Burt Reynolds to Get Animated on Archer

Burt Reynolds Burt Reynolds will lend his voice to an animated version of himself on an upcoming episode of Archer, FX announced Monday. The 75-year-old Oscar-nominated actor will lend his voice to the episode titled "The Man From Jupiter," a reference to Reynolds' real hometown in Florida. In the episode, airing in January, Reynolds starts dating Archer's mom and boss, Mallory, voiced by Jessica Walter. Watch videos from Archer "I think the only person on the planet who's a bigger fan of Burt Reynolds than me is Sterling Archer," Archer creator Adam Reed said in a statement. "Archer constantly tries to imitate Burt and always raves about Burt's movies and all-around awesomeness. So to have Burt recording voice-overs for the show was just amazing." Reynolds guest-starred on Burn Notice last year and will next appear in the CMT TV movie Reel Love, which premieres next month. Season 3 of Archer premieres in January.

Top Moments: Dancing's Maks Is Mad and When Snooki Met Beavis (and Butt-Head)

Snooki and Butt-Head Our top moments of the week: 14. Worst Homage: Susan struggles in her "super-edgy" community college art class on Desperate Housewives when the instructor asks the students to paint a nude model. When Susan's teacher points out her discomfort, Susan goes a little a lot overboard to compensate for her nerves - and comes to class naked when she misinterprets something her teacher says. The scene would be funnier if it wasn't almost an exact retread of her accidental nude streak in Season 1. 13. Can't Have It Both Ways Award: Top Chef: Just Desserts' Sally chooses showpiece master Orlando to make her showpiece for the finale - based on her design, of course. At Judges' Table, Johnny Iuzzini lays into her for relying so heavily on Orlando for the towering creation and she ends up losing the title to Chris. Should Sally have had more of a hand in her showpiece? Probably. But you also gave her a sous chef and isn't part of being a chef delegating jobs to their cooks? If the point was for her to make it herself, don't give her help! 12. Nicest Favor: Completely broke twins Liz and Marie opt to walk instead of begging for money in Bangkok on The Amazing Race. After four hours, they finally ask cabbies for free rides. Not one, but two cabbies acquiesce, but it is too late to prevent their inevitable elimination. Still, between this and Twitter coming to the rescue on Leg 1, it's clear that Blanche DuBois isn't the only one who depends on the kindness of strangers. 11. Best (Accidental) Fight Club: Dressed up as UFC fighter Chuck Liddell, Parks and Recreation's Andy tries to force Ben to tell him what's wrong by fighting him the way he used to beat up his brothers to resolve conflict. He keeps a tight headlock around Ben for most of the evening -- that is, until Ben loses his cool and breaks Andy's nose with his elbow. At least it, like, totally authenticates his Liddell costume? 10. Best Reunion: Suddenly, some of The Vampire Diaries fallen victims, including Grams, Lexi and a somewhat vengeful Mason Lockwood, are back at Mystic Falls. Lexi brought Stefan to "ripper detox," Mason helped Damon to discover a key to killing Klaus, Grams helped Bonnie to close the door to the other side and some angry former vamps killed one of the heads of the founding families. Where are the ghost busters when you need 'em? 9. Worst Dare: After her drunken adventures in Seaside Heights, Miami and Florence, I bet Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi thought she had seen it all, but the Jersey Shore star gets a shocking wake-up call on Live with Regis and Kelly. Snooki gives Regis a zebra-striped tie, but tells Reege that since guidos don't usually wear ties, he should wear it without a shirt. Regis takes her dare and bares his 80-year-old chest. Reege, you may not be afraid of her, but it seems safe to say that she's now afraid of you. 8. Oddest Scare Tactic: Robert California, The Office's new CEO, has been a hard nut to crack since Day 1, and he takes that to the next level on Halloween when he tells a completely off-the-wall scary story that incorporates everyone's fears -- from snakes to mummies to dying alone. Dressed as Jack Nicholson, he concludes the story with an abrupt, "I'm fine, b----," puts on his shades and walks away, later saying he doesn't want people to be driven by their fears, which now include the unpredictable Robert California. 7. Saddest Death: Sons of Anarchy's Clay has never shied away from getting his hands dirty, but he's hit a new low. With the club under fire from a rival drug cartel, Piney gives Clay an ultimatum: Get SAMCRO out of the Galindo Cartel's cocaine operation or Piney will reveal the letters that prove Clay was involved in John Teller's death. That leaves Clay with only one terrible (if predictable) choice: He shoots and kills Piney in his cabin in the woods. At least Piney didn't have to eat Chucky's "head in a duffle bag" chili! 6. So We Meet Again Award: With her surveillance on Brody cut, Homeland's Carrie takes matters into her own hands and decides to make contact with him. Cue a meet-cute at his veterans' support group that starts with Brody recognizing Carrie from his debriefing and ends with her walking away in the rain after flirting with him. "Don't leave me like this!" Brody yells. "All alone in the rain!" Carrie may not be able to watch Brody 24/7 anymore, but this ought to be the start of a very interesting and precarious relationship. 5. Weirdest Bump in the Night: Tyler was already giving us the creeps on Revenge, but Daniel's supposed BFF goes from weird to really messed up in about 60 seconds flat. After he roofies Daniel's drink, Tyler does the "honorable" thing and helps put him to bed while trying to argue that Emily isn't the one. Daniel shrugs him off violently and Tyler leaves to let his friend sleep - but not without first butting his head into a hard pole outside and making himself bleed (to make it look like Daniel hit him, natch). What are friends for? 4. Funniest Costume: After Penny's never-before-seen beau Adam dumps her on Happy Endings, Max becomes her "wing baby" in what is arguably the greatest couple's costume ever: a new mom and an infant in a Baby Bjorn. As if the sight gag isn't awesome enough (baby hands = comedy gold), complications arise when they each meet a guy at the party -- Rick as Abe Lincoln for her; A.J. as ZZ Top Gun for him. They eventually split up: Penny wears the mother's dress and Max wears the bathing suit she had on underneath. It's not all bad news though: In his new get-up, Max wins the drag queen contest! 3. Dumbest Self-Sacrifice: When Survivor: South Pacific's Savaii tribe is forced to vote off a member, Ozzy volunteers himself, under the major what-if? assumption that he'll beat Christine on Redemption Island, the tribes will merge and he'll return to the game. Jeff Probst tells the tribe, "You just made one of the biggest moves in the history of this game." Biggest? Perhaps. Smartest? Not in the slightest. 2. Best Interview: As a rebooted Beavis and Butt-Head returns to MTV in Jersey Shore's old time slot, the pair of chuckleheads appear on - and harass the host of -- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (Sample exchange: "This is a whole other show." "You said 'a-hole.'"). They even take over his interview with Snooki (Sample question: "Are you DTF?"). The Orange One, however, is not amused. "You're not even a guido, you're not a juicehead and you're not a gorilla. Like, seriously, you have no abs and you're not tan. So get freakin' real!" Snooki says before punching Butt-Head. It's all right, guys. You already do Snooki this season. Heh-heh -- do. 1. Best Feud: Never one to mince words, Dancing with the Stars' notoriously hot-headed pro Maksim Chmerkovskiy rails at Len Goodman after the notoriously cranky judge says his and Hope Solo's rumba was their worst dance of the season. "I've been in this business for nearly 50 years -" Len says. "Maybe it's time to get out," the pro snaps back. He then declares in the celeb-quarium, "With all due respect, this is my show. I help make it what it is. I'm a little tired that [some are being judged] on effort and some are being picked on for heel leads." Uh, say what? OK, you have a point with the latter, but since when is this your show? When you joined in the second season? One thing's for sure though: The show would not be the same without Maks. What were your top moments?

