Mel Gibson Isn't the main Person Arranging a Judah Maccabee Film

Mel Gibson has some company within the pursuit to produce the story of Jewish leader Judah Maccabee to theaters. Producer Bruce Nash ('Modern Marvels') is planning their very own version in the Hanukkah origin story, with eyes which causes it to be whether film or possibly a tv miniseries. Clearly Nash isn't as high-profile as Gibson, but more youthful crowd doesn't have Gibson's scandalous anti-Semitic baggage either. Nash's project has another edge: a finished script by Scott Abbott, who written 'Winchell' and co-written 'Introducing Dorothy Dandridge' for Cinemax. Gibson's project is defined at Warner Bros., nevertheless the script -- by 'Basic Instinct' film author Joe Eszterhas -- remains in development. Despite his past, Gibson referred to he was inspired with the story of Maccabee, featuring Old Testament-style battles including tigers together with a lead character who "just clicked on." Naturally, Jewish leaders weren't happy with Gibson's expects to inform the story, calling the project "an insult to Jews." Rabbi Marvin Hier of Los Angeles's Simon Wiesenthal Center Museum of Tolerance mentioned, "Casting him just like a director or even since the star of Judah Maccabee is similar to casting Madoff being your brain in the Opportunities and Exchange Commission, or possibly a white-colored supremacist as trying to portray Martin Luther King Junior." [via THR] photo because of Getty Images

'Dancing While using Stars' Results: Another Contestant Removed

Adam Taylor/ABC Another celebrity remains taken off ABC's Dwts. Model-actress Elisabetta Canalis and her professional partner Val Chmerkovskiy were advised to visit home Tuesday evening. She becomes the second celebrity contestant removed, following Basketball player Ron Artest,who recenty changed his title to Metta World Peace. PHOTOS: 'Dancing While using Stars' Season 13: Rehearsals Canalis -- an Italian who's possibly most broadly recognized to U.S. audiences as George Clooney's ex-girlfriend -- showed up for the bottom three alongside David Arquette and Chaz Bono, who completed Monday with inflamed joints and high discomfort and completed with both knees wrapped. Canalis really went into Tuesday's results show tied for third place with 21 points -- before Arquette, Bono, Hope Solo and Carson Kressley -- nevertheless the viewer election wasn't enough to keep her around another week. PHOTOS: 'Dancing While using Stars' Season 13 Cast Official Photos Ten participants remain in competition for your mirror-ball trophy: Arquette, Bono, Solo, Kressley, Nancy Sophistication, Ricki Lake, Make the most of Kardashian, Kristin Cavallari, J.R. Martinez and Chynna Phillips. RELATED: PHOTOS: 'Dancing While using Stars' Season 13 Cast 'Dancing While using Stars'' Nancy Sophistication Declines Wardrobe Malfunction TV REVIEW: 'Dancing While using Stars' Season 13 Premiere ABC Carson Kressley Chaz Bono David Arquette Elisabetta Canalis Kristin Cavallari Dwts Dwts the final results Show Nancy Sophistication

Box Office: Lion King Holds Onto No. 1, Moneyball Hits It Out of the Park

Moneyball Brad Pitt, Taylor Lautner and Robert De Niro were no match for nostalgia at the box office, as Disney's re-release of The Lion King held onto the No. 1 spot, Box Office Mojo reports. The 1994 film grossed an estimated $22.1 million in its second week back. Coming in second for the weekend, Moneyball was top among new releases. The baseball drama starring Pitt brought in $20.6 million (the highest opening for a baseball movie ever). Close behind was the inspirational family film Dolphin Tale, which earned $20.2 million. Check out our fall preview for galleries, scoop, premiere calendars and more! Abduction, the action movie headlined by Twilight's Lautner ranked fourth with $11.2 million. Killer Elite, starring De Niro, drew $9.5 million to complete the top 5. Contagion grabbed the No. 6 spot, with $8.5 million. Rounding out the top 10: Drive (No. 7, $5.7 million), The Help (No. 8, $4.4 million, bringing its total to $154.4 million), Straw Dogs (No. 9, $2.1 million) and I Don't Know How She Does It (No. 10, $2 million).

