Grodnik And Taylor Face Bad Monday

Prepare to satisfy O. T. McKeeIt's a tale that could have been more appropriate to yesterday, clearly, but with time-lags and Thanksgiving weekends, we have only found that Mass Hysteria Entertainment are thinking about developing a Bad Monday.Nothing related to The Bracelets or even the Boomtown Rats or annoying posters of Garfield, this is an action thriller about O. T. McKee, a normal, everyday, normal guy, who finds his existence getting somewhat beyond control. Estranged from his wife and child and started from his home, he in some way will get around the wrong finish of the chase which involves stolen cars and bags of loot.The script is as simple as Richard Taylor, who is probably the same Richard Taylor who authored the bounty-hunting revenge western The Storm, which made the Black List last year (exactly the same year as thirty seconds Or FewerLess). "O.T. is simply a guy who makes a person wrong decision and finds themself swept up within an remarkable situation," Taylor states."This is an very entertaining, high-octane ride," states producer Daniel Grodnik, who's also behind the potential future Schwarzenegger vehicle Cry Macho. Also it appears that involved are wishing this might be the very first of numerous adventures for that new O. T...

Forsyth joins BBC Worldwide Channels

LONDON -- BBC Worldwide Channels has signalled its readiness to produce more original content by recruiting an professional towards the recently produced role of vice prexy, commissioning. She's Tracy Forsyth, who'll join Worldwide from British pay TV provider UKTV in The month of january. Confirming to David Weiland, senior vice prexy, programming and Television channels, Forsyth will oversee the commissioning and co-manufacture of programs for BBC Understanding, BBC Entertainment, BBC Lifestyle, BBC HD and United kingdom.TV, BBC Worldwide's general entertainment funnel in OZ and Nz. Role calls for dealing with independent producers within the U.K. and worldwide, along with the BBC's own production departments. BBC Worldwide Channels' original commissions are to date modest, with around 20 hrs greenlit for that worldwide portfolio this season. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Another Prometheus Picture Hits The Internet

Permit the Alien conjecturing begin!Particulars on Ridley Scott's approaching sci-fi (and purported Alien prequel) Prometheus are actually couple of in number, however Entertainment Weekly have fresh images and particulars from Scott's set.Boasting the acting talents of Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, Noomi Rapace, Guy Pearce, Ben Promote and Michael Fassbender (becoming an android), the castlist alone might be enough to acquire people needing to give consideration, but because it is within the guy who introduced us the first Alien, fans are conjecturing their keyboards off trying to attract links involving the much-loved franchise which new sci-fi epic."There is a web link to Alien," states Fassbender. "You will discover creatures within it that you'll recognise..."The appearance that EWhave released towards the web looks, well, very oddly photoshopped, while using lights across the characters' suits delivering a perfect light-shade for your retouching that seems to own gone on.But, that is not important. What's important might be the climate as well as the apparent high-budget design that's happening -- some reviews have mentioned the cost from the film is upwards from $200 million -- and, you understand, that damn large face inside it in what is known "The Ampule Room."Just just just in case you're wondering, the look shows fanatics Holloway (Logan Marshall-Eco-friendly undertaking a great impersonation of Tom Sturdy) and Elizabeth (Noomi Rapace) walking through TheAmpule Room alongside their robot butler - from the sort - David (Michael Fassbender) on the planet their ship has crash showed up on.It's all regulated controlled very mystical, it's all regulated controlled very cosmic, it's all regulated controlled very mysterious. Basically... permit the uncertainty begin!Inform us your opinions inside the comment box below.Prometheus will probably be in cinemas come summer season 2012.

