Dominique Strauss Kahn Movie: Gerard Depardieu and Isabelle Adjani Apparently Aboard for brand new Film

A year ago, there have been two tales that sent tabloid headline authors to new levels: Dominique Strauss Kahn's sexual misconduct (who are able to forget such gems -- "gems" -- as "Frogs Legs It" and "Pepe Le Perp"?) and actor Gerard Depardieu urinating on plane (Gerard Desperatedieu and Anderson Cooper's giggle fit). Now it appears such as the two dogged Frenchmen is going to be linked beyond tres bad puns. Deadline reviews that Abel Ferrara ('Bad Lieutenant') is eying a task that will bring the Strauss Khan scandal towards the giant screen with Depardieu starring because the ex-IMF chief and Isabelle Adjani as his devoted femme. The project is tilted as "something inspired by Strauss-Kahn which will concentrate on addiction and political figures" as opposed to a play-by-play from the recent scandal, which saw Kahn charged with forcing expensive hotels maid to do dental sex on him against her will. For the restroom-challenged ami, he dodged specific confirmation from the film but he it appears he hopes to split up themself from his compatriot. "Generally, I am excellent at playing figures which i can't stand or individuals which i don't resemble," Depardieu stated. Place cheap shot about Depardieu not proficient at urinary control here. [via Deadline] [Photo: Getty/AFP] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Help Movieline Caption The First Photo of Sylvester Stallone in Bullet to the Head

Sylvester Stallone may be the busiest aging action icon today (sorry Chuck Norris). In between adapting Rocky into German musical format and posing for photos on the set of Expendables 2, Sylvester Stallone just finished filming Bullet to the Head. The New Orleans-set action movie stars Sly as a musclebound hitman who teams up with a young NYPD detective (Sung Kang) to investigate a pair of murders and naturally, exact revenge on anyone who stands in their way. Fortunately for us, the first caption-worthy photo from Bullet to the Head has arrived. The photo depicts Stallone going axe-to-axe with a ponytailed enemy in an abandoned warehouse. You know the rules: Come up with a clever caption and try not to make any cheap shots about Stallone’s body. Let’s see you engage in staged axe warfare at the age of 65. Ready, set, caption! Walter Hill’s Bullet to the Head, which also stars Jason Momoa and Christian Slater, is due in theaters April 13. Axe to Axe! First Look at Sylvester Stallone in ‘Bullet to the Head’ [/Film]

New Hunger Games Poster: Beyond Hungerdome

Finally, a Hunger Games poster that reminds us of the carnage and calamity that made the books so addictive. Here, Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) stands before a packed stadium while her adversary Peeta Mellark’s (Josh Hutcherson) image flies above the crowd. Yes, this is the poster that Lionsgate asked Twitter uses to assemble from jigsaw clues — and it appears that @johnshoward is the one who pulled through. Pretty epic thunderdome. Katniss and Peeta are the new 2pac and Dre. I tossed back Suzanne Collins’s books like buckets of popcorn, and I wish this damn movie would arrive so I could apply my binge disorder to it in a similar fashion. Now we’re talking about the kind of “hunger games” I live every day. Square me off against Karen Carpenter and Tracey Gold - those broads don’t have a chance! And of course, Lawrence is giving us all the Katniss cred I need here. Let’s not forget that her casting in The Hunger Games might be the match of the year. And that Lenny Kravitz’s casting as Cinna is… still pretty weird. ‘Hunger Games’ Poster [Hunger Games @ Facebook]

'Prometheus' Poster Promises Mystery, 'John Carter' Promises Action

The very first two "Alien" movies are sci-fi classics, so you will find that all of us wanted Ridley Scott's "Prometheus" to become related in some manner. Indeed, it's -- you will find "strands of DNA" going swimming within the film that'll emerge next summer time, although not anything else. That appears okay in line with the first official poster, you will see enough mysterious sci-fi goings on without comprising the dense "Alien" world. Take a look at that poster (in addition to a new "John Carter" poster) following the jump! There isn't much to determine aside from the outline of the explorer laid against a huge mind, however it perfectly sets a dark tone for adventuring within the deepness of space. The cast is sneaky packed with stars, too -- Michael Fassbender, Noomi Rapace and Charlize Theron, simply to title a couple of. We can not watch for next June to determine the way it all plays out. However, the brand new "John Carter" IMAX poster inhabits one mood: intense. There's Taylor Kitsch chained up in certain gladiator pit, running from two yeti/hippopotamus hybrid cars having a panicked look on his face. Maybe he's recognizing the chain is simply too short, or that with no key "of Mars" subtitle, nobody knows what this movie's likely to be about aside from a couple of things: Taylor Kitsch and yeti/hippopotamus hybrid cars. (All due respect, "John Carter" may be the title of the imaginary senior high school basketball coach who trained his team how you can respect itself, or perhaps a biopic concerning the guy who invented eyeglasses. Alas, that's the way the marketing game goes!) Inform us that which you think about the brand new posters within the comments section as well as on Twitter!

