Tuesday, January 31, 2012

'2-Headed Shark Attack' Exclusive Trailer: Two Heads, One Shark

The shark has two heads. So let us all, the shark has two heads!! That's virtually really the only factor I've had the chance to convey inside the twenty-four several hours roughly that passed since watching MTV Movies' exclusive trailer for "2-Headed Shark Attack," the newest thriller within the Asylum that gets to DVD shelves today (The month of the month of january 31). I encourage anybody and everyone to check out the "Shark Attack" trailer the next, at this time around, if possibly to make sure that I'm only a few of the one with shark-filled madness swimming about throughout my brain(s). In "2-Headed Shark Attack," college students together with other youths finish up round the defensive when their Semester at Sea ship is destroyed with the assault of these two-headed shark. Charlie O'Connell (brother of Jerry), Carmen Electra and Brooke Hogan, among others, band together to live this impossibly mutated two-headed attack but since the trailer makes plainly apparent, survival just isn't inside the cards for several our heroes. Like the majority of the Asylum's options, "2-Headed Shark Attack" does not dissatisfy inside the absurd, over-the-top, is-that-really-happening, holy-wow-it-really-is-happening departments no less than it doesn't once the trailer is any suggestion. If you're offered based on any particular item here, the following steps are easy: "Shark Attack" could be acquired on DVD today (The month of the month of january 31), so dive into shark-affected waters if you feel look foward to so. What can you consider the "2-Headed Shark Attack" trailer? Can you anticipate riding the wave into shark-affected waters? Reveal inside the comments section and also on Twitter!

Casting Company company directors Land CW, CBS Aircraft aircraft pilots

Pilot season creeps in this particular petty pace from daily. A few more casting company company directors showed up projects within the finish of the other day. David Rapaport will handle casting for your CW's new comic-book adaptation, "Arrow." The titular arrow might be the Eco-friendly Arrow, who was simply just your average trust fund kid until a boating accident stranded him by having an not lived on island, resulting in him to re-evaluate his insouciant approach to existence although turning him in to a skilled bow hunter. Why the network dropped "eco-friendly" within the title is unclear, although an thorough study from the year's box office receipts unveils that eco-friendly might be minimal popular super hero color. This really is Rapaport's second pilot season casting a great-hero project, while he was the Compact disk on NBC's "Question Lady" pilot a year ago. "Arrow" is scheduled to acquire under strategies by March.This next pilot is about a girl in police who's "street smart" and "no-nonsense." CBS' "Trooper" concentrates on a girl who'll get employment just like a NY condition trooper and finds the capabilities she acquired motherhood are consistently useful in their new kind of work. No start date for your one yet, nevertheless it will shoot in NY and be cast by Jesse Bowling and Kim Miscia.Finally, Jason La Padura and Natalie Hart will handle casting duties round the CBS pilot "Golden Boy." The show will concentrate on a young officer who comprises a significant drug bust, which nets him an offer to detective, employment he isn't ready for.

Friday, January 20, 2012

Sundance 2012 Daily Blog: Day 1

Total Film is back in Park City, Utah for the world's premier independent movie showcase, the Sundance Film Festival.After an epic, cross-Atlantic journey that involved grouchy customs officers, "minor" turbulence and embarrassing guffaws at Melissa McCarthy shitting in a sink (in Bridesmaids, obviously), we've finally arrived slap bang in the middle of a winter wonderland reminiscent of a Tim Burton movie.For the next 10 days, this snowy corner of the US is home to a packed schedule of the finest American indies, documentaries and world cinema all vying for distribution over the coming year.Total Film braved jetlag delirium to bundle into the Day One press conference. There, Sundance founder and Hollywood legend Robert Redford introduced the coming attractions while showing he's lost none of his defiant indie spirit."We have to remind people why we are here," he said, warning against the corrupting forces of Hollywood money men. "This is about the filmmakers and their work."A quick slice of pizza later and it was time to catch the first film of the fest - psychological Aussie thriller Wish You Were Here, which pairs Joel Edgerton (Animal Kingdom) with Teresa Palmer (I Am Number Four) for a brutal traveller's warning.Slow-burning and flashback heavy, debut feature director Kieran Darcy-Smith effectively cranks out the tension, while Edgerton takes a break from his recent alpha male roles and impresses with a surprisingly fragile turn.Right, we're off to brave a snowdrift back to the TF headquarters. Wish us luck!

