Alexander Skarsgrd approaching The East

Eco-terrorism drama The East looks to become collecting a few of the most popular youthful stars in Hollywood because of its leading roles. With Brit Marling already within the bag, Warmth Vision reviews that Alexander Skarsgård is within talks to accept male lead.The film follows the storyline of the female FBI agent who goes undercover to infiltrate several militant eco-players referred to as East. Skarsgård has been arranged to experience the group's leader, that has numerous dishonest companies on his hit list.Marling will have these given, and also the youthful actress has additionally co-written the script, just like she did on Sundance hit Seem Of My Voice. That film's director Zat Batmanglij can also be set to fill the director's chair this time around around.The film will probably be launched by Fox Searchlight (that was formerly the place to find Seem Of My Voice) with shooting set to start in Nashville in October.Skarsgård meanwhile provides extensive varied work to occupy his plate at the moment. He is able to soon be observed in Lars Von Trier's Melancholia and can appear alongside Julianne Moore and Steve Coogan in comedy drama What Maisie Understood. With another set of starring roles in approaching blockbusters Battleship and Hay Dogs, we'll be seeing more of him within the coming several weeks.

Ducoboo (L'eleve Ducobu)

An UGC Distribution discharge of a UGC presentation of the L'ensemble des Films du 24, UGC Images, TF1 Films Push., TF1 Droits Audiovisuels production, in colaboration with Canal Plus, Cinecinema. (Worldwide sales: TF1 Intl., Paris.) Created by Romain Rojtman. Directed by Philippe p Chauveron. Script, Marc p Chauveron, Philippe p Chauveron, in line with the comicbooks by Zidrou, Godi.With: Elie Semoun, Vincent Claude, Josephine p Meaux, Denis Podalydes, Juliette Chappey, Helena Noguerra.Every single day in school it's trick or cheat for that eponymous protag of "Ducoboo," the 11-year-old French rascal who commits all his brainpower to enhancing his cheating techniques. Scribe-switched-helmer Philippe p Chauveron ("La Beuze") adjusts Zidrou and Godi's popular gag-based comicbook right into a vibrantly colored, naturally flowing story including Ducoboo's arrival in a new school. Solid family entertainment is Gaul's fifth greatest local title of 2011, along with a follow up has already been within the works. Euro theatrical sales should follow within the actions from the similarly designed "Le petit Nicolas." Ducoboo (Vincent Claude, who co-starred in "Nicolas") is really a rotund boy inside a candy striped sweater who moves in across the street from the cleverest girl (Juliette Chappey) at his new school. While he copies her operate in inventive, undetectable ways, she sees Ducoboo as both rival and potential love interest. Their teacher, our prime-put up Mr. Letouche (Elie Semoun, doing his usual shtick), is the first one to doubt the kid's genius. Acting is usually broad, though Denis Podalydes, as Ducoboo's father, inserts a welcome note of human warmth. Vibrant tech package will get the total amount between realism and comicbook stylization perfect.Digital camera (color/B&W), Christophe Paturange editor, Sandro Lavezzi music, Marc Chouarain production designer, Denis Mercier costume designer, Christel Birot. Examined at Cine Paradise, Luxembourg, August. 2, 2011. Running time: 96 MIN. Contact Boyd van Hoeij at news@variety.com