Can You Guess the Highest-Grossing Screen Actor of All Time?

The Guinness Book of World Records isn’t just for nausea-inducing photos of 50-inch fingernails and fat twins on motorcycles anymore. The sprawling oracle of milestones far and wide has gone practical this week, revealing the screen actor whose body of work has accrued the highest collective gross in history. It’s not the most obvious fellow, but considering his ubiquity, franchise successes and long trail of cultural landmarks, it makes sense. Think hard, and read on for the answer to the trivia question you’ll be flinging with relish all weekend. Ready? OK. Ready? A: Samuel L. Jackson. Way to go, Sam! The strung out fast-food robber of Coming to America has since boasted a more lucrative resume than any actor in Hollywood — $7.4 billion, according to the Guinness Book. Thank the Star Wars prequels, the Avengers films, Jurassic Park and the trenchant audience-pleaser Arena Pulp Fiction. Watch out, though: Mia Wasikowska and, uh, Tyrese Gibson are hot on his trail. Keep the white-out handy, Guinness. [via THR] Follow S.T. VanAirsdale on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.

Can The Important Thing Circle's New Bad Boy Go Good?

Chris Zylka And concepts thought Nick was the resident bad boy in the Secret Circle... Last week's arrival of his brother, Mike (Chris Zylka), signaled a completely new danger for your coven. Although they've been unwillingly trying to recruit this new Remedy brother to switch the greatly departed Nick (RIP!), little do they already know that it is Mike which has introduced the witch potential predators to Chance Harbor! The Important Thing Circle boss dissects Nick's dying as well as the coven's possible alternative Beginning with this particular week's Halloween episode (Thursday, 9/8c round the CW), we'll realize that Mike has trigger a dangerous quantity of occasions stemming in the extended-nurtured bitterness and hate.The truth is, he was distraughtover the dying of his parents because mysterious event 16 in the past that mentioned the endures the majority of the circle's families and it will prevent this type of incident from ever happening again by eliminating the coven. "They are fully aware where miracle goes,In . Zylka notifies TVGuide.com. "Miracle prone to that dark place needed everyone's parents 16 in the past and he's confident with might is bitter relating to this.In . And certainly will his new dealings while using circle increase the risk for bad boy have a very change of heart? "Jake's around the pretty dark path," Zylka states. "He comes here with one factor on his mind, however when you enter the circle and you are feeling the emotions and attachment, it's almost indisputable. However, Mike may be among people people that's sufficiently strong enough to deny people feelings because of all the hate he's for anyone from the town. The Important Thing Circle Exclusive: Hunter's Stepfanie Kramer to see creepy Charles' mother "I wouldn't count it he could maybe feel a connection getting a circle, but he's showed up at Chance Harbor getting an objective in your head which is he's within the mind unless of course obviously someone or something like that like this can apparent up,Inch he adds. Cassie (Britt Robertson) may be the primary one person who are able to stop Mike within the mission for revenge. "She's new and he or she is available to nearly all things,Inch Zylka describes. "She gives Mike the benefit of the doubt. This can be the first time anybody has given him the benefit of the doubt because of his past. Just the feeling of receiving another chance, it's like, 'Why wouldn't you consider that?' This is often a girl he sees a good deal in and recognizes how effective this girl is." Their connection has sparked hurt feelings in Faye (Phoebe Tonkin), his ex, and Adam (Thomas Dekker), whose family Mike stole from before departing Chance Harbor. "Knowing Faye, she's not necessarily too happy relating to this,In . Zylka states about Mike and Cassie's new bond. "She'll try her best to enter between that." The Important Thing Circle Love Triangular Scoop: Diana is losing belief! Zylka adds the coven remains waiting for Adam to eventually snap, considering his history with Mike. "We now have touched just a little on Mike stealing form Adam's father (Adam Harrington), there's however another factor there, and we'll observe that originates in what really did happen between each of them,In . according to him. "There's apt to be that tension attracted out whenever you can before each one of these people really explodes." Using this growing camaraderie with Cassie, however, Mike will need to choose sides. "He's certainly going to fight [his loyalties between] each family,Inch Zylka states. "The witch potential predators needed him in, and it is similar to a boy elevated by baby baby wolves. The circle is clearly his new family, so that will possess the greater influence?" The Important Thing Circle airs Thursdays at 9/8c round the CW. You think Mike will select the witch potential predators or Cassie as well as the circle?

'Shame' Officially Rated NC-17

Shame, British director Steve McQueen's portrait of a sex addict, starringMichael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan, has officially received an NC-17 rating from the MPAA's Classification and Rating Administration.our editor recommendsThe Dirty Dozen: Films that Narrowly Avoided an NC-17Nudity, Three-Ways, Hints of Incest: A Studio's Plan to Sell 'Shame' to Oscar PHOTOS: The Dirty Dozen: Films That Narrowly Avoided an NC-17 In its latest batch of ratings notices, released Tuesday, the MPAA said that the drama, which Fox Searchlight will release Dec. 2, earned the rating because of "some explicit sexual content." While that makes the movie off-limits to anyone under the age of 18, Searchlight is not planning to appeal the rating or make any cuts to secure a less restrictive R-rating. Instead, it's readying a major awards push for the film. STORY: Nudity, Three-Ways, Hints of Incest: A Studio's Plan to Sell 'Shame' to Oscar "I think NC-17 is a badge of honor, not a scarlet letter. We believe it is time for the rating to become usable in a serious manner," Searchlight president Steve Gilula has told The Hollywood Reporter. "The sheer talent of the actors and the vision of the filmmaker are extraordinary. It's not a film that everyone will take easily, but it certainly breaks through the clutter and is distinctive and original. It's a game changer." Related Topics Carey Mulligan Michael Fassbender Fox Searchlight Pictures

Did Joss Whedon Film a Secret Shakespeare Adaptation?