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Intel's mobile moves

Will.i.am is moved by Intels presentation at CES. Amid appearances from an array of executive partners and none other than hip-hop artist Will.i.am, Intel president and CEO Paul Otellini demonstrated a new generation of high-powered mobile devices, including smartphones, Ultrabooks and prototype hybrid notebook-tablets, all powered by next generation Intel chips. Otellini drew loud applause with his long-anticipated announcement that Intel chips are coming to smartphones, heralding the arrival of phones with power and speed akin to that currently found in laptops during his keynote on Tuesday at CES.But the overarching theme of Otellini's speech, from the Venetian hotel, was the Ultrabook, the slender, high-powered category of laptop computers driven by Intel chips, especially the next generation Ivy Bridge processors.Liu Jun, senior VP of Lenovo, took the stage with Otellini to announce that the first Intel-powered smartphone, the Lenovo K800, will go on sale in China during the second quarter of this year. It features a 4.5-inch 720p screen, and can stream wirelessly to TVs. The phone will run on China's Unicomm's network. "We are transforming Lenovo from a leading personal computer company to a leading personal Internet device company," Liu said. The K800 will be on display at the Intel booth and the Lenovo demo area. Otellini moved on to demonstrating Intel Reference Design prototype smartphones. Staffers streamed Disney's "John Carter" trailer in high-def from the phone to the ballroom's cinema screens; they showed up smooth and clear. The prototypes feature an 8 megapixel camera that can shoot 10 frames per second at full resolution 1080p video, six hours of video playback, 45 hours of audio playback, eight hours of talk time and 14 days of standby time. Sanjay Jah, CEO of Motorola, came onstage to announce that Motorola and Intel have entered into "a multi-year, multi-device strategic partnership around mobile devices and smartphones." The first Intel-based Motorola smartphones are due this summer.Will.i.am delivered the big finish to the event, joining Otellini to talk about "The Ultrabook Project," in which he will tour the world, collaborating with local musicians to make music on Ultrabooks. "I have a whole year planned," said Will.i.am. "We're going to 12 countries, 12 songs, 12 collaborations, 12 philanthropic ventures trying to help relieve these inner cities that are underdeveloped." The next stop on the tour is Mexico City. He also announced the Japan song from the project is available for download on the Intel site -- but only 10,000 downloads are available before it's removed.Asked how technology has affected music, Will.i.am said, "It's amplified the creative community. Travelling, sharing, socializing -- that is the most beautiful thing. The music business has never seen that. Is that the music or technology? I say it's technology.""In the music industry, you make a song and two months later it comes out. That's over," he added. "We used to make music in studios and listen to it on the radio. Now we make music on a computer and listen to it on a computer." He compared the Ultrabook to the big boom boxes that people used to let others know what music they liked. "Today it's the Ultrabook. This is the new ghetto blaster."Dell vice chairman Jeff Clarke showed off his company's ultra-light XPS13 ultrabook, which is "always on, always connected," similar in that respect to a smartphone. Intel staffers also demonstrated a family of prototype hybrid laptops that fold into tablets with touchscreens. One demo showed an Intel phone used as a game controller with a game running on the notebook. Another showed an online purchase made with near-field communications -- the purchaser needed only to tap his Visa card on the touchscreen to enter his data and swipe his card. The tech underlying all this is the "Ivy Bridge" processor, with its 22 nanometer architecture, which makes possible very tiny, efficient, powerful chips. Otellini said Intel is within sight of an even more powerful 14 nm architecture. Of interest to Hollywood is another feature on the hybrid laptops: With a Thunderbolt connection, one demo showed a 1.45 Gb HD movie copied from one machine to another in about 20 seconds. In fact, the Ultrabooks and the chips they're built on are created with large file sizes in mind. In other words, the day when movies can be copied and moved as easily as songs is growing very near. The demos made a point of showcasing the M-GO app from Technicolor. Otellini announced a partnership with Technicolor and Dreamworks Animation for M-GO content, coming this year. The M-GO app is a video store (with movies, TV and other content) that can also provide second-screen bonus content. Another demo from Addidas VP Chris Aubrey showed a wall-sized video screen for selecting and ordering athletic shoes, with video and reviews built in. The transaction can continue on a tablet. The screens will be demoed further at several London locations during this summer's Olympics. Contact David S. Cohen at david.cohen@variety.com

