Josh Trank to direct Spider-Guy spin-off?

Venom, the lengthy-looked forward to Spider-Guy spin-off, looks to become continuing to move forward with The new sony apparently tapping up Chronicle's Josh Trank to occupy the director's chair.The LA Occasions reviews that Trank is presently in discussions using the studio, getting impressed professionals together with his low-budget chicanery on Chronicle. He becomes the 2nd director to become from the project, after Hunger Games helmer Gary Ross switched lower the chance in 2009.The film will give you an chance for The new sony to complete justice to among the Marvel universe's most legendary villains, getting seen Topher Grace's version consigned to footnote status in Mike Raimi's Spider-Guy 3.For individuals individuals who skipped that certain, Venom is definitely an alien symbiote that attaches itself to human host Eddie Brock, and transforms him into an ooze-slinging supervillain with forces to equal Spidey themself. There is no word how Spider-Guy would squeeze into the brand new film, so we'll need to wait and find out whether Andrew Garfield will discover themself squaring off from the alien antagonist.Film writer Jacob Estes had formerly completed a script representing Venom being an anti-hero as opposed to a villain, but The new sony are apparently searching for a brand new script in addition to a director and star. No Topher Sophistication then? Ah well...

Finally! The Kardashians Meet Kubrick in Chilling Shining-Designed Photo Shoot

Finally, the meeting of influential cinema icon Stanley Kubrick and also the amorphous multi-headed entity known with each other because the Kardashians has happened, here is the photo taking evidence: Kendall and Kylie Jenner, more youthful siblings of Kim Kardashian and also the other two from that demonstrate you realize you watch when nobody else is searching, pose a la the creepy twins in the Shining with matriarch Kris Jenner as... uh, you know me. This specific photo shoot in the lesser Kardashians' guest trip to America's Next Top Model needed its model-participants to pose as small children. Naturally some genius imagined up this. I am talking about, all the classic Kubrick signatures are within this picture, in the vibrant game room colors towards the clown hiding without anyone's knowledge towards the leggy model-participants appearing at Kris's ft towards the pastel cut-outs stating "GLAMOROUS" around the wall. "Glamorous" is exactly what Kubrick was about, right? [Celebuzz]

