New Line Readies 'Mortal Kombat' Reboot with Familiar Director

This spring, 'Mortal Kombat' fans were delighted by 'Mortal Kombat: Legacy,' numerous viral short films directed by Kevin Tancharoen ('Fame,' 'Glee: The 3 dimensional Concert Movie') which started as 'Mortal Kombat: Rebirth,' an unauthorized online video Tancharoen submitted to prove he could handle an energetic-action reboot of 'Mortal Kombat' for Warner Bros. Apparently, it labored! Deadline reviews that New Line is continue having a completely new 'Kombat' with Tancharoen set as director. Oren Uziel will write the script. Watch an instalment of 'Mortal Kombat: Legacy,' with Michael Jai White-colored and Jeri Ryan ahead to acquire a taste of methods much from Tancharoen's gaming reboot. [via Deadline]

Bruce Ramer Re-Elected Public Broadcasting Chair

Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images Bruce Ramer, one of Hollywood's top talent lawyers, has been re-elected chairman of the board of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Ramer, a name partner at Beverly Hills' Gang Tyre Ramer & Brown, will serve a second one-year term. Radio veteran Patricia Cahill was elected by the CPB board to serve as vice-chairman. Ramer formerly served on the board of LA's public station KCET and has been active in other public media for two decades. In addition, he's the chair of USC's annual institute on entertainment law and business (and he's been nice enough to invite me to moderate panels in the past). Email: Matthew.Belloni@thr.com Twitter: @THRMattBelloni Bruce Ramer

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Producers Guild Taps Steven Spielberg For David O. Selznick Award

La, CA (September 21, 2011) The Producers Guild of America (PGA) introduced today that producer, director, author and Principal Partner of DreamWorks Art galleries Steven Spielberg can get the 2012 David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Movies. The award is going to be presented to Spielberg within the 23rd Annual Producers Guild Honours ceremony on Saturday, The month of the month of january 21st within the Beverly Hilton Hotel in La. The Producers Guild of Americas Selznick Achievement Award recognizes a producers outstanding body at work in movies. Very good features a wealthy and distinguished history with past visitors including such legendary producers as Stanley Kramer, Saul Zaentz, Clint Eastwood, Billy Wilder, John Grazer, Jerry Bruckheimer, Roger Corman, Laura Ziskin, Kathleen Kennedy & Frank Marshall, John Lasseter and last years 2011 recipient Scott Rudin. One of the most prolific filmmakers ever, Stevens ongoing genius, imagination and fearlessness in the world of feature film entertainment is unmatched in this industry, mentioned Producers Guild Honours co-chairs Paula Wagner and Michael Manheim. Steven has produced most likely probably the most legendary films inside the good status for cinema which we now have undoubtedly he'll still bring thrilling adventures, psychologically moving story lines, thought invoking figures and cult classics to audiences all over the world. Were very proud to recognize Stevens contributions for the creating craft together with the whole film industry while using David O. Selznick recognition. David O. Selznick can be a true legend inside the creating area, and i am greatly honored being connected along with his title also to join the business of lots of distinguished filmmakers who've received this accolade, mentioned Spielberg. I am very grateful for the Producers Guild. Spielberg is, with one another, the most effective-grossing director ever, getting helmed such blockbusters as E.T.: The Extra-TERRESTRIAL, the INDIANA Manley franchise and JURASSIC PARK. Among his numerous honors, Spielberg can be a three-time Academy Award-champion, taking home his initial few wins for top Director and greatest Picture for SCHINDLERS LIST, which received a complete of seven Oscars and also the third for top Director in order to save PRIVATE RYAN. He's also acquired Academy Award nominations for top Director for MUNICH, E.T.: The Extra-TERRESTRIAL, RAIDERS In The LOST ARK and CLOSE ENCOUNTERS In The THIRD KIND. In addition, he acquired DGA Award nominations for people films additionally to JAWS, The Color Crimson, EMPIRE In The SUN and AMISTAD. In 2000, he received the DGAs Lifetime Achievement Award. He's also the individual finding the Irving G. Thalberg Award within the Academy of motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Hollywood Foreign Presss Cecil B. DeMille Award as well as the Kennedy Center Recognition, among other career tributes. More recently, he will be a producer of SUPER 8 directed by Qq Abrams. His approaching releases include his direction in the 3d animated film THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN: The Important Thing In The UNICORN, due for release December 23rd in lots of worldwide areas by Columbia Pictures and in your area by Vital Pictures. It's produced by Spielberg, Healing For Healing For Peter Jackson and Kathleen Kennedy. More youthful crowd directed WAR Equine, based on an award-winning novel that's been modified in to a major stage hit london and recently won Broadways Tony Award for top Drama. The DreamWorks Art galleries film opens December 28th. His next film for DreamWorks will probably be his direction of Lincoln subsequently subsequently which begins production in October. Apart from his filmmaking work and also the television projects, Spielberg has devoted his a while and assets to numerous philanthropic causes. The impact of his concentrate on SCHINDLERS LIST introduced him to look for the Righteous Persons Foundation more youthful crowd founded Children in the Shoah Visual History Foundation which increased being the USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual Background Education in 2005 which he might be the Chairman Emeritus in the Starlight Kids Foundation.

