Box Office Attendance Hits 16-Year Low

Simon Pegg and Tom Cruise Movie attendance has fallen to the cheapest number in 16 years, based on the Hollywood Reporter. Early estimations reveal that this area office revenue this year involved $10.2 billion -- a 3.6 % drop over this past year -- roughly equating to at least one.28 billion people who visited the films. The turnout may be the cheapest number since 1995 which saw only one.211 billion people in the movies. 2002 had the greatest movie turnout with 1.57 billion. Jason Bourne tops holiday weekend box office While attendance for American films was lower 4.4 % this season, the foreign box office saw an archive of $13.53 billion in ticket sales. Did put forth the films this season?

New Casa P Mi Padre Teaser Online

Will Ferrell Is Armando Alvarez!What next for Will Ferrell? Why, a The the spanish language language-language Western, clearly! There's an entire trailer for Casa P Mi Padre floating around several several days ago, nevertheless the marketing department have recently started by yourself and released this teaser. Dios mio!The straight-faced drama (ahem) involves Ferrell's Armando Alvarez, who's been running the ranch of his father for quite some time, in recent occasions with little success. When his youthful brother Raul (Diego Luna) appears promising the benefits of his business expertise, things start trying to find for Armando. However there is a unlucky love triangular involving the two brothers and sisters and Raul's girlfriend Sonia (Genesis Rodriguez), plus it calculates that Raul has some rather dodgy business contacts, most notoriously who's Gael Garcia Bernal's terrifying gangster Onza.Western action melded using the the spanish language language cleaning cleaning soap opera clearly tempted Ferrell and also the Funny Or Die cohort/director Matt Piedmont in to a filmic thesis on hypertextuality and mimesis, but what they've really ended up with a great deal of very silly nonsense. Hoorah! We're guaranteed passion, adventure, intrigue, disloyality, sex, danger, romance, guns, cigarettes, effects and slaps, as well as the whole absurd shebang is released, in the usa no less than, on March 16.

'One Man,' two theaters

"One Man, Two Guvnors" The National Theater production of awards-magnet comedy "One Man, Two Guvnors" will transfer with a new cast to its second West End home, the Theater Royal Haymarket, for a run that begins March 2.Owain Arthur, who is understudying the lead role created by James Corden, will take over when Corden leaves with the original company for the Gotham transfer, opening April 18 at Broadway's Music Box. Further casting for the Theatre Royal Haymarket transfer has yet to be announced.Helmed by Nicholas Hytner, "One Man, Two Guvnors" exits its current home at the Adelphi Theater to make way for the transfer of Jonathan Kent's Chichester Festival Theater production of Sondheim's "Sweeney Todd," which begins perfs March 10. Contact David Benedict at benedictdavid@mac.com