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Fringe Bosses: Peter Never Existed, But the Last Three Seasons Still Did

Fringe [SPOILER ALERT: This story contains key plot details from the new season of Fringe] Peter Bishop never existed: True. Neither did what happened during the last three seasons of Fringe: False. But where we last left off had many fans scratching their heads. After Peter (Joshua Jackson) built a bridge between the two universes in order to save billions of lives, he seemingly disappeared into thin air. The Observers noted that Peter had, in fact, never existed at all, a comment that caused just as much confusion as it did outrage among viewers. Fringe Finale: Guess who never existed? If Peter had never existed, then did anything we watched over the last three years actually happen? Jackson feels your frustration. "Being a fan of shows like this, I am with everybody who goes, 'Don't you dare tell me that I just wasted three years of my life by telling me, 'Oops! It didn't actually happen, we're starting from scratch' So, I get that concern, but the idea is not to erase the history of Fringe," he tells TVGuide.com. Aside from the MIA Peter, the fourth season opener won't feel that different from what we've seen. It's a mix of freaky procedural cases with the underlying storyline of saving the two universes. Just less Peter. "We're not pulling a bait and switch, like man, everything was a dream," executive producer J.H. Wyman says. "The truth is, we know very well that everything did happen the way it happens. It's not as if we're trying to make people think everything you've watched has no value anymore. It's quite the opposite. Everything does have value." "Yes, he did exist," Wyman continues, albeit not for a long time in the minds of the Fringe Division. The finale scene with the Observers saying he didn't exist "was a slight teaser in the wrong direction because Peter did exist, but Peter died as a child. Both Peters died as [children]," John Noble says. Fall Preview: Get scoop on your favorite returning shows Because of this, there will be several big changes. "It just means that Olivia [Anna Torv] got Walter out of the institution because she needed his knowledge. She didn't need Peter, she just had to get this man because he knew so much," Noble says, noting that without Peter to ground him, Walter has become much more of a neurotic madman. Not unlike the concept in Back to the Future II - Noble actually used this awesome reference to describe it - the timeline of Fringe has changed in different ways because Peter wasn't there to affect it. "A lot of things that he was involved in didn't turn out the way that they did, the way that we're used to," Wyman says. Adds executive producer Jeff Pinkner: "It is totally possible that some of the cases that we've seen will come back and sometimes with different guys and with a different set of circumstances." Still, that's not to say Peter's presence won't be felt. The question is exactly where is Peter? "Let's just say home is where the heart is," Wyman says. "Imagine if all of a sudden you didn't exist and then maybe in some capacity you could witness the fact that nobody knows you. I mean what would that be like?" Gallery: Which TV shows jumped the shark last season? The idea of being tied to the ones you love and transcending the constraints of space and time is one of the major themes of the season. "The theme that were really interested in this year is life is valued by the connections that we make," Wyman says. "What impact do you have to the people in your life? If you weren't there what would they be like? And vice versa." Even when Peter does eventually make it back into reality, he'll be a different person. "Because the guy that we met in the beginning of Fringe had no desire to be there, and slowly but surely got warped into this, as John and I described it, fanboy. In the course of doing that, he kind of went from being the impetuous teenager of the show to kind of sulking in the corner, to actually being a man," Jackson says. "And the guy who would come back to the show after having sacrificed himself for the love of his family is a different man. I think he's grown up a lot. I think a different guy comes back than the guy that left." Jackson, who's never gotten to play the doppelganger version of himself, is excited for the challenge of playing a new kind of Peter. "We spent so much time talking about that father/son dynamic," he says. "We spent three years building to a place, and now we get to sort of start from scratch, decide what the new rules are, and then build to a new place, and as an actor, that to me is the most fun." Check out our fall preview for galleries, scoop, premiere calendars and more! Elsewhere, the two universes are still at each other's throats, but now they're forced, in many ways, to team up to save both sides. "Both universes are [still] dying," Wyman says. "The two sides are self-charged with healing their two universes and setting aside their differences to do so. The two sides trusting each other and actually trying to figure out what they're all going through is also a large part of the season going forward." For the Olivias, working together won't be easy. "You can definitely expect an animosity between the two of them because things still happen the way they happened," Wyman says. "Bolivia came over here to do what she needed to do, but Peter wasn't part of that equation. So, what does that look like then? How did she take over Olivia's life and what are some of the things that we didn't get to see last year that you could sort of include into this year?" What are you looking forward to this season? Fringe returns Friday at 9/8c on Fox.