Media orgs protest NYPD raid

Occupy Wall Street protesters talk with Gotham police on Nov. 15. The NYPD's enforced media blackout of its raid on protesters in Zuccotti Park last week is already having consequences for the department: On Monday, some 13 news orgs, including local ABC, NBC and CBS affiliates, demanded a meeting with police commissioner Ray Kelly, the architect of the operation, and his spokesman, Paul. J. Browne. The coverage of Occupy Wall Street has changed drastically in the last few days; before the crackdown, stories on the park included coverage of internecine squabbling and alleged criminal activity among the protesters, as well as a comedy seg on "The Daily Show" about the class division between homeless people and moneyed liberals. Now, stories leading the news include reports of a Seattle woman's miscarriage following an alleged assault by a Seattle PD officer, an op-ed in the Times about the journalist beatings and detentions, and a post on Manhattan gossip/news blog Gawker trumpeting references to the NYPD by the embattled authoritarian regime in Egypt. The NYPD has remained almost entirely silent on the subject of excessive force, except to tell Times columnist Michael Powell that there had been "no change in policy," which Powell stopped short of calling an outright lie. The NYPD appeared to be on something of a charm offensive on Monday; department-friendly tabloid the NY Post ran a front-page story on the foiling of a Dominican "al Qaeda-inspired" would-be bomber caught by police before he could hurt anyone, with a follow-up on Tuesday. Also Tuesday, the NYPD released a report saying that police had shot a record few citizens in 2010 (eight). By Tuesday evening, many outlets had turned their attention to the arrival of OWS protesters in D.C. after a two-week march from Gotham to the nation's capital. The letter to authorities was written by NY Times veep and assistant general counsel George Freeman and signed by reps for (among others) the Associated Press, competing tabloids the Daily News and the NY Post, Reuters, Dow Jones (which owns the Wall Street Journal), and WABC, WNBC and WCBS. WCBS was instructed by the NYPD not to cover the raid from its news chopper during the Nov. 15 showdown. The letter criticized Kelly and Browne for their inaction, saying that the OWS protests were the latest in a string of incidents in which NYPD officers demonstrated a lack of respect for media and their rights and citing communication with the department on the topic as far back as August, when the department asked for written reports of bad behavior. "Despite three follow-up letters, there has been no action on your part -- not even the courtesy of a reply," Freeman said. Several violent incidents are recounted in the letter. The complaints jibe with numerous accounts of hostile encounters with the police at Occupy Wall Street protests, as well as rough handling of protesters witnessed by journalists for dozens of outlets, including this one. The NYPD has not yet favored complainants with a response. Contact Sam Thielman at sam.thielman@variety.com

BBC America into cooking competition

BBC America is dipping its spoon into the red-hot cooking competition arena. The cabler has ordered 10 episdoes of "No Kitchen Required," an original unscripted series that sends three chefs out to remote locations around the world to prepare meals that will be judged by locals. The series is part of BBC America's push, under g.m. Perry Simon, to serve up home-grown originals along with its Brit imports from the Beeb and other outlets. "No Kitchen Required" hails from Notional, the shingle behind Food Network hit "Chopped," and will be exec produced by Kevin Greene, Chachi Senior and Dave Noll. Series will feature NY restauranteur Michael Psilakis, "Chopped" champion winner Madison Cowan and New Zealand chef Kayne Raymond. The three will be dispatched to exotic locales ranging from Thailand to Louisiana bayous and challenged to cook a meal using local ingredients, food-gathering and cooking techniques. The final dishes will be judged by community members who will crown one winner. BBC America is poised to roll out a wave of originals starting Dec. 3 with the bow of comedy panel show "Would You Rather...? with Graham Norton." "No Kitchen" is targeted for a spring bow. Contact Cynthia Littleton at cynthia.littleton@variety.com

Michael Jackson Biopic Circulating Hollywood

Hollywood actors, better start practicing your best moon walk and memorizing the "Thriller" dance. Showblitz is reporting that Michael Jackson's estate is shopping the idea for a biopic for the late pop star around Hollywood. Apparently Ivan Reitman and Tom Pollock's production company has been approached about potentially producing the project. Apparently the pic would only cover certain periods of Jackson's life (read: some Neverland controversies may never be told). Now it's time for the speculation for who should play the King of Pop to begin! Check out the rest of today's film news after the jump! First Photos Of "Imogene" Hit The Web Kristen Wiig has long been working on her passion project, the dark comedy "Imogene." At long last, the first images of the film have finally hit the web. ComingSoon.net (via First Showing) has the photos, which includes a peek at Wiig, Annette Benning, Matt Dillon and Darren Criss. The film follows Wiig as a NY playwright who fakes her death to get the attention of her ex-boyfriend (Dillon). Instead, she ends up being forced to move in with her gambling-addicted mother (Benning). Steven Spielberg Eying "Gods And Kings" After tackling animation, the story of Abraham Lincoln and a hit Broadway play, Steven Spielberg is now contemplating adapting the story of Moses. Twitch has learned that Spielberg and Warner Bros have entered into formal talks for him to direct their film "Gods and Kings." It will take an epic look at full life story of biblical figure, Moses. Chances are the film would start filming in early 2013, if Spielberg officially signs on to it. Bill Nighy For "I, Frankenstein" Villain? Stuart Beattie's modern-day take on Mary Shelley's classic horror novel "Frankenstein" might be gaining a pretty prestigious villain. Variety is reporting that Bill Nighy is in talks to play "I, Frankenstein's" baddie, a demon prince, while Australian actor Socratis Otto has been brought on to star as one of the prince's evil henchmen. Aaron Eckhart stars as Adam, Dr. Frankenstein's monster who is being hunted by demons so they can learn the secret of his creation and create their own army of reanimated corpses. David Fincher's "Cleopatra" Gets A Screenwriter It's taken very long to get a Cleopatra biopic to the big screen, but it seems like David Fincher's attempt is making good headway. Variety reports that screenwriter Eric Roth has entered discussions to draft the script for the adaptation of Stacy Schiff's biography "Cleopatra: A Life." Roth is best known as the writer for "A Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (which was directed by Fincher) and this Christmas's "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close." First Images From "Butter" Hit The Web So what if Jim Field Smith's "Butter" only got meh reviews when it premiered at Telluride earlier this year? The political satire, which features Jennifer Garner as a Sarah Palin-esque public figure competing a bit too intensely in Iowa's annual butter-sculpting competition, has plenty of aspects for fans to get excited for, including (but not limited to) a sex scene between Olivia Wilde and "Twilight's" Ashley Greene. /Film has a whole bunch of new pictures from the film, and says we can expect a trailer (finally) in another month or two. "Butter" hits theaters on March 26, 2012. Tell us your thoughts on today's Dailies in the comments section below or on Twitter!

