Melissa McCarthy Working on Comedy with 'The Help' Director; How 'SNL' Made Her Cry

For Melissa McCarthy, the leapfrog over better-known nominees to win an Emmy for her role in CBS' Mike & Molly marked the official Hollywood coronation of an actress so outside the realm of convention that it gave the awards broadcast one of its few genuine surprises. Indeed, it would seem McCarthy has plenty working against her -- she's a plus-size fortysomething (41 to be exact) in an industry that traditionally favors sample-size females two decades younger. But what she lacks in dewy ingenue sex appeal, she makes up for with depth, comedic timing and sheer likability. "It's truly her moment," CBS Entertainment chief Nina Tassler tells The Hollywood Reporter.our editor recommendsEmmy Nominations: Melissa McCarthy Surprised on Stage (Video) Emmys 2011: Melissa McCarthy Pulls Off Best Comedy Actress Win (Video)Melissa McCarthy Is Having Her MomentMelissa McCarthy: From Best Friend to BreakoutThe Hollywood Reporter Cover Stories VIDEO: Behind the Scenes of THR's Melissa McCarthy Cover Shoot So what's it like to suddenly be in the white-hot center of Hollywood desire, especially after nearly two decades of trying? THR senior writer Lacey Rose caught up with the star just days after her major Emmy win. Included in the news from this week's THR cover story: SHE'S WORKING ON A DARK COMEDY WITH 'THE HELP'S' TATE TAYLOR, AND A ROADTRIP COMEDY McCarthy and The Help writer-director are halfway finished with their dark comedy script. McCarthy knows Taylor from when both were in the the L.A. comedy troupe The Groundlings. But it's a project called Tammy that she says has her heart. "It's so funny, and it also kind of breaks my heart," she says of a film script of hers centering on a woman who is leading an exceptionally unfulfilled life. The character wakes up one morning as things are crumbling around her and decides she has to get out of town -- and the only way to do so is in her grandmother's car. When her heavy-drinking grandmother insists on going along, they end up on a wild road trip to Mount Rushmore. "It's these two women who are not where they thought they'd be, and they kind of band together," she says, her excitement on display. MCCARTHY HAS A SLEW OF OTHER PROJECTS ON FILM AND TV She and her actor husband Ben Falcone recently sold a multicamera TV comedy project to CBS about a woman having a midlife crisis, and she's co-writing a movie with Bridesmaids writer Annie Mumolo for Paramount, which will star McCarthy as the mastermind of a plan to hijack the Stanley Cup in order to cheer up her sick husband. She's also in negotiations to star opposite Jason Bateman in the movie Identity Thief, while Bridesmaids producer Judd Apatow cast her in his untitled Knocked Up spinoff and Bridesmaids director Paul Feig has set up his movie Dumb Jock to feature her as the star. "She's really one of my new heroes," Feig says of McCarthy. "I'll do anything to keep working with her. When you find someone like her, you don't let them go." SHE AND HER ACTOR-HUSBAND ARE LAUNCHING THEIR OWN PRODUCTION COMPANY Now, McCarthy and Falcone, a Goundlings Alum who played Air Marshal Jon in Bridesmaids, are setting up a production company. The pair is leaning toward naming it On the Day, a phrase McCarthy utters often. "Whenever someone wants to really rehearse a part, I always say, 'Oh, on the day, on the day it will be fine," says McCarthy, referencing her distaste for over-rehearsing. It's a fitting next step given how many projects McCarthy has in the works, a byproduct of her recent success. "To have the opportunity to start developing and being on the creating side of stuff, for me, is one of the most amazing and exciting things that's happened," she says. "I've been writing for 15 years, and now, suddenly, people are like, 'Oh, what's in that drawer?' It's like, 'Well, I'll show what's in the drawer.' " PHOTOS: The Hollywood Reporter Cover Story Gallery AFTER MAKING HER OWN EMMYS DRESS, SHE IS BECOMING A FASHION DESIGNER McCarthy is using her raised profile to launch a line for other plus-size women. "Trying to find stuff that's still fashion-forward in my size is damn near impossible. It's either for like a 98-year-old woman or a 14-year-old hooker, and there is nothing in the middle," she laughs, recalling her recent struggles to find a dress for the Emmys. After combing through "9 million dresses with taffeta or shiny bows," she opted to channel her teenage passion to become a fashion designer and design her own Emmy gown (with couture dressmaker Daniella Pearl.) MCCARTHY HATED HER 'BRIDESMAIDS' AUDITION McCarthy went into her audition for Bridesmaids wearing Dockers and no makeup. The character of Megan, which was initially conceived as a nervous oddball, McCarthy reimagined as an uber-confident misfit. In her mind, she was channeling past Groundlings characters with the physical appearance of the Food Network's Guy Fieri, from one of her favorite shows Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. She remembers leaving the audition horrified by her performance: "The whole ride home, I was like, 'God, you get one shot, and you go in and you act weird,'" she says. "I was like, 'You idiot, you idiot.'" Fortunately, Judd Apatow and Paul Feig, along with writers and former Groundlings members Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo, appreciated her take on weird. "My jaw hit the ground," recalls Feig of McCarthy's audition. "I remember watching the first time, and we almost couldn't laugh because we were like: 'Oh my God. What is she doing? This is amazing.'" That her improv skills were similarly top-notch - Feig is fond of telling the story of a scene that didn't make the cut where McCarthy's Megan starts ad-libbing about a squirrel infestation in her house, revealing there's "a squirrel burrowing its way into her vagina and living inside her" - made her casting a no-brainer. PHOTOS: Emmys 2011: Best and Worst Moments SHE CRIED AFTER 'SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE' ASKED HER TO HOST Earlier this summer, McCarthy was out rug shopping with Bridesmaids' Annie Mumolo when McCarthy's "team" called to see if she was up to do episode two of SNL's 37th season this Saturday. "I went into such an embarrassing, weird, inappropriately loud cry," says McCarthy of her response, laughing about a story she shares often. "Annie was running in circles. She thinks something horrible is happening because I'm bent over, literally, in the rug section of Living Spaces wailing." Mumolo cracks up at the story's retelling, adding, "I thought someone had died." She claims she'll fly to Manhattan with a trunk filled with sketches and characters from her decade-plus tenure with L.A. improv group the Groundlings. Among them: Marbles, a cross-eyed, eccentric genius she'd love to work into a skit on SNL. "If I get Marbles on SNL, you can hit me with a bus right after that and I'll be OK," jokes McCarthy. BECOMING A MOTHER MADE HER LESS INSECURE ABOUT HER LOOKS She has been less bothered by criticism of her physical appearance since becoming a mother to daughters Vivian, 4 -- who has been parading around for days with her mother's Emmy tiara -- and Georgette, 1 1/2. "The stupid stuff like what I wear or how I look I can't control, so I just try not to give too much energy to it," she continues, noting later that after having her second child, her body is a work in progress. "At 20, I would have been like: 'Don't they like me? Was it my hair?' At 41, I think the things that define me, I hope, are a lot more than those kinds of petty things." Read the full THR cover story here. Related Topics Melissa McCarthy Mike and Molly Bridesmaids