The Eat Sheet: 15 Under-the-Radar Locales Where the Industry Dines Privately

The Emmy Season is off and running -- with the Oscar race not too far in the distance -- which makes for a deluge of parties, from intimate voter arm-twisting dinners to cast celebrations. Luckily, L.A. offers a slew of new and under-the-radar locales for each kind of affair, including a just-opened wine room straight out of Tuscany and a sexy tequila lounge serving some of the best Mexican food in town. BEST PLACE FOR AN AFTER-AFTERPARTY Ten Pound (£10) at theMontage Beverly Hills 225 N. Canon Drive, Beverly Hills | 310.860.7800 | montagebeverlyhills.com To get access, you need to pass muster with its gatekeeper, the hotel's Mark Hester, who approves guests for this mezzanine-level bar/restaurant. Offering space for just 35 guests, the two-month-old spot with a luxe British men's-club look was created in partnership with Krug champagne and Macallan scotch (Macallan's distillery is on the Scottish 10-pound note, hence the name). There are rare old scotches that run up to 60 grand a bottle, but a very good one can be had for about 10 pounds (about $16) per drink. The ice cubes are even made from imported Scottish highland water. Renting the space starts at $5,000. BEST PLACE TO HAVE YOUR FRIENDS CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR NOMINATION Ink 8360 Melrose Ave. | 323.651.5866 | mvink.com Michael Voltaggio -- the tattooed Top Chef season six winner -- is opening his long-awaited restaurant Ink in September in Michael Ovitz's old Kumo sushi space on Melrose. The main room, with moody gray walls and vintage industrial lighting, gives way to an intimate wine room for six to eight people. It can be booked for a prix fixe menu only, which will highlight Voltaggio's molecular-gastronomy food wizardry. We hear select pieces from Ovitz's art collection (he's an investor) will be hung there. Price details for the private room aren't finalized, but the omakase menu at the bar will run $125. BEST PLACE FOR A TRENDY YOUNG HOLLYWOOD DINNER Fig & Olive 8490 Melrose Place | 310.360.9100 | figandolive.com Since it opened in March, Fig & Olive has attracted the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio, Alex Pettyfer, Jerry Ferrara and all manner of stars looking for a good time. Despite its very decent Mediterranean food, it has turned into more of a party environment in which you also can have a meal. Women should not show up without a very short dress. There's a light-dappled patio terrace just off the dining room for up to 40 people, while upstairs there is a larger semi-private space with its own bar and a private side entrance (convenient for celebs) that seats 50 to 60. You can also buy out the whole restaurant, which holds up to 300 (an Emmy-night party is already booked). But beware of surly waiters -- they're good-looking and can get a little condescending. The restaurant, with dinner entrees ranging from $26 to $39, would not share the costs of renting the spaces. BEST PLACE FOR AGENCY ASSISTANTS TO SNEAK AWAY FROM AWARDS-SEASON HELL Picca 9575 W. Pico Blvd. | 310.277.0133 | piccaperu.com Tucked away on Pico just blocks from the agencies, two-month-old Picca has just added a mezzanine space (bookable for private parties of 40 to 50) that's already luring a young crowd for after-work drinks and bites. Chef Ricardo Zarate -- a foodie star known for his Peruvian eatery Mo-Chica, located in a hard-to-find food court near USC -- creates Latin-American dishes with Japanese influences, such as sushi served on delicately flavored lemon-and-pepper potato. There is no set cost to rent out the mezzanine, but the small (some very small) plates, $6 to $15, add up quickly. BEST PLACE TO GET DRUNK WHEN YOU KNOW YOU'RE NOT GOING TO WIN Red O 8155 Melrose Ave. | 323.655.5009 | redorestaurant.com At celebrity chef Rick Bayless' upscale Mexican restaurant, you have to walk through a glass-walled "tequila alley" -- with shelves lined with the 300 brands served here -- to get to the louche-looking lounge, which holds 25 to 40 people and costs $3,000-$6,000 to reserve. Casey Wasserman held his company's holiday party here last year, and DreamWorks hosted a small post-Oscar dinner in February. Bartender/mixologist (or "drink slinger," as he calls himself) Steve Calabro is an absolute fanatic for fresh ingredients, growing organic herbs for his mixed drinks in his home garden. Ask for one of his classic-style daiquiris. BEST PLACE FOR HARVEY WEINSTEIN TO INFLUENCE TASTEMAKERS Bouchon Bistro 235 N. Canon Drive, Beverly Hills | 310.271.9910 | bouchonbistro.com With its high-wattage celebrity chef/owner (Thomas Keller), gorgeous