OSCARS: Pina Wim Wenders

Tim Adler is a contributor to AwardsLine Watching Pina, Wim Wenders 3D documentary about the abrasive-tender, jaunty-tormented work of choreographer Pina Bausch, it is ironic that the Oscars has only ever recognized this master German filmmaker for his documentaries. Buena Vista Social Club was nominated for an Oscar in 2000. And now Pina is up for the Documentary Feature Academy Award on February 26. Of course, there has been a non-fiction line throughout Wenders career. He started taking documentary photographs at age 7, and has made feature-length documentaries since 1980. Wenders himself says his fiction films have a documentary feel, while his documentaries always have a fairy-tale aspect to them — the Cinderella story of Cuban street musicians working as shoeshine boys elevated to playing Carnegie Hall in Buena Vista Social Club being a case in point. Actually, theres a double irony here: Not only is Wenders, director of such seminal European arthouse movies as Wings of Desire and Paris Texas, most feted these days for documentaries but they are documentaries about other artists, arguably those with an even stronger artistic drive than his own: Willie Nelson, Ry Cooder and Japanese director Yasujiro Ozu are some of the artists he has made films about. There is a sense among people who have worked with him that his days as an auteur filmmaker ranking alongside such greats as Ingmar Bergman or Michelangelo Antonioni may be behind him, and that he has settled into the second division. His last fiction film, Palermo Shooting, was booed when it played in competition at Cannes in 2008. Critics described it as excruciating and inconsequential and an on-screen dedication to Ingmar and Michelangelo only fuelled catcalls in the Grand Palais. If Wenders fiction career has sputtered, there is no denying how Pina has rejuvenated him. The documentary has grossed $12 million worldwide to date. He has talked about only making films in 3D from now. For too long, he says, 3D has been the preserve of cynical Hollywood blockbusters. All movie documentaries will be filmed three-dimensionally, he has predicted, and he is developing another 3D docu about architecture. Deepak Nayar, who has produced three of Wenders movies, says: Hes true to what he wants to do rather than sell out. Thats what makes him an auteur. Building design is just one of Wenders interests: He has also been an engraver, philosopher and painter and is currently writing a novel. Hes a true polymath, a director whos interested in music, dance, performance and fine art, one admirer says. And his long association with the music scene, directing videos for U2 and Taking Heads, means he is that rarest of creatures: a rocknroll intellectual. Opinion is divided as to what he is like personally. Pleasant in a slightly cool way, sums up one friend. Hes very funny. He cracks me up, Nayar says. Unlike some European masters of his generation, he is not snobbish or unapproachable although he is conscious of his own position, says one distributor. Vain, self-indulgent and in love with himself, carps another colleague. Whatever the truth of this is, Wenders is certainly loved by those who work with him. Cinematographer Phedon Papamichael, in demand for Hollywood blockbusters (Knight and Day), has turned down better-paying gigs to work with him. And, in a world which is so often what-can-you-do-for-me-today, Wenders remains loyal to past collaborators. When he throws parties, he often invites people he hasnt worked with for more than a decade. That defines a person, Nayar says. Even at his budget level of auteur filmmaking, he works democratically. There is no doubting his popularity on the film festival circuit. When you’re with Wim, suddenly you can get in everywhere, laughs producer Nigel Thomas, who produced the portmanteau film Ten Minutes Older. Although his longevity is appreciated in his homeland, he is not regarded as a national treasure. He has been kept away from the levers of power distributing state funding to other filmmakers. And he has found it increasingly difficult to raise money out of Germany itself. Partly, its because the market for the kind of films Wenders makes has shrunk: the days when he could raise $23 million to make Until the End of the World (1991) ($830,000 domestic B.O.) are long gone. Today Wenders can only hope to raise $3-4 million out of Europes subsidy system. He made Land of Plenty in 2004 with Michelle Williams for just $500,000. Also, his slightly cool, dispassionate films have made him and his refusal to please an audience go out of fashion. Once the Berlin Wall came down, Germany busied itself with construction and reunification; the space for public intellectuals like Wenders got smaller. He is not part of the zeitgeist anymore. Wenders says: A track record doesnt really count for anything. Its easier to get a film funded as a first-time director than if youre an old hand like me. Anyone would agree that Wings of Desire and Paris Texas were groundbreaking in their time, but these have been exceptions rather than the rule. Critics say his films are pretentious. There is a nagging sense among those who have followed his career that at times this particular Emperor and Wenders is noted for his flamboyant fashion sense may not be wearing any clothes at all. People had written Wim off, Nayar says, but with Pina hes come back strongly. (Wenders photo: Getty Images)

Bill Hinzman dies at 75

Actor and filmmaker Bill Hinzman, best known for his role as the first zombie shambling across a cemetery in George Romero's "Night of the Living Dead," died of cancer Feb. 5 in Darlington, Pa. He was 75. The 1968 horror pic launched Hinzman on a long career of creepy roles in what many consider to believe was a new horror genre. His other film credits include "The Crazies" (1973), "Flesheater" (1988) and "Legion of the Night" (1995). His last movie role was in last year's "River of Darkness."Hinzman also worked as a cinematographer, beginning with "The Crazies," and directed, as well as starred in, "Flesheater" and "The Majorettes" (1987).According to the Chicago Sun-times, he is survived by his wife, Bonita, a daughter, his mother, two brothers and a granddaughter. Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com

Music's Best Remember Whitney Houston

Kelly Rowland The annual celebration of music's brightest stars turned into an emotional tribute for one of the most iconic performers of all time, after Whitney Houston suddenly passed away on February 11, a day before the Grammy Awards. "This is my 11th show, and I would say this is the most emotional Grammys that I've ever personally been involved in... but it needed to be," said Neil Portnow, president of The Recording Academy, after the show. "My goal was pretty clear," he added. "[The tribute] needed to be simple, it needed to be elegant, it needed to be uplifting, it needed to be inspirational and it needed to be healing because we're all hurting so badly." Moments before the show, guests and performers shared their thoughts on Houston's death as they hit the busy red carpet with mixed emotions. "I feel conflicted," Gayle King told TV Guide Magazine. "You want to celebrate the people who have worked so hard all year long, but of course everybody feels very sad about the passing of Whitney Houston." Guests came prepared to share their favorite memory or Whitney song, and the admiration for Houston's talent was unanimous among her peers. "Whitney Houston was a brilliant singer, [and] a great technician," said Corinne Bailey Ray. "As a girl, I was inspired by her joyfulness, and as a musician I'm inspired by her technical skills and the way she made something sound effortless." The awards show itself - a series of complex puzzle pieces that somehow come together the evening before the live telecast - also faced some challenges, with a last-minute addition of "I Will Always Love You" performed by Jennifer Hudson. Prior to the show, Kelly Rowland expressed concern for her friend and the pressure to perform under the circumstances. "I don't know how she's going to contain her emotions," the Destiny's Child singer said. "I know she is [nervous]." And while many relived their encounters with the legendary songstress, others were thrilled just to have been part of her life in some small way. "I didn't meet her, but I met [Whitney's daughter] Bobbi Kristina, and she said that they watched Drake & Josh and her mom thought I was funny," recalls Community's Yvette Nicole Brown. "So she knew that I existed and that was enough for me."Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!