ABC News Shoots Down Barbara Walters Retirement Reports

The investors in a slate of Paramount movies, including Transformers and Mission: Impossible III, who sued the studio Nov. 30 are only the latest to complain about "Hollywood accounting." I am not taking sides in the dispute, but like the hundreds of lawsuits brought by actors, filmmakers and financiers through the years, the case filed by the Melrose 2 investors shows how badly the industry needs to change the system for paying profit participants.our editor recommendsBox Office in Free Fall: How Low Can It Go?Awards Box Office: 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy' Nabs No. 3 Specialty Opening of 2011Box Office Report: 'New Year's Eve' Leads Worst Weekend Since 2008 With $13.7 MillionBox Office Report: 'Twilight: Breaking Dawn' Hits $500 Mil Worldwide in 12 Days PHOTOS: Top 10 Superheroes Of All Time: Battle of Box Office Brawn Nearly all Hollywood dealmakers agree that the contractual language that dictates how participants are paid has gotten out of hand. Contracts were once simple and straightforward, but thanks to overaggressive lawyers and accountants, profit definitions can now stretch more than 100 pages, requiring months of negotiations and leading to litigation over how much money actually is owed. Rightly or wrongly, studios are losing the recent cases that go to court. And widespread distrust of studio bean counters has contributed to the retreat of investors from Holly-wood and escalating demands by talent for higher upfront pay because they're skeptical of getting anything on the backend. The silliness of it all is that there is a perfectly logical alternative that is fair to both sides of the equation: tying participations directly or indirectly to U.S. box-office numbers as reported by Rentrak. To some extent, this is already happening in the form of box-office bonuses for talent; what I am proposing is expanding the concept to embrace all financing and talent participations. PHOTOS: Biggest Box Office Bombs I am not suggesting box office should be the endpoint, but it should be the starting point. If a star negotiates a 5 percent stake in a movie that has a box-office gross of $100 million, he or she gets $5 million -- simple. This formula could be supplemented by adjustments based on (a) the average ratio of DVD revenue to box-office gross at the time of payment, (b) the ratio of foreign revenue to U.S. revenue at the time of payment, (c) a preset distribution fee (calculated as a percentage of box office), (d) a preset distribution expense (as a percentage of box office) or (e) a preset production cost. But when I say "preset," I mean that in no event can any of the calculations be based on actual revenue or expenditures because that would drag us back to the current lunacy of endless negotiations, audits and litigation. Assume a studio intends to produce a $100million film but wants to limit its risk to $50 million. It raises $50 million of equity from an investor and agrees to fork over 50 percent of box office. If the film flops at the box office with only $10 million, the studio pays the investor $5 million, keeps the $45million balance of the outside investment and is happy. If the film gets to $100 million at the box office, the studio gives the investor a break-even payment of $50 million, and the studio is happy because it will keep worldwide rights and profits from a successful film. If the film scores big with $200 million in box office, the studio will pay the investor $100 million, and the studio is still happy because it accepted that possibility as a trade-off for reducing its risk. PHOTOS: Top 15 Grossing Threequels of All Time Contrast that approach with the Melrose2 lawsuit against Paramount, the culmination of months of negotiations over hundreds of pages of arcane accounting concepts followed by years of audit disputes. My approach creates a transparent system that allows actors and filmmakers to know their worth and investors to know the value of their investments just by opening the trades, rather than waiting for months only to receive accounting statements they don't understand. This approach eliminates the perceived opaqueness (right or wrong) of Hollywood accounting and leaves a spotlight on the thrill of "owning a piece" of a film. Private-equity funds would come back to Hollywood, talent negotiations would be easier and everyone would benefit because the more the studios can hedge risks, the more they can spend on a film and the more films they can make. PHOTOS: 10 Billion Dollar Babies: Movies That Have Crossed the 10 Figure Mark Schuyler M. Moore is a lawyer at Stroock and the author of The Biz, Taxation of the Entertainment Industry and What They Don't Teach You In Law School. He can be reached at smoore@stroock.com. ♦♦♦♦♦ HOW IT WOULD WORK: Here is a more sophisticated example of converting a net-profit interest to a box-office calculation, if an actor or other profit participant's contract provides as follows: Share of net profits: 5% Cost of film: $30 million Distribution fee: 35% of gross revenue Distribution expense percentage: 40% of gross revenue Gross revenue to studio: 3x U.S. box office Based on these assumptions, if a movie has U.S. box office of $100 million, the studio would be deemed to receive gross revenue worldwide from all media of $300million (equal to 3x U.S. box office). The calculation of net profits would thus be as follows: $300 million: Deemed gross revenue - $30 million: Cost of film - $105 million: Distribution fee (35% of $300 million) - $120 million: Distribution expense (40% of $300 million) $45 million: Net profit The participant would thus be entitled to a net-profit payment of $2.25 million (5% of $45 million). PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery Box Office Flops of Late Summer 2011 Related Topics Transformers Mission: Impossible 3

VIDEO: Artist Star Jean Dujardin Considers Uggie For Golden Globes

After some initial vexation from both director Michel Hazanavicius and star Jean Dujardin about The Artist’s wonder dog Uggie factoring in this year’s awards conversation, the duo seems to be warming ever so gradually to the notion that people liking Uggie is good for the movie. “When people say the dog is a good actor, it makes me happy,” Hazanavicius said in his latest interview. “I take it as a compliment for myself and the trainer.” Fair enough! And as for Dujardin? How about prime placement on the Golden Globes’ Web site praising his canine castmate? OK, so there’s the same old caveat about Uggie just wanting sausages at the end of the day. But come on: We all want sausages at the end of the day. I’ll take mine without mustard. And with a beer. It is the end of the day, right? [via @goldenglobes]

