Fox To Give Cast-Contingent Pilot Order To Mike Royce-Written Comedy Little Brother

That was quick — a couple of weeks after he closed an overall deal with 20 Century Fox TV, former Everybody Loves Raymond executive producer Mike Royce has scored a pilot order for the studio.Fox is finalizing a cast-contingent pilot pickup for Little Brother, a multi-camera comedy from 20th TV, Adelstein Prods. and Hat Trick, about a man that finds out that he has a half-brother he never knew about, who also happens to be an ex-con. The project has a long development history. Originally written by Fintan Ryan, the comedy had been rolled by Fox for the past 2 seasons. (thus the company credit to the now defunct Adelstein Prods.; for the past 15 months, Marty Adelstein has been partnered with Shawn Levy in 21 Laps/Adelstein). Royce was recently brought in to do a rewrite, which netted the comedy a pilot order. Royce will executive produce with Adelstein, 21 Laps/Adelstein’s Becky Clements and Hat Trick’s Jimmy Mulville, while Ryan will get a co-executive producer credit. UTA-repped Mike Royce most recently co-created and executive produced with Ray Romano the TNT dramedy Men of a Certain Age.

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China to Submit 'The Flowers of War' in Foreign-Language Oscar Race

Beijing New Picture FIlm Co Zhang Yimou's The Flowers of War, starring Christian Bale, will be China's submission for the best foreign-language film Academy Award, China's Film Bureau announced on Friday. STORY: Top U.S. Buyers Get First Glimpse of Christian Bale's 'The Flowers of War' Adapted by screenwriter Liu Heng from Yan Geling's historical novel 13 Flowers of Nanjing and produced by the director's long-time producing partnerZhang Weiping, the movie is set in Nanking in 1937 as the Japanese Imperial Army overruns China's capital city. Bale plays John Haufman, an American missionary who helped protect a group of schoolgirls and prostitutes from the invading army. PHOTOS: Toronto Film Festival: 13 Films to Know The film, with dialogue in both Mandarin and English, cost $90 million to produce. It was executive produced by DengChaoyingand David Linde. Glen Basner's FilmNation Entertainment, which is handling international sales, previewed footage during the recent Toronto International Film Festival, and several U.S. buyers are currently circling the project. The third time may be the charm for Zhang, who directed the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics. Despite having been nominated previously with Ju Dou and Raise the Red Lantern, Zhang has yet to bring home an Oscar. Composer Su Cong became the first citizen of the People's Republic of China to win an Academy Award, for his work with David Byrne and Ryuichi Sakamoto on the soundtrack for Bernardo Bertolucci's The Last Emperor. Hunan province-born Tan Dun later won for Best Original Score for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Flowers gets full China domestic release in December. No U.S. release date is set, although the Oscar nomination will spur interest. Toronto International Film Festival Oscars International Asia Christian Bale Oscars 2012 Zhang Yimou

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CSI: NY's 9/11 Tribute Episode Shows a completely new Side of Mac

