2012 Movie Preview: Blockbusters, from 'The Hunger Games' to 'The Dark Dark evening Rises'

With 2011 within the dying cycle, selection time to anticipate 2012. All this week, Moviefone will preview the apparently endless method to obtain large-time films striking theaters through the following 12 several days -- from 'The Demon Inside' to 'Django Unchained' and all things in between. Next: the 12 blockbusters to check out for next season. 2012 Preview: Blockbusters 'John Carter''The Hunger Games''Marvel's The Avengers''Dark Shadows' & 'Frankenweenie''Men in Black 3''Snow White-colored & the Huntsman''Jack the big Killer''Abraham Lincoln subsequently subsequently: Vampire Hunter''G.I. Joe: Retaliation''The Amazing Spider-Guy''The Dark Dark evening Increases''Cloud Atlas'Dishonorable Mention: 'Ghost Driver: Spirit of Vengeance' See All Moviefone Galleries » EARLIER: 2012 Movie Preview: Comedies [Photo: Warner Bros.] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Brad Pitt Reveals What He, Sony Did to Save 'Moneyball'

Brad Pitt recalls it as "a dark weened for all of us." It was June 2009, and Sony Pictures Entertainment co-chairman Amy Pascal and CEO Michael Lynton had pulled the plug on "Moneyball" only days before it was to go before cameras with Steven Soderbergh directing and Pitt starring, after five years of development and months of preproduction."It was really hard," recalls Pascal. "It was hard making that decision. It was really hard making it OK with Brad. I feel terrible because I think Steven Soderbergh is a wonderful director."But she couldn't go along with Soderbergh's last-minute rewrite of the script by Steven Zaillian, which had been built on an earlier script by Stan Chervin. Soderbergh planned to take a semi-documentary approach to what was already a sports story with questionable commercial appeal -- at a studio budget approaching $60 million."It was just a case of honest creative differences because that script didn't reflect all of our hopes and Sony's hopes and ambitions developed prior to Soderbergh coming on," says producer Michael De Luca, who had been working on the project since 2004 with producer Rachael Horovitz, who had acquired rights to Michael Lewis' best-selling novel in 2003.With $10 million already invested, Sony offered to let Pitt and Soderbergh take the movie in turnaround to another studio if they could make a deal for the $60 million production before it unraveled -- which meant in a matter of days. After a frantic weekend of activity led by Pitt's and Soderbergh's agents, however, there were no takers."Moneyball" had struck out; few films had ever come back from such a shutdown.Pitt was unhappy because he had a passion to play Billy Beane, the unconventional GM of the Oakland Athletics baseball club. "I'm a sucker for injustice stories," says Pitt, "and wanting to right the injustice."But Pitt was also realistic. "I understood that the numbers didn't add up for what Steven wanted to do with it," he says, adding that "the studio is the one writing the check, so I don't take offense to that."Neither Pitt nor Pascal, however, wanted to give up on "Moneyball."Pascal decided "Moneyball" would need additional leadership and work on the script to get it back on track. At the time, Sony was in production on "The Social Network," on which De Luca was also a producer. Pascal asked "Network" producer Scott Rudin and writer Aaron Sorkin to get involved with the baseball-themed story, and Pitt agreed to produce as well as star. "This was really complex, unconventional material," says Pitt, "so the more guns, the better. The more bright minds we have on this, the better."Pitt and Pascal each credit the other for reviving the movie. Pitt, says Pascal, is the "soul and spirit of this movie. He is the driving force behind it, in all of its troubled times and all the best times. He championed it all the way and never lost heart.""I was just glad they didn't scuttle it," says Pitt, "that instead what happened was Amy Pascal became our patron saint. She kept us alive."Pascal brought the budget down to $50 million, which included the $10 million already spent as well as Pitt's salary, which reportedly was more than $10 million. That left less than $30 million for all of the other cast salaries and to make the movie.Before accepting the assignment, Sorkin called Zaillian, who was on vacation in Rome when his phone rang. "I was standing on a side street just around the corner from the Pantheon," says Zaillian, recalling that Sorkin said "he was being asked to write some new scenes. And I said: 'That's better than dismantling the script. Try not to do that, if you can.' What I remembered most about the conversation was when I asked him what he'd do if I was calling to tell him what he was telling me. Without much hesitation, he said, 'I'd burn the studio down.' "Sorkin is an ardent baseball fan and had created the late-1990s TV series "Sports Night," so he was up for the challenge. "I was hired for three weeks and then again for another three weeks, and that turned into a year and a half," says Sorkin, who began revising the script while in his Boston hotel room during filming of "Network."Even after Sorkin's return to L.A., the work continued. "Brad would ride his motorcycle over to my house being chased by a couple carloads of paparazzi," recalls Sorkin. "I wanted Brad to do most of the talking. He'd speak generally about his love of character-driven movies from the '70s."Pitt had been a fan of Lewis' book but wasn't sure at first if he wanted to star after reading Chervin's early script. "They were trying for something more commercial, more comedic," says Pitt. "In reading the book and doing my research, I became obsessed with the deeper meaning within the book and a value system that was out of whack."Pitt meant that big-city teams have much more money for top players than small-market teams. He committed after a new script was written by Zaillian, which gave him the character he wanted to play: "It was a character I hadn't seen in a long time that was verbose, competitive and sharp."Although sorry to see Soderbergh go, Pitt still wanted to play Beane if they could find the right director and approach.So Sony began the search. As numerous names were tossed out, Pitt made a suggestion. "My dear friend Catherine Keener said, 'You've got to talk to Bennett Miller,' " he recalls.Miller, who hadn't directed since 2005's "Capote," is notoriously picky. "I got a call from [CAA's] Bryan Lourd asking if I was interested in baseball," he says. "I said I used to be. He said, 'If you're interested in taking a look at this thing, Brad would be interested in talking to you about it.'"Miller, who had met Pitt when trying to put together an earlier film, thought it over for three weeks. He read Lewis' book, Chervin's draft, Zaillian's script and Sorkin's, then flew to L.A. full of doubt about doing a studio film with "strong and powerful personalities." He wondered, "Would I be able to do what I'm interested in doing?"Miller isn't a baseball fanatic, and he pitched Pitt on the idea of making a movie that was "subversive to the genre. It's not really a conventional sports movie. It puts all that stuff on its head.""I wasn't interested in making a sports movie, just recycling tropes and convention," adds Miller. "Then I'd just be a gun for hire, working for the studio. But the question was, How do you avoid that? Brad said it will be a Trojan horse. We will give them the gift of a Hollywood movie starring Brad Pitt that's going to be real entertainment, but inside it is some cargo that is not really accepted in a vintage way, something that they don't anticipate."Pascal also signed off on Miller's concept, explaining that the director "had a wonderful vision for the movie. Scott, Rachael and Mike and I all believed he was fantastic with actors, and this movie was going to be about performance and getting inside the characters because it was really a character study."So Miller got the go-ahead to assemble his team, while Zaillian and Sorkin continued, separately, to write new pages. Each sent their contributions to Miller, who would then edit them together."Passing a script back and forth, obviously, isn't the most enjoyable way to work and is usually a recipe for disaster," Zaillian says of their tag-team approach. "Important things can get lost in the shuffle. But at the end of the day, difficult as it was, it worked.""Steve and I were now working at the same time," says Sorkin, "concentrating on different runs of scenes. It wasn't an ideal situation, but the point was, 'Whatever it takes to cross the finish line.' We were both courting the same girl, but we'd both invested way too much at that point to let ego stop us."Rudin, meanwhile, served as a kind of coach, overseeing work on the script and providing Miller with insights almost always in tune with the director's goals.For his crew, Miller looked for crafts people interested in making a studio film with an indie spirit. Cinematographer Wally Pfister had just worked with director Christopher Nolan on the big-budget "Inception," for which he won an Oscar, but had started on indies like Memento and as a news-documentary photographer in Washington."He had a sensibility that suits me and the film," says Miller. "The film has a quality not so much of telling a story but observing a story. The films I like are the ones that are not pedantic, that are not in your face, but the ones that reveal a story. He's never artificial."Production designer Jess Gonchor had collaborated with the Coen brothers on movies with an indie spirit such as "No Country for Old Men." For "Moneyball," Gonchor says: "We just wanted to keep it real. It was something real that happened that we were re-creating."Working on a razor-thin budget, he created the underbelly of the Oakland-Alameda Coliseum -- the players' locker room, the weight room, the coach's offices and a video room that became an extension of Billy Beane's office -- right on a Sony soundstage.Since there was no money to shoot in the eight different ballparks the A's visited, Gonchor dressed Dodger Stadium for three intense days of production to cover all those bases. He had less than two weeks to shoot the exteriors in the Oakland Coliseum, sometimes shooting at night because the A's were playing during the day. Other shots of Oakland actually were done in Long Beach and Glendale. They had a single day to shoot a crucial scene in Boston's Fenway Park, and it rained that day. The gloomy sky became a backdrop.Every set, location, uniform and piece of equipment had to be approved by Major League Baseball, which was cooperating with Sony, making the situation more complex. But Gonchor says they never interfered and often added ways to make the film more authentic.When Soderbergh proposed mixing interviews with real players into his story, he was shut down. But in his own quest for authenticity, Miller hired real players, scouts, umpires, executives and groundskeepers, whom he then mixed in with his actors.When his own schedule opened up, Philip Seymour Hoffman, who had starred in Miller's "Capote," called to say, "Have you cast the role yet of Art Howe?" Miller recalls, "We were on the verge of casting it, but had not yet, so I said, 'I'd love you to do it.' "For Peter Brand, the unlikely math genius recruited by Beane, Miller turned to Jonah Hill, whom he had known for five years. Hill was "desperate to change things," the director explains. "He was very funny in movies like 'The 40 Year Old Virgin,' but he had become stuck in that box and he wanted out of that box.""I love making comedies," says Hill. "It's amazing and a gift, but I am eager to do different types of roles. My worst fear is that at the end of my career they would say, 'He only did one thing over and over again.' I hope I'm going to have the opportunity to do many different things." (See "Inside Jonah Hill's Head," below.)Miller's biggest challenge was finding the right girl to play Beane's daughter. He saw dozens of young actresses before 13-year-old Kerris Dorsey came in and blew him away. "Not only was she perfect out of the gate," says Miller, "but the song she sang sent chills down my spine because it was impossibly perfect in every way."Her song, Lenka's "The Show," and the instrumental track "The Mighty Rio Grande" by This Will Destroy You are the only music among 23 pieces in the film that were not written by composer Mychael Danna. His goal was not to lay on music to force an emotional response but rather to use music to support the story. "It was important to Bennett and I that the music come from the material," says Danna, a Canadian who also worked on "Capote." "Baseball is a tradition-loving sport, and we wanted to use traditional [instruments] but come up with a new, slightly unexpected take."When principal photography ended after 58 days, Miller faced his greatest challenge: editing down not only footage he had shot but also hundreds of hours of archival material. He laughed when a Sony executive presented him with a postproduction schedule lasting 12 weeks. "I looked at it for 15 seconds and said, 'That's ridiculous,' " Miller says. "That's not going to happen."Instead, he spent the next 36 weeks editing in Los Angeles while working with his producers and two writers to refine the final script.Pitt frequently came by. "I'm really into the structure and putting together the puzzle and seeing what was working and what wasn't," he says. "I enjoy it, but I don't dictate."When Miller finally presented his director's cut, he was nervous about how it would be received. His cut was long and had an indie sensibility. He knew it wasn't a typical glossy commercial movie.It turned out he didn't need to worry. "There was such a great feeling when the lights came up and everyone felt we had done the right thing," recalls De Luca. "This was a movie that deserved its day in court."The test audience and a focus group afterward confirmed the feeling that the screening had evoked in the producers and studio executives."It was very emotional," says Horovitz. "I remember Amy Pascal and I both being teary-eyed when we saw the director's cut.""It scored beyond people's imagination and expectations," says Miller of the movie, which has gone on to beat the odds, grossing more than $74?million domestically and nearly $100 million worldwide since its Sept. 23 release. "We lived to fight another day." The Hollywood Reporter

