Grease Actor Conaway Died Of Major Infections

FIRST PUBLISHED: September 30, 2011 9:42 PM EDT LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- An autopsy has ruled that Taxi and Grease star actor Jeff Conaways May 27 death was accidental and caused by major internal infection. Los Angeles County coroner Craig Harvey says coroners did not conduct a toxicology test because Conaway had been hospitalized for weeks prior to his death, so his blood would have come back clean. However, Harvey says when Conaway entered the hospital May 10, opiates and other drugs were in his system. Conaway struggled publicly with his addictions on Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew. Conaway, who had repeated back surgeries for an injury, blamed his drug abuse, in part, on his lingering back problem. Conaway was known for playing vain, struggling actor Bobby Wheeler on Taxi and Kenicke, the swaggering best friend of John Travolta in Grease. Copyright 2011 by Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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Universal Signs Three-Year Deal With 'Black Swan' Producer Cross Creek Pictures

Universal Pictures and up and coming producing and financing entity CrossCreek Pictures have signed a three-year distribution deal.our editor recommends'Black Swan' Breaks Studio Record as Prestige Films Make Impressive Debuts, Expansions'Black Swan' PGA Nomination Lesson: 'The $25-30 Million Film is Back' The pact covers a minimum of six pictures that will be produced and financedby Cross Creek. At the same time, Universal is opening its development slate for projects that Cross Creek can produce and finance. The first project to fall under the deal will be Rush, the Ron Howard-directed racing project starring Chris Hemsworth and written by Peter Morgan. Cross Creek is co-financing and co-producing the project with Exclusive Media Group. A second project, still not determined, may be The Creed of Violence, a ToddField-directed Western being produced by Michael De Luca that has Leonardo DiCaprio circling. Cross Creek, run by president Brian Oliver and CEP Timmy Thompson, hit itbig with their its movie, Black Swan, which grossed $329 million worldwideon a budget of $13 million. The company is involved in the George Clooney-directed political thrillerThe Ides of March, which opens Oct. 7, and has The Woman in Black,starring Daniel Radcliffe, coming out Feb. 3, 2012. Cross Creekpartnered with Exclusive Media on both projects. According to Universal and Cross Creek, the budget range for Cross Creek projects will range between $15 million and top out at $65 million. The planit to keep most projects between $25 and $35 million. Cross Creek hopes to produce three or four movies a year with Universal giving at least two of them a wide screen commitment. Related Topics Black Swan

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Sundance Pic 'Son of No One' Will receive a Release Date together with a brand new Cut

Hannibal Pictures Anchor Bay Films has set November 4, 2011, since the release date for Boy of Nobody, the all-star crime thriller from Dito Montiel. Nevertheless the version striking screens can change in comparison to version that opened up within the Sundance Film Festival, where Anchor Bay selected up. VIDEO: Al Pacino, Channing Tatum Sport Badges, Mustaches in 'Son of Nobody' Trailer "After acquiring The Boy of Nobody at Sundance taken, we labored while using filmmakers to tighten some sequences and that we are thrilled being obtaining a completely new cut to movie theaters in November that people are extremely pleased with,In . mentioned Anchor Bay's professional v . p ., purchases and co-production Kevin Kasha in the statement. The film is positioned to start in 10 areas. SUNDANCE REVIEW: The Boy of Nobody In line with the organization, Nobody sees Channing Tatum as "another-generation cop who'll enter over his mind when he's designated to re-open a double homicide cold situation within the Queens neighborhood." The cast includes Al Pacino, Juliette Binoche, Tracy Morgan, Katie Holmes and Ray Liotta. Channing Tatum The Boy of Nobody

