Charlie Sheen (Photo Credit: Ian White/Comedy Central)
Comedy Central is airing the Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen next Monday, September 19th at 10pm ET/PT, however you don’t have to wait that long to check a couple of clips from the show which was taped last Saturday in Los Angeles. Seth MacFarlane served as the Roast Master, with special celebrity guests including Anthony Jeselnik, Jon Lovitz, Patrice O’Neal, Jeffrey Ross, Amy Schumer, William Shatner, Steve-O, Mike Tyson and Kate Walsh on hand to poke fun at one of the easiest targets in Hollywood.
The second clip supplied by Comedy Central, comedian Jeffrey Ross talks about Sheen’s family and his women:
Ryan Gosling seemed to have had a great time talking about his starring role in The Ides of March while at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival press conference. With director/co-star George Clooney passing him a few dollars for every compliment he threw his way, Gosling discussed what it was like to be on a set with Clooney at the helm and why he was attracted to The Ides of March.
The Plot: The Ides of March takes place during the frantic last days before a heavily contested Ohio presidential primary, when an up-and-coming campaign press secretary (Ryan Gosling) finds himself involved in a political scandal that threatens to upend his candidate’s shot at the presidency.
Beneath the Darkness was directed by Martin Guigui from a script by Bruce Wilkinson. The film also features Tony Oller (Nickelodeon’s Gigantic) and Aimee Teegarden (Friday Night Lights).
Image Entertainment’s Chief Acquisitions Officer Bill Bromiley made the announced of the pick up at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival. “The role that Dennis Quaid plays in Beneath the Darkness is such a departure from his other roles,” stated Bromiley. “As good a hero as he has always made, he is an amazingly terrifying villain in this film. It’s certain to have audiences on the edge of their seats. Image is pleased to add this to our release schedule this year.”
The Story:
Ely (Dennis Quaid) is a well-respected mortician in a town where he was once a heralded high school football star. Among the kids, however, he is legendary for a more sinister reason — rumors that his house is haunted. The truth is, the town leader murdered his first wife and her lover and now lives in the house with his wife’s embalmed corpse! This pillar of the community is actually a flesh-and-blood monster who buries his victims alive; a sociopath who befriends adults and police while openly flaunting his murderous intentions to the youths. He will kill anyone who threatens to expose him or his now seemingly perfect marriage.
Candace Bushnell's 'The Carrie Diaries' - Publisher: Balzer + BraySex and the City is coming back to the small screen but this time without Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, or Cynthia Nixon. Instead, Carrie will be played by a younger actress in a prequel to the popular SATC series which aired from 1998 to 2004 on HBO.
CW is moving ahead with a new series based on The Carrie Diaries, SATC author Candace Bushnell’s young adult series that explores Carrie’s adventures before we were introduced to the character and her glamorous New York life. EW says the series should debut in the fall of 2012.
Gossip Girl‘s producing team of Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage will work on the SATC prequel. Sex and the City writer/producer/story editor Amy B Harris will help adapt Bushnell’s YA books and will serve as showrunner.
“The Carrie Diaries is the coming-of-age story of one of the most iconic characters of our generation.
Before Sex and the City, Carrie Bradshaw was a small town girl who knew she wanted more. She’s ready for real life to start, but first she must navigate her senior year of high school. Up until now, Carrie and her friends have been inseparable. Then Sebastian Kydd comes into the picture, and a friend’s betrayal makes her question everything.
With an unforgettable cast of characters, The Carrie Diaries is the story of how a regular girl learns to think for herself, and evolves into a sharp, insightful writer. Readers will learn about her family background, how she found her writing voice, and the indelible impression her early friendships and relationships left on her. Through adventures both audacious and poignant, we’ll see what brings Carrie to her beloved New York City, where her new life begins.”
Emily Blunt and Ewan McGregor in 'Salmon Fishing in the Yemen' - BBC Films
Lasse Hallstrom’s Salmon Fishing in the Yemen has been hooked by CBS Films, with Deadline reporting the acquisition was made at the Toronto Film Festival for around $4 million. Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, which stars Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt and Kristin Scott Thomas and is based on the novel by Paul Torday, debuted at the festival on September 10, 2011.
