Alice Eve Grabs Lead in 'Star Trek 2'

Vincent Chase could be so proud. Alice Eve -- whom you may remember as Vince's fiance in the absurd final season of 'Entourage' -- is director J.J. Abrams's option to take part in the female lead in 'Star Trek 2.' Variety reviews that Eve will have a brand new character "within the 'Star Trek' world" and hopefully arm wrestle Uhura (coming back cast member Zoe Saldana) for female Trekkie supremacy. 'Trek 2' arrives in theaters on May 17, 2013. It'll clearly maintain three dimensional. [via Variety] [Photo: FilmMagic] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Scarlett Johansson Sings 'I'll Be Home For Christmas' with Dean Martin (AUDIO)

Since Thanksgiving originates and gone, you're ready to direct your attention on that other holiday of epic travel, family events and also over-eating: Christmas! Out now's Dean Martin's 'My Type of Christmas (2011),' featuring the deceased crooner singing with the one and only Scarlett Johansson around the holiday classic "I'm Going To Be Home For Christmas," Frank Sinatra 'Duets'-style. Between this chestnut and Johansson's appearance within the Cameron Crowe-directed family film 'We Purchased a Zoo,' expect Christmas to possess a decidedly Scarlett hue. (Groan, clearly. It's Monday following the holiday cut some slack.) Pay attention to the ScarJo/Deano duet ahead. 'My Type of Christmas (2011)' has gone out now 'We Purchased a Zoo' has gone out 12 ,. 23. [via Indiewire/The Playlist] Happy Birthday, Scarlett Johansson See All Moviefone Art galleries » Like Moviefone on Facebook Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Lionsgate, Summit In Talks: Bloomberg

Summit Entertainment and Lionsgate Entertainment are in discussions about a possible merger, according to Bloomberg, which cited two unidentified sources with knowledge of the situation. With the first part of the Twilight vampire franchise’s finale coming off a hot worldwide opening, talks that have previously broken down over money and control issues may be heating up again. There also have been rumblings that other companies are interested in a dealwith Summit or Lionsgate either separately or in some kind of combination. All the discussions are preliminary and speculative and could easily fall apart. Lionsgate has a fairly large library of movies and TV content that would be vastly enriched by Summit’s TheTwilight Saga franchise. The latest movie, Breaking Dawn Part 1, has generated more than $220 million domestically in its first two weekends plus nearly $270 million overseas. The franchise has grossed in excess of $1 billion. Breaking Dawn Part 2 will be released next year.Lionsgate has its own potential hit franchise based on a comparable set of young-adult novels in The Hunger Games. The first movie opens in March. Lionsgate also has an active TV division that produces Mad Men, Nurse Jackie, Weeds and Boss, among others.An analyst cited by Bloomberg said The Hunger Games and its sequels could generate between $220 million-$733 million in additional cash flow over the next few years.

Ben Foster on Tilda Swinton in 'We Need to Talk About Kevin'

'We Need to Talk About Kevin'"Those eyes. Eyes like wind tunnels. Watching her work is like witnessing a master glass blower. She glows from within, changing shape, twisting and expanding, each performance impossibly unique. Tilda Swinton's breathtaking turn in 'We Need to Talk About Kevin' should be required viewing for all actors seeking the inner life expressed. We follow her 18 years as she rears and bears the guilt of parenting a child whose humanity is all but supernaturally absent. Tilda communicates the unbearable with the fewest of words, her entire body transmitting the full color spectrum with the slightest of gesture. Her work in this film reminds me of the great silent film stars. Commanding the frame with an unusual human intelligence, her underlying humor is ever present, even while falling into the greatest depths of grief. We can sense a soul that seems to have no bottom and it is a gift to witness a talent that has no limit."

