Paranormal Activity 3 Viral VHS Tapes Pop Up at Fantastic Fest

Today at Fantastic Fest, Movieline got its hands on a VHS tape labeled “September 1988,” packaged in an unmarked manila envelope. Perhaps (probably) not coincidentally, the date corresponds to recently released footage from Paranormal Activity 3, the forthcoming found footage prequel about spooky goings-on in the lives of a family haunted by unseen forces. Could this have something to do with tomorrow’s hotly anticipated secret screening? The first secret screening of this year’s fest was Pedro Almodovar’s The Skin I Live In, and buzz around Fantastic Fest had Paranormal Activity 3 as a good guess for Secret Screening #2. The original Paranormal Activity, filmed for $15,000, first debuted on the festival circuit and played Fantastic Fest before turning into a box office phenomenon fueled by word of mouth and viral marketing. Its follow-up, 2010’s Paranormal Activity 2, also screened at the Austin festival and employed a local viral campaign consisting of footage mysteriously popping up around town on flash drives. Taking place in 1988, Paranormal Activity 3 is a prequel that explains what happened to sisters Katie and Kristi back when they were kids when they first caught the attention of the demonic spirit that would haunt their families in the first two films. (Watch three previously released preview clips of PA3 here for a taste.) I haven’t yet had a chance to hunt down a VHS player here in Austin to see what’s on the tape. (Anyone nearby have one? Hit me up at @jenyamato.) Is this the first piece of concrete evidence that Fantastic Fest is about to get spooked yet again? Paranormal Activity 3 is set to hit theaters on October 21, so a surprise debut at Fantastic Fest would mark its world premiere. If you PA fans didn’t yet have a ticket to the Secret Screening #2, which screens tomorrow at midnight, now might be the time to start hunting them down. Get more Movieline coverage of Fantastic Fest here and follow us on Twitter!

TV Ratings: 'Terra Nova' Launches Half way decent, '2 Broke Girls' Dips 37%

FOX Fox's large-budget adventure series, Terra Nova, first demonstrated on television Monday, posting respectable amounts due to its two-hour launch. Terra Nova (9 million total audiences, 3. rating in grownups 18-49 demographic), executive produced by Steven Spielberg, did half way decent, facing heavy competition on CBS and ABC. The ambitious drama enhanced Fox's average by twenty five percent from last season inside the key demo, nevertheless the high-concept series is by using a constant climb to determine whether it may grow its audience within the second week. CBS' two and a half Males needed an expected dive due to its second episode, drawing 20 million and posting a 7.2 rating, creating the easy victory on Monday evening. The comfort in the CBS comedies, save for your premiere of Mike & Molly (14 million, 4.9) improving 26 % from a year ago's launch, dipped utilizing their season premieres. Generate An Earnings Met Your Mother (10.6 000 0000, 4.4) was lower 6 percent, 2 Broke Women (11.6 000 0000, 4.5) -- at that time of your time premiere -- saw an expected 37 percent dip. Hawaii Five- (11.millions of, 3.3) was relatively steady at 10 p.m. CBS assigned the evening inside the demo, calculating a 4.6. NBC's The Playboy Club ongoing to sink, losing another 19 percent within the second week to draw in 3.8 million together with single.3. The Sing-Off (4.4 million, 1.7) didn't help Playboy either, striking a collection reduced the demo. ABC's Dwts (16 million, 3.3) was its least expensive-rated performance show so far, while Castle (11.9 million, 2.9) was lower 9 % inside the demo, the 2nd a reliable second at that time of your time behind Hawaii Five-. The CW's Gossip Girl (1.4 million, .8) returned due to its fifth season, improving 22 percent within the grownups 18-34 demo within the season closer. Rachel Bilson's Hart of Dixie (1.8 million, .8) launched carrying out a veteran Josh Schwartz cleaning cleaning soap, building upon its lead-in in general audiences by 29 perent. Dixie extended its audience inside the partner hour (1.7 million versus. 1.9 million) as well as the 18-49 demo (.7 versus. .8). Particularly, Univision's Teresa beat The Sing-Off in among grownups 18-49 and Gossip Girl at 8 p.m. getting single.8 rating, because the network's La Fuerza del Destino assigned the second hour in the Sing-Off and Hart of Dixie getting a couple.. Possibly more telling is Univision's Don Francisco Presenta posting the identical 1.3 rating since the fighting Playboy Club (1.3). CBS - 4.6 · Generate An Earnings Met Your Mother: 10.6 000 0000, 4.4 · 2 Broke Women: 11.6 000 0000, 4.5 · Two & Half Males: 20 million, 7.2 · Mike & Molly (P): 14 million, 4.9 · Hawaii Five-: 11.millions of, 3.3 ABC - 3.1 · Dwts: 16 million, 3.3 · Castle: 11.9 million, 2.9 Fox - 3. · Terra Nova (P): 9 million, 3. NBC - 1.5 · The Sing-Off: 4.4 million, 1.7 · The Playboy Club: 3.8 million, 1.3 The CW - .8 · Gossip Girl (P): 1.4 million, .8 · Hart of Dixie (P): 1.8 million, .8 TV Ratings