private rooms overlooking gardens and top-flight wine list (ICM's Chris Silbermann gives wine dinners here), there are few places that can impress a group as well as Bouchon. For the right customer (read: no-limits bank account), Keller will personally take care of diners in the 24-seat Escoffier room or the smaller 12-seat Champagne Salon, which comes with a private balcony. The food-and-beverage minimum for the former is $1,500, $1,000 for the latter. Among the high-powered bashes here were CAA's Emmy party last year and Jeffrey Katzenberg's Motion Picture & Television Fund Night Before the Oscars event. Simon Fuller also has hired chef de cuisine Rory Herrmann to cater dinners at his house. The best thing, Fuller says, are "the morning leftovers!" BEST PLACE FOR A FILMMAKER DINNER WHILE YOUR MOVIE IS PREMIERING IN HOLLYWOOD Osteria Mozza 6602 Melrose Ave. | 323.297.0100 | osteriamozza.com During last year's AFI fest, the cast of Barney's Version (along with associated execs and agents) snuck away to Mozza's 23-person private room for a small dinner before heading to the official afterparty. What else are you gonna do when you've already seen the film a dozen times? This space -- many people don't even know it exists -- is off the restaurant's pizzeria doorway, and it shares a wall with the main restaurant's dining room. Event planners praise the versatile menu, which Mozza deftly reworks for special occasions. Ask chef Nancy Silverton to do a complete tasting of her mozzarella dishes. Minimum cost to reserve it on weekends is $2,000; weekdays start at $1,500. BEST PLACE FOR SCORSESE TO FETE THE BOARDWALK EMPIRE CAST Il Covo 8706 W. 3rd St. | 310.858.0020 | ilcovo.com This new Italian restaurant's private dining room calls to mind a Tuscan wine cellar -- if it were on a second floor and had full-length doors that overlooked a patio garden. Owner Sean MacPherson (a creator of Swingers in L.A. and the Bowery Hotel in New York) took over and remodeled the old Orso space for his latest venture. Located at the top of an exterior staircase next to the restaurant's entrance, the still-under-the-radar private room is dominated by three farmhouse tables that can seat 40 with three- and four-course prix fixe menu options ($50 and $80). The restaurant specializes in Italian wines -- have a glass of the Fiano di Avellino to start, or spring for a bottle of Brunello di Montalcino. BEST PLACE TO HAVE A CAMPAIGN DINNER THE ACADEMY WON'T HEAR ABOUT SAAM at the Bazaar 465 S. La Cienega Blvd. | 310.246.5545 | thebazaar.com Most people don't get far enough past the kitschy assault of Philippe Starck's designs for the SLS Hotel's Bazaar restaurant to find this gorgeous hidden room off the hallway leading to the bathrooms. The room, which seats 45 for dinner, has a masculine feel thanks to leather banquettes and amber lighting. Cutting-edge chef Jose Andres' tasting menus -- dishes include hot-and-cold foie gras soup and Iberian ham with caviar -- start at $120 a person, and the wine list is filled with rare Spanish and Hungarian offerings. Among the events here: Christina Aguilera's 30th birthday party with a Clockwork Orange theme, a private True Blood dinner and an NBC affair hosted by Bob Greenblatt during the Television Critics Association tour. THE MAINSTAYS: Where the Industry Gets Comfortable Soho House: Love the views, the beautiful-people watching and the clubby, living-room feel of the private rooms. The food is just so-so (on a good night), but for those who like to be seen, it doesn't matter. Cecconi's: One of the prettiest rooms in town with its large Damien Hirst "Butterfly" painting. And it's quiet: The noise from the restaurant doesn't bleed into the private dining room. Spago: There's a reason for Spago's continued success: No event planner ever has been fired for choosing its private room. It might seem old-school, but the public loves the tuna cones and salmon pizzas. Sunset Tower Hotel: With knockout views from its pool veranda, the hotel -- and its celeb-packed Tower Bar restaurant -- is the setting for the likes of Vanity Fair's Oscar-night party and CAA's Golden Globes postparty. Chateau Marmont: You can't beat the cachet of the hotel's Room 64. The sixth-floor suite with its massive deck could use a remodel, but the history -- Jim Morrison allegedly hung from the handrails -- and view more than make up for it. The London: The 10th-floor space is big (it holds 350) with a massive view that stretches from downtown to Catalina. There are not many places where you could have a rooftop BBQ at a wedding reception with Gordon Ramsay's crew overseeing the cooking. Related Topics Restaurants Dining

