'Last Exorcism' Sequel in the Works with Writer Damien Chazelle (Exclusive)

Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for IFP The producers of The Last Exorcism are moving ahead with a sequel, tapping writerDamien Chazelle to write the follow-up to the surprise summer 2010 hit. The PG-13Exorcism, from production company Strike Entertainment (Children of Men) and directed byDaniel Stamm,grossed $62.5 million worldwide on a budget of $1.6 million. The found-footage Lionsgate release was written byAndrew GurlandandHuck Botko. A sequel was probably a given considering the profitability of the first film. Studio Canal is financing the follow-up and production is slated to begin this fall. Exorcism centered on an Evangelical preacher, played by Patrick Fabian, who, after years of performing exorcisms, decides to allow a documentary crew to film the last exorcism he plans to perform, in order to show his work is a fraud. Chazelle has been busy as of late: the writer-director has also sold Grand Piano, a thriller spec, to Adrian Guerra.Guerra produced Buried, the 2010 Ryan Reynolds-starring thriller.Eugenio Mira-- who helmed the Spanish romantic thriller Agnosia -- is attached to direct Piano, described as a Hitchcockian thriller about a classical pianist. Chazelle, 25, turned his Harvard University senior thesis -- a musical entitled Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench -- into a feature that debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2009. The film, which was directed by Chazelle, was released in November by Variance Films. Chazelle's first spec script, The Claim, was acquired by Route One in October. The thriller, which was featured on the 2010 Black List, centers on a single father in search of his kidnapped daughter; he must contend with a couple who claims the child is their daughter. Chazelle is represented by Gersh; he is managedby Gary Ungar and Tyler Ruggeri of Exile Entertainment and his attorney is Don Steele ofHansen Jacobson Teller Hoberman Newman Warren & Richman LLP. Email: Daniel.Miller@THR.com Twitter: @DanielNMiller The Last Exorcism

Seth Eco-friendly to Star Opposite Lou Taylor Pucci in 'The Story of Luke'

Seth Eco-friendly continues to be cast opposite Lou Taylor Pucci within the Story of Luke.our editor recommendsSeth Eco-friendly, Michelle Trachtenberg Join Indie 'Sexy Evil Genius' The Fluid Film and DViant Film drama involves a youthful, autistic guy Luke (Pucci) who's hunting for a job along with a lady. Eco-friendly will have Zach, who plays an instrumental role in training Luke in the journey. True Bloodstream actress Kristin Bauer and Cary Elwes co-star. Filming starts this month in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario. Alonso Mayo authored and can make his directorial debut using the Story of Luke, according to Mayo's documentary Much Like Anybody and the encounters his mother's educational and rehab school in Lima, Peru. The film is going to be created by Nina Leidensdorff, Fred Roos and Julien Favre. Eco-friendly lately wrapped Sexy Evil Genius and it is up for 3 Emmys for Robot Chicken. He's repped by Koopman Management and UTA. Related Subjects Seth Eco-friendly

First picture of Dwayne Manley as Roadblock in G.I. Joe 2

The Dark Dark night Increases, The Avengers and Superman: Guy Of Steel all have armies of fans posting photos and YouTube videos in the shoots. With G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation this is an inside job, as Dwayne 'The Rock' Manley tweets a picture of themself from his first day's shooting.Director Jon M. Chu (Attacking Young Boys: Never Say Never- no, really) has had his cast to New Orleans and based on Manley it's pretty hot there at this time.Inchfirst day's shooting. 110 levels. Take It,Inch may be the simple messageThe Individuals Championposted using the image.Manley plays Roadblock inside a film which stars Channing Tatum, Ray Park and Walton Goggins.G.I. Joe: Retaliation opens in america on 29 June 2012 having a United kingdom release date still to become introduced.

'Playing With Guns' Not Moving Forward At Comedy Central Will It Cheat Dying Again?

Comedy Central has transpired about the pilot Having Fun With Guns. This is actually the second time the College Pictures/Lionsgate TV project about two pals-switched-cops finds itself for the reason that position. This past year, it visited pilot at Spike TV but wasn't acquired to series. Then early this season, Spike's sister Viacom network, Comedy Central, greenlighted to pilot a retooled version from the show with Ethan Suplee joining original star Danny Masterson because the second lead. Having Fun With Guns was among three aircraft pilots in thinking in the network, together with The Nick Show Kroll as well as an untitled series starring MadTV alum Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele. The final two were acquired to series recently.

