Disney Buys Max Landis' Latest

Chronicle author sells adventure picIt must feel very good to become Max Landis at the moment. Besides he have buzzed-about script Chronicle set hitting movie theaters the following month, but he's been winning one much talked about writing job to another and selling pitches like they include coupons for world domination attached. Now Disney may be the latest studio to snap up among his ideas, nabbing a brand new adventure pic.As the title remains a mysterious (or has not yet been made the decision, a minimum of), what we should understand about the fundamental plot finds a brother and sister aiming with an epic adventure.Landis has script pitches sitting at a number of galleries, together with a Frankenstein tale along with a new undertake the Pied Piper at Fox (that is delivering Chronicle) and adventure thriller Amnesty at Universal, which Ron Howard is mounted on direct once he's finished focusing on Hurry. Plus there is action comedy Good Time Gang, that has Mark Wahlberg and Jonah Hill aboard to experience mercenaries.Once we pointed out above, he's been drawing lots of popularity of super-powered teen drama Chronicle, that will touch lower here on Feb 1.

Mary J. Blige To Pen Song For Sundance Documentary

First Published: January 21, 2012 10:42 AM EST Credit: FilmMagic PARK CITY, Utah -- Caption Mary J Blige attends the 10th Annual Gotham Magazine gala at Capitale on October 14, 2010 in NY CityMary J. Blige is lending her support and her voice to a documentary showing at the Sundance Film Festival about sexual assault in the U.S. military. Blige attended the Friday world premiere of The Invisible War. Producer Amy Ziering says the multiple Grammy winner would write an original song for the film after the Sundance festival. Bliges song, Need Someone, plays over the closing credits of the film. Written and directed by Kirby Dick, The Invisible War examines the trauma suffered by female and male victims of rape at the hands of their military colleagues and the difficulty they have in prosecuting their attackers. Sen. Barbara Boxer of California,U.S. Rep. Jackie Speier, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom and U.S. Rep. Mike Turner of Ohio also attended the premiere. Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Susan Lucci to Host Deadly Matters on Analysis Discovery

Susan Lucci Cleaning soap opera scams are going to arrived at existence for those My Children's Susan Lucci. Most widely known on her turn as Erica Kane around the ABC cleaning soap, Lucci continues to be drawn on to host and narrate Deadly Matters, a brand new original series slated to debut within the fall on Analysis Discovery. Browse the relaxation of present day news The Ten-part series, that will begin filming in March, will feature the actual-existence tales of office romances, love triangles and infidelity. "There's virtually no other actress on the planet more qualified than Susan Lucci to host Deadly Matters, Analysis Discovery's response to addictive daytime cleaning soap operas," stated Leader and Gm of I.D. Henry Schleff. "While our series, obviously, has got the additional benefit of featuring real tales of unfaithfulness, we're delighted that Susan brings her very own distinctive voice and dramatic flair to the real existence cleaning soap." Are you going to watch Deadly Matters?

Rankings: Are You Currently There,Chelsea? Will get Off and away to a So-So Start

Laura Prepon Chelsea Handler has three shows... for the time being. The sitcom according to her existence opened to so-so amounts Wednesday, though these were great for NBC, which crowed the program attracted the very best viewership within the Wednesday-at-8:30/7:30 time slot in at least a year.In accordance to Nielsen overnight data, the brand new show's audience enhanced by 6 % upon its lead-in, Whitney, which itself obtained an 11 percent increase within the sitcom's last original episode at the begining of December, if this broadcast on Thursday following the Office. Nevertheless, Suburgatory far outpaced Are You Currently There, Chelsea? More perspective: The premiere of yankee Idol is simply nearby.CBS' 38th annual Individuals Choice Honours published a rating which was lower 7 percent from last year. And ABC loved its usual strong Wednesday prime time, brought by Modern Family, as the debut of 1 Tree Hill's ninth and final season gave The CW its best showing within the time slot in nearly annually.Browse the relaxation from the day's news on TVGuide.com8 p.m.CBS: Criminal Minds [rerun] 8.87 million audiences (2. demo rating)ABC: The Center 9.59 million (3.) Suburgatory 8.96 million (2.9)Fox: Mobbed [rerun] 2.73 million (.9)NBC: Whitney 6.06 million (2.1) Are You Currently There, Chelsea? 6.43 million (2.3)CW: One Tree Hill 1.75 million (.9)9 p.m.CBS: Individuals Choice Honours 8.88 million audiences (2.5 demo rating) ABC: Modern Family 12.33 million (5.1) Happy Being 7.07 million (3.1)Fox: Mobbed 3.34 million (1.2)NBC: Harry's Law 8.sixty five million (1.4)CW: One Tree Hill [rerun] 824,000 (.3)10 p.m.ABC: Revenge 7.51 million (2.4)NBC: Law & Order: Special Sufferers Unit [rerun] 8.36 million (1.1)