How Tom Cruise and Sean Penn Got Their Big Breaks

"The Hollywood Reporter's" review of "Taps" in 1981 showed prescient understatement when it said the supporting cast demonstrated a "potential for future assignments."That would include the unknown pair of Tom Cruise, then 19, and Sean Penn, 21.The film, which grossed $35.9 million domestically and marks the 30th anniversary of its release Dec. 18, was about military academy students who initiate an armed occupation to save their school from real estate developers.The lead cadet role had gone to Timothy Hutton, 21, who'd won a supporting actor Oscar for "Ordinary People" just months earlier.Producer Stanley Jaffe says Cruise originally had been set to play a background character but was shifted to a key role when he impressed director Harold Becker during the four weeks of rehearsal that resembled a boot camp."He was out-marching the other cadets on the parade field," said Becker in 2004.Penn was chosen after being spotted starring as the timid son of an abusive father in the small Broadway play "Heartland."The trio formed an incredibly potent cast. "It's that thing some people have," says Jaffe. "If you knew how to describe it, you'd bottle it."Cruise's next role was in Francis Ford Coppola's "The Outsiders," Hutton's was in Sidney Lumet's "Daniel," and Penn got a major career boost when he played Jeff Spicoli in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High."Although the Amy Heckerling comedy brought Penn much more attention, he told biographer Richard T. Kelly he looks back fondly on working with Cruise and Hutton because it "was like I'd gone to high school, and now 'Taps' was college for me. And it was Fraternity Row." The Hollywood Reporter

Christoph Waltz on 'Carnage,' Roman Polanski, Quentin Tarantino and 'The Three Musketeers'

Good timing for Team 'Carnage.' On Thursday morning, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association nominated Kate Winslet and Jodie Foster in the Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy category at the Golden Globes, less than 24 hours before the new Roman Polanski film is scheduled to arrive in limited release. Kismet! Unfortunately, 'Carnage's' best performer, Christoph Waltz, didn't bask in the glow of the Globes. Not that Waltz probably minds. As he told Moviefone last month, the idea of running the four co-stars of 'Carnage' (John C. Reilly completes the foursome) as anything other than supporting actors and actresses for award consideration was "ludicrous." Which might as well be another name for the Golden Globes. Based on the hit play by Yasmina Reza -- the Broadway version of which won the Tony Award for Best Play in 2009 -- 'Carnage' focuses on two increasingly inebriated and hostile couples, the Longstreets (Reilly and Foster) and the Cowans (Waltz and Winslet), who meet at in a Brooklyn apartment to discuss the fight their sons got in on the playground. Waltz, who won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for 'Inglourious Basterds' in 2009, plays Alan Cowan, a calculating and detached business shark who cuts through much of the discussions that ensue with a cold-hearted clarity. Though what else would you expect from the guy who played Hans Landa. Waltz rang up Moviefone last month to discuss 'Carnage,' debate whether the film is too theatrical, his busy year of four releases, and 'Django Unchained.' How familiar were you with the play before accepting the role? Well, I've seen it. I've seen it once. The Broadway version? No, I saw it years before! I know Americans have that tendency to consider the Broadway version the original. It's not! It's five or six years after the original. The original was in Zurich, and oddly enough, even though it was written in French, it was in German -- the original. I saw it there. What, if anything, do you remember about that production? I remember that I just loved the parts. I loved the roles. I loved the characters. Even though I rarely do that, I thought, "Hmm, hmm, I could play either one." [Laughs] These are meaty roles in the film, with lots of dialogue. It feels very theatrical at times... Well, no, I disagree. I'm sorry to interrupt. I don't think the movie is theatrical. Because what would that be? On the contrary, I think it is highly cinematic. As cinematic as it gets. Just because it's a confined space doesn't mean it's not cinematic. Just because the camera movements are not from thirty-foot cranes swooping over Death Valley and behind the racing stagecoach doesn't mean it's not cinematic. Everything affords a little more attention to detail. But, I wonder -- and it would be an interesting discussion to entertain for some time -- I wonder whether that's not actually more cinematic than technological efforts to prove the point. I would agree with that. I meant that the performances themselves are -- well, not stagey, because that might be an insult... Well, not necessarily. OK, well, it's just that you don't often see broad performances like these in typical movies. Yes, yes. Absolutely. Yet, the confinement of the space, I claim, doesn't make it less cinematic. And I wonder whether it's not to the contrary. You were born in Austria, you shot the film in Paris and it takes place in NY. And the NY aspect of it is key, because the couples are very specific Park Slope-types. How did you get inside the mindset of the slick Park Slope shark when you're not filming here? That really is a huge compliment, because you, as a NYer, think that. That means something. If someone who has visited NY twice for three days says, "Well, it reminded me of NY!" That would be meaningless. You saying that is a huge compliment. It's a difficult thing to accomplish, especially not being in NY for the shoot. Well, it is. We wanted that and we worked on it. Polanski is not just a master of where to place the camera, he's also a master at creating very specific atmospheres and guiding you to a very specific behavior. That's what the attempt was, let's call it such. Apparently, according to you, it was successful. So, thank you! [Laughs] Well, you're welcome. How much preparation did you do before? Was there an extreme amount of rehearsals? We had two weeks of rehearsals. Which is, for the regular movie, a luxury. For this, it was just barely enough. But not because we had more problems to solve. After eight days we started run-throughs of the whole thing. Had we rehearsed another week or two, we could have performed it on the stage. That could be next -- you four can go on a nationwide tour. That would be fun. [Laughs] You're working with three other major actors -- two other Oscar winners and an Oscar nominee -- so... Did we fight? Well, yes. Was there any competition between you four? No, no. That's the one complement Roman paid us, and he doesn't do that lightly. At one point we asked him, "Can you tell us a little bit how it is, how it's going, how we are?" And he said, "Do you want me to stroke your ego?" Sorta grinning, because it's a quote from the play. The one big compliment he paid us was that he's never worked with a group of actors where there was no oneupmanship. And he's absolutely right! Yet, I credit him with putting this group of actors together. Why do you think Polanski keeps drawing in such major acting talent? Well, you know, really, not every actor is drawn to him, by the way. There have been incidents where the actors have said, "Sorry, I can't do this," and left. It's where your preferences are. I don't think you're an idiot if you can't cope with that. It's really where your preferences are, and where they are is a matter of choice. There are actors who choose not to work that way. It's their right! I just happen to love it. This overly precise, 100-percent concrete, to-the-point, and, in a way, almost pedantic approach to what it is that we're doing. It does make a difference whether you're here or there, even if the distance between the two is a half an inch. It does make a difference. It's up to you to decide how far you want to get into the details. How does his style compare to, say, Quentin Tarantino? I wouldn't compare them at all. It would be one of the silliest attempts ever. How would you compare a race horse to a -- no, that's already casting a value. How would you compare -- I don't know -- a horse to a bicycle? Well, they both move places. They both can get you somewhere. They both move, exactly! If you put in a little effort they move faster. You had a lengthy career before 'Inglourious Basterds,' but that movie put you on the map for American audiences. How do you keep that momentum and goodwill from 'Basterds' consistent? It's not been that long. The discussion would be really interesting about ten years from now. It has been two years and it has been developing nicely. Apart from the fact that I'm really thrilled and happy about it and grateful still, it's ... I don't know. I work with people who are fantastic. All of them. I don't work with many people around me. Agents and publicists. I don't travel with an entourage. I don't believe in that. But I work with the best. And "best" means best for me. It might be not the best for the next guy, but what do I care about the next guy? Again, same thing: it's always about what it is that we want to do and not how we want to push myself in the foreground. That might be a result or not. That's not something to be anticipated. We just want to do the good work. ;Carnage' is the fourth film of yours getting released this year. It has been a comically busy year for you ... That's a good way of putting it. [Laughs] ... so was there a strategy or anything with these choices? No, no. There are certain criteria by which you arrive at a decision, and they're not fixed. They're not law. They're not gospel. These criteria are dynamic -- let's put it that way. It needs to be the right combination of things and people. There's no big mystery. You go very much by your feeling. As you said, I've been around the block for a week-and-a-half already, so your instincts are not just your inspiration, but based on experience. You can be totally wrong. Of course you can! But, with some experience -- and you do try to keep your sense of humor and common sense -- usually you take a step in the right direction. Even though it might not be the hoped for grand success, but you can't win them all. That sounds like maybe 'The Three Musketeers.' I know that was a disappointment both financially and critically. That happens. It's part of the game. You've got 'Django Unchained' coming up. It was reported that you were injured while training, so is it safe to say this role is way more physical than Hans Landa was? It's a Western. Things happen in a Western. You don't do a Western on a bicycle. Even though, in 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,' there's this big sequence on a bicycle! Of course, that's one of the most famous scene in the whole movie. Exactly. So, I guess you can do a Western on a bicycle. But you were on a horse. Yeah. But it's OK. It wasn't a big deal. Back to 'Carnage,' before we say goodbye: I know Sony is planning on running all four of you in the supporting categories... Anything else would be ludicrous! The degree to which I, personally -- I speak for myself -- depended on the others, and I think the way the others depended on the others, anything wouldn't make any sense whatsoever. Anything else is completely out of the question. You might as well run all four of us for Best Sound Design. 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Lifetime"Against the Wall" Lifetime has decided not to order a second season of Against the Wall.our editor recommendsAgainst the Wall: TV Review Cast member Brandon Quinn tweeted the news late Friday evening, writing, "I'd like to thank @lifetimetv, the #AgainsttheWallwriters and the Amazing fans of Against The Wall but unfortunately we've been canceled :(." The writers addressed the news shortly thereafter, writing on their Twitter account, "guessing many of you saw @BrandonJQuinn's tweet -- just found out we won't be coming back for a second season." Starring Rachael Carpani as a Chicago cop who joins the internal affairs division, the procedural debuted in July to underwhelming numbers, drawing 1.8 million total viewers to its premiere episode following Drop Dead Diva. THR's television critic Tim Goodman gave a positive review of the hourlong series: "Breakout star Rachael Carpani and ambitious creators could vault this procedural above the pack." The Universal Cable Prods. series was created by Annie Brummer and co-stars Quinn, Andrew Walker, Marisa Ramirez, Kathy Baker, Treat Williams and Chris Johnson. The decision comes at a time when Lifetime is investing in remakes with core audiences like Steel Magnolias and The Blue Lagoon, with high-profile names attached. The female-skewing cable net has also given pilot orders to Modern Love by Jenny Bicks and American Housewife with Melanie Griffith, and has picked up The Client List with Jennifer Love Hewitt to series. PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery Summer TV Preview 2011: 'Teen Wolf,' 'The Glee Project' and more Lifetime