David Bohrman Named Leader of Current TV

David Bohrman continues to be named leader of Current TV, effective immediately.our editor recommendsAl Gore Jams News Corp, Accuses It of Forcing Sky Italia to decrease Current TV for Employing OlbermannCurrent TV Announces New Shows Not Featuring Keith Olbermann The CNN, ABC and NBC vet will oversee the network's new programming division. Bohrman was instrumental in CNN's election coverage - getting pregnant John King's "miracle wall" as well as other social networking initiatives. He'll lead election coverage at Current, that has been important for that network since bringingKeith Olbermann onboard. Bohrman works carefully with Olbermann in addition to network co-founders Joel Hyatt and former V . P . Al Gore. He'll relocate from Washington, D.C. and will also be located in New You are able to - where Olbermann's Countdown shoots - in addition to Current corporate headquarters in Bay Area. VIDEO: Keith Olbermann's Famous Feuds "Current's mission happens to be to shine an easy on important issues, to spark debate and also to speak truth to energy. Captured, we advanced this mission whenever we introduced Keith Olbermann to Current and clearly mentioned our intent to become a truly independent, conflict-free, progressive voice in news reports and political commentary arena," Gore stated inside a statement. "David Bohrman passionately shares our vision. He's innovation in the DNA, and that he has got the unique qualifications and associations to consider Current to another level in programming and production. I greatly admire David's excellent work, his integrity, his drive and the consistent history of innovation. He'll be a significant leader for Current, and Joel and that i are proud to possess David come along within this exciting venture." STORY: Keith Olbermann Breaks Silence On MSNBC Exit Could Earn $100M at Current TV Within the last decade, Bohrman was CNN's senior v . p . of programming and Washington, D.C. bureau chief. As well as in May of the year, he grew to become CNN's senior vice president and chief innovation officer. "Re-determining media in an enormous amount of consolidation requires some game-altering measures," states Hyatt. "Getting Keith Olbermann join Current was a game title-changer. Whenever we searched for world-class leadership within the programming, production and digital areas, David Bohrman's title emerged repeatedly. Al but that society needs, and audiences want, programming that provides a lot more than seem bites. People want a reason, they need context, they need understanding. Plus they want tools which get them involved in creating a difference about issues they are concerned about. David is extremely skilled in getting information and obvious-eyed analysis on important matters to multiple screens. And no-one can touch David if this involves developing innovative methods to tap the zeitgeist and obtain audiences submerged and involved." "There's been a profound change in media landscape when it comes to what's being covered, what it is being covered and just how audiences wish to consume it," adds Bohrman. "Individuals people within the media business possess a responsibility you may anticipate what audiences would like, and that we must constantly reinvent the medium. Today as part of your, I believe audiences demand intelligent discourse rather than shouting. They need a method to participate the discourse rather than being passive outsiders. I've been watching what Al and Joel and Keith happen to be doing at Current, but that Current includes a real chance to become a truly vital medium for any new variety of savvy, intelligent audiences. I am very vitalized and inspired with this chance to utilize these phones establish Current like a significant and influential voice in news reports and political commentary arena." Related Subjects Hirings-firings

Danny McBride on 30 Minutes or Less, Getting Over Your Highness, and How to Act During a Lap Dance

