Hunger Games Character Posters: Profiles in Kiddie Courage

The Hunger Games preys on the box office in March, but in the meantime eight of the battledome-savvy characters are squaring off in new posters for the film. Jennifer Lawrence looks fetching under a golden haze, Lenny Kravitz looks a lot like Lenny Kravitz, and Josh Hutcherson keeps looking younger and younger. Seriously, he’s wearing his Bridge to Terabithia face here. Of course, the girl playing Rue (Amandla Stenberg) also played a younger version of Zoe Saldana in Colombiana. Do we think Haymitch looks paunchy enough here? Is Elizabeth Banks tricked out enough? I will not sleep until you answer. Hunger Games’ character profiles [ONTD]

Toronto: Content Acquires Foreign Areas On Lovely Molly

Content has acquired foreign privileges on Lovely Molly, the genre film written and directed by Blair Witch Project‘s Eduardo Sanchez. A domestic distribution deal is originating. Lovely Molly made its debut within the Night time Madness portion of the Toronto Film Festival recently. The title character (Gretchen Lodge) is really a newlywed who returns to her lengthy abandoned home and it is hit with frightening memory joggers of her nightmarish childhood that rapidly color her new existence. She button snaps, essentially, right into a descent into an evil that's one part psychosis and the other part possession. WME Global’s Graham Taylor and and BHDRL’s Stuart Rosenthal made the offer. The film’s created by Robin Cowie, Gregg Hale, Jane Fleming, and Mark Ordesky. The intention would be to employ exactly the same type of viral marketing that assisted switched Blair Witch into this type of large hit. “We were shocked by Gretchen Lodge’s remarkable performance, it’s a classic sensational debut, within this powerfun and intense film from Eduardo Sanchez,” Content’s Jamie Carmichael stated. “We’re delighted to become dealing with the Haxan and Amber teams on which promises to become a highly innovative and compelling campaign.” Content will sell the film at in a few days’s AFM. Following the eye-opening $54 million opening weekend of Paranormal Activity 3, there must be a captive audience.

Eric Bana to Play Elvis Presley in 'Elvis & Nixon'

Eric Bana is set to play Elvis Presley in the feature film Elvis & Nixon, which marks the directorial debut of Cary Elwes. Bana also will executive produce. Danny Huston is in final negotiations to play President Richard M. Nixon in the movie, which centers on a Dec. 21, 1970, visit that Presley paid to Nixon at the White House. The meeting was initiated by Presley, who wrote Nixon a six-page letter requesting a visit and suggesting that he be made a "Federal Agent-at-Large" in the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. Presley brought with him family photos and a Colt 45 pistol as a personal gift to the president. Elwes wrote the screenplay along with Joey Sagal and Hanala Sagal. Michael Benaroya (Margin Call) and Holly Wiersma (Bobby) will produce. Australian actor Bana will exec produce through his production company Pick Up Truck Pictures (Love the Beast), which will mark the company's first U.S. production. The movie, which will shoot in Shreveport, La., and Los Angeles, is being financed byMichael Benaroya's Benaroya Pictures. Bana, repped by WME and attorney Robert Offer, recently joined the Lakeshore Entertainment diamond-heist thriller Brilliant and just wrapped shooting Blackbird. Huston, repped by ICM and Julian Belfrage Associates, will reprise his role of Poseidon in the upcoming Clash of the Titans sequel. Elwes' recent credits include No Strings Attached and the upcoming The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn. Related Topics Cary Elwes Eric Bana Movie Casting

Fall TV Recognition Contest: Will You Re-Elect Boss?

Kelsey Grammer, Boss After making people laugh for two-and-a-half decades playing the self-centered, neurotic Dr. Frasier Crane, Kelsey Grammer displayed his dramatic chops as effective and callous Chicago mayor Tom Krane on Starz' Boss. You need to know very well what you considered this show - which that you simply consider every new series this season. Election: Which fall premieres won you over? Which flopped? You think the boss could keep his secret under systems? Could he capable of keep his office? Will you keep coming back to find out him try? Election now! You should also encourage your pals together with other fans to election. Return to determine which TVGuide.com clients consider your chosen - and least favorite - new shows for fall as well as the final rankings for your debuts. Fall TV: Have the lowdown relating to this season's must-see new shows When is it possible to election next? This is a handy calendar that may help you keep track.