UPDATE: More particulars within the project emerged. When Joss Whedon isn't busy shooting 'The Avengers' by having an apple apple iphone, he's apparently reaping helpful benefits from pals together to film secret movies. No less than that's what appears to own happened, undertaking a tweet on Sunday evening from frequent Whedon collaborator Nathan Fillion which directed his fans with a website heralding Joss Whedon's 'Much Ado About Nothing,' "with various play." Like the Shakespeare play? Let's run with this particular! Little to there's nothing known in regards to the project, beyond what's offered online. "Bellwether Pictures is proud to announce the final outcome of principal photography," it offers, prior to running lower the cast list: Amy Acker, Alexis Denisof, Reed Gem, Ashley Manley, Nathan Fillion, Clark Gregg, Tom Lenk and Fran Kranz among others. Pictured below that's apparently Kranz ('Dollhouse') wearing a scuba mask and holding a martini glass. Clearly. Whether 'Much Ado About Nothing' can be a feature length film (not likely!) or possibly a brief like 'Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog' (probably!) remains to look. Clearly, brainiacs around the Internet will probably be waiting with baited breath to uncover. [via CinemaBlend] [Photo: Getty] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook RELATED

Happy 64th Birthday, Kevin Kline! What's His Best Onscreen Moment?

This is a special Monday, dears, because the illustrious Kevin Kline turns 64 today. The man who lit up The Big Chill before going on to garner an Academy Award for A Fish Called Wanda is that rare leading man who seems perfectly at home in bizarre character roles. I’m trembling just thinking of my favorite Kevin Kline scene. Can you guess it? Will I be plundering The Ice Storm? In & Out? Dave? Or the gritty saloon drama Wild, Wild West? I’m always a little bothered by the general perception of Sophie’s Choice — that the movie fixates on Meryl Streep’s role and all other characters barely matter or only serve to build her arc. While I don’t want to detract from Streep’s truly incredible work, I do want to point out that Sophie’s Choice gives us three amazing characters, and Kevin Kline’s Nathan Landau is one of them. In his debut role, Kline plays Sophie’s hotheaded, deliriously unstable lover who vacillates from romantic to manic without warning. He is scary, and though we’ll gawp in astonishment at the source of Sophie’s vague hopelessness later in the film, Kline’s furor is a highlight of the movie’s first half. Here, he taunts Sophie by bringing up the devastating circumstances she survived. And hey, don’t let anyone tell you that Peter MacNicol isn’t phenomenal here too. His character Stingo is one of the great, heartbreakingly human protagonists in modern cinema.

A&E Renews The Glades for Season 3

The Glades A&E has renewed The Glades for a third season, TVGuide.com has confirmed. Check out the rest of today's news The show's second season averaged 3.9 million viewers and increased 12 percent in the coveted adults-18-to-49 demographic. Created by Clifton Campbell, the cop drama stars Matt Passmore as a former Chicago detective who's forced to take a job with the Florida Police. Kiele Sanchez also stars. The third season is slated to premiere next summer.