James Cameron to film Avatar sequels faster

You will find some famous equations available. E=MC². The Pythagorean Theorem: a² + b² = c². Now James Cameron has added a replacement: more frames = better three dimensional.Greater frame rates appear to become the way in which Hollywood is certainly going and Peter Jackson's The Hobbit is presently being shot at 48 fps (fps) as opposed to the standard 24fps most movies use today.However, JamCam states he aims to shoot the Avatar sequels at 60fps to produce first class three dimensional."In my opinion celebrate for better three dimensional," Cameron told The Hollywood Reporter."There have been plenty of arguments for why 48fps and why 60fps. My feeling is if it's an application upgrade [for digital cinema projectors], do both. It does not change anything in the projector it's not necessary to alter the light house or even the contacts. If you're uploading software you are able to upload it for 48 and 60 and allow the filmmakers decide."

Toronto 2011: Olivia Wilde on Celebrity Mania, Sexiest Lists, and Playing a Bisexual Stripper in 'Butter' (Video)

A few days ago, I sat down in a Toronto hotel room with Olivia Wilde -- the actress best known for her starring roles on TV's The O.C. (2004-2005) and House (2007-2011) and in the summer movies TRON: Legacy (2010), Cowboys & Aliens (2011), and The Change-Up (2011) -- for an extensive interview about her life, work, and worldview. Wilde, 27, is just about the hottest thing going at the moment -- not only in terms of her looks (although she is incredibly beautiful, as has been noted by many men's magazines and even Megan Fox, who is no slouch herself), but also in terms of being in-demand for a number of very exciting projects (including Butter, the indie comedy that premiered at the Telluride Film Festival earlier this month and screened at the Toronto International Film Festival last week). It wouldn't have surprised me, therefore, if she acted as if she had better things to do with her time than stop and reflect for 20 minutes -- but she could not have been lovelier. As you can see by checking out the video of our conversation (above), she is humble, smart, and funny. And, as you can see by checking out Butter (which will receive a limited release from The Weinstein Company this fall to qualify for awards consideration, and will then open more widely in 2012), she is fearless as an actress: in this particular film, she plays a tattooed, thong-clad, bisexual stripper who is more than a little deranged -- think Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction (1987) morphed with Evan Rachel Wood in Thirteen (2003) -- and, in just a few minutes of screen time, all but steals the movie (and its outtakes). Here are a few excerpts of our conversation... On getting into acting, with her parents' encouragement, as a kid "It was very therepeutic. It was a way to focus my unbridled energy on something creative. And it was really positive for me... I mean, I really think that many kids are overmedicated when, really, a focused artistic activity could be quite therepeutic in itself. So I'm really glad that they did that instead of putting me on lots of drugs!" STORY: Toronto 2011: Harvey Weinstein Pokes Fun at Michele Bachmann and Tea Party Before 'Butter' Screening On going to Hollywood 10 years ago "I'm really happy I didn't hit it big then. Gosh, that would be unhealthy... I was very lucky." On dealing with celebrity "It's really happened on a weird level only recently. I try to laugh at it... I mean, I understand how strange it is, the nature of celebrity, the nature of being chased by, like, twelve paparazzi every day. I mean, I don't do anything interesting. I try to warn then -- when I know they're following me, I say, like, 'I'm going to get my dry-cleaning. I just want to be clear so you don't waste gas money, 'cause it's expensive!... You gotta laugh... I understand that it's fleeting, and I'm not under the impression that this