Ex-Mobster: John Travolta Isn't Man Enough To Play John Gotti

“For John Gotti Sr, you need a man’s man to play that role,” critiqued former mobster Lewis Kasman about John Travolta’s casting in the upcoming crime-boss biopic from Barry Levinson. “He’s a thug, so you need someone who’s a thug… a guy who grew up in that life.” Apparently, Travolta’s Oscar-nominated Saturday Night Fever performance doesn’t hold much weight among the mob set either: “John Gotti Sr. never danced a dance in his life.” [Daily Mail]

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ROLL CALL: Attacking Youthful Boys Takes Selena Gomez On Titanic-Sized Date

By Jesse SperoLOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Your Day-to-day Dispatch of Celebrity Shenanigans The King Of Selenas Heart!: Attacking Youthful Boys apparently attracted out all the stops on Friday evening when he surprised girlfriend Selena Gomez getting a film date evening within the Staples Center in La. According to TMZ, following Selenas Friday evening concert within the Nokia Theatre, Justin told Selena, Follow me, and so they headed using the undercover tunnel that runs within the Nokia to Staples. Then, the happy couple who had the entire arena independently loved dinner after which it seen Titanic. Biebs was apparently inspired with the movie Mr. Deeds, through which Adam Sandlers character features a similar date at Madison Square Garden. According to TMZ, Biebs reserved Staples totally free (he recently offered-out three nights there) ! romance isn't dead. treat your sweetheart right fellas. #REAL, the singer Tweeted on Friday evening. J.Lo Can get On The Floor: Jennifer Lopez had quite the weekend too! After turning up within the iHeartRadio music festival in Las vegas, J.Lo visit PURE Nightclub at Caesars Structure, where she apparently loved herself. Among her ballroom ballroom dancers needed his shirt and gave her a lap dance, an origin told People. She was laughing and loving it. Have a look at Jen getting busy round the party area, HERE! Meow!: The initial shots of Hathaway As Catwoman in their Catwoman costume within the approaching The Dark Dark evening Increases triggered a ruckus with fans due to not feline enough, but new shots of Anne with ears plus an eye mask should make Caped Crusader fans happy. Have a look at Annes new Catwoman shots, HERE! LiLo Strikes A Pose: Lindsay Lohan has came back in the office modeling for German designer Philip Plein. The actress was spotted shooting in Lake Como, Italia (George Clooneys backyard) in the last weekend. Have a look at Lindsays new modeling gig, HERE! Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All rights reserved.These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Halle Berry Breaks Feet During Place for 'Cloud Atlas'

Poor Halle Berry: The Oscar champion broke her feet during place for her movie, 'Cloud Atlas,' based on People. Set photos demonstrate to her running in high heel shoes for that thriller, but Berry really experienced the injuries off-set when she was "walking in Mallorca on the break from filming," based on an argument by Warner Bros. "Production has modified their schedule and can continue filming," the studio mentioned. Berry formerly broke her arm while making the thriller 'Gothika' with Robert Downey Junior. 'Cloud Atlas' co-stars Tom Hanks and Susan Sarandon, Hugo Weaving and Hugh Grant. Photos of Berry sporting a cast are available at INF Daily, together with the are convinced that producers plan to utilize a stunt double on her through out the film. [via People] photo thanks to Getty Images

AMC stretches running amount of 'Mad Men' episodes

Here's very good news for "Mad Males" fans: Episodes for your show's approaching season will manage a full 47 minutes, not the 45 minutes which were made the decision on taken. "Mad Males" creator/professional producer Matthew Weiner introduced the running time change Friday morning throughout Variety's Emmy Elite Showrunners breakfast within the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Slopes. The running amount of episodes happen to be a substantial sticking point taken when Weiner reaches tough discussions with "Mad Males" producer AMC and Lionsgate TV. In March, it absolutely was introduced that the last cases of "Mad Men's" fifth season would run 47 minutes, as remains the show's standard since its beginning, nevertheless the remaining 11 segs would run about 45 minutes allowing more commercial time. This program wound up being to create people episodes offered by their full 47-minute running time spent online. In the intervening several days, the perimeters found terms about the 47.05 running time for individuals segs. "I am unsure how they handled to produce that really exercise,Inch Weiner mentioned through the drama showrunners' panel within the Emmy Elite gathering. "It absolutely was plenty of worry. I'm so thrilled." AMC affiliates established the push for just about any 45-minute running duration of all segs was always a little more about giving the network flexibility. But clearly, Weiner's will has won out. "Mad Men's" fifth several weeks will probably bow in March. Contact Cynthia Littleton at cynthia.littleton@variety.com