VIDEO: Camping Up With 'Joyful Noise' Director Todd Graff

"It's all regulated visiting the same playbook again and again," confesses "Pleased Noise" director Todd Graff. "It's not only people carrying out, but carrying out in competitions and benefits and large final amounts."Having a filmography that includes the musical features "Bandslam" (2009) and "Camping" (2003), it's difficult to deny the presence of a pattern around the director's resume. Projects that celebrate diversity among youthful entertainers have grown to be Graff's p facto phone card. It is a apparently natural extension from the career he released like a pre-teen actor on "The Electrical Company," the landmark seventies TV variety reveal that notoriously brought to wider audiences a youngthough in no way teenagedMorgan Freeman.Back Stage swept up with Mr. Graff among final seem-mixing periods for "Noise" to mirror around the ten years -- and three seasons of "Glee" -- since the building of "Camping," and also the joys to be "pigeonholed." (We ought to be so lucky.)Charged as "a comedy about drama" and launched to reviews that are positive but little promotion around the arthouse circuit, "Camping" might not have received much attention in the box office, but because of DVD and frequent airings on IFC, the film continuously gained bona-fide cult favorite status among scores of youthful entertainers who could appreciate its place-on ribbing from the hilariously age-inappropriate repertoire sometimes present in adolescent theater programs.Just to illustrate: Future Oscar nominee Anna Kendrick marks her film debut by belting an average, literally scene-stealing version of "Girls That Lunch" from Stephen Sondheim's "Company." Other "Camping" outbreaks include Robin DeJesus, who during the time of filming had not visited a Broadway show, but who'd later go onto score Tony nominations for his performances within the Broadway productions of "Within the Levels" and "La Cage aux Folles."But possibly exactly what the film most touchingly captures may be the feeling of belonging that each one of the campers feels while releasing their inner diva/divo in the imaginary "Camping Ovation," an arc similar to the misfit people of the certain club on the particular FOX TV mega-franchise."'CAMP' is dependant on a genuine camp where I visited and labored at," discloses Graff, mentioning to his stint at Stagedoor Manor, a common Upstate NY theater camping whose famous alumni include Natalie Portman, Zach Braff, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and possibly towards the surprise of nobody, Jum Michele. It had been throughout his tenure like a counselor (entrusted using the proper care of a youthful Robert Downey, Junior., amongst others), that Graff truly started to understand the stockpile of confidence that the camping atmosphere presented in the brood of ambitious youthful talent, a lot of whom were utilised for you to get tossed to their school lockers another 10 several weeks of the season.Inch[Stagedoor] is much like Oz of these kids," he appreciates but whereas "'Glee' is showing a college in which the kids have this haven each day, 'CAMP' is showing this place where it's type of like 'Brigadoon.' It only is available for a few several weeks and they have to return to their crappy real lives."While fans of Graff's film could make the situation that "Camping" and "Glee" share exactly the same DNA, the director stresses that such evaluations are superficial at best. "I am a really large 'Glee' fan," he states. "By no means will i seem like you may never have 'Glee' basically did not make 'CAMP,' that isn't it whatsoever. They are both clearly about kids who're deeply in love with carrying out, and youngsters who seem like outsiders that do not easily fit in and face lots of harassment and persecution within their lives outdoors of Glee Club or theater camping, however i believe that the primary difference has related to you skill in television and you skill inside a movie. My impression would be that the show has covered many of the same types of emotional territory that people do in 'CAMP,' but our film was an indie created by Killer Filmsit would not meet network standards and practices the way in which 'Glee' must.InchContrary, Graff relishes the strong niche afterlife "Camping" has loved, likening it to 1 of individuals rare original cast tracks his imaginary (and real existence) campers would salivate over. "There's an excellent musical known as [title of show], as well as in it they sing an audio lesson that goes 'I'd prefer to be nine individuals first favorite factor than 100 individuals ninth favorite factor,' so when I [heard that line] I figured, 'That is CAMP'," Graff states. "For a lot of the couple of individuals who first viewed it, it grew to become an essential movie on their behalf, that is very satisfying. They taken care of immediately it and required possession from it in ways that maybe they do not do for a lot of other movies."With "Pleased Noise" because the latest entry in the unofficial "let us placed on a show" trilogy, Graff shows no manifestation of switching genres and dismisses the idea of change simply with regard to change because he embarks on his next project."Many people make Westerns, many people make war movies, many people make horror movies. This is exactly what I actually do,Inch he states, with no smallest hint of defensiveness. "It's only some of the factor I believe I possibly could ever do, but I am happy carrying this out. I ended taking traditional work with hire years back. I have only done three movies within the last eight years, and despite the fact that they are all within the same genre, they are very personal in my experience, and they're exactly what i'm saying these to be. My agent stated that for my next movie I ought to be cautious and never do another musical because I'm going to be pigeonholed. I stated to him, 'What do you consider I'm, 25?' I most likely have only five more movies within me before I die, therefore if they are all within this genre, I'm going to be perfectly happy."If you are looking at following in Graff's actions like a Stagedoor Manor counselor, make sure to take a look at their approaching auditions. Click the link to see the casting notice at Backstage.com. "Camping" can be obtained to stream via Netflix. "Pleased Noise" is within theaters now.