Some Enthusiasts (Old Globe)

'Some Lovers'Credits: A Classic Globe presentation of the musical in a single act with book and lyrics by Steven Sater and music by Burt Bacharach. Directed by Will Frears. Musical staging, Denis Johnson. Music supervisor, Lon Hoyt. Orchestrations, Jonathan Tunick. Vocal design, Annmarie Milazzo. Ben - Jason Danieley Molly - Michelle Duffy Youthful Ben - Andrew Mueller Youthful Molly - Jenni Barber"Some Enthusiasts," the brand new Burt Bacharach-Steven Sater vestpocket tuner, got its inspiration in the dual irony of O. Henry's "Gift from the Magi": Husband sells watch to purchase wife hair combs, while wife sells tresses to purchase spouse watchfob. There's irony in the Old Globe, too, for the reason that octogenarian composer Bacharach brings youthful quality towards the project, as the youthful man's work (Sater authored "Spring Awakening") is lifeless and dull. The show has some sparkle, but it is a meandering romance. Blocked, heavy-consuming tunesmith Ben (Jason Danieley) uses Christmas Eve being an chance to try to reunite with ex-g.f. and muse Molly (Michelle Duffy). Maybe they have both caught the Gotham revival of "Follies," simply because they conjure their more youthful selves (Andrew Mueller and Jenni Barber) to visit lower a musical memory lane and straighten out what went awry. The cast is sensational. Danieley and Duffy are confident pros to whom, within an earlier theatrical era, original musicals would have occurred every season. The children match them step for part of charisma and brio. Bacharach -- in the first stage tuner since "Promises, Promises" in (will it be?) 1968 -- provides sweet, soaring tunes for past and offer incarnations of the mismatched pair, while eschewing his once-signature tricky time signatures (naturally, because the figures are extremely square). However the writing! "Some Enthusiasts" plays as an extended bout of couples therapy, where the participants sing around their problems while never exactly interacting anything germane or interesting. As close to it's possible to write out, NYU business major Molly falls deeply in love with Ben due to his capability to write fine tunes she inspires. But she will get pissed off when his creative mania causes him to overlook visits and obtain distracted on the vacation. Does she esteem his gift -- his "ghost," she grimly calls it -- or does not she? He begins turning out hits once he shacks up by having an un named singer. It's strictly professional, but Molly quickly demands he give "that girl" up, after which his career falls apart. Then she keeps nattering he should obtain a "real job," marry her and provide her an infant. In a nutshell, a larger portrait of the jealous, controlling, castrating harpy is difficult to assume. Sater sways on strained parallels using the O. Henry story rather than grounding the figures in specificity. When Molly provides a very pointed laugh line concerning the Nativity Magi, you are able to literally begin to see the audience awaken from its torpor. Meanwhile, his lyrics wallow in past tense expressions of generic pop sentiment, the near-rhyming of "Spring Awakening" absolutely unnatural among precise thinkers like Ben and Molly. (At some point Sater really rhymes "summer time/other/lover" right consecutively. Paging Hal David.) Helmer Will Frears and musical stager Denis Johnson can perform little with this particular material except possess the cast saunter round the arena stage. Inside a final irony, Takeshi Kata's untidy set is really as cluttered with naturalistic detail as Sater's script is bereft from it.Models, Takeshi Kata costumes, Jenny Mannis lighting, Ben Stanton seem, Leon Rothenberg. Opened up 12 ,. 7, 2011. Examined 12 ,. 13. Running time: 95 MIN. Musical Amounts: "Molly," "Aren't We?" "Some Enthusiasts," "Aren't We?/Another Start," "Love Me to have an Hour," "Coping With a Ghost," "Popular for you personally,Inch "Window Shoppin' and Dreamin' Dreams," "The Only Real Music I Realize,Inch "The Lady Who Sang My Tunes," "Hold Me," "A 1000 Stuff That Had You Been,Inch "Thanks for visiting My World," "Prepared to Be Achieved Along With YouOrA 1000 Stuff That Had You Been (Reprise)," "Almost Every Other Hour," "Just Leave,Inch "This Christmas," "Hush," "This Christmas" (Finale). Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

