Megan Ellison to finance 'Foxcatcher'

EllisonMegan Ellison has come on to finance Bennett Miller's "Foxcatcher" through her Annapurna Pictures banner. Variety recently revealed that Steve Carell will star in the project, which was previously set up at MRC, though the company is no longer involved. Ellison will produce with Anthony Bregman, Jon Kilik and Miller, while Tom Heller and Michael Coleman will exec produce. Carell will play John du Pont, the paranoid schizophrenic heir to the du Pont chemical fortune who murdered Olympic wrestler David Schultz in broad daylight in 1996. E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman ("Capote") wrote the film, which Miller has been developing since 2007. There is no production start date yet, though "Foxcatcher" is expected to be Miller's next picture. Annapurna recently paid more than $20 million to acquire rights to the "Terminator" franchise. Ellison plans to put the first of two pictures in production before the end of 2012, though no screenwriter has been hired and the search has resumed for a director now that Justin Lin has dropped out in order to direct Universal's sequel to "Fast Five." Annapurna is also financing Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal's untitled Navy SEAL pic about the hunt for Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. Sony will distribute the Ellison-produced film on Oct. 12, 2012. Additionally, Ellison financed Paul Thomas Anderson's next film, which will be released by The Weinstein Company. TWC is also distributing John Hillcoat's Annapurna-financed bootlegging drama "The Wettest County in the World," which stars Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy and Jessica Chastain. Contact Jeff Sneider at jeff.sneider@variety.com

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Nicolas Cage Defends Betty Draper in Worldwide Trailer for 'Justice'

Just like a fundamental cable network filling programming hrs, Nicolas Cage keeps producing genre-tinged content. The Oscar champion -- who definitely are observed in 'Trespass' with Nicole Kidman later this fall "seen" -- has another thriller striking theaters within the near-ant future: 'Justice,' where Cage stars like a guy roped into helping a vigilante group following a brutal attack on his wife ('Mad Men' star The month of january Johnson). Spoiler alert: this really looks promising! A minimum of inside a late-evening movie sort-of way. Watch ahead. Directed by Roger Donaldson ('No Way To Avoid It,A 'Thirteen Days'), 'Justice' does not have U.S. distribution at this time, but when you are working in london on November. 16, you should check it available. [through the Sun]

Start Searching at Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone in 'Gangster Squad'

'Crazy, Stupid Love' stars Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling reunite (and rock the retro chic) round the number of their new movie 'Gangster Squad.' The 19 forties La crime drama finds Gosling and Josh Brolin as cops gunning for mobster Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn) Stone might be the woman caught inside the crossfire. More photos of Gosling and Stone experiencing every day neighborhood utilizing their bulldog ahead. images because of BAUERGRIFFIN LLC

Canada Oscar entry is 'Lazhar'

MONTREAL -- Quebec writer-director Philippe Falardeau's "Monsieur Lazhar" is Canada's submission to the Oscars for the foreign-language film category.Federal funding agency Telefilm Canada made the announcement Wednesday.The French-language film tells the story of an Algerian refugee in Montreal who takes over as substitute teacher of a sixth grade class after the original teacher dies. "Monsieur Lazhar" won the city of Toronto award for best Canadian feature at the Toronto Film Festival on Sunday plus the Variety Piazza Grande award and the UBS audience award at Locarno in August.Falardeau's previous films include "C'est pas moi, je le jure" (2009), "Congorama" (2006) and "La moitie gauche du Frigo" (2000).The deadline for all countries to send in their submissions is Oct. 1. The 84th Academy Awards will be held Feb. 26 at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

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This Side of Resurrection (Deste lado da ressurreicao)

A Rosa Filmes release and presentation. Produced by Maria Joao Sigalho. Directed by Joaquim Sapinho. Screenplay, Monica Santana Baptista, Rui Santos, Luis Araujo, Joaquim Sapinho.With: Pedro Sousa, Joana Barata, Sofia Grillo, Pedro Carmo, Luis Castro, Joao Cardoso, Mariana Antonio.Featuring one of the more unusual recent film characters -- a surfing monk, or perhaps a monkish surfer -- Joaquim Sapinho's "This Side of Resurrection" undermines its best intentions with a stilted rendering of complex family relationships involving the surfer, his adoring younger sister and alienated mother. The bland storytelling is paradoxically set against the spectacular backdrop of Portugal's Guincho beach, with Nuno Cardoso's brilliant underwater lensing providing a powerful sense of what it's like to be in and under the waves. Surf looks glassy at fests and markets and in local November release. After a stint in a nearby monastery, Rafael (Pedro Sousa) has returned to catching waves -- well-formed 10-footers he manages with aplomb. His mother (vet thesp Sofia Grillo) lied to daughter Ines (Joana Barata, who provides the pic's only emotional pull) that Rafael had split from the family to hang 10 in Oz, much like their long-absent surfing champ dad. Ines has b.f. problems, and Rafael is drawn back to the monastery and one good-looking monk. A stupefying sense of ennui and boredom overwhelms the overlong film's potentially dynamic fusion of psychological and physical space.Camera (color, DV), Leonardo Simoes; editor, Santos; set decorator, Patricia Ameixial; costume designer, Ameixial. Reviewed at Toronto Film Festival (Visions), Sept. 17, 2011. Running time: 118 MIN. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