New viral site for that Amazing Spider-Guy

If you are anything like us, you'll have spent a lot of yesterday beaming as an idiot within the new trailer for that Amazing Spider-Guy. However, among your excitement over Peter Parker's new adventure, have you spot the hidden message in the finish from the teaser?Should you visit again a clip below, you will see a really faint message written on among the metallic bars once the film's release date is proven. It's around the two:28 mark, towards the bottom left-hands corner from the screen.Try to place it, below... What read "Mark from the Spider-Guy." Nothing thrilling about this, you may think, except whenever you add .com around the finish, you receive rerouted for this completely new viral site.Now, right now there is nothing on the website except a sextet of screens showing static interference, and Spidey's aforementioned symbol. However, we'd wager that some footage will make itself apparent on individuals screens at some point.Maintain checking the website within the coming days and tell us whenever you place things. The Astonishing Spider-Guy will open within the United kingdom on 4 This summer 2012.

Sue Dwiggins Worsley dies at 97

Sue Dwiggins Worsley, a author, production coordinator and production secretary, died at her home in Studio City, Calif., on 12 ,. 31. She was 97. Inside the 19 fifties, she broke to the fledgling television market by writing scripts for "The Gene Autry Show." Later she labored inside the production offices of Gene Autry Prods. and, inside the sixties, for Four Star Television and last century Fox.While keeping focused around the Warner Bros. output of "Deliverance" in Georgia in 1971, she met and married her third husband, production manager Wallace Worsley Junior., and subsequently grew to become part of him being created offices for location shooting on films including "Coal Miner's Daughter," "Whose Existence Can It Be Anyway?," "ET: The Extra-Terrestrial" and " 'night, Mother," as well as on the Vital miniseries for NBC "Shogun." She was production coordinator on "ET."Extended active in industry politics, Sue Dwiggins Worsley was one of the backers of union representation for production organizers, who grew to become part of IATSE as Production Office Organizers in 1978. Worsley was produced Miriam Gretchen Sues in La. Her father Simmons Albert Sues will be a cameraman on quiet series "The Potential Risks of Helen," among many other early "flickers." Her mother Muriel Sues (nee McCoy) will be a appear editor at MGM. She was married in 1938 to Don Dwiggins, a newspaper and book author, too as with 1952 to William Bradford, a cameraman at Republic Pictures. Both close ties brought to divorce.She outdated in the market in 1991 upon the dying of husband Wallace Worsley Junior. She's managed to get having a boy together with a daughter seven grandchildren and diverse great-grandchildren.Donations may be made to the Lily La Cava Scholarship Fund, IATSE Local 871, 11519 Chandler Blvd., North Hollywood, CA 91601. Phone: 818-509-7871 Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com

Friday B.O. goes 'Grey'