will, kind of, sustain itself at the weird level that it is now. Hopefully they'll realize how boring I am and they'll move on.'" On appearing on -- and not infrequently topping (see Maxim in 2009) -- most beautiful/sexiest lists "It was in my, you know, early, early twenties when that kind of stuff started happening, and I was like, 'This is so weird'... I haven't gotten one of those things in a while, which either means I'm getting uglier or, you know, they've realized that I'm not into it. You know, anytime someone uses a superlative to describe you, a lot of people are gonna disagree, and, you know, that's all you hear. When someone says, 'You're the best!' all you hear are the people going, 'No you're not!' And it's a weird feeling. I would never elect myself as one of those, you know, sexiest, prettiest, whatever people. You have to say, 'Thank you, it's very nice,' but not cling to it." PHOTOS: Telluride Film Festival: 12 Movies to Know On transitioning from TV to film "I think there has been a transition. I always did both at once -- I was doing The O.C. at the same time as shooting Alpha Dog and a few other indies... But, at this point, I have transitioned into films, and the people at House have been so supportive of that -- I mean, really gracious. I owe my film career to them, because they could have easily said, 'No, you may not have a few months off to shoot this movie.'" On how she landed her first big film roles "It's always something you don't expect. For instance, my role in Cowboys & Aliens -- Jon Favreau gave me that role because he was stuck in a hotel room in Hawaii, and his kids were watching that movie I did called Year One with Jack Black, which didn't do very well -- but apparently all the money we've made was from Jon Favreau's kids ordering it on Pay-Per-View... and Jon was forced to see me act, and he liked the character, and that's why he gave me Cowboys. So, like, you never know what leads to what. He'd never seen House... he didn't even know about it!" On playing a tattooed stripper in Butter "Just me in my natural state! This is a wig. I'm covering all of my neck tattoos right now. [laughs] I really loved the script for Butter -- it was on The Black List (an industry insiders' list of the best unproduced scripts) for years... [Brooke] was my favorite character -- this amazing, sardonic, weirdo stripper -- a very pragmatic, smart, girl... This movie is probably something I'm more proud of than most of the other things I've done because it is a little-movie-that-could. It's brave material -- it's strange and heartwarming, but also very offensive -- and that's why I love it." TELLURIDE REVIEW: Butter On the road ahead "If I'm lucky, I'll be able to continue mixing my acting life with this humanitarian work that I'm so proud to be a part of... In terms of Hollywood, I'm really excited to be developing some of my own material, and to be directing and producing. I just directed a short which is called Free Hugs, and it's a comedy, kind of in the vein of Bridesmaids... Sun City Picture House is an incredible documentary I'm so proud to be a producer of that is about the building of a movie theater in a refugee camp in Haiti... so I'm really into documentaries, but I'm also into directing narrative... I'm writing a feature-length script at the moment, which is funny -- well, hopefully... the great thing is, because I'm in the place where I can be a little pickier, I can only do things that really fascinate me now... I'm getting to work with some people that I've admired for years, and it's just so much fun... the great thing about having a higher profile is you can help these movies get made... that is a wonderful power, and if I can help do that now, at this point, then I'm very proud to do so!" Toronto International Film Festival Olivia Wilde Butter

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BREAKING! Deadlines Parent Company Sues The Hollywood Reporters Parent Company For Copyright Infringement

