Wachowskis, Tom Tykwer Looking for 'Cloud Atlas' Shoot Mid-September

BERLIN - Cloud Atlas, the ambitious literary adaptation being co-written and co-directed through the Matrix brothers and sisters Andy and Lana Wachowski and German helmer Tom Tykwer (Run, Lola, Run, The Worldwide) is placed to start shooting mid-to-late September at Germany's Studio Babelsberg. The mega project, which stars Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugo Weaving, Susan Sarandon, Ben Whishaw and Jim Broadbent, continues to be postponed sightly as Berlin-based producers X Filme close financing and contract discussions with talent. X Filme topper Stefan Ardnt stated your budget for Cloud is going to be "certainly lower" than then $100 million - $120 million that were sailed being an estimate previously but he wouldn't be attracted into giving a precise figure. Ardnt did make sure the majority of Cloud, "some 80 %,Inch is going to be shot in Babelsberg, Berlin and also the area.our editor recommendsA Company Boards 'Cloud Atlas' (Cannes)Wachowskis, Tykwer Get 'Cloud Atlas' Cash From NRWWachowskis, Tykwer Talk 'Cloud Atlas' Cast With Cannes Purchasers (Cannes) The film is dependant on David Mitchell's epic novel, which follows six story-lines, each occur another place and era. The novel's timeline and geography stretches from 1800s Australia to some publish-apocalyptic Hawaii. "Many have known as the novel unfilmable, but Tom [Tykwer] and also the Wachowskis have discovered a method to tell these tales within an amazing, linear and incredibly motion picture way," Arndt stated. Area of the idea of the film might find the stars play multiple roles within the various story lines. Tykwer and also the Wachowski brothers and sisters will shoot parallel to one another using two separate film deck hands. Arndt wouldn't confirm particulars however it's expected Tykwer, whose credits range from the 1700s-set Perfume: The Storyline of the Killer, will handle Cloud Atlas' period era plotlines as the Wachowskis apply their Matrix mojo towards the novel's sci-fi configurations. Ardnt stated he was particularly proud that Cloud Atlas would be a "truly German production" and never, like numerous large budget films that shoot at Babelsberg, including actioners Hannah or Unknown, a Hollywood import. "It's been an aspiration of mine to shoot at Babelsberg," stated producer from the Whitened Ribbon and Goodbye, Lenin!. "It shows we are able to do more here than simply small German films or service production for large Hollywood ones." Ardnt stated Cloud Atlas will not have been possible with no unique financing arrangement from Berlin bank IFB and German regional film funding body, the Medienboard, which put in together to supply X Filme having a low substantial sum to build up the project. "This really is very first time we've done development funding in by doing this plus a bank," stated Medienboard controlling director Kirsten Niehuus. "But it's one that may be interesting for specific projects, particularly ones with worldwide potential, like that one." X Filme is lead producer on Cloud Atlas and acquired and developed the home. Grant Hill of Anarchos Pictures within the U.S go for a producer credit. Focus Features is handling worldwide privileges towards the title, which Warner Bros. will release locally. Berlin-based A Business is really a co-financier of Cloud Atlas and it has taken privileges in Russia and Eastern Europe. Related Subjects Worldwide Andy Wachowski Lana Wachowski Cloud Atlas