Andy Rooney To Sign Off an hour On Sunday

UPDATE, 2:50 PM: The network’s pr release is below. Stated CBS News chairman and an hour executive producer Shaun Fager about Rooney’s retirement, which Rooney will announce throughout his essay segment Sunday: “Its tougher for him to get it done each week, but he'll always be capable of speak his mind on an hour once the urge hits him. PREVIOUS, 2:49 PM: Andy Rooney, who started his run because the finish-of-show commentator on an hour in 1978, can make his final regular appearance around the CBS newsmagazine this Sunday, the network stated today — although it’s entirely possible that the 92-year-old will remain on in certain reduced capacity. His final original essay — his 1,097th, based on the Connected Press — is going to be preceded throughout Sunday’s telecast with a career retrospective segment on Rooney with correspondent Morley Safer. The network is planning a pr release now. Andy Rooney will announce about this Sundays an hour that it'll be his last regular appearance around the broadcast. Rooney, 92, continues to be featured on an hour since 1978. He'll result in the announcement in the regular essay in the finish from the program, his 1097th original essay for an hour. It will likely be preceded with a segment by which Rooney looks back on his career within an interview with Morley Safer. Theres nobody like Andy there won't be. Hell hate hearing this, but hes a united states original, stated Shaun Fager, chairman CBS News and also the executive producer of an hour. His contributions to an hour are immeasurable hes additionally a great friend. Its tougher for him to get it done each week, but he'll always be capable of speak his mind on an hour once the urge hits him. Rooney started his operate on an hour in This summer 1978 by having an essay concerning the confirming of automobile deaths around the Independence Day weekend. He grew to become a normal feature that fall, alternating days using the dueling James J. Kilpatrick and Shana Alexander prior to getting the finish slot all to themself in nov 1979. In Rooneys first full season because the an hour commentator, the broadcast was the main program the very first time. He'd been a cause of an hour because the programs beginning. Throughout the very first season from the broadcast in 1968 he made an appearance a couple of occasions in silhouette with Palmer Williams, an hour senior producer, inside a short-resided segment known as Ipso and Facto. It had been one of several experiments the programs creator, Don Hewitt, attempted being an finish for that program. Hewitt settled using the Point/Counterpoint segment that Kilpatrick and Alexander made an appearance set for a couple of years before locating the perfect coda for an hour in Andy Rooney. Rooney also created an hour segments for Harry Reasoner throughout the broadcasts first couple of seasons. He authored his first television essay, an extended precursor from the type he is doing on an hour, in 1964, An Essay on Doorways. From 1962 to 1968, he worked with with Reasoner, with Rooney writing and creating and Reasoner narrating, on such notable CBS News special offers being an Essay on Bridges (1965), An Essay on Hotels (1966), An Essay on Women (1967), An Essay on Chairs (1968) and also the Strange Situation from the British Language (1968). That same year, he authored two CBS News special offers within the number of Black America. His script for Black History: Lost, Stolen or Strayed won him the very first of 4 Emmy honours. An Essay on War (1971), accomplished for PBS, was his first appearance on tv as themself and won Rooney his third Authors Guild Award. Later, he authored, created and read a number of broadcasts for CBS News on various facets of American existence, including Mr. Rooney Would go to Washington, that he won a Peabody Award, Andy Rooney Will Take Off, Mr. Rooney Would go to Work and Mr. Rooney Would go to Dinner. From 1979, he authored a weekly syndicated newspaper column which was identified by the nation's Society of Newspaper Columnists when he was given its Ernie Pyle Lifetime Achievement Award in June 2003. That September, he was honored having a Lifetime Achievement Emmy. The Overseas Press Club gave him its Presidents Award this year for his confirming in The Second World War for that Stars and Stripes. Rooney became a member of CBS in 1949 like a author for Arthur Godfreys Talent Scouts, a high 10 hit which was number 1 in 1952. Younger crowd authored for that Garry Moore Show (1959-65), helping it to attain hit status like a Top 20 program. Simultaneously, he authored for CBS News public-matters broadcasts like the Last Century, News of America, Adventure, Calendar and also the Morning Show with Will Rogers, Junior. Additionally to magazine articles he authored earlier in the career, Rooney may be the author of 16 books, most lately Andy Rooney: six decades of Knowledge and Wit, was released by PublicAffairs last year. Rooneys other books are: Air Gunner The Storyline from the Stars and Stripes Conquerors Peace The Fortunes of War A Couple of Minutes with Andy Rooney And Much More by Andy Rooney Bits of My Thoughts Sentence after sentence Not Too You Requested… Sweet and Sour My War Sincerely, Andy Rooney Common Nonsense, Many years of Minutes and From My Thoughts. Rooney was created Jan. 14, 1919, in Albany, N.Y. He attended Colgate College until he was drafted in to the Military in 1941. In Feb 1943, he was among six correspondents who travelled using the Eighth Air Pressure around the first American bombing raid over Germany. Rooney lives in NY. He's three kids along with a boy.

