Fire Spoils Halloween For Miracle Castle

Fire skyrocketed at Hollywood landmark the Miracle Castle at midday Monday, but flames were limited mostly for the attic without any injuries were reported. Water damage and mold and mold may have been significant because the fire triggered sprinklers inside the building. Reason behind the “stubborn” fire that started at noon or soon after was unknown. Firefighters were in this region quickly and extinguished the blaze by about 1:45 p.m. The non-public club’s site now bears this content: The Miracle Castle will probably be closed tonight, October 31st, due to the fire place that has just happened. Unsure on if the might reopen.

Charlie Sheens Anger Management Series Sells To Foreign exchange For Summer season 2012 Premiere

Charlie Sheens Anger Management Systems Quantity Of Pitch Conferences Whos Interested? Charlie Sheen’s new sitcom Anger Management has showed up at Foreign exchange by getting a preliminary order for 10 episodes for just about any summer season 2012 launch. If effective, which will be a 90-episode order by Foreign exchange additionally to broadcast distribution launch by distributor Debmar-Mercury in fall 2014. Carrying out a marathon of pitches to broadcast and cable systems captured a brief window of intense discussions, the direct-to-series project finds a home within the cable network that already carries reruns of Sheen’s previous series, two and a half Males, to great ratings success. The cable network also has the tv rights for the 2003 Jack Nicholson-Adam Sandler movie Anger Management — of a mild-mannered guy (Sandler) bought to visit group anger-management periods introduced having a volatile counselor (Nicholson) –on the series is loosely based. Sheen plays a version of Nicholsons character around the program, produced by Lionsgate TV and compiled by sister Debmar-Mercury. Joe Roth, who produced the film, is creating the series with Sheen, who keeps a considerable possession stake, andThe Came Carey Show creator Bruce Helford, who may serve as author/showrunner. Production is slated to begin noisy . 2012. “We think that Bruce Helford, Joe Roth and Charlie Sheen came tabs on a great, amusing vehicle for Charlie’s acting talents — and a personality we are greatly searching toward seeing him play, mentioned Foreign exchange leader John Landgraf. two and a half Males remains an excellent component of Foreign exchange’s schedule in the last 14 several days, which we now have every confidence that Anger Management will rapidly be too.” Lionsgate topper Jon Feltheimer was instrumental in putting together the project, that is done under Debmar-Mercury’s 10-90 production model the organization developed with several The very best spinner's series, including Tyler Perry’s House Of Payne & Fulfill The Browns and Roth/Ice Cube’s Shall We Be Held There Yet? Site includes a trial 10-episode run that, if ratings guarantees are met, triggers a 90-episode pickup. (Because of its corporate ties to two and a half Males producer Warner Bros TV, which was punished by Sheen over his firing within the show, The very best spinner's was from play for Anger Management.) A unique trouble with Anger Management that Debmar-Mercury didn’t have having its previous series beneath the model might be the insurability of star Sheen, which has past addiction problems, though he completed his duties on CBS’ two and a half Males for eight seasons. Sheen attended the Anger Management pitch conferences held both round the East and West shores. Among people who needed the pitch were broadcast systems NBC, Fox and ABC and cable systems Foreign exchange, USA Network, A&E, Comedy Central and TV Land and streaming company Netflix.

Warner Bros Can get Tough With Blockbuster Over Rental Window

Warner Bros and Dish Network’s Blockbuster have been in odds around the rental-release window for your studio’s films, now Warners has stopped giving Blockbuster its latest releases. In line with the Financial Occasions, the shop is decreasing Warner Bros’ request to stay with a 28-day window between films happening purchase in addition to their availability to rent, and contains bought films like Horrible Bosses as well as the Eco-friendly Hornet round the open market to be accessible in shops. People two game game titles would be the initial being released with the studio round the UltraViolet service, which allows playback on multiple items, so that it’s no coincidence that Warners desires to safeguard having the ability to add value inside the purchase window via such initiatives when faced with lowering DVD revenues (see Will Horrible Bosses In UltraViolet Begin A Turnaround For Home Video?). You now request ,: exactly how should we make possession worth many attractive? Warner Bros Home Theatre leader Kevin Tsujihara told the Feet. We've started the whole process of creating a window in bricks-and-mortar DVD and Blu-ray rental. He added: “(Blockbuster) felt it had been vital to hold onto provide day and date rental, so rather than use us they went around us.” Blockbuster declined to comment. And become careful, Netflix and Redbox: Tsujihara also mentioned Warner Bros planned to put the identical pressure you, too. The Netflix and Redbox deals is going to be expiring within the finish in the year and start of the coming year which is likely we'll make an effort to extend people home home windows, he told the Feet.