'Crulic,' 'Baryshnikov' to play at Cottbus

MOSCOW -- The world's leading showcase of Eastern European film, Germany's Filmfestival Cottbus, has unveiled the lineup for its 21st edition. The festival, which runs Nov. 1-6 in the old Prussian town of Cottbus that until German reunification in October 1990 was in the Communist eastern part of the country, has an exclusive lineup of premieres for both its main competition programs. Ten features, including one international and nine German premieres, will compete for a cash prize worth Euro 20,000 ($27,500); there are also eight short features with one world, three international and four Germany premieres. The feature competition includes unusual Romanian-Polish coprod, "Crulic -- The Path to Beyond" by Anca Damian. Using animation techniques, the director tells the gruesome and tragic true story of a young Romanian imprisoned in Poland. Other features in the main competition are: "My Dad Baryshnikov" (dir: Dmitry Povo Povolotsky, Russia); "Identity Card" (dir: Ondrej Trojan, Czech-Slovakia); "My Name Is Ki" (dir: Leszek Dawid, Poland); "Sunny Days" (dir: Nariman Turebayev, Kazakhstan); "Salt White" (dir: Keti Machavariani, Georgia); "Gromozeka" (dir: Vladimir Kott, Russia); "Twilight Portrait" (dir: Angelina Nikonova, Russia); "Lynch" (dir: Krzysztof Lukaszewicz, Poland), and "The Enemy" (dir: Dejan Zecevic, Serbia, Montenegro). Founded in 1991 by East German cineastes concerned at the onslaught of Western, U.S.-influenced culture after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Cottbus has grown to become a major East-West industry meeting point. A vibrant two-day industry event, Connecting Cottbus, provides a venue for project pitching and deal-making between producers from across Europe's old divides. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

RATINGS RAT RACE: CBS Wins But Blue Bloods Drops

Another Friday with mostly minor adjustments of a tenth of a 18-49 rating. CBS’ 10 PM drama Blue Bloods (1.7/5 in adults 18-49, 10.9 million viewers) posted the biggest drop from last week, .2 in 18-49. It was still the highest rated and most watched program of the night, tied in 18-49 with another CBS drama, veteran CSI: NY (1.7/5, 10.0 million). The third CBS drama of the night, rookie A Gifted Man (1.3/5, 7.8 million) was up a tenth in the demo after being stuck at a 1.2 for the last 2 weeks. CBS (1.6/5, 9.6) once again won the night in 18-49. Fox’s Kitchen Nightmares (1.4/5, 3.6 million) was down a tenth from last week’s fast national 18-49 rating (2 tenths from the final). Fringe (1.2/4, 3.1 million) was down a tenth.Fox (1.3/4, 3.7 million) finished second for the night in 18-49, tied with Univision. Pretty encouraging sampling for the premiere 2 episodes of ABC’s Last Man Standing, which drew a 1.3/5, 4.9 million and a 1.4, 4.9 million from 8-9 PM, with the second episode tied Kitchen Nightmares as the third highest-rated program of the night in 18-49. The Last Man Standing rerun also attracted larger audiences than any non-CBS program last night. As a commenter smartly pointed out, this bodes well for ABC topper’s Paul Lee’s idea to bring back ABC’s TGIF Friday family comedy block. Following a Modern Family (1.3/4, 3.7 million) repeat, which also did very well, and a Suburgatory (1.1/3, 3.1 million) rerun, ABC aired 20/20 (1.2/4, 4.7 million), up an tenth in the demo from last week. Also up a tenth was NBC’s Dateline (1.5/5)

'The Girl While using Dragon Tattoo' Graphic Books being Released by Electricity Entertainment

Electricity Entertainment is delivering graphic books in guides and digitally based on Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy.our editor recommendsGirl With Dragon Tattoo Star Rooney Maras Racy New Poster'Headhunters' Beats 'The Girl While Using Dragon Tattoo' in Norwegian Bow The Woman While using Dragon Tattoo will probably be released through the organization's Vertigo imprint in 2012, with follow-up The Woman Who Carried out With Fire following in 2013 as well as the Girl Who Began the Hornet's Nest in 2014. No authors or artists are actually revealed. PHOTOS: Hollywood's New Leading Ladies The announcement is available in front from the the Frankfurt Book Fair and NY Comic-Disadvantage. "The intricate figures and tales Larsson created inside the Millennium Trilogy certainly are a right gemstone necklace for your graphic novel format, where we could bring Lisbeth Salander to existence in entirely new, visually compelling ways," states Serta DiDio, co-entrepreneurs of Electricity Entertainment. "It's a distinct recognition to use around the story that's already extremely popular with countless site visitors around the globe.In . PHOTOS: Top Sleeper Hits "Stieg always loved comics and will also be exciting to look for the memorable figures he created showed up at existence round the comics page," states Stieg's brother Joakim Larsson. Greater than 17 million copies in the three books are actually offered inside the U.S. alone. The Woman While using Dragon Tattoo