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New Melancholia Character Banners

A sneak peek at Von Trier's latestUsually, when we get our sticky hands on some interesting character banners, they're for a big franchise picture featuring wizards or mutants. Well, not this time (unless we've seriously misread the film), because this lot are for Lars VonTrier's Melancholia, which may or may not be about depression, broken families struggling to connect, and/or the end of the world.It's all held together by a brilliant performance byKirstenDunst as Justine, a woman who may (or may not) be depressed (or she may be entirely rational). Also featured here are: her flighty father (John Hurt), faithful fiance(Alexander Skarsgard), hot-tempered (but not so bad) brother-in-law John (Keifer Sutherland) and sister Claire (Charlotte Rampling), who's sort of second-lead in the film. Director vonTrier also gets a tribute, which makes an odd sort of sense since he's also almost a character in the film.{Melancholia Character Banners}Melancholia is out thisFriday, so get a front-row seat for the end of the world in your local multiplex very soon.

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Starz renews 'Boss' before bow

Starz has given another season renewal to its Kelsey Grammer starrer "Boss," per month before its first season bows around the pay cabler. Series stars Kelsey Grammer like a effective Chicago mayor who's hiding a going down hill mental condition. Drama originates from Grammer's Grammnet Prods. and Lionsgate TV. Farhad Safinia ("Apocalypto") is creator and professional producer Gus Van Sant helmed the pilot episode, marking his TV directorial debut, as well as professional produces with Grammer, Lyn Greene, Richard Levine, John Sher and Stella Bulochnikov. "Boss" is placed to bow March. 21 to have an eight episode run. The 2nd season order is 10 segs, with production specific to begin early the coming year. Series marks probably the most high-profile original scripted series in the future from Starz since Chris Albrecht required within the pay cabler in The month of january 2010. The first renewal is unusual though not unparalleled specifically for pay cable. Grammer continues to be producing strong early buzz for his perf within the series, which likely urged Starz to create a statement using the early pickup. "The very first time we read Farhad's script, we understood we needed to make 'Boss,' " stated Albrecht. "With each episode, the storyline increased more potent, and also the cast ongoing to show in breakthrough performances. Brought by Kelsey and Farhad, this creative team is giving us dramatic storytelling at its best. For the audiences, we felt it vital that you start focusing on the following season as quickly as possible." Lionsgate TV topper Kevin Beggs stated it had been "satisfying" to obtain this kind of "early election of confidence" from Starz. Contact Cynthia Littleton at cynthia.littleton@variety.com