Apple Posts Steve Jobs Memorial Video Featuring Al Gore, Coldplay, Norah Jones

Appleis allowing the general public to get a look at a heartfelt and star-studded memorial service it held for employees to celebrate the life of Steve Jobs at its Cupertino, Calif., headquarters last week.our editor recommends10 Hip-Hop Songs Referencing Steve Jobs (Video)5 Revelations From Steve Jobs' BiographyA Studio Chief Pens Revealing First-Person Steve Jobs RemembranceAaron Sorkin Says Steve Jobs Asked Him to Write a Pixar MovieApple After Steve Jobs' Death: Future of Board in FocusApple CEO Steve Jobs Resignation Puts Spotlight on Normally Secretive Tim CookRelated Topics•Steve Jobs•Obituaries Apple Inc. posted a link on its website late Sunday to a video of the service, which was held Wednesday morning in an outdoor amphitheater in the center of the company's campus. The ceremony was intensely private. It was closed to the public and media handlers shooed reporters away from Apple's buildings at the time. Apple has not held any public services for Jobs, the company's visionary co-founder who died at age 56 on Oct. 5 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. PHOTOS: Steve Jobs' Death: How the Magazines Covered In a way, the video may serve that purpose. It runs 81 minutes and gives a rare glimpse of a company in mourning, showing several executives and board members reminiscing about their time with Jobs and speaking about the indelible mark he left on the technology world. Jobs was a tech visionary who started Apple in his parents' Silicon Valley garage with friend Steve Wozniak in 1976. Both men left the company in 1985, Jobs after a clash with then-CEO John Sculley. Jobs returned as interim CEO in 1997 after Apple, then in financial dire straits, purchased a computer company he created called Next. He led the company through a remarkable upswing that included the launch of such popular products as the iPhone, iPad and iPod. PHOTOS: Apple Products in TV and Movies He battled pancreatic cancer in 2004 and underwent a liver transplant in 2009 after taking a leave of absence for unspecified health problems. He took another leave of absence in January -- his third since his health problems began -- and resigned in August, handing the CEO job over to his hand-picked successor, Cook. His death came a day after Apple Inc announced its latest iPhone, the 4S. In the service honoring his life, CEO Tim Cook kicks things off, addressing an overflowing crowd of hundreds of Apple employees both on the ground and peering off balconies of surrounding buildings. Also in the audience was Jobs' wife, Laurene Powell Jobs, wearing a black shirt and dark sunglasses. Apple closed all of its retail stores for the service so its many employees at those locations could view the memorial live via a webcast as well. Banners flanking buildings surrounding the amphitheater show images of Jobs, including one with a famous shot of the then young tech executive cradling the first Macintosh computer. PHOTOS: Steve Jobs' 10 Memorable Milestones In his remarks, Cook said the past two weeks had been the saddest of his life. "But I know Steve. Steve would have wanted this cloud to lift for Apple and our focus to return to the work that he loved so much," he said. Cook also divulged some of the last advice Jobs gave him, which he said was "to never ask what he would do, just do what's right." Jobs saw how the Walt Disney Co. became "paralyzed" after founder Walt Disney's death, with so many people spending time thinking about what Disney would want. "And he did not want this to occur at Apple," Cook said. Following Cook was former Apple executive and current board member Bill Campbell. "He loved Apple so much, probably only a shade less than he loved his family," he said. Former Vice President and current Apple board member Al Gore took the stage as well. And Apple's senior vpdesign, Jonathan Ive, who worked closely with Jobs on products such as the iPod, iPhone and iPad, spoke too. Ive, who called Jobs his closest and most loyal friend, talked about Jobs' habit of bouncing ideas off him -- some of which were "really dopey," but others which "took the air from the room and left us both completely silent." Ive remembered Jobs as an intense listener who revered the creative process. "You see, I think he better than anyone understood that while ideas ultimately can be so powerful, they begin as fragile, barely formed thoughts so easily missed, so easily compromised, so easily just squished," he said. He also related a tale of how Jobs' desire for excellence went far beyond designing Apple's products, saying that when the two of them would travel Ive would go up to his room leave his bags packed by the door, and sit on his bed. "I would wait for the inevitable phone call, 'Hey Jony, this hotel sucks, let's go,'" he said. The service also included performances by singer Norah Jones and the British band Coldplay. The service followed a memorial at Stanford University on Oct. 16 for Jobs' friends and family. That service at Memorial Church reportedly brought out tech titans including Oracle chief Larry Ellison and Microsoft's Bill Gates, as well as politicians including Bill Clinton. U2 frontman Bono and Joan Baez reportedly performed. Related Topics Norah Jones Obituaries Steve Jobs Al Gore Apple Coldplay Tim Cook