'Limelight' Producer Reveals How to Make a Documentary About Your Controversial Father

In the 1980s and 90s, metropolitan club owner Peter Gatien was such an influential taste-maker that he was once dubbed "the king of NY City nightclubs." His crown jewel was Limelight, a midnight haven that welcomed thousands of enthusiastic patrons -- celebrities, drag queens, dancers -- and blasted innovative electronic tunes until sunrise. All walks of life were welcome in the Studio 54 of the 1990s, until Mayor Rudolph Guliani's crime crackdown descended onto Gatien. His clubs were raided, he was arrested on tax evasion charges and deported to Canada. The new documentary 'Limelight' premiering in NY this weekend looks at a version of the city that thrived under his influence, and went hand-in-hand with the birth of ecstasy culture in the 90s. Who better to tackle Peter Gatien's controversial career than his own daughter? Moviefone spoke 'Limelight' producer Jen Gatien about depicting the troubles that arise when your own family in a tough documentary, as well the changing landscape of NYC in film. You're producing a movie... about your dad. How did that happen? Initially it was to be a feature film, and I had worked on launching it that way. We went down that road and into development hell, as it's known, so it didn't really go anywhere. In the meantime, I pursued my own projects and got some of my own films produced. Now that we're fifteen years away from my father's indictment, I thought if there was a time to look at the nineties, it's nice to do it with some years in between. So I conceived of the project and knew I needed to find a director that was appropriate for the subject matter. After seeing 'Cocaine Cowboys' I thought that Billy Corben was the best match, topic wise. I liked how he used the city to form the story of cocaine smuggling, and how cocaine built Miami. I wanted to look at how ecstasy was a decade defining drug, and how it's so synonymous with the nineties. Considering everything that's happened to your father, what was the working relationship like during the production? My father managed people, he's always been the boss of people. There's a power reversal here, and not that I'm power tripping, but Billy Corben, as a director, doesn't answer to anybody. I don't know that my father's ever had to deal with that sort of dynamic before. And for him, I think it's been incredibly difficult to accept that he can't control how he's portrayed. It was an opportunity to set the record straight from his point of view. But it's very balanced because we speak to the other people that were involved. And they should get their version of events. I think when people leave the movie, they're going to feel one way or the other. Was it Giuliani's campaign to clean the city? Did we suffer at all through that, or was it all good? By cleaning up NY City, what did we lose? What other recent projects do you think have accurately captured the flavor of NY City right now? I keep going back to Abel Ferrara because I love him and I know just how much of an iconic NYer he is; he gets into parts of NY that other people can't penetrate. Off the top of my head, I'm trying to think of what I've seen; that's probably a testament to what NY is about now. Has it been so gentrified and commercialized that the city isn't the character it once was in previous decades in film? I have to say, that's probably what it is. Even Woody Allen has been pushed out. He's like, "Dude, take me to Paris, there's nothing to do here!" There's no grit, there's no underbelly. It's sanitized in many ways; NY is feeling interchangeable to other generic American cities. Watch the trailer for 'Limelight' You were in your twenties when this boom happened and when your father was involved with it; how involved were you in the club culture? I wasn't emergent in the culture. I had an appreciation for the culture, but I had a very strong sense of a different life from that of my father's. I guess it's kind of the way I rebelled -- by not doing what he did. Instead I was very academic and went to Trinity, which is a very rigorous, academic program, and later went to Columbia. So while I would go to clubs, it didn't define who I was in a any way. When you did go, how did you perceive that world? Did it overwhelm you, excite you, freak you out? I thought it was so killer to go into a place with 4,000 people of every walk of life and be under the same roof and come into contact with people