Gary Sinise On Friday's CSI: NY premiere (9/8c, CBS), which pays tribute for the tenth anniversary of 9/11, it's apparent that Mac Taylor (Gary Sinise) will not ever forget that fateful day. Via flashbacks, the somber hour introduces audiences to Mac's wife, Claire (Jaime Ray Newman), who died a direct consequence in the Twin Towers' collapse. Fall Preview: Get scoop inside your favorite returning shows Executive producer Zach Reiter notifies TVGuide.com he hopes that seeing Mac while using adoration for his existence is really a treat for your show's fans. "We'd love everyone else to find out, in the get-go, some another side of Mac," according to him. "They'll see some a grin, some a twinkle - who Mac Taylor was before 9/11." And even though he'll remember, Reiter states this program for Mac in Season 8 is always to finally proceed. "Atthe finish in the episode, he reaches a bit of closure," Reiter states. "He's doing have a very moment where it seems like they can proceed using this psychologically. We're wanting with the finish of Season 8 showing he is able to maybe recapture that [love] with another lady." Exclusive: CSI: NY recruits General Hospital alum to see Mac's wife The episode, which flashes with other characters' recollections in the tragedy, culminates with Mac speaking within the Brooklyn Wall of Remembrance, a memorial for the first responders that died on 9/11, which Sinise aided fund when the project postponed throughout construction. "After we visit NY to shoot, we like to to shoot items that are specific to NY and show legendary things, but furthermore to exhibit more recent and much more effective things," Sinise states in the wall's inclusion inside the episode. "It is not something which lots of people find out about. This is often a very important memorial for the thousands of family individuals who lost a preliminary-responder member of the family tomorrow.I'm very proud to own required part in raising money to create it." For an additional team people, Danny (Carmine Giovinazzo) and Flack (Eddie Cahill) meet the first time simply because they drag people within the big chunks of rock. And Jo (Sela Ward), who was simply utilized by the FBI in Washington D.C. in those days, makes the objective of consider the attacks round the Government.Have a look at our report on TV's most sexy crime mma fighters! Beyond the premiere, however, Jo's past in D.C. will resurface greatly. "We certainly intend to research the good status for why she left D.C. and located NY," Reiter states. "We recommended last season at the fact she was associated with a scenario where she brought to light more recent and much more effective information that brought to some rapist going free. We're wanting to revisit people issues, and kind of ongoing the theme, we're wanting to ... find her a bit of closure too.Inch Meanwhile, Danny's promotion to sergeant has him back round the streets - from his wife Lindsay (Anna Belknap)."Danny features a gritty personality, so putting him in the pub was exciting for people,In . Reiter states. "It'll cause some a divide between him and Lindsay. They're like ships passing inside the evening, and ... we're just prone to show how that creates some frustration. [There won't be blowout arguments or anything such as this. It really kind of plays utilizing their relationship a little.Inch Most likely probably the most surprising reveal, however, may be that Mac isn't employed in the crime lab when the season begins. Season 7 ended with Mac weighing retirement, then when the show resumes, he's your DNA lab trying to recognize the remains of unknown 9/11 sufferers. But inevitably, he'll return. "I realize a whole lot public servants," Sinise states. "They feel they wish to retire plus they re-think it as it is just inside their blood stream. This is actually the kind of character Mac Taylor is. Serving a just cause is at his blood stream."CSI: NY premieres Friday at 9/8c.

The 11th Commandment Heads For TV

Gale Anne Hurd adapts Jeffrey Archer.... Former politician and long-time potboiler novelist Jeffrey Archer might not be the world's most literary scribbler, but he certainly seems to attract plenty of attention for film and TV types looking to shove his work on both the big and small screens. Hot on the heels of Bourne producer Frank Marshall signing on to develop his book A Matter of Honour as a movie comes word that The Walking Dead's Gale Anne Hurd wants to turn another of his tomes, The Eleventh Commandment, into a TV series. The novel, originally published in 1998, follows what happens when ace CIA assassin Connor Fitzgerald is framed for a fake assassination attempt on a Russian presidential candidate. Fitzgerald must race to prove his innocence and also prevent World War III. "Jeffrey Archer's storytelling is compelling, character driven and perfect for television-full of fast-paced, high-stakes danger," Hurd said in a statement picked up by Deadline. There's no word yet on whether her Valhalla Entertainment company is looking to tinker with the plot to bring it a little more up to date. As of right now, it's simply in development, though given Hurd's recent track record, it has a good chance of hitting our goggle boxes. Both of these new projects work of Canadian company New Franchise Media, which struck a deal last year for the worldwide rights to 10 of Archer's books. So if the idea of new visual fodder based on Archer's work has you delighted or depressed, you know who to credit/blame...

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The Arrival of Wang (L'arrivo di Wang)

Reminiscent of an overextended "Twilight Zone" episode but still good for a laugh, Italian low-budgeter "The Arrival of Wang" works through an amusing sci-fi premise. Written and helmed by brothers Antonio and Marco Manetti ("Zora la vampira"), story revolves around a pro Italian translator called in for a highly unusual assignment that tests her principles and sense of trust. Pic should turn a modest profit locally but won't arrive in much style offshore, though it could garner a minor cult following in ancillary. Rome resident Gaia (Francesca Cuttica) is summoned by government agent Curti (Ennio Fantastichini) to translate Mandarin into Italian at a location so secret she's blindfolded en route. Once there, she's not even allowed to see Wang (voiced by Li Yong), the person she's interpreting for, which makes the job doubly difficult. Turns out Wang's actually an alien from another planet, who sensibly learned Mandarin after ascertaining it was the most widely spoken language on Earth. Disgusted at the rough treatment Curti and Co. dish out, Gaia tries to free Wang, but there's another twist in store. Cheap but cheerful effects enhance pic's pleasingly schlocky feel. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

