Friday, March 9, 2012

Thursday TV in Review: Awake Dreams On, and HBO's Oscar-Winning Saving Face

Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie After giving her husband the boot, Jackie needs some help from her buddies within the 4th season of Showtime's hit drama Nurse Jackie - which is what she'll get in line with the key art for that series coming back Sunday, April 8 at 9/8c. This year, Jackie (Edie Falco) will ultimately confront her addiction, but she'll be further examined through the ambitious new hospital administrator (Bobby Cannavale), who's going to keep Jackie in line. Additionally to Cannavalle, other notable Season 4 guest stars include Rosie Perez, Joel Gray, Eco-friendly Day's Billie Joe Remedy and also the NY Knick's Carmelo. Take a look at a unique first consider the art below:

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

New trailer for The Cabin in the Woods

The Cabin in the Woods has released a new trailer, in which Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard cram as many horror movie clichés into a minute as possible, whilst simultaneously hinting that all is not what it seems.This new trailer makes the movie's real antagonists a little more explicit, showing a command centre full of observers who appear to be controlling events within the titular cabin.Check out the new trailer below to see what we mean... Producer Joss Whedon told us the film is "basically a very loving hate letter," as he lines up a bunch of archetypal horror tropes to be skewered by his expectation-subverting plot twists.That creepy local, isolated lakeside cabin, unusual mirror and conventionally beautiful crop of youngsters... all deliberately clichéd box-tickers. However, as the trailer points out, "you think you know the story... you think you know the place... think again."We're still none the wiser as to who the cabin's observers are, or what exactly they want from Chris Hemsworth and friends, but from the look of the latest footage, it's going to be a lot of fun finding out.The Cabin in the Woods opens in the UK on 13 April 2012.

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Lily Collins Signs On For Authors

With Logan Lerman and Kristen BellLily Collins is clearly not searching to hold throughout the house or occupy pottery since she's no more starring within the Evil Dead reboot. That's for wimps: she's in foretells star in Shakespearian updateRosaline and can report in a few days towards the New York group of Josh Boone's Authors together with Logan Lerman, Kristen Bell, Nat Wolff and Liana Liberato. Boone, who's making his directorial debut from their own script, already has Greg Kinnear and Jennifer Connelly starring like a famous novelist and also the ex-wife he's obsessive about. Collins is onto play their college-aged daughter who finds herself the topic of romantic obsession thanks to fellow student Lerman.A mix of comedy and drama, Authors will apparently spin several interweaving tales of the several family people and folks within their lives. And when you have been itchiness to win a film trivia contest by knowing which film features not just Arnold Schwarzenegger's teenage sprog Patrick but additionally author Stephen King inside a cameo, Authors has your back. You are welcome, pub quiz fans.

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Adopt Films finds home for 'Tabu'

Adopt Films has acquired U.S. rights to Portuguese director Miguel Gomes's black-and-white "Tabu" on the heels of the pic winning two prizes at Berlin -- the Alfred Bauer Prize and the Jury of the International Critics' Fipresci. "Tabu" was written by Gomes and Mariana Ricardo and co-stars Teresa Madruga, Laura Soveral, Ana Moreira, Carloto Cotta, Manuel Mesquita, Isabel Cardoso, and Ivo Muller. It was produced by Lus Urbano and Sandro Aguilar. Story focues on colonialism via a drama that covers modern-day Lisbon and an unnamed former Portuguese colony. The deal was negotiated by Match Factory's Brigitte Surez and Michael Weber and Adopt Films co-managing executives Jeff Lipsky and Tim Grady. It's the fourth film that Adopt Films has acquired from the main competition selections at Berlin. The company previously bought Golden Bear winner "Caesar Must Die," Best Director winner Christian Petzold's "Barbara" and Silver Bear winner Ursula Meier's "Sister." Adopt Films plans to release "Tabu" in NY and Los Angeles in late December followed by a general release in first quarter of 2013. The first release by Adopt Films, "The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye," opens March 8. Adopt's upcoming slate also includes Debbie Goodstein's "Mighty Fine," Anne Emond's "Nuit #1" and Jean-Marc Vallee's "Cafe de Flore." Contact Dave McNary at dave.mcnary@variety.com