that I would otherwise never meet. This was also a pre-paparazzi and pre-cellphone-camera age. So even being a nightclub owner's daughter, I was pretty anonymous. There were celebrities but everyone blended it. It wasn't really that relevant who you were in any way, it was just sort of about the energy of being, you know, hearing DJs spin and drag queens and an art performance and it was just a lot of stimulae. For the audience that is totally alien to the scene, what aspects do you hope they connect with? I never intended this film to be a love letter to 'Limelight.' This film for me, was a statement of our federal justice system and I also wanted to expose how cooperation agreements work and how the government will give you a pass on the crimes you've committed if you're willing to take down somebody else. I don't think people realize what's involved in that. In my father's case, there were people that had not been convicted -- for murders, drug dealing, not paying their taxes, assault, impersonating an office, kidnapping, bank robberies.. Those people were all given a walk on any of those crimes provided they were willing to point the finger at my father. It said something really disturbing on the lengths to which the federal government will go if they want to get somebody. When you look at the depiction of club and drug culture in movies, do you think it's glamorized? I've yet to see a film that can capture the energy and the feeling. The only film I think did it really well was 'Babel.' I feel like there's that sense, in the Japanese segment when she walks into the club and you can't even hear the audio, but you just see the stimulae, and then sense of all the things going on around her. The intensity of that, it's the only film that comes to mind, they nailed it. Every other film has been pretty pathetic. Really? [Laughs] Yeah. Then what do you think about both the documentary and then the feature version, of 'Party Monster,' especially because that story is so connected to your father's history? I looked at those projects as something that tackled the subset of nightclub culture: club kids. I think in that sense, it's a successful film,. What I feel is very different about 'Limelight', is that it's more of a socio-political crime thriller with a mixture of cultural significance of club culture, but it's not devoted to club kids in any way, shape, or form. With Limelight and the club scene in the nineties, even if you weren't a part of it, you could recognize what it was. Do you think that youth, college and post-college, have something like that now to gravitate to? I think that for this generation, everything is so demystified for them. There's no secrets with Twitter and Facebook. People go to a club and they can Tweet and say, "This place sucks." There's a sharing of information that in many ways has democratized things, but in many other ways has demystified certain rites of passage because they've seen it, or hear about it. They don't experience things as much; they're so into writing or documenting the experience that they lose out in the experience itself. It's information overload and then it all tastes the same. If you go to a club now, I feel like everyone's worried about, they're on their cell phones, and they're either taking pictures and posting it, or they're writing about it. There's no more letting those places be an incubator of music and dialogue. In many ways it's just about documenting things and it's weird. It's a funny dynamic. Where do you think people can still discover music and form a community now? As in a physical location that isn't just file sharing? I'm sure that there are little spots, but the electronica movement is alive and well, it's just different. It's a roving party, they do it in terms of a one time event. There was a time in NY when it was not so one-time aspect driven; it was every Friday night. You could go and hear something and be part of something that was happening. It's venues have changed, it's concerts. There is no venue in NY. What other NY stories are you looking to tell? There's a film called 'Jack and Diane' that captures a certain part of NY that is a seventeen year old's playground, and that was a very different beast than it is today. Getting a fake id, trying to sneak into clubs, you know, hanging out in Washington Square Park. I think those things also take place, these kids just have it differently than I did. Limelight is out in limited release this weekend.