Kathy Bates to CNN's Piers Morgan: I Want Obama to Stand Up On His Hind Legs And Fight These Rat Bastards

our editor recommendsBarack Obama Campaign Strategy Keeping Hollywood Out of SightRelated Topics•Politics Academy-award winning actress Kathy Bates said in a CNN interview that, while she strongly supported Obama's candidacy, she now wants to tell him to "stand up on his hind legs and fight these rat bastards." "Something my father said to me, he always said,'Stand up on your hind legs and fight,'" Bates told Piers Morgan in a conversation about politics on his Friday show. "And that's what I want to say to my president, whom I'm so proud of...He has got to do it." Morgan followed up: "Who do you mean by the rat bastards?" Bates: "Well, I think he's got to indict these guys from Wall Street. Somebody's got to pay for that mess. And I don't think it's the American public." Morgan: "Because you believe that basically that was the catalyst for all the problems that are going on now?" Bates: "I think it was the catalyst for many. It certainly was the catalyst for our loss of faith." Morgan: "It does seem extraordinary not one of them has ever been put in jail. Not one. The biggest financial crisis in history. It came out of pure greed and wanton irresponsibility and nobody has ever carried the can." Bates: "Well, and it's is like Steinbeck said in "Grapes of Wrath," who's the bank? When everybody was losing everything, who is behind all of this? Who's really running the country? Who's really pulling the strings? And I think we have all lost faith. And we don't know what to do. And there are no jobs. And we are looking at a lineup, in my opinion, of Republicans like." Morgan: "Do you feel alarmed by what you see?" Bates: "I do. I do feel alarmed for the country." Morgan: "When you see the Tea Party who are very polarizing, but they're increasingly popular. When you see the Tea Party candidates and the views that they espouse, what do you think?" Bates: "I don't espouse their views. I'm not that conservative. I do feel -- I guess I'm more of a Democrat at heart, although I've never affiliated myself with a particular party." Related Topics Barack Obama Kathy Bates Piers Morgan CNN Politics