Blasts from past power int'l kids sales

'The Looney Tunes Show''ThunderCats''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'What century is it again?"Power Rangers," "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," "ThunderCats," "Looney Tunes" and "Beavis and Butthead" are among the big youth-oriented brands that program distributors are bringing to this year's Mipcom in Cannes.Yes, this year's Mipcom, even though all of the above brands are more readily identified with decades past."There's a buzz factor with classic brands," says Turner animation, young adults and kids media prexy/COO Stuart Snyder. "Once that gets going among the core fans, kids pick up on it and become very curious about it. And classic brands have the opportunity to attract multigenerational audiences."With a show like 'Looney Tunes,' people who were fans of these characters (and) are now parents can share these brands with their kids. 'Star Wars: Clone Wars' is a great example of this. So many kids tell us they were fans of the movies, and that comes from their parents.Still, it's a tricky thing," Snyder adds. "It's not a slam-dunk that it's going to work."Because of that, Cartoon Network took an aggressive marketing approach when it premiered "The Looney Tunes Show" in March. "The Looney Tunes Show" takes the classic characters -- Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Wile E. Coyote, Road Runner -- and spruces them up with modern animation.We needed to make sure that the audience knew that this was new," says Snyder. "I believe you still have to go ahead and market the brand to this new audience to make sure they get what they expect, especially when the new version is not a copycat of what the original was."Cartoon Network has several other big brands on its Mipcom slate, including an updated version of "ThunderCats," which premiered Stateside on July 29, a new take on "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" coming next year and a TV version of "Green Lantern," which will air in Cartoon's new DC Nation block.In 2012, Cartoon Network also is rolling out an animated TV series based on DreamWorks' "How to Train Your Dragon," which is not a classic brand but a very well-known one."These are brands that are tried and true and tested," says Sam Register, president of Warner Bros. Animation, which focuses its efforts on keeping its vast library of brands in the marketplace. "At Warner Bros., we are very careful about preserving what was successful for a brand the first time around."Reinvigorating classic brands -- or just expanding already well-known brands, such as "How to Train Your Dragon" or Nickelodeon's "Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness" or "Penguins of Madagascar" -- also offers an economic advantage: If a company has already developed a brand, a set of characters and storylines, it can exploit the continual licensing of that intellectual property and generate a consistent stream of revenue."In the current economic climate, risktaking has been so reduced that any money you place behind a brand has to be very well-justified," says Maria Doolan, managing director of brand and business development at Spain's Zinkia Entertainment, which has created a global entertainment brand with its international kids' hit, "Pocoyo." "One of the largest barriers to creating a brand is creating awareness for it and getting into the public psyche with it. I think in the current economic climate, it's extremely difficult to start a brand from scratch."Hasbro has based its entire business model on resurrecting brands, from the worldwide success of its "Transformers" movies, which now air as TV series "Transformers Prime" on recently launched kids' channel the Hub, to new TV shows centered on "My Little Pony," "Pound Puppies" and "The Game of Life." Since the October 2010 launch of the Hub, a joint venture between Hasbro and Discovery, Hasbro Studios has produced 335 original half-hours of kids' programming, much of which are based on brands that Hasbro made famous years ago.Bringing back brands is even happening in the adult space, with this fall's return of MTV's "Beavis and Butthead." The show's original creator, Mike Judge, has produced 12 episodes to add to the series' original 100."It's the same format, but today it's not just a question of commenting on musicvideos, but on everything out there. There's a lot of comedy to be mined by everything that we get on TV today," says Steve Greider, exec veep of Nickelodeon and program sales at Viacom Intl. Media Networks. "We obviously have built up quite a large library by working very closely and in a liberated fashion with a lot of creators. As I understand it, there's a lot more for 'Beavis and Butthead' to say."VARIETY JUNIOR Blasts from past power int'l kids sales | Books and toys aren't fail-safe TV fodder | Kids animation making bigger international play | Toons in transition | Pop go the platforms | Disney Junior acing frosh year | DQE seizes opportunity in Indian animation biz | Shingle dabbles in 'Baby' babble | Argentina teen fare evolves in post-Cris Morena era Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

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UPDATE: Michael Imperioli & Adrian Pasdar To Star In Doug Ellins Cinemax Pilot 40

EXCLUSIVE Up-to-date: The Sopranos alum Michael Imperioli and former Heroes star Adrian Pasdar complete charge cast of Doug Ellins Cinemax pilot 40. The Two join formerly cast Erection dysfunction Burns and Michael Rapaport inside the single-camera ensemble comedy, that involves four long-term pals who help each other navigate existence at 40, which isn't all they expected it to be. Burns plays a married guy together with a parent who familiar with work at Bear Stearns producing than $2 million yearly but continues to be out of use almost yearly. Rapaport plays another friend, also married, who's known to just like a neurotic everyman. Imperioli plays only one guy, a hustler who's shameless if the involves self-promotion. Pasdar plays the fourth in the pals, a Wall Street uniform. Also cast inside the pilot is Susan Misner, who guest stars inside the premiere of CBS’ Person of curiosity tonight. She'll play Burns’ character’s wife. This marks the return to Cinemax of UTA-repped Imperioli, who won an Emmy for his turn on The Sopranos. He most recently starred inside the ABC drama Detroit 1-8-7. Although known mostly for his dramatic roles, Pasdar remains dabbling in comedy. Last season, he starred in NBC’s untitled Kari Lizer half-hour pilot. The actor, repped by ICM and manager Will Flaherty, remains recurring round the ABC Family drama The Lounging Game.