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8 Scoops About Glee, The Good Wife, Vampire Diaries and More from the Emmys Red Carpet

Nina Dobrev, Alan Cumming The Emmys red carpet isn't just about fashion: TV's hottest stars arrive with lots of scoop to unload. Stars including Emmy winner Ty Burell, Vampire Diaries' Nina Dobrev, Glee's Jenna Ushkowitz and The Office's Angela Kinsey unburdened themselves to TVGuide.com about such subjects as Modern Family's Thanksgiving extravaganza, multiple weddings, The Good Wife's ill-advised relationships and a naked Jason O'Mara on Terra Nova. Modern Family dominates Emmys, Friday Night Lights surprises 1. Modern Family and some great pumpkins: Remember that Thanksgiving episode we teased? Well, the Dunphy and Pritchett families will come together for a little competition they call "pumpkin chunkin'." "There's a bet: Can they launch a pumpkin the length of a football field?" executive producer Steve Levitan tells us. Why a pumpkin chunkin'? "It's something Cam used to do in his youth," Emmy winner Ty Burell says, adding that this episode will also feature Book of Morman's Josh Gad as a former neighbor who was obsessed with Phil. 2. Another Office wedding: One of the Dunder Mifflinites tied the knot over the summer! "You don't see the wedding, but it's going to be alluded to," star Angela Kinney says of her character marrying State Senator Rob Lipton (Jack Coleman). So will Oscar finally clue her in on his theory that the senator is a closeted homosexual? "They have a pretty cool reveal that's going to come up," she says. "Does she know and she's OK? She's got a much better life, she's all about moving up in society, so who knows?" 3. Vampire Diaries' Damon and Elena: After Damon (Ian Somerhalder) and Elena's big fight in the season premiere, you'd think a romance would be out of the question. Au contraire, says Nina Dobrev! "Elena is really angry with Damon right now, but he won't allow her to be angry with him for very long. He will make sure to get in her good graces." 4. Parks and Recreation's missing person: Just because Tom Haverford (Aziz Ansari) got a new job, that doesn't mean we'll be seeing less of our favorite cunning linguist. "Just like with Ann Perkins, who was a nurse but was always at the Parks Department, Tom, who works at Entertainment 720, is always at the Parks Department. He keeps coming back," says Retta, who notes that we'll find out that her character Donna and Tom are actually friends out of the office. "You get to see how they are with each other. It's pretty funny." 5. Big Bang Theory's wedding woes: When the show returns, Bernadette and Wolowitz (Simon Helberg) are in full wedding planning mode, but there's a hitch in their plans. "We're dealing with the living situation," Melissa Rauch says. "We don't know if we're going to be able to get Howard out of his mother's house. She's definitely marrying Mrs. Wolowitz as well as Mr. Wolowitz, so that's the situation. I don't know if we're going to actually get him separated from his mother." 6. Nudity on Terra Nova: The series premiere of Terra Nova offers a special treat in the series premiere: a shirtless Jason O'Mara. And you won't have to wait long to see that hot bod again. "You have to wait a whole week after the pilot episode for more," O'Mara jokes. "Then you have to wait a bit, so you've got to get it while it's good." Despite saying there's no mandate for him to be half-naked in every episode, the Irish actor takes his nudity seriously... sort of. "I'm so sick of chicken breasts and boiled vegetables, I can't tell you. I'm so sick of getting up at 5 a.m. to work out before the shoot. It's been tough." Check out all the fashions from the Emmy red carpet 7. Glee's senioritis: With most of New Directions heading off to college next year, one of the few juniors is feeling the pressure. Tina will have to meet Mike Chang's seriously strict parents this year. "They don't really approve of her. She's a distraction to him, so it'll be a struggle for them and we'll see if they last through it," Jenna Ushkowitz tells us. 8. The Good Wife's rocky relationships: We already know Eli Gold's estranged wife (Parker Posey) will be joining the show, but Alan Cumming dishes that their relationship is "prickly." We're guessing this is what drives Eli to do this: "I'm going to have a lot of ill-judged relationships," he says.

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Golem buys 'Bertsolari' for The country