Dreams of a Life

A Dogwoof release of a Film4 and U.K. Film Council presentation, in association with Shoot for the Moon, with the participation of Irish Film Board, of a Cannon and Morley production with Soho Moon Pictures. (International sales: Entertainment One Films Canada, Toronto.) Produced by Cairo Cannon, James Mitchell. Executive producers, Katherine Butler, Tabitha Jackson, Alan Maher, Paul McGowan, Andre Singer. Co-producer, Rachel Lysaght. Directed, written by Carol Morley.With: Zawe Ashton, Alix Luka-Cain, Naleem Bakshi, Cornell S. John, Martin Likster, Alistair Abrahams, Alton Edwards, Kim Bacon, Daniel Roberts, John Ioannou, Michael Davies, William Barthorpe, Kirk Thorne, Catherine Clarke, Lynne Featherstone, Mandy Allen, Prue Almond, Alison Campsie, Jerome Everette, David Gibbs, Kyle Thorne.British helmer Carol Morley delivers her most assured work to date with "Dreams of a Life," exploring the mystery of a 38-year-old Londoner whose body was discovered decomposing in her apartment more than two years after her death. Mixing talking-head interviews with elaborate reconstructions of Joyce Vincent's life, the third-time director can't miss with a riveting tale of a onetime vivacious personality, described by those who knew her as "stunning," "lovely," and "very well liked," but who nevertheless died alone, friendless and seemingly missed by nobody. Further fest action is certain, but revenue across all platforms looks modest. Having fearlessly exposed her own troubled youth in her 50-minute docu debut, "The Alcohol Years," Morley is well equipped to probe the past of Vincent, eliciting reminiscences from former friends, roommates, colleagues and lovers, but not Vincent's four sisters, who declined to participate. Working in the film's favor is the fact that Vincent emerges not as the tragic misfit suggested by her death, but as a complex and likable personality whose mysteries are never wholly penetrated. Vincent was found in her apartment in Wood Green, North London, in 2006, her skeletal body slumped on the sofa and her television still on; evidence pointed to a death by natural causes in December 2003. Investigations by police and local newspapers gleaned few facts about her, but an intrigued Morley decided to probe further, placing ads urging friends of the deceased woman to get in touch. She was eventually able to chart her subject's life story: Vincent was well brought up in a strict Afro-Caribbean family in London, popular but underachieving at school, and then found success in office jobs while aspiring to be a singer. With no narration and little explanation from the filmmaker about her investigation (beyond glimpses of a whiteboard on which she sketches out Vincent's connections and movements), much of the detailed research that presumably underpins specific moments of reconstruction remains undisclosed. Viewers will have to accept on faith that Morley has based it all on witness statements. Either way, Zawe Ashton ("Blitz") delivers a compellingly believable performance as the chameleon-like subject. Docu benefits from a tone more sensitive than prurient. Drawbacks include some superfluous reconstructions of banal incidents and a repetitive curtain-raiser with too many interviewees making the same obvious points about decomposition odors, unpaid utility bills, neighbors, absent siblings and negligent authorities. "Dreams of a Life" reps a big step forward from Morley's under-realized sophomore effort, "Edge," a scripted feature. But her experiences with both fiction and nonfiction are evidently now coming together in a creatively successful hybrid that earns comparisons with recent docu hits such as "The Arbor" and "Catfish."Camera (color), Mary Farbrother, Lynda Hall; editor, Chris Wyatt; music, Barry Adamson; music supervisor, Connie Farr; production designer, Chris Richmond; art directors, Adam A. Makin, Emma Lowney; set decorator, Katya Guy; costume designer, Leonie Prendergast; supervising sound editor, Christopher Wilson; re-recording mixer, Ken Galvin; visual effects supervisor, Jonathan Privett; associate producer, Danielle Ryan; assistant director, Mick Pantaleo; casting, Robert Sterne. Reviewed at London Film Festival (New British Cinema), Oct. 16, 2011. Running time: 90 MIN. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

'Mighty Macs' Movie Follows Same Underdog Path