Jon Stewart Jams Jerry Sandusky for Bob Costas Interview: 'You Can't Even Bring You to ultimately Lie Emphatically'

Jon Stewart had some harsh words for former Penn Condition football coach Jerry Sandusky around the heels from the latter's interview with Bob Costas.our editor recommendsJerry Sandusky's Lawyer Seems On 'Today' To Argue His Innocence (Video)Penn Condition Scandal: Bob Costas Famous for Jerry Sandusky 'Rock Center' InterviewJerry Sandusky's Interview With Bob Costas: What Hollywood, Audiences Are SayingJoe Paterno's Weekly Penn St. Press Conference Canceled Among Jerry Sandusky Sex ScandalJoe Paterno Firing Draws Mixed Reaction Around InternetAshton Kutcher Known as 'Idiot,' 'Ignorant' After Tweeting Joe Paterno's Firing Was 'in Poor Taste' Sandusky, that has been billed with 40 counts of sexual abuse against children, broke his silence concerning the scandal within an interview that broadcast Monday evening on NBC's Rock Center With John Williams. Throughout the telephone interview, Costas requested Sandusky he was "completely innocent and wrongly accused in each and every aspect," the second responded: "Well I possibly could state that, you realize, I've done a number of individuals things. I've horsed around with kids. I've bathed after workout routines. I've hugged them and that i have touched their leg. Without intent of sexual contact." PHOTOS: Hollywood's Greatest Fantasy Football Fans Sandusky -- that has been billed through the condition of Pennsylvania using the sexual assaults or advances on eight boys from 1994-2009, throughout which period he offered as Penn Condition defensive coordinator and mind from the Second Mile charitable organisation, helping at-risk youth --was adamant that he's not really a child molester but accepted that you will find some actions he regrets. "I shouldn't have bathed with individuals kids," he stated. On Tuesday evening's The Daily Show, Stewart blasted Sandusky for doing the job interview. "Now, I'm no lawyer, however it appears in my experience whenever you're charged with probably the most heinous crimes imaginable, you might not wish to literally phone inside your defense on national television," Stewart stated. VIDEO: Ex-Penn Condition Coach Jerry Sandusky Breaks Silence on Sex Scandal to NBC's Bob Costas: 'I Shouldn't Have Bathed With Individuals Kid Then he performed a clip by which Costas requested whether Sandusky was "sexually drawn to boys." Sandusky then repeated the question. "Have you just repeat the question?" Stewart requested. "Because you'll want known that question was coming, but everybody knows the only real time you repeat an issue happens when you're guilty." He ongoing: "You are able to't even bring you to ultimately lie undoubtedly. ... It's like for the reason that phone conversation, you're really fighting the need in the future clean, and when you weren't prepared for your question, it wasn't getting any simpler." Stewart, who recognized Costas for his handling from the interview, then performed a clip by which Sandusky discusses participating in what he characterizes as innocent "horseplay" within the shower. STORY:'Rock Center' Air: Bob Costas' Jerry Sandusky Interview Was 'Striking' "Are you currently f---ing kidding us?" Stewart chimed in. "Horseplay is wrestling your friend from a pillow fort. Tossing your nephew right into a pool. Stuff that would not be mistaken for rape." Stewart also poked fun at Sandusky's lawyer, Joe Amendola, who had been sitting alongside Costas within the studio throughout the job interview. Costas requested Amendola if he'd allow his kids to become alone with Sandusky, and that he responded he would and stated he thinks Sandusky is innocent. "Right you'd leave your children alone with Sandusky," Stewart stated. "Um, would be the kids you'd leave alone the kids you'd whenever you heavy-laden a teenage client in 1996 whenever you were at that time 49 years of age? What type of creepy guy club would you both fit in with? I'm not really a lawyer here, however, should you're charged with forceable sex with minors, maybe your criteria for locating an attorney shouldn't be 'also has difficulties with sexual limitations.'" VIDEO: Even Satan Upset by Penn Condition Scandal on 'SNL' His final words for Sandusky? "You're a defensive coordinator," he stated. "You ought to have had the opportunity to coordinate a much better defense." Jon Stewart The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

