A&E Gives Series Pickup to 'Longmire' Western

A&E has ordered contemporary crime thrillerLongmire to series.our editor recommends'Battlestar Galactica' Star Katee Sackhoff Lands A&E Pilot The drama, about a widowed sheriff in Absaroka County, Wyoming, has been granted a 10 episode order. The project, set to premiere sometime next year, stars Katee Sackhoff(Battlestar Galactica), whowill play a deputy oppositeRobert Taylor's mid-western sheriff.Also attached areLou Diamond Phillips(Stargate Universe),BaileyChase(Saving Grace) andCassidy Freeman(Smallville). The series, which hails from the Shephard/Robin Co. and Warner Horizon Television, will bedirected byGreg Yaitanes(House) and written by Hunt Baldwin, John CovenyandCraig Allen Johnson. The latter also wrote the the Walt Longmirebook series on which the show is based. Related Topics Katee Sackhoff A&E

Hair-Raising Hare

A wind-up toy in the shapely shape of a female rabbit lures Bugs Bunny out of his rabbit hole and into the castle of an evil scientist who looks exactly like Peter Lorre. The scientist wants to feed the rabbit to his huge, sneaker-wearing monster. The beast, completely covered in orange hair, is frightening enough to leave our hero temporarily speechless - forcing him to hold up a sign that says, "Yipe!" But Bugs Bunny is not easily cowed, and soon the wily rabbit is disguising himself in turns as a lamp, a chatty manicurist, a figure in a framed portrait and a knight on a charging horse, tricking and frustrating his nightmarish opponent at every turn.

11-Year-Old Bailee Madison on Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, 'The Definition of Scary'