Vivian Kerr...Got the Part

Vivian Kerr...Got the Part Role: Mary Warren in 'The Crucible' By Melinda Loewenstein October 22, 2011 Vivian Kerr For actor Vivian Kerr, one casting notice on Back Stage's Facebook page put in place a number of occasions that incorporated booking a job, being asked to become listed on a theater company, and generating a 2011 Ovation Award nomination.In The month of january, Kerr saw a casting notice for Theatre Banshee's manufacture of Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" around the Back Stage Facebook page. She was immediately interested because she'd always loved the play coupled with been hearing advantages of the theater company. So she e-mailed her submission and also got contacted for any general audition, where she carried out a monologue. If this came time for you to complete the audition form, she was interested only in the role of Mary Warren, but she did not wish to put that around the form. She states, "It's funny because I believe Abigail may be the part that many women are attracted to, however i always just loved Mary Warren."Leslie Baldwin, coartistic director of Theatre Banshee, thought Vivian was the perfect Mary Warren. Based on Baldwin, the theater normally does not generate stars to see for callbacks when the company has the capacity to fill the role from inside. Baldwin states, "Going into this audition, I'd have wager that people might have filled [the role], but Vivian knocked it from the ballpark, as they say." The company people loved dealing with Kerr a lot that after the show was over, she was asked to become listed on. Kerr wasn't searching to join, but, she states, "I simply loved the folks a lot and exactly how they contacted their work which i just needed to say yes. It simply feels as though a very nice artistic home."Kerr was drawn to the storyline of "The Crucible" and also the issues of conscience Burns handles in lots of of his plays. The show would be a great experience on her she loved time and believed that went into mounting the development, which she thinks is rare for any 99-Chair theater. However the testing process was challenging for Kerr because she did not wish to allow the cast lower. She states director Sean Branney assisted a great deal by greatly having faith in the stars: "He permitted us to actually follow our instincts and gave us lots of room to test things. He did not impose he let's find many of the obstructing naturally. I really appreciate the truth that for the finish from the testing process when things were not always going the very best, he was very demanding. Like he wouldn't permit the play to become anything under it may be.InchThe effort compensated off. Baldwin states, "Vivian's capability to make large but psychologically filled options from the beginning was impressive. Her undertake Mary Warren showed a feeling of innocence, a feeling of self-righteousness, along with a condition of self-conflict in equal measure. We had shades of all this in early stages, including her character's capability to elicit pity and empathy despite her terrible unfaithfulness of truth and conscience. Ultimately, the emotional depth that Vivian could search demonstrated awe inspiringand is among the reasons, I imagine, she's nominated for that Ovation Award." Kerr is really a person in SAG, AFTRA, and Equity. Her website is world wide web.viviankerr.com.Has Back Stage assisted you receive cast previously year? We'd love to inform your story. Maintain the weekly column by contacting casting@backstage.com for NY or bswcasting@backstage.com for La with "I Acquired the Part" within the subject line. Vivian Kerr...Got the Part Role: Mary Warren in 'The Crucible' By Melinda Loewenstein October 22, 2011 Vivian Kerr For actor Vivian Kerr, one casting notice on Back Stage's Facebook page put in place a number of occasions that incorporated booking a job, being asked to become listed on a theater company, and generating a 2011 Ovation Award nomination.In The month of january, Kerr saw a casting notice for Theatre Banshee's manufacture of Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" around the Back Stage Facebook page. She was immediately interested because she'd always loved the play coupled with been hearing advantages of the theater company. So she e-mailed her submission and also got contacted for any general audition, where she carried out a monologue. If this came time for you to complete the audition form, she was interested only becoming Mary Warren, but she did not wish to put that around the form. She states, "It's funny because I believe Abigail may be the part that many women are attracted to, however i always just loved Mary Warren."Leslie Baldwin, coartistic director of Theatre Banshee, thought Vivian was the perfect Mary Warren. Based on Baldwin, the theater normally does not generate stars to see for callbacks if the organization has the capacity to fill the role from inside. Baldwin states, "Starting this audition, I'd have wager that people might have filled [the role], but Vivian knocked it from the ballpark, as they say." The organization people loved dealing with Kerr a lot that after the show was over, she was asked to become listed on. Kerr wasn't searching to become listed on, but, she states, "I simply loved the folks a lot and exactly how they contacted their work which i just needed to say yes. It simply feels as though a very nice artistic home."Kerr was drawn to the storyline of "The Crucible" and also the issues of conscience Burns handles in lots of of his plays. The show would be a great experience on her she loved time and believed that went into mounting the development, which she thinks is rare for any 99-Chair theater. However the testing process was challenging for Kerr because she did not wish to allow the cast lower. She states director Sean Branney assisted a great deal by greatly having faith in the stars: "He permitted us to actually follow our instincts and gave us lots of room to test things. He did not impose he let's find many of the obstructing naturally. I really appreciate the truth that for the finish from the testing process when things were not going the very best, he was very demanding. Like he wouldn't permit the play to become anything under it may be.InchThe effort compensated off. Baldwin states, "Vivian's capability to make large but psychologically filled options from the beginning was impressive. Her undertake Mary Warren showed a feeling of innocence, a feeling of self-righteousness, along with a condition of self-conflict in equal measure. We had shades of all this in early stages, including her character's capability to elicit pity and empathy despite her terrible unfaithfulness of truth and conscience. Ultimately, the emotional depth that Vivian could search demonstrated awe inspiringand is among the reasons, I imagine, she's nominated for that Ovation Award." Kerr is really a person in SAG, AFTRA, and Equity. Her website is world wide web.viviankerr.com.Has Back Stage assisted you receive cast previously year? We'd like to inform your story. Maintain the weekly column by contacting casting@backstage.com for NY or bswcasting@backstage.com for La with "I Acquired the Part" within the subject line.