Ed Asner To Reprise Role From Original Hawaii Five-0 In The Series CBS Reboot

EXCLUSIVE: Ed Asner is upgrading his status on Hawaii Five-0 from a guest star to recurring. In a very unusual series guest arc spanning 36 years, the multiple Emmy winner will guest star on CBS’ Hawaii Five-0 reboot in the spring, reprising the role of August March, which he played in an episode of the original series in 1975. In a first for the new Hawaii Five-0, footage from the original series will be featured in Asner’s episode. It will be from the actor’s first Hawaii Five-0 appearance in an 1975 episode titled Wooden Model Of A Rat, in which August March (Asner) was an up-and-coming world class smuggler. Now a reformed man after serving 30 years in prison for murder, March lives on Oahu and is approached by the Five-0 to assist on a smuggling case. It is thrilling to, for the first time, merge the original Hawaii Five-0 and our new show by having the classic, versatile and award-winning actor Ed Asner reprise his role of August March, a character Mr. Asner first played 36 years ago,” Hawaii Five-0 executive producer/showrunner Peter Lenkov said. “There is no better way to form a bridge between our reboot and the original series.

CG tools help 'Rio' soar

Released: Thu., 12 ,. 8, 2011, 4:00am PTBy 'Rio'With tropical wild wild birds -- in addition to their colorful plumage -- within the forefront, "Rio" relied on acquiring the CG lower perfect, states director Carlos Saldanha. "Even though we'd done fur before, we required to perform a lot of innovation and develop plenty of proprietary technology, just like a special tool referred to as Voxel. As opposed to just you get one hair follicle, we'd the one that sprouts to a lot of, creating the feeling of the feather, and then we elevated it for the whole body (using) plenty of controls to simulate the wind and elements."Further further complicating things further was the fact all people lower weren't just for the wild wild birds, but additionally for costumes in crowd moments. "The Circus parade has over 40,000 figures, so there's plenty of technical try to make sure everything made and looked right," Saldanha reviews. "We put that in the heart of production and then we didn't get hit with last-minute problems."As if which were not challenging enough, Saldanha continues, "we required to build this version of Rio, using the people and cars and structures, so the surrounding forests and jungle. Rio has very distinctive variety paths, which we built a credit card applicatoin tool specifically for your. It's a constant evolution of tools, many of which we created for the 'Ice Age' films. Blue Sky's possibly the main studio that actually uses radio-city and ray tracing to supply our films that unique look. Our next films, 'Ice Age 4' and 'Leafman,' have formerly accomplished good results within the R&D we did relating to this.In . EYE Round The Oscars: ANIMATION Animated photos boost property valuesWhether concentrating on a shoestring hands-attracted project or pushing the limits computer system-created technology, this year's options changed major challenges to get their animated visions to screen. Here's how:'Arthur Christmas' 'Chico and Rita' 'Gnomeo and Juliet' 'Rango' 'Wrinkles' 'Rio' Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

New Year's Eve: Film Review

Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty is not going to be the only fictional character in Southern California with a castle.our editor recommends10 Hot Visual Effects Teams Reveal How They Made Movie Magic on 'Harry Potter,' 'Captain America,' 'Transformers'NBCUniversal Plans 'Harry Potter' Attraction at Second Theme Park'Harry Potter' Remains Top-Selling DVD, Blu-ray for Third Straight WeekWhy 'Harry Potter' Might End Its Long Streak of Oscar Snubs Universal and Warner Bros. announced today that a Harry Potter attraction, which will include a Hogwarts castle, is coming to the Universal Studios Hollywood theme park, though no mention was made of when it would be built; where it would be located within the park; and only a rough number was given on what it would cost. PHOTOS: Growing Up 'Harry Potter' What was stressed at the morning press conference was the jobs that would be created (one union rep estimated there would be 800 in construction alone) and the positive effect the Harry Potter draw would have on the L.A. economy. County supervisor Zev Zaroslavsky estimated that the Universal park currently generates $4.4 billion for the local economy. There are tough times," said Gov. Jerry Brown. "You hear about people moving to Texas. But we're building the dream that never dies. We're truly a state of imagination. And the Harry Potter ride pushes us further down that uncertain road California is on." PHOTOS: 10 Biggest Book-to-Big Screen Adaptations of the Last 25 Years Universal already has a The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at its Orlando resort that opened in April of 2010. During the press conference, Universal president Ron Meyer said opening a similar attraction in L.A. "will change the face of tourism in Southern California." Meyer also said the attraction would cost hundreds of millions of dollars. Asked afterwards if there was a more exact figure, Meyer said, "That's as close as I want to get." He added that the Potter attraction would be a "game changer" for the park. As for where the ride would be located, the Universal president said, "We have 400 acres and only 200 have been developed." (There has been speculation that since the King Kong ride was destroyed by fire in 2008 Potter might be located there.) PHOTOS: 10 Billion Dollar Babies: Movies That Have Crossed the 10 Figure Mark During his remarks, Warner Bros chairman Barry Meyer said, "After eight films the future of Harry Potter is looking brighter" and added the attraction will have a "laser focus" on quality, authenticity and "translating the brilliant literature of J.K. Rowling." Afterward he said the ride, "is clearly an expansion of Harry Potter to being an immersion in the experience."The press conference ended with a Butterbeer (a highly sugared soft drink) toast to the new project. PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery Harry Potter London Red Carpet Related Topics Harry Potter Ron Meyer NBCUniversal

