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Emerging plays Rendez-Vous pix

PARIS -- Gallic promotion org Unifrance is joining track of Emerging Pictures to screen seven French films across 40 U.S. urban centers within 24 hrs they play at Rendez-Vous in NY, which starts Wednesday. Selected from 23 photos in case, the seven include two that have been acquired by U.S. distribs: Delphine and Muriel Coulin's debut "17 Women," acquired by Strand Delivering, and Daniel Auteuil's "The Well-Digger's Daughter," acquired by Kino Lorber. Among the other five, that do not have U.S. distrib, are Alain Cavalier's Cannes competition player "Pater" and Laurent Achard's "Derniere seance" (Last Screening), which unspooled within the Locarno and Rotterdam fests. "Venues fitted with digital projection are key because films might be proven on Blu-ray disks on HD cams, which can make them a more compact amount pricey and cumbersome than 35 mm," referred to Richard Lorber, founder and prexy of arthouse distrib Kino Lorber. Unifrance controlling director Regine Hatchondo concurred. "Exhibition technologies are important elements now in growing the chance of various kinds of niche films and becoming those to a wider audience," she mentioned, adding that 25% of revenues from Emerging Pictures' ticket sales will go to the films' right-holders. Fest, kept in co-operation while using Film Society of Lincoln subsequently subsequently Center, bows around the high note with Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache's box office phenom "Intouchables," the Weinstein Co. acquired before it opened up up in France, following its screening in San Sebastian. The distrib will release it late May. Nakache and Toledano, along with one of the two lead stars, Francois Cluzet, will attend the Unifrance U.S. premiere. Repped by Gaumont, "Intouchables" is Gaul's third finest B.O. earner total and Germany's finest French hit. The Rendez-Vous may even play Olivier Marchal's "A Gang Story," another Weinstein Co. domestic release helmer Benoit Jacquot's Berlin opener "Farewell My Full," starring Diane Kruger and Jum Seydoux, plus Audrey Tautou starrer "Delicacy," both acquired by Cohen Media Group and Robert Guediguian's "The Snows of Kilimanjaro," repped by Films Distribution. The Rendez-Vous systems March 11. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Orange alert

Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Cicely Tyson and Viola Davis meet at the Shrine. Laurence Fishburne parties with Mara Brock Akil, Salim Akil and Pooch Hall. Samuel L. Jackson and George Lucas Keke Palmer and Jill Scott It was no shock that Viola Davis took best actress honors at Friday's NAACP Image Awards. But "The Help" star's remarks backstage at the Shrine did surprise the press corp. "I picked it because of the color," Davis said of her plunging orange Herve LeRoux gown. "I didn't realize my tatas would be so prevalent. I thought as long as they are not hanging down to my knees I'm good."After her "House of Payne" win, Keshia Knight Pulliam could not stop gushing about her blue Dolce & Gabbana, though she was concerned about the lengths some women go to to get that perfect look. "Ladies, eat, please! It's good to look fabulous but you need food. I had garlic fries last night so I can talk."Jill Scott, who won outstanding female artist honors, had a bone to pick with the Grammys, which has stopped issuing awards for gospel music. "There is some music without black folksbut not much," she said. Keke Palmer took home a statuette for her "True Jackson, VIP" turn, but got flustered when describing her first on-screen kiss. "OMG!" she said of Robbie Amell. "He had his shirt off and he threw me on the table....But no, he was not hard on the eyes." Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Alfred Hitchcocks Suspicion to get the remake treatment

While a completely new adaptation of Rebecca is presently inside the works at Working Title, Alfred Hitchcock's Suspicion may also be searching for the reboot treatment because of The Killing executive producer Veena Sud.Released in 1941, Hitchcock's Suspicion required it's origin in the novel Just Before The Very Fact by Francis Illes, and adopted a wealthy woman's marriage with a guy who calculates to become crook, liar and killer.Hitchcock's film starred Joan Fontaine and Cary Grant, as well as the former received an Oscar on her behalf performance.Suspicion marks the feature debut of Veena Sud, who's formerly made her title concentrating on TV crime dramas like Cold Situation as well as the Killing.It's unclear yet whether Sud will return to Illes novel on her behalf movie, or possibly she'll base it on Hitchcock's famous classic.Either in situation, the premise is certainly an intriguing one, so when Sud can imbue it with half the brilliance in the Killing, she'll have something excellent on her behalf account hands.

