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