CW Pulls H8R From Schedule

Mario Lopez, H8R The H8R-ade has ended after just four episodes. The CW has drawn the rookie reality showcase its schedule, The Hollywood Reporter reviews. The show, located by Mario Lopez and executive created by Bachelor mastermind Mike Fleiss, permitted celebs like Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi and Kim Kardashian to conquer their greatest detractors. H8R opened recently to some paltry 1.3 million audiences and not retrieved. Fall TV: Obtain the lowdown about this season's must-see new shows The hour-lengthy series is going to be changed by repeats of Ringer. Are you currently sad to determine H8R go?

Telefonica, RTVE forge alliance

SITGES -- Two of Spain's biggest TV companies, telco Telefonica and pubcaster RTVE, have forged a co-production and sponsorship alliance. First productions up are "Entre dos aguas" and "Yo de mayor quiero ser espanol." Produced by Javier Limon, shot by Telefonica, in association with RTVE and Barcelona producer Ovideo, "Aguas" explores the interface between music on the Atlantic seaboard and the Mediterranean. "Yo de mayor," a further docuseries, has Guillermo Fesser and Juan Luis Cano, both star Spanish radio presenters, interviewing Spaniards who have made it abroad. Both shows broadcast late night on La 2, RTVE's second historic channel, which the pubcaster is positioning as a culture service. "Aguas" bows Friday; "Yo de mayor" already airs. A third link-up, "La nube," an interactive magazine on social networks and Internet news sites, will bow this fall on La 2. The RTVE alliance adds to Telefonica's building presence in Spanish film and TV: The giant telco, with Euros60.7 billion ($80.1 billion) revenues in 2010, operates an Internet TV channel, Terra TV, an IPTV channel, Imagenio, bowed 2005 and currently has 785,000 subscribers, and an over-the-top service, Videoclub Movistar. Telefonica also intervenes occasionally in movie productions, the latest being the Studiocanal-sold 3D toon feature "Tad, the Lost Explorer," produced by Telecinco Cinema, El Toro Prods., Ikiru Films and Lightbox Ent. Telefonica contributes co-production equity. Telefonica's film-TV incursions remain, however, to date, isolated initiatives driven by different divisions. Announced early September, Telefonica Digital, a new umbrella initiative at Telefonica, looks set to group and power up its content production. Just how, however -- and it's one of the biggest questions hanging over Spanish production -- still remains to be seen. Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com

Disney To Re-Release More Classic Films After 'Lion King' Success

It seems that the old saying "everything old is new again" holds true at the box office as well. After a successful run for "The Lion King," which hit theaters in 3-D last month for a limited run, Disney will release several more classic flicks to theaters. The Associated Press reports that after the re-release of the beloved 1994 film has grossed about $80 million at the box office there are plans to release four more. What will hit your local Cineplex? "Beauty and the Beast" arrives in January 2012 and "Finding Nemo" in September of that year. "Monsters Inc." will hit in January 2013 with "The Little Mermaid" following close behind in September 2013. The studio seems excited by all the nostalgia and the prospect of introducing these classic pictures to a whole new generation of animation fans. In a statement, Disney Studios President Alan Bergman said that Disney is "thrilled to give audiences of all ages the chance to experience these beloved tales in an exciting new way." He continued that "great stories and great characters are timeless, and at Disney we're fortunate to have a treasure trove of both." When MTV News spoke to Jonah Hill recently he commented on the re-releases. His flick, "Moneyball," went up against "The Lion King" and lost. He noted his concerns about just re-releasing films instead of trying to come up with brand new ideas. "I'm not mad at 'The Lion King,' " Hill said with sincerity and a smile. "I just think if everyone goes to see a movie that's 20 years old getting re-released, they're just going to re-release 20-year-old movies instead of making new original movies, and that would be a shame." Tell us what you think of the re-releases in the comments section and on Twitter!