Wedding Crashers Copycat Crime Lands University of Wisconsin Student in Jail

Let this be a lesson to all Wedding Crashers fans: Just because Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn pull some hilarious pranks without legal consequence in their 2005 comedy does not mean that said hilarious pranks can be pulled without consequence in real life. Just ask 22-year-old University of Wisconsin student Luciana Reichel who has been jailed for 90 days and put on 30 months probation after playing a copycat Wedding Crashers practical joke on her roommate. Reichel was charged with a felony count of placing foreign objects in edibles after squirting Visine into the water bottle used by her 20-year-old roommate Briannia Charapata “on numerous occasions.” Consequently, according to the Daily Mail, Charapata started feeling “nauseated, suffered from diarrhoea, loss of appetite and was tired for no reason.” After two weeks of feeling unwell in October, Charapata visited a doctor who was unable to diagnose her. It wasn’t until November, when Charapata overheard another student telling people about Reichel’s eye drop stunt, that she realized what had happened and went to the police. Upon her arrest, Reichel confessed to the crime and explained that she was inspired by the Wedding Crashers scene in which Owen Wilson adds Visine to Bradley Cooper’s drink so that he can spend more alone time with Cooper’s onscreen love interest, Rachel McAdams. To determine Reichel’s sentence, Winnebago County Judge Barbara Key also took into consideration the student’s “lengthy history of lying and manipulation, in addition to her alcohol issues.” Police have stated that it is unlikely that Reichel, who was hoping to pursue a career in nursing, would be hired in the health care field. (Rule #98: Don’t intentionally cause bodily harm to your roommate when pursuing a nursing career.) David Dobkin’s Wedding Crashers, which was written by Steve Faber and Bob Fisher, has not inspired any other college crimes. · Student jailed for 90 days for putting eyedrops into her room-mate’s water after seeing stunt on Wedding Crashers [Daily Mail]

Tareq Salahi States Wife Kidnapped

FRONT ROYAL, Virtual assistant. -- The husband of Real Regular folks of D.C. cast member Michaele Salahi reported to police he thought his wife happen to be kidnapped, but scientists mentioned Wednesday she assured them she was getting a buddy and where she seriously considered. Warren County Sheriff Daniel T. McEathron mentioned his office was coping with the FBI to get hold of Michaele Salahi to ensure her well-being. Were alert to the issue and would make use of the Warren County Sheriffs Office, mentioned Dee Rybiski, a speaker for your agency in Richmond. The sheriffs office in Virginias equine country mentioned Tareq Salahi referred to as Tuesday mid-day to report his wife missing. Gossip website TMZ reported that Tareq mentioned he felt the sheriffs office wasnt taking his concerns seriously. This is not a publicity stunt " Tareq Salahi told WRC-TV in Washington. In my opinion shes needing to say Im OK. In my opinion shes missing. An Connected Press call with a number for Tareq motivated a recording machine the road could not accept additional calls. In the statement, McEathron mentioned Tareq Salahi was concerned because his wife was revisit northern Virginia on Wednesday and he or she had referred to as previous day in the phone by getting an Or area code. Deputy Mike Glavis spoke with Michaele Salahi and he or she made an appearance calm, was involved with conversation, and assured the deputy that they left the residence with an above average friend and was where she seriously considered, the sheriff mentioned inside the statement. Mrs. Salahi advised they did not want Mr. Salahi to comprehend where she was. The Salahis burst towards the scene this past year after they crashed a White-colored House condition dinner. Copyright 2011 by Connected Press. All rights reserved.These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Mini Plays Dealing With Gay Marriage Head to NYC

NEW YORK (AP) A collection of nine short plays by playwrights including Neil LaBute, Doug Wright, Paul Rudnick and Moises Kaufman that all deal with gay marriage will be making its off-Broadway debut next month.Producers said Sunday that "Standing On Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays" will be brought from Los Angeles and staged at the Minetta Lane Theatre starting Oct. 18. Opening night is set for Oct. 24The plays were created to raise money and awareness in support of marriage equality and a portion of each ticket will be donated to pro-gay marriage organizations.A rotating cast of actors will be announced later.In addition to LaBute, Wright, Rudnick and Kaufman, the other playwrights are Jordan Harrison, Wendy McLeod, Jeffrey Hatcher, Joe Keenan, and Jose Rivera.Copyright 2011 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

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'Don't Request Don't Tell' sets release