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Richard Ayoade joins Ben Stiller in Neighborhood Watch

Submarine director (and Total Film columnist) Richard Ayoade has landed a high-profile role alongside Ben Stiller in Neighborhood Watch.The Shaun Levy-produced movie revolves around a bunch of guys who get together to form the titular community group, but instead of sitting around drinking tea and moaning about the brightness of streetlights, they actually uncover a major conspiracy.As far as recent high-concepts go, this one sounds like it has potential, throwing ordinary schlubs into a fun sounding situation, and hopefully mocking neighbourhood watch schemes along the way. Vince Vaughn and Jonah Hill have already been cast.Akiva Schaffer (Saturday Night Live, Hot Rod) is directing, with a script from Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg.Before shooting to fame as a TF columnist (and, y'know, a Brit director to keep a very close eye on), Ayoade was best known as an actor in the likes of British TV gems such as Nathan Barley, Garth Marenghi's Darkplace and The IT Crowd.His next movie as director will be an adaptation of Dostoyevsky's The Double, starring Jesse Eisenberg.Neighborhood Watch is expected to open in summer 2012.

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DGA Report Analyzes Director Diversity In Employing Practices For Episodic TV

La The Company directors Guild of America today launched a study examining the ethnicity and gender of company directors hired to direct primetime episodic television across broadcast, fundamental cable and premium cable. The DGA examined a lot more than 2,600 episodes created within the 2010-2011 television season from a lot more than 170 scripted television series. The report demonstrated that White males directed 77% of episodes White women directed 11% of episodes minority males directed 11% of episodes and minority women directed just 1% of episodes. Among one-hour series, White males directed 80% of episodes, as well as in half-hour series, White males directed 74% of episodes. The shows outlined here are from major production companies ABC, CBS, Fox, Cinemax, NBC, The new sony, Warner Bros. along with other production companies whose shows show up on broadcast, fundamental cable and premium cable systems. They don't include series which have been cancelled. First-year shows are damaged out individually because employing choices on first-year shows are frequently made in a different way than shows within their second seasons or beyond. Aircraft pilots aren't incorporated within the statistics. Implies that mainly hired just one or two company directors for the whole season [Large Bang Theory Eastbound and Lower The Overall Game Generate An Income Met Your Mother Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia The League Louie Upon the market at 35 2 . 5 Males] were incorporated within the overall data, but aren't designated within the lists below. DGAs WORST OF Lists Following would be the shows using the worst records of employing ladies and minority company directors for that 2010-2011 television season: 9 SHOWS HIRED NO Ladies And NO MINORITY Company directors: Title (Production Company) Area of Episodes by Women or Minority Company directors: Bored to Dying (Cinemax) % Burn Notice (TVM Productions/Fox) % Curb Your Enthusiasm (Cinemax) % Fringe (Warner Bros.) % iCarly (Uptown Productions/MTV/Viacom) % Justified (Woodridge Productions/CPT Holdings/The new sony) % Leverage (Leverage Productions) % Victorious (Uptown Productions/MTV/Viacom) % Weeds (Weeds Productions) % 16 SHOWS HIRED WOMEN OR MINORITY Company directors FOR Less THAN 15% OF EPISODES: Title (Production Company) Percentage: House (NBC) 4% Work (NBC) 4% CSI (CBS) 5% Supernatural (NS Pictures) 5% Best Of Luck Charlie (Its fun Productions) 6% Military Spouses (ABC) 8% Boardwalk Empire (Cinemax) 9% Bones (Fox) 9% Cougar Town (FTP Productions/ABC) 9% Desperate Average women (ABC) 9% True Bloodstream (Cinemax) 10% Dark Blue (Horizon Scripted Television) 10% Castle (ABC) 13% NCIS (CBS) 13% Modern Family (Fox) 13% Gossip Girl (Warner Bros.) 14% The DGA noted that some series about the DGAs WORST OF lists demonstrated worrisome declines using their previous year employing designs. Burn Notice, House and Military Spouses hired women or minority company directors at considerably greater rates last year-2010 but unsuccessful to keep the diversity of the employing practices which are more recent television season. DGAs Better Of List Simultaneously, the next shows should be outlined for his or her more diverse employing records this year-2011: Implies That HIRED WOMEN OR MINORITY Company directors Not Less Than 30% OF EPISODES: Title (Production Company) Percentage: The Center (Warner Bros.) 63% Hung (Cinemax) 60% In Treatment (Cinemax) 54% 90210 (CBS) 45% Treme (Cinemax) 45% The Great Wife (CBS) 39% Drop Dead Diva (Woodridge Productions/CPT Holdings/The new sony) 38% CSI: NY (CBS) 36% Private Practice (ABC) 36% Rules of Engagement (Montrose Productions/CPT Holdings/The new sony) 