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Bad Movies We Love: Australia

Real Steel calls upon Hugh Jackman’s ability to tame and train robots, but this isn’t his first time at the robo-dome. He first conquered a borg named Nicole Kidman in Baz Luhrmann’s failed epic Australia. Ha! Now, now, that’s the first and last Nicole Kidman joke you’ll hear from me because 1) Nicole Kidman is awesome, 2) Rabbit Hole is under-appreciated, and 3) BORGS ARE VINDICTIVE. Let’s reinspect the joys of this looooong movie without ever caring about the story! Director Baz Luhrmann began Australia, a gargantuan WWII-set melodrama, with one humble goal: to make an Aussie Gone with the Wind. Seems reasonable enough! After all, Hugh Jackman has the chiseled good looks of Olivia de Havilland. But bad news: Turns out you need more than neat colors, symmetrical actors, and Out of Africa khakis for a great epic. At 165 minutes, Australia summons neither the charisma nor intrigue to justify its grandeur, even if everyone onscreen is dapper, sweet and even a little funny. Like all Bad Movies We Love, Australia does give us five lovable qualities, and we’ve ranked them for you riled marsupials. 5. Scenes and scenes of scenery! Imagine a perfect world where National Geographic photoshopped all its mountains, streams, and wildlife to make them resemble Abercrombie catalog backdrops. Are you clapping yet? Luhrmann understands that nature is supposed to look a little Botoxed, so the continuous shots of the glorious outback dribbling with Vaseline never get old. Check out the marvel: It’s all going swimmingly until that hilarious shot of Hugh and Nicole under the waterfall. Nick and Jessica, anybody? 4. Fact: Outback outfits from 1938 are the most glamorous on Earth Part of Luhrmann’s Gone with the Wind fetish is fitting Kidman’s haughty character with the most gorgeous, yet character-appropriate garments in the hemisphere. You can imagine the amount of perfectly tailored pencil skirts this entails (lots), and the darling hats she dons (which are, again, darling). They’re like lux originals of all the cheap dignitary shit Madonna wears in Shanghai Surprise. Shanghai Surpassed, Madge!

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After 4-Year Ordeal, A Seattle Homecoming For Amanda Knox