TOLDJA! Harrison Ford Set To Play Branch Rickey In Jackie Robinson Film 42

Deadline revealed yesterday that Legendary Pictures was courting Harrison Ford to play Branch Rickey, the Brooklyn Dodgers GM who with Jackie Robinson broke the color line in baseball in 1947. Legendary has announced that Ford is set, and that they’ve cast Chadwick Boseman to play the Hall of Fame second baseman who had a profound impact on the Civil Rights movement. Brian Helgeland wrote the script and will direct. Here’s the release: Burbank, CA December 9, 2011 Legendary Pictures announced today that it has cast Chadwick Boseman and Harrison Ford to star in the companys film based upon historys most celebrated baseball figure, Jackie Robinson. Boseman will depict the iconic baseball star, paying tribute to the legacy and impact Robinson made when he became the first African American Major League Baseball player. Ford will star as Branch Rickey, the innovative Major League Baseball executive who is best known for breaking MLBs color barrier by signing Jackie Robinson to a minor league contract in 1945. Two years later, at the start of the 1947 major league baseball season, Robinson was signed to the Brooklyn Dodgers major league baseball team with the help of Rickey. Rickey was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1967. Chadwick Boseman is best known for his performance in Universal Pictures THE EXPRESS. Boseman also just completed a lead in the independent feature KILL HOLE. On television he was a regular on the NBC series Persons Unknown. He is represented by Michael Greene at Greene & Associates, and Melanie Cook of Ziffren Brittenham. Ford most recently starred in COWBOYS & ALIENS and is best known for starring in the INDIANA JONES and STAR WARS franchises as well as AIR FORCE ONE and THE FUGITIVE. Ford was a Best Actor Oscar nominee for his role in the 1985 feature film WITNESS. Ford is represented by Jim Berkus at United Talent Agency and Skip Brittenham of Ziffren Brittenham. Brian Helgeland (LA CONFIDENTIAL / MYSTIC RIVER) will write and direct, with Legendarys Chairman and CEO, Thomas Tull, producing, and Legendarys Chief Creative Officer and President, Jon Jashni, serving as executive producer. Dick Cook, former Chairman of Walt Disney Studios, will also serve as an executive producer. Legendary worked early on in development with Robinsons widow, Rachel Robinson, to ensure the movie adaptation of the famed players story is authentic.

Paris Jackson Lines Up First Feature Film Role Alongside Larry King

First Published: December 9, 2011 3:49 PM EST Credit: C-It Entertainment Group, LLC LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Caption Paris Jackson on the cover of Lundons BridgeJust last week, at the Las Vegas premiere of Cirque Du Soliels Michael Jackson The Immortal World Tour, Paris Jackson told Access Hollywood she planned to follow in her fathers footsteps and enter the entertainment world as an actress. And now, Access has confirmed the 13-year-old has lined up her first feature film role. Paris will star as an as yet undisclosed human character in Lundons Bridge and the Three Keys, a live action feature film, based on a childrens book series by Dennis H. Christen. According to the books description on Amazon, the story surrounds the war between the land and the sea. Ancient sea-magic turns a dolphin into a human, an evil spell changes a teenage boy into a dragonfly and a once good and loving jellyfish queen becomes an evil fairy godmother. This modern day adventure forces an unsuspecting family to become the weapon to fight the war which rages on the land and under the sea, the description reads. Paris is also featured on the book cover. The film will also feature the voices of Larry King as King Pom, his wife, Shawn King as Queen Dalina,and Joey Fatone as Paco, a sea horse. The project is currently in production and no release date is currently available. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

RATINGS RAT RACE: Rules, Park & Rec Hit Lows; Grimm Does OK In Thursday Test

Another hard-to-untangle night, marked with local NFL pre-emptions. CBS posted big gains at 9 PM and 10 PM but they will likely be erased in the finals because the network’s fast nationals were inflated by a big football game in Pittsburgh. The Big Bang Theory (4.7/14) was the least impacted as the game started at 8:25 PM on the East Coast. The comedy returned after three weeks of repeats down 11%. Rules Of Engagement (3.2/9) was also down 11% from its last original three weeks ago to post a season low. Because of the game, Rules will likely be adjusted down, so the season low is expected to stick. Not expected to stick are the double-digit bumps for Person Of Interest (3.0/8, up 15% from 3 weeks ago) and The Mentalist (3.0/8, up 20%), which reflect game-related ratings inflation. For now, CBS is tracking as No.1 in 18-49 and total viewers for the night. After an uptick last week, NBC’s soon-to-be-benched comedy Community (1.5/4) was down 12%. Parks & Recreation (1.7/6) was down 6% for a series low. The Office (2.9/8) and Whitney (1.9/5) were flat, tied with their season lows. With little promotion, a special airing of Grimm (1.6/4) in the 10 PM period matched its 18-49 delivery in its regular Friday 9 PM slot last week. It was up 23% from Prime Suspect‘s demo performance last week to post NBC’s highest 18-49 rating in the Thursday 10 PM hour in 11 weeks. Another Grimm original airs tonight. Fox’s The X Factor result show (3.0/8) was down a tenth from last week. Bones (2.7/X) was also down a tenth. Its fast-national rating may have been inflated a little by a football preemption in Cleveland whose impact is expected to be small and limited mostly to the 9 PM hour. ABC aired a hotchpotch of unscripted programs, Wipeout (1.9/5), America’s Funniest Home Videos (1.9/5) and The Great Big American Auction special (1.4/4).

Exclusive First Look: Crazy iCarly Fan Nora Dershlit Is Back for "iStill Psycho"

iCarly iCarly's biggest fan Nora Dershlit is on the loose again! Nickelodeon will premiere "iStill Psycho," the sequel to last year's summer hit "iPsycho," on Saturday, Dec. 31 at 8/7c. After being thrown in the slammer, Nora (Danielle Morrow), their fan-turned-tormentor, will be released just in time for New Year's Eve. Watch iCarly clips and interviews But when Carly (Miranda Cosgrove) and the gang go to court to see what they can do to keep her behind bars, Nora and her crazy parents capture them once more for a little end-of-the-year party. More Mad Libs? More Maurice? Forced random dancing? Nooooooo! Check out TVGuide.com's exclusive image to see how "excited" Carly and Fred (Nathan Kress) are to be reunited with Nora. The original "iPsycho" premiered to 7.5 million viewers in June 2010. Are you excited to see Nora back?

Jolie & Besson: Together Finally?