Update – Sept 13, 2011:
CBS has made the pick up official, confirming today they’ve acquired Salmon Fishing in the Yemen. In the official press release, director Lasse Hallstrom stated, “I am so happy to have the support of the team at CBS Films for the distribution of our labor of love, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen. I had the best of times working on it with producer Paul Webster, writer Simon Beaufoy and the cast, Emily Blunt, Ewan McGregor, Amr Waked and Kristin Scott Thomas.”
“Lasse Hallström has done it again with this beautiful, heartwarming, and elegant picture. The performances are amazing from top to bottom,” commented EVP of Acquisitions Scott Shooman. “We are honored to have the opportunity to bring this extraordinary film to American audiences.”
“Ewan McGregor is Fred Jones, a fisheries expert and academic who works for the British government. When he’s approached by Harriet Chetwode-Talbot (Emily Blunt, also appearing at the Festival in Your Sister’s Sister) with a plan to introduce salmon into the waterways of Yemen for the purpose of sport fishing, he laughs off the scheme, claiming it impossible. Harriet acts as the British representative of an amiable and benevolent sheikh (Amr Waked), who fulfills his love of fishing on frequent trips to his estate in the ruggedly gorgeous Scottish highlands. The sheik believes that fishing creates a spiritual connection between humans and nature, and feels that bringing the sport to his country would benefit the people.
While Fred ponders the idea, the proposal catches the ear of the British prime minister’s spokesperson, Bridget Maxwell (Kristin Scott Thomas, who also stars at the Festival in The Woman in the Fifth). Desperate to detract attention from some unwanted publicity, Bridget sees Harriet’s idea as the perfect opportunity to promote what will appear to be a heartfelt story of British goodwill in the Middle East. Despite Fred’s protests, he soon finds himself working on a project that seems not only frivolous but absolutely unfeasible in the arid land of Yemen. His skepticism is matched only by the sheikh’s boundless optimism. As the mission begins to succeed, Fred grows closer to Harriet. Despite the many obstacles that stand in the way of their romance, their relationship affords an unexpected and welcome sense of hope for two lonely individuals.”
After a brave battle with non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, 39 year old actor Andy Whitfield passed away this morning in Sydney, Australia. Whitfield starred in the first season of Starz’s popular swords and sandals series Spartacus: Blood and Sand, and then was diagnosed with the disease. Following treatment, his cancer went into remission. However, before the second season could get underway, the cancer had returned making it impossible for the well-liked Whitfield to continue with the show.
Chris Albrecht, Starz President and CEO, issued a statement following the news of Whitfield’s death: “We are deeply saddened by the loss of our dear friend and colleague, Andy Whitfield. We were fortunate to have worked with Andy in Spartacus and came to know that the man who played a champion on-screen was also a champion in his own life. Andy was an inspiration to all of us as he faced this very personal battle with courage, strength and grace. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family during this difficult time. He will live on in the hearts of his family, friends and fans.”
Andy Whitfield’s wife, Vashti, issued a statement in which she called her husband a “beautiful young warrior” and said he died in her arms.
Whitfield is survived by his wife and two children. Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this difficult time.
From Starz’s Andy Whitfield Biography:
“Andy Whitfield was born in the U.K., grew up in Wales and studied at Sheffield University in England. He moved to Australia 10 years ago, attended drama school in Sydney and gained work as an actor, while also working as a diagnostic engineer, a job that required him to rappel down tall buildings.”
Wildwood, the first children’s novel from Colin Meloy (lead singer/songwriter for The Decemberists), has been acquired by the Portland-based animated studio, LAIKA. Meloy’s Wildwood will likely follow in the footsteps of LAIKA’s other film projects – Coraline and the upcoming movie, ParaNorman – as a stop-motion animated feature film.
“Wildwood is a marvel, an exquisite, staggering, and lyrical work of art,” stated Travis Knight, President & CEO of LAIKA. “It’s an uncannily perfect fit for LAIKA, commingling the time-honored qualities of classic fantasies and fairy tales with a bold, contemporary sensibility. Colin’s captivating, melodic prose and Carson’s gorgeous, spellbinding illustrations form a rich bounty of ideas, language, and imagery. Wildwood is a wonderful work of literature, and LAIKA is fully committed to honoring it with an exceptional, groundbreaking film.”