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Toronto: Which Side We Proceed Now? Wins Audience Award, The Raid Can get Evening time Madness, Island Leader Wins Docu Prize

The 2011 Toronto Film Festival is drawing with a close, as well as the festival just given out its honours. The individuals who win: Cadillac People’s Choice Award Nadine Labaki-directed Which Side We Proceed Now? Cadillac People’s Choice Award For Documentary Jon Shenk-directed The Region Leader Cadillac People’s Choice Award For Evening time Madness Gareth Evans-directed The Raid Capital of scotland - Toronto and Astral Media’s The Film Network Award For Top Canadian Feature Philippe Falardeau-directed Monsieur Lazhar Skyy Vodka Award For Top Canadian First Feature Film Nathan Morlando-directed Edwin Boyd FIPRESCI Prize For Special Presentations Section Gianni Amelio-directed The Initial Guy FIPRESCI Prize For Discovery Programme Axel Petersen-directed Avalon (Sweden) Best Canadian Online Video Ian Harnarine-directed Doubles With Slight Pepper

'Giant' stars cut lower to size

Carroll Baker with Thomas McCarthy at Academy screening Fifty-five years after "Giant" preemed, Carroll Baker gave NY Academy people the muck on her behalf account late co-stars James Dean, Bette Davis and Rock Hudson. The Q&A within the Lighthouse Intl. was part of the Academy's Monday Nights With Oscar series."Jimmy will be a wonderful actor, but he was strange," mentioned Baker. "He gave this appearance he was this type of outsider and finally at Warner Bros. we'd Hedda Hopper which he got lower on his knees. I used to be like, oh please! Who that?"Elizabeth was elevated by MGM," Baker ongoing. "She am sentimental about everything like the MGM movies were. Because she visited bed mattress with five different males, she didn't need marry them, in MGM movies you most likely did!InchConcerning Hudson's Oscar-nommed submit "Giant," Baker wasn't impressed. "Rock got by. I didn't think it absolutely was a great performance."

OSCAR: Documentary Feature Records Due

Beverly Hillsides, CA Thursday, September 15, 5 PM may be the deadline for filmmakers to submit documentary features towards the Academy of movement Picture Arts and Sciences for consideration for that 84th Oscars. To become qualified, the documentaries must complete seven-day commercial runs both in La County and also the Borough of Manhattan in NY between September 1, 2010, and December 31, 2011. (The September 1 to December 31 period is a-time only later on years, qualifications follows just the twelve months.) For films finishing their being approved runs by August 15, all documents should be completed and received through the Academy no after thirty days following the finish from the being approved runs. For films finishing their being approved runs after August 15, all documents, including legal contracts, should be completed and received through the Academy through the September 15 deadline. Each completed entry form should be supported by supporting materials, including an British-language synopsis from the film, a listing of film credits, filmographies from the director(s) and producer(s) when relevant, 30 DVD copies from the film, and evidence of seven-day being approved displays. More information concerning the documentary honours groups might be acquired by going to http://world wide web.academy awards.org/honours/academyawards/rules/rule12.html or getting in touch with assistant honours coordinator Michelle Ayala at (310) 247-3000, ext. 1117, or via e-mail atmayala@academy awards.org. The 84th Oscars nominations is going to be introduced survive Tuesday, The month of january 24, 2012, at 5:30 a.m. PT within the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater. Oscars for outstanding film accomplishments of 2011 will be provided on Sunday, Feb 26, 2012, in the Kodak Theatre.