'Tailor's' tinkerers savor the nuances

'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'JonsaterAlfredson If "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" leaves you feeling perplexed, you won't be alone -- and the filmmakers won't be surprised.The Cold War spy pic -- adapted from John Le Carre's 1974 best-seller and set for release by Focus Features on Friday -- delves into the layered and paranoid world of Britain's intelligence service, where intrigue, suspicion and betrayal are the stuff of everyday life. Transparency is the least of its concerns.Instead, the convoluted story offers up endless subplots and red herrings, daring viewers them to sort it all out -- which is exactly what director Thomas Alfredson wants them to do."Too many films today make you passive," Alfredson said. "They decide everything for you. I try to invite the audience to participate as much as possible.""Complexity is the foundation of the film," said editor Dino Jonsater, who had the task of cutting the Byzantine story. "If you clarify things too much you'll lose the magic." Following completion of principal photography on 35mm film in London, he and Alfredson -- both Swedes -- spent the first half of this year in an Avid suite in Stockholm, where they gave the 128-minute, headscratcher its final shape.It was an arduous process."We moved things around so many times during that period," said Jonsater. "The more complex a story, the more things you have to try. It's like taming a beast."He also had to fight editor's block just about every day, said Jonsater. "But that is how the work gets done. You get into a hole, pull back, and then find a new way. You can't let yourself get tired out by that, and you can't be afraid of dead ends because you learn so much from them."In Jonsater's view, every film has an underlying structure that determines how it's edited, and the editor's task is to unlock it."You close yourself in a room with the story and its emotions and discover what it needs," he said. "The director has a vision, the producer has ideas, I might have an idea. But the bottom line is that you have to find out how the film wants to be edited."All this can take a lot of time."You can't rush editing," said Alfredson. "You've got to get the narration right. Sometimes you need to take a break to get a new perspective on the material. Of course, eventually you have to give it up."Jonsater said he never reaches a stage when he's entirely happy with a cut, but he does find the one where he says to himself, "OK, this is good enough, it's going to work -- and that's probably at the point where the producer is screaming at you. As soon as it's locked, I'm shit-scared because all the possibilities of what we could have done differently come to mind."But when he screened the final cut of 'Tinker' he was relieved."I saw that we had made the right decisions."Bookings & SigningsWME signed d.p. Lawrence Sher ("Hangover 2") and production designer Nathan Crowley ("The Dark Knight Rises").Claire Best & Assoc. signed production designers Tony Fanning ("Butter") and Aaron Haye ("Man of Steel:"); d.p. Sean Stiegmeier ("Chapman"); editors Michele Conroy ("Silent Hill Revelation 3D"), Michael Flores ("Sarah Palin: You Betcha") and Tom Lewis ("Jonah Hex"); and costume designer Lizzy Gardiner ("Ghost Rider").Agency booked Anna J. Foerster as director on CBS' "Unforgettable"; producers J. Miles Dale on Andres Muschietti's "Mama, Donall McCusker on Omid Nooshin's "The Last Passenger," Lila Yacoub on Noah Baumbach's "The Corrections" and Joanna Burn as UPM on John Moore's "Die Hard V"; 1st SD Chris Carreras on Paul Greengrass' "Maersk Alabama"; d.p.'s Patrick Murguia on Scott Walker's "The Frozen Ground" and Tim Wooster on Andrew Douglas' "You Want Me to Kill Him"; vfx supervisor Nick Brooks on Louis Leterrier's "Now You See Me"; production designer Carlos Conti on Sally Potter's "Bomb"; costume designers Ngila Dickson on Peter Webber's "The Emperor," Lizzy Gardner on Anne Fontaine's "Grandmothers" and Ruth Myers on Richard Laxton's "Effie"; editors Andi Armaganian on TNT's "Perception," Michele Conroy on "Mama," Stan Saflas on Bradley Parker's "The Diary of Lawson Oxford" and Rick Shaine on Philippe Caland's "Vipaka."Sound re-recording mixer Terry Porter joined Technicolor's new sound post-production operation on the Paramount lot, becoming part of the team that includes Anna Behlmer, Scott Millan and Greg Russell. Contact Peter Caranicas at peter.caranicas@variety.com