I have a feeling that Hollywood will be buzzing about this all day. For the record, Penske Media Corporation, the parent company and owner of various leading digital media properties including Deadline.com, this morning sued Prometheus Global Media LLC, which owns and operates The Hollywood Reporter, for copyright infringement. Here is the link toPMC’s complaint and its exhibits. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California and requesting a jury trial, is very juicy and makes for great reading. Here is the summary: As most businesses or individuals who operate within the industry of online publishing and digital media understand, copying, mimicking, and/or altering of others content and design unfortunately occurs intermittently within that industry. However, The Hollywood Reporter (“THR”) has differentiated itself from other companies within the media industry by not only carrying out this unethical practice with alarming regularity, indeed on an almost daily basis, but also by resorting to the outright theft of intellectual property, including but not limited to whole articles, content, software, source code and designs. In an industry where a companys brand is largely defined and dictated by the value of its originally created intellectual property, it is absolutely essential that intellectual property rights and assets be mightily protected from thievery, such as that exhibited by THR. This is evident through the billions of dollars that are spent on an annual basis by movie studios, TV networks, record labels, and media companies, as well as the U.S. government and other countries around the world, for the purpose of protecting and defending ownership of copyrighted original material and content from piracy. This is the same publishing and media industry in which PMC operates. Over many years, PMC has distinguished itself as a leader in entertainment and technology-related digital media by investing in its personnel, by researching and investigating, and by obtaining exclusive original content and time-sensitive breaking news stories about all facets of the entertainment and technology industries. Which is why THRs theft and piracy of PMCs content and intellectual property, as documented in this Complaint, is so significantly damaging to PMC, its brands, and its value and position in the marketplace. Among other reasons, PMC is filing this lawsuit to protect its content creation and development, and to finally put an end to THR and other websites misappropriation of PMCs hard-earned product and intellectual property. Enough is enough. PMC is taking a stand against desperate and copycat news organizations and media outlets such as THR that constantly monitor PMCs websites for the sole purpose of copying and imitating PMC websites news stories and original content within minutes after online publication. These copycat media outlets such as THR, rather than conducting their own independent reporting and investigation, developing their own sources and insiders, and generating their own leads and stories, simply steal PMCs content and pawn it off as their own. In truth, THR, faced with the harsh reality that it had become a second-rate entertainment industry news source unable to attract insiders attention anymore, changed ownership and re-launched its website. At first it hoped to create a competitive online presence by going after a broader consumer-focused audience with celebrity news and gossip. When consumer, retail and other related advertising failed to appear, THR began trying attracting Hollywood trade advertising again. It has become abundantly clear that part of THRs turnaround strategy was to engage in an unprecedented campaign of theft and misappropriation of PMCs intellectual property and content to accomplish that. First, THR attempted to poach PMCs key employees, by urging each employee to breach their existing and exclusive contractual obligations to PMC. When that strategy failed, THRs owners and managers pretended to negotiate with PMC for PMCs www.deadline.com (Deadline) to provide trade news for the relaunched THR website. When that strategy also failed, THR then began its incessant campaign of misappropriating wholesale content from Deadlines website. As if that were not bad enough, THR then egregiously and flagrantly stole integral source code and intellectual property from PMCs www.tvline.com (TVLine) website in a blatant act of copyright infringement. In fact, THR was so incompetent and careless in its theft, that it actually copied the original source code labels exactly as they existed on TVLine, and did not even attempt to rename them. Many of TVLines source code labels, which are created for organizational purposes, contain the initials MMC, the acronym for PMCs former name Mail.com Media Corporation (MMC). THR, in copying and pasting PMCs TVLine source code, are still utilizing the MMC initials within their labels. These initials act as a clear set of digital fingerprints that further demonstrate the glaringness of THRs theft. THR did not even make an effort to correct typographical errors contained in PMCs source code. As of the date of this Complaints filing, any individual can go to THRs website and, with the simple click of a mouse, discover THRs blatant infringement. Accordingly, PMC seeks to recover for the substantial damages it has suffered because of THR’s actions and to enjoin THR from continuing to steal PMCs property. Additionally, this action shall serve as notice to all those with similarly unethical and nefarious intentions that PMC shall not stand by idly and allow such injurious conduct. To the contrary, PMC will vigorously protect its rights and prosecute all those who aim to steal its original ideas, designs, and content. Again, I urge you to read the full complaint and its accompanying exhibits.