The very best spinner's topper searching for NATPE address

Phil Kent, chairman and Boss of Turner Broadcasting System, is positioned to supply the keynote address within the NATPE confab in Miami. Kent will speak round the opening day's the number, which runs Jan. 23-25 within the Fontainebleau Resort. "Because of all the content that Turner produces and distributes here and across the world, Phil is at a unique position out of which to begin to see the present as well as the future," mentioned NATPE topper Ron Feldman. "They can speak with the creative and business challenges and could also speak with the large global, multiplatform options which are considerably changing our business." Contact Mike Thielman at mike.thielman@variety.com

NBC shuts down production on 'Suspect'

NBC is shutting down production on "Prime Suspect." Show was left in the lurch following Monday's announcement that the Maria Bello starrer wouldn't have a place in the midseason schedule. Procedural, from Universal Television, currently airs at 10 p.m. Thursday but will be replaced by "The Firm," which begins its regular run Jan. 12. "Prime Suspect" has long been a favorite of the network and topper Bob Greenblatt, but viewers have never embraced the skein. "Suspect" is averaging a 1.6 rating/4 share in the 18-49 demo and 5.8 million total viewers. In trying to generate some viewer retention, Greenblatt double-pumped the show -- running it twice in one week -- but the numbers have never improved. While the skein isn't officially canceled, the halt in production likely means the show will be permanently off the air after its 13-episode order. With only "Up All Night" and "Grimm" the only new shows working well on the NBC sked, net is looking forward to midseason. Not only will "The Firm" debut, but Greenblatt has high expectations for the Katharine McPhee-Debra Messing starrer "Smash." And there's also the return on reality hit "The Voice," which starts its second season Feb. 6. Contact Stuart Levine at stuart.levine@variety.com

ABC Family Sets Return Dates for Pretty Little Liars, Lying Game and More

Pretty Little Liars Pretty Little Liars and The Lying Game will return on a new night, Monday, Jan. 2, ABC Family announced on Thursday. Check out scoop, photos and clips of Pretty Little Liars Kicking off the night at 8/7c, Pretty Little Liars picks up after a one-month time jump with Aria, Spencer, Emily and Hanna ever closer to learning the identity of "A". The Lying Game follows at 9/8c as Emma and Sutton try to expose the skeletons in their family closet. Switched at Birth returns Tuesday, Jan. 3 at 8/7c followed by the series debut of Jane By Design. (Get a first look at that show here!) Exclusive: Charisma Carpenter gets in on The Lying Game Additionally, the network announced that The Secret Life of the American Teenager and Make It of Break It will be back with new episodes in early spring 2012. Which ABC Family show are you most excited about?

Kate Gosselin Lines Up Job

First Launched: November 2, 2011 4:33 PM EDT Credit: Access Hollywood Caption Kate Gosselin appears on Access Hollywood Survive June 6, 2011LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Kate Gosselin has arranged a completely new gig carrying out a cancellation of her TLC show, Kate Plus 8 just like a blogger. On Wednesday, CouponCabin.com introduced Kate is really a adding blogger, writing posts that provide site site visitors towards the site advice concerning how to spend less. No matter what your money are, there's pointless not to use coupons. Its like free money in the bank! Kate mentioned in the statement. Im thrilled to lend my expertise to CouponCabin.com, to easily obtain the best deals on practically everything. Kate is really a weekly reason for the site, writing on subjects like the best way to stretch a low cost for just about any large family, holiday shopping tips, presents plus much more, CouponCabin.com referred to in the release. The first sort reality stars first blog look online on November 22, with Kate offering easy methods to handle Black Friday. Mother of eight may even share a couple of of her suggestions by hand website, KatePlusMy8.com. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Aschan chases Stockholm Film Fund gold coin