TV Ratings: 'Glee' Falls 6 Percent, 'Body of Proof' and 'Raising Hope' Rise

Adam Rose/FOX CBS, down from the previous week's season highs, still won Tuesday night. The network averaged a 3.2 rating among adults 18-49 and 15.4 million among viewers. With a 4.0 in the demo and just a notch under 20 million in total audience, NCIS gave the strongest performance of any broadcast during the night. Glee dropped 6 percent, two tenths of a point, in adults 18-49 for Fox, down to a 2.9. The series posted modest gains in viewers, however, up to 7.1 million from the last outing. New Girl also gained in viewers (6.9 million), staying tight at a 3.5 in adults 18-49. Raising Hope improved for the second week running, moving up to a 2.2 rating an average audience of 4.8 million. PHOTOS: Fall TV Death Pool: Which New Shows Will Be Canceled? The Dancing With the Stars semifinals results performed almost the same as last week, posting a 2.7 in the demo and 14.96 million viewers. Comedies Last Man Standing and Man Up! were also on par with the previous weeks, earning a respective 2.6 and 1.7 in adults 18-49, while drama Body of Proof (sidelined last week for a news special) returned up with a 2.1 and an average audience of 9.8 million. NBC's Biggest Loser dropped three tenths of a point down to a 2.1 in adults 18-49, while the 10:00 p.m. showing of Parenthood slipped just one tenth to a 1.9. 90210 and Ringer both pulled a 0.7 for the CW. Both series posted strong showings in average viewers, with Ringer bringing in its largest audience since the last week of September and 90210 its biggest all season. CBS -- 3.2 · NCIS: 19.9 million, 4.0 · NCIS: LA: 15.0 million, 3.3 · Unforgettable: 11.2 million, 2.4 Fox -- 2.9 · Glee: 7.1 million, 2.9 · New Girl: 6.9 million, 3.5 · Raising Hope: 4.8 million, 2.2 ABC -- 2.3 · Last Man Standing: 8.97 million, 2.6 · Man Up!: 6.3 million, 1.7 · Dancing With the Stars results: 14.96 million, 2.7 · Body of Proof: 9.8 million, 2.1 NBC -- 2.0 · The Biggest Loser: 6.2 million, 2.1 · Parenthood: 4.96 million, 1.9 The CW -- 0.7 · 90210: 1.6 million, 0.7 · Ringer: 1.9 million, 0.7 TV Ratings

'Lego' pic to up trading nationwide

Warner Bros.' "Lego" movie will generate around $48 million in local trading nationwide and be shot at Fox Art galleries Australia, local government bodies have introduced.Andrew Stoner, acting Nsw premier and minister for trade revealed particulars in the "Lego" project Wednesday at Fox Art galleries Australia alongside Animal Logic Boss Zareh Nalbandian. Variety reported the other day that Warner Bros. had greenlit "Lego" getting a target release date of 2014.The NSW government provided the expansion with for your State's film industry by using NSW Trade & Investment's Condition Investment Attraction Plan."Congratulations to Animal Logic for beating strong worldwide competition in america and Canada to secure this major animated film production," Stoner mentioned. "Creating LEGO will dsicover around $48 million place in NSW, which will include obligations to industry research, development and training. The film will employ over 200 people throughout its peak."Announcement came before Warner's opening of "Happy Foot 2," from helmer George Burns and Dr. D Art galleries -- five years following a original "Happy Foot" made $384 million worldwide and won the Oscar for animated feature as Animal Logic's first CG feature."Lego" has existed development at Warner Bros. since 2008, when the studio began coping with the toymaker around the family comedy good popular fundamentals with Serta Lin and Roy Lee creating as well as the writing team of Serta and Kevin Hageman attracted onto pen the script. This Season, Warners triggered the "Cloudy Getting possible of Meatballs" team of Phil Our god and Christopher Burns to produce and direct."'Lego' will probably be a cutting-edge film integrating the newest animation and photo-real techniques which will demonstrate the potency of NSW creative technology capabilities and raise the worldwide status of Sydney just like a film location," Stoner mentioned.Plot particulars for "Lego" -- an action-adventure occur the Lego world -- remain under systems. Casting for your live-figures is positioned to begin within the month of the month of january. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com

Keck's Exclusives: Not So Long Ago Kills Off Its First Legendary Disney Character

Not So Long Ago, Catherine Lough Haggquist On last night's Not so long ago, Cinderella's Fairy Godmother was snuffed out by Rumpelstiltskin just like she was going to wave her wand making Cinderella's fantasy evening become a reality - making her the very first of Disney's legendary figures to become wiped out off ABC's new fantasy series. (And thinking about the show has been written and created by a couple of Lost's longtime authors, it is a safe wager they will be a lot more in the future.) But works out authors Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz did not even realize they'd accomplished this milestone until I clued them in. "My dear God, I suppose we did," exclaims Kitsis. "I do not think we even considered it in individuals historic terms. As storytellers, we simply thought it might be awesome if Cinderella reached the ball via a cope with Rumpelstiltskin, not the Fairy Godmother." Adds Horowitz: "Among the styles we are having fun with about this show may be the cost of miracle. Using miracle even permanently is really a harmful proposition." As the authors say it is possible we're able to begin to see the Fairy Godmother again in pre-dying flashbacks, Horowitz demands, "We actually want the stakes actually was and also the audience to not feel scammed." Might there be implications to killing off this type of beloved figure? "I'll say this," teases Kitsis. "Basically were Rumpelstiltskin, I'd be careful for that other fairies [for example Pinocchio's Blue Fairy], because they are out for revenge!" How can you all experience Not So Long Ago killing off Disney figures? Will you be prepared to accept six dwarves rather than seven? Seem off within the comments section. Sign up for TV Guide Magazine now!