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Letter from Toronto: Michael Winterbottom Takes Hardy to India with Trishna (and More)

Michael Winterbottom makes so many movies that some of them creep into festivals very quietly and, just as quietly, creep out, never to be seen again. That wasn’t the case with The Trip, which played here last year, a woolly exploration of middle-aged angst that featured Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon (as themselves) bickering and trading Sean Connery impersonations as they made their way through the English countryside. But two years before that, in 2008, Winterbottom brought a picture called Genova to the festival, a mildly engaging drama in which Colin Firth plays a father who moves his family to Italy after the death of their mother. The picture never got a U.S. release, fading like the worn face of a stone saint on a medieval church. I hope American audiences get to see Trishna, Winterbottom’s take on Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the d’Urbervilles set in contemporary India. Freida Pinto is Trishna, the Tess character, who comes from an impoverished family living in a small village. Jay (Riz Ahmed), is her Angel/Alec (Hardy purists should be warned that the two characters have been condensed into one), a man who sweeps her away from her life of poverty, only to end up resenting and degrading her. Even if Winterbottom has taken what some might consider unforgivable liberties with the story, Trishna works: Winterbottom has a feel for the story’s landscape, including the hardscrabble beauty of the countryside, all yellow dust and scrubby trees. It’s both a place Trishna needs to escape from and it’s home — there’s no safety or freedom there, but it’s the only place she’s truly herself. Pinto gives a lovely performance here. No other role she’s been given — as the hero’s dream woman in Slumdog Millionaire, or as a Palestinian orphan girl in Julian Schnabel’s deeply disappointing Miral — has asked as much of her, and she greets the challenge boldly. In the barest terms of the plot, Trishna is a victim, a tragic heroine, but Pinto always lets you see the character’s immovable self-assurance shimmering beneath the surface — that’s the very thing that threatens her lover and tormentor, and brings about her downfall. In Winterbottom’s scenario, Jay’s sudden turn against Trishna isn’t believable or readable in movie terms — his love for her appears to be operated by a switch that turns off abruptly without cause or reason — but it makes sense in the grander scheme of the impossibility of love. The dialogue here is mostly improvised — this is a casual, hip-pocket approach to a revered classic — but Winterbottom keeps the story moving deftly. We might appreciate Winterbottom more if he worked less, but he’s unlike any other filmmaker on the landscape, trying something new just about every year. Some of it sticks and some of it doesn’t. But almost always, he gives us something worth looking at. This is my last morning in Toronto, and even though I’ve seen plenty here, the ghosts of all the films I’ve missed are already starting to haunt me. Then there are the ones I saw and simply didn’t have time to write about, like Malgorzata Szumowska’s Elles, in which Juliette Binoche plays an upper-class French journalist whose investigation of the lives of two young prostitutes triggers more awareness of the cracks in her own life. Szumowska can’t quite make the contrast work, but Binoche is typically wonderful here — her scenes with the young women are pure pleasure to watch. Also noteworthy is Urbanized (pictured above), the third documentary by Gary Hustwit, following Helvetica, a study of the much-used and much-loved typeface, and Objectified, which explores the design behind the objects we use everyday (like, for example, the MacBook I’m using right now). Full disclosure: Hustwit is a friend. But his fleet, concise documentary about urban planning and the lives of cities — you could call it an unspoken love letter to the spirit of Jane Jacobs — is the kind of picture that opens your eyes to all kinds of details that slip past us city dwellers every day. And with that, I bid Toronto adieu. I’ve had a terrific week, seeing movies and getting jacked on Coffee Crisps (which, next to English Kit-Kats, may be God’s perfect candy). I always miss this city and its festival when I leave, but I happily look forward to returning next year. And so until then, goodbye, Toronto.