Danny McBride returns to theaters this week in 30 Minutes or Less, an action-tinged “double-buddy” comedy featuring McBride as Dwayne, the hapless mastermind of a plot to strap a bomb to a kidnapped pizza deliveryman (Jesse Eisenberg) and give him mere hours to procure more than $100,000. Director Ruben Fleischer’s film then parallels the stories of Dwayne and his partner in crime (Nick Swardson) alongside that of the deliveryman and his own best friend (Aziz Ansari), whom he desperately enlists to help rob a bank. Much R-rated criminal hilarity and male bonding ensue, and it couldn’t come soon enough for McBride, whose high-stakes writing-starring effort Your Highness performed miserably last spring despite the credentials of director David Gordon Green and co-stars James Franco and Natalie Portman. 30 Minutes or Less also arrives between sessions of McBride’s cult-favorite HBO series Eastbound and Down, which will close out its run with forthcoming third season. Movieline caught up with McBride recently to talk over his 30 Minutes future, his Your Highness past and what his earliest character might be up to 10 years after his debut in Green’s All the Real Girls. You know, when I saw this, I wasn’t sure what to think about Dwayne. He’s a bad guy, but he’s… not? Sort of? What appealed to you about him? I got the script sent to me, and I really liked the idea that it is a buddy comedy, but it explores the buddy comedy from both sides of the moral compass. There’s the good guys and the bad guys, and you see the dynamic between the friendships on both sides. I thought it was interesting. Comedically, I thought it would be interesting for audiences, too. Usually you’d just be following Jesse and Aziz’s characters, and the bad guys would juts kind of show up when they need to and be evil, and that’s that. I like that even amongst the bad guys, Nick’s character kind of has more of a conscience about what they’re doing. It just opens up the villain role in a couple of places where you can dip and dive. If we look at this as a double buddy comedy, how does it affect you and Nick to not really know at any given time what Jesse and Aziz were up to in their scenes? It is tricky, because on a lot of our days, Nick and I would work, and Jesse and Aziz were off, and vice-versa. So the movie just becomes what we’re trying to do to us, you know what I mean? That’s what’s so cool about watching the finished product: It’s awesome to see what Jesse and Aziz were doing the whole time. “Oh, so when you’re sitting in the van, that’s what was happening before that.” That was interesting. I think Aziz and I share maybe three seconds of screen time. Even when Jesse was there, it was only a few minutes that we really shared onscreen with him. It was very much so for Nick and I that we focused on it as just these guys’ story and that’s that. Were you ever bitter that you couldn’t work more with Aziz? I love Aziz, so I would obviously love to have as much working time as I could. This was like our Heat — this was De Niro and Pacino, barely meeting in a caf. There’ll be rumors as to if we were even there on each other’s day of coverage. Exactly! Of course Ruben has cited Heat — especially its bank robbery — as an influence for this film. Was that influence apparent on the set? It was. I’m a big fan of Ruben’s work. I remember hearing the idea for Zombieland and thinking, “Oh, that’s interesting. I thought Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg and Nick Frost kind of cracked the comedic version of the zombie movie [with Shaun of the Dead]. But then you see Ruben’s version of it, and it’s totally different and fresh and works great. And so I knew right away that Ruben was going to be capable of blending action and comedy in this film together, which is a tricky thing to do. But with this script, when I first met with him, his points of reference were things like Dog Day Afternoon, Heat, The French Connection — and that, to me, was a really cool angle to be taking on this sort of story. How does one act while receiving a lap dance? I get really weird with any shit that is sexual like that. Like, I have a wife, and she hates me doing this kind of stuff. She doesn’t dig it at all. It’s also just awkward: You don’t know this person, the whole crew is standing around watching you, you just gave your wedding ring to the prop guy, and you’re just like, “Why am I doing this?” So I feel like it’s always a little awkward. But you’ve got to do what you’ve got to do. At the end of the day it’s not really torture or anything. But even kissing scenes, I’m always nervous the day before. I’m like, [whispers to self] “Oh, fuck, I’ve got to kiss this girl in front of all these people.” I guess I’m curious how you did it? How long did it take? I just sat there and let the scene unfold. I think they covered that whole lap dance in the morning, and then you’re on to the rest of the day. Is there anything erotic about it at all in the moment? I mean, it’s a real lap dance! I’m sure there are people [for whom] it is, but for me, no. It feels like work, and it feels fucking super awkward. [Laughs]

Summer's Sexiest Women: Freida Pinto of 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes'

Freida Pinto, the stunningly beautiful Indian actress who very quickly got our attention (and everyone else's, apparently) in 2008's 'Slumdog Millionaire,' has, thankfully, decided to stick around in Hollywood. Today, she can be seen in 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes,' and in a few short months we'll see her again in 'Immortals.' Freida seems like the genuine article: She's quite nice, very talented, seemingly effortlessly charming and, of course, completely gorgeous. We look forward to seeing more and more of her in the years to come. Now, as part our ongoing Summer's Sexiest Women series (see: Natalie Portman, Penelope Cruz, the lovely ladies of 'X-Men,' Blake Lively, Megan Fox and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Rosario Dawson, Mila Kunis, Olivia Wilde), we present you with a photo gallery of Freida at her finest, followed by a video collection of some of her sexiest work. Summer's Sexiest Women: Freida Pinto (Click image at left to enlarge.) Here's a short news report on Freida's upcoming love scene in 'Immortals' with Henry Cavill, plus a nice photo montage as well. Freida did a photo shoot for Harper's Bazaar: And here she is in some silk lingerie for a music video: And here are the trailers for Freida's two upcoming films, 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes' and 'Immortals': Top image credit: Tally Weijl / GQ / Everett Collection.

Relax, Everybody: Michael Patrick King Isn't Creating a Sex and also the City Prequel

There’s been an awful rumor circulating around Hollywood yesteryear couple of days that the Sex and also the City prequel is incorporated in the works together with Blake Lively, Selena Gomez, Emma Roberts and Elizabeth Olsen within the lead roles. About this: the series’s executive producer Michael Patrick King taken care of immediately the gossips and hang the record straight. While responding to questions throughout this mid-day’s Television Experts Association summer time press tour for his new CBS series 2 Broke Women, King required a minute to deal with the SATC gossip: “I’m not focusing on any Sex and also the City prequel whatsoever. I haven’t read Candace’s Bushnell’s books… My Barbara Bradshaw began at 33 and that i required her to 43 — I don’t even need to know who Barbara Bradshaw’s parents are… the thought of going backward, making her less developed, is one thing will be able to’t even imagine doing. I've no link with the prequel.” Less than the definitive, “No you will ever pressure a Sex and also the City prequel upon you!” declaration you might have wished for, but considering the fact that King authored and created both 2008’s Sex and also the City (which made $415.two million worldwide) and 2010’s Sex and also the City 2 (which made $288.3 million worldwide), take this statement of the same quality news. · Michael Patrick King Not Doing ‘Sex And Also The City’ Prequel [Deadline]