Commenting on the LAIKA’s involvement in bringing his book to the big screen, writer Meloy stated, “Hands down, there is no other movie studio in the entire world besides LAIKA that I would entrust Wildwood to. Carson [Ellis] and I were prepared to stonewall any and all suitors for the movie rights, so close was this book to our hearts. However, when LAIKA came calling, our defenses promptly came down. There is no doubt in my mind that they will come to this story with the passion, imagination and general awesomeness required to make this book into a truly beautiful animated film.”
“I’m a stop motion enthusiast,” stated Ellis, “and I’ve been a fan of LAIKA since we saw Coraline a couple of years back. When we visited the studio and saw all the brilliant creative work happening there — someone building a waist-high New England village in painstaking detail, someone else sewing pinhead-sized rivets on tiny blue jeans — we were won over completely. It’s an amazing place staffed by patient, meticulous, super-talented people who wouldn’t work there if they didn’t love stop-motion animation. I’m so excited to see what Wildwood will look like in their hands.”
Wildwood was released by HarperCollins’ Balzer + Bray on August 30, 2011.
More on Wildwood [Courtesy of LAIKA]:
Wildwood, the first book in an epic middle-grade fantasy series full of magic, wonder, and danger set in an alternate version of modern-day Portland, Oregon, tells the story of Prue McKeel, whose ordinary life is changed forever when her younger brother is abducted by a murder of crows and taken to the Impassable Wilderness, an enchanted and forbidding forest on the edge of Portland. No one’s ever gone in — or at least returned to tell of it. Within this secret world, Prue and her friend Curtis embark on a rescue mission and find themselves entwined in a violent struggle for freedom amidst warring creatures, peaceable mystics, and powerful figures with the darkest intentions.
More on Colin Meloy and Carson Ellis:
Colin Meloy once wrote Ray Bradbury a letter, informing him that he “considered himself an author too.” He was 10 years old at the time. Since then, Colin has gone on to be the singer and songwriter for the band The Decemberists, where he channels all of his weird ideas into weird songs. This is his first time channeling those ideas into a novel.
Carson Ellis, who first rose to prominence for creating The Decemberists’ album covers, illustrated the bestsellers The Composer is Dead (Lemony Snicket) and The Mysterious Benedict Society (Trenton Lee Stewart), as well the notable children’s books The Beautiful Stories of Life, Stagecoach Sal and Dillweed’s Revenge.
Colin and Carson live with their son, Hank, in Portland, Oregon, quite near the Impassable Wilderness.
HBO’s Boardwalk Empire proved to be the night’s big winner at the 2011 Creative Arts Emmy Awards held September 10th and scheduled to air in abbreviated form on September 17th. The debut season of Boardwalk Empire, the popular HBO show set in Atlantic City in the 1920s, took home seven Emmys including awards in the make-up, casting, and cinematography category.
Also earning Emmys at the Creative Arts ceremony were Justin Timberlake as guest actor in a comedy series for hosting Saturday Night Live, Gwyneth Paltrow for her guest starring appearance on Glee, and Survivor‘s Jeff Probst as best reality show host.
Emmys were handed out in more than 75 categories (mostly in key technical and behind-the-scenes categories) during the Creative Arts Emmy ceremony, with 25 more awards still to come at the Primetime Emmy Awards airing on Fox on Sunday, September 18 (5 p.m. PT, 8 p.m. ET.).
ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES 63rd ANNUAL PRIMETIME EMMY AWARDS
OUTSTANDING CASTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
ELLEN LEWIS and MEREDITH TUCKER, Casting Directors Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
OUTSTANDING CASTING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR A SPECIAL
LAURA ROSENTHAL, Casting Director Mildred Pierce (HBO)
OUTSTANDING CASTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
ROBERT J. ULRICH, CSA, ERIC DAWSON, CSA, Casting Directors Glee (Fox)
OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
LORETTA DEVINE as Adele Webber Grey’s Anatomy (ABC)
OUTSTANDING PROSTHETIC MAKEUP FOR A SERIES, MINISERIES, MOVIE OR A SPECIAL
GREG NICOTERO, Special Makeup Effects Department Head, ANDY SCHONEBERG, Special Makeup Effects Artist, GARRETT IMMEL, Special Makeup Effects Artist, JAKE GARBER, Special Makeup Effects Artist, KEVIN WASNER, Special Makeup Effects Artist, HOWARD BERGER, Prosthetic Designer, JAREMY AIELLO, Prosthetic Designer The Walking Dead (AMC) – Episode: “Days Gone Bye”
OUTSTANDING MAKEUP FOR A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE (NON-PROSTHETIC)
JORDAN SAMUEL, Department Head Makeup Artist, COLIN PENMAN, Key Makeup Artist, AMANDA TERRY, Additional Makeup Artist, LINDA DOWDS, Personal Makeup Artist The Kennedys (ReelzChannel)
OUTSTANDING MAKEUP FOR A SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES (NON-PROSTHETIC)
NICKI LEDERMANN, Department Head Makeup Artist, EVELYN NORAZ, Key Makeup Artist Boardwalk Empire (HBO) – Episode: “Pilot
OUTSTANDING MAKEUP FOR A MULTI-CAMERA SERIES OR SPECIAL (NON-PROSTHETIC)
LOUIE ZAKARIAN, Department Head Makeup Artist, JOSH TURI, Additional Makeup Artist, AMY TAGLIAMONTI, Additional Makeup Artist, DANIELA ZIVKOVIC, Additional Makeup Artist,
KATHERINE O’DONNELL, Additional Makeup Artist Saturday Night Live (NBC) – Episode: “Host: Jon Hamm”
OUTSTANDING COSTUMES FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR A SPECIAL
SUSANNAH BUXTON, Costume Designer, CAROLINE MCCALL, Assistant Costume Designer Downton Abbey (PBS) – Episode: “Part 1”
OUTSTANDING COSTUMES FOR A SERIES
GABRIELLA PESCUCCI, Costume Designer, ULIVA PIZZETTI, Costume Supervisor The Borgias (SHOWTIME) – Episode: “Lucrezia’s Wedding”
OUTSTANDING COSTUMES FOR A VARIETY/MUSIC PROGRAM OR A SPECIAL
KATE CARIN, Costume Designer ABIGAIL METCALF, Costume Supervisor Gettysburg
OUTSTANDING HAIRSTYLING FOR A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE
JENNY FIFIELD-ARBOUR, Department Head Hairstylist, JUDI COOPER SEALY, Key Hairstylist The Kennedys (ReelzChannel)
OUTSTANDING HAIRSTYLING FOR A MULTI-CAMERA SERIES OR SPECIAL
MARY GUERRERO, Department Head Hairstylist, KIMI MESSINA, Key Hairstylist, JENNIFER MAZURSKY, Additional Hairstylist, CYNTHIA ROMO, Additional Hairstylist, CYNDRA DUNN, Additional Hairstylist, RACHEL DOWLING, Additional Hairstylist Dancing With The Stars (ABC) – Episode: “1106”
OUTSTANDING HAIRSTYLING FOR A SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES
SEAN FLANIGAN, Department Head Hairstylist, GLORIA CASNY, Key Hairstylist, LUCIA MACE, Key Hairstylist, THERAESA RIVERS, Additional Hairstylist, JULES HOLDREN, Additional Hairstylist Mad Men (AMC) – Episode: “Christmas Comes But Once A Year”
OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
GWYNETH PALTROW as Holly Holliday Glee (Fox)
OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY
MIA MICHAELS, Choreographer FOX So You Think You Can Dance (Fox) – Routines: Alice In Mia-Land “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic” / “When We Dance” / “This Bitter Earth – On the Nature of Daylight”
TABITHA D’UMO, Choreographer, NAPOLEON D’UMO, Choreographer So You Think You Can Dance (Fox) – Routines: “Scars” / “Fallin” / “Outta Your Mind”
OUTSTANDING MUSIC DIRECTION