First Published: October 4, 2011 10:47 PM EDT Credit: Landov Photos Caption Amanda Knox smiles at the Leonardo Da Vinci airport in Fiumicino October 4, 2011. Amanda Knox, cleared of the murder of British student Meredith Kercher, on Tuesday thanked supporters who believed in her innocence as she prepared to return home to the United States after four years in jail. SEATTLE, Wash. -- Amanda Knox returned to her hometown of Seattle on Tuesday and was as overcome with emotion as she was a day earlier in Italy, when she was acquitted on murder charges after four years in prison. Thank you for being there for me, she tearfully told her supporters in front of a crowd of international reporters. Im really overwhelmed right now, she said at a news conference minutes after she was escorted off a British Airways flight out of London. I was looking down from the airplane, and it seemed like everything wasnt real. Knoxs life turned around dramatically Monday when an Italian appeals court threw out her conviction in the sexual assault and fatal stabbing of her British roommate. On Tuesday, photos of Knox crying in the courtroom after the verdict was read appeared on the front pages of newspapers in Italy, the U.S., Britain and around the world. Wearing a brown cardigan and black leggings, with her hair in a ponytail, Knox sobbed at the news conference and held her mothers hand as her lawyer Theodore Simon said her acquittal unmistakably announced to the world that she was not responsible for the killing of Meredith Kercher. After her parents offered their thanks to Knoxs lawyers and supporters, Knox spoke briefly, saying, Theyre reminding me to speak in English, because Im having problems with that. Thank you to everyone whos believed in me, whos defended me, whos supported my family, she said. My familys the most important thing to me so I just want to go and be with them, so, thank you for being there for me, she said before she and her family left for a welcome-home party at her fathers house. Knoxs acquittal, fueled by doubts over DNA evidence, stunned the victims family and angered the prosecution, which insists that she was among three people who killed Kercher, 21. But for Knoxs grandmother Elisabeth Huff, it was like the weight of the world had gone. We all are as happy as can be. I cant tell you how long weve been looking forward to this day, Huff told The Associated Press outside her home in West Seattle, a tight-knit community a few miles across Elliott Bay from downtown. Friends and family who held spaghetti dinners, bowling events and concerts to raise money for Knoxs defense were thrilled to have her home, though at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport her supporters were a small presence compared to the dozens of U.S. and international reporters. WELCOME HOME AMANDA, read the marquee at a record store in the neighborhood where Knox grew up. Another welcome sign was hung at her fathers house. A bar offered half-price drinks to celebrate her acquittal. At least one TV station in Washington state tracked the progress of her flight on the air using a plane-tracking website. Knox, 24, left Perugias Capanne prison Monday night amid cheers that a companion compared to those at a soccer stadium. Hundreds of inmates most of them in the mens wing shouted Amanda, ciao! and Freedom! as she walked into the central courtyard, said Corrado Maria Daclon, head of the Italy-US Foundation, which championed Knoxs cause. Daclon said Knox jumped a little for joy and waved to the prisoners. She was soon on her way home, protected by the darkened windows of a Mercedes that led her out of the prison in the middle of the night, and then Tuesday morning to Romes Leonardo da Vinci airport. She flew from Rome to London, where she took a direct British Airways flight to Seattle, flying business class with full-length seat and menu options including champagne, smoked salmon and prawn salad. She and her family were on the planes secluded upper deck. At least nine members of media organizations were on board below, but a flight attendant blocked them from climbing the stairs to preserve the privacy of passengers. As the plane neared Seattle, the flight crew told reporters that once the plane landed, they would have to remain seated while customs officials escorted Knox and her entourage out of the plane. You will not see her, the cabin crew chief said. After the plane landed, Knox and her family were taken by shuttle van to go through customs. At the airport, 16-year-old Amra Plavcic shook her head at the dozens of reporters setting up for the news conference, within sight of the gate where Knoxs plane was to land. I dont think this is important. Its way too much, said Plavcic, who was with her mother awaiting a relative who was on Knoxs flight. Knox was a University of Washington student studying abroad in Perugia when Kercher was killed in 2007. In a letter released hours before she left Italy, Knox thanked those Italians who supported her. Those who wrote, those who defended me, those who were close, those who prayed for me, Knox wrote, I love you. Prosecutor Giuliano Mignini expressed disbelief at the innocent verdicts of Knox and her former boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito. Mignini maintains that Knox, Sollecito and another man killed Kercher during a lurid, drug-fueled sex game. Mignini said he will appeal to Italys highest criminal court after receiving the reasoning behind the acquittals, due within 90 days. Lets wait and we will see who was right. The first court or the appeal court, Mignini told The Associated Press on Tuesday. This trial was done under unacceptable media pressure. One conviction in the slaying still stands: that of Ivory Coast native Rudy Hermann Guede, who sentence was cut to 16 years in his final appeal. His lawyer said Tuesday he will seek a retrial. The highest court already has upheld Guedes conviction. It said Guede had not acted alone but did not name Knox and Sollecito, saying it was not up to the court to determine who his accomplices were. Kerchners family said during an emotional news conference Tuesday that they were back to square one. Mondays decision obviously raises further questions, her brother Lyle Kercher said. If those two are not the guilty parties, then who are the guilty people? he said. Knox was sentenced to 26 years in prison and Sollecito received 25, but the prosecutions case was blown apart by a DNA review ordered during the appeals trial that discredited crucial genetic evidence. Prosecutors maintain that Knoxs DNA was found on the handle of a kitchen knife believed to be the murder weapon, and that Kerchers DNA was found on the blade. They said Sollecitos DNA was on the clasp of Kerchers bra as part of a mix of evidence that also included the victims genetic profile. But an independent review ordered at the request of the defense found that police conducting the investigation had made glaring errors. The two experts said below-standard testing and possible contamination raised doubts over the attribution of DNA traces, both on the blade and on the bra clasp, which was collected from the crime scene 46 days after the murder. The review was crucial to throwing out the convictions because no motive has emerged and witness testimony was contradictory. The highest court will determine whether any procedures were violated. The hearing generally takes one day in Rome, and defendants are not required to attend. If the highest court overturns the acquittal, prosecutors would be free to request Knoxs extradition. It would be up to the government to decide whether to make the formal extradition request. Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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