Stuntman Dies round the Number of 'The Expendables 2'

A tough week for Sylvester Stallone got much worse: Deadline reviews the stuntman round the Bulgaria number of 'The Expendables 2' has died after an action scene gone awry another stuntman is at critical condition. The accident apparently happened after 7 p.m. local time on Thursday evening and involved the second unit team Stallone and director Simon West were shooting two-and-a-half several hours away inside the Bulgarian village Bansko. The stunt happened within the Bulgarian reservoir Ognyanovo. Local information considering the incident. "It's with great regret that individuals confirm this unfortunate accident," 'Expendables 2' production company Nu Image/Millennium Films mentioned in the statement. "Our hearts visit the families and people round the production influenced with this tragedy. The filmmakers works carefully while using government physiques in responding to and considering this accident." Stallone received fire this year's week each time a suit was filed in NY proclaiming he stole the idea for your first 'Expendables' from another film author. The knowledge star appeared to become recently cast in 'The Tomb.' 'The Expendables 2,' with Stallone, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Chuck Norris, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren, Jason Statham, Jet Li and Liam Hemsworth, remains set to achieve in theaters next summer season. [via Deadline] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook RELATED

Shane Meadows Making Stone Roses Film

We need him to tell us what's going downAfter an acrimonious decade or so, '90s indie kings The Stone Roses have put aside their differences and announced a series of comeback gigs. There was a certain amount of speculation last week as to why Shane Meadows was lurking at the press conference, but now we know: Meadows has been commissioned to make a film about the Stone Roses' return. He's going to show us a vision, a wild apparition, that sings to the depths of our souls. Or something.For our younger readers, The Stone Roses - singer Ian Brown, guitar hero John Squire, bassist Mani and drummer Reni - slouched to the top of the indie charts in the late '80s, with a self-titled debut album and infectiously groovy singles like Elephant Stone, She Bangs the Drums, and the quintessential Fool's Gold. They were at the vanguard of Madchester, although a bitter dispute with their record label Silvertone (which at one point saw the band trashing the Silvertone offices with paint) meant they effectively sat out the whole scene. They eventually resurfaced in 1994 for the Second Coming LP, but half the band quit during the ensuing tour.Time and potential earnings can heal a lot of rifts though, and the fact that ticket sales for the comeback gigs in the hour they first became available were somewhere in the region of £20m, suggests that the Roses have good reason to be nice to each other for a while. But if Meadows, making his documentary debut, is given all-areas access and final cut, there's every chance that we'll see some interesting behind-the-scenes drama. There's also the angle that the band were always notoriously awful live... We're sure they'll carry on through it all.The Sheffield and London-based Warp Films are behind the production. Appropriate that, since not only does their resume include music documentaries (The Arctic Monkeys; the All Tomorrow's Parties festival), but they also brought us Meadows' Dead Man's Shoes and This Is England. Away from fractious baggy bands, Meadows is also currently working on further This Is England series' for TV: This Is England '88 and '90 will follow last year's '86.

Componen, Lovefilm ink German pact

BERLIN -- Vital Pictures has inked a multi-year content deal for Germany with Lovefilm, Europe's leading online entertainment subscription service.The agreement provides Lovefilm clients in Germany exclusive streaming utilization of Vital game game titles throughout the initial subscription TV window beginning this fall.The sale means Lovefilm people in Germany will obtain access to Paramount's approaching game game titles before almost every other pay TV provider inside the territory, including such films since the Coen Brothers' "True Grit," J.J. Abrams' sci-fi thriller "Super 8" and Michael Bay's "Transformers: Dark in the Moon." Clients will have a way to right away stream all Paramount's new and future releases with the Lovefilm Player, either on PC, via in-home connected living room items or on PlayStation3.Later this year, German individuals will even be capable of watch films instantly using the Xbox 360 360 360.It the newest content agreement to boost Lovefilm's European offering and follows other recent deals, including first subscription pacts inside the U.K. with eOne and Studiocanal. Contact Erection dysfunction Meza at staff@variety.com

Zynga Eyes November IPO (Report)

NY - Social gaming giant Zynga, the organization behind such Facebook games as CityVille, FarmVille and Social City, is likely to cost its initial public offering and also have its shares buying and selling a few days before Thanksgiving on November 24, Reuters reported, stating sources briefed around the plans. It stated though the IPO plan is not completed and may change based on such factors as market trends. Fellow dotcom company Groupon, for instance, hopes to cost its shares at the begining of November. That will result in the online coupon firm the very first major IPO since an industry slump that began this summer time, meaning it might be a test situation for future choices, including Zynga's. Reuters stated Zynga is searching to begin its IPO marketing efforts, referred to as road show, right after Groupon's stock exchange debut. Zynga this summer time declared an IPO searching to boost around $1 billion. However, among the summer time's market turmoil, a slew of IPOs happen to be postponed, while some were scrapped. Earlier this year, Zynga revealed inside a regulating filing that it'll trade on Nasdaq under ticker symbol "ZNGA." Email: Georg.Szalai@thr.com Twitter: @georgszalai Related Subjects Zynga

