Thursday, March 8, 2012

Tom Hanks And Davis Guggenheim Partner On Obama Campaign Video

People who claim Hollywood is certainly an ant’s nest of Democratic and liberal activism are actually riled up over Saturday’s debut of Cinemax’s Sarah Palin picGame Change.Now they are likely to convey more reason to shake a fist within the entertainment community with today’s unveiling in the 2-minute trailer for your Road We’ve Traveled,a completely new campaign video for Leader Obama’s re-election effort. Read by Oscar-champion Tom Hanks at his most passionate and directed by David Guggenheim (director of Al Gore’s Oscar-winning documentaryAn Annoying Truth), the 17-minute film will probably be released March 17. A clip, which first demonstrated today onsocialmedia sites like Facebook, features comments from V . P . Joe Biden, former Chief of Staff (and current mayor of Chicago) Rahm Emanuel, former economic consultant Austan Goolsbee while others. Republicans are actually foaming within the mouth inside the trailer, because the Obama faithful are waiting anxiously for your remaining a quarter-hour. Such is existence inside the 2012 election season.

Jamey Sheridan Upped To Regular On Showtime Drama Homeland

EXCLUSIVE: Law & Order: Criminal Intent alum Jamey Sheridan, who recurred as V . P . William Walden round the first season of Showtime’s acclaimed new drama Homeland, remains upped to regular for Season 2. In season 1, V . P . Walden managed to get an murder attempt and offered Nicholas Brody (Damian Lewis) to function for your U.S. House of Reps while he themselves is priming for just about any Presidential run. Furthermore to his gig on Homeland, Sheridan, repped by ICM and Brillstein Entertainment, was recently cast as guest star (and potential recurring) inside the CW pilot Arrow, playing Robert Full, Olive Full/Eco-friendly Arrows (Stephen Amell) father.

Sunday, March 4, 2012

Josef Rusnak to pen 'Arijuna'

GUADALAJARA, Mexico -- Josef Rusnak ("The 18th Floor") is mounted on write, having a view to direct, historic thriller "Arijuna."Initially setup at Germany's Motivo Films and Colombia's Tonal Entertainment, "Arijuna" will be created by Berlin-based Craig Films, that also has procedures in La and Zurich.Rusnak will rewrite the initial script by Colombian scribe Jorg Hiller ("A lot of Luck") and Motivo producer Maja Zimmermann. Barry's Benito Mueller and Wolfgang Mueller, Zimmermann and Hiller take producer credits.Fact-based "Arijuna" activates a German World war 2 U-boat pursuit to explosive device the Panama Canal. After a panic attack by an Allied destroyer, five submariners are stranded with an island paradise, meet its Wayuu Indians and, stated Rusnak, have to research whether or not to finish the task or save the lives of the innocent people. "The task on paper the script would be to turn this historic account into an entertaining film, filled with heart, adventure and action," Rusnak added."Arijuna" was initially allocated at $3 million. Rusnak and Craig Films' participation now enables the producers to take into consideration a larger budget, better-known cast as well as an British-language shoot, Zimmermann stated at Mexico's Guadalajara Festival.Craig may also make use of German DFFF rebates and regional funding. Shooting is skedded for within 12-18 several weeks, she added.Craig Films' recent co-production credits range from the Samuel Goldwyn-launched "The Whistleblower," with Rachel Weisz Peruvian standout "Bad Intentions" and France's best first-film Cesar champion "When Pigs Have Wings." Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Friday, March 2, 2012

The Big Bang Theory's Kaley Cuoco Calls Off Engagement

Brian Austin Green Brian Austin Green is getting Happy Endings. The Beverly Hills, 90210 alum will appear in the season finale as a guest at the wedding of Penny's gay best friend Derrick (Stephen Guarino), TVGuide.com has confirmed. Entertainment Weekly first reported the news. Find out why Happy Endings landed in our Top Moments of the week There's a slight twist on how his character will attend, though. Penny will get saddled at the "Skype" table, a.k.a. the table for those enjoying the wedding from the comfort of their homes via video chat. Still, that won't stop Penny from flirting with him. Green joins a long list of guest stars from the second season of Happy Endings, including Colin Hanks, Megan Mullally, James Wolk, Fred Savage and more.