35% Nurse Jackie (Nurse Productions/Lions Gate) 33% Greys Anatomy (ABC) 32% CSI: Miami (CBS) 32% In Plain Sight (NBC) 31% Mad Males (U.R.O.K. Productions/Lions Gate) 31% 30 Rock (NBC) 30% First-Year Series Even though DGA study didn't include shows whose first season of production happened throughout 2010-2011 within the WORST OF and finest OF lists above, the DGA feels that you should call focus on individuals implies that have previously showed unfavorable designs within their first season with the expectation that such attention can help encourage these series to think about more diverse employing practices later on. WORST OF First-Year Series Franklin & Party (Woodridge Productions/CPT Holdings/The new sony) % Hot in Cleveland (King Street) % Nikita (NS Pictures) % Teen Wolf (On-site Productions/MTV/Viacom) % Melissa and Joey (Prodco) 3% Raising Hope (Fox) 5% Breakout Nobleman (Fox) 8% Harrys Law (Bonanza Productions/Warner Bros.) 9% Hawaii Five- (Eye Productions/CBS) 13% Individually, the DGA congratulates the very first-year shows, outlined below, which have already shown dedication to diverse employing practices. Better Of First-Year Series Allows Stay Together (Breakdown Productions/Wager) 100% Shall We Be There Yet? (AWTY Productions) 86% Set of Nobleman (Its fun Productions) 50% The Walking Dead (Stalwart Films/Stu Segall Productions) 50% The Killing (Killing Productions/TVM Productions/Fox) 46% Body of Proof (Paige Productions/ABC) 33% Pretty Little Liars (Horizon Scripted Television) 33% Within the 2009-2010 television season, White males directed 75% from the episodes interviewed White women directed 11% of episodes minority males directed 12% of episodes and minority women directed 2% of episodes. As the figures continued to be static for White women this year-2011, the share of episodes directed by minority males dropped (from 12% to 11%) and also the area of episodes directed by minority women came by half (from 2% to at least onePercent). The data appear to show that in general, most production companies have shown little if any interest or effort in growing diversity within their employing practices from year upon year. Through the years, the Guilds Black, Asian, Latino and Womens Committees have held conferences as well as networking occasions with producers, systems and studio reps introducing gifted company directors to key producers and tv professionals. In the advocating from the Guild, several production companies established diversity programs concerned with the amount of ladies and minority company directors and provide them contact with executive producers yet others who hire. However, these diversity programs have borne disappointing results. It is not enough to simply give lip plan to the thought of growing diversity behind your camera, stated Paris Barclay, the DGAs First V . P . and Co-Chair from the Diversity Task Pressure from the DGA National Board. (Barclay also offered being an executive producer of In Treatment and it is presently a professional producer for Sons of Anarchy.) These programs are to date neglecting to meet their promise. So would go ahead and take discussion straight to folks on each show who result in the employing choices. The DGA discussed a brand new provision in the newest collective negotiating contracts, which required impact on This summer 1, that will let it meet directly with professionals accountable for employing in the individual show level. Since the Guild has completed its analysis of diversity employing practices in the newest television season, the Guild is arranging conferences with individual shows to deal with the issue. We're encouraging shows, production companies, and systems once they weigh in, to provide possibilities to up-and-coming company directors all skills, stated Lesli Linka Glatter, Board Member and Co-Chair from the Diversity Task Pressure from the DGA National Board. (Glatter won a DGA Award this past year for pointing a chapter of Mad Males and it is presently a co-executive producer for that Playboy Club.) Weve heard the excuses from individuals accountable for employing they shouldn't take a risk on the new director. But you the industry employs new company directors constantly its that many of them are whitened males. DGA statistics reveal that from the 130 first-time episodic company directors hired in calendar years 2009 and 2010, 78% were White males, 13% were White women, 7% were minority males and a pair ofPercent were minority women. Barclay added, The question each producer must request is, Am I the kind of person who makes excuses or takes action? The DGA put together the data with this report from information supplied by the development companies towards the DGA pursuant towards the needs from the collective negotiating agreement for episodes created throughout this years-2011 season, after which made its best effort to validate the data using the production companies directly by providing every production company the chance to examine its very own statistics. Some companies unsuccessful to ensure their statistics.