Box Office Preview: 'The Help' Eyes No. 1

Vampires, kids with scratch-and-sniff cards and barbarians in 3D invade the domestic box office this weekend as a slew of films enter a crowded marketplace in a late summer melee.our editor recommendsThe Help: Film ReviewFright Night: Film Review PHOTOS: How 'The Help' Was Cast Surprisingly, odds are on The Help to beat them all and come in No. 1 in its second weekend of play after opening to No. 2 last weekend--an unusual feat also accomplished by sleeper hit The Blind Side. The Help has come in No. 1 every day this week. The four new entries also will have to compete with holdover Rise of the Planet of the Apes, particularly Lionsgate and Nu Image/Millennium's big-budget Conan the Barbarian and DreamWorks' Colin Farrell-Anton Yelchin remake Fright Night, which will vie with Apes for male attention. PHOTOS: The Evolution of Film Vampires The other two new titles are Robert Rodriguez's Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D, from Weinstein Co./Dimension, and Focus Features' Anne Hathaway-Jim Sturgess romantic drama One Day, based on the best-selling British novel by David Nicholls. From DreamWorks and Participant Media, The Help is projected to gross roughly $18 million for the weekend (its cume through Wednesday was $47.8 million). The Help is likely to take some females away from One Day, produced by Focus and Random House. FILM REVIEW: One Day One Day is opening in a modest 1,719 theaters, and will be pleased with a weekend gross of anything over $6 million, since the Focus and Random House-produced film cost under $20 million to make and was financed through foreign presales. Focus and Universal kept distribution rights in the U.K., where the book has a huge following and the movie opens Aug. 24. The cross-promotion between the film and the book has propelled One Day-about two friends who met every year for a romantic tryst-to No. 3 on The New York Times bestseller list. FILM REVIEW: Fright Night Women also are showing interest in DreamWorks' Colin Farrell-Anton Yelchin remake Fright Night, about a vampire that moves in next door to a teenager. The pic-drawing the best reviews of any of the new films-also stars Toni Collette. But tracking has been sluggish for Craig Gillespie's Fright Night. Projections show the film grossing in the $12 million to $13 million range for the weekend, slightly behind Conan the Barbarian, which also has been tracking softer than expected. FILM REVIEW: Conan the Barbarian The big difference: Fright Night cost under $20 million to produce, while Conan cost north of $70 million. Avi Lerner's Millennium Films fully financed Conan, which opens nearly 30 years after Arnold Schwarzenegger's Conan the Barbarian played in theaters. Fright Night, a remake of the 1985 campy classic, director Marcus Nispel's Conan the Barbarian and Spy Kids: All the Time in the World are all being released in 3D, meaning a deluge (Fright Night launches at 9 p.m. on Thursday night in 1,700 to 1,800 3D theaters across the country). The fourth installment in the Spy Kids franchise is resurrecting a long-ago cinema trick: Aroma-scope, whereby a number flashes on the screen, and moviegoers scratch the corresponding number on the card they are given. In 2003, Spy Kids 3D: Game Over successfully ushered in the modern-day 3D movement, opening to a stellar $33.4 million. All the Time In the World is bringing its own trick to the table, but is expected to gross far less. Part of the reason is that kids are already beginning to go back to school (Spy Kids: Game Over opened in July). VIDEO: 'Spy Kids 4': Watch the New Trailer with Jessica Alba and Ricky Gervais as a Talking Dog Family tracking is notoriously hard to read, but box office observers believe All the Time in the World could gross anywhere in the $10 million to $15 million range. The Weinstein would be pleased with $10 million or more. Sony's surprise hit Smurfs is a ding for Spy Kids, with Smurfs predicted to earn as much as $9 million this weekend, its fourth outing. Rise of the Apes, which came in No. 1 the past two weekends, and could come in No. 2 this weekend, ahead of the four new films. Through Wednesday, the pic's domestic cume was $115 million; Smurfs has earned $108.2 million domestically. Related Topics Box Office Conan the Barbarian The Help Fright Night One Day