Its Official: Kim Kardashian & Kris Humphries Have Married

MONTECITO, Calif. -- Kris Humphries and Kim Kardashian are officially husband and wife! The couple tied the knot in front of 440 family and friends at a private estate in Montecito, Calif., on Saturday evening, E! and People jointly confirmed. Eva Longoria, Keeping Up with the Kardashians producer Ryan Seacrest, Lindsay, Dina and Ali Lohan, Avril Lavigne, former Spice Girl Melanie Mel B Brown, tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams, Kathie Lee Gifford, Kims former Dancing with the Stars pals Cheryl Burke and Mark Ballas (who choreographed the first dance), Babyface, Demi Lovato, designer Vera Wang, Brody Jenner, and Sugar Ray Leonard were among the stars in attendance, according to People. Photos have not yet been released from the event, however, Kim, 30, wore a Vera Wang gown. According to a press release sent out before the event, the groom, 26, wore a white, peak lapel tuxedo jacket with black tuxedo pants by Ermenegildo Zegna. His groomsmen, including Lamar Odom and Rob Kardashian, also wore Ermenegildo Zegna. Bruce Jenner and Kris father, William Humphries, also wore dark suits by the designer, E! reported. The bridesmaids Kims sisters all wore white, Vera Wang gowns, which E! described as very Pippa Middleton-esque. Kims mom, Kris Jenner, also wore Vera Wang. On Saturday evening, E!, the network behind Keeping Up with the Kardashians, noted Kim and Kris exchanged wedding bands from Lorraine Schwartz. The designer was also behind the 20.5-carat engagement ring Kris gave Kim. Kim and Kris big day will air as a two-part special, Kims Fairytale Wedding: A Kardashian Event, on October 9 and 10 on E!. As previously reported on AccessHollywood.com, after a lengthy relationship with NFL star Reggie Bush and a short stint with Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Miles Austin, Kim finally found the man of her dreams in yet another athlete New Jersey Nets star Kris Humphries. The reality bombshell began dating her now-husband less than one year ago (back in December 2010). In May, the 6 9 tall basketball star proposed to Kim at her Beverly Hills home by spelling out Will you marry me? in rose petals on the reality stars bedroom floor catching his future-wife off guard. I didnt expect this at all, Kim told People of Kris proposal at the time. I was in such shock. I never thought it would happen at home, and I never thought now. Kris sealed the deal with a blinding 20.5-carat diamond ring by Lorraine Schwartz, reportedly worth $2 million. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Jim Sturgess on One Day and Avoiding the Pitfalls of Hollywood Fame