'Lockout' Exclusive Poster Takes No Criminals

Like a movie fan, you will find couple of a few things i enjoy a lot more than Guy Pearce movies and Luc Besson movies. So fuse the 2 together into one absurd, over-the-top space-set thriller, and also you know I am likely to be aboard. This is exactly why I am pretty pumped to host this exclusive "Lockout" poster here on Movies Blog. It's Guy Pearce. It's Maggie Sophistication. It's an incredible future gun riddling bullets into who-knows-what. In a nutshell, it's awesome. Take a look entirely beyond the break! "Lockout" is referred to the following: Starring Guy Pearce and Maggie Sophistication and occur the long run, LOCKOUT follows a wrongly charged ex- government agent (Pearce), whose one chance at acquiring freedom is based on the harmful mission of saving the Presidents daughter (Sophistication) from rioting convicts in an space maximum security prison. Quite simply, it will likely be pretty fantastic. Created by and co-compiled by Luc Besson and directed by James Mather and Stephen St. Leger, "Lockout" breaks into theaters countrywide on April 20, 2012. It won't, sadly, be playing in space. Inform us that which you think about the "Lockout" poster within the comments section as well as on Twitter!

Actress Chikage Awashima dies

Chikage Awashima, an actress known worldwide on her use Yasujiro Ozu along with other best of Japanese cinema's nineteen fifties golden age, died of pancreatic cancer on Thursday in Tokyo, japan. She was 87. Awashima joined working out school from the Takarazaka all-women's theater troupe in 1939. In 1950 she left the troupe for that Shochiku studio, where she made her screen debut that year. Within the nineteen fifties Awashima grew to become a studio stalwart, showing up in an array of roles, though in the western world she's best appreciated because the vivacious, tease friend of lead Setsuko Hara such films as "Early Summer time" (1951) and "SpringtimeInch (1956) or Michiko Kogure in "The Taste of Eco-friendly Tea Over Grain" (1952), simply by Ozu. She later moved towards the Toho studio, where she starred because the level-headed geisha wife of the merchant prince's dilatory boy in Shiro Toyoda's "Meioto Zenzai" (1955) she reprised the role within the 1963 follow-up. She also labored together with her co-star Hisaya Morishige within the popular "Station Front" comedy series, which went for twenty-four episodes from 1958 to 1969. Awashima stored employed in films, TV dramas and stage productions into her 80s. Though noted for her comic talents, she made an appearance in from samurai photos to modern dramas. Her last film role is at Masahiro Kobayashi's 2010 drama "Haru's Journey." Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Tribeca nabs Keanu Reeves' 'Side'

Tribeca Film has acquired United States privileges to Keanu Reeves-created docu "AlongsideInch in Berlin.Docu, that is helmed by Chris Kenneally, sees Reeves explore the introduction of cinema and also the impact of digital filmmaking via in-depth interviews with filmmakers for example Danny Boyle, James Cameron, David Fincher, George Lucas, David Lynch, Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorsese, Steven Soderbergh, Lars Von Trier, the Wachowskis and much more.Tribeca is planning for a summer time release for that pic using a multi-platform rollout and filmmakers plan a broadcaster preem early 2013 to create the pic to school grounds and film schools."Cinema reaches a tipping point," stated Kenneally. "Digital has challenged and somewhat completely overturned a procedure of creating movies on photochemical film that's been a practice for more than a hundred years. 'Side by Side' is definitely an intimate conversation between Keanu and also the top professionals in the market relating to this revolution and it is impact."Deal was discussed for Tribeca Film by Nick Savva, director of purchases, and with respect to the filmmakers by producer Justin Szlasa and attorney Marc Simon of Cowan DeBaets Abrahams & Sheppard.Pic has its own world preem in the Berlin Film Festival now. Contact Diana Lodderhose at diana.lodderhose@variety.com