LONDON -- "She Apes" director Lisa Aschan is one kind of five Swedish femme filmmakers shortlisted to win $750,000 in backing for his or her next feature in the new Stockholm Film Fund.The champion is going to be introduced November. 19 in the Stockholm Film Festival, which released the feminine-only fund with backing from telco Telia and also the Swedish Film Institute.The selected project is anticipated to shoot within the coming several weeks and anticipate to premiere at next year's Stockholm fest.The 4 runners-up will get around $40,000 in development gold coin.Aschan, whose debut pic "She Apes" won best film on the planet narrative competition only at that year's Tribeca fest, has pitched a horror project according to Johannes Anyuru and Aleksander Motturi's play "Forvaret" (Repository).Another challengers include Jane Magnusson's "Flickvannen" (Girlfriend), Wing-Yee Wu's "Invasion," Stina Bergman's "Karlek kan vanta" (Love Can Wait) and Sofia Norlin's "Omheten" (Tenderness).The fund, that has guaranteed finance because of its first 3 years, is supposed to back projects by female company directors who've made a maximum of two previous features. It's area of the SFI's official goal to make sure that 40% of Swedish films are written, directed or created by women.The winning film is going to be written by Non Stop Entertainment in Scandinavia and also the Baltic States. The 22nd Stockholm Film Festival happens November. 9-20. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Adventures in Plymptoons!

An In My Opinion production. Created by Alexia Anastasio. Executive producers, Anastasio, Edward A. Anastasio, Katy Anastasio, Ken Mora, Mark Steiner. Directed by Alexia Anastasio.With: Bill Plympton, Terry Gilliam, Erectile dysfunction Begley Junior., Ron Jeremy, Keith Carradine, Marilyn Zornado, Maureen McElheron, Jerry Beck, John Anderson Geoffrey Gilmore, David Silverman, Jay O. Sanders, Jonathan Caouette, Rob Bakshi, Will Vinton, Strange Al Yankovic, Matthew Modine, Martha Plimpton, Moby, Tom Kenny."Adventures in Plymptoons!" pays tribute to Oscar-nominated animator Bill Plympton, greatly within the type of their own gleefully impudent work. Full of clips and interviews with celebrity fans and co-workers, Alexia Anastasio's documentary could attract exactly the same small but loyal niche audience the topic themself has lengthy won via self-distribution to theaters and home formats. Using art from an earlier age to draw in women, the Or native began his professional existence drawing scatological pictures for Al Goldstein's "Screw" along with other skin magazines -- in addition to more legit guides -- within the freewheeling '70s. Early short "The FaceInch snapped up Oscar attention, stunning Plympton (and composer-singer Maureen McElheron). It established his usual ultra-low-tech, hands-attracted-pencil style and fondness for inventive, frequently disgusting physical grotesquerie. His work grew to become a fixture of MTV station-break spots and packages like "Spike & Mike's Festival of Animation." Always resourcefully independent -- he once switched lower a $a million offer from Disney to keep complete charge of his work -- the cartoonist joined features with 1992's "The Tune." He's made five more since (including one compilation), all produced inhouse at his barely staffed NY studio, which handles marketing/distribution chores too. It is a remarkably prolific output inside a typically painstaking medium, supporting one colleague's declare that he's "the quickest animator in the industry.Inch Some might argue less could be more, as Plympton's features pay scant focus on such niceties as plot and character development they are virtually lengthy strings of gags, most of the gross-out type. (A critic here who damns a lot "twisted" violent and sexual imagery as "just a lot of ugliness" is actually Plympton themself, disguised as pretentious alter ego W.P. Murton.) "Adventure's" format of short-designed sections that mingle excerpts (including newer and more effective material) with behind-the-moments glimpses and interviews is a perfect showcase for which can induce viewer fatigue over an unbroken 70- or 80-minute haul. Individuals talking about his work -- sometimes tongue firmly grown in oral cavity -- vary from fellow artists (such as the similar-minded Rob Bakshi), studio staff and voice talents to fans, family people and ex-female friends. Like its subject, the docu turns its slim means into a benefit using a cheekily assertive DIY aesthetic.Camera (color), Kevin Sean Michaels editors, Anastasio, Michaels music, Bruce Balmer, Hank Bones, Parson Brown, Didier Carmier, Keith Carradine, Corey Jackson, Maureen McElheron, Smokey Miles, Nicole Renaud, David Silverman. Examined at Bay Area Docfest, March. 23, 2011. Running time: 85 MIN. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com