Protag takes 'Sister' privileges

LONDON - The U.K.'s Protagonist Pictures has had on world privileges for helmer-scribe Lynn Shelton's "Your Sister's Sister," among the buzz game titles at Toronto this month, excluding The United States, Blighty, Gaul, New zealand and australia. IFC clicked up domestic privileges after its Toronto preem. Pic has offered to some raft of worldwide areas such as the U.K. (Studiocanal) and France (Le Pacte), plus Oz and New Zealand (Madman). Deals were came to the conclusion by UTA and Submarine Entertainment. Pic stars Emily Blunt and Rosemarie DeWitt and follows the storyline of siblings who compete for the similar guy. Steven Schardt created, while Vallejo Ganter, Jennifer Roth, Mark Duplass and Shelton professional created. Duplass and Shelton first worked with on 2009's "Humpday." Contact Diana Lodderhose at diana.lodderhose@variety.com

Begin To See The Vampire Journals Stars Then and today

Paul Wesley The heavens from the Vampire Journals may play senior high school teens on tv, but what did they seem like once they were barely grown ups? The Vampire Journals Bite: Is Damon a better option for Elena? Within the latest gallery from Snakkle.com, see Paul Wesley give his best student portrait pose and Candice Accola throughout her days like a backup singer for Miley Cyrus. Plus: Katerina Graham is at a Lindsay Lohan movie? See the photos here.

Joe Roth Taking Producer Role In Julia Roberts-Starrer Maleficent For Disney

EXCLUSIVE: If Joe Roth were anymore carefully connected with favorite anecdotes, he’d be among the Grimm Siblings. Roth, who help start Hollywood’s feverish devotion to story book films by creating the $1 billion-grossing Alice's adventures in wonderland, is settling being producer of Maleficent, Disney’s re-telling of their 1959 classic Sleeping Beauty, this time around told in the standpoint from the evil witch. It’s not a secret that Julia Roberts really wants to play that character. The script was compiled by Linda Woolverton, who scripted Alice's adventures in wonderland in addition to Disney’s lately re-launched The Lion King and sweetness and also the Animal. They're searching for a director following a preliminary courtship of Alice helmer Tim Burton didn’t exercise. Apart from Alice's adventures in wonderland, Roth is creating Disney’s Mike Raimi-directed Disney pic Oz: The Truly Amazing and Effective with James Franco, Michelle Williams, Mila Kunis and Rachel Weisz, in addition to Snow Whitened and also the Huntsman, the Universal Pictures epic that's being directed by Rupert Sanders and stars Charlize Theron, Billy Burke and Chris Hemsworth.

Russell Brand to Help Julianne Hough Sin, Find Herself in Diablo Cody's Directorial Debut

Footloose remake co-star and Dancing with the Stars ingnue Julianne Hough has landed the lead in Diablo Cody’s newly untitled feature directorial debut about a conservative young woman who regains her faith after heading to Sin City. And who will play the wild and crazy figure that helps her on her debauched path to redemption? None other than Russell Brand. Perfect casting, no? Mandate Pictures made the announcement today in a press release that curiously referred to the project, previously titled Lamb of God, as Untitled Diablo Cody Project. Maybe the film’s undergoing a title change? Regardless, Brand’s sort of a no-brainer in the way of mentoring anyone in the ways of Vegas-style depravity, and Hough’s acting career is on the rise; she’s certainly got the innocent, All American look down even if her dramatic talents are relatively unproven. With Cody both writing and behind the camera, it’ll be interesting to see how much Hough can stray from her good girl image. Press release follows… =========== Mandate Pictures announced today that Julianne Hough (FOOTLOOSE) and Russell Brand (GET HIM TO THE GREEK) will star in the UNTITLED DIABLO CODY PROJECT. Academy Award winner Diablo Cody will make her feature directorial debut from her original screenplay. Mason Novick (500 DAYS OF SUMMER) will produce. Mandate president Nathan Kahane (50/50) will executive produce alongside Diablo Cody. Nicole Brown, EVP of Production, is overseeing the project on behalf of Mandate Pictures. The project is on a fast track for a spring production start. Lionsgate is handling international sales and will present the film as part of their upcoming American Film Market slate.The comedy follows a sheltered young woman (Hough) who loses her faith after a plane crash and decides to go to Las Vegas to experience the wild side of life. On her journey, she meets an unlikely companion (Brand) who inadvertently helps her find her true self.Julianne Hough is represented by CAA and Azoff, Geary, Paul, Smith Management. Russell Brand is represented by WME and manager Nik Linnen. Diablo Cody is also represented by WME and attorney Jeff Frankel of McKuin Frankel Whitehead LLP. Dan Freedman, SVP of Business & Legal Affairs, and Allison Strina, VP of Business & Legal Affairs, negotiated the deals for Mandate.THE UNTITLED DIABLO CODY PROJECT marks the third collaboration with Cody, Novick and Mandate after their successful partnerships on JUNO and YOUNG ADULT, which will be released by Paramount Pictures this December. JUNO, directed by Reitman and written by Cody, garnered a host of accolades, including an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay (Diablo Cody) and three Academy Award nominations for Best Motion Picture (Lianne Halfon, Mason Novick and Russell Smith, Producers), Best Actress, and Best Director. The $227 million box-office and critical sensation was released by Fox Searchlight in late 2007. ###