Monday, January 9, 2012

Andie MacDowell Excited For Kids Approaching Gig As Miss Golden Globe

First Released: The month of january 9, 2012 3:13 PM EST Credit: Getty Premium La, Calif. -- Caption Rainey Qualley and her mother, Andie MacDowell, go to the Samsung Universe Tab Lift, Sundance, Park City, Utah, on The month of january 23, 2011Andie MacDowells daughter, Rainey Qualley, will require happens as Miss Golden Globe on Sunday, and also the veteran supermodel and actress told AccessHollywood.com shes thrilled on her all-grown-up little girl. [It had been] an entire surprise, Andie told AccessHollywood.com on Monday of her daughter being employed for that on-stage publish, one formerly held by Melanie Griffith (and several years later, Melanies own daughter, Dakota Manley), Laura Dern, Joely Fisher, Clint Eastwoods daughter Kathryn Eastwood and Rumer Willis. [Im] so grateful on her, Andie ongoing of Rainey, a songwriter and actress. Shes working very hard to allow it to be within this business. Although Andie has been around showbusiness for a long time, including within the new ABC Family show Jane By Design, which she was marketing in the Television Experts Association Winter Session on Monday, Andie stated it hasnt been simple to give Rainey suggestions about her approaching gig in the Golden Globes. I havent a lot because I havent really done anything the same as that, she told Access. I attempted to speak to her about how exactly shes gonna dress and also to look and find out what everyone else is putting on and outdoors of this, I viewed the videos [showing what] she needed to do. I'd no clue just how much responsibility there actually was by using it. Theres lots of responsibility You need to be articulate. Shes a wise girl and shes got an attractive heart, so Im wishing everything goes very well on her. A large number of stars are going to attend Sundays large event, located by Ough Gervais, but Andie thinks her daughter will handle her on stage position, which sees her assisting the those who win on stage, all right. I dont believe that [all of the star energy] will scare her or intimidate her because shes been beside me on sets and things like that, Andie stated. I dont think that'll be hard for her, but it will likely be fun on her. I recall the first time I visited the Oscars was probably the most interesting experience, so despite the fact that Id already had lots of success at that time, I'd not necessarily resided here, and so i hadnt partied with everybody greatly. I'd a kind of naivete about myself so far as still finding yourself in awe of my peers which i placed on a pedestal, which i appreciated there work. I recall escaping . of the vehicle and Angelica Huston turning around on and on Hello Andie, also it was like I'd just became a member of the club or something like that. And That I was like, Hello Anjelica, but for the relaxation from the evening, everyone known as me by my name. Id never met them before. It had been such as this door just opened up there you had been. While Rainey looks nearly the same as her famous mother and her father, former model Paul Qualley, Miss Golden Globe 2012 is not striking the catwalks, rather shes acting and focusing on her music. Its type of tough to describe, however i can describe her voice, Andie stated, when Access requested what her kids tunes were really like. She's a very wealthy she looks really small and sweet, but she's a very hot sexy womans voice. Real energy. Effective. The Golden Globes air The month of january 15, 2012 on NBC from 8-11 ET and 5-8 PT. Jane By Design airs Tuesdays at 9 EST/PST on ABC Family. Copyright 2012 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.