Coinciding while using Sept. 20 repeal in the U.S. military's "don't request, don't tell" policy, SnagFilms has acquired a film of the title which is delivering the initial of the 11 sections online today. "Don't Request Don't Tell" changes Marc Wolf's Obie-winning one-guy Off Broadway show "Another American: Asking and Telling." Inside the film, Wolf reenacts, in first-person perspective, interviews and anecdotes from 18 people on sides in the problem. Tales from soldiers, veterans, military family people and Charles Moskos, creator in the policy, are incorporated. SnagFilms expects to distribute "Don't Request Don't Tell" through several platforms. The initial of 11 sections remains released on Snagfilms.com, while using others leaving within the SnagFilms network. The film can also be released on Hulu and Hulu Plusand online through Rogers Media in Canada. The feature-length version will probably be available at that time in the repeal, Sept. 20, through Comcast Xfinity If Needed and FIOS TV If Needed. Immediately after that, "Don't Request Don't Tell" will probably be available through electronic sell-through partners. The film, directed by John C. Walsh, was produced by Vuguru and Daryl Roth. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

No, Megan Fox Has Not Seen Transformers 3

If you’ve been wondering whether Megan Fox, the Transformers bombshell who dared to compare director Michael Bay to Hitler, has seen Dark of the Moon after being replaced by pouty pin-up Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, the answer is no. “I haven’t seen it yet, but I will see it,” Fox told Moviefone. “I mean, if they hadn’t been hitting me so hard on the press tour, I would have gone to the theater. […] I love Shia to death; I love him unconditionally. And I love that crew. […] I want to see it for them. I know it looked amazing in the trailer.” [Moviefone]

388 Arletta Avenue

A Copperheart Entertainment presentation. (Worldwide sales: TF1 Intl., Boulogne-Billancourt, France.) Produced by Steve Hoban, Mark Cruz. Executive producer, Vincenzo Natali. Directed, put together by Randall Cole.With Nick Stahl, Mia Kirshner, Devon Sawa, Krista Bridges.Giving the venerable "Gaslight" concept a greater-tech spin, Randall Cole's "388 Arletta Avenue" can be a taut, frequently ingenious thriller that fails to get results only when it may be false to itself which is central conceit: the 24-7 surveillance from the not-quite-happily couple having a virtual thief, whose manipulations and mischief drive the husband for the edge. Thesps Nick Stahl, Devon Sawa and Mia Kirshner bring authenticity with a fairly audacious plotline, and helmer Cole adds a specific flair to what's as being a familiar device. Play will probably be limited, but genre fans will most likely lap up. James and Amy (Stahl, Kirshner) live easily in trendy Toronto she's a Ph.D. candidate, he's an up-and-comer within an advertising firm. That which you first see could well be through the lens from the camera, trained about the house, which watches simply because they go out, hide a kind inside a planter and drive away. The cameraman sees everything, too, and uses the key factor to plant no less than six cameras in your house. The film-within-the-movie is next seen chiefly about the bank of monitors within an mysterious location, the visible action shifting from place to place, and screen to screen, with the unseen hands in the puppet master/fiend. What begins in confusion -- by getting a mystery Compact disk established to see their vehicle stereo system system -- leads to frazzled nerves between James and Amy, neither knowing where it came from from nor, clearly, jumping for the conclusion that someone's trying to create them crazy. But matters escalate, to the level that whenever James finds a goodbye note concerning the bed mattress, and Amy gone, it's entirely plausible that she's simply hightail it. James, ultimately, remains cheating on her behalf account: Inside the film's subtler moments, a girl at work gives him a begrudging smile his sister-in law Katherine (Krista Bridges) greets his mobile call with venom -- her violent dislike of James eventually leading her to leap for the conclusion he's destroyed Amy. Meanwhile, James attempts to determine who be kidnapping his wife, killing his cat and otherwise monkeying along with his existence. A movie getting useless almost dares the viewer to find defects on the way, there appear to become handful of in "388 Arletta Avenue," even if nearly all that which you see remains faithful for the initial setup: When James seeks out a vintage classmate, Bill (Sawa), whom he suspects to become his tormentor, all the action happens before a camera the viewer knows remains grown inside the vehicle. When the police showed up at call, your home cams obtain the conversation. How you see James at his workplace isn't as apparent, unless of course obviously the devilish mastermind has treated his office computer (quite possible, given anything else that happens). However, if James chases an authentic, physical thief from his house one evening and takes for the streets within the vehicle, it is a little harder to reconcile the way you are seeing everything, unless of course obviously Mr. Evil has set up cameras like Christmas fires up minimizing Arletta Avenue. It's a curious mental game "388 Arletta" plays: Despite the fact that POV might be the criminal's, you ought to be sympathizing with James, yet we don't really he's a not particularly charming philanderer. In addition, when he seeks out Bill, it's about the face to apologize -- he while others cajolled Bill in class, as well as the shattered-searching guy seems to own experienced extended-term effects. Whilst he asks Bill's forgiveness, he suspects him to become behind his wife's abduction. It is therefore with mixed feelings that particular watches James burglary the seams, and many more as well as him. The film-through-viewfinder, probably done finest in the The the spanish language language horror film "Rec" (also to headache-inducing effect elsewhere, like "Cloverfield") can be a novelty that seems both a distraction together with a decoy from what could be just moderately interesting horror structures, "388 Arletta Avenue" incorporated. Production values are wonderful, taking into consideration the overall esthetic is positively raggedy.Camera, Gavin Cruz editor, Kathy Weinkauf production designer, Peter Cosco art director, Ian Hall set decorator, David Edgar costume designer, Patrick Antosh appear, Zenon Waschuk supervisory appear editor, David McCallum visual effects supervisor, Ryan V. Hays assistant director, Bruce Speyer line producer, Derek Rappaport casting, John Buchan, Jason Dark evening. Examined at Toronto Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) Sept. 10, 2011. Running time: 86 MIN. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Millenium Media Services Bringing PBS Fare to Target Shoppers (Exclusive)