IMMACULATA, Pa. (AP) Here's a sports fairy tale that never gets old: Underdog team with few resources but a lot of heart beats the odds and comes out on top.That is what actually happened to the 1971-72 women's basketball squad at tiny Immaculata College.It's also what happened to "The Mighty Macs," a small-budget movie about the team's improbable national championship that overcame its own obstacles to make it to Hollywood.The film starring Carla Gugino, Marley Shelton, David Boreanaz and Ellen Burstyn hits theaters Friday."We really needed to be patient and believe in the story and the right distribution platform for the story," said Tim Chambers, who wrote and directed the film. "... It was definitely worth the wait."The true story of the Mighty Macs has always read like a movie script.It starts in 1971 with a 23-year-old named Cathy Rush. The former high school basketball star was coaching the ragtag team at Immaculata, a struggling Catholic school for women near Philadelphia. She was barely older than her players.The Macs, who had no home court because their field house had burned down, practiced at local gyms and played all their games on the road. When they earned the 15th seed in the first-ever women's U.S. collegiate championship tournament in 1972, players held raffles and sold toothbrushes to raise money for the trip.Immaculata upset three teams to reach the finals. There, the scrappy Macs faced off against nemesis West Chester in a nail-biting rematch and won. Cue the confetti.In the following years, Rush was approached many times about making the Macs' Cinderella story into a movie. But every would-be production turned into a pumpkin.So Rush was understandably wary when Chambers came to her around 2004. But she was won over by his strong backing former Philadelphia 76ers president Pat Croce is an executive producer and personal connections to the story.Chambers had grown up in the area and, as a child, saw Rush and the Mighty Macs practice at his Catholic grade school's gym. And he was taught by the same nuns who run Immaculata the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary."The more I was around him, the more I was convinced that if anyone could do this, he could do it," Rush said.Filming for "Our Lady of Victory" the movie's original title began in 2007 at Immaculata and, ironically, in the gym of nearby West Chester University. Chambers cast Katie Hayek, a former University of Miami shooting guard and theater major, as star player Trish Sharkey.But Hayek was diagnosed with cancer as cameras were set to roll. A wig, tenacious work ethic and rearranged shooting schedule helped mask the effects of chemotherapy, which Hayek said successfully treated her Hodgkin's lymphoma.Then, just as the $7.5 million production wrapped in 2008, the recession hit. Chambers couldn't find a distributor.So he took the G-rated movie billed as part "Sister Act," part "Hoosiers" on the festival circuit for family films. Good reception, but still no bites. Chambers was offered a straight-to-video deal and turned it down. He wanted a shot at the big dance.Three years after filming ended, Chambers got it. Ocean Avenue Entertainment is distributing "The Mighty Macs" on the 40th anniversary of the team's winning season. Whether it becomes a champ at the box office remains to be seen.Chambers described the movie as transcending gender and sports to tell a story about "the equality of dreams" in this case, that young women in the 1970s were entitled to pursue their passions the same way men did.The film takes some liberties with details; the nuns who cheered on their beloved Macs probably didn't wear high-top Converse sneakers, as they do in the movie. And Rush didn't have a nun for an assistant coach (Sister Sunday, played by Shelton). But the overall message is faithful to history."It's an enjoyable, wholesome story about something that really did happen," said Theresa Shank Grentz, who played on the championship team and is the basis for Hayek's character.Grentz and the Mighty Macs went on to win the national titles in 1973 and '74 as well. But the basketball program got left behind after the passage of Title IX, which allowed colleges to offer women sports scholarships something tiny Immaculata could not afford.The school began admitting men in 2005 and currently has both men's and women's Division III basketball teams.Rush, who now runs a string of children's summer camps, was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008. Grentz became the first full-time women's basketball coach in the nation at Rutgers, later leaving to coach at Illinois. Today, she works as Immaculata's vice president for university advancement.Teammates Rene Muth Portland and Marianne Crawford Stanley followed similar paths: Portland became the longtime coach at Penn State; Stanley won three championships as coach at Old Dominion, later coaching the WNBA's Washington Mystics.Rush set the example for them and many other women to follow their dreams, said Chambers."That's a remarkable testament to her, and why she's in the Hall of Fame, and why she's a pioneer in women's sports," Chambers said.The film premiered in Philadelphia last week.Copyright 2011 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