'Up' House Offered: California Couple Purchases Utah Home

Signal up Michael Giacchino's "Married Existence" in the 'Up' soundtrack and cry throughout the rest of this publish. A husband and wife from California, two self-referred to "Disney fans," have bought a house in Utah created to look such as the one in 'Up' for $400,000. "We simply love the content from the movie - adventure is available," Lynette Hamblin told The Salt Lake Tribune. Altogether now: AWWWW. Per the Connected Press's cold and detached style, "A home is patterned on its appearance at the start of the film, when Carl and Betty Frederickson are flush using the optimism of bride and groom. Which was before infertility undid their wants a household and Ellie's dying left Carl a curmudgeonly recluse who will not succumb to designers then sell his house." Happy! The home, that is situated within the Salt Lake City suburb of Herriman, was already visited by roughly 45,000 vacationers Herriman city council reps lately honored the home because of its positive effect on the economy. The Hamblins intend to relocate on Jan. 4, which inside a kind twist, can also be Lynette's birthday. [via AP] [Photo: AP] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Joe Matukewicz Joining Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions as Senior VP of Acquisitions

Joe Matukewicz has joined Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions as senior vp of acquisitions, SPWA president Steven Bersch, to whom he will report, announced Monday.our editor recommendsAngela Galgani Promoted to Senior VP Publicity at Sony PicturesSony Pictures' 'Smurfs 2,' 'Houdini' and 'Singularity' to Shoot in Montreal Sony Pictures Classics Lands Maggie Gyllenhaal's 'Hysteria' Matukewicz, who held a similar post at Relativity Media, will oversee all acquisitions for the division, which provides content for all of Sony Pictures Entertainment's distribution channels, including theatrical, home entertainment, television and digital. Prior to his stint at Relativity, Matukewicz was vp of acquisitions and co-productions for Paramount Vantage and director of acquisitions and co-productions for Paramount Classics. "We are thrilled to have Joe join us in this key role. His experience and taste will be vital as we continue to increasingly ramp up our acquisitions activities, and work to bring more great product into Sony," Bersch said. Related Topics Sony Pictures Entertainment

Paddy Considines Directorial Debut 'Tyrannosaur' Wins Large at British Independent Film Honours