Are Target shoppers ready for proper British TV series like the upstairs/downstairs drama Downton Abbey?our editor recommendsBurns exclusive to PBS until '22Justin Bieber's 'Never Say Never Director's Cut' To Be Sold at Target Convinced there is an eager market for PBS programming at the big-box retailer, Millennium Media Services, a new content aggregation and distribution venture, is partnering with PBS to distribute some of the network's signatures series at Target. MMS has put together a slate that includes both Downton Abbey and Northanger Abbey from PBS' Masterpiece Collection, the Arthur children's series, NOVA, Frontline and American Experience. Led by CEO Bill Lee, MMS was created to streamline the physical and digital distribution of independent content to major retailers such as Target and Best Buy. Its clients includeGaiam, A&E Home Entertainment, WE TV, MPI, Bandai, Acorn Media, Carsey-Werner and NBC/ Universal, among others. Related Topics PBS

DIGGING FOR TREASURE: Third Treasure Search Project Offered In The Nets This Year

EXCLUSIVE: Using the systems’ purchasing season half-way done, trends are beginning to emerge. Together with the strong showing through the comedy genre to date and also the ongoing strength of book adaptations, taking pleasure in recognition are shows about treasure tracks. The most recent entry is definitely an untitled adventure drama from Bald eagle Eye author John Glenn, that has been bought by NBC. Referred to as “Da Vinci Code meets National Treasure,” it focuses on a youthful NYPD beat cop who, along together with his family and buddies, embarks upon the finest treasure search in history. Glenn is executive creating with Maria Grasso and Deborah Spera for The new sony Pictures TV in which the two lately inked a pod deal. NBC is also developing an up-to-date version from the 1984 action-adventure romantic comedy film Romancing the Stone, whose plot began having a romance author performed by Kathleen Turner getting a treasure map. Mark Friedman is writing the variation. As well as in another book adaptation, ABC lately bought The Seven Miracles, a treasure search show within the spirit of Raiders from the Lost Arc and National Treasure in line with the Jack West Junior. number of adventure books by Australian author Matthew Reilly. Michael Seitzman is writing and Mark Gordon creating.