Blood of My Blood (Sangue do meu sangue)

A Midas Filmes release (in Portugal) of a Midas Filmes presentation. (International sales: Midas Filmes, Lisbon.) Produced by Pedro Borges. Directed, written by Joao Canijo.With: Rita Blanco, Anabela Moreira, Cleia Almeida, Rafael Morais, Marcello Urgeghe, Nuno Lopes, Beatriz Batarda, Fernando Luis, Teresa Madruga, Teresa Tavares. (Portuguese, English dialogue)A soap opera filtered through the influences of Mike Leigh, Robert Altman and John Cassavetes, Jose Canijo's "Blood of My Blood" is an overlong portrait of a family living in one of Lisbon's rougher districts. Although writer-director Canijo developed the dialogue, a la Leigh, with his cast over a two-year workshop process, the actual material is little more than the customary tropes found in many urban melodramas, only here played by gifted actors. Global exposure will be restricted to major fests; local October opening will generate minor biz. The film also will air in a TV version of three 50-minute episodes, adding to the impression that this is, fundamentally, high-class novella. Early passages, the first set in the home of drug dealer Telmo (Nuno Lopes) and the second in the noisy apartment of Marcia (longtime Canijo collaborator Rita Blanco), have a lived-in, meandering quality to them, in which conversations take place in real time. Marcia's home and family are the pic's central focus, as she tries to keeps the clan together while her grown son Joca (Rafael Morais) gets involved in Telmo's racket, grown daughter Claudia (Cleia Almeida) falls in love with her nursing-school professor Beto (Marcello Urgeghe), and lonely thirtysomething sister Ivete (Anabela Moreira) looks for a decent man (while being overly affectionate with Joca). The dramatic structure is a chain of extended sequences, in which Canijo's roving, telephoto-lensed camera observes the actors as if eavesdropping on them. Overlapping dialogue, which feels contrived here, evokes the Altman touch, while the dominance of actors' performances above all else parallel's Leigh. The setting isn't close to the slum conditions in such Pedro Costa films as "In Vanda's Room," with the sense of poverty felt mostly through dialogue rather than visuals. As he has done in previous films, such as 2004's "In the Darkness of the Night," Canijo dwells in the sordid corners of existence, here climaxing the film with a face-off between Ivete and Telmo that takes sexual humiliation to unpleasant levels. Blanco stands out as a mom who fights to defend her daughter's future prospects. All thesps exhibit unaffected naturalism. Production aspects are kept at a less-than-glossy level, and the decision to eschew a supporting music score is smart.Camera (color, DV), Mario Castanheira; editor, Joao Braz; production designer, Jose Pedro Penha Lopes; sound (DTS/SDDS/Dolby Digital), Olivier Blanc, Ricardo Leal, Gerard Rousseau, Elsa Ferreira; assistant director, Patrick Mendes. Reviewed at Toronto Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema), Sept. 10, 2011. (Also in San Sebastian Film Festival -- competing, Rio de Janeiro, Pusan film festivals.) Running time: 139 MIN. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

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Charlie Sheen Can get Roasted, States He's Through "Winning"

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Mark Taper Forum Discloses Blockbuster Season