Where have America’s sweethearts gone? Seventeen-year-old Dakota Fanning is charging hard towards adulthood, with Abigail Breslin (15), Chloe Moretz (14), and sister Elle (13) hot on her heels. Enter 11-year-old Bailee Madison (Bridge to Terabithia, Conviction, Just Go With It), a young actress who’s already been acting for half of her life and shows it by holding her own opposite Guy Pearce and Katie Holmes in the Guillermo del Toro-produced horror thriller Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark. Like her preternaturally poised peers, Madison is mature beyond her age in many ways. “I’m so into pumps right now, you have no idea,” the fashion-minded pre-teen enthused when Movieline sat down with her in Los Angeles this summer to discuss Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, which marks her first starring role. But onscreen in the contemporary Gothic tale, about a young girl sent to live with her distracted architect father (Pearce) and his new girlfriend (Holmes) who discovers sinister creatures in her new home’s basement, Madison conjures a sullen, adolescent naivet — plucky, curious, a touch defiant and a bit withdrawn — that brings her performance to life with a natural believability. Movieline spoke with the expertly composed and wise-beyond-her-years Madison about filming director Troy Nixey’s Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, its R-rating (and why the film is “the definition of scary”), working with Guillermo del Toro (a “wonderful, wonderful talented man”), her upcoming rodeo film Cowgirls N’ Angels, and the prospect of sharing the screen with fellow young veteran Chloe Moretz in the near future. You’ve been acting for quite a while now, and you’re only 11 years old. How old were you when you first started acting? I did Bridge to Terabithia when I was around 6 years old but for my first movie I was 5. When did the acting bug really get you hooked? My mom and my sister did commercials, and now my mom’s always with me. I did commercials when I was with them, but I feel like it was when I’d watch them that I’d think I just wanted to do that, you know? So when I auditioned for my first one with Salma Hayek and Jared Leto — it was called Lonely Hearts, with John Travolta — that to me was like, ‘This is exciting! Let’s do this!’ And then after that I did another little one and I got Bridge to Terabithia, which was just the beginning of this amazing journey. That’s a pretty special movie. I love Bridge to Terabithia so much. I have so many wonderful memories, and I really think God did just bless me with that. You’ve done TV, you’ve done many films by now… you’re basically a veteran. I’ve heard that word a lot! [Laughs] Thank you. How do you choose roles for yourself at this point? Especially since Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark is dark and scary it earned an R-rating, although I suppose it did start out as a PG-13 film. Yes, it did. I did say that the other day, though! I said, ‘Wait, PG-13!’ Let’s not forget here. But I picked it because I wanted to be able to show a variety. I didn’t want to have someone think of me as the same thing, the same kind of acting. I wanted to be able to show a scary, horror, kind of thriller genre in my acting and my resume, so I was excited to take on this new challenge. Guillermo [del Toro] is so much a part of this movie; his fingerprints are all over it. Were you familiar with his work beforehand? I know that my family was so familiar and they kind of brought me up to date with his work, and he was truly just amazing when I met him, he was such a nice guy. It’s amazing to see his passion for movies, you know — the sparkle in his eyes when he sees it come off of the script. So that was just amazing to get to watch, and he’s just such a wonderful, wonderful talented man. He taught me so much and gave me the ability to get ready for the scene — for this crazy scene. How did you work together on set with Guillermo and Troy [Nixey]? Before they’d yell action I would turn to them and I’d nod my head and he would nod at Troy, and Troy would yell, ‘Action.’ We kind of all just got to work together. He really just made sure that I knew that I was capable of doing so much more than what I thought I was. He would pull that extra mile out of me. I feel so honored to have had the privilege to get to work with him. You’re right about Guillermo — he’s well known for his infectious love of movies. And comics, and books… And everything! And love for just people. No matter what, if someone stops him just to say something he’ll stop and he’ll have a conversation with you, out of his day. I look up to that so much. You seem a lot like that yourself. Thank you! Thank you very much. The original Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark scared plenty of young folks when it first aired, including Guillermo. He’s also said it reminds him of the films that frightened him when he was little. What were some of the films that were like that for you? I mean, I was only 9 back then. [Laughs] So I don’t know, I didn’t really see a lot of scary films because I was at that age where I wasn’t really into the scary stuff. And I feel like once I got older and filmed this movie I was excited to do that kind of stuff. But always having an older brother, you can always watch the films he’s watching. But like I said, I wanted to show variety and I wanted to challenge myself, so I was so ready for the thrill of it. Have you seen the movie? Yes, I have. Do you feel like it deserves its R-rating? I do. I feel like it’s a really big suspense movie, it keeps you on the edge of your seat. It’s not very gory, which is the good part because I feel like it’s just a beautifully well-told scary film. I mean, the definition of scary is what this is. Just when you’re able to breathe we snap you right back into this position where you’re like, ‘Ahhhh!’ and crunching on your popcorn so loud. Those are the kinds of movies that are wonderful because you’re able to watch it over and over again. You and Katie [Holmes] have the strongest relationship in the film, but it changes from the beginning to the end. How did you two first get to know each other and develop your characters’ bond? I feel like when we all met each other we had a few weeks of rehearsal before we actually started filming, so we were able to sit down with the director and go, ‘This is what I was thinking for this,’ and we just worked off of each other’s’ instincts. And of course you don’t shoot in order. We had to be prepared… one of our biggest scenes was on our first day, it was the koi pond [scene]. That was the first scene where [Katie and I] actually start liking each other, so that was even more we had to show the difference, because we were already kind of still distant in that scene but we still got each other. So we wanted to make sure that all the beginning scenes were very, very distant. Let’s talk about some of your upcoming films. First of all, I’m so impressed by how much you are working right now. Thank you! [Laughs] How is that possible? Are you home-schooled or do you still go to school? I go to school. I’m originally from Fort Lauderdale, that’s my home town in Florida. So when I’m on location I just get the packets from school in Florida. And when I go to Florida I go to Christ Church School. Do you miss it when you’re off filming? Of course I do! I have all my friends there but I make sure I keep in touch! Tell me about Cowgirls N’ Angels. Cowgirls N’ Angels is about a girl who’s never met her dad before, and sets out on this rodeo journey with a rodeo instructor for Sweethearts of the Rodeo in hopes of finding him. So it kind of shows her love for horses and passion for what she’s been doing, riding, but there’s still something missing. She still needs her dad. Everyone needs a father and everyone needs a mother, so it’s just a really sweet movie. Did you get to work a lot with horses? I got to ride so many horses and learn tricks and ride an actual rodeo, so that was a blast. One of your co-stars was Jackson Rathbone, which would be exciting for many Twilight fans your age. Yeah, I was excited! He was so sweet when I met him. I was watching because I wasn’t in that scene that day and I turned around and went, ‘Oh, hello!’ And he’s just sitting next to me. I was like, ‘How ya doin’?’ And we just started talking. He’s such a nice guy and he does great in this film. It’s cool to see him with a country side. You have a project with Chloe Moretz as well, Dance of the Mirlitons, which is interesting because you two are in this fairly small group of up and coming young actresses. What part of that project are you most looking forward to? Thank you. I know, I’m excited to get to work with her. I think it’ll be cool to get in the same room and show our different unique personalities and our love for the films we do. Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark is in theaters August 26.