E! Utilizes ABC Professional Kevin Plunkett to supervise Scripted Programming

E! finds itself a scripted chief in Kevin Plunkett.our editor recommendsE! Network to pass through 'Brand Audit' Under NBCU's Bonnie Hammer (Exclusive) The first sort SVP of comedy development at ABC Art galleries remains named senior v . p . of scripted programming within the network most broadly known for your Kardashians' reality fare. "It is extremely exciting for individuals at E! to use this new programming genre, which we understand that Kevin might be the best person to steer the charge," mentioned the cable network's entertainment programming leader Lisa Berger from the executive whose credits include Scrubs, Cougar Town, Samantha Who and Happy Being. "He's both experience as well as the creative vision that will help us establish making a great scripted programming initiative that's exclusively personalized to draw in the E! audience." The move utilizes a several days-extended search, which E!'s lately installed leader Suzanne Kolb remains set on filling since she was hired within this summer time. Several days earlier, NBCU cable entertainment and cable art galleries' Bonnie Hammer confirmed for the Hollywood Reporter they will probably be pushing the network into the scripted drama space over the following two to three years. "Clearly we execute a ton at USA and Syfy, and E! happens,Inch she mentioned, watching that "E! will not become Syfy or USA." As THR first reported, the network remains dealing with what Hammer dubs a "brand audit," much the means by which her USA did seven years earlier. "I'd condition that E! is definitely an empty book at this time around if this involves where we go," she told THR of her intend to determine just what the female-leaning network is -- and perhaps more poignantly, may be last spring. "E! is very good at this time around it is not broken at all, shape or form. Nevertheless the goal is always to triggered by E! that which you did to USA within the last seven years: children a effective funnel and possess it really completely use.In . Related Subjects E! Entertainment

Tough battle for SAG-AFTRA merger plan

Plans to merge Hollywood's two biggest performer unions appear likely to face some significant opposition --based on a pair of advisory motions approved Sunday at the Screen Actors Guild's national membership meeting. Leaders of SAG and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists have continued targeting January for completing a final proposal. SAG and AFTRA issued a joint statement Wednesday, a day after a five-day meeting concluded, asserting that the confab had been ''remarkably productive.'' But most of the 180 attending SAG's member meeting Sunday indicated opposition to a merger, sources said. The event, held at SAG headquarters in the mid-Wilshire area, was open only to guild members. One advisory motion to the national board specified that a minority report be included in the merger referendum regardless of the vote of the board. Another advisory motion required that the board adhere to the three-decade-old Phase 1 agreement, which requires both unions to perform a feasibility study regarding the SAG pension and health plans prior to a merger vote. The SAG plans -- which recently announced tightened eligibility requirements -- are operated independently of SAG with oversight from reps of the guild and the congloms Merger advocates have asserted that the combined unions will have more clout. Sources also said that SAG Treasurer Amy Aquino told that audience that the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers -- which serves as the congloms' bargaining arm and hasn't taken an official position -- does not want SAG and AFTRA to merge. ''They are afraid of a merger,'' Aquino said. SAG president Ken Howard -- who has been a strong advocate of merger -- presided over the meeting. Along with Aquino, national VPs Ned Vaughn, Mike Hodge and David Hartley-Margolin were on the dais along with SAG national exec director David White and general counsel Duncan Crabtree-Ireland. SAG and AFTRA have disclosed only general details about the substance of discussions to hammer out a merger plan. Proponents have argued that a combined union would be more powerful and remove jurisdictional overlaps. Opponents have contended that the new union should be for actors only but SAG voters have been backing pro-merger candidates overwhelmingly in recent elections. Should the proposal be approved in January by the national boards, members could be asked to vote by next spring in a contest that would require 60% of those voting in each union to approve. SAG currently has about 120,000 members while AFTRA has about 70,000 with about 45,000 performers belonging to both unions. SAG members voted down merger proposals in 1999 and 2003. Contact Dave McNary at dave.mcnary@variety.com

Producers Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall Near Deal to Move From Sony to DreamWorks (Exclusive)

In a move that is both logical and somewhat surprising, the Kennedy/Marshall production company has left Sony Pictures and is negotiating a first-look deal with DreamWorks. The company headed by prolific producers Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall departs Sony after two years without a greenlight from the studio. The move to DreamWorks reunites the husband-and-wife team with their longtime associates, Steven Spielberg and DreamWorks CEO Stacey Snider. "It's nice to be home again," Marshall tells The Hollywood Reporter. What's unexpected is that DreamWorks, which has been operating under tight financial constraints, is making a production deal. In a recent interview, Snider told THR that the company's chief financial backer, India's Reliance, is giving DreamWorks "real" and "absolute" support. But she acknowledged that the company has cut back on buying scripts, describing that as "prudent management." Given Kennedy/Marshall's track record, the move also is a sign of the difficult times facing film producers. Though many projects were offered, Marshall acknowledges, "We didn't bring them a movie they wanted to make." Kennedy is the producer on Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintin and War Horse, which will be released on Dec. 25. She is also producing his next film, Lincoln, set for a December 2012 release, and she is likely to take on the director's Robopocalypse. Marshall is working on The Bourne Legacy for Universal, which is set to hit theaters in August 2012. Kennedy and Marshall have worked with Spielberg for decades on such signature films as Raiders of the Lost Ark, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Jurassic Park and Schindler's List. Email: Kim.Masters@thr.com Twitter: @KimMasters Related Topics Steven Spielberg Kathleen Kennedy Dreamworks Studios