Friday, October 7, 2011

USA Network orders Eastin pilot

EastinUSA Network is staying in business with "White Collar" creator Jeff Eastin.Cabler has ordered Eastin's untitled hourlong drama pilot. Script focuses on federal and local law enforcement agents who live together at an undercover house in Southern California.Project is from Fox Television Studios, which is also the home of "White Collar."After successfully launching "Necessary Roughness" and "Suits" over the summer, USA is looking to expand its scripted programming slate, as well as moving into reality.Recent pilots greenlit by the net include dramas "Over/Under" and "Wild Card," the latter starring Jennifer Finnigan about a pair of lawyers who help those in Las Vegas get out of legal jams. "Over/Under" stars "Rescue Me" thesp Steven Pasqaule as a day trader who becomes a bookie.On the comedy side, Nathan Lane is set to star in a pilot about an actor who must move back to his Texas hometown. Contact Stuart Levine at stuart.levine@variety.com

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Ryan Gosling: 'I Fanned Out' in 'Ides of March' (Video)

Ryan Gosling says it was difficult for him to work on "The Ides of March.""The whole film was a challenge because I was working with a lot of my favorite actors," Gosling tells Back Stage film and TV editor Jenelle Riley. "And I was trying to be in the scenes with them but I was also fighting wanting to just watch them or like get my picture with them. Then I realized I was getting my picture with them in a way."However, meeting heroes doesn't always turn out well. Gosling shares his own scars about meeting his childhood idol the ultimate warrior and getting brushed off for an autograph outside the arena. While Gosling didn't audition for "Ides" - "It was one of those things where George Clooney calls you and you say yes" he did have a bad audition experience where he had to mime being shot as soldier for a non-speaking part in a war picture."I didn't get the part," he says.Watch the interview below:

Sarah Palin Not Running for President: "My Family Comes First"

Sarah Palin Sarah Palin will not run for president in the 2012 election, the ex-governor announced Wednesday. According to a letter written to her supporters obtained by ABC News, Palin said she decided not to run "after much prayer and serious consideration" and that her family comes first. "I believe that at this time I can be more effective in a decisive role to help elect other true public servants to office - from the nation's governors to Congressional seats and the Presidency," she wrote. "From the bottom of my heart I thank those who have supported me and defended my record throughout the years, and encouraged me to run for President. Know that by working together we can bring this country back - and as I've always said, one doesn't need a title to help do it." Did Sarah Palin and Tina Fey make the list? See the best celebrity doppelgangers Palin also outlined her goals to make government smaller and reduce taxes. "In the coming weeks I will help coordinate strategies to assist in replacing the President, re-taking the Senate, and maintaining the House." Her letter ends years of speculation that she would make a run for the White House in 2012 after she and running mate John McCain lost the election to Vice President Joe Biden and President Barack Obama in 2008. Her decision not to run comes on the same day that Republican favorite Chris Christie, the current governor of New Jersey, announced he still does not plan to run next year. Husband says McGinniss' book about Sarah Palin is full of lies Although she's not running for President, Palin has something to fall back on. She's a correspondent for Fox News and it sounds like Fox News Channel Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes has no plans of letting her go. In an interview with The Associated Press about the channel's 15th anniversary, Ailes said he had no regrets about bringing her on board. "I hired Sarah Palin because she was hot and got ratings," he told the news agency. Fox News Channel anchor Greta Van Susteren later tried to clarify Ailes' remarks about Palin's hotness, saying he meant that Palin was hired because she was popular, not because she was good-looking. "His use of the term 'hot' was not meant in a cheap way but rather to describe how everyone in the TV business after the 2008 election was trying to hire the Governor," Van Susteren wrote on her blog. "TV execs in every network knew she would get the viewers." Are you disappointed that Palin won't run for the presidency? Do you think she's "hot" - in the popular sense?

Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Joel Edgerton talk The Thing

Wondering how the upcoming horror film The Thing ties in to the 1982 John Carpenter film?Here's a handy featurette to spill the bønner. (Well, they are Norwegian)."We get to learn what happened to the Norwegian base," says actor Joel Edgerton, clearly grasping what the term prequel means."There was a level of reverse engineering so that it really did link to the Carpenter movie," adds executive producer J. Miles Dale, clearly grasping what the term reverse engineering means.The Thing opens 14 October 2011 in the US and 2 December 2011 in the UK.

