Redford Might Have The Prettiest Time

Diane Keaton also up for that Christmas picYou understand what is a really underserved genre recently? Holiday-designed films with large ensembles. Yes, you are able to most likely hear the sarcasm in each and every strike from the secrets there. But although the latest effort, Garry Marshall's New Year's Eve, did not benefit from the most warm critical reception, it did go onto make around $142 million worldwide, therefore the tide of treacly periodic comedy won't stop at this time. Especially since Robert Redford and Diane Keaton are circling the leads in The Prettiest Time.P.S. I really like You/Stepmom author Steven Rogers has develop the idea, which, based on Deadline he describes being an "Amelie-esque story about individuals who live for future years or hold onto yesteryear, which prevents them from residing in as soon as, and never appreciating what's at the front of these.Inch Err... Yay?Redford and Keaton are most likely onto take part in the leads inside a plot which will feature multiple strands interlinking and lots of heart-warming Christmas cheer. Which director Jessie Nelson will most likely gather on the soundstage in the center of a sweltering This summer summer time. Nothing states Christmas like needing to stop the environment conditioning to shoot!

LA Occasions Like Duh! Academy Voters Study

Allow theLos Angeles Occasions to provide us yet more ‘Like Duh!’ film coverage.No wonder whythe newspaperis now irrelevant within the Hollywood community. So its study finds that Academy Of Movement Picture Arts & Sciences people arenearly 94% whitened and 77% male and also have a median chronilogical age of 62.However the paper does not hit difficult on how that’s since the forces-that-be running the film industry — in the moguls towards the agents towards the guilds –are minimal diverse on the planet. That will took balls.

Another Lockout Trailer Escapes

UPDATE: With added posterUPDATE: For your Guy Pearce and Maggie Sophistication needs, MTV just first showed an explodey new Lockout poster. It's nearly as when the film was out soon or something like that. Ah yes, April 13...Right before Christmas we had the worldwide trailer, where the film was going through the moniker of MS One: Maximum Security. And today here's the "domestic" trailer, in which the title is Lockout. When we first reported on its rise in Feb 2010, it had been known as Section Eight. But regardless of the title, it stars Guy Pearce and Maggie Sophistication, and appears just like a blast.Sophistication may be the daughter of leader Peter Stormare, who's on some kind of diplomatic trip to a maximum security space prison for harmful lunatics, revolving about miles over the Earth. Unluckily on her, she's the catalyst for any mass break-out, regardless of the fortress' whole supposed "impregnable" factor. And also the only guy who are able to get her to safety? Pearce's smart-ass badass Lizard Plissken Snow, that's who."Don't misunderstand me,Inch he states. "It is a dream vacation. Time passes into space, I recieve within the maximum security nuthouse, work through all of the psychos, save the president's daughter if she's not dead already... I am thrilled that you'd think about me."The final clip was large the loop within the prison, but that one gives much more of a peek at the carnage outdoors, with space battles along with a destructive-searching bike / vehicle freeway chase.Lockout, because it shall henceforth be known here, is co-compiled by Luc Besson, and reaches us through his Europacorp (Taken, the Transporter films, last year's Colombiana). The company directors are James Mather and Stephen St. Leger. If you have not seen their fantastic video clip Prey Alone, now will be the time, in front of Lockout's United kingdom release (per week sooner than the States) on April 13.

