Weinstein denounces Le Pen

Harvey Weinstein has denounced French politician Jean-Marie Le Pen following a militant right-winger attacked an interracial friendship essentially in the Weinstein Co. film "The Intouchables." "Le Pen developed a repulsive statement representing a bigoted world view," Weinstein mentioned, mentioning with a recent TV appearance with the pol. The founding father from the xenophobic National Front party mentioned, "It may be an emergency if France would find itself inside the same situation" since the wealthy crippled Frenchman inside the film who bonds along with his poor youthful immigrant caretaker. Le Pen condemned a picture of France just like a "handicapped person stuck in the mobility device waiting for the assistanceInch of immigrants. Weinstein noted that Le Pen's daughter Marine Le Pen is running for leader with strong popular support. "That's frightening in my opinion,In . he mentioned, "but you have to speak up and speak out." "The Intouchables" has shattered records in France and you'll be out Stateside May 25. It premieres tonight in Gotham at Rendez-Vous with French Cinema's Opening Evening at Alice Tully Hall. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Lily Collins In Talks For Rosaline

From Snow Whitened to Shakespeare?There has been a lot of assumes William Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet that it might be simple to think you will find no new avenues to understand more about. Which does great injustice to the idea, putting the storyline among silverback gorillas inside a jungle atmosphere. Also to Michael Sucsy's take, Rosaline, which shows occasions from her perspective. Now Lily Collins is within foretells star.Michael H Weber and Scott Neustader modified the script frim Rebecca Serles' novel (which, returning to studio tradition, has yet hitting the shelves). It sets the condemned love story in an up to date senior high school, and filters it with the titular youthful woman's eyes, as she's first admired then spurned by Romeo.Variety reviews that Deborah Ann Woll and Dork Franco will also be still studying the settlement motions to consider two other roles, which we'd guess are Romeo and Juliet themselves. We are also left wondering when the film will proceed towards the tragic finale...Sucsy continues to be looking to get that one setup for a while now, and Hailee Steinfeld flirted using the Rosaline role. However with The Vow under his belt, things should move just a little faster for that director. Collins, who'll next be observed in Mirror, Mirror (going to be out April 2) and it has lately seen her schedule obvious, since she's no more starring within the Evil Dead and her fantasy pic The Mortal Instruments continues to be shoved back to limbo.

David Boreanaz to Guest-Star on Downton Abbey?

Daniel von Bargen Seinfeld actor Daniel von Bargen, who's most widely known for enjoying George Costanza's boss Mr. Kruger within the sitcom, is within critical condition following a unsuccessful suicide attempt the 2009 week, TMZ reviews. The 61-year-old is at his Cincinnati apartment Monday morning as he shot themself within the mind after which known as for help. Based on audio from the 911 tape published around the gossip site, he told the operator, "I have shot myself within the mind and that i need assistance.Inch Browse the relaxation of present day news The gunshot towards the temple wasn't any sort of accident. Von Bargen, who's a diabetic, lately learned some not so good news. "I had been supposed to visit a healthcare facility and that i did not wish to. And So I shot myself... These were designed to amputate a minimum of a couple of toes." Von Bargen was moved to some nearby hospital. The veteran actor also recurred as Commandant Edwin Spangler on Malcolm in the centre. Around the giant screen, he's made an appearance in O Brother, Where Art Thou?, The Faculty and Super Military.

First poster arrives for Frankenweenie

Frankenweenie, the new stop-motion animation from Tim Burton, has received a first official poster and it's every bit as charmingly gothic as we had hoped.The poster shows a tombstone bearing the moniker "Sparky", but wait a minute... isn't that Sparky the dog peeking out from behind it?Well yes it is, because the film will tell the story of a pet pooch brought back from the dead by a scientifically minded little boy. Naturally, he's not quite the same as when he left, but still, at least he's back! Sort of...We like the grimly humorous tone on display here, from the cross made of bones to the little doggy face carved onto the tombstone. If this can recapture the magic and malice of Burton-created classic The Nightmare Before Christmas, we could be in for a real treat.Boasting voice work from the likes of Winona Ryder and Catherine O'Hara, Frankenweenie opens in the UK on 5 October 2012. Don't tell the RSPCA.