Official: 'Thor 2' to become Directed by Patty Jenkins

Kevin Winter/Getty Images For Entertainment Weekly Patty Jenkins will direct Thor 2, Marvel Galleries formally introduced on Thursday. Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston and Natalie Portman will all return for that follow up. PHOTOS: 'The Avengers': New Photos From Marvel's Super hero Film The Hollywood Reporter first reported that Jenkins, who's the very first female director for Marvel Galleries, had been considered in September. Disney also introduced that Thor 2 is going to be moved from the This summer 26, 2013, release date to November. 15, 2013. For individuals who are able to't wait to determine Thor and Loki go back to the screen, both Hemsworth and Hiddleston will have their roles in Marvel's approaching super hero ensemble film, The Avengers, that is set hitting theaters May 4, 2012. PHOTOS: top 10 Summer time Superheroes Ever: Fight of Box Office Brawn Thor, which hit theaters on May 6, 2011, was helmed by Kenneth Branagh making $sixty five million locally over its opening weekend. It continued to gather $448 million worldwide. VIDEO: 'Avengers' Tom Hiddleston Talks the Return of Loki Jenkins is most well-noted for pointing 2003's Monster, which received star Charlize Theron an Oscar. She also received an Emmy nomination for pointing the pilot of AMC's The Killing. Most lately, Jenkins, that has also directed instances of Entourage and Arrested Development, directed, Gem, among the five short films that composed Lifetime's original movie Five. Jenkins is symbolized by CAA, Anonymous Content, and Alan Wertheimer. Avengers Chris Hemsworth Natalie Portman Tom Hiddleston Thor Patty Jenkins

Courteney Cox-David Arquette Comedy, Suburban Drama Target NBC

Kevin Winter/Getty Images ABC Galleries has offered two projects for an outdoors network: NBC. The network has snagged the Courteney Cox and David Arquette-created comedy, 10 Years, with penalty inside a highly competitive atmosphere. PHOTOS: Fall TV's 12 Most Anticipated Shows The only-camera project, compiled by Howard Morris, tracks the adapt of the 10-year releationship for any lately separated couple in the heart of several buddies and family. Cox and Arquette function as executive producers, together with Morris. PHOTOS: Fall TV Preview: The Brand New Shows Furthermore, NBC has additionally bought the drama project, The Following Insanely Great Factor, from author Daniel Taplitz. Inspired with a true story, Factor follows suburban townspeople who accept become test subjects for any high-tech company's social networking experiments. Ian Sanders and Kim Moses assists being an executive producer, together with Taplitz. The purchases cement ABC Galleries' proceed to sell projects outdoors of sister network ABC. Courteney Cox David Arquette TV Development

