic is known to as a mix of vampire mythology which is about the actual story of Vlad the Impaler as well as the possible roots of Dracula. Mike Worthington had extended been installed on topline the film but his participation is suspect now. Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless written the newest draft in the script and Michael P Luca will produce through his Michael P Luca Prods. banner. Universal professional Kiska Higgs will oversee the job for that studio. Shoreline, who's most broadly noted for his short "The Draft," is repped by CAA and Anonymous Content, while ICM reps the authors. Contact Justin Kroll at justin.kroll@variety.com
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