Scarlett Johansson wants more Avengers action

For individuals individuals with fond reminiscences of Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow crushing necks between her upper thighs in Iron Guy 2, we now have great news!Scarlett is apparently insisting her Avengers character will get as numerous scrap moments because the boys in Joss Whedon's super hero spectacular."Scarlett is creating a reason for not the token lady within the movie," states ShowbizSpy. "She's had extra action moments already but continues to be wanting more. She's been very not wanting to have her character be considered a love interest for that male heroes. Scarlett wants Black Widow to become on an amount using the men otherwise much more super!"So, Scarlett wants her powerless Russian assassin to become much more super than the usual Norse god, a gamma-ray implanted rage-animal, a mega-genius with laser-cannons shackled by his arms, along with a star-spangled shield-flinging super-soldier.Fair enough, we are saying.

Shirley MacLaine Joins Italian/Jewish Romeo and Juliet Film - But Who As?

Just when you’d written your last letter to Juliet and cleaned up your star-crossed gnomes, in comes one more retooled Romeo and Juliet called The Locals. In the upcoming indie, director/writer Sue Kramer treats the Montagues and Capulets to “a Jewish/Italian twist.” Shirley MacLaine, who just titillated us with fabulous anecdotes at the LA Film Festival, is the first cast in the film, and Vera Farmiga and Alan Arkin are in talks to join her. But who will she play? Though I’m expecting MacLaine to play a house matriarch, I’m hoping she suits up for a kooky, Luhrmann-like version of Friar Lawrence. Can we feather her up, deck her in pearled rosaries, and give her a bulky clutch for transferring messages between Romeo and Juliet? Talk about Postcards from the Edge. In fact, I want the line, “Talk about Postcards from the Edge” inserted during a key scene. In fact, I’d read a celebrity biography called Wherefore art thou, Debra Winger? FYI. Toronto: Shirley MacLaine Set, Alan Arkin And Vera Farmiga Talking ‘The Locals’ [Deadline]