TV Ratings: 'Dancing With the Stars,' 'Two and a Half Men' Among Declines

Adam Rose/Warner Bros./CBS"Two and a Half Men" Against baseball playoffs on Fox and Monday night football on ESPN, the broadcast networks saw declines across the board in the ratings for Monday programming. Still, CBS took home the nightly victory, averaging a 3.9 rating among the key adults 18-49 demographic followed by Fox, which posted a 3.0 from 8-11 p.m. (ABC placed third with a 2.9.) Due to overrun from the second game of the American League Championship Series (running until 8:52 p.m. ET), Fox's numbers are unreliable and will be available later on Tuesday. PHOTOS: Fall TV Death Pool: Which New Shows Will Be Axed? How I Met Your Mother (8.9 million total viewers, 3.9 rating in adults 18-49 demographic), 2 Broke Girls (10.6 million, 4.2) and Two and a Half Men (15.9 million, 5.8) all slid, hitting lows for the season thus far. But, Men remained the most-watched scripted program for Monday and ranked as the highest-rated. Mike & Molly (11.8 million, 4.0) dipped 7 percent versus its previous week's performance. Hawaii Five-0 (9.7 million, 2.6) sank 19 percent and posted a season low. PHOTOS: 10 Shows Canceled Faster Than 'The Playboy Club' Fox's Terra Nova and House were both impacted with the ALCS game, with the former airing from 8:52-9:52 p.m. ET and House broadcasting at 9:52-10:52 p.m. ET. (However, as a guide, Terra Nova/House posted a 2.6 and from 10-11 p.m., House drew a 2.3 average.) Over on ABC, Dancing WIth the Stars (17 million, 3.1) was steady, matching last week's ratings. Castle (11.2 million, 2.4), meanwhile, saw a slight 4 percent dip, hitting a season low. Sports wasn't friendly to NBC's The Sing-Off (4.3 million, 1.4), which plunged 22 percent, drawing its lowest-rated telecast to date. A rerun of Prime Suspect -- replacing the canceled The Playboy Club -- drew 2.9 million viewers and a 0.7. The CW's Gossip Girl (1.3 million, 0.6) and Hart of Dixie (1.5 million, 0.6) were down as well. CBS -- 3.9 · How I Met Your Mother: 8.9 million, 3.9 · 2 Broke Girls: 10.6 million, 4.2 · Two and a Half Men: 15.9 million, 5.8 · Mike & Molly: 11.8 million, 4.0 · Hawaii Five-0: 9.7 million, 2.6 Fox -- 3.0 ** ALCS overrun ABC -- 2.9 · Dancing With the Stars: 17 million, 3.1 · Castle: 11.2 million, 2.4 NBC -- 1.2 · The Sing-Off: 4.3 million, 1.4 · Prime Suspect (R): 2.9 million, 0.7 The CW -- 0.6 · Gossip Girl: 1.3 million, 0.6 · Hart of Dixie: 1.5 million, 0.6 TV Ratings