Box Office Report: Henry Cavill's 'Immortals' Slays $1.4 Million in Midnight Grosses

Relativity Media's R-rated action-epic Immortals, headlining Henry Cavill, grossed $1.4 million in midnight grosses from 900 theaters.our editor recommendsBox Office Preview: 'Immortals,' 'Jack and Jill' Take on 'Puss in Boots'What 'Immortals' Director Tarsem Singh Really Wants to Do: Direct a 'Samurai Jack' MovieNew Movie Reviews: 'J. Edgar,' 'Jack and Jill,' 'Immortals,' 'Melancholia' Hitting Theaters PHOTOS: 'Immortals' Premiere Red Carpet Arrivals That narrowly bested the $1.3 million earned in 1,024 midnight runs by 20th Century Fox's The Rise of the Planet of the Apes in August, as well as the $700,000 earned by Battle: Los Angeles in its midnight debut. Today, Immortals movs into roughly 3,100 locations, and is likely to have a strong Friday. Tracking suggests a $25 million to $26 million opening weekend for Immortals, but the film could overperform if fanboy turnout stays strong. So far, Immortals is leading the Friday race over Adam Sandler's new Thanskgiving family comedy Jack and Jill, which is in a close battle with thriving holdover Puss in Boots, from DreamWorks Animation and Paramount. Very early returns show both Puss in Boots and Jack and Jill grossing in the low to mid 20 million range for the weekend. PHOTOS: 'J. Edgar' Premiere Red Carpet The weekend's third new nationwide entry is Clint Eastwood's Leonardo DiCaprio starrer J. Edgar, which opened in five cities on Wednesday in a move designed to trigger reviews and build word-of-mouth. The movie, a biopic of the legendary F.B.I. chief J. Edgar Hoover, grossed $54,000 on Wednesday and another $46,000 on Thursday (theater traffic often dips on Thursday). Ryan Kavanaugh's Relativity, which fully financed and produced Immortals, is counting on fanboys to buoy the violence-laced R-rated film, a fantasy adventure along the same lines as box office hit 300. Immortals, a key test for Relativity, cost $75 million to produce after tax rebates. STORY: 'Immortals': What the Critics are Saying Immortals scored high marks in test screenings, and also stars Mickey Rourke, Stephen Dorff, Isabel Lucas, Kellan Lutz, Freida Pinto and Luke Evans. The pic opens day and date in a number of key territories, including China (through Relativity's co-venture with Skyland), Germany, Italy, the U.K., South Korea, Japan and South Korea. Relativity insiders say Immortals only has to open to $25 million for the company to be on sound financial footing, since so much of the budget was financed through foreign presales. Warner Bros. is projecting a $10 million to $12 million opening forJ. Edgar, which is in the wheelhouse for Eastwood's films, although Friday matinees suggest the film could open higher. The biopic of the legendary F.B.I. chief also stars Armie Hammer. Related Topics Box Office Relativity Media Henry Cavill Tarsem Singh Immortals Jack and Jill

Adobe Prepares To Close The Lid On On Questionable Expensive Player Plug-In

Adobe states it'll “no longer adapt” the once-dominant program to handle multimedia and animation on computer systems and mobile products — andthat Jobs once notoriously banned from Apple items. Within an email to designers initially acquired by ZDNet, Adobe added that it'll “continue to aid the present Android and PlayBook designs with critical bug fixes and security updates.” Jobs brought the opposition towards the program, that they stated this year was hard to rely on, susceptible to hacking, battery power hog, and gave Adobe an excessive amount of energy within the services that may be offered on mobile products. Apple, Google, and Microsoft stated they preferred an opensystem, HTML5 — althoughFlash made it, finding houses on the internet Android and Rim mobile phones. Even Jobs backed off somewhat this past year, enabling 3rd party designers to include Expensive to their programs for Apple products. However the trend lines were relocating the incorrect direction for Expensive. For instance, Microsoft stopped accommodating it in theWeb browsers because of its latest cell phones.

The X Factor's Rachel Crow: I'm Singing Etta James Next (And Simon Can't Stop Me!)