Start Searching: Being Human's Aidan Can't Get Bishop From His Mind

Mike Witwer and Mark Pellegrino Furthermore satisfying when compared to a father and child reunion? Well, if Father continues to be Human's brutal bloodsucker Bishop (Mark Pellegrino) then, basically anything! Bishop may have been decapitated last season by Aidan (Mike Witwer), the vampire he sired centuries ago, but dead or else, on Feb. 20 he's back. The onetime Boston vampire capo returns to Syfy's addictive supernatural show just like a hallucination to haunt the troubled Aidan. He's also noticed in flashbacks, including through the First World War, as pictured above. Inside an episode about family bonds, Bishop is extremely very happy to offer paternal advice as Aidan must deal with the unforeseen and uncomfortable appearance that belongs to them edgy "boy" Henry (Kyle Schmid), who decades earlier had fooled his maker by bedding the vampire princess Suren (Dichen Lachman). We'll have to wait to uncover whether father knows best. One factor we are obvious on, nobody plays a devious bogeymen - Lost's Jacob and Supernatural's Lucifer come to mind - in comparison to hard-working Pellegrino. It might be cruel, but hopefully Aidan can't get Bishop from his mind. Being Human airs Mondays at 9/8c on Syfy. Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!

Fox 21 lands 'Hung' co-designers

Fox 21 has signed a couple-year overall deal with Dmitry Lipkin and Collette Burson. The husband-and-wife duo that created the Cinemax series "Hung" are seguing utilizing their pact while using pay cabler, which brought to November, with a pod deal with the cable-centric arm of last century Fox TV, where they'll write and executive produce series and supervise other authors too. Pact is probably the to start a string of deals being designed this year by Fox 21 leader Bert Salke, who want to increase an array of in-house creatives in a position to penetrating the cluttered TV marketplace. "If you have a look at shows like (FX's) 'The Riches' and 'Hung,' these males go outdoors el born area with interesting figures and ideas,In . mentioned Salke. "Which describes why we feel those are the not too distant future for cable art galleries like us." Fox 21 has acquired cable hits in recent several days like Showtime's highly suggested "Homeland," within the studio-signed group of Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa, and Kurt Sutter, who recently reupped on the potency of Foreign exchange hit "Sons of Anarchy." Lately, Salke also signed Andre Nemec and Josh Applebaum, the scribes behind "Jason Bourne 4," which he indicated the next admittance to his growing stable--he must sign around 6-7 pod deals this year--may be locked reduced a couple of days. Burson is represented by UTA and attorney Tara Kole at Gang Tyre Ramer & Brown. Lipkin is represented by CAA and attorney Ken Richman at Hansen, Jacobson. Contact Andrew Wallenstein at andrew.wallenstein@variety.com

Hardin, Tilly star in 'Dress'

Melora Hardin, Jennifer Tilly and Brit thesps Ben Daniels and Adam James take presctiption tap to star in "Don't Dress for lunch,Inch the Roundabout Theater Company's approaching Broadway staging from the Marco Camoletti spouse-changing farce. Daniels, who returns to Roundabout after starring within the theater's Rialto manufacture of "L'ensemble des Liaisons Dangereuses," will have exactly the same character described by Mark Rylance within the 2008 revival of "Boeing-Boeing," another Camoletti farce that "Don't Dress" is really a follow up. James ("The Pride") assumes Bernard, the smoothness performed by Bradley Whitford in "Boeing." Hardin ("WorkInch) plays Bernard's wife while Tilly, who had been within the cast from the Roundabout's 2001 manufacture of "The Ladies,Inch is aboard as his mistress. Spencer Kayden ("Urine-town") plays the prepare. John Tillinger helms the show having a script modified in the original French by Robin Hawdon. Play preemed in Paris later and continued to some London run, but hasn't performed Broadway. The Roundabout's production lands in Gotham following a profile boost provided to "Boeing-Boeing" following the 2008 staging, which acquired a Tony for play revival in addition to a thesping trophy for Rylance. "Don't Dress" starts previews March 30 in front of an April 26 opening in the Roundabout's American Air carriers Theater. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com