HARRY CONNICK JR., Music Director Harry Connick Jr., In Concert On Broadway (PBS, Great Performances)
OUTSTANDING MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A SERIES (ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE)
GARTH NEUSTADTER, Music by John Muir In The New World (PBS)
OUTSTANDING MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR A SPECIAL (ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE)
CARTER BURWELL, Music by Mildred Pierce (HBO) – Episode: “Part Five”
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL MUSIC AND LYRICS
KATREESE BARNES, Music by, SETH MEYERS, Lyrics by, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, Lyrics by, JOHN MULANEY, Lyrics by Saturday Night Live (NBC) – Episode: “Host: Justin Timberlake (Song Title: Justin Timberlake Monologue)
OUTSTANDING ART DIRECTION FOR VARIETY, MUSIC OR NONFICTION PROGRAMMING
FLORIAN WIEDER, Production Designer, ISABELL RAUERT, Art Director, TAMLYN RAE WRIGHT, Art Director
2010 MTV Video Music Awards (MTV)
OUTSTANDING ART DIRECTION FOR A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
MARK FRIEDBERG, Production Designer, PETER ROGNESS, Art Director, ELLEN CHRISTIANSEN-DE JONGE, Set Decorator Mildred Pierce (HBO)
OUTSTANDING ART DIRECTION FOR A SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES
BOB SHAW, Production Designer, DOUGLAS HUSZTI, Art Director, DEBRA SCHUTT, Set Decorator Boardwalk Empire (HBO) – Episode: “Pilot”
OUTSTANDING PICTURE EDITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES (SINGLE OR MULTI-CAMERA)
SUE FEDERMAN, Edited by How I Met Your Mother (CBS) – Episode: “Subway Wars”
OUTSTANDING SINGLE-CAMERA PICTURE EDITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
SIDNEY WOLINSKY, A.C.E., Editor Boardwalk Empire (HBO) – Episode: “Pilot”
OUTSTANDING SINGLE-CAMERA PICTURE EDITING FOR A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE
SARAH FLACK, A.C.E., Editor ROBERT PULCINI, Editor Cinema Verite (HBO)
OUTSTANDING SHORT-FORM PICTURE EDITING
MATT O’CONNOR, Editor, ANTHONY MARCHEGIANO, Editor The 2010 ESPY Awards (ESPN) – Clip: “Images Piece”
OUTSTANDING PICTURE EDITING FOR A SPECIAL (SINGLE OR MULTI-CAMERA)
MICHAEL POLITO, Editor, BILL DERONDE, Editor, KEVIN O’DEA, Editor, KATIE HETLAND, Editor Lady GaGa Presents The Monster Ball Tour: At Madison Square Garden (HBO)
OUTSTANDING PICTURE EDITING FOR NONFICTION PROGRAMMING
LEWIS ERSKINE, Edited by, ALJERNON TUNSIL, Edited by Freedom Riders (PBS)
OUTSTANDING PICTURE EDITING FOR REALITY PROGRAMMING
JOSH EARL, Supervising Editor, KELLY COSKRAN, Supervising Editor, ALEX DURHAM, Editor Deadliest Catch (Discovery Channel) – Episode: “Redemption Day”
OUTSTANDING ANIMATED PROGRAM FUTURAMA (Comedy Central)
OUTSTANDING SHORT-FORMAT ANIMATED PROGRAM DISNEY PREP & LANDING: OPERATION SECRET SANTA (ABC)
OUTSTANDING VOICE-OVER PERFORMANCE
MAURICE LAMARCHE as Lrrr & Orson Welles in Futurama (Comedy Central) – Episode: “Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences”
GOVERNORS AWARD
JOHN WALSH – America’s Most Wanted
OUTSTANDING SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS FOR A SERIES
ROBERT STROMBERG, Visual Effects Designer, DAVID TARITERO, Visual Effects Producer, JUSTIN BALL, Visual Effects Supervisor, RICHARD FRIEDLANDER, Visual Effects Producer,
PAUL GRAFF, Visual Effects Supervisor, STEVE KIRSHOFF, Special Effects Coordinator, J. JOHN CORBETT, Lead Compositor, BRIAN SALES, Lead Compositor, AH DEE, Lead Compositor Boardwalk Empire (HBO) – Episode: “Pilot”
OUTSTANDING SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR A SPECIAL
KENT JOHNSON, Visual Effects Supervisor, J. DAVID EVERHART, Visual Effects Producer, MIKE YIP, Lead Visual Effects Animator, JON RHINEHARDT, Lead Visual Effects Compositor,
JASON KORBER, Visual Effects Compositor, JARED JONES, Visual Effects Compositor, ETHAN SUMMERS, Lead Model Maker, BRENT STEINBERG, CGI Artist, MAX POOLMAN, Special Effects Supervisor Gettysburg (History Channel)