Matt Damon to Direct Warner Bros. Drama He Co-Authored With John Krasinski

Matt Damon has arranged another potential pointing vehicle, establishing an untitled drama at Warner Bros. he authored with actor John Krasinski.our editor recommendsAaron Sorkin, 'The Office's' John Krasinski Team for Chateau Marmont Small Matt Damon: Next 'Bourne' Role May need to Wait Five Years'Big Miracle' Trailer: John Krasinski, Came Barrymore Save the Whales (Video) Krasinski will also star within the project, that is eying a spring start. The film is stated to stay in the vein of Erin Brockovich, the 2000 legal drama that won Jennifer Aniston her best actress Oscar. While plot particulars remain scarce, the storyline focuses on a salesperson (Damon) who arrives in a tiny town simply to have his existence transformed. The project is going to be created under Krasinski's Sunday Evening banner. Damon and Chris Moore will even produce. PHOTOS: Fall Movie Preview: Warner Bros. Krasinski emerged using the idea for that script and developed the concept with author Dork Eggers. Krasinski then pitched the concept to Damon for that two to create and star. Damon continues to be itchiness to locate a pointing vehicle and it is focusing on a few tracks. He this past year setup Father Daughter Time: An Account of Armed Robbery and Eskimo Kisses, a script by Matthew Aldrich. Warners may be the home for your project. It's unclear which project goes first, even though some associates say Damon come in the helmer's chair using the untitled drama early in the year. He's juggling an agenda which includes Liberace, Steven Soderbergh's biopic from the flamboyant pianist for Cinemax Films, and the other possible film role. Krasinski, most widely known for his focus on TV's Work, last starred within the romantic comedy Something Lent. Damon and Krasinski are repped by WME. Jesse Ehrman is managing for Warner Bros. Email: Borys.Package@thr.com Twitter: @Borys_Package Related Subjects Film Clip John Krasinski Matt Damon

Kelsey Grammer: Camille Grammer Thinks She Married Frasier

Camille Grammer and Kelsey Grammer Based on Kelsey Grammer, his ex-wife Camille Grammer might have had the incorrect impression when she married him. Why? Because he isn't, actually, the titular character from Frasier. Kelsey Grammer, Kayte Walsh get married On Piers Morgan Tonight, Kelsey stated that distinction was in the centre from the couple's marital issues. "I believe she married me because I had been Frasier," Grammer stated. "It was Frasier. You realize, he'd this excellent wonderful existence. ... He was stylish ... and fabulous, you realize, somewhat gay ... and that he was famous. Kelsey Grammer would be a different story. You have home and Kelsey Grammer was somebody different." This past year, the pair experienced a really public separation. Divorce papers were filed inside a La court on February. 10 even though Real Average women of Beverly Hillsides star had formerly requested the judge to deny Kelsey's request to dissolve the couple's marriage. Starz renews Kelsey Grammer's Boss before it's even opened Around the good side, Kelsey has become happily married to Kayte Walsh, whom he get married in Feb. "It had been like several the planets had danced together right into a segregated charm on our account," he stated of falling deeply in love with her. Take a look at his appearance on Piers Morgan Tonight:

Ratings: The Walking Dead Season 2 Premiere Nabs 7.3 Million

Andrew Lincoln The Walking Dead Season 2 premiere nabbed 7.3 million viewers, and AMC said Monday that the show posted record numbers in the industry-prized demographics for a basic cable drama. Ratings: Pan Am down again Sunday's debut delivered 4.8 million among 18-to-49-year-olds and 4.2 million in the 25-to-54. Gross! The brains behind The Walking Dead dissect the premiere's zombie autopsy AMC President Charlie Collier said the numbers were "staggering, just like our zombies."