MADRID -- The spanish language arthouse distrib Golem Distribucion has had theatrical and home theatre privileges to docu-feature "Bertsolari," which world preems Saturday in the San Sebastian Film Festival. Screening from competition in fest's Official Section, docu activates the Basque dental poetry tradition. Asier Altuna, co-champion from the San Sebastian youth award in 2005 for "Aupa Etxebeste!," directs "Bertsolari," a co-production between Txintxua Films and Basque pubcaster ETB. Golem aims release a "Bertsolari" March. 14 in The spanish language theaters. Docu may be the latest inside a flurry of surprise pick-ups, inked throughout the final several weeks through the Pamplona-based exhib-distributor. Japanese helmer Hirokazu Kore-eda's drama "If Only," which Golem pre-purchased from Wild Bunch, makes its European premiere in San Sebastian's Official Section. Offered by Match Factory, Finnish helmer Aki Kaurismaki's French-language comedy "Le Havre," a contest standout at Cannes, screens within the Zabaltegi-Pearls section. Acquired from Reminder Films, Asghar Farhadi's "Nader and Simin: A Separation" -- champion from the Berlinale's Golden Bear -- also screens at Zabaltegi-Pearls. Playing in San Sebastian's Horizontes Latinos sidebar, Chilean Cristian Jimenez's sophomore pic "Bonsai," was bought by Golem after it required the primary award at March's Films happening in Toulouse. A lot of Golem's movie purchases are pre-buys. "Our editorial line causes us to be stay loyal to established auteurs, following very carefully their new productions before they're completed," stated Golem co-founder Josetxo Moreno. Beyond its San Sebastian tests, Golem has additionally acquired Polish helmer Malgoska Szumowska's "Elles," starring Juliette Binoche. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Gabrielle Giffords Grants or loans First Interview To Diane Sawyer

FIRST Released: September 12, 2011 1:47 PM EDT NEW You are able to, N.Y. -- Arizona Repetition. Gabrielle Giffords can give her first TV interview since being shot in The month of january to Diane Sawyer of ABC News. Giffords, shot within the mind while ending up in ingredients on Jan. 8, is going to be questioned together with her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly. ABC stated Monday the discussion will air included in an excellent-time special November. 14. Thats the evening before a magazine by Giffords and Kelly is going to be released. Its entitled Gabby: A Tale of Courage and Hope. Giffords has gradually emerged as her recovery in the near-fatal brain injuries continues. Her office had launched a photograph of her in June, as well as in August she made an appearance in Washington to election about the debt ceiling bill. Copyright 2011 by Connected Press. All privileges reserved.These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Contagion Beats The Help to Top Slow Weekend Box Office

Contagion Steven Soderbergh's virus outbreak thriller Contagion fittingly topped what was a pretty sickly weekend box office.The film, which stars Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Gwyneth Paltrow and Jude Law, pulled in $23.1 million, according to Box Office Mojo. That was enough to topple three-time champ The Help, which fell to second place with an additional $8.7 million (for a total of $137 million after five weeks).All told, the box office gross for the weekend's top 10 films was only $66.4 million, the lowest weekend gross this year. That was due in part to low debuts by the weekend's other newcomers, two of which failed to even make the Top 10.New release Warrior did manage to take third place with $5.6 million, followed by The Debt and Colombiana, which earned $4.9 million and $4 million, respectively.Rounding out the top 10: Rise of the Planet of the Apes (No. 6, $3.9 million, bringing its take to $167.8 million), Shark Night 3D (No. 7, $3.5 million), Apollo 18 (No. 8, $2.9 million ), Our Idiot Brother (No. 9, $2.8 million) and Spy Kids: All the Time in the World (No. 10 $2.5 million).

'Mercer Report' tops Geminis

Peters The lengthy-running, top-ranked CBC satirical series "Ron Mercer Report," a "Daily Show"-like undertake current occasions, won the trophy for comedy series, and also the Irish-Canadian-Hungarian period co-push "The Borgias" required home the hardware for dramatic series in the final public gala from the Gemini Honours on Wednesday in Toronto. The seven honours were doled out in the ceremony, broadcast on pubcaster CBC. A week ago, 112 Gemini Honours were passed out at two nontelevised galas. Peter Keleghan won for actor inside a comedy for his role within the Montreal-shot sitcom "18 to Existence" and Callum Keith Rennie as actor inside a drama for "Shattered." Tracy Dawson required comedy actress for "Call Me Fitz." The prize for drama actress visited Michelle Thrush for "Blackstone," about crime and corruption on the First Nations reserve.James Duthie won the host or interviewer inside a sports program trophy for "NHL All-Star Fantasy Draft," which broadcast about the Bell-possessed sports web TSN. Russell Peters located the gala. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Baz Luhrmann's $125 Milllion 'The Great Gatsby' Begins Production in Sydney