OUTSTANDING MAIN TITLE DESIGN
ANGUS WALL, Creative Director , ROBERT FENG, Art Director, KIRK H. SHINTANI, Animator, HAMEED SHAUKAT, Designer Game Of Thrones (HBO)
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL MAIN TITLE THEME MUSIC
TREVOR MORRIS, Music by The Borgias (Showtime)
OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING FOR A COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES (ONE HOUR)
VON VARGA, Production Sound Mixer, JUAN CISNEROS, Production Sound Mixer, JOSEPH DEANGELIS, Re-Recording Mixer, BRAD NORTH, Re-Recording Mixer House (Fox) – Episode: “Bombshells”
OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING FOR A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE
HENRY EMBRY, Production Sound Mixer, FRANK MORRONE, Re-Recording Mixer, STEPHEN TRAUB, Re-Recording Mixer, LAROLD REBHUN, Music Score Mixer The Kennedys (ReelzChannel) – Episode: “Lancer And Lace”
OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING FOR A COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES (HALF-HOUR) AND ANIMATION
PATRICK CLARK, Production Sound Mixer, JAMES F. FITZPATRICK, Re-Recording Mixer
Family Guy (Fox) – Episode: “Road To The North Pole”
OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING FOR A VARIETY OR MUSIC SERIES OR SPECIAL
EDWARD J. GREENE, Production Mixer, RANDY FAUSTINO, Music Mixer, PATRICK BALTZELL, PA Mixer MICHAEL PARKER, Monitor Mixer American Idol (Fox) – Episode: “Finale”
OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING FOR NONFICTION PROGRAMMING
BOB BRONOW, C.A.S., Re-Recording Mixer Deadliest Catch (Discovery Channel) – Episode: “Redemption Day”
OUTSTANDING SOUND EDITING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR A SPECIAL
MARCEL POTHIER, Supervising Sound Editor, CHRISTIAN RIVEST, Sound Designer, ANTOINE MORIN, Sound Effects Editor, DOMINIK PAGACZ, Sound Effects Editor, GUY PELLETIER, Music and Dialogue Editor, TOM TRAFALSKI, Music Editor, GUY FRANCOEUR, Foley Artist The Pillars Of The Earth (Starz) – Episode: “The Work Of Angels”
OUTSTANDING SOUND EDITING FOR NONFICTION PROGRAMMING (SINGLE OR MULTI-CAMERA)
CHARLES MAYNES, Sound Editor, ZACH SEIVERS, Sound Design, BRENT KISER, Sound Effects Editor Gettysburg (History Channel)
OUTSTANDING SOUND EDITING FOR A SERIES
PHILIP STOCKTON, Supervising Sound Editor, EUGENE GEARTY, Sound Effects Editor, FRED ROSENBERG, Dialogue Editor, MARISSA LITTLEFIELD, ADR Editor, STEVE VISSCHER, Foley Editor, JENNIFER DUNNINGTON, Music Editor, MARKO COSTANZO, Foley Artist Boardwalk Empire (HBO) – Episode: “Pilot”
OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE as Host Saturday Night Live (NBC)
OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A MULTI-CAMERA SERIES
STEVEN V. SILVER, Director of Photography Two And A Half Men (CBS) – Episode: “Hookers, Hookers, Hookers”
OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES
JONATHAN FREEMAN, Director of Photography Boardwalk Empire (HBO) – Episode: “Home”
OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
DAVID KATZNELSON, D.F.F., B.S.C., Director of Photography Downton Abbey (PBS) – Episode: “Part 1”
OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR REALITY PROGRAMMING
CINEMATOGRAPHY TEAM Deadliest Catch (Discovery Channel) – Episode: “Redemption Day”
OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR NONFICTION PROGRAMMING
ZACH ZAMBONI, Director of Photography, TODD LIEBLER, Director of Photography Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (Travel Channel) – Episode: “Haiti”
OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL DIRECTION, CAMERAWORK, VIDEO CONTROL FOR A SERIES