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High five for Signature

Kenneth Lonergan, Annie Baker, Katori Hall, Will Eno and Regina Taylor are actually named the initial playwrights to sign up the Residency Five program at Off Broadway's Signature Theater. Initiative, which guarantees each author three world premiere productions over five years, reps a considerable step-up inside the ongoing creating activity of Signature, sometimes known for programming entire seasons of basically one playwright's work. That program, now referred to as Residency One, continues next season with Athol Fugard. The launch of Residency Five, which honours each author $50,000 additionally to health improvements together with a stipend for theater tickets, coincides while using imminent opening in the Signature's new midtown venue, the Signature Center, with three theaters on tap to support full productions (versus. only one stage inside the org's prior space). Hall's play "The Mountaintop" opens on Broadway the next month in the run that stars Samuel L. Jackson and Angela Bassett, while Baker ("Circle Mirror Transformation") has in recent seasons become among Gotham's most-produced youthful playwrights. Eno's "Middletown" bowed last season within the Vineyard, and Lonergan's "The Starry Messenger" was seen Off Broadway this past year. Taylor ("Magnolia") composed in addition to-produced musical "Crowns." Signature also needs to continue an even more official Legacy Program using the aim of creating plays by past resident scribes, whether new works or revivals. Residency Five program is certainly a unique one among nonprofit creating orgs, which more often explore new be employed in a measure-by-step process based on bloodstream pressure dimensions and courses that don't represent any persistence for stage an entire production. Signature Center opens in February, with programming still being introduced. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com

DGA Wrongly Burned Burn Notice In Report

DGA ReportOn Director Diversity In Employing Practices For Episodic TV La The Organization company directors Guild of America now launched research analyzing the ethnicity and gender of company company directors hired to direct primetime episodic television for your 2010-2011 television season. Sadly, the statistic reported for Burn Notice incorrectly established that Burn Notice did not hire any women or minority company company directors throughout this year's-2011 television season. We have been informed that Burn Notice did really hire women or minority company company directors to direct 2 of the 18 episodes through the 2011 season, which might have changed its percentage from % to 11% of company company directors for your shows 2011 season. The error required it's origin from incomplete information for your 2011 season which was confirmed as accurate with the studio when sent the DGA figures for verification. The DGA has since received information within the studio about additional episodes shot inside the 2011 season, such as the two episodes shot by women or minority company company directors. The DGA regrets the error and apologizes for nearly any inconvenience this may have triggered, and contains cured the information on the web and for nearly any future use.

Katy Perry's 'Teenage Dream': Capitol to produce Sixth Single Within the Album

"Nothing embarked, nothing acquired."our editor recommendsAdele, Katy Perry Push Album Sales to First Increase Since 2004MTV VMAs: Katy Perry Tops Award WinnersMTV VMAs: Katy Perry's 8 Most Memorable Music Video Moments Such might be the thinking, as voiced by EMI Music/Capitol Records EVP/marketing and promotion Greg Thompson, behind the label's decision to produce a sixth pop radio single from Katy Perry's album, Teenage Dream. PHOTOS: MTV VMAs: Best and Worst Moments The set's "One Which Got Away" is applicable to airplay the next month. And what's acquired can be a first inside the Billboard Hot 100's 53-year history. The initial five singles within the album - "California Gurls," featuring Snoop Dogg the title cut "Firework" "E.T.," featuring Kanye and, "Last Friday Evening (T.G.I.F.)" - all showed up in the 100's summit, making Perry the initial lady to notch five No. 1s concerning the chart in a single album. Michael Jackson might be the only real other artist to own accomplished the job, getting acquired five leaders from Bad later-88. (The sixth single from "Bad," "Another Part of Me," peaked at No. 11. Seventh and final single "Smooth Criminal" showed up at No. 7). PHOTOS: MTV VMAs: Red-colored-colored Carpet Arrivals Thus, should "One" stay with the very first five singles from Envision, Perry would end up being the first artist to compromise open a six-pack of Hot 100 No. 1s in a single album. The label stressed it's not particularly delivering "One" while using about spinning Hot 100 history. Rather, your final decision factors in Perry's fondness for your song, its ear-catching hook and her apparent good reputation for success at pop radio. "Whether or not this visits No. 1, that could be great," mentioned Thompson. "Otherwise, you will find there's Katy song concerning the radio in fourth quarter," potentially fueling further sales for Dream within typically the most popular of shopping seasons. PHOTOS: MTV Video Music Honours 2011: The Nominees Even if "One" is not a Hot 100 No. 1, Perry still offers her fans the gift from the Yuletide-timed release. Whether or not this does attain the apex, Perry herself opens the gift of unequalled Hot 100 history. Adding towards the song's chart-topping potential: a "touch-up," Dr. Luke has produced a hidden edit in the album version (they also produced), according to Thompson, together with a relevant video. The label is presently "reading through through remedies" for your recommended clip. (Perry composed the song with Dr. Luke - a.k.a. Lukasz Gottwald -- and Max Martin). Perry's "California Dreams Tour," which started in February, continues with U.S., South American and European dates through 12 ,. 1. In the 40 concerts reported to Billboard Boxscore, the tour makes $22 million and carried out to 408,000 fans. STORY: MTV Video Music Honours Champion Katy Perry: 'Firework' can be a Movement On its route to equaling the King of Pop's Hot 100 milestone, Dream has offered 1.8 million copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The set opened up up at No. 1 concerning the Billboard 200 a couple of times of Sept. 11, 2010, and contains ongoing to become inside the chart's top 40 for individuals 55 of the chart days. While "One" might be the sixth pop single from Dream, another track within the album has assigned a Billboard tally. "Peacock" grew to become an associate from the set's five Hot 100 leaders as No. 1s on Billboard's Dance Club Tunes chart. Related Subjects Katy Perry Michael Jackson