SYDNEY -- The high-octane cast of The Great Gatsby, led by Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire, has gathered in Sydney for the start of production of Baz Lurhmann's 3D adaptation of the American classic this week.our editor recommends'Warrior': Tom Hardy Spars With a Professional Fighter in New Clip (Video)Joel Edgerton, Luke Evans Square Off for Key 'Great Gatsby' Role (Exclusive)Joel Edgerton to Play Tom Buchanan in 'The Great Gatsby'Baz Luhrmann to Shoot 'Great Gatsby' in Sydney Baz Luhrmann Might Shoot 'Great Gatsby' in 3D The two leads will be joined by Indian superstar Amitabh Bachchan, Isla Fisher, Jason Clarke and newcomer Elizabeth Debicki, Luhrmann said Wednesday. DiCaprio stars in the title role as Jay Gatsby, with Maguire as Nick Carraway.Joel EdgertonandCarey Mulliganappearas Tom and Daisy Buchanan.Bachchan will play the role of Meyer Wolfsheim, Fisher and Clarke are cast as Myrtle and George Wilson. Debicki will play Jordan Baker. Production on the AUS$120 million ($126 million) feature got underway at Fox Studios Australia on Monday with sound stages and locations in Sydney to be transformed into glittering Jazz Age New York and Long Island. Warner Bros Pictures, which is backing the film, said Luhrmann will "create his own distinctive visual interpretation of the classic story, bringing the period to life in a way that has never been seen before." That includes, according to local reports, shipping in a fleet of vintage cars, for the shoot from Volo Auto Museum in Illinois, including a pair of 1929 Duesenbergs and a 1929 Packard, to be used by DiCaprio's character and rumored to be worth up to $3 million each. For his part, Luhrmann, who is directing as well as co-writing, co-producing and co-designing through his Bazmark Films shingle, said, "Fitzgerald's story defies time and geography. The vision and the goal of our remarkable cast and creatives is to do justice to the deftness of Fitzgerald's telling, and illuminate its big ideas and humanity. This is our challenge and our adventure." "The opportunity to make the film in Australia with the Bazmark creative team is very important to us; the assistance from Screen Australia and the [New South Wales] Government has made that possible," he added. The feature will reportedly qualify for the Australian government's producer offset that gives a rebate of up to 40% of a features budget on qualifying Australian productions. The NSW state government has provided financing under its enhanced film investment fund. Luhrmann is producing, along with Catherine Martin, Catherine Knapman, Lucy Fisher and Douglas Wick. The executive producers are Barrie M. Osborne and Bruce Berman. Lurhmann has written the screenplay, from F Scott Fitzgerald's novel, with longtime writing partner Craig Pearce, while his collaborator, and wife, Catherine Martin is doing production and costume design. The editors are Jason Ballantine, Matt Villa and Jonathan Redmond, and the director of photography is Simon Duggan. Filming will take place over 17 weeks, with over 400 cast and crew estimated to take part, with another 30 weeks to be spent on post-production, also to be done in Sydney. The film will be distributed in 3D and 2D by Warner Bros. Pictures and in select territories by Village Roadshow Pictures. Related Topics International Asia Baz Luhrmann The Great Gatsby Warner Bros. Pictures Group

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Cinecitta Luce, Telecom Italia pact on upkeep

Italy's Cinecitta Luce and Telecom Italia have pacted to preserve and electronically distribute photos and documentaries in Italy's national film archives plus several worldwide game titles.Under their long term multi-billion dollar agreement, Telecom Italia will lead to protecting material within the historic Istituto Luce Archives in return for multi-platform distribution privileges.Established in 1924, Istituto Luce has a lot more than 12,000 newsreels, 6,000 paperwork and films, and most 8,000 reels of raw footage."The agreement verifies how important Cinecitta Luce is really as a cultural and industrial resource," stated its controlling director Luciano Sovena."Because of this deal our library will end up open to 18 million people."Beginning this month, 150 films and paperwork in the library will end up on pay-per-take on Telecom Italia's Cubovision web-TV service, while other content is going to be free. The agreement also covers some worldwide game titles from Cinecitta Luce, also is an arthouse theatrical distributor. Contact Nick Vivarelli at nvivarelli@gmail.com