Arts NYS Coalition Calls to Rebuild New York State Council on the Arts

The Arts NYS Coalition, a group of statewide arts and cultural organizations, wants to partner with the NY State Legislature to rebuild the NY State Council on the Arts."Cultural tourism, arts education, and direct employment in the cultural sector are critical to the State's economic vitality," Hilary Oak for the St. Lawrence County Arts Council in Potsdam, said in a statement released Monday. Oak added that NYSCA funding generated almost $23 million in regional economic impact over five years. "NYSCA funding is essential to the health and growth of our local economies."The NYSCA proposed local grants budget is $31.6 million, almost $4 million less than it was in 1985, and in recent years, the State's commitment to the arts has declined significantly, argued Norma Munn of the NY City Arts Coalition.According to Steve Butler of the Cultural Resources Council in Syracuse, "53,085 arts-related businesses generate 335,683 jobs, which pay close to $9.8 billion in wages, which then generates $1.2 billion in taxes, and a whipping $25.7 billion in economic impact statewide."The Coalition is recommending a four year initiative, asking the Legislature to increase the proposed local grants funding for NYSCA by $4.5 million to $36.1 million with a goal of reaching $50 million within the next four years. The Coalition also wants to see the Legislature commit to join public hearings around the State to begin a discussion about how NYSCA can be re-conceived in its six decade."It is time to return to the vision and commitment of the early years of the NY State Council on the Arts, when Governor Rockefeller and the Legislature declared that public support of the arts would 'insure that the role of the arts in the life of communities would conintue to grow,'" Munn said. "NY State's commitment to the arts set the stage for the creation of the National Endowment for the Arts, and led the way for other states to emulate their actions."

Pilot Season: John Stamos to Star in Fox's Little Brother

John Stamos John Stamos is returning to Fox. The former Glee guest-star has landed the leading role in Fox's Little Brother pilot. Stamos, best-known for playing Uncle Jesse on Full House, will portray a level-headed man who finds out he has a half brother (T.J. Miller) who happens to be an ex-con. Pilot Season: Get the scoop! Mike Royce (Men of a Certain Age) will write and executive-produce alongside Marty Adelstein, Becky Clements, Shawn Levy, Michael Thorn, Fintan Ryan and Jimmy Mulville.

London's St. James to spread out late September

London's first recently built theater complex in 3 decades, the St. James Theater, would be to open a complete artistic enter in late September.Composed of a 312-chair auditorium, one hundred-chair studio space, brasserie and bar inside a residential development, the St. James is on the website from the former Westminster Theater, which burned lower in 2002. Its location on Structure Street, Victoria places it close to the Victoria Structure Theater, the place to find ''Billy Elliot,'' and also the Apollo Victoria, the place to find ''Wicked,'' and tourist magnet Buckingham Structure.A.d. David Gilmore and assistant a.d. James Albrecht promise a varied program, including tuners, comedies and classic revivals, and also gives a London space for touring and regional productions. The development model is perfect for 6 to 8 week London tryouts, in addition to a home-grown production house with mix-subsidy supplied by the restaurant. The studio space will focus on one-evening stands and short-run comedy, and live music. The theater, created by designers Promote Williams, houses multi-media broadcast facilities you can use to broadcast performances around the venue's own BSkyB satellite television funnel. Contact David Benedict at benedictdavid@mac.com

Humane Society sets pic, doc, TV noms

The Humane Society of the U.S. has announced "Dolphin Tale," "Rio," "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" and "War Horse" as the feature film nominees for its 26th Genesis Award. The HSUS nod honors various media in 19 categories for their exploration of animal protection issues. Pics nommed in the feature documentary category are "Born to Be Wild 3D," "Buck" and "One Lucky Elephant." For TV, "The Cleveland Show," "The Colbert Report" and "Melissa & Joey" are nommed for the Sid Caesar Comedy Award while "The Glades" and "Hawaii Five-0" are nommed in the dramatic skeins category. Sue Blackmore of the HSUS Hollywood office anticipated one likely question on kudos-watchers' minds regarding the film noms: She noted that while Uggie the dog played a prominent and memorable role in "The Artist," the pic does not explicitly address animal protection themes and hence did not make the org's shortlist. "Dancing With the Stars" judge Carrie Ann Inaba will host the org's awards gala ceremony at the Beverly Hilton on March 24. Event will also be broadcast as a one-hour special on Animal Planet in May. For more info, including the complete list of nominees, visit www.humanesociety.org. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com