Adult Go swimming Renews 'Childrens Hospital' For 4th Season

EXCLUSIVE: Adult Go swimming has restored Take advantage of Corddry's comedy series Kids Hospital for any 4th season having a 14-episode order. Production about the series, which creator/star Corddry executive produces with fellow authors Jonathan Stern and David Wain, will start later this season for any 2012 premiere. The present third season of Kids Hospital continues to be winning its Thursday night time time slot in most key demos, including 18-49 and 18-34. In line with the Webbywinning online series from Studio 2. that released on TheWB.com in 2008, the Warner Bros TV-distributed Kids Hospital is really a twisted undertake network medical dramas and explores the emotional struggles and sexual politics of several doctors. Additionally to Corddry, the series co-stars Malin Akerman, Lake Bell, Erinn Hayes, Take advantage of Huebel, Ken Marino, Megan Mullally and Henry Winkler. Corddry and Wain are with WME and Principato-Youthful Stern is by using Principato-Youthful.

Fabulous Muppets: The Green Album Raises the Question: What are the Best Muppet Covers?

The wonderful trailers for Jason Segel’s Muppets movie already have me torqued for a reboot of Kermit the Frog’s kingdom, but now consider me extra-amped: This new disc of Muppet cover songs featuring Weezer, OK Go, the Fray, and Rachael Yamagata is so solid and original that I can’t believe an alternative version like it has never been attempted before. You can listen to the whole Green Album online now, but first, think: What are your favorite Muppet covers? And do these live up? Rivers Cuomo is truly a lovely vocalist, and his version of “Rainbow Connection” here is stellar and heartfelt. The others will floor you too, including Sondre Lerche with his cute version of “Mr. Bassman.” [Listen via NPR.org] As for the greatest Muppet covers ever, these three can’t be denied. We begin with Ray Charles’s definitive version of “Bein’ Green,” which proves just how gritty and poignant the world of green felt can be. Then we have the Carpenters’ take on “Rainbow Connection,” which is dreamier and airier than an angelfood cake on a cloud. It also helps that Karen Carpenter is my choice for the single best vocalist of the 20th century. Then, to end on a somber but gorgeous note, we turn to the medley of Jim Henson’s favorite songs sung at his amazing memorial service. The heart-stopping versions of “Halfway Down the Stairs,” “I’m Going to Go Back There Someday,” and “Just One Person” will resonate with Henson fans forever. Any we forgot? [via NPR]

Surprise! Disney Halts 'The Lone Ranger' With The Actor-brad Pitt And Gore Verbinski