ERIC BECKER, Technical Director, CHRISTINE A. SALOMON, Technical Director, ROBERT L. HIGHTON, Camera, DAVE EASTWOOD, Camera, SUZANNE EBNER, Camera, JOHN REPCZYNSKI, Camera, GEORGE A. PRINCE III, Camera, KENNETH M. DAHLQUIST, Camera, EDWIN HORTON, Camera, BILL CHAIKOWSKI, Camera, JOHN PERRY, Camera, DANNY BONILLA, Camera, DIANE BIEDERBECK, Camera, ALEX HERNANDEZ, Camera, KEITH DICKER, Camera, DANNY WEBB, Camera, CHRISTOPHER GRAY, Video Control American Idol (Fox) – Episode: “Finale”
OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL DIRECTION, CAMERAWORK, VIDEO CONTROL FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR A SPECIAL
EMMETT LOUGHRAN, Technical Director, MIGUEL ARMSTRONG, Camera, JOSEPH DEBONIS, Camera MANNY GUTIERREZ, Camera, SHAUN HARKINS, Camera, JOHN KOSMACZEWSKI, Camera, BOB LONG, Camera, JAY MILLARD, Camera, ALAIN ONESTO, Camera, DAVID SMITH, Camera, LARRY SOLOMON, Camera, RON WASHBURN, Camera ,MARK WHITMAN, Camera, ANTHONY DEFONZO, Video Control, MATTY RANDAZZO, Video Control, PAUL RANIERI, Video Control Don Pasquale (Great Performances At The Met) (PBS)
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN/LIGHTING DIRECTION FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SERIES
ROBERT BARNHART, Lighting Designer, PETER RADICE, Lighting Director, PATRICK BOOZER, Lighting Director, MATT FIRESTONE, Lighting Director So You Think You Can Dance (Fox) – Episode: “Season 7 Finale (Part 2)”
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN/LIGHTING DIRECTION FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SPECIAL
ROBERT DICKINSON, Lighting Designer, JON KUSNER, Lighting Director, ANDY O’REILLY, Lighting Director, TRAVIS HAGENBUCH, Lighting Director The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards (CBS)
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR NONFICTION PROGRAMMING
JOSH FOX, Directed by Gasland (HBO)
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR NONFICTION PROGRAMMING
STANLEY NELSON, Written by Freedom Riders (PBS)
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT IN NONFICTION FILMMAKING
STANLEY NELSON, Produced by, LAURENS GRANT, Produced by, MARK SAMELS, Executive Producer, SHARON GRIMBERG, Senior Producer Freedom Riders (PBS)
OUTSTANDING NONFICTION SPECIAL GETTYSBURG (History Channel)
OUTSTANDING NONFICTION SERIES AMERICAN MASTERS (PBS)
OUTSTANDING SPECIAL CLASS – SHORT-FORMAT LIVE-ACTION ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMS THE DAILY SHOW CORRESPONDENTS EXPLAIN on THEDAILYSHOW.COM
OUTSTANDING SPECIAL CLASS – SHORT-FORMAT NONFICTION PROGRAMS JAY LENO’S GARAGE on JAYLENOSGARAGE.COM
OUTSTANDING SPECIAL CLASS PROGRAMS 64TH ANNUAL TONY AWARDS (CBS)
OUTSTANDING CREATIVE ACHIEVEMENT IN INTERACTIVE MEDIA
DISNEY ABC TELEVISION GROUP, ABC.COM ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES Oscar Digital Experience
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SPECIAL
LONNY PRICE, Directed by Sondheim! The Birthday Concert (Great Performances) (PBS)
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SPECIAL
DAVE BOONE, Written by, MATT ROBERTS, Special Material by, MO ROCCA, Special Material by 64th Annual Tony Awards (CBS)
OUTSTANDING VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SPECIAL THE KENNEDY CENTER HONORS (CBS)
OUTSTANDING CHILDREN’S PROGRAM A CHILD’S GARDEN OF POETRY (HBO)
OUTSTANDING CHILDREN’S NONFICTION, REALITY OR REALITY-COMPETITION PROGRAM NICK NEWS WITH LINDA ELLERBEE: UNDER THE INFLUENCE: KIDS OF ALCOHOLICS
OUTSTANDING COMMERCIAL
BORN OF FIRE ● CHRYSLER 200
OUTSTANDING REALITY PROGRAM DEADLIEST CATCH (Discovery Channel)
OUTSTANDING HOST FOR A REALITY OR REALITY-COMPETITION PROGRAM
JEFF PROBST as Host Survivor (CBS)
OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
PAUL MCCRANE as Josh Peyton Harry’s Law (NBC)
“Everyone is eager to get started on this film, and our distributors are eager as well. The first one was a success for all,” stated Nu Image, Inc./Millennium Films’ Avi Lerner. “TIFF this year is looking very good for us and our films.”