George Clooney States Aloha To MTV's #9 Movie Of 2011

I confess I am not the greatest fan of "The Descendants." But clearly I am within the minority. For just one, the film is really a near lock to nab Oscar nominations for the best Picture, Best Actor (George Clooney) and finest Director (Alexander Payne), and may leave with wins for those three if Academy voters sour on "The Artist." Two, I do not think I have heard crying like this inside a theater since "Schindler's List," or possibly "Jack and Jill." And three, "Descendants" arrived within the #9 place in MTV's Better of 2011 Movies list. My knock from the movie is squarely with Clooney's Matt King, an egocentric, workaholic, absentee father who all of a sudden finds out he loves his after she suffers a catastrophic brain injuries and will die. In my experience, that isn't genuine it's self-delusional and merely loathsome. It would be one factor when the movie designed a reason for exploring King's egotism. Rather, he's organized like a hero, a blameless good guy, even while is constantly on the put his needs ahead indeed, in position of individuals of his family members. Let's suppose this movie were advised in the wife's perspective, and it is this tragedy where she's inside a loveless marriage having a guy who's an overall total d--k, and all of a sudden she falls deeply in love with another guy and begins fantasizing of some other existence for herself but eventually ends up falling into coma. Identical story, and King's the villain. In Payne's telling, I never really buy King's grief. It feels forced, inauthentic. An infinitely more sincere analysis of grief happens in Cameron Crowe's "We Purchased a Zoo," the storyline of 1 family spinning in the dying from the mother. Matt Damon provides a heartbreaking performance like a father attempting to breathe new existence into his deflated kids' lives. It is a tale that might be cheesy in almost anybody else's hands apart from Crowe's. "Zoo," though, is not really invoice discounting in to the honours conversation. Yet that's also what is so enjoyable about these finish-of-the-year debates: no a person's likely to agree with everything, so when wise, informed people get together to go over movies, you finish up searching at films with fresh insight. This is the hope, a minimum of. And i believe we nailed it within our roundtable. Take a look on your own on Friday at 4:30 p.m., once we live stream our debate concerning the top 5 movies of 2011 at MTV Movies and NextMovie. Related: #10 Movie of the season: "Attack the Block" All of this week, watch "AMTV" on MTV every single day at 8 a.m. ET for the Better of 2011 lists. Then, arrived at MTVNews.com at 5 p.m. once we reveal our top chioces of the season!

Camilla Hammer Named New Shine Intl CEO

LONDON, December 14th 2011 Shine Group today announced the appointment of Modern Times Group (MTG) executive Camilla Hammer to CEO of its sales and distribution division Shine International. The appointment follows the recent relocation of Shine International from LA to London, where Hammer will be based and lead an international team of 42. In her new role, she will be responsible for the exploitation of worldwide intellectual property rights from both the Shine Group and independent producers and networks through formats and tape sales. Reporting to Shine Group President Alex Mahon, she will commence her new role in early 2012. Camilla Hammer is joining Shine Group from Modern Times Group (MTG) where she was SVP Acquisitions. During her 12 years with MTG, Hammer has held a variety of positions including COO of Emerging Markets, CEO of Hungary, Head of Pay TV & 3rd Party Channels. In her recent role as SVP Acquisitions, Camilla was responsible for managing acquisitions for all MTGs pay and free TV linear channels & on demand business, and also their recent co-finance ventures and channel partnerships. Hammers is the latest, and most senior, appointment in a reconfigured Shine International. Recent newly created positions have included former MTV executive Matthew Ashcroft joining as the companys first SVP, Asia Pacific, former ITV Global executive Noel Hedges, as SVP, Acquisitions and Jan Rowland who has joined as Head of Business and Legal Affairs for both Shine International and Shine 360.

Stephen Daldry on 'Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close'