WATCH: Milo Ventimiglia, Michael Biehn Go Nuts in the Basement in Apocalyptic Trailer for your Divide

You understand which underrated actor I like? Michael Biehn. You understand which other underrated actor I like? Milo Ventimiglia. (Gilmore Women forever!) And so the tense, bloody trailer for Xavier Gens’ apocalyptic horror pic The Divide virtually had me at first, before Biehn and Ventimiglia faced off for control of a roomful of kids bunkered lower in the basement following a world outdoors apparently gave directly into Sarah Connor’s nightmare nuclear blast from Terminator 2. Watch a clip and acquire more midday treats in today’s Buzz Break. ScarJo’s hacker is glad he got caught, and places blame his crippling reliance on entering the privacy of stars for the whole mess. On video. Poor guy. Celebrity cyber-terrorist: They’re similar to us. [TMZ] In the event you missed it, this brilliant bit of snarky Occupy Wall St.-designed celebrity photo captioning warrants your clicks. [Globe and Mail] Discover should you accept this ranking of Kevin Cruz’s films, worst to best. [Nerve]

SAG bonds with Nigerian thesp org

The Screen Actors Guild has launched an informal partnership with the Actors Guild of Nigeria, meeting with leaders of the African group in Hollywood. SAG president Ken Howard and national exec director David White headed a series of confabs Wednesday with AGN president Segun Eninze, national secretary Emeka Rollas, filmmaker Ogbanna Kingsley, Kanayo O. Kanayo, Bob Manuel Udokwu, Obi Osotule, Uchenna Nnanna and Ejiro Okurame. The visit came with the Nigerian film industry -- known by the Nollywood label -- turning out hundreds of films per year. Filmmakers tend to shoot productions in a few weeks and self-distribute titles; hit films can post sales of 200,000 units. "This is Hollywood welcoming Nollywood," Howard said at a lunch at the Marmalade restaurant in Hollywood. "We look forward to a longterm dialogue." Howard said the relationship would continue after the planned merger vote with the American Federation of Television & Radio Artists next spring. "I wish you luck with the merger," Eninze said Rollas, who has acted in more than 60 Nigerian films, said he believes the 13-year-old Nigerian guild will be able to use SAG's help to expand as the Nigerian film business evolves. The ANG joined the Intl. Federation of Actors earlier this year. "Whether it's championing the audiovisual performances treaty at WIPO or working to exchange ideas and best practices, the Guild's collaboration with unions like the Actors Guild of Nigeria is crucial to advancing the cause of all actors," said Duncan Crabtree Ireland, deputy national exec director and general counsel. "Screen Actors Guild values our relationships with our sister unions around the world, and joins them in the fight to improve the work lives of actors everywhere." Contact Dave McNary at dave.mcnary@variety.com

Patricia Breslin Modell dies

Patricia Breslin Modell, a longtime television actress who increased being the wife of former Nfl team owner Art Modell, died Wednesday, March. 12. She was 80 combined with been make the hospital for roughly five several days.Within a 22-year acting career, Patricia Breslin completed round the NY stage, in movies and also on television. She starred inside the "People Choice" television series with actor Jackie Cooper and carried out the role of Meg Bentley inside the cleaning cleaning soap opera "General Hospital." She also carried out Laura Brooks round the primetime cleaning cleaning soap opera "Peyton Place."Other TV roles incorporated looks on "The Twilight Zone," "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," "Perry Mason" and "Maverick." Among her close buddies was Lucille Ball.She married Art Modell, former owner and leader in the Cleveland Browns and Baltimore Ravens, in 1969, retiring from acting and submerging herself in their family and community improvement.In Cleveland, Mrs. Modell was confused in Cleveland Musical Arts Assn., the Cleveland Ballet as well as the Playhouse Square Foundation, as well as other charitable endeavors.After Art Modell moved his football team to Baltimore in 1996, his wife offered round the boards of institutions like the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra as well as the Walters Art Museum. Furthermore, the Modells brought money for the Baltimore Museum of Art and gave $3.5 million for the Lyric Opera House, which was recently re-named the Patricia and Arthur Modell Undertaking Arts Center within the Lyric.Born in NY, Patricia Modell graduated within the College of latest Rochelle.She's managed to get by her husband two sons and six grandchildren. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

CAA Signs Film Director/TV Producer Tony Krantz

EXCLUSIVE: Film director/TV producer Tony Krantz has signed with CAA. This marks returning to CAA for Krantz, who started his career inside the agency’s mailroom and rose in your thoughts of CAA’s primetime packaging, where he aided put togetherER, Free Air travel Wing, Twin Peaks and Beverly Slopes 90210. Carrying out a stint as Boss of Imagine Television, Krantz segued into film pointing 4 years back and contains helmed three features, including most recently The Big Bang, with three other potential film-pointing automobiles inside the works. Krantz, who was simply at WME, is presently mounting a sizable push in television through his indie production company Flame Endeavors, which has eight projects setup at various systems.