Saturday, February 18, 2012

Exclusive: Veronica Mars and Californication Stars to Appear on Criminal Minds

Whitney Houston is going home. Her funeral, called her "home going" ceremony on the invitations to the service, is taking place Saturday morning at the New Hope Baptist Church in Houston's hometown of Newark, N.J. Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder to sing at Whitney Houston's funeral; Clive Davis to speak Among the expected guests... Read More > Other Links From TVGuide.com The BodyguardAlicia KeysKevin CostnerOprah WinfreyWhitney HoustonAretha FranklinCeCe WinansStevie WonderTyler PerryClive DavisRickey Minor

Friday, February 17, 2012

Watch the First 12 Minutes of Sound of My Voice: Brit Marling and Cult Jam

Festival darling Brit Marling burst onto the scene last summer with the sci-fi indie Another Earth (and will be seen in the upcoming fiscal thriller Arbitrage opposite Richard Gere and Susan Sarandon), but her turn as a mysterious cult leader in this April's Sound of My Voice is the more impressive introduction to the charismatic up and comer. Hit the jump to watch the first 10 minutes of Sound of My Voice, courtesy of Fox Searchlight, and see for yourself. As seen in the opening 10 minutes, Sound of My Voice follows a couple (Nicole Vicius and Christopher Denham) as they infiltrate a secretive cult, intending to film a documentary exposing its leader as a fraud. But when they meet said leader -- in the form of Marling's Maggie, a young woman who claims to be from the future -- they fall deeper in than they ever imagined they would. Sound of My Voice, directed by Zal Batmanglij, is the second of Marling's Sundance 2011 pics to hit screens following Mike Cahill's Another Earth; both were co-written by Marling and screened to acclaim on the festival circuit. Shot on a tiny budget, SOMV pulls off a tremendous amount with very little in the way of the kind of resources available to most science fiction films, and like Another Earth it's very much an intimate-scale indie that builds a greater sense for the world around it. But between the two -- not to invite comparison, but it inevitably happens -- SOMV allows Marling to flex her acting muscles with one of the more complex and layered female characters in to come along in a while. That alone will be worth the price of admission come April 27. Fox Searchlight, meanwhile, needs to figure out a way to push SOMV farther than it did Another Earth, which suffered from a lack of clarity in its marketing materials and opened to disappointing box office, even for an admittedly small-scale film with no stars. This first-10-minutes clip is a good start; not only does it draw you in to the plot of SOMV and give you a sense of Batmanglij's shrewd directing style and the magnetic allure of Marling as Maggie, it also features a handful of "interactive" bonus features that click away to expand on ideas and concepts in the film, including viral clips like this. Follow Jen Yamato on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.

Monday, February 13, 2012

Mike as well as the Never Land Pirates (Finally) Welcomes Peter Pan

Mike as well as the Neverland Pirates Now you have he switched up! Disney Funnel features a huge hit on its hands while using Peter Pan-inspired animated series Mike as well as the Never Land Pirates - it's cable's top-rated show for boys age 2 to 5 - nevertheless the whole first season passed without any Pan Guy themselves. That changes tonight when the toon goes prime time getting a 1-hour special, Mike as well as the Never Land Pirates: Peter Pan Returns (7/6c, Disney Funnel). The plot finds Peter (voiced by Picket Fences vet Adam Wylie) around the quest for his mischievous shadow, which has elope not to Land without him."We never introduced in Peter because we didn't want him to think about attention from your core figures: Mike, Izzy and Cubby," describes executive producer Make the most of LaDuca. "He's their hero and also the arrival should be a sizable event." That is. The special also features six original tunes and several real drama, preschool-style."We sink Peter to his least expensive emotional point, then bring him support, clearly!Inch states producer and story editor Mark Seidenberg. "We usually be employed in 11-minute episodes. To own time for character development and associations and tunes that really gradually slowly move the story forward is amazing. The hour finishes getting a promise that Peter will probably be back."Alas, the special didn't lure Mess Bell, who remains a Mike holdout. Cracks LaDuca: "She's very busy along with her own kind of effective videos."Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!