Amber Tamblyn & David Mix Engaged

FIRST Released: August 17, 2011 5:14 PM EDT La, Calif. -- Amber Tamblyn and longtime boyfriend David Mix have wedding alarms within their future. A repetition for that former Joan of Arcadia and also the Sisterhood from the Traveling Pants star confirmed to gain access to Hollywood that they is engaged towards the actor-comedian, 47, most widely known for his Tobias Funke role on cult sitcom Arrested Development. The pair has yet to announce a marriage date or other particulars surrounding their engagement. Amber, 28, was last seen about the giant screen in 127 Hrs with James Franco. David given his voice abilities to Kung Fu Panda 2 this year and can reprise his Chipmunk role for any third amount of time in Alvin and also the Chipmunks: Nick-Wrecked, slated hitting theaters on December 16. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All privileges reserved.These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Daniel Radcliffe Horror Movie 'The Lady in Black' Teaser Trailer Hits (Video)

CBS Films CBS Films just revealed the teaser trailer for that Lady in Black, with different 1983 book by Susan Hill. (It was initially modified in 1989). The brand new movie sees Daniel Radcliffe like a youthful lawyer who travels to some remote village where he finds out the vengeful ghost of the scorned lady is terrorizing the local people. Ciaran Hinds and Jesse McTeer co -star and also the script by Jane Goldman, who co-authored X-Males: Top Class and Kick-Ass. It opens Feb 3rd. The film appears properly British and nicely creepy. Daniel Radcliffe

Disney wants Mark Romanek to direct new version of Cinderella

Disney has set its sights on Mark Romanek to direct their upcoming Cinderella 'reimagining'.The studio is after the Never Let Me Go helmer for the project, which is based on the script by Aline Brosh McKenna (The Devil Wears Prada, Morning Glory) which was snapped up for seven figures last year.This new version of the story apparently sees the prince set up for a "politically arranged marriage" before falling for Cinders. It's not currently clear what era this take is set in.Romanek's tearjerking Never Let Me Go fared disappointingly at the box office, so it'll be interesting to see what he does with a more commercial project.He previously directed eerie Robin Williams thriller One Hour Photo, and made a name for himself shooting music videos like Johnny Cash's 'Hurt' and Nine Inch Nails' 'Closer'.Fairytales, you may have noticed, are all the rage at the moment, with Disney also prepping a Snow White reboot (The Order Of The Seven) to go up against rival projects Snow White And The Huntsman and Tarsem Singh's Untitled Snow White Project.There's also the matter of Maleficent, the new take on the Sleeping Beauty villainess that once had Tim Burton attached, that's also loitering around in pre-production.And let's not forget the Cinderella story also got a revision some years ago courtesy of Drew Barrymore vehicle Ever After...According to Deadline, Romanek is moving towards a deal. If he signs on, expect Cinderella to become a priority for the studio.

Kid senshi Z Gandamu III Hoshi no kod wa ai

Conflict between the AEUG and the Titans has escalated to the breaking point. And to make matters worse, Axis has arrived. Faced with two ghosts of the one year war, Camille is left in the middle of a power struggle that is bound to take no prisoners. And with Gryps 2 finally complete, the body count on all sides is sure to pile up.