In Lone Scherfig’s One Day, adapted by David Nicholls from his own novel, young Brits Emma (Anne Hathaway) and Dexter (Jim Sturgess) meet cute on the last day of college and spend the ’80s and ’90s flitting in and out of each other’s lives. As the pair grows into adulthood, they begin to realize the love that existed between them from the start — even if neither can fully see it. The film — which occurs on a single day of each year throughout the relationship — is not just about romance, however; it’s about maturing, making mistakes and the memories we hold on to from precious moments spent with the ones we love. One half of One Day’s central duo is Dexter, a privileged young man and successful TV presenter who can never seem to grasp what’s in front of him — namely, the bookish and beautiful Emma Morley (Anne Hathaway) — but whose crippling insecurities and weaknesses reveal themselves tragically in the eyes of Jim Sturgess. The 30-year-old London native — who earned his big break in Julie Taymor’s Across the Universe — here plays an altogether different leading man: One who’s so deeply flawed that he borders on unlikable until he becomes the vessel for One Day’s most poignant lessons on life and love. Sturgess rang Movieline from New York to discuss his work in One Day, why David Nicholls’s script hooked him, how he’s avoided the pitfalls of fame that plague his character, and how directing music videos may led him to where he is today. You didn’t read the book before reading the script; what was your reaction to how the story played out cinematically? Yeah, I mean the screenplay was sent to me so I read the script first. I’d not read the book, and I was quite glad I read it that way round because I didn’t judge the script — do you know what I mean? I read the script as a script and as a film, as it would be playing out. I was interested even then, it was so well written. Like everybody, I was intrigued, and frustrated, to see how these two people would try to work out their relationship. Then bowled over and knocked out when I suddenly realized [spoiler redacted]. I know! It does knock the wind out of you. Yeah, but at the same time I was like, ‘This is great,’ I’m so pleased they had the balls to do that. Did the story make you cry, like the movie is going to make so many people weep? You know… I remember being very shocked. I don’t think I cried. [Laughs] But I remember feeling very shocked and then feeling very excited that this was a script in a romance film that was daring to take some risks, in a story that wasn’t just some generic love story. I remember, probably in quite a sick way, being very excited about it. Following your film career has been interesting — your big break came only in 2007, a few years ago. But in that short time you’ve established yourself as a dramatic, romantic actor; your biggest action role is probably the one in which you’re an animated owl. Do you consider yourself a romantic lead type of actor? [Laughs] I don’t know! I suppose that The Way Back, in a way, is incredibly romantic as well. Across the Universe had romance intertwined with it, I guess 21 had a bit of a relationship, but I don’t really feel that I’ve done that much that’s really romantic. Which is really why I was interested in doing this film, because it was an all-out romance film and I felt like I hadn’t really done something like that before. But certainly, Across the Universe has romance in it, for sure. Just singing one of those Beatles songs is going to sound romantic! When you were cast in One Day, how did you initially strike up that all-important chemistry with Anne [Hathaway]? It was completely out of my hands, really — we met each other and we either sort of got on or we didn’t. I didn’t prepare to create some sort of chemistry or anything like that, but we had to meet in Los Angeles. I can totally understand why, everybody just wanted to see us in a room together and see how that felt, because it was such an important part to the story. We met and had a chat and hung out with Lone for a little bit, then we went over some scenes and they filmed it to see how it looked and how it felt, whether we were able to create that sort of chemistry that Emma and Dex have. But Anne is so lovely, so easy to get along with. In One Day, your character Dex is the complicated one — the film really follows his journey. How would you describe the emotional arc you went through in portraying this character over the course of 20 years? Not that his story parallels your life, but he also has a brush with success in the entertainment world very early on and then has to learn the hard way how to deal with it. Yeah. That was what was so good about it, was that he goes through so much and he changes so much. He makes so many big mistakes and learns and moves on, so he’s constantly sort of changing. That was interesting to play, and the challenge for me really was that I wanted people to be on his side. I didn’t want people to just find him obnoxious and arrogant and irritating, and Lone [Scherfig] was key in — we would discuss that it was important that you felt that these people were friends. You had to like something about him and believe that Emma really liked him, otherwise he was just really irritating and annoying. So we worked quite hard to tread that fine line between arrogance and obnoxious behavior and to find the insecurities, the vulnerabilities that create that kind of behavior. He goes through a lot, and he goes through a lot of traumatic events in his life, and it was fun to play someone so flawed, someone who makes those kinds of big mistakes. Bad life choices, you know? Have you had to make efforts to avoid a similar fate as your star has risen over the past few years? No, not at all. I sort of feel like you’re either that kind of person or you’re not, really. That sort of life seduces you or it doesn’t; it takes a certain type of person to want to be famous without having to do anything, where the fame itself is what you want. Normally it’s a byproduct of something else. But for him, he just wants to be famous and rich, as a lot of people in the celebrity world want to do. But I don’t feel like that’s ever affected my life in that way. You’ve done such a variety of films, big and small — do you feel that your film choices reflect that? Yeah, and I really like films — lots of different kinds of films — and I’m trying the best I can, whatever the film offered to me, to try and pick something that’s slightly different each time, as much as possible. So after doing a musical, it was interesting to do a full-on period film, and then it was great to do a sort of slick, Hollywood movie with 21. Then it was really sort of what I could choose, because 21 opened up a lot of doors, really. That’s really when the choice part of it came in, because before then I was just desperately trying to get a job, do you know what I mean? Then after 21 I was able to make some choices. 50 Dead Men Walking was a really exciting film that I enjoyed doing. I worked on a British film called Heartless which I really liked. Then I did The Way Back with Peter Weir. That was something really special. Your upcoming films include Ashes, with Ray Winstone and Lesley Manville, which judging from on-set interviews seems like it was a great acting experience. It was. That was directed by a young British director called Mat Whitecross. It was a really great experience — I mean, there was no money at all, it was a low-budget film. I’m really excited to see it because Mat is such a huge talent and it was really exciting just to make a film with someone of my own age, you know? There was a sort of mutual respect there with each other. Normally you work with older directors who are so experienced and you look up to them so much, and for the first time I thought, ‘Well, I’ve made a few films now, and he’s a young director,’ we felt like we were on a pretty even playing field. [Laughs] And I really enjoyed that experience, with Mat. We got on really, really well. It reminded me of when I used to make my own films, and short films, student films, that sort of thing. There was a group of us… it had that same energy, that same sort of spark about it. You directed a few music videos back then, didn’t you? Yeah, I used to. I was into that sort of stuff. I mean, that’s how I ended up getting into the band, because I was directing a music video and sort of muscled my way in. Given that beginning, do you have any interest in directing feature films in the future? I don’t think about it at all! You work with all these incredible directors who are really at the top of their game, and you just think, ‘What could I bring?’ But had I sort of carried on doing what I was doing, and maybe gone down this production path rather than the acting path, maybe it would be different. But I think you need to just be making films all the time to get as good as those guys! One Day is in theaters Friday.