Fox Buys Bill Lawrence Father-Boy Comedy With Put Pilot Commitment

EXCLUSIVE: Bill Lawrence has offered another comedy project this season, landing another major commitment. I hear Fox has handed a put pilot persistence for an untitled single-camera comedy, which Lawrence will write, direct and executive produce. Inspired by Lawrence’s real-existence encounters, it focuses on a parent or gaurdian-boy relationship. This marks the initial pilot script Lawrence will write solo since Scrubs. On friday, he and Greg Malins got an plane pilot production commitment from CBS for just about any multi-camera workplace comedy they'll co-write together. Both projects hail from Warner Bros. TV where Lawrence is at wealthy, extended-term deal that started in June. The Fox deal reunites ICM-repped Lawrence while using network’s entertainment leader Kevin Reilly, who was simply inside the same position at NBC for a lot of of Scrubs‘ work on the network.

Toronto: Where Will Be The Film Deals?

Much like it did a year ago, the 2011 Toronto Film Festival is becoming on the sluggish begin the purchases front. I spoke with a lot of customers after last evening’s onslaught of acquisition title premieres, as well as the common feeling was these entrepreneurs need to fill slots inside their agendas and they wish to fall crazily for each other, but haven’t quite become there yet with several films. They'd some reservations on almost all the flicks they saw. These films will clearly find distribution houses, nevertheless the reaction suggests that deals will drag out because people entrepreneurs aren’t apt to be posting large minimum guarantees, the way they did in Cannes. The big obtain the festival up to now, the Steve McQueen-directed NC-17 sex drama Shame, wasn’t a massive commitment for that press hoopla that adopted Deadline’s demonstrate the film had agreed to Fox Searchlight. I am hearing the sale will be a mid-substantial minimum guarantee around $400,000, together with a P&Dedication around $1.5 million. That sounds about right, because the filmmakers were most concerned about entering this year’s Oscar race to make use of the performances by Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan, and making sure that doesn't a frame in the picture was changed. Nevertheless it doesn’t appear as being a wide release picture. For that wide release game game titles, they'll sell, but it'll be a hardship on merchants to obtain the dollars they require. I saw among people game game titles that sit atop buyer lists last evening. Seafood Fishing inside the Yemen was scripted by Simon Beaufoy, directed by Lasse Hallstrom and stars Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt, Kristin Scott Thomas and Amr Waked, the 2nd playing a wealthy sheik who pays a fisheries investigator to stock a stream with trout. The film is sophisticated, funny, timely and absolutely charming, which i possibly could be amazed whether or not this isn’t clicked on up by Monday or sooner. That film got the most effective reaction within the customers I spoke with. The pace of auctioning remains complicated through the quantity of premieres last evening, including Rampart, Take This Waltz, The Oranges, the hockey comedy Goon as well as the Morgan Spurlock-directed documentary Comic-Disadvantage: A Follower’s Hope. Customers required to make options, and several were seeing films like Seafood today. I expect a flurry of deals toward the conclusion in the festival, that's the actual way it carried out out a year ago. Since there’s little happening up to now, you've time to notice things. Right here are a handful of a couple of a few things i’ve observed: * An unpredicted hot title remains the fighting styles film The RaidThat The brand new the new sony Pictures Worldwide Purchases Group smartly bought at Cannes based on some footage. Art galleries are really thinking about remake rights on that particular, conscious of The brand new the new sony has start searching. * I’ve loved everything Jonah Hill is doing since Superbad, but this individual is poised to experience a major career once Moneyball is released through the new the new sony Pictures. Playing the information-savvy geek partner to Kaira Pitt’s Concord A’s gm Billy Beane, Hill can be a thought and so they produce a terrific tandem in the picture that Bennett Burns directed while using heart you recognized in the script that has both Steve Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin talking about screen credit. Despite the fact that Hill initially shocked me along with his fat loss, he made an appearance being settling into his svelte frame quite nicely within the premiere and you also could not have knocked the smile off his face in the event you attempted. * You will discover handful of better places to check out a movie here than Roy Thomson Hall, the Toronto venue where the glitziest gala game game titles play. There is however a greater cost being paid out. You'll need to get it done early, and when you uncover your chair, you are uncovered for the most excruciating and torturous red-colored-colored carpet coverage, provided with the broadcast team from E Talk TV. These speaking heads have absolutely nothing interesting to convey for the stars they chat up for just about any feed that's broadcast only to everyone else inside the theater. It's noisy, and there is collective squirming after they request questions like that certain, lobbed to Philip Seymour Hoffman while he made his distance towards the Moneyball premiere: “You play Concord A’s manager Art Howe. When you apply to that uniform, would you put onto it, or does it placed on you?” Hoffman responded as though he’d consumed bad sea food. In the that at Cannes red-colored-colored carpet premieres, furthermore they reveal footage of coming stars. There is however no soundtrack and instead of being assaulted with noisy verbal nothingness, you simply watch the celebs arrive and pose simply because they make their distance towards the theater. It’s fun, provides a sense of spectacle and enables you understand once they will lower the lights and drop the puck and start the film. Toronto Film Festival planners might want to consider this tactic continue I’ve attended three Thomson Hall premieres, and whatever they’ve got happening at this time around is intolerable.