You're Gonna Make It: Mary Tyler Moore to Receive SAG Life Achievement Award

Congratulations to Mary Tyler Moore, the TV icon, Oscar nominee, humanitarian firebrand and all-around screen legend who was announced this morning as the recipient of the Screen Actors Guild 2011 Life Achievement Award. Moore will get her hardware at the SAG Awards ceremony to be held Jan. 29, 2012; the fight to get Six Weeks quietly scrubbed from her tribute reel begins now. Kidding! Or… not. Anyway, congratulations to Ms. Moore! Read on the SAG’s full press release. =========== LOS ANGELES (September 8, 2011) - Renowned actress, producer and humanitarian Mary Tyler Moore will receive Screen Actors Guild (SAG)’s most prestigious accolade - the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. Moore created a new paradigm for female leads in television, won top honors for her courageous performances in film, television and on stage, produced some of the most lauded television programs of all time, and for thirty years, has served as a tireless advocate giving hope to all those afflicted with Type 1 diabetes. Moore will be presented the Award, given annually to an actor who fosters the “finest ideals of the acting profession,” at the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, which premieres live on TNT and TBS on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, at 8 p.m. ET, 7 p.m. CT, 6 p.m. MT and 5 p.m. PT. In making today’s announcement, Screen Actors Guild National President Ken Howard said, “Mary Tyler Moore won our hearts as Laura Petrie and Mary Richards, our respect as her production company became synonymous with quality television, our awe as she tackled difficult subject matter in film and on Broadway, and our admiration she turned her public recognition into a catalyst to draw attention to critical and deeply personal health and social issues. She truly embodies the spirit behind SAG’s Life Achievement Award, and we are honored to proclaim her as its 48th recipient.” Holder of seven Emmys, a Tony and an Academy Award nomination, among numerous industry and philanthropic accolades, Mary Tyler Moore first rose to prominence when she was cast at 23 as Dick Van Dyke’s wife in his eponymous sitcom, based loosely on the experiences of comedy writer Carl Reiner. Smart, feisty and down-to-earth in capri pants and fashionable tops, Moore’s Laura Petrie was new kind of television wife and mother. The audiences loved her and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences awarded her two Emmys and a nomination during the show’s five-year run. Following “The Dick Van Dyke Show’s” successful run, Moore combined her acting, singing and dancing talents in 1967 as Julie Andrew’s co-star in the 1920’s film musical “Thoroughly Modern Millie.” She was Elvis Presley’s final leading lady in 1969’s “Change of Habit” and the same year made her television movie debut in the drama “Run A Crooked Mile.” When CBS beckoned with the offer to develop her own television series, Moore formed a production company, MTM, with her then husband Grant Tinker. Their groundbreaking comedy “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” premiered on September 19, 1970. While other comedies had been set in the workplace, Moore’s chronicled the career, friendships and dating life of a single, thirtyish, spunky, independent, career woman, in the unseen world of local TV news. With a brilliant cast, the character-driven series redefined the meaning of ensemble comedy and of family. In its seven-year run garnered 29 Emmys, including four for its star. Nearly 25 years later Moore was present as TV Land dedicated a statue in downtown Minneapolis depicting the iconic moment in the show’s opening credit’s when a hopeful Mary Richards tosses her hat in the air. Moore and Tinker’s MTM Enterprises continued to produce an impressive list of landmark comedies and dramas including “The Bob Newhart Show”, “Newhart, “WKRP in Cincinnati,” “Hill Street Blues” “The White Shadow” (starring current SAG president Ken Howard) and “St. Elsewhere,” Characters from “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” became the focus for several successful spin-offs in the 1970s: “Rhoda,” starring Valerie Harper; “Phyllis,” starring Cloris Leachman; and “Lou Grant,” starring Ed Asner (SAG’s 38th Life Achievement recipient), which significantly took Asner’s gruff but soft-hearted journalist from TV newsroom comedy into a hard-hitting newspaper-set drama. Moore showcased her dramatic talent in her Emmy-nominated depiction of TV correspondent Betty Rollin’s battle with breast cancer in the 1978 CBS telefilm “First You Cry.” In 1980 Moore was nominated for an Oscar for her riveting portrayal of Beth Jarrett, a bitter mother coping with the death of one son and the attempted suicide of another in the Robert Redford-directed drama “Ordinary People.” The same year she continued to explore painful subject matter onstage in the hit Broadway play “Whose Life Is It, Anyway?” which earned her a Tony for playing a quadriplegic sculptor fighting to determine her own destiny, a role originated by Tom Conti and rewritten for its female star in her Broadway debut. Other feature films include: “Six Weeks,” opposite Dudley Moore; David O, Russell’s “Flirting with Disaster”; and Peter Calahan’s dark comedy Against The Current, opposite Joseph Fiennes and Justin Kirk, which premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Moore’s success in telefilms has continued across decades: In 1984, she delivered an Emmy-nominated performance in the ABC television movie “Heartsounds” opposite James Garner (SAG’s 41st Life Achievement recipient),; received a Cable Ace nomination for HBO’s “Finnegan Begin Again” opposite Robert Preston and Sam Waterson; delivered a stunning portrayal of disturbed first lady Mary Todd Lincoln in the 1988 NBC miniseries “Gore Vidal’s Lincoln;” and won her seventh Emmy in 1993 for her performance as a spinster trafficking in illegal adoption in Lifetime’s “Stolen Babies.” Other telefilm credits include TNT’s “Miss Lettie and Me” and the CBS television films “Like Mother, Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes”; “Snow Wonder”; and “Blessings” based on the Anna Quindlan novel. She and Dick Van Dyke showcased their old spark in a PBS version of D. L. Coburn’s Pulitzer Prize-winning nursing home-set stage play “The Gin Game,” then reunited with a large number of their former cast mates in TV Land’s nostalgic “The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited.” Moore’s television guest roles include: a recurring run as Tea Leoni’s mother “The Naked Truth,” an appearance as Ellen DeGeneres’s Aunt Mary in a Christmas episode of “Ellen,” a recurring stint as a high-strung TV host on “That 70’s Show” and a multi-episode arc in NBC’s “Lipstick Jungle.” This year, on the season premiere of “Hot in Cleveland,” Moore reunited onscreen with Betty White for the first time since “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” sharing a jail cell with White’s character, Elka, who was arrested in the season one cliffhanger. . Moore returned to the stage in 1987 to star opposite Lynn Redgrave in A. R. Gurney Jr.’s “Sweet Sue” and has performed numerous benefit readings of Gurney’s two-person “Love Letters,” starring opposite James Earl Jones to benefit, the Poughkeepsie Day School, Patrick Stewart to benefit the Ethical Culture School and Gene Wilder for the North Shore Child and Family Guidance Center Association, as well as opposite Gurney himself. Moore’s first autobiography, “After All,” published in 1995, was a frank exploration of her childhood, personal challenges and career. Her second book, “Growing Up Again: Life, Loves, and Oh Yeah, Diabetes” is a candid, humorous and illuminating detailing of her battles with the disease since she was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes (then called “juvenile diabetes” for its prevalence among children) in 1970 at age 33. The book includes conversations with remarkable people who live with the disease and those who work on the frontiers of medical research. Moore donated all her profits from “Growing Up Again” to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), the world’s leading funder and advocate for Type 1 diabetes science. Moore has been JDRF’s International Chairman since 1984. She has also chaired JDRF’s biennial Children’s Congress since its inception in 1999, leading up to 200 children with Type 1 diabetes to Washington, D.C. to meet face-to-face with congressional representatives. Moore has been at the vanguard of JDRF’s visit on Capitol Hill, testifying before the House and Senate on behalf of increased National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding for Type 1 diabetes, which affects as many as 3 million children and adults. Moore and her husband, Dr. S Robert Levine, have been generous supporters of JDRF’s research programs and in 2003 established JDRF’s “Excellence in Clinical Research Award” in recognition of outstanding diabetes researchers. She herself was honored by JDRF in 2007 with its Humanitarian of the Year Award. Among many other accolades, Moore received the 1984 Women in Film Crystal Award, was immortalized in 1992 with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, was presented with the American Screenwriters Association first David Angell Humanitarian Award in 2002 and in 2009 was honored with the National Association of Broadcasters Distinguished Service Award. Moore co-founded Broadway Barks with Bernadette Peters in 1999. The annual event held in Broadway’s Shubert Alley promotes the adoption of shelter animals, seeks to end euthanasia of dogs and cats in New York City and fosters a spirit of community among the number shelters and rescue groups working throughout the city. New York Major Michael Bloomberg proclaimed this year’s July 9, 2011, event as “Broadway Barks Day.” The Brooklyn-born daughter of George Tyler Moore and Marjorie Hackett, Moore, Moore had moved with her family to California at 8 and aspired to be a dancer. After graduating Immaculate Heart High School, she broke into commercials, then gained acting credentials in television, first as the only partially-glimpsed switchboard operator on “Richard Diamond, Private Eye” and in guest roles in more than a dozen popular series, such as “”Hawaiian Eye,” “77 Sunset Strip,” and “Wanted: Dead or Alive.” ###