Opening in six metropolitan areas over the past weekend, Steve McQueen's sex-fueled Shame obtained among the top debuts ever for any film smacked using the dreaded NC-17 rating.our editor recommendsBox Office Report: 'Twilight' Leads Second Slowest Weekend of 2011 With $16.9 MilNew Movie Reviews: 'Hugo,' 'The Muppets,' 'My Week With Marilyn' Striking Theaters'Hugo' Named Best Film of the season through the National Board of ReviewWhy 'Shame' Could 'Legitimize' the NC-17 Rating'The Artist': The way a Black-and-Whitened Quiet Movie Defied the chances and Grew to become an Oscar ContenderRelated Subjects•Box Office Updates Fox Searchlight is planning a hostile honours campaign for Shame, and made the decision to first test hunger for that film in La, NY, Chicago, Washington, D.C. and Bay Area. The move compensated off, with Shame grossing an outstanding $361,181 from 10 theaters for any location average of $36,118. Brooding and dark, Shame stars Michael Fassbender like a sex addict who should also deal with his equally lost sister, performed by Carey Mulligan. "Inside a dismal lower weekend in the box office, Shame shipped the greatest per screen average associated with a film within this publish holiday period," stated Fox Searchlight's Sheila DeLoach, who's executive v . p . of distribution. "Increasing numbers of people will jump on board of Fassbender's performance." Searchlight acquired Shame from the Telluride Film Festival, and thinks the film will have well throughout honours season, regardless of the challenges connected using the NC-17 rating. Still, the secret is to attract sustained business, particularly outdoors of NY and La, in which the film did the very best. Two honours challengers arrived on top 10 box office chart, brought by Martin Scorsese's Hugo, which broadened into one more 500 theaters over the past weekend. The three dimensional warm and friendly movie--named best film of the season through the National Board of Review a week ago--made $7.six million from 1,840 locations for any cume of $25.two million. Vital made the decision to unveil Hugo more gradually to make the most of honours buzz. GK Films created and fully funded the large-budget pic. In another victory for Searchlight, Alexander Payne's The Descendants rose to No. 7 around the box office chart, grossing $5.two million because it added 141 locations for any total theater count of 574 (this Friday, it will likely be playing in 850 theaters). Descendants, starring George Clooney, has made $18.a million and it is the very first limited release to ever mix $ten million in 12 days. And Descendants has already been no. 2 limited discharge of the yearafter Woodsy Allen's Night time in Paris, that has drawn in an overall total $56 million. Night time in Paris' tally includes $274,518 million made over the past weekend as The new sony Pictures Classics made one further push prior to the DVD arrives on 12 ,. 20 and re-launched the film in nearly 300 theaters. The Weinstein Co. likewise were built with a prosperous weekend in the domestic box office with two award challengers, The Artist and Michelle William-starrer My Week with Marilyn. My Week with Marilyn arrived No. 12 for that weekend, despite the fact that its only playing in 244 theaters. The film made $1.two million for any 12-day cume of $3.9 million. The film were built with a stellar hold, falling only 33 percent from Thanksgiving weekend (other game titles fell off considerably in the holiday). In the second weekend, The Artist made $205,580 from four carry-over theaters in NY and La and 2 new theaters in Bay Area. The black-and-whitened quiet film was up an astonishing 60 % from Friday to Saturday, and published a per theater average of $34,263, the 2nd greatest of the weekend after Shame. David Cronenberg's honours contender A Harmful Method, from The new sony Pictures Classics, adopted having a per theater average of $30,627 after grossing $122,517 in the second weekend from four theaters in NY and La. Kerbside Points of interest' honours favorite Margin Call made $255,570 from 150 theaters in the seventh weekend to have an impressive cume of $4.7 million (the film first showed day and date on VOD). Related Subjects Box Office The Artist A Harmful Method The Descendants Shame My Week With Marilyn Hugo

PGA taps five for doc prize

The Producers Guild of America has attracted on the quintet of nominees due to its documentary feature award.The nominated films, introduced Friday, are ''Beats, Rhymes and Existence: the Travels from the Tribe Referred to as Mission,'' ''Bill Cunningham NY,'' ''Project Nim,'' ''Senna'' and ''The Union.''Winners will probably be introduced Jan. 21 within the PGA Honours occasions within the Beverly Hilton.The PGA also mentioned Friday that Producers Guild arbitrations for individual producer credit determination for individuals film and television groups continue being on-going. Television series nominations will probably be introduced Wednesday and many types of other nominations will probably be introduced Jan. 3. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com

VH1 plans pop-star biopics

On the heels of telepic "Single Ladies" and the series that followed, VH1 is turning its scripted pop-star biopics into a franchise, with a next, as-yet-untitled installment tracking the progress of '90s hip-hop girl group TLC. "Beauty Shop" and "What's Love Got to Do With It" scribe Kate Lanier will write the script, following the band's rise on the charts through its peak with "CrazySexyCool" and tracking the lives of its members as well as the untimely death of member Lisa Lopes. "What Chilli Wants" exec producer Bill Diggins and VH1's Maggie Malina will exec produce alongside surviving TLCers Chilli and Tionne Watkins. The entries in the bio series will be individually greenlit and produced. VH1 has other biopic projects in the works but nothing officially set. Contact Sam Thielman at sam.thielman@variety.com