UPDATE: The Actor-brad Pitt is within Europe at this time, however , desired to result in the Lone Ranger. Based on one insider, "Let's wait and watch the way it all shakesout on Monday.Almost always there is an opportunity that could go. Who knows until youknow." The much deeper story behind this production stoppage isabout how movies are costing an excessive amount of, galleries are giving major pushback, and present day backdrop of the crazy economy. Everybody involved is stillintent about the project andstill in discussionsto see what you can do. However the studio's concern isspending over $200M on the western, evenwith Gore Verbinski and The Actor-brad Pitt along with a comedy slant.So clearly Disney tookdrastic action.The studio and filmmakers are trying to puzzle out the next phase,eitherto shop it elsewhere or restore it together later on in a lower budget. EXCLUSIVE: Inside a stunning development, Disney has shut lower production about the Lone Ranger, the Gore Verbinski-directed period Western which was to star The Actor-brad Pitt as Tonto and Armie Hammer because the title character. Jerry Bruckheimer may be the producer and also the script is as simple as Justin Haythe. I am told all of this just happened, and Disney drawn the plug due to your budget.I have heard the filmmakers were attempting to lessen the film's cost from $250 million (incidents where say $275 million)lower to $232 million.However it wasn'tthe $200 million that Disney desired to spend. And between Depp, Bruckheimer, and Verbinski, the gross outlay about the film is substantial. Once the plug was drawn, the film was still being casting up, with Ruth Wilson, the serial killer in the BBC's Luther series, looking for the feminine lead. And Also The Lone Ranger was scheduled to become launched December 21, 2012, smack facing The Hobbit: An Unpredicted Journey, which opens December 14, and also the Kaira Pitt-starrer World War Z, that was just slated for December 21.This becomes the 2nd major western-designed project to bite the dust, after Universal stopped a mammoth adaptation of Stephen King's The Dark Tower. And it is it coincidence the Lone Ranger stopped immediately after another western Cowboys & Aliens proveda pricey disappointment for DreamWorks and Universal? Halting tentpole movies is unquestionably is going on with increased regularity in Hollywood recently. Universal lately stopped production on the version of In The Mountain tops Of Madness that Guillermo del Toro would direct with Tom Cruise starring, and in addition it stopped an adaptation of King's The Dark Tower that Ron Howard, John Grazer, and Akiva Goldsman needed to complete, inside a trilogy of movies and 2 limited run TV series. And merely now, DreamWorks stopped Southpaw, aboxing drama which has Eminem set to star in the first role since 2002's 8 Mile with Antoine Fuqua pointing.It's obvious that galleries are earning their bets more shrewdly, particularly using the economic uncertainty which has rocked the stock values of parent companies of film galleries. Even when this means bruised feelings from stars, company directors and producers familiar with getting it their way. This needed to be a remarkably tough demand Disney's Wealthy Ross and Sean Bailey, however they have several huge live-action bets up for grabs already. Budgetbusters include John Carter, the Andrew Stanton-directed adaptation of John Carter of Mars with Friday Evening Lights' Taylor Kitsch within the lead role,includes a budget which has expanded close to $250 million, and also the Great and Effective Oz, the Mike Raimi-directed James Franco-starrer, is hanging around $200 milllion. But principals Bruckheimer, Verbinski, and Depphave minted money when they have labored together for Disney. Bruckheimer may be the longtime cornerstone producer about the Disney lot.Depp has starred within the studio's all-time greatest films including Alice's adventures in wonderland and also the four Bruckheimer-created Pirates from the Caribbean films. Depp and Verbinski teamed for 3 Pirates payments, grossing vast amounts of dollars for that studio. And Verbinski most lately directed Rango, the Vital film that's a leader for the best Animated Film Oscar and which made $243 million worldwide. Disney has four from the 10 all-time top worldwide grossing films in Hollywood history, and three of these starred Depp. Which includes Pirates from the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, which Verbinski directed and which made $1.066 billion. The newest Pirates installment also cracked the $1 billion mark this summer time, and Disney's only other film on that-Time Top Ten list is Toy Story 3. The Lone Ranger includes a lengthy history, but Disney relied on Depp to really make it relevant having a comedy twist. The series started about the radio in 1933, then grew to become a TV series that went from 1949-1957, and both were extremely common as the masked Lone Ranger and Tonto fought against crime within the Old West, using the Lone Ranger calling out "Hi Years old, Silver! Away!" as his equine required off.