Rachel Crow If 13-year-old X Factor contestant Rachel Crow has her way, she won't be doing another peppy pop song next week. Asked after Wednesday's show if she wanted to stick to mentor Simon Cowell's youthful, upbeat music strategy should she survive Thursday's elimination, Crow said: "Honest? Right now, if I do make it, no." She sang a sassier version of the Waves' "Sunshine" on Wednesday's show, and last week, a mash-up of Justin Bieber's "Baby" and The Supremes' "Where Did Our Love Go." Read our recap of Wednesday's Top 12 performances on The X Factor But for a follow-up, Crow's got something more grown-up in mind. "[Beyonce's] 'If I Were A Boy' was the best performance I've ever done in my life," she told TVGuide.com, referring to her earlier bootcamp audition. "So I'm going to do a slower Etta James song next week if I make it." And if Coach Cowell wants to go a different route? "I'm sweet, but I got attitude and I've already argued with Simon about that song," Crow said. "I told him, 'I'm doing it and you can't stop me!'" Crow also revealed that her tweaks to "Sunshine" were borrowed from a girl who performed the same version on the U.K. edition of X Factor. "It's got more attitude, more 'You have to go.' I aimed it right toward Simon," she said with a laugh. Fox orders Season 2 of The X Factor Another contestant who wants a change of pace? Josh Krajcik, the 30-year-old Ohio native being steered by judge Nicole Scherzinger. And unlike Crow, he's feeling the need for speed. Krajcik said he did wind up digging Scherzinger's take on Christina Perri's "Jar of Hearts" - although, "at first, I wasn't thrilled," he admitted - but if he's still around next week, he'd be happy to nix the ballads. "I would love to sing a Beatles song, maybe something a little more upbeat," he said. (Last week, he sang a slowed-down version of "Forever Young.") "We've had discussions about songs that are a little faster, a little more rock 'n' roll, and so I think we're going to delve into that on Friday, assuming I'm still here." Check out today's news InTENsity's Nick Dean, meanwhile, said the 10-member kid group had no problem convincing mentor Paula Abdul to let them do what they wanted. Her original idea for their Wednesday performance was a mash-up of "Kids in America" and The Go-Go's "We Got the Beat." "We were like, 'OK, this is... stepping on the boundary of cheesy," Dean said. "We wanted to something different but still current and relevant. So we ended up fighting for changing the song." Fortunately for them, the group's John Lindahl said, Abdul "is really open to our ideas. We told her we wanted to revive 'Kids in America' with a modern twist. She said, 'Fine, just find a good song.' We found LMFAO's 'Party Rock Anthem.'"

'5 Star' goes day and date on Facebook

Weight reduction indies offer video-on-demand rental costs from the films day-and-date with limited releases, they're progressively adopting Facebook just like a platform, with Gravitas Endeavors and Breaking Glass Pictures bowing "5 star Day" today round the social media since the film is available in 10 theaters.Pic, which stars Cam Gigandet ("Burlesque") and Jenna Malone ("Sucker Punch"), will probably be available to stream full screen with an initial price of 70 Facebook credits, or $7, for 48 several hours inside the U.S. -- which causes it to be the initial film to acquire a synchronised theatrical and Facebook run. Pic can also be on other VOD platforms on the web and through cable, satellite and telco services.Film will probably be on Facebook for an additional three years. The rental cost will drop to 40 Facebook credits when the film is releaed on DVD in February.In the unique marketing move, the rental application for your film may even show on a lot of Facebook pages that focus on zodiac, spirituality, and self-improvement, additionally to people of Gigandet and Malone, to supply the pic additional exposure. Danny Buday made his directorial debut round the film, that involves a man likely to disprove zodiac when his horoscope forecasts an ideal day on his birthday but everything fails.Gravitas Ventures' Nolan Gallagher and Breaking Glass' Wealthy Wolff are handling distribution in the pic and made the decision on the November release because, they mentioned, "The styles covered inside the film of finding connections in the world and self-evaluation are particularly timely inside the holidays to ensure that as people consider New Year's resolutions," Gallagher mentioned.Exceeding 750 million clients, distribbers see Facebook just like a potentially lucrative new VOD option to wring more gold gold coin from film releases. Vital, Universal and Warner Bros. currently have started leasing films round the social media. Blockbuster also intentions of creating thousands of films available to rent online later this month.Lately, Millennium's "Trespass" and Lionsgate and Kerbside Attractions' "Margin Call" received day-and-date theatrical and VOD releases across all digital platforms except Facebook. CSG Intl.'s Content Direct built the Facebook application to promote rental costs while using the site's credits currency. Contact Marc Graser at marc.graser@variety.com