VIDEO: Bonjour, Girl! A Gayer, Greater Beauty and the Beast

We used to consider Aladdin the gayest Disney film thanks to its gilded grandeur, decadent costuming, and, uh, Jafar. “Bring me the boy!” indeed, my good vizier! However, the Internet has proved us wrong this week with a video entitled, “Bonjour, girl!” a redubbed, bitchier take on Belle’s opening musical from Beauty and the Beast. Girl needs to leave this provincial life, STAT! If you’re looking for a companion piece to this addictive little clip, I advise you rewatch all of Mrs. Potts’s actual scenes in the movie. Lansbury brings the catwalk realness. Bonjour, Girl [YouTube]

Toronto: Sundance Selects Acquires U . s . States Rights To Beloved

Sundance Selects acquired U . s . States rights for the Christophe Recognition-directed Beloved. The film, which stars Catherine Deneuve, Chiara Mastroianni, Ludivine Sagnier, Louis Garrel, Paul Schneider, and Milos Forman, closed the 2011 Cannes Film Festival and plays at Toronto in the gala premiere. Its produced by Why Not Productions, France 2 Cinma, 16 Films, Negativ while using Participation of Canal + France. Known to love an intimate musical drama, the film spans three decades and follows a parent or gaurdian and youngsters misadventures for one another. Deal is created by Sundance Selects leader Jonathan Sehring and purchases senior v . p . Arriana Bacco, with Celluloid Dreams repping the filmmakers.

Red Band Trailer for Indonesian Action Film The Raid Features the Harshest Violence of the Year

Now, now: The word “Indonesian” should make my description of The Raid’s red band trailer intriguing enough. Will there be expensive coffee? Komodo Dragons? Beautiful Sumatran supermodels? Even better: Gareth Evans’s The Raid (Serbuan Maut) has the harshest, roughest, bloodiest, fastest-paced action of any trailer I’ve seen this year. It is a rush, and it is shocking as hell. It’s the rare movie that warrants a “red band trailer;” type in your birthday, click play, and let your jaw drop. So, your day won’t be the same! Especially in tandem with this. Sorry I’m not sorry. Happy Friday. Where to begin with this bloody bacchanal? The incredible fight choreography? The sheer grit of it all? The unyielding carnage? The explosive chemistry between those guns and those faces? The volcanic bloodshed? A score by Linkin Park guru Mike Shinoda? OK, one of those things is not like the others. The glamorization of violence is still a problem in 2011, but you have to relish a movie that just dwarfs every action film of the past year with its sheer gall. Who wouldn’t want to see this now? Besides your mother. And most of your family. And those who can’t stomach the terror of Saving Private Ryan’s first twenty minutes as re-purposed in an Indonesian tower. For those who can take it, it seems like a gem. Badass Digest tracked down a poster, too. Verdict: Heartstopping, brain-combusting greatness The Raid [MTV]

'J. Edgar' to kick off AFI Fest

Leonardo DiCaprio in "J. Edgar." Clint Eastwood's "J. Edgar" will have its world premiere as the opening night gala of the AFI Fest on Nov. 3.Although past Eastwood pics have preemed at the New York Film Festival, "J. Edgar" bypassed both the New York and Toronto fests, and Warner Bros. set a Nov. 9 release, which opened the possibility of an AFI debut. Leonardo DiCaprio stars as the FBI's founding director, with Naomi Watts, Armie Hammer and Judi Dench co-starring."Clint Eastwood is an American icon, one whose work as a director, actor, producer and composer not only stands the test of time but also continues to add new, rich chapters with each passing year," said Bob Gazzale, prexy-CEO of the American Film Institute. Eastwood received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1996.The 25th AFI Fest, which takes place Nov. 3-10 in Hollywood, will offer free tickets to all screenings, though only limited spots are available at galas such as the opening. Contact Pat Saperstein at pat.saperstein@variety.com