Thesps join McDonagh on 'Calvary'

O'DowdChris O'Dowd and Aidan Gillen have joined Brendan Gleeson in the cast of "Calvary," John Michael McDonagh's follow-up to his directing debut "The Guard." The $7 million project, which is set to shoot in September, will be unveiled by Protagonist Pictures for pre-sales at Berlin's European Film Market. Set in Sligo on Ireland's west coast, it's a dark comedic drama about a good priest (Gleeson) being tormented by his community. The priest is told in the confessional that somebody is going to kill him within a week. O'Dowd ("Bridesmaids") and Gillen ("The Wire") play members of the local community, along with Kelly Reilly ("Sherlock Holmes") and David Wilmot ("The Guard"). Pic is being produced by Reprisal Films, the company McDonagh runs with Chris Clark, Flora Fernandez-Marengo and Elizabeth Eves. "The Guard" grossed $18.4 million worldwide, including $4.7 million in Ireland, where it was the biggest homegrown hit in many years. It earned $5.4 million for Sony Classics in North America. "The Guard" has 10 nominations at the Irish Film & TV Awards this Saturday, while McDonagh is also nominated for best original screenplay at the British Academy Film Awards on Sunday. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Ron Livingston Joins The Conjuring

Alongside Lili TaylorAnd then there were two... more. Yes, mere days after Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga signed on to star in Saw veteran James Wan's new horror film, we have learned two things. One: Ron Livingston and Lili Taylor have joined the film and two: it no longer has a name.Currently known as Untitled Warren Files Project, the movie formerly known as The Conjuring will still focus on a husband and wife team of psychic investigators (Wilson and Farmiga) who take on the most terrifying case of their career at a Rhode Island farmhouse.It's there that a couple (Livingston and Taylor) have moved with their children, only to discover that the place has a scary demonic/ghostly presence and definitely doesn't want them around.Chad and Carey Hayes have written the script based on the real-life experiences of investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, who really did try to help the Perron family in the 1970s. And, since he's clearly not finished with haunted houses (or Wilson) after Insidious, Wan is gearing up to shoot this coming March in North Carolina.Livingston, who last cropped up in Going The Distance, will next be seen in Disney's The Odd Life Of Timothy Green. Taylor, meanwhile, was last seen in Public Enemies.

DGA announces honours presenters

The Company directors Guild of America has introduced presenters because of its 64th Annual Company directors Guild of America Honours ceremony on Saturday at Hollywood & Highland. Tom Hooper, who won the DGA feature award this past year for "The King's Speech," will show the 2011 award. Other presenters include Michael Apted, Berenice Bejo, Jessica Chastain, George Clooney, Jon Cryer, Laura Dern, Jean Dujardin, DGA leader Taylor Hackford, Stana Katic, Ben Kingsley, Kathleen Robertson, Octavia Spencer, Betty Thomas, Michelle Williams, Owen Wilson and Deborah Ann Woll. Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film are Woodsy Allen ("Night time in Paris"), David Fincher ("The Lady Using the Dragon Tattoo"), Michel Hazanavicius ("The Artist"), Alexander Payne ("The Descendants") and Martin Scorsese ("Hugo"). Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com

New Abe Lincoln subsequently subsequently: Vampire Hunter Poster

And several fresh photos...We're still a few several days in the relieve Abraham Lincoln subsequently subsequently: Vampire Hunter, and there's no symbol of a trailer at this time around, though MTV went behind the curtain. Nevertheless the team behind the film want to keep it inside our minds having a completely new poster along with a couple of fresh images, which you'll observe below.The poster, which arrives because of the IMP Honours site, can be a familiar lick to anyone who saw the two marketing pieces that turned up recently. While using the Lincoln subsequently subsequently memorial, that certain is constantly push the essential idea: that Lincoln subsequently subsequently, before and throughout his tenure since the 16th Leader of America, discovered the existence of vampires of the underworld from the underworld and fought against against to defeat their evil fanged plots regardless of what.Bill Master might be the man inside the muttonchops and stovepipe hat, who swears revenge after his mother is destroyed having a vampire. Lincoln subsequently subsequently can get the help of friendly fanged fellow Henry Sturgess (Dominic Cooper) and really should face lower the evil Adam (Rufus Sewell), who's coping with slave entrepreneurs to supply human fodder for his fellow nightwalkers.In route, we have seen Lincoln subsequently subsequently get to be the presidential figure appreciated through background obtain a glance at his personal existence, including his marriage to Mary Todd (Mary Elizabeth Winstead).Wanted's Timur Bekmambetov is behind the digital camera for your one, with Seth Grahame-Cruz adapting their very own genre-mashing book. Abraham Lincoln subsequently subsequently: Vampire Hunter will probably be on August 2, when the large question will probably be whether it could be more entertaining than its title. The completely new pictures come via Germany's Movie-Infos.Lincoln subsequently subsequently: Vampire Hunter Photos

Mariah Carey: Nick Cannon Might Be Released From Hospital Within 2 Days

First Released: The month of january 7, 2012 12:04 PM EST Credit: Mariah Carey/Twitpic Caption Nick Cannon will get a hug from wife Mariah Carey inside a photo published on her behalf Twitter page on The month of january 6, 2012LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Nick Cannon is around the mend, based on wife Mariah Carey. After being put in the hospital for mild kidney failure, the celebrity singer states her 31-year-old husbands health is greatly enhancing. Nick is within stable condition with a decent prognosis, hopefully hell be released within a couple of days, Mariah Tweeted on Friday, adding, Of course hes laughing as well as in good spirits. Mariah also Tweeted a photograph of herself holding some Get Better Soon balloons while kissing Nick around the oral cavity in the hospital mattress, using the caption, Thanks everybody for the love & concern. What's promising comes just 2 days after Mariah revealed south america Got Talent host was still being going through discomfort within the hospital. Everything is difficult, she told People. [He's in many discomfort we're hopeful that hell be 100 % as quickly as possible. Adding, We actually appreciate everybodys love and support. Copyright 2012 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Killer Chiller fare