Nu Image/Millennium Films also confirmed details on their other upcoming projects being offered to buyers/distributors at the 2011 Toronto Film Festival:
Straight A’s – A $5 million dramedy starring Anna Paquin, Ryan Phillippe, Luke Wilson, Christa Campbell and directed by James Cox. Filming was just completed in Shreveport, Louisiana on Straight A’s which was written by David Cole and produced by Holly Wiersma, Scoot McNairy, Rene Besson and John Pierce. Wiersma said about the project: “I had a great time making this film. The story is about all relationships, family and friends, and this cast and crew became a family, relationships and all. Plus producing for Avi and Millennium is always a blast.”
Trespass – A thriller starring Nicolas Cage and Nicole Kidman and directed by Joel Schumacher (Cage and Schumacher will attend TIFF on September 14th). Trespass is a home invasion story which “evolves into something far more complicated.”
The Big Wedding – A comedy starring Robert De Niro, Katherine Heigl, Amanda Seyfried, Topher Grace, Susan Sarandon, Diane Keaton and Robin Williams, and written/directed by Justin Zackham. Filming wrapped up last month in Connecticut.
Playing the Field – A romantic comedy starring Gerard Butler, Jessica Biel, Uma Thurman, Judy Greer, with Catherine Zeta-Jones and Dennis Quaid, and directed by Gabriele Muccino. Butler stars as a “retired world famous soccer star who tries to rebuild a relationship with his son and ex-wife by coaching his kid’s soccer team. While soccer is a hands-free sport, the mothers of the other kids can’t keep their hands off the coach, which imperils his plan.”
The Paperboy – An erotic thriller starring Matthew McConaughey, Zac Efron, John Cusack and Nicole Kidman, and directed by Lee Daniels. The Paperboy is based on the novel by Peter Dexter.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D – A horror film starring Alexandrea Daddario, Gunnar Hansen, Thom Barry, Shaun Sipos, Keram Malicki-Sanchez, and Tania Raymonde to be directed by John Luessenhop.
Source: Nu Image/Millennium Films – September 10, 2011
The popular Japanese manga Golgo 13 has been snapped up by Samuel Hadida’s Davis Films to be turned into a string of feature films. Davis Films’ previously adapted Silent Hill and Resident Evil from Japanese properties, and Hadida believes Golgo 13 has the same franchise potential.
Golgo 13 is Japan’s longest-running manga and was written/illustrated by Takao Saito.
“We are unbelievably excited about this great property, and the opportunity to bring it to the big screen,“ Hadida stated in the official announcement. “I have long admired Takao Saito’s great work as one of the top gekiga style artists. We are looking forward to bringing his style sensibilities and this great character to worldwide film audiences.”
More on Golgo 13 [Courtesy of Davis Films]
Golgo 13 was introduced in 1968, and the manga series, including compilation books, has sold over 200 million copies worldwide. It has been made into two live action films (the first starring Ken Takakura and the second starring Sonny Chiba), two animated films, a television series, and various video games. Leed Publishing serves as Saito’s representative and has overseen worldwide licensing of all rights to his work.
Golgo 13, otherwise known as ‘Duke Togo,’ is a hired gun sniper with unbelievable combat skills, a cross between Dirty Harry and James Bond. He is a professional assassin with a strict personal code that makes him a modern day samurai. His world of contract killing is not unlike the complex world of espionage.
The popular Japanese manga Golgo 13 has been snapped up by Samuel Hadida’s Davis Films to be turned into a string of feature films. Davis Films’ previously adapted Silent Hill and Resident Evil from Japanese properties, and Hadida believes Golgo 13 has the same franchise potential.