Superman: Man Of Steel moves to Chicago

Superman may have flapped his cape and flown away from Plano, Illinois but Zack Snyder's Man Of Steel has landed not too far away in Chicago.A local ABC7 news team has already visited the set (see footage below).However, according to eyewitnesses filming didn't take place today as the channel reported it would earlier in the morning."I talked to one of the crew guys, who said they're setting everything up tonight and tomorrow to start filming tomorrow for sure," user Charlie Allahverdi told the unofficial Superman: Man Of Steel Facebook fan group.He also confirmed there were "no celebs yet" on the set. Filming takes place in the Windy City for the next 10 days, then it's off to Vancouver to complete the shoot.The Chicago Board of Trade building will apparently make its second superhero movie appearance, doubling as the external view of the Daily Planet. It previously appeared as Wayne Tower in Batman Begins.Superman: Man Of Steel opens June 2013.

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Russell Armstrong's Family: He Was Murdered

Russell Armstrong Although Russell Armstrong's death was ruled a suicide by hanging, his family believes the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star was murdered."We want a murder investigation. We will do whatever is necessary to proceed," Armstrong's mother, John Ann Hotchkiss, tells Us Weekly. "The general consensus of everyone we know who loved and knew Russell [is that] he was murdered and there was a set-up."Real Housewives premiere confronts Russell Armstrong's suicide head onThe Los Angeles County Coroner's Office has already ruled out foul play in Armstrong's Aug. 15 death. No drugs or alcohol were found in his system either. He also did not leave behind a note.Hotchkiss admits her son was "feeling a little overwhelmed" with his financial issues, but she does not believe he would kill himself. "Russell was personable and warm and had a giving heart more than anyone I have ever known," she says. "He cared about people, and loved his children almost to a fault. Knowing him as a person and how he valued life, I don't think he would do this."While Hotchkiss blames the Bravo series for the collapse of Russell and Taylor's marriage, she says that "no one is accusing Bravo." "We think someone conspired to have him murdered and it is open as to who did it," she says.Lawyer: Russell Armstrong to be cremated, ashes to be dividedAs for the show's Season 2 premiere on Monday, Hotchkiss says it was a "total slap in the face" to her son and hopes that he won't be mentioned in future episodes, which Bravo is still re-editing."I don't want his name mentioned. I don't care how it affects the show," she says.

Coroner: No Drugs In Housewives Husbands Body

FIRST PUBLISHED: September 7, 2011 3:48 PM EDT LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Authorities say they did not find any drugs or alcohol in the system of Russell Armstrong, who appeared with his wife on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and killed himself weeks before the shows second season. A coroners report on Armstrongs death released Wednesday says there were no signs of foul play in the 47-year-olds death, which has been ruled a suicide. The venture capitalist left behind no suicide note. But the coroners report says he had been depressed about financial issues and problems with his estranged wife, Taylor. The new season of the Beverly Hills edition of Real Housewives premiered Monday. The marital problems between Russell and Taylor Armstrong were expected to be a major plot point before the businessmans suicide, but the show has been re-edited. Copyright 2011 by Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.