She's in talks for his new thrillerThough he usually specialises in high concept action films and thriller, Luc Besson has nonetheless been in a position to attract solid star wattage to defend myself against charge roles. And something of his approaching projects seems to become exactly the same, with Julia Roberts apparently in foretells star.Hardly anything else is famous concerning the film (not really the title), besides the proven fact that it's apparently a large-scale thriller which has its roots in true scientific elements. Who votes to have an action-packed tech-fest set round the Large Hadron Collider?Besson, that has been shepherding more projects like a producer nowadays, has written and intends to direct that one once he's finished doing the press models for his last pointing gig, much talked about biopic The Woman. Jolie, meanwhile, is busy pimping her very own writing/pointing/creating job, Bosnian war drama Within The Land Of Bloodstream And Honey. She's got various future projects competing on her attention such as the large new undertake Nefertiti, Sleeping Beauty-adjacent fantasy Maleficent and Ridley Scott's Gertrude Bell drama, but in the sounds of Deadline's report, Jolie will make the Besson film her next priority when the deal is sealed.

'Book of Mormon' recoups

Hallelujah -- Broadway tuner "It of Mormon" has retrieved its capital costs.Show's quick journey to the black isn't a surprise due to the stellar grosses the musical has consistently drenched since it opened up up in March. Legit outing from "South Park" designers Trey Parker and Matt Stone and "Avenue Q" composer Robert Lopez grew to become one the Street's most widely used tickets, regularly commanding an average ticket cost around $150.The other day, throughout our prime-demand Thanksgiving frame, "Mormon" drenched $1,677,963 for nine perfs, verifying an impressive $170 average per-ducat cost. Throughout the time is right round the Rialto, show has drenched a cume more than $45 million.Producers won't browse the Broadway capital cost from the musical, but it's generally thought "Mormon" considered in around $8 million or $9 million.Musical's sales are powered not only through the worldwide recognition of Parker and Stone's "South Park," the Comedy Central skein that's gathered a massive fanbase over 15 seasons, but furthermore with the passionate response in the legit world. Tuner won critical raves if the opened up up after which it in June needed home nine Tonys, like the new musical laurel, the primary one theater kudo generally thought to experience a real impact on box office.Production also benefits of how large its venue, the Eugene O'Neill Theater, which at 1,066 seats is substantially smaller sized than most tuner houses round the Primary Stem. The theater's limited ticket inventory, combined wealthy in consumer demand, have driven up ticket prices: Top non-premium ducat costs $153, because the top premium cost is $475.Andrew Rannells, Josh Gad and Nikki M. James lead the cast of "Mormon," about some Latter Day Saints sent around the pursuit to Uganda. Show is co-helmed by Parker and Casey Nicholaw, who also choreographed.Anne Garefino and Scott Rudin lead a team of producers including Roger Berlind, Scott M. Delman, Jean Doumanian, Roy Furman, Important Musicals, Stephanie P. McClelland, Kevin Morris, Jon B. Platt, Sonia Friedman Prods. and Stuart Thompson. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com

Box Office Report: 'Twilight: Breaking Dawn' and 'Muppets' Rule Thanksgiving

Summit Entertainment's The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn--Part 1 topped the Thanksgiving eve box office with $12.5 million, while Disney's new family film The Muppets came in No. 2 with $6.6 million million.our editor recommendsBox Office Preview: 'The Muppets' Likely to Win Thanksgiving Family FeudFamily Feud: November's Biggest Box Office Battles, Weekend-by-Weekend New Movie Reviews: 'Hugo,' 'The Muppets,' 'My Week With Marilyn' Hitting TheatersMartin Scorsese Talks 'Hugo,' Recurring Nightmares and How His 12-Year-Old Rules the RoostRelated Topics•Twilight Wednesday's grosses suggest that Breaking Dawn -- with a domestic gross of $171.5 million -- will land in the high $50 million range for the five-day holiday stretch. In a victory for Disney, The Muppets has a strong shot at hitting $40 million for the five days. Starring Jason Segel and Amy Adams opposite the iconic puppets, the family film cost a modest $45 million to produce and is designed to introduce a new generation to the brand. PHOTOS: 'The Muppets' Red Carpet Arrivals Warner Bros. holdover Happy Feet Two bested Sony and Aardman's new family film Arthur Christmas, grossing $2.9 million, compared to $2.4 million for Arthur. Sony believes that Arthur, costing $85 million to produce, will have especially strong legs, even if it starts slow. Happy Feet Two should hit $20 million for the five days; Arthur is hoping for the same. Muppets earned a stellar A CinemaScore, while Arthur earned an A-. PHOTOS: 'Twilight: Breaking Dawn' Black Carpet Arrivals Martin Scorsese's critically acclaimed new 3D film Hugo came in No. 8 on Wednesday after opening on 1,277 theaters, only a third of the location count of Muppets and Arthur Christmas. Projections show the film grossing $12.5 million for the five days, in line with expectations. Paramount, which is distributing Hugo, believes the film will play older than traditional family films, as well as to more sophisticated audiences. By opening on a smaller number of screens, Paramount is looking to build word-of-mouth heading into the heart of awards season. Hugo, Muppets and Arthur Christmas have all received great reviews. Alexander Payne's The Descendants, starring George Clooney, expanded nicely, grossing $985,000 on Wednesday as it moved into a total of 390 theaters across the country. The film came in No. 10, and its domestic cume is now $2.5 million. Michelle Williams specialty film My Week with Marilyn opened Wednesday in 123 theaters, grossing $155,000 for a location average of $1,256. The Weinstein Co. is distributing the film. PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery Red Carpet's Top 10: Twilight: Breaking Dawn Premiere Related Topics Box Office Happy Feet 2 The Muppets

New eBay App Reminds You What's Important in Movies

“Starting today, the company will offer the features as part of its iPad application, letting users browse merchandise from shows and movies. [… Steve] Yankovich, 50, was inspired to develop the technology while watching the movie Something’s Gotta Give, which featured a toaster he wanted. ‘You’ll be able to buy exactly what’s there,’ said Yankovich, who runs mobile services at the San Jose, California-based company.” [Bloomberg]

Cameron Crowe Once Fired Ashton Kutcher Was Planning Marvin Gaye Biopic With Will Cruz

The ultimate time Cameron Crowe directed a movie, it absolutely was 2005's 'Elizabethtown,' a bust that was panned by experts and audiences with equal fervor. Would all things have been different if was the star instead of Orlando Blossom? Not likely, but that didn't stop Crowe from first relationship the '70's Show' star for your role, only to fire him later on. In this week's problem in the Hollywood Reporter, the director recognized to being frustrated with Kutcher after casting him, eventually altering him with someone else. When he cast in Elizabethtown. Kutcher wound up being still part of 'That 70's Show,' and Crowe told him he required to reserve a few days to target only round the film. But sources connected using the project say Kutcher didn't heed Crowe's words. Although he guaranteed he'd deliver when the cameras were moving, Crowe lost belief... "I'll spend several days coping with an actress, but I spent four several days with Ashton," Crowe states. "Inside a certain point, it's like, 'This is not supposed to have been.AInch Oof, poor Ashton isn't getting the most effective week, is he? Crowe also spoke to THR about his approaching film, 'We Bought a Zoo,' and the way he wooed -- and, unlike Kutcher, associated with -- Matt Damon for your lead. It started when Crowe first visited the audience of 'True Grit,' where he gave Damon a mixture Compact disk (clearly) together with a duplicate in the 1983 movie 'Local Hero,' that have a plot similar to 'Zoo.' Damon was reluctant about signing onto a film that could really are a Disney version in the book it required it's origin from (put together by Benjamin Mee), but Crowe didn't desire to make a project such as this either. In line with the actor, "Crowe mentioned: 'I know very well what you'll probably panic of unhealthy version from the movie could be a movie you will not wish to maintain. That's things i am frightened of too." Then, after hearing Crowe's mix Compact disk, Damon eventually stood a change of heart. Read a little more about your building of 'We Bought a Zoo,' a track-by-track set of the Compact disk Crowe gave Damon as well as the canned Marvin Gaye biopic starring Will Cruz (unsure points to consider that) the director tried to create, over on THR. 'We Bought a Zoo' hits theaters on December 23, 2011. [via THR] [Photo: WireImage] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

BBC, Cinemax Team for 'Wolf Hall' Miniseries

LONDON - Cinemax and also the BBC are joining up for any miniseries adaptation of Wolf Hall, the Booker Prize-winning historic novel by British author Hilary Mantel.our editor recommendsBBC Cuts Annual Budget by $1 Billion, Slashes 2,000 JobsNew Madoff Biography Optioned for Cinemax Movie (Exclusive) The drama has been produced by Company Pictures - creator of Shameless and Mansfield Park- and Playground Entertainment, headed by Colin Callender. It will likely be modified for that screen by Peter Straughan, who done the large-screen adaptation of John Le Carre'sTinker Tailor Soldier Spy. The storyline charts the go up and down of Thomas Cromwell, a blacksmith's boy who become probably the most effective males in 16th Century England, eventually orchestrating Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon. To date the miniseries will just target the occasions included in Wolf Hall, but historian and author Mantel stated lately that they was focusing on a trilogy. Mention The Physiques may be the second within the series and it is likely to be released next May. It'll continue the storyline of Cromwell and target the fall of Anne Boleyn. Another instalment, The Mirror And Also The Lightis likely to follow, covering Cromwell's eventual downfall and execution. Related Subjects Worldwide Cinemax Films & Miniseries BBC