Make Your Own Yarn Ryan Gosling: Some Heroes Are Crocheted

Despite that one disgruntled moviegoer’s complaints, there are plenty of diehard members of the cult of Drive, which incidentally has racked up a cool $30 million to date. Not too shabby, Film District. Perhaps it’s fitting, then, that Ryan Gosling’s Driver character has now been commemorated in the cutest, cuddliest way imaginable: as a crocheted amigurumi doll, complete with his signature toothpick and a yarn hammer. And you thought YOU were obsessed with Drive. Hit the jump for today’s Buzz Break… [Pictorial Gosling via Film District] Today in celebrity movie reviews: Olivia Wilde totally dug Take Shelter. [@OliviaWilde] Magnet Releasing has secured the rights to the Christian Slater-starring horror pic Playback, about an evil spirit that possesses its victims via video playback. The film will hit theaters in March with an Ultra VOD campaign in February. WHICH MEANS WE’LL ALL BE AT RISK! [Press release] Bong Joon-ho’s record-setting Korean monster movie The Host - the film that nearly of Korea saw in theaters — is breaking new ground by getting the 3-D conversion treatment. [THR] One Tree Hill’s Chad Michael Murray has a new graphic novel coming out, entitled Everlast. Guessing it’s not about dating co-stars, eh? Zing! Ah, sorry. Low blow. To make up for it, here’s the synopsis: “A pre-apocalyptic tale, Everlast (paper-over-board hardcover, 104 pp, $19.95, ISBN: 978-1-932386-97-4) follows Derek Everlast, a man whose destiny in life is guiding others to a place of rebirth for mankind called Haven. Following an instinct called the Nudge, bestowed on him by a higher power, Derek is guided to the next chosen human destined to survive, a little girl named Melissa. In a harrowing adventure, he must deliver her safely to Haven before the End of Days.” [Press release] “What is hidden in snow, comes forth in the thaw.” Browse Sony’s new viral website for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, which slowly (warning: reeeeally slowly) unveils images from the film. [SlashFilm]

'Arrested Development:' 5 Things to Know About the Series' Potential Return

Over the weekend, news broke that cult series Arrested Development might return to air. The Hollywood Reporter breaks down how the story started, what the stars of the show are saying and the roadblocks that could keep it off the air.our editor recommends'Arrested Development' Actor Exits Broadway's 'La Cage aux Folles''Arrested Development' film gets closer'Arrested Development' Stars Confirm Plans for Show's TV Return 1. Creator Mitch Hurwitz teased the possibility of a nine or 10 "mini-season" at the NYer Festival on Sunday. The short-lived series starred Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, Michael Cera, Portia de Rossi and Jeffrey Tambor. PHOTOS: Best and Worst TV Dads: 'Modern Family,' 'Shameless,' 'The Simpsons' 2. Bateman then confirmed the news on Twitter Sunday afternoon. "We will do 10 episodes and the movie. Probably shoot them all together next summer for a release in early '13." Arnett also confirmed the news online, writing: "I'm peeing with @batemanjason at the moment..and we can confirm that we are going to make new AD eps and a movie." PHOTOS: Fall TV Death Pool: Will 'Charlie's Angels,' 'Whitney' or 'How to Be a Gentleman' Be Axed First? 3. There could be issues with scheduling. Arnett appears opposite Christina Applegate on NBC's Up All Night. Both Cera and Bateman have two movies in the works. Hurtwitz hinted at the festival that each episode will center around a different character from the series so that they aren't required to be on set as often. 4. Will Fox network execs greenlight it? The show has a devoted -- but small -- audience. It was canceled in 2006 after just three seasons on air, despite winning six Emmys. 20th Century Fox TV declined comment Sunday. PHOTOS: Fall TV's 12 Most Anticipated Shows 5. A reunion or movie has been in the works for a long time. In 2008, Hurwitz and Ron Howard reportedly closed a deal for a movie from Imagine and Fox Searchlight. Bateman and Arnett helped fuel the news of this online, but the movie nhas not yet happened. Related Topics Jason Bateman Will Arnett 5 Things You Didn't Know