Stephen Daldry on 'Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close'Stephen Daldry does not believe any books are "unadaptable," and as proof, he tackled bigscreen versions of "The Hours" and "The Reader" before turning his attention to Jonathan Safran Foer's intricate post-9/11 tale."People said those books were unadaptable as well -- particularly 'The Hours,'?" he says. "The great thing about Jonathan's book is that it has an incredible emotional charge."To translate Foer's 368-page tome to a different medium, Daldry kept novelist involved with screenwriter Eric Roth's various drafts of the story, which follows Oskar Schell (played by newcomer Thomas Horn) as he struggles with the death of his father (Tom Hanks) in the attacks on the World Trade Center."I come from the theater, so I really enjoy keeping my writers as close as I possibly can, and both of them were involved right through to the final editing stages," he says.For this lover of literary adaptations, the greatest challenge came from finding the right child to portray Oskar -- the clever, curious and grief-stricken heart of the film. Daldry auditioned experienced child actors and unknowns in London and the U.S. before settling on Horn, whose only experience on camera was his winning stint on the Kids Week edition of the gameshow "Jeopardy!""He came with a huge amount of intelligence and emotional life, which was untrained but intuitive," the director says.Daldry, a three-time Oscar nominee, knows his filming and post-production schedule has left "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" off some critics' top-10 lists. But Daldry says he wasn't willing to sacrifice any portion of the film, which took seven months to shoot, just to fit groups' deadlines."I'm sorry that critics didn't get to see it in time, but I literally finished the final mix at 6 a.m. this morning," he said during a Dec. 1 interview with Variety. "You have to make a choice about whether you're going to compromise the film to make deadlines or finish it the best way you know how."EYE ON THE OSCARS: THE DIRECTOR Helmers hot to globe trotWoody Allen | Stephen Daldry | David Fincher | Michel Hazanavicius | Terrence Malick | Bennett Miller | Alexander Payne | Jason Reitman | Martin Scorsese | Steven SpielbergIn the Mix Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Saoirse Ronan boards 'How I Live Now'

Ronan"Hanna" star Saoirse Ronan is positioned to topline Kevin Macdonald's "The Way In Which I Live Now," an indie drama using the 2004 novel by Meg Rosoff.Ronan may have Daisy, a teenage girl from NY City who travels to England to take a position the summer season with family inside the British countryside. When World War Ii breaks out and insurgents invade, Daisy together with a far more youthful girl named Piper must survive alone inside the forest simply because they try making it to safety.Jeremy Brock (Macdonald's "The Ultimate King of Scotland") and Tony Grisoni written the script. Film 4 is creating the pic with Charles Steel and Alasdair Flind of Cowboy Films.Ronan is presently filming Neil Jordan's "Byzantium" and may next be seen opposite Alexis Bledel in Geoffrey Fletcher's teen assassin pic "Crimson & Daisy." Irish thesp may also be set to topline Andrew Niccol's adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's youthful adult novel "The Host."Ronan is repped by CAA and Macfarlane Chard. Contact Rob Sneider at rob.sneider@variety.com

'Boardwalk' draws 3 million for season finale

The second-season finale of "Boardwalk Empire" drew 3 million viewers Sunday night, on par with the first-season closer. HBO skein also drew 834,000 for a repeat showing later in the evening to bring the total to 3.8 million. Pay cabler has renewed the Atlantic City-set Prohibition drama for a third season and the Terrence Winter-created skein looks to be a longtime player for HBO. At 10 p.m. immediately following "Boardwalk Empire" was a sneak preview of the David Milch-written horseracing drama "Luck." Set at Santa Anita Park and starring, among many, Dustin Hoffman, Denis Farina and John Ortiz, the pilot garnered 1.1 million. The official regular season begins Jan. 29. The 1.1 million was below the 3 million who tuned in to see the season finale of Milch's last show for HBO, "John From Cincinnati," but that series had the benefit of series-ending episode of "The Sopranos" when it debuted in 2007. Sunday was a busy night for other cablers as well. A&E offered two hours of the Stephen King miniseries "Bag of Bones," which brought in 3.3 million viewers. Showtime ran the penultimate episodes of the season for both "Dexter" (1.9 million) and "Homeland" (1.3 million). Contact Stuart Levine at stuart.levine@variety.com

Kenneth Branagh on Playing Laurence Olivier in 'My Week with Marilyn' (Audio)

Stephen Lovekin/Getty ImagesBen Kingsley Ben Kingsley is at predicts join the cast of Ender's Game, Odd Lot's sci-fi film adaptation in the novel by Orson Scott Card.our editor recommendsHailee Steinfeld Joins Cast of Summit's 'Ender's Game'Talent Managers Sue Author Orson Scott Card Over 'Ender's Game' Commissions (Exclusive)'Ender's Game' Lands at Summit Hugo actor Asa Butterfield is starring inside the pic (Hailee Steinfeld is at discussions to participate it), occur the following where the Earth is under attack by aninsect-like race and mankind has created a battle school to teach fightingforces. In this particular atmosphere gets into Ender Wiggin (Butterfield), a kid who's tormented bybullies plus an older brother but works out to become a specialist at athree-dimensional, zero-gravity laser tag-like game. That sets him on apath as an deliverer in the people Kingsley may have popular war hero presumed being extended dead. Gavin Hood (X-Males Roots: Wolverine) is pointing in addition to written the script. Alex Kurtzmanand Roberto Orci are coming up with along with Gigi Pritzker and Linda McDonough ofOddLot Entertainment. Card and Lynn Hendee may also be creating. A February production start date continues to be penciled in. Summit might be the domestic distributor which is co-financing. Digital Domain is yet another financial partner inside the movie. Kingsley, repped by CAA, Jackoway Tyerman and Independent Talent inside the Uk, is seen representing cinema pioneer George Melies in Martin Scorsese's Hugo opposite Butterfield. Email: Borys.Package@thr.com Twitter: @Borys_Package Ben Kingsley Hailee Steinfeld Ender's Game Hugo

The X Factor's Astro: "I am Destined To Be Worldwide!"