Thesps join 'Jimmy' cast

Patrick Fabian ("Large Love"), Kelly Carlson ("Puppy nip/Tuck"), Ian Colletti, Ted Levine, Bob Gunton ("The Lincoln subsequently Lawyer"), Greg Alan Williams, Chuck Carrington and Burgess Jenkins have became a member of the cast of indie fantasy-drama "Jimmy."Pic, presently lensing in New York, is dependant on the Robert Whitlow novel of the identical title and focuses on a psychologically challenged teen (Colletti) who interacts with supernatural creatures.Gary Wheeler is creating Mark Freiburger's pointing. The happy couple also co-authored the script with Whitlow.Freiburger and Wheeler worked with with an adaptation of Whitlow's novel "The Trial," with Wheeler pointing Matthew Modine, Bob Gunton and Robert Forster. Freiburger formerly helmed the "Dog Times of Summer time" with Will Patton.Freiburger and Wheeler are repped by Gotham Group. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com

Falcom nabs 'Geronimo,' '21 and Over'

BERLIN -- Berlin-based Falcom Media has picked up the rights to two U.S. films, John Stockwell's actioner about Osama Bin Laden's killing, and the "Hangover"-style comedy "21 and Over." Stockwell ("Into the Blue") is working on "Code Name: Geronimo -- Killing Bin Laden." Voltage Pictures is producing the film, which tells the story of how the most wanted man was hunted down and killed. Geronimo was the code name for the operation that sent two teams of Navy Seals into Pakistan to hunt and kill Osama bin Laden. The film is expected to be finished in 2012. Written and directed by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, the authors of the first "Hangover" film, "21 and Over" features Miles Teller ("Footloose"), Skylar Astin ("Taking Woodstock") and Justin Chon ("The Twilight Saga"). The FilmNation and Relativity Media title, which centers on a promising medical student on the eve of an important exam who goes out with two buddies to celebrate his 21st birthday, will be released next year. Falcom Media, headed by Andreas Fallscheer, plans to release both films in German-speaking territories in 2012. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Join An L.A. Evening With... 'Take Shelter'

Back Stage presents a totally free screening of "Take Shelter," then a Q&A using the film's star, Michael Shannon. The big event is going to be Saturday, November twelfth at 11 a.m. in the Off-shore Design Center, Big Screen Theatre, 8687 Melrose Ave. West Hollywood, CA.To RSVP, email EveningWith@backstage.com with "Take Shelter" within the subject header. Indicate should you intend on getting a guest. Parking is going to be validated.Michael Shannon recieved an Oscar nomination for his operate in the film "Revolutionary Road." He presently stars on "Boardwalk Empire" as Prohobition agent Nelson Van Alden.Concerning the film:Affected by a number of apocalyptic visions, a youthful husband and father questions whether or not to shelter his family from the coming storm, or from themself.Curtis LaForche lives in a tiny Ohio town together with his wife Samantha and six-year-old daughter Hannah, who's hard of hearing. Curtis constitutes a modest living like a crew chief for any sand-mining company. Samantha is really a stay-at-home mother and part-time dressmaker who supplements their earnings by selling hand crafted wares in the flea market each weekend. Cash is tight, and moving Hannah's health care and special needs education is really a constant struggle. Despite the fact that, Curtis and Samantha are greatly for each other as well as their household is a contented one.Then Curtis starts getting terrifying desires an encroaching, apocalyptic storm. He selects to help keep the disturbance to themself, directing his anxiety in to the obsessive building of the storm shelter within their backyard. His apparently inexplicable behavior concerns and confounds Samantha, and brings about intolerance among co-employees, buddies and neighbors. However the resulting stress on his marriage and tension inside the community does not rival Curtis' private anxiety about what his dreams may truly signify.Confronted with the proposition that his disturbing visions signal disaster of 1 kind or any other, Curtis confides in Samantha, testing the energy of the bond from the greatest possible stakes.

Zsa Zsa Gabor Rushed To Hospital Again

First Published: November 9, 2011 5:32 PM EST Credit: WireImage LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Caption Despite slowing down her career, Zsa Zsa Gabor remained a red carpet mainstay throughout the 80s and early 90s. Here, she attends the First Annual St. Patricks Day Parade Brunch in Beverly Hills, Calif., on March 17, 1985Zsa Zsa Gabor has been rushed to a Los Angeles hospital after another health scare. Publicist John Blanchette says the 94-year-old actress was taken by ambulance to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center on Wednesday after her feeding tube became loose. Blanchette says Gabors husband Frederic von Anhalt noticed bleeding in her stomach where the tube came unattached. Gabor has been hospitalized repeatedly since falling out of bed and breaking her hip in July 2010. She had a leg amputated in January. Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Yahoo, America online, Microsoft Strike Advertising On The Internet Partnership

Yahoo, America on the internet and Microsoft are joining around streamline the whole process of buying and selling Internet banner ad campaigns inside the U.S., the companies mentioned Tuesday.our editor recommendsGoogle Shares Soar as Earnings Blow Past Estimations The sale should enable the three to compete better against behemoth Google additionally to numerous ad systems by enabling all the partners to promote each other's premium, non-reserved inventory for his or her advertising clients. STORY: Google Shares Soar as Earnings Blow Past Estimations Beneath the the non-eclusive contracts, each company makes its own options about its advertising business as well as the three will still compete against each other for ad dollars, the parties mentioned Tuesday. Current day announcement begins motion the opportunity for entrepreneurs to achieve scaly solutions across premium entrepreneurs. This can reduce friction in the marketplace,In . mentioned America online chief revenue officer Ned Brody. Enhancing choice and scale in current day banner ad campaigns companies are a rising tide that lifts all watercraft," mentioned Rik van der Kooi, corporate v . p . in the Microsoft Advertising Business Group. Because the deal concerns the U.S. only, America on the internet and Yahoo struck a separtate advertising partnership stretching to Canada that Microsoft is not connected with. Related Subjects Google Yahoo Microsoft America online

Muppets Song/Dance Sequence: Can Jason Segel Sing and Dance?

Of course The Muppets begins with a happy-clappy street symphony that looks like an outtake from Bjork’s “It’s Oh So Quiet.” It’s The Muppets, dammit! Perkiness on tap, puppetry on parade. Here, in this opening scene from the new movie, Jason Segel and his Muppet brother Walter don matching suits and sing about lovin’ life. Because they do. Next, I need Miss Piggy to writhe on the back of a flatbed truck to the tune of Bjork’s “Big Time Sensuality.” Something about Miss Piggy demands electronic beats and black-and-white cinematography. Here’s the full version of that song, “Life’s a Happy Song.” Now, do you have the whole wide world in the palm of your hand? ‘The Muppets’ Song and Opening Scene [HuffPost]

Friday Box Office: Tower Heist Barely Paying Off as Puss Holds Fast

One can only imagine what scorchingly candid observations Universal boss Ron Meyer will soon make about his studio’s Tower Heist, which is currently more than 30 percent off the pace originally projected for its opening-weekend grosses. America wasn’t racing to the latest Harold & Kumar film either, choosing instead a family-friendlier 3-D confection that may yet emerge at the top of the box-office charts. Your Friday Box Office is here. 1. TOWER HEIST: $8,500,000 (new) 2. PUSS IN BOOTS: $7,200,000 ($66,500,000) 3. A VERY HAROLD & KUMAR 3-D CHRISTMAS: $5,500,000 (new) 4. PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3: $2,700,000 ($94,000,000) 5. IN TIME: $1,800,000 ($21,700,000) [via Deadline]

Joseph Gordon-Levitt's Gotham Cop Revealed On 'The Dark Night Rises' NYC Set (Photo)

Mr Blue/WENN.com Christopher Nolan continues his globe trotting production this week, hitting the NY City streets to film more scenes for the upcoming Dark Knight Rises.our editor recommends'The Dark Knight Rises': Anne Hathaway's Catwoman Wears Louis Vuitton PHOTOS: 'The Dark Knight Rises' First Look: On the Set Joseph Gordon-Levitt joined Christian Bale on the set Friday, Oct. 28. Levitt plays young special assignment cop John Blake in the film, and was spotted donning his police uniform in several new photographs. PHOTOS: Brief History of Catwoman Rumors had circulated that filming could include the Occupy Wall Street protests, though Friday's shoot reportedly took place outside the Trump Tour, which was temporarily transformed into Wayne Enterprises. Bale was spotted outside wearing a suit and tie as his average joe alter-ego, Bruce Wayne, while extras lined the streets dressed as reporters and photogs. According to NJ.com, the cast will move production to Newark, New Jersey next week, filming one day inside City Hall. Click here to see more images from the NYC set. RELATED: STORY: 'The Dark Knight Rises' to Film at Occupy Wall Street? PHOTO: 'Dark Knight Rises': Anne Hathaway's Catwoman Outfit; Bane's Orb VIDEO: 'Dark Knight Rises' Co-Stars Anne Hathaway, Joseph Gordon-Levitt Sing Together in French VIDEO: 'Dark Knight Rises' Batmobile Debuts in Pittsburgh Joseph Gordon-Levitt The Dark Knight Rises