TV Ratings: 'The Office' Return Dips, 'The Large Bang Theory' Tops Thursday

NBC Your competitors will get fierce on Thursday nights. Fox assigned the evening while using second episode in the X Factor (12.5 million total audiences, 4.3 rating in grownups 18-49 demographic). Simon Cowell's new reality competition series tied its series debut on Wednesday in general audiences and retaining nearly all its demo (4.3 versus. 4.4). Up to now now, the network has notched victories for 3 in the four nights in the fall season. (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday). PHOTOS: Fall TV Dying Pool: Which Show Will Probably Be Axed First? Still, it absolutely was CBS' premiere in the Large Bang Theory (14.millions of, 4.8 and 14.7 million, 5.) -- the show, airing back-to-back episodes and praising Jim Parson's second Emmy win -- that needed the crown since the evening's finest-rated and several-seen program due to its 8:30-9 p.m. telecast. Person of curiosity (13.2 million, 3.1), our prime-concept drama from J.J. Abrams and Jonathan Nolan was lower 9 % compared to CSI's premiere, but ranked since the most-seen program at 9 p.m. At 10 p.m., The Mentalist (13.6 000 0000, 2.8), lower 18 percent in the premiere a year ago, still won the evening in general tune-in. CBS wasn't any. 2 inside the demo, calculating a 3.6, but ongoing to fulfill its title in the "most-seen network," calculating a Thursday high: 13.6 000 0000. PHOTOS: Behind the curtain of THR's 'X Factor' Cover Shoot ABC's Charlie's Angels reboot (8.7 million, 2.1), though undertaking more than the launch of My Generation last September, didn't exactly strike a chord with audiences. The Two-hour premiere of Grey's Anatomy (10.3 million, 4.1) dipped 24 percent and ranks since the veteran medical drama's least expensive-premiere so far. NBC's Thursday evening comedy selection all saw decreases from a year ago, with lots of striking lows due to its season openers: Community (4 million, 1.7) dipped 23 percent, Parks & Entertainment (4.millions of, 2.) was lower 38 percent as well as the Office (7.6 000 0000, 3.9), while using reveal from the new branch manager as well as the first episode of James Spader's just like a regular, saw a 11 percent drop. The eighth season opener in the Office is its least expensive-rated since the first season. PHOTOS: Fall's 12 Most Anticipated Shows Even Whitney (6.millions of, 3.2) didn't boost the debut at work comedy Outsourced, which was canceled after one season, lower 11 percent. The lull affected the launch of latest series Prime Suspect (6 000 0000, 1.8), the U.S. reboot with Maria Bello, which barely contended having its competition (The Mentalist, Grey's Anatomy) at 10 p.m. Facing heavy competition, the CW dramas The Vampire Journals (2.5 million, 1.2) as well as the Secret Circle (2 million, .9) both saw steep drops. TV Ratings

A Gifted Man's Neal Baer States Show Explores the Moments around that Change Everything

Patrick Wilson While A Gifted Guy is rooted in medicine, it's also about twists of fate, executive producer Neal Baer states."Most of us consider people moments inside our lives that stand out where serendipity, synchronicity, fate - anything you like to think of it as - intervened," according to him. "The show really explores people moments inside our lives that could change everything."Fall TV: Have the lowdown relating to this season's must-see new showsIn the premiere, famous neurosurgeon Michael Holt (Patrick Wilson) reunites with ex-wife Anna (Jennifer Ehle). He soon finds out she's dead which he's been interacting with a ghost. Michael is going to be designated with ongoing the task she'd started inside a low-earnings clinic. Holt's practice "has all you need, every test, every tool and each gadget and gadget. The clinic his wife went doesn't have an X-ray machine. You can too supply the same kind of healthcare? No," Baer states.Anna's arrival not only triggers a completely new number of problems as Michael goes back-and-forth involving the two centers, but forces him to look hard into why he's been so closed off around, a sizable reason the pair got divorced. "He has many emotional and issues about why he's built this beautiful wall around themselves that we'll be exploring," Baer adds.CBS' A Gifted Guy will explore the upstairs-downstairs, science versus. belief sides of medicineWhile Baer, who executive-produced ER, values the series certainly gets the "pace and pathos" from the medical series, he thinks the supernatural aspect will draw people in. "It's this twist of searching on the planet diversely, and thinking about our pasts, and turns we now have taken that we hope people will respond to.InchA Gifted Guy premieres Friday on 8/7c on CBS.

Your Best Guide towards the Negative Side of 'The Avengers' Cast

Because it works out, even superheroes possess a negative side. In 'Puncture,' in limited release on Friday, Chris Evans shows a crusading personal injuries lawyer... who also is actually hooked on various drugs. You heard right: Captain America is really a smack mind. What's going to the small Jimmys and Johnnys around the globe think about him?! Fortunately -- or regrettably, based on your view -- Evans is not alone one of the cast of 'The Avengers' if this involves representing figures of questionable conduct in other projects. Ahead, a closer inspection in the all-star cast from the approaching Marvel super hero flick, with particular attention compensated for their more dark roles. The Negative Side of 'The Avengers' Cast Robert Downey Junior, 'Less Than Zero'Chris Evans, 'Puncture'Chris Hemsworth, 'Ollie Klublershturf Versus. the Nazis'Samuel L. Jackson, 'Jungle Fever'Jeremy Renner, 'Dahmer'Mark Ruffalo, 'Reservation Road'Scarlett Johansson, 'The Last Score' See All Moviefone Art galleries » All gallery images thanks to Everett