Japan's three dimensional chiller

When Japanese helmer Takashi Shimuzu presents horror-thriller "Tormented," a three dimensional fantasy puzzle, out-of-competition today, probably the most faq's may be: What really happens?At the outset of the Fortissimo-offered film, a youthful boy peers lower in a dying rabbit inside a hole in the playground, then smashes a stone on its face. Approximately it appears.His doting teen sister, Kiriko, that has lost the energy of speech, then attempts to save the boy from the bounding, bullying guy-sized rabbit, who drags him on a sinister fairground.Well, that's one explanation. Shimizu occupies a distinctive position in J-horror. At helmer Mike Raimi's request, he remade his "Ju-on" as 2004's "The Grudge," which capped U.S. charts for 2 days.His 2009 movie, "The Shock Labyrinth: Extreme," would be a pioneering three dimensional film for Japan. Shimizu also headed the jury from the Venice Film Festival's 2010 Persol three dimensional award.Yet, despite his U.S. triumph he sets themself aside from most mainstream U.S. and three dimensional filmmaking.The helmer stated he desired to make an ending where lots of understanding were possible."What I wish to express is: what individuals see and also the some time and space that govern individuals awareness is probably not only one. "Usually people -- particularly in The United States -- often request for definite solutions."Shimizu accepted he "clashed a great dealInch with cinematographer Chris Doyle. But he recognized that "if anyone understood our intentions -- or even more to the stage, felt them -- it had been most likely Chris, the Difficult but Refined Old Bastard."Doyle without doubt led much to "Tormented's" sustained fantasy as Shimuzu attempted, in the own words, to capture "the imagery from the horrifying facets of a persons mind" and take three dimensional one stage further.Inchthree dimensional has multi-dimensional options and values" that generally weren't investigated, he stated. "This is exactly why I made two 3Ds consecutively, despite their rather low-budgets," Shimizu stated. "My next film will probably be a horror movie too. It most likely will not be three dimensional, but be confident it'll have another edge to pay for your." Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

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Awkward. Star Ashley Rickards: Jenna's Heading Out of Control

Awkward, Ashley Rickards Awkward. star Ashley Rickards promises audiences are going to see her character, Jenna Hamilton, like they have never witnessed her before. In Tuesday's episode (11/10c, MTV), which Rickards calls an homage towards the Hangover, audiences might find Jenna dolled up for any party. But that will not be the sole change. Is Awkward. in your Watchlist? Add it as well as your other faves now and not miss a chapter "You're able to see Jenna really unmanageable after which obtaining the pieces immediately later on," she states. "Normally she gets this old soul personality where she's in a position to figure things out and handle them ... but this time around she's incapable. She does something I do not think anybody would expect her to complete also it eventually ends up costing her." Could that something involve her secret hookup with Matty (Love Mirchoff), who continues to have their relationship quiet to Jenna's chagrin? Or possibly the truth that Jenna was lately kissed by Mike (Brett Davern) establishing a quasi love triangular? "Jenna and Matty's relationship is stuffed with good and the bad," she states. "We make use of the word DTR [define the connection] a great deal and that is something they have to do." For the time being a minimum of, Rickards is happy being torn between your two men. "I am team Europe," she states of who she would like Jenna to finish track of. "Should you put a hybrid of these two of individuals together, it might be an ideal relationship." However, Rickards, who formerly made an appearance on a single Tree Hill, promises that Jenna will choose from the 2 through the finish of year. What else is available prior to the show's lately purchased Season 2 starts? Audiences will become familiar with who authored the "care-frontation" letter and "a couple of bridges are burned between Jenna and figures you would not expect," Rickards states. Watch full instances of Awkward. within our Movie Guide Rickards, who graduated 2 yrs early, does not always connect with her character's senior high school experience, but she states MTV's surprise hit owes its success to a lot more than the shared connection with awkward adolescence. "It comes down to identification and that is something which people of any age and avenues of life can connect with,Inch she states. "Searching at what Jenna needs to undergo I am certainly glad I acquired from senior high school after i did!" Watch a preview for Tuesday's episode: Have More: Awkward., MTV Shows