Hugh Dancy to Star in Broadway's 'Venus in Fur'

NEW YORK (AP) Hugh Dancy has been tapped to star opposite Nina Arianda when "Venus in Fur" hits Broadway.Producers said Monday that Dancy will be in Manhattan Theatre Club's production playing a playwright. He has appeared in HBO's "Elizabeth I" and Showtime's "The Big C."Performances begin Oct. 13 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on 47th Street. The show will run until Dec. 18. The play by David Ives made its world premiere off-Broadway in January 2010.In the play, an actress' audition for a new play based on an erotic novel gets emotional and kinky.Dancy made his Broadway debut in the 2008 Tony-winning revival of "Journey's End." He returned to the New York stage in the 2009 production of "The Pride." He is married to actress Claire Danes.Copyright 2011 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Hugh Dancy PHOTO CREDIT AP Photo/Matt Sayles NEW YORK (AP) Hugh Dancy has been tapped to star opposite Nina Arianda when "Venus in Fur" hits Broadway.Producers said Monday that Dancy will be in Manhattan Theatre Club's production playing a playwright. He has appeared in HBO's "Elizabeth I" and Showtime's "The Big C."Performances begin Oct. 13 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on 47th Street. The show will run until Dec. 18. The play by David Ives made its world premiere off-Broadway in January 2010.In the play, an actress' audition for a new play based on an erotic novel gets emotional and kinky.Dancy made his Broadway debut in the 2008 Tony-winning revival of "Journey's End." He returned to the New York stage in the 2009 production of "The Pride." He is married to actress Claire Danes.Copyright 2011 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

VIDEO: Jon Stewart: "Shame On You, Newsweek" for Michele Bachmann Cover

The Daily Show In this clip from Tuesday's Daily Show, Jon Stewart rips Newsweek a new one for its cover image of Republican presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann. "Newsweek! Newsweek! That's a s----- picture of Michele Bachmann, and clearly not an accidentally s----- picture of Michele Bachmann," he notes. He then runs through several shots of Bachmann that are far more flattering than the one on the magazine's cover, noting, "You gotta go pretty far out of your way to find a crappy photo of Michele Bachmann, and you did. Why?" And then, the kicker: "Be honest, Newsweek, you used that photo in a petty attempt to make Michele Bachmann look crazy. And that's what her words are for!" VIDEO: CNN's Don Lemon rolls eyes at CNN Watch Stewart's expert takedown:

Bruce Willis Drafted For 'G.I. Joe' Follow up

Fighting for freedom wherever there's trouble, Bruce Willis can there be! The "Die Hard" hero continues to be drafted for any starring role in "G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation," formerly referred to as "Cobra Strikes." Based on the Hollywood Reporter, Willis is within discussions to experience General Joe Colton, regarded as the founding father of the Joe squad. The smoothness never made an appearance within the original "Joe" cartoons, and he'll make his live-action debut using the follow up. Given Colton's high rank, it's likely that Willis' role is lighter about the combat side and heavier on woofing the orders which make the experience happen. Actually, at first glance, the Colton role sounds pretty like the one occupied by Dennis Quaid within the first "G.I. Joe" movie. He performed General Hawk, then commander from the team there is not sure on whether Quaid's coming back for any follow up, though, so possibly he was disguarded (and changed by Willis) alongside the majority of the original movie's cast, full of-exodus which was formerly reported. Still, despite a significant overhaul that's left only a number of coming back "Joe" gamers in position Channing Tatum and Ray Park included in this you cannot state that "Retaliation" lacks star energy. Apart from Willis' recent enlistment, the "Joe" follow up also offers room for Dwayne Manley, RZA, Ray Stevenson and something-time "Question Lady" heroine Adrianne Palicki. And when the cast does not get it done for you personally, always remember: you will see ninjas. Many, many, ninjas. See below for proof: Having a June 29, 2012 release date already set, it will not be too lengthy prior to the real American heroes swing back to fight over land, ocean and air. Inform us that which you think about this news within the comments section as well as on Twitter!

Contagion Character Posters Online

Don't touch anyone!It's impressive when character posters for a film can conjure almost the same amount of dread and style as the trailer, but these six new images for Steven Soderbergh's viral drama Contagion have managed just that with a little sickly colour scheming and some great grabs from the movie. Check them out in the gallery below, courtesy of Yahoo. Contagion, as the name implies, tracks what happens when a lethal airborne virus spreads across the world, killing those who contract it in a matter of hours. Soon, the global pandemic is also causing chaos and the medical community is racing to try to find a cure even as society starts to crumble. Soderbergh has the likes of Matt Damon, Marion Cotillard, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law, Kate Winslet and Gwyneth Paltrow in the cast, with Damon and Winslet as the focus as a man whose wife (Paltrow) gets sick and infects him, and a doctor looking to find some way to stop the spread - until she herself shows signs. {Contagion Character Posters}. Contagion spreads to our cinemas on October 21.