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

3net Uncovers three dimensional Original Series Schedule

(Culver City, Calif.) 3net,the partnership 24/7 three dimensional network from The new sony, Discovery and IMAX will debut three all-new original programs and have the planet broadcast premiere of two hit theatricals throughout the month of October, it had been introduced today by Tom Cosgrove, Leader & Boss of 3net. The diverse premiere selection includes the initial docu-fable adult drama series Frightening TALES, the initial lost civilization series The Traditional Existence* and also the 3net original program Indianapolis 500: The Interior LINE, the mobile phone industry's first three dimensional take a look at Americas Finest Race. Octobers premiere schedule alsoincludes several additional world television premieres: the The new sony hit animated theatrical release CLOUDY Having A Possibility Of MEATBALLS, the IMAX space journey HUBBLE three dimensional, located by Leonardo DiCaprio, and also the sophisticated travelogue series WORLD Metropolitan areas three dimensional. We're ongoing to interrupt new ground by creating wise, revealing original series which include a brave new method to tell tales, stated Cosgrove. Our audiences truly expect an eyes available experience, and weve rounded out our October schedule with a number of large event firsts immersive and inspired content that may simply be fully appreciated within the in-home three dimensional atmosphere. 3net October Premiere Schedule: The Traditional Existence* Sunday,October 9 (9PM ET/PT) – 3net Original World Premiere: Metropolitan areas from the Underworld meets Digging For Truth as host Brit Eaton explores the intrigue and reveals the mysteries of once dynamic and thriving world cultures, giving audiences the chance to see what its enjoy to face prior to the Pyramid of Cheops or walk-through the haunted landscape of Pompeii. Eaton, together with specifically trained stereographers, reveal the traditional strategies of these most loved cultures, taking locations where haven't been shot or observed in three dimensional before. The six episode, hour-lengthy series is created by JWM Productions, LLC. 3net V . P . of Development and Production Tim Pastore can serve as Executive Producer with respect to the network. Indianapolis 500: The Interior LINE- Thursday, October 13 (9PM ET/PT) – 3net Original World premiere: The planet’s first three dimensional coverage from the Indiana 500 gives audiences an in-depth consider the event formulations and the act of race day as seen with the eyes nowadays’s most dynamic motorists — Tony Kanaan, Helio Castroneves, Simona p Silvestro, Will Powerand more. Unparalleled use of the 100th Anniversary from the Indiana 500 taking the pageantry from the historic event and emotion and concentration of race day, brings audiences probably the most compelling three dimensional programming event possible. The main one-hour special is created by New Wave Entertainment. 3net Director of Development and Production Don Bland can serve as executive producer with respect to the network. HUBBLE three dimensional – Sunday, October16 (9PM ET/PT) – World Television Premiere: Join the crew from the Space Shuttle because they make vital repairs towards the Hubble Space Telescope. Read by Leonardo DiCaprio, the film captures 5 spacewalks required to result in the repairs as well as an unpredicted problem that threatened to sabotage the mission. Producedby IMAX. CLOUDY Having A Possibility Of MEATBALLS- Sunday, October 23 (7PM ET/PT) – World Television Premiere: Inspired through the beloved children’sbook of the identical title, this hit animated three dimensional feature follows Flint Lockwood,a youthful inventor who hopes for creating something which enhances everyoneslives. However when his food from water device goes haywire and food begins following in the sky, Lockwood along with a smart weathergirl work togetherto avert the crises and save their small town from drowning in chow. Created by The new sony Pictures Television. WORLD Metropolitan areas three dimensional – Sunday, October30 (8PM ET/PT) – World Television Premiere: Barcelona native and presenter Solana Tixi introduces audiences towards the wealthy histories, cultures and peopleof the mobile phone industry's most magnificent locations. three dimensional graphics and stereoscopic cameras offer audiences a distinctive, never-before-seen perspective from the vibrant sites and treasured monuments of great metropolitan areas from around the world. That one hour, 13 episode series is created by D4D INGENIERIA VISUAL SL andCABLEready. Frightening TALES – Sunday, October30 (9PM ET/PT) – 3net Original World Premiere: Unlike anything youve observed in 2D or three dimensional, Frightening Tales is scripted series so strange and fantastic, it requires an additional dimension simply to contain itself. You will find marauding titans,ghost-affected forests and human baby wolves a location where cannibals feast, kidnappers terrorize and fiends lurk behind every tree. Inanimate objects arrived at existence, and also the innocent are punished. Its a global that actually is available if perhaps within our own subconscious. The hour lengthy, four episode series is created by Workaholic Productions, Corporation. 3nets Directorof Development and Production Don Bland can serve as executive producer onbehalf from the network. * Denotes working title

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

NBC News taps Pietrycha CFO

NBC News has upped Dave Pietrycha to senior VP and CFO of NBC News, where he will oversee financials for all NBC News platforms, including his alma mater, MSNBC, effective immediately. Pietrycha has held the position of CFO at the Peacock news cabler for the last 18 months; prior to that, he spent five years within NBC's stations group in various finance roles. Before NBCUniversal, Pietrycha worked at BEA systems, a major Defense Department contractor. He replaces Brian Tremblay and reports to NBC News prez Steve Capus. Contact Sam Thielman at sam.thielman@variety.com

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Monday, October 3, 2011

TV Globo leads Intl. Emmy noms

CANNES -- Brazil's TV Globo capped the amount of noms for that 39th Worldwide Emmy Honours, because it did this past year. The nominations, which spanned an archive 20 nations, were revealed through the Intl. Academy of Television Arts and Sciences at Cannes' Mipcom TV mart, which began Monday. "The Worldwide Emmy Honours is really a lots of competition with more than 1,000 records from 61 nations this season,Inch stated Bruce L. Paisner, prexy and Boss from the Intl. Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. "The amount and selection of nations symbolized with this year's nominees is astonishing and proof of the growing strength and skill of television production all over the world.InchTelevision Globo will compete for arts performance, with "My Existence: Adoniran Barbosa" performance, with Fabio Assuncao ("Tunes of Unfaithfulness") comedy, with "Splitting Up" and drama, with "Underneath the Law."Canal Plus' "Spiral," BBC's "Sherlock" and also the NHK's "Clouds Over the Slope" will even vie for the best drama. The key thesps from Yellow Birds' "Millennium" trilogy, Michael Nyqvist and Noomi Rapace, nabbed performance nods. The docu category boasts Turner Argentina's "Confesiones p not Sicario," Canada's JS Kastner Producions' "Existence With Murder," Japan's Fuji Television Network's "The Nonfiction: Family Meeting -- many years within the Tanaka Family" and Germany's "Wild Japan," created by Studio Hamburg DocLights Naturfilm, that has been pre-bought by ORF, Arte, National Geographic and Parthenon Entertainment. Those who win is going to be introduced in a ceremony on November. 21 in the Hilton Hotel in NY. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com