Mark Taper Forum Discloses Blockbuster Season By L'ensemble des Spindle September 9, 2011 Photo by Johan Persson Alfred Molina in "Red-colored," area of the Mark Taper Forum's 2012 season, on Broadway. The Middle Theatre Group's Mark Taper Forum in La has introduced a fantastic slate of productions with this venerablevenue's 45th season in 2012. New plays by David Mamet and Jon Robin Baitz take presctiption the roster, too asthe classic tragicomedy "Awaiting Godot" through the immortal absurdistscribe Samuel Beckett, set to star Alan Mandell and Craig McGovern.Also red-colored-hot about this slate would be the local bows of Bruce Norris' 2010 Pultizer and Olivier award-winning "Clybourne Park" andJohn Logan's 2010 Tony-winning play, "Red-colored,"which willstar Alfred Molina.The icing about this sinfully wealthy cake is really a world premiere musical, "Los Otros," by Ellen Fitzhugh and also the gifted Broadway author-tunesmith Michael John LaChiusa ("The Wild Party," "Marie Christine," "See Things I Wanna See"), who for several years hasbeen awelcome L.A. mainstay, working together with Daniel Henning in the Blank Theatre Company on local renditons of his works. Multiple Tony nominee Graciela Daniele will direct this offering, that was comissionned by CTG. Artistic director Michael Ritchie refers to this as "an attractive two-character musical by having an intriguing and moving perspective about the Mexican immigrant experience." Find Out More ON BLOG STAGE Mark Taper Forum Discloses Blockbuster Season By L'ensemble des Spindle September 9, 2011 Alfred Molina in "Red-colored," area of the Mark Taper Forum's 2012 season, on Broadway. PHOTO CREDIT Johan Persson The Middle Theatre Group's Mark Taper Forum in La has introduced a fantastic slate of productions with this venerablevenue's 45th season in 2012. New plays by David Mamet and Jon Robin Baitz take presctiption the roster, too asthe classic tragicomedy "Awaiting Godot" through the immortal absurdistscribe Samuel Beckett, set to star Alan Mandell and Craig McGovern.Also red-colored-hot about this slate would be the local bows of Bruce Norris' 2010 Pultizer and Olivier award-winning "Clybourne Park" andJohn Logan's 2010 Tony-winning play, "Red-colored,"which willstar Alfred Molina.The icing about this sinfully wealthy cake is really a world premiere musical, "Los Otros," by Ellen Fitzhugh and also the gifted Broadway author-tunesmith Michael John LaChiusa ("The Wild Party," "Marie Christine," "See Things I Wanna See"), who for several years hasbeen awelcome L.A. mainstay, working together with Daniel Henning in the Blank Theatre Company on local renditons of his works. Multiple Tony nominee Graciela Daniele will direct this offering, that was comissionned by CTG. Artistic director Michael Ritchie refers to this as "an attractive two-character musical by having an intriguing and moving perspective about the Mexican immigrant experience."Find Out More ON BLOG STAGE

Docs, toons boost French TV exports

BIARRITZ -- Driven by documentary and animation programs sales, French TV exports rose 5.1% in 2010 to reach e105.6 million ($148.4 million), according to figures unveiled Wednesday at the TVFI Biarritz Rendez-Vous. TVFI's Mathieu Bejot said the market rebound concerned trading volume more than revs. "New digital channels that have become important buyers of French programs but they are generally investing less in original programming than the traditional terrestrial broadcasters," according to the report compiled by the CNC and TVFI. Animated programs' sales progressed 9.1% to $48.9 million euros, while docus' climbed 13.7% to $37.1 million. Formats continued to grow, generating $24.1 million, a 4.9% increase on 2009. Meanwhile, drama sales fell 11.6% to $26.8 million. Bejot said the revenue drop was mainly due to declining production levels and the wrap of such bestselling, long-running series as "Navarro" and "Julie Lescaut." Bejot also pointed out specific examples of fiction drama series that have scored top ratings overseas, such as "Spiral, " which is sold by Newen Distribution. "Spiral"'s format has been optioned by BBC America, per Bejot. International co-production investment rose 7.2% to $88.2 million; and pre-sales fell 12.9% to $42.8 million. These figures were bolstered by the comicbook-based series "XIII," which was commissioned by Canal Plus and received large co-production and pre-sales investment from the U.S. and Canada, according to Caroline Jeanneau, head of studies and statistics at the CNC. Western Europe remained the No. 1 consumer of Gallic programs, repping just under 60% of French exports' total sales revenues with $87.4 million spent in 2010. Sales to North America climbed 28.3% to $17.3 million, while Latin America's rose 61.1% to $5.2 million. Scandinavia showed the biggest spike with an increase of 66.6% to $10.2 million. Deals to Asia also rose 18.6% to reach a healthy $14.3 million, driven by a progression in sales from Southeastern Asian countries including Japan. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

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An Easy within the Forest

Britta, the brand new kid at Highland High, has reason to rejoice this Christmas: her sadness has summond Carol Boy, the spirit of year, awakening him in the stony sleep enforced through the dark elf, King Otto. This takes hold motion an earthly in addition to unearthly fight which rages concurrently: Youthful Britta must face her fears and execute a dying-repel aerial act within the school's Christmas Pageant, while Carol Boy battles the forces of evil, both battles fought against to be able to save the college and also the Carol Forest. Ultimately, it's not only a fight for any scholarship award or even the forest through the school, it is a fight for Christmas and all sorts of the great Will and Glat Tidings the season means.