'How I Met Your Mother' Producer Ink Overall Cope With 20th TV

Generate An Income Met Your Mother's Kourtney Kang has inked a 2-year overall cope with twentieth century Fox Television.our editor recommendsFX Nabs Privileges to 'How I Met Your Mother' Reruns'Whitney': 10 Things to understand about the NBC Comedy Included in the arrangement, Kang continues to be elevated to executive producer status about the 20th-created, CBS comedy and will also be assigned with developing other projects for that studio. She's been with Carter Bays and Craig Thomas' Generate An Income Met Your Mother since its debut in 2005, first like a author after which like a co-executive producer. Kang also authored, executive created and co-produced Living on the Prayer, an airplane pilot that CBS ultimately handed down two seasons ago. Like Mother, it had been a collaboration with Bays, Thomas and Joe Kelly. "Kourtney is capable of doing creating figures that individuals worry about and are curious about attempting to stick to the saga of the lives and that is what we'll turn to her for," states 20th TV chairman Dana Walden, talking with an excellent that they thinks is probably the secrets to Mother's success. While she's still very devoted to Mother, Kourtney appreciates that they has a few other potential series ideas brewing. "The one thing that actually interests me is making really strong female figures that everyone can connect with,Inch she informs The Hollywood Reporter, observing that her favorite films, including Unaware, Legally Blond, Heathers and Mean Women, squeeze into this category. Like her peers in the market, she's thrilled that ladies are finally getting their due about the large and small screen. "It was once each year there'd be a couple of 'girl shows,' also it feels as though presently there's a lot of them," she states, referencing some of the female-skewing fall agendas in the broadcast systems. "It's not looked lower upon like a girl show any longer it's only a great show." Kang has already established her heart set on the career in television since she would be a young girl who analyzed the television power grid in her own parent's newspaper. After graduation from Carnegie Mellon, she packed her existence into her Honda Social and drove to La where she got her break being employed as Michael Chiklis' assistant on NBC's short-resided 2000 comedy Daddio. She adopted by using employment being an an assistant at ICM, before landing inside a development role at NBC. After that, Kang grew to become a author on that network's 2003 comedy Coupling and offered and developed feature scripts for both Cinemax and Fox. She's repped by UTA and attorney Ken Richman. Email: Lacey.Rose@THR.com Twitter: @LaceyVRose Related Subjects Michael Chiklis CBS twentieth century Fox Television Generate An Income Met Your Mother

Southland Recruits Lucy Liu in Season 4

Lucy Liu Former Charlie's Angels sweetheart Lucy Liu has joined the cast of Southland, TNT announced Monday. The 42-year-old actress is billed as a special guest-star who will recur throughout Season 4 as a member of the LAPD. Check out the rest of today's news Liu, whose film credits also include Kill Bill: Volume 1 and Chicago, previously starred on Ally McBeal and Dirty Sexy Money. Southland will premiere this winter.

Charlie Sheen Will not Show up on 'Celebrity Large Brother'

Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic/Getty Images Charlie Sheen won't be showing up on Celebrity Your Government despite an incorrect U.K. report, his repetition verifies towards the Hollywood Reporter. THe U.K. Independent reported the first kind 2 . 5 Males star has struck a £6 million deal (about $9.7 million U.S.) to look about the reality show if this begins on Funnel 5 later this month. PHOTOS: Charlie Sheen Tour Funnel 5 and Endemol are keeping the cast under systems. Ivana Trump, Stephen Baldwin, Coolio, Dennis Rodman and LaToya Jackson are among individuals who've made an appearance on the program. Sheen will star in Anger Management, inspired through the 2003 film starring Adam Sandler and Jack Nicholson. PHOTOS: Charlie Sheen's Crazy Twit Photos The comedy project is as simple as marketers Mort Marcus and Ira Bernstein, co-presidents of Santa Monica-based Debmar-Mercury, Lionsgate Television, Revolution's Joe Roth, Sheen manager Mark Burg's production company Evolution Mangement and Robert Maron. PHOTOS: Charlie Sheen's Colorful Career "I selected Anger Management because, while it may be a large stretch that i can play a man with serious anger management issues, It is a superb concept," Sheen stated inside a statement. "Additionally, it generates for me real possession within the series, some creative control and the opportunity to be in business and among my personal favorite movie producers ever, Joe Roth." Sheen was fired from 2 . 5 Males captured. Charlie Sheen