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The Ur of the title means the youthful protagonist, Rune, fearlessly performed by Pilou Asbæk. Jailed for violent assault, he's a cocky, good-searching youthful guy put into the hardcore ward, where his survival is dependent on rapidly learning the prison's parallel realm of rules, recognition, and obligations. R also means Rachid, a youthful Muslim prisoner who becomes Rune's friend and accomplice, repel the rigid racial stratifications one of the inmates.

Open Route to open 'Grey' in The month of january

NeesonCarnahanOpen Road Films will release Joe Carnahan's survival thriller "The Gray" countrywide on Jan. 27, 2012.Liam Neeson stars alongside Frank Grillo ("Warrior"), James Badge Dale, Dermot Mulroney, Joe Anderson, Dallas Roberts and Nonso Anozie.Liddell Entertainment created the pic, which finds Neeson leading an unmanageable number of oil-rig roughnecks with the remote Alaskan backwoods after their plane crashes. Fighting injuries, cruel weather along with a vicious pack of baby wolves, the audience struggles to outlive the harmful elements.Open Road acquired "The Gray" recently with intends to release it this winter. A The month of january opening still will do the job, but which means the film will not be qualified for honours consideration this season, which previous reviews had indicated would be a possibility regarding Neeson's perf.Carnahan and Liddell created the film together with Ridley Scott and Jules Daly, while Tony Scott and Jennifer Hilton professional created with Jim Seibel, Bill Manley and Marc Butan of Inferno Entertainment. Contact Shaun Sneider at shaun.sneider@variety.com

Watch Jonah Hill in the Trailer For the 'Filthiest, R-Rated Babysitting Movie Ever,' The Sitter

“I’m not a real babysitter,” Jonah Hill warns one bratty child in the trailer for David Gordon Green’s next R-rated comedy, The Sitter. “I’m more of a sit at home on the couch, do what I say or I’ll kill you babysitter.” Only Hill never gets to bark orders from a reclined position because his crush object (played by the wonderful Ari Graynor) lures him into taking the kids on a “motherf*cking minivan” field trip. And if you know anything about good-bad babysitting adventures, you know that Hill’s compliance will lead to a standoff with insane drug dealers. As they all do. Click through to see the legitimately funny, profane red band trailer. More The Sitter Videos Hurrah! Judging by video evidence alone, it looks like The Sitter will make up for David Gordon Green’s last vulgar comedy — the disappointing medieval dud Your Highness — by reviving the babysitter adventure genre, this time with Jonah Hill as a foul-mouthed slacker student at the wheel. Like Elisabeth Shue in Adventures in Babysitting, Hill is watching kids for some extra cash when a simple impulse leads him to pack up his charges. Only instead of wanting to rescue a good girlfriend from a scary situation, Hill’s main motivation is to get laid. (Oh, how times have changed.) This wish somehow leads him and his minivan full of minipeople into trouble with drug dealers, weapon-firing kingpins (Sam Rockwell) and Method Man. A modern-day babysitter misadventure with profane dialogue. Perhaps the only thing more jarring than seeing Hill whisper “I f*cking hate you” to a ten-year-old in a tiara though is seeing the newly-slimmed actor introduce the trailer, which features him in his plumper past form. But we’ve acknowledged that — and that the promotional interview tour for this film might be plagued by compare/contrast weight queries — so we can move on now. Verdict: “Respect it, don’t neglect it.” And count us in. Sadly, you’ll have to wait until December 9 to see The Sitter in theaters. Four more months! [IGN]