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Winston Churchill will be a marginally bipolar alcoholic, Abraham Lincoln subsequently subsequently will be a manic depressive and Mahatma Gandhi stood a chronic dysthymic personality disorder. But everything, really, labored inside their favor.This is the argument assist with having a distinguished academic in the new book titled "A Preliminary-Rate Madness: Locating the hyperlinks Between Leadership and Mental Illness."I came across it oddly reinforcing due to this: Coping with stars and filmmakers over time I've frequently asked for myself, "Is it crazy, or am I?" It's true that that visiting least slightly crazy happens to be an positive pressure.The book's author, Nassir Ghaemi, is director in the Feelings Disorders Enter in the Tufts U. Clinic (I never understood mood disorders may be structured in to a entire program) which he demands that numerous of history's great leaders accomplished good success utilizing their disorders because "abnormal leaders are crucial to fulfill abnormal challenges." Churchill's mood changes, Ghaemi argues, aided the politician predict Hitler's irrational techniques.Placed on the humanities, it might be contended exceptional works are often both startling and topsy-turvy and for that reason leave artists that are disordered temperamentally. The aberrant behavior of stars from Charlie Chaplin to Marlon Brando remains highly recorded. Nevertheless the tradition of erratic behavior goes back to Sarah Bernhardt, the legendary actress who as well as getting a dog alligator together with a python at the begining of 1900s to shock her Victorian audience.Filmmakers have frequently matched up up their stars in extreme behavior, Stanley Kubrick am obsessive a great equally compulsive personality, Napoleon, he labored for more than ten years to arrange what he recognized would be the most pricey movie available -- but never handled to obtain. (Chaplin also not successful getting a Napoleon movie in 1922). Some 1,712 pages of Kubrick's notes, sketches and correspondence, filling three volumes, were launched this year with the Taschen Press in the massive book titled "The Best Movie Never Made."An admirer of Kubrick, Francis Coppola labored for three years through multiple cuts and reshoots of his epic "Apocalypse Now," acknowledging he experienced cosmic mood changes in trying to be ready for that film's irrational protagonist, carried out, correctly enough, by Brando.Explaining all this within the book, Ghaemi observes that "depression makes leaders more realistic and understanding and mania ensures they are more creative and resilient."That may really be true, but random bouts of depression and manic behavior also provide destroyed many movies and careers. Dennis Hopper, following a mindblowing success of "Easy Driver," devoted themselves to excess looking for art, in photo-graphy and film. His second movie, correctly titled "The Ultimate Movie," postponed his career just like a filmmaker for pretty much 10 years.The best way to flourish in politics or perhaps the arts, Ghaemi thinks, is always to make manic craziness suit your needs, not against you. John F. Kennedy, Ghaemi posits, did both. His recklessness and "hyper sexuality" increased to explore his charm. Concurrently his misuse of steroids and amphetamines triggered him being "psychiatrically erratic," resulting in every once in awhile disastrous options, such as the Bay of Pigs invasion.None people know so far whether Muammar Gaddafi needed amphetamines to fuel his tribal traumas, but he handled to harness his erratic behavior to sustain 4 decades of absolute energy.To attain further knowledge of all this, I plan to arrange a lunch between Nassir Ghaemi and Rhianna. Are both students of flamboyant behaviorism. But while Ghaemi has only switched it in to a book, Rhianna has converted to a business. Sarah Bernhardt might have been envious. Column Calendar: Monday: Peter Bart Tuesday: Peter Caranicas/Cynthia Littleton wednesday: John Lowry Thursday: Andrew Barker/David S. Cohen Friday: Tim Gray/Ted Manley Contact Peter Bart at peter.bart@variety.com

Denzel Washington inspections set for Flight

What exactly is it with Denzel Washington and enormous automobiles? Getting had among his subway trains jacked within the Taking Of Pelham 1 2 3, then were built with a cargo train walk out control in Easy, he's now registered to star because the hero pilot of the broken plane within the film Flight.Here's the state blurb:"Flight informs the redemption story of 'Whip' (Washington), an industrial air travel pilot who pulls off a heroic task of flying inside a broken plane, saving 98 endures a flight ticket transporting 106 people. As the world begs to embrace him like a true American hero, the everyman struggles with this particular label because he needs to support the scrutiny of the analysis which brings into question his behavior the evening prior to the condemned flight."The film continues to be compiled by Real Steel-scribe John Gatins and will also be directed by Robert Zemeckis. Shooting starts this October in Atlanta.

Netflix Starts Streaming Movies From Miramax Library in Latin America

Under Miramax's first worldwide digital agreement, Netflix will start streaming game titles in the Miramax library today in Latin America. A lot more than 140 Miramax movies, varying from Chicago and Chocolat to Amityville Horror, Scream and Spy Kids, is going to be agreed to Netflix audiences such nations as Mexico, South america and Argentina. Game titles is going to be added on the rotating basis and will also be on multiple platforms, including TV, tablet, PC and cell phones. "We're happy to produce our first worldwide digital deal through our buddies at Netflix," Miramax Boss Michael Lang stated. "The robust Netflix platform will give you an established avenue to achieve Latin American audiences and make the most of strong customer growth prospects. We anticipate growing the worldwide audience for that Miramax library through a lot more close ties such as this all over the world.Inch Financial the multi-year agreement weren't revealed. Netflix continues to be streaming movies in the Miramax library within the U.S. since May. Related Subjects Worldwide