Documentary "The American Scream" is most likely the various original projects set to premiere this year on NBCUniversal horror internet Chiller. NBCUniversal horror internet Chiller spent a year ago dedicated to beefing up its viewership base and marketing its transfer to original telepics. Now, the cabler is doubling lower on original programming, while using filmmakers behind the 2011 docu "Best Worst Movie" planning a completely new feature titled "The American Scream" to debut this year. In "Scream," documentarians Meyer Shwarzstein and Lindsay Stephenson follow haunted-house fans, in the identical that "Worst Movie" looked into the evolution of 1990 monster movie "Troll 2" in the considerably maligned flop with a cult favorite. Similar to sister internet Syfy suits sci-fi and fantasy aficionados, Chiller aims to take advantage of various veins of horror fandom having its new slate. Author cred can be a large deal online: Michael Laimo's novel "Dead Souls," of a teen who will get his crazy preacher father's mysterious house, will get a telepic adaptation alongside the formerly introduced "John Keene's Ghoul." Meanwhile, horror hyphenate Ray Fessenden is developing a suspense horror pic named "Beneath," occur a seeping, oarless boat floating in the heart of a lake getting a monster within it. No scripted films have airdates. "American Scream" is positioned for October. Chiller may also be booking new special deals -- AEP Media's "Real Fear: The Truth Behind the filmsInch features Katrina Weidmanan, who came out on "Paranormal Condition" around the&E. The show inspections the actual tales that inspired horror movies including "Quiet Hill," "The Amityville Horror," "The Mothman Prophecies" and "Poltergeist." The second series is "Is It Possible To Survive a Horror Movie?," from Savannah Media, which solutions pressing queries about subjects like the actual speed from the zombie invasion and just how extended an individual may survive being hidden alive. Contact Mike Thielman at mike.thielman@variety.com

Newsies scramble on Iowa caucus

With the Iowa caucus set to begin Tuesday, the broadcast nets and news cablers have been scrambling to cover a campaign that has no clear front-runner and has seen multiple dark-horse candidates surging in the polls. For newsies, the race has become a challenging one: Which candidates should they cover, and when? Rarely has the race for the GOP nomination been so hotly contested, and rarely have the candidates attracted so many disparate followings of roughly the same size. As of Monday, former Massachussetts Gov. Mitt Romney was leading some polls by just one or two points, with Texan Ron Paul in a close second place and social conservative Rick Santorum unexpectedly surging. Santorum's ascendance was just the latest in a series of reversals. In the fall, "Saturday Night Live" ran not just one but several fake debates in which Newt Gingrich (played by Bobby Moynihan) admitted he didn't want to be president and left early. Tension between Republicans has marked the campaign season thus far, and networks are playing up the back-and-forth. Five-term Iowa Rep. Steve King, whose endorsement is considered crucial for GOP hopefuls, said he wouldn't endorse a candidate but told CNN's Wolf Blitzer on Monday that Paul's proposal to bring home all troops is "a colossal mistake."CNN's coordination of coverage has been a marathon task, said the cable news net's political director, Sam Feist. "We brought in 34 events today and we put them on television live," Feist told Variety on Monday. "Sometimes it got a little tricky because we had three events going on at the same time -- a Romney, a Gingrich, and a Santorum -- and we had to switch back and forth between them." MSNBC is keeping its pundits at the forefront during the early going, with Al Sharpton sounding off on Santorum's statement that he doesn't "want to make black people's lives better by giving them somebody else's money" and Chris Wallace calling a potential Romney win "a victory of stealth over openness." The close race seems to have political reporters energized. ("I'd much prefer going into it not knowing who's going to win," Feist said.) CNN has cast its net as widely as possible, while Fox News is focusing on the Romney, Gingrich, Perry and Santorum campaigns. FNC anchor Wallace said last month that if Paul were to win, "it will discredit the Iowa caucuses" because the rest of the Republican establishment doesn't take him seriously. Feist declined to handicap the election, but said, "If you finish fifth or sixth in Iowa, there'll be a lot of pressure to drop out. Nobody's ever come in fifth or sixth and gone on to win the whole thing." CNN, Feist said, would be ready to zero in on fewer front-runners by the end of the month. "By the evening of Jan. 21, there are not going to be seven candidates in this race," Feist said. "And I'm not making a particularly bold prediction." Contact Sam Thielman at sam.thielman@variety.com