How Justin Bieber Became the Public Face of Copyright Reform

Charles Eshelman/Getty Images A few days ago, we wrote about Fight for the Future, a not-for-profit that started a campaign and website called"Free Bieber," warning that pop star Justin Bieber could face five years in prison if copyright laws were amended. A lot has happened since, so it's time to update.our editor recommends Justin Bieber Is the 'Real Deal' and Will Have a Long Career Says Reality TV Producer'Justin Bieber: Never Say Never' Producer Emphasizes Importance of Social MediaCould Justin Biebers Never Say Never Get a Best Doc Oscar Nomination? Fight for the Future expresses concern about S. 978,which would make unauthorized web streaming of copyrighted work a felony, and says Bieber's freedom is at stake. STORY: Justin Bieber Picks the 5 Songs That Inspire Him The group points out that Bieberbecame famous as a result ofposting covers of popular R&B songs to YouTube, which might be true, but hardly constitutes illegal streaming under the proposed legislation. Here's whyBieber is safe from jail even if the law passes. After the website got attention, the singer's reps became upset over how the singer was being used as a prop.So Bieber's lawyers sent a cease-and-desist letterto shut down "Free Bieber," arguing that the website itself was violating his trademark, privacy and publicity rights, doing things like promising the arrival of "Free Bieber" t-shirts with the teen star shown behind jail bars. Several music artist guilds also have opposed the "Free Bieber" movement, arguing that the proposed bill actually helps artists like Bieber. STORY: Justin Bieber's 'Under the Mistletoe' Headed for Platinum? Sells 164,000 in Pre-orders Fight for the Future retained the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the nonprofit legal advocacy group, which returned fire witha replythatmakes the case that no laws have been broken in the operation of "Free Bieber." The EFF dismisses trademark allegationsbecause it's a political website that makes fair use of the term "Justin Bieber," rejects a privacy claim because "we cannot fathom how this political campaign in any way intrudes on any privacy right your extremely public client might assert," and says there's no publicity rights violation because of free speech. In other words, groups should be allowed to hold up celebrities to make political points. EXCLUSIVE: Justin Bieber: 'With Time Off, I'm Able to Think, Pray and Grow Up' Then, Bieber got on the radio and made statements that make us question whether his reps are really consulting with him on these issues. A radio host introduced Bieber to the proposed legislation -- not really doing a great job, in our opinion -- and Bieber responded that the lawmaker who crafted the bill "needs to be locked up." The law was proposed by Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar. Bieber made the comment as if this was the first time he's heard about these issues. Is he being used as a prop by both sides of the issue? Here's the audio. E-mail: eriqgardner@yahoo.com Twitter: @eriqgardner Justin Bieber Justin Bieber: Never Say Never

The Norwegian Film This can be a Bigger Success Than 'Harry Potter' and 'Transformers'

It's unofficially Jo Nesbo week at Moviefone! For your uninitiated, Nesbo might be the Norwegian author behind the Harry Hole quantity of books that Martin Scorsese may (but many likely won't) supply the large-screen. He's also responsible for 'Headhunters,' popular within the native country that's already the finest-grossing Norwegian film of-a while and may soon pass 'Harry Potter' being the finest hit in Norwegian this year. 'Headhunters,' of a headhunter trying to seize an excellent little bit of artwork in the mercenary, is approaching 50 million Kroner according to THR, which roughly equals $9 million in U.S. currency. That's greater than double 'Transformers: Dark in the Moon' acquired in Norwegian, and near the $11 million acquired by 'Harry Potter as well as the Deathly Hallows Part 2.' The film has offered 535,000 tickets, 20,000 greater than 'Pirates in the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.' In the event you haven't seen 'Headhunters' yet, don't get worried: Summit Entertainment, the studio that introduced you 'Twilight,' has acquired the remake rights. [via THR] [Photo: Warner Bros.] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook RELATED

Cheers & Jeers: NCIS Touched by an Angel

Cheryl Ladd Cheers to Cheryl Ladd on her divinely twisted guest appearance on NCIS.Want more Cheers & Jeers? Sign up for TV Guide Magazine.The first kind Charlie's Angel made contact with together with her devilish side as Mary, the physician who snared the affections of coroner Jesse "Ducky" Mallard (a never-more-charming David McCallum) once they met online. (DiNozzo's rendition of "Ducky's for each other,Inch towards the tune of Ricki Lee Jones' "Chuck E.'s for each other,Inch would be a nice touch.) Try not to believe all you see on the web: She switched to be considered a psycho who killed cheating military males via unknowingly self-caused overhydration.Bloody Mary desired to show Ducky something he'd never witnessed before, and along the way, Ladd demonstrated us something we'd never witnessed before - her range being an actress. Maybe if ABC's reboot of Charlie's Angels had reserved Ladd like a guest villain, it can't have met its maker so rapidly.Do you consider Cheryl Ladd wiped out it on NCIS?Sign up for TV Guide Magazine now!

Sorry, Geeks: None of Avengers Was Shot on iPhone

After a torrent of reports circulated the news that Avengers DP Seamus McGarvey shot portions of the $200 million Marvel blockbuster with an iPhone, the cinematographer (and especially Disney) rushed to claim he was misquoted by something called the Irish Film & Television Network: “I mentioned that the iPhone and the Canon 5d Mk2 were devices currently used on many Hollywood productions. I used the Canon on some shots on Marvel’s The Avengers movie. Unfortunately, this was edited to read that I shot some of the film with the iPhone. This is not true.” Disappointing, but come on. Did no one think to fact-check with Siri? [THR] Follow S.T. VanAirsdale on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.

Beware of Spoilers, Inspirational Storylines in Latest Non-Parody Muppets Trailer

It has been a long, wonderful, trailer-laden lead-up to The Muppets big screen comeback. We’ve enjoyed clever promos of the Green Lantern parody, Girl With the Dragon Tattoo send-up and straight-forward varieties. And now, for the final hurrah before Kermit, Miss Piggy, Jason Segel and the gang storm theaters November 27, here’s the latest (straightforward) preview. Beware! Uplifting spoilers ahead. Fart shoes! The Swedish chef! A… new Muppet? Hey, why not. The Muppets — including their human friends Amy Adams, Chris Cooper, Rashida Jones and Zach Galifianakis — will keep us all company this Thanksgiving. Verdict: Still seeing this before Hugo. [via Yahoo!]

Keith Olbermann's Current TV Announces Show With Former Michigan Governor

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Harto, Garcia sell 'Meadows'

Joshua Harto and Liz Garcia, the husband and wife and inventive team behind TNT's "Memphis Beat," have offered an hourlong drama script to NBC.Occur 1960's Vegas, "The Meadows" may also be created by Scott Stuber and Quan Phung underneath the Stuber Pictures banner. Universal Television is creating.Harto and Garcia are repped by CAA and Madhouse Entertainment. Contact Stuart Levine at stuart.levine@variety.com

Cher's Ballroom Blitz: A Low-Key Affair

Cher She's worn plenty of glitter and feathers in her time, but when Cher arrived in the ballroom at Dancing With the Stars on Monday, everything about her highly-promoted appearance was very low key: She wore a simple black dress and muted floral shawl. Her hair was down and unadorned. But everyone was aware of her presence, and she couldn't stay quiet before, during and after her son, Chaz Bono, danced the paso doble to "Gonna Fly Now" from Rocky."She was very emotional," said Chaz's publicist, Howard Bragman. "She was screaming, crying, and saying, 'Why does Chaz have to go at the end? Can't he go sooner?' She had a wonderful time."The producers snuck the icon into the ballroom and seated her in the area facing the judges during the first commercial break. She sat through the rest of the show, getting up only to hug another famous audience member, Donny Osmond, when he walked over to greet her. Osmond, impressed with Chaz's performance, said, "Chaz just bought himself another week."Cher hadn't attended the show earlier in the season because she didn't want her massive celebrity to overshadow her son. Was Chaz nervous, dancing in front of his Oscar-winning mom? "It's so nerve-wracking to be dancing on live television in front of millions of people that having my family there just made me feel more supported," he said.But his pro partner, Lacey Schwimmer, was beside herself after meeting a major movie star. "I am so excited," she said. "I met Cher and she gave me a hug and I got a picture with her. And she said how great [our dance] was. The rest of it I kind of blurred out because I couldn't believe that I was meeting Cher. But don't tell Chaz that, because he gets really weirded out when I go on and on like that about his mom."Chaz and Lacey were thrilled with getting their highest score to date, a 21. "It's my favorite dance by far," Chaz said. "My favorite movie, my favorite theme song. I saw Rocky when I was a kid and I just loved it. Literally, I wanted to be Rocky. I met [Sylvester Stallone] when I was a kid. He came to one of my mom's concerts. It was right after he finished Rocky 2, and I still have a picture of the two of us together. It was a huge, huge thrill."Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!

Larry King Books Johnny Depp for CNN Special

Larry King has booked Pirates of the Caribbean star Johnny Depp for a rare sit-down. The CNN personality's interview with Depp, who stars in the upcoming big-screen adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson's The Rum Diary, is slated to air Sunday, Oct. 16 at 8 p.m. on the cable news network. King made the announcement on his official Twitter account on Tuesday morning, tweeting a photo of he and Depp during their interview: "Excited to announce my next special: an interview with Johnny Depp!" King announced that he would leave CNN's Larry King Live last summer after 25 years, with his last show airing in December 2010. British TV personality and journalist Piers Morgan took over in January with Piers Morgan Tonight. In addition to The Rum Diary, Depp next appears in Hugo, which screened at the NY Film Festival. Related Topics Johnny Depp CNN Larry King

Jane Fonda on Finding, Losing and Re-Finding Fascination with Acting (Audio)

Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images A powerful situation might be made that Jane Fonda is -- using the possible exception of Meryl Streep -- America's finest living film actress. She's given standout performances in a large number of memorable movies from over the genres in the last half-century, a few of which merit a place in a pantheon of yankee cinema, including: Edward Dmytryk's Walk around the Wild Side (1962), Elliot Silverstein's Cat Ballou (1965), Sydney Pollack's They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1966), Arthur Penn's The Chase (1966), Gene Saks's Barefoot around the block (1967), Roger Vadim's Barbarella (1968), Alan J. Pakula's Klute (1971), Fred Zinnemann's Julia (1977), Hal Ashby's Returning Home (1978), James Bridges's The China Syndrome (1979), Colin Higgins's 9 to 5 (1980), Mark Rydell's On Golden Pond (1981), and Norman Jewison's Agnes of God (1985). Because of her landmark performances within the aforementioned Klute and Returning Home, she is just one of only 12 people from the club of two-time best actress Oscar those who win. Another 11: Luise Rainer, Bette Davis, Olivia p Havilland, Vivien Leigh, Ingrid Bergman, Bette Davis, Katharine Hepburn, Glenda Jackson, Sally Area, Jodie Promote, and Hilary Swank. TORONTO REVIEW: Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding Now, at age 73 -- and despite going for a 16-year hiatus in the giant screen, spanning Martin Ritt's Stanley & Iris (1989) through Robert Luketic's Monster-in-Law (2005) -- she's the only real septuagenarian female who are able to obtain a movie made due to the fact she's decided to come in it. Situation-in-point:Bruce Beresford's Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding, Fonda's 4th publish-comeback film, which shot in upstate NY in This summer 2010, opened in the Toronto Worldwide Film Festival earlier this year, and it is still seeking U.S. distribution. Inside it, Fonda plays Sophistication, an enjoyable-loving, pot-smoking, chicken-raising, pottery-tossing, sexually-active hippie. Oh, and something more factor: the smoothness performed through the sex kitten of Barbarella and sexy call girl of Klute is -- understand this -- a gray-haired grandmother! Eventually, her lengthy-estranged daughter (Catherine Keener), a conservative lawyer, turns up at her home together with her own two kids with you (the lady is performed by Elizabeth Olsen of Martha Marcy May Marlene, the boy by Nat Wolff of Nickelodeon's The Naked Siblings Band), seeking refuge after separating from her husband (Kyle MacLachlan). During the period of their time together, Sophistication shows the 3 of these to release up, helps each to locate a little of romance (Olsen with Gossip Girl's Chace Crawford) throughout their stay, and activly works to earn her daughter's forgiveness. (She also offers several lines of dialogue -Body such as the phrase "cock-obstructing" -- that chose to make this author literally laugh-out-noisy.) PHOTOS: Toronto Film Festival: 13 Films to understand Whenever you consider it, Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding is like another film that's also near to Fonda's heart: On Golden Pond (1981), by which she shared the screen together with her legendary father Henry Fonda for the foremost and only time, and in that way assisted to enhance their lengthy-strained relationship. (He won the very best actor Oscar for that film and died just several weeks later.) Both films are essentially in regards to a parent and child battling to speak after a period of distance wager. In the last film, Jane performed a daughter battling to speak having a distant parent now she's playing a parent or gaurdian battling to speak having a distant daughter. And, when i noted within an early publish, Henry was just 3 years older when Pond was launched than his daughter has become -- 76 versus. 73. ("After I read your article [mentioning these commonalities] it is amazing,Inch Fonda remarked in my experience, insisting that they hadn't formerly observed them.) STORY: Toronto 2011: The Ten Most Buzzed-About Films That Also Haven't Found a U.S. Distributor Fonda was really scheduled to go to TIFF to advertise Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding, but she developed stomach pains and was informed not to traveling (she's fine now), and for that reason needed to cancel the number of interviews that they had decided to grant along with it. This disappointed journalist bothered her publicist to reschedule his like a phoner, however, and Fonda graciously agreed. Initially when i first rung her, she requested basically'd mind calling her in only a couple of more minutes oddly enough, after i did, she described in my experience that they have been "training just a little girl over the telephone because she's going to check out for any Robert Redford movie." (She herself shared the screen with Redford 45 years back within the Chase, 44 years back in Barefoot around the block, and 32 years back within the Electric Horseman.) Once our very own conversation got going ahead, Fonda devoted a generous period of time and a great deal of considered to responding to my questions regarding her past, present, and future... Jane Fonda 'Peace, Love & Misunderstanding' through the Hollywood Reporter Some highlights... On engaging in acting "The very first time I ever behaved was after i performed a boy inside a religious pageant in chapel... I began studying acting because I acquired fired like a secretary and that i needed to re-locate of my dad's house and make a living... I grew to become one to cover acting class, and began studying with Lee Strasberg." On first recognizing she was an actress "It had been when Lee Strasberg saw me do my first scene and stated in my experience, 'You know, I see many people coming through here. Among the finest to inform you something, Jane: you've real talent' -- when he stated that in my experience, I understood what my calling was. I desired somebody that wasn't my parent or perhaps an worker to inform me that. And Lee Strasberg did that for me personally.Inch On her behalf breakthrough role "I'd a unique career... I began having a starring role... and that i didn't appreciate it whatsoever. I didn't enjoy movie acting I'd say until Klute. Well, no, that's not the case. Barefoot around the block I'd a great time making... I didn't seem like I discovered my ocean-legs until Used to do Klute." On fame "It's completely different now. There's a cult of celebrity, you realize, partially due to the gossip magazines and also the paparazzi. Youthful people approaching now -- everything they are doing is under scrutiny. I am talking about, people become celebs who've never done anything! It's about celebrity, which's really bad -- it's unfortunate. I don't think it signifies excellent values. These aren't good heroines for the youthful people. Which was not the actual way it was after i emerged. There have been no paparazzi. There have been no gossip rags. There have been movie magazines, however they contained headshots from the star having a careful bio [laughs], , which involved it. I had been lucky. I arrived before all of this stuff happened." On her behalf first realization that they was famous "I suppose I understood I had been famous after i was opening inside a experience Broadway coupled with two movies playing simultaneously.Inch On her behalf favorite role "I believe the smoothness which i performed which i loved probably the most is really a character named Gertie Nevels within the Dollmaker [1984], that I won an Emmy. It had been designed for ABC... That's my personal favorite character which i ever performed -- I performed a hillbilly -- and that i was happy with that. Very proud. But [negligence call girl Bree Daniels in] Klute is appropriate available online for alongside that. Around the 1960's "I had been never a hippie. I had been an activist, however i never was a hippie. I didn't perform the tie-die, pot-smoking, psychedelic -- everything stuff. I never did that. On which brought to her 16-year hiatus from Hollywood "For the finish of my forties, which corresponded towards the finish from the eighties, I wasn't a contented camper. I felt very bad about myself I had been inside a marraige which was failing I saw no future personally -- I had been miserable, and that i thought it was very, very, tough to act under individuals conditions. I had been shut lower, and so i stated, 'I'm gonna get free from the company. I'm gonna be a full-time environment activist. I'll leave Hollywood.' I purchased a bit of property in New Mexico, and around that point I met Ted Turner -- and so i wound up possessing New Mexico! [laughs]... Anyway, I wouldn't happen to be capable of being married to him and work, however i was likely to not work anyway, therefore it's nothing like he got me to stop -- however i didn't have to work after i was married to Ted. When we divorced, I started writing my memoirs, which required me 5 years, which was probably the most essential things I've ever completed in my existence. After I involved annually from finishing them, I recognized I'm an extremely different person now than I had been fifteen years ago. I possibly could find pleasure in acting again -- I understood it during my bones. And That I had made an appearance in the Academy awards to provide an award -- I'd my haircut and that i looked pretty great -- and CAA required me lunch and stated, 'We wish to fully handle your case.' And That I stated, 'Well, I'm unsure I'm gonna work again.' However the script Monster-in-Law arrived, and that i recognized this only agreed to be perfect." On selecting Monster-in-Law (2005) on her comeback film "To begin with, I'd never performed a personality like this. Secondly, because I'd spent ten years with Ted Turner, I understood which i could play her, because I learned from Ted, being up-close and private, that being over-the-top could be nice endearing. [laughs]... My book arrived on the scene the same time frame the film arrived on the scene -- I'm the only real person who's ever endured a respected book and a respected movie out simultaneously. The experts hated it -- "Why would Jane wish to return after 16 years in, type of, a popcorn movie?" However it was really an extremely brilliant move ahead my part because youthful people found begin to see the movie simply because they desired to see [Jennifer Lopez], plus they discovered me, because I'm the one which had the more amusing role. And thus, you realize, after i walk lower the road now, youthful women coming towards me simply because they recognize me plus they get excited, and that i know precisely the things they're gonna say. Forget Klute, forget Returning Home, forget Julia -- 'Monster-in-Law! I've seen it 15 occasions! It's my all-time favorite movie!'... So It would be a wise move. And things i recognized throughout that movie is the fact that I've discovered pleasure in acting again -- I believe I'm much better than I ever happen to be -- and that i anticipate more." On which she's doing next "I'm writing three new books and that i have two new Dvd disks being released!" Jane Fonda Peace, Love & Misunderstanding

Full trailer for Human Centipede 2

Cover how well you see! A completely new trailer remains released online for director Tom Six's An Individuals Centipede Part 2: Full Sequence.We'd met the film's new medically intrigued psycho Martin in the previous trailer to ensure that because you will have previously suspected within the title his plans certainly are a little bigger.Factor is, we're not convinced this really is really prone to grab people. In the event you loved the initial film you're already offered on Part 2, should you didn't that is unlikely to tug you into the series.Besides, before BBFC grants or loans or financial loans it a licence inside the Uk, British horror fans will need to add the price of the EasyJet flight towards the cost of the cinema ticket.Personally, we're not able to wait for trailer for your Human Centipede Part 8: Take In The World. Clearly in those days it'll be tough to type and inform you of it, as everyone - including us - will probably be connected with the gastric system!

Kaira Pitt & Jonah Hill Tackle 'Jersey Shoreline,' Seth Rogen Plus Much More In Yes/No Show!

When "Moneyball" hits theaters a couple of days ago, you will notice exactly how good Kaira Pitt and Jonah Hill's figures really are if the involves identifying the sport of baseball. But wait, how do these stars endure in a really different game the key game the sport known all across the globe since the Yes/No Show? We place their honesty capabilities for the test inside our latest edition of After Several hours within the Toronto Worldwide Film Festival captured. Uncover the shocking truth to determine if either Kaira or Jonah have intercourse tapes, whether "Jersey Shoreline" can be a regularly seen type in the Pitt-Jolie household, and even more!

Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis: No Sexting Between Us

Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis Friends with Benefits co-stars Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake are not friends with sexting benefits, their reps tell US Weekly. "At no time did Mr. Timberlake and Ms. Kunis exchange inappropriate texts or e-mails ... The insistence that there is any inappropriate correspondence between the two parties is entirely false," they said in a joint statement. Check out our fall preview for galleries, scoop, premiere calendars and more!Last week, TMZ reported that Kunis' phone had been hacked and that it contained photos including her in the bathtub and Timberlake wearing women's underwear on his head. But at least Timberlake and Kunis can joke about the rumor. "Mr. Timberlake would like us to make it clear that while he might write songs about putting things in boxes, he never has and definitely doesn't make a habit of taking any photos of them and sending them," the statement read referring to Timberlake's Saturday Night Live song, "D-k in a Box." "Ms. Kunis would like us to add that while she is a fan of the song, she does not have nor has ever had photos of any male parts in her possession."

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Paul Williams Still Alive

A 3W Films presentation from the Mambo Entertainment production. (Worldwide sales: WME Entertainment, La.) Produced by Jim Czarnecki, Stephen Kessler, Mike Wilkins, David Zieff. Executive producers, Robert Cohen, Lesa Lakin. Co-producer, Alicia Van Couvering. Directed, put together by Stephen Kessler.With: Paul Williams, Stephen Kessler, Mariana Williams, Chris Caswell.A fascinating factor happened to Stephen Kessler on his approach to finishing "Paul Williams Still Alive," his affectionate portrait in the diminutive dynamo who loomed improbably large just like a pop-culture luminary through the seventies. After serendipitously trying to find his childhood idol, and beginning production which he clearly intended -- initially, no less than -- just like a melancholy ode with a faded star, Kessler wound up forging an unlikely friendship and, on the way, developing a stronger, much much deeper plus much more idiosyncratic documentary. Pic could click with baby senior citizens and Gen-Xers in a number of formats, but nostalgia will probably be only part of its appeal. For the benefit of people who up-to-date in the finish of: With the '70s, Paul Williams acquired fame and fortune just like a prodigiously prolific songwriter, penning enduringly popular standards for instance "Wet Days and Mondays," "We now have Only Begun," "I won't Keep going for a Day Without you" and "Only a classic-Fashioned Love Song" for that type of Three Dog Evening, the Craftsmen, Helen Reddy and, no kidding, David Bowie. He written for movies (producing Oscars for "Evergreen," co-written with Barbra Streisand for "A Star makes the worldInch and "The Rainbow Connection" for "The Muppet Movie"), had success just like a solo recording artist, and came wide exposure just like a film and TV actor. Kessler covers all of this plus much more in "Paul Williams Still Alive," and duly notes that, like every lots of '70s stars, Williams spent many of the eighties and 1990's in the spotlight while recouping in the personal and professional meltdown fueled by booze and medications. A TV-commercial director whose feature credits include "Vegas Vacation" and "The Independent," Kessler immediately cops to like a longtime fan of his subject. He unveils that, just like a chubby kid maturing in Queens, N.Y., he felt a distinctive affinity while using borderline-elfin Williams and deeply empathized while using songwriter's works about loneliness and longing. When he fortunately discovers that Williams continues to be alive and undertaking, Kessler has mixed feelings: He's glad to find out his idol managed to get his crash-and-burn excess, but just a little sad to look for the first kind celebrity now playing gigs in hotel lounges and lesser Vegas venues. Williams, however, doesn't notice as sad whatsoever. There's an amazing dynamic at play throughout "Still Alive," as Williams -- sometimes nicely, sometimes sternly -- frequently won't fulfill Kessler's anticipation, and progressively prods the filmmaker into developing a movie far unique of the primary one he set to create. In the beginning, Williams convinces Kessler being an onscreen participant, proclaiming that it may be difficult, otherwise silly, for him to create believe you be unaware from you following him. Later, when Kessler quizzes Williams in regards to the low points of his '70s superstardom, Williams bristles within the critique implicit in Kessler's queries. "I appear like this is often a search that we haven't felt within you before," Williams button button snaps. "Which I can not stay at home.Inch It's greatly to Kessler's credit, also to his film's benefit, he's incorporated this together with other moments that illustrate him as trying too much to correct his subject in a few preconceived scenario, and Williams as without effort battling facile labeling. The Two males don't really begin to bond until they share a six-hour bus ride using a possibly terrorist-filled jungle throughout Williams' tour in the Philippines. Nevertheless the give-and-take between subject and filmmaker always might be the pic's primary focus. Williams readily confesses to frequently like a drug-addled show-off throughout his '70s heyday -- inside the pic's uncomfortable sequences, he's noticeably pained while he unwillingly watches video of his spoiled-child arrogance while guest-hosting "The Merv Griffin Show" -- which he could not make any excuses to make the first and foremost from the perks that incorporated fame. "Being different is difficult,In . according to him. "Being special is addicting." As Kessler themselves observes, there's a tension created throughout "Paul Williams Still Alive" by opposite perspectives: Because the director is searching in a existence to produce a documentary, Williams -- who's living that existence -- is searching forward. Nevertheless the combination of people viewpoints produces an engrossing and satisfying pic, one that'll be loved even by individuals who've no time before learned about its subject. Tech values are acceptable.Camera (color, HD), Vern Nobles editor, David Zieff co-editor, Jonathan Del Gatto production designer, Perry Andelin Blake appear, Marcos Contreras. Examined at Toronto Film Festival (Real to Reel), Sept. 10, 2011. Running time: 84 MIN. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

How I Met Your Mother Boss: Can Barney and Robin Ignore Their Chemistry?

How I Met Your Mother Time has always been a major - if not the - component of How I Met Your Mother. But in Season 7, it will be about timing. "That's one of the central questions this season," creator/executive producer Carter Bays tells TVGuide.com. "Love and romance to some degree is a game of musical chairs. At some point, the music stops and you're with someone. You don't know at the beginning of the game who you're going to end with. Hopefully it ends up being the person you want to spend the rest of your life with, but there's a lot of randomness to it and bad timing on parts of all the characters." Fall Preview: Get scoop on your favorite returning shows In Robin's case, she's the one with the bad timing. After realizing she still has feelings for Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) in the season finale, Robin (Cobie Smulders) unfortunately cannot act on them yet, as her former flame has reconnected with Nora (Nazanin Boniadi). And yes, Barney is actually serious about getting serious this time. (Hey, he does get married after all.) "The thing that Barney learned last year was how he came to be the dashing rogue in the suit," Bays says. "He met his father and realized that maybe he can aspire to more in life and he's in a place where he's genuinely looking for something more than one-night stands with hot girls. We're going to see him a little more emboldened about starting a relationship with Nora." Though he's dating Nora, that doesn't mean Robin is out of the equation entirely. In fact, the first episode of the one-hour premiere features a hot and flirty dance number between Robin and Barney at Punchy's wedding. "That whole episode is about the chemistry of Barney and Robin and how you can't deny when there's a connection between two people," Bays says. "That's what the routine is about - they have chemistry, and how do you ignore it? Can you ignore it? Can they ignore it?" For now, they are, which complicates matters since Robin works with Nora. It will come to a head in the fourth episode, forebodingly titled "The Stinson Missile Crisis," in which Robin has an "explosive moment" that leads her to meeting her shrink and love interest Kevin (Kal Penn). "There's no attraction initially," Bays says. "But he understands Robin better than anyone who's understood her before and that is intriguing to her. He'll be around for five or six [episodes]." Robin remains one of the top candidates for Barney's mystery bride, along with Nora. There will be more candidates, but the reveal, which will happen this season, ought to make fans happy, Bays says. It's been more than a year since he and co-creator/executive producer Craig Thomas decided Barney would get married - a plot point they never imagined writing for the legendary womanizer when they conceived of the show, despite its themes of change and adult growing pains. "That wasn't part of [the original plan]! I think Barney's development as a human being has been a nice discovery as far as things we've explored," he says. "In [Season 1's] 'Zip, Zip, Zip,' it was just Barney hanging out with Robin, and it was great. We were like, 'Let's file this away.' By Season 3, we said we will play [that card] with them dating and breaking up. ... By Season 6, we knew we had this goalpost of him getting married and wanted to build this season of how someone goes from Barney to being the marrying kind. We had to dig in at what is at the core of a guy who's so allergic to any commitment. And it was abandonment. Now it's the story of who Barney is marrying." Fall TV: Get the day-by-day schedule While Barney's wedding is the framing device for the season, it's not, of course, all about Barnacle. Marshall (Jason Segel) will get his new job working for Martin Short's less-than-stellar lawyer in the second episode, and he and Lily (Alyson Hannigan) are expecting a baby, who will arrive in the season finale. "We've decided [the sex], but not the name yet," Bays says, noting that it may not necessarily be the son Future Ted referenced two seasons ago. "There's a whole episode about do you want to know the sex? We have a pregnancy calendar that's synced up with when episodes air. How big are Lily's boobs in this episode? Is she showing yet here?" And then there's that matter of the mother. "Maybe we'll see a knee, maybe a shoulder," Bays quips. After a disastrous relationship with Zoey (Jennifer Morrison), things are looking up for Ted (Josh Radnor) - professionally at least. "The first two episodes are about Ted realizing he might have wasted some time with Zoey and he needs to start dating again, not just to date, but to find his future wife," Bays says. "Part of the season will be about him taking a good look at his life and why is it that he hasn't settled down yet. The first episode of the series, he said he's ready to get married. Six years later, why is he not married?" Bays remains typically coy about the eventual reveal of the mother - there will be something in the finale - partially because that hinges on whether the show will stay beyond an eighth season. "We have wiggle room. There are three or four different plans," he says. "Right now, we're focused on Season 7. I think it'll be the best one yet. I think Season 6 will always be the season where things changed for me. I liked that there was a directional change in the show with the wedding mystery and we're continuing along the course, but there are big developments for everyone and some great moments that are looming on the horizon, so we're excited." How I Met Your Mother returns with two back-to-back episodes Monday at 8/7c on CBS.

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