Michoacan mission

Bela Tarr's 'The Turin Horse' was lured to this year's fest.'See You, Dad''The Tiniest Place'When inviting films, most festivals contact the print source, which can be the sales company or the producer or, in a few poverty-stricken cases, the filmmaker.But when it came to inviting Bela Tarr's "The Turin Horse" to the Morelia film festival's ninth edition, artistic director and founder Daniela Michel went several extra steps, and personally delivered an invitation into Tarr's hands in Budapest."It was my way of saying that we truly, truly want your film," Michel says.Morelia is a fest that has earned, with dramatic speed, an international rep for extending the welcome mat further, presenting films better, and delivering the entire festival-going experience more vividly than many other events of its medium size and age."The smartly programmed official selection captures very well the energy and diversity of contemporary Mexican independent film," notes critic and Museum of Moving Image editorial director Dennis Lim. "They've also done a great job bringing in a wide range of international guests to present retrospectives or premieres," such as Quentin Tarantino, who unveiled his personal stash of Mexican B-movies last year.Michel credits a set of coincidences that positioned the festival as a must-see event. Having forged a strong network of filmmaker relationships (including Fernando Eimbcke and Rodrigo Pla) through her short film festival held at Mexico City's Cineteca, Michel saw there was little support for younger Mexican filmmakers during an ebb for local production in the mid- and late 1990s. During a 2001 visit to Morelia, headquarters to exhib chain Cinepolis, Michel was invited by Cinepolis topper Alejandro Ramirez to set up a Morelia-based event spotlighting shorts and docs."It was the right move at the right time," she says, with a convivial and beautifully preserved colonial city as host, an enthusiastic exhibitor, hungry and ambitious filmmakers ready to burst out with a flood of adventurous features, plus a mix of private support and public aid via the state of Michoacan. The tone was set the first year in 2003 with the presence of Werner Herzog and Salma Hayek, who drew press, and a small but respected Mexican film lineup, which established the festival's ongoing central theme: What's new and vital in independent Mexican cinema, especially in docs and shorts.More than most newer Latin American fests, Morelia has established its international credentials with a combination of factors: frequent repeat visitors such as helmers Barbet Schroeder, Gus Van Sant and Telluride co-director Tom Luddy; deliberate selection of important film artists, such as director Cristian Mungiu, for the competition juries; and cooperative programming ventures with the likes of Cannes' Critics' Week, in which both festivals present a selection from the other's lineup."From our first meeting with Daniela, we were impressed with her ambition for the festival, and in particular her promotion of young Mexican talents," says Critics' Week program director Remi Bonhomme. FEATURE COMPETITION"Malaventura" (Michel Lipkes)Feature debut is a hotly anticipated new film from Mexico's emerging generation of filmmakers."Artificial Paradises" (Yulena Olaizola)With her first narrative feature, Olaizola returns to Morelia where she was acclaimed for her doc debut, "Intimacies of Shakespeare and Victor Hugo.""The Prize" (Paula Markovitch)Markovitch's Argentina-set family drama won two Berlin Silver Bears for artistic achievement."The Last Christeros" (Matias Meyer)This could be Meyer's breakout film, after impressing auds and critics in Toronto."See You, Dad" (Lucia Carreras)Co-scribe of Camera d'Or winner "Leap Year," Carreras' directorial debut preems in Morelia."Machete Language" (Kyzza Terrazas)Terrazas, former producer-writer for hot shingle Canana Films, debuted his film at Venice's Critics Week. DOC COMPETITION"The Open Sky" (Everardo Gonzalez)Among the most discussed docs in this year's Guadalajara fest."The Tiniest Place" (Tatiana Huezo)An audacious directorial debut, inviting comparisons to Reygadas' "Japan.""The Mexican Suitcase" (Trisha Ziff)Widely traveled doc on Spanish Civil War photographers is in the Oscar doc hunt."Rivers Of Men" (Tin Dirdamal)Dirdamal won a Silver Ariel for first doc, "No One," so expectations are high on this look at Bolivia's water wars."The Night Watchman" (Natalia Almada)Almada looks to be hitting stride with her third doc, a standout at New Directors/New Films.RELATED LINKS Early warnings Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

'Super Troopers' Duo Sell Comedy to NBC

Timothy Norris/Getty ImagesSteve Lemme and Kevin Heffernan NBC is searching for its Males. The network has acquired a comedy project entitled Stored Males from Super Military author-stars Kevin Heffernan and Steve Lemme. The project, from three Arts and Universal TV, involves two buddies who become based on their particular spouses after their business shuts lower. Additionally to writing and starring within the project, Heffernan and Lemme would also function as executive producers. Sources the comedy could find yourself being whether single- or multi-camera project. Beyond writing and starring in Super Military the duo's credits likewise incorporate Beerfest and Club Dread, and have many features in development through their Damaged Lizard single. Heffernan is repped by APA, 3 Arts and Ginsburg Daniels Lemme is witih UTA, 3 Arts and Ginsburg Daniels. Email: Lesley.Goldberg@thr.com Twitter: @Snoodit NBC TV Development

Warner Bros hoping to get a b-list director for Twilight Zone movie

With different study by Variety, Warner Bros have set their sights high for your new undertake Twilight Zone, with Christopher Nolan, Michael Bay and Alfonso Cuarón round the directorial wish list.Although, with this particular version, WB aren't trying to find the organization company directors to tackle a segment each included in a portmanteau piece they require one person to helm only one-story feature (unlike the 1983 version).Nolan appears like it is the broadly used, no surprise given his history while using studio, but Variety signifies he might be put off by the film's being similar to Beginning.It's also difficult to imagine Nolan handling a project he's not had total creative remedies for at this time around within the career.WB are mentioned being keen to make use of Bay, and Cuarón has history while using studio, getting recently shot Gravity on the account (and let's remember his concentrate on Harry Potter As Well As The Prisoner Of Azkaban).Also inside the mix is Rise In The Planet In The Apes' Rupert Wyatt, who's known to since the "dark equine" following a success (critical and commercial) of the movie this summer season.It's tough to visualize Bay creating spooks with any kind of subtlety, whereas everyone knows Cuarón could make atmosphere to spare. It would be also nice to find out Wyatt due to the reins on another large project.Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Technique is also creating duty, although there's no hint inside a release date for your new Twilight Zone yet.