SAG Election Interviews with Asmar Muhammad, David Hillberg, and Sharon Rubin (Video)

Back Stage recently spoke with Screen Actors Guild presidential candidates Asmar Muhammad, David Hillberg, and Sharon Rubin about their plans for the election.Interview with Asmar Muhammad Screen Actors Guild Presidential Candidate Muhammad talks about why he is running in this election. Interview with David Hillberg Screen Actors Guild Presidential Candidate Hillberg talks about his plans for the union if he is elected. Interview with Sharon Rubin Screen Actors Guild Presidential Candidate Rubin talks about why she's running for SAG president. Back Stage recently spoke with Screen Actors Guild presidential candidates Asmar Muhammad, David Hillberg, and Sharon Rubin about their plans for the election.Interview with Asmar Muhammad Screen Actors Guild Presidential Candidate Muhammad talks about why he is running in this election. Interview with David Hillberg Screen Actors Guild Presidential Candidate Hillberg talks about his plans for the union if he is elected. Interview with Sharon Rubin Screen Actors Guild Presidential Candidate Rubin talks about why she's running for SAG president.

Which Action Stars Aren't Yet Attached/In Talks/Rumored for Expendables 2?

Earlier today came word that Chuck Norris and Jean-Claude Van Damme might be joining Sly Stallone & Co. for The Expendables 2 (although the reported cast listing at Millenium Films now reads “TBA”). Now it seems Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis are onboard to reprise their cameos from the first film, with bigger parts this time around. (Expanded Expendables!) So let’s just take a minute and regroup: Who isn’t onboard or under consideration to join the beefy action sequel? Original Expendables reportedly returning: Sylvester Stallone (Duh) Jason Statham Dolph Lundgren Mickey Rourke Terry Crews Jet Li “Stone Cold” Steve Austin Randy Couture Arnold Schwarzenegger Bruce Willis Finally, Planet Hollywood pays off… Rumored new additions: Chuck Norris Jean-Claude Van Damme (Who missed the boat the first time around, so you’ve got to think he’d jump at the chance…) Donnie Yen (This would be awesome. Just sayin’.) Scott Adkins (Undisputed II) Mr. T Hulk Hogan Carl Weathers Vin Diesel Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson Charlie Sheen (Yes, really.) Lorenzo Lamas Jeff Speakman Oliver Gruner John Travolta Okay, seriously… who’s left? Jackie Chan Kurt Russell Sean Connery (and Timothy Dalton and George Lazenby and Roger Moore and Pierce Brosnan) Wesley Snipes* Steven Seagal (Turned down the first film, but could use the image boost after tank-raiding some guy’s puppy) Tony Jaa Michael Biehn Michael Dudikoff Michael Jai White Those French parkour guys Any of the kick-ass female action heroines of the last few decades — Linda Hamilton, perhaps? I mean, seriously. What a sausage fest. *Currently serving time, may not be out of the clink by start of filming. Did I miss anyone? Any other potential Expendables out there? Remember, anyone who doesn’t make it into Expendables 2 has an eternity of potential sequels to get in on. This is from the guy who made six Rockys and four Rambos, with room for even more to come. Sly’s gonna be ripping throats and dodging bullets for years to come (whether you like it or not)!

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