Astro After his elimination in the X Factor on December 1, 15-year-old Brooklyn rapper John Bradley, also known as Astro, stopped by TV Guide Magazine's office to talk about his performances throughout your competition, advice he'll remember in the idol judges, and the plans for future years. TV Guide Magazine: That which was the good thing to be around the X Factor?Astro: The good thing from the experience was essentially having the ability to perform before huge numbers of people every week at this type of youthful age. And essentially having the ability to perform before four great people in the industry, which was great. It is something that many my buddies that are attempting to enter the background music business would only imagine, carrying out before Paula [Abdul], L.A. [Reid], Nicole [Scherzinger] and Simon [Cowell]. Which was awesome. TV Guide Magazine: You authored lots of original lyrics to tunes you carried out. That which was the procedure as with your mentor, L.A. Reid?Astro: When they did not allow me to rewrite the tunes i quickly would have dropped out a very long time ago. Essentially I needed to fight for your right a bit to have the ability to rewrite the tunes, however it exercised during my favor. And L.A., he understood me a lot more than the majority of the other idol judges, than the many other idol judges, really. He allow me to write my stuff, he allow me to be me, and that i respected that. We selected all of the tunes together. Some days we'd sit inside a room and choose a song. Other days he'd possess the song ready and I'd just write it. Lots of occasions he'd request for changes, I'd change my verses a couple of occasions however it arrived on the scene great every time and so i did not have trouble. TV Guide Magazine: Was the entire experience that which you expected so that it is?Astro: It had been a lot more than things i expected so that it is because to tell the truth I figured they would say you cannot write your personal stuff, you need to recite the lyrics like everybody else. The truth that they permitted me to create my very own music, I appreciate that many. I did not expect so that it is like this whatsoever. I wasn't going to test for X Factor. I wasn't trying to stay in a tournament. My mother convinced me to audition for that X Factor. And That I just stated, 'O.K., allow me to see how it is about. $5 million? May as well try'. I used also it exercised. I acquired through top seven from 200,000 so I am proud. TV Guide Magazine: That which was your most difficult performance?Astro: The toughest song was most likely Michael Jackson's "Black and Whitened." It's this type of effective song that you won't want to finish up saying the incorrect factor inside a song like this. It required me, like, each day . 5 to complete the song completely. TV Guide Magazine: And also the simplest?Astro: The simplest was "Jump." Essentially I wasn't rapping about anything, should you participate in it. I had been just doing exactly what a normal, 2011, modern-day rapper does: rapping about nothing. It had been just me getting fun. Which was the initial one Used to do. TV Guide Magazine: How has this complete experience affected you?Astro: Now we all know that individuals are watching. Diddy tweeted me after i did the "Missing You" song, which was crazy. It feels amazing now because I have been doing music since a very long time ago. I am the kind of dude that'll create a song and will also be one of my favorite tunes and I am like, dang, no one's even listening. I have only got 4,000 fans. I'd just get mad. I wouldn't even wish to place the song up, it is a waste. Now after i put an audio lesson up, I have get 150,000 fans, now basically publish an audio lesson on Twitter I'll get like 10,000 downloads, a minimum of. And So I know individuals are really listening now, therefore it feels far better that individuals are really realizing who I'm, rather than just seeing some kid from Brooklyn. TV Guide Magazine: Any advice in the idol judges that you will remember?Astro: L.A. stated, 'Never let Them help you sweat.' Essentially never let anybody see what will get you mad because that's the way they learn how to annoy you and also just pick to you and merely enable you to get angry. And So I just attempt to stay just a little calmer now due to that. TV Guide Magazine: What exactly are your plans for future years?Astro: I intend to release as much music when i can. Movies, I ought to be focusing on a cartoon, reality show, everything. Everything I possibly could do, just like a clothing line, like several things have been in the whole shebang. I intend on just carrying out everywhere. I am destined to be worldwide! -Sydney Bucksbaum Sign up for TV Guide Magazine now!