'The Grey'Yesterday's bow for "The Grey" wasn't drab because the road opener made $6.5 million within the domestic B.O.Pic might be the 2nd release within the fledgling distribbery after "Killer Elite," which cumed $25 million in your area a year ago. "Grey" will most likely make between $16 million and $18 million through Sunday.Each one of the frame's other two openers coupled with online coupon merchants wishing a b - -.To. boost, and Lionsgate's "One your hard earned money can buyInch got just that. Despite modest midweek interest, sales elevated by Groupon participation knocked the Katherine Heigl-starrer to second place with $4.millions of Friday and full weekend estimations inside the mid-teens.It's difficult to express, however, the quantity of that gold gold coin Lionsgate will truly receive. One insider suggested "Money's" $6 coupon rate, which fits wholly for the exhibitor, continues to be put in weekend estimations at full-cost ticket costs, abnormally coming in the film's reported gross.Summit, however, offered tickets through Livingsocial and acquired $2.5 million for fifth place yesterday. The little-major, recently acquired by Lionsgate that's disseminating an instantaneous competitor this frame, is anticipating around $7.5 million for your weekend.Holdovers composed the comfort in the large players. The brand new the new sony/Screen Gems' "Underworld Awakening" acquired $3.4 million for third, then Fox's "Red-colored-colored Tails" with $2.8 million yesterday. Photos have cumed $36 million and $26 million Stateside, correspondingly. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

'Bubba Nosferatu' Could Become 'Bubba Roswell,' Paul Giamatti Unveils

Elvis versus aliens. When doesn't appear awesome for you personally, only then do we aren't living on one planet. Though "Bubba Ho-Tep" director Don Coscarelli and actor Paul Giamatti have extended been considering putting rock icon Elvis facing a pack of blood stream-thirsty vampires of the underworld from the underworld in "Bubba Nosferatu," it now appears their plan is becoming bigger -- franchise-sized large, really, plus a detour to Boise Condition Broncos. "Oh, we have an array of plans for just about any 'Bubba' franchise," Giamatti told MTV News within the Sundance Film Festival, turning up alongside Coscarelli to assist their new movie "John Dies within the Finish." "We've been thinking 'Bubba Roswell,' is what we've been thinking." As implied with the title, "Bubba Roswell" might be "Elvis versus aliens," according to Coscarelli. Once again: who might refuse compared to that? Well... possibly a few somebody's. Despite a rabid fan following as well as the support from the actor of Giamatti's quality, the "Bubba" movies are actually sidelined, partly due to the departure of leading guy Bruce Campbell, and partly due to the passing of considerable time. "An important component declined to possess fun playing the film: it absolutely was Bruce Campbell, who to date as I used to be told made a decision he preferred to pay attention to other projects and didn't might like to do it," Coscarelli mentioned of losing his Elvis. "That was virtually the conclusion from this. You have to spoken to another terrific actor in Ron Perlman, who was simply interested, however in individuals days, a couple of years had went by, plus it was tough to get the funding together." People of Hollywood, if none individuals are searching at funding an "Elvis versus aliens" movie, there is available an issue. Just putting that available. What can you consider the "Bubba Roswell" idea? Reveal inside the comments section and also on Twitter! Follow MTV Movies Blog editor Josh Wigler on Twitter too!

Desperate Average women: Can Lynette and Tom Have It Together By Series' Finish?

Felicity Huffman and Doug Savant Will among Wisteria Lane's most beloved couples have the ability to reconcile before time expires? For seven seasons of Desperate Average women, Lynette (Felicity Huffman) and Tom Scavo (Doug Savant) were among the show's couple of stable associations. While Gaby and Carlos, and Susan and Mike were busy splitting up and fixing your relationship, and Bree had her hands full bedding half the block, the Scavos always appeared to be together. But after separating at the outset of the growing season, things aren't searching good. "We are worried," Huffman informs TVGuide.com. "We simply keep getting farther and farther apart." The way Desperate Average women finish? Marc Cherry teases a unique cameo That gap will simply widen about this Sunday's episode, airing at 9/8c on ABC, when Lynette begins dating again. Tom already includes a girlfriend, Jane (Andrea Parker), but that does not mean he will go ahead and take news well. "As I was from the set, James [Denton] required an image of Felicity in mattress with another actor and sent it in my experience and that i stated, 'That's it. I would like the divorce,AInch Savant states having a laugh. "I do not anticipate Tom responding much better than I already did, that is poorly." Savant is hardly the only person getting trouble accepting the couple's break-up this year. "I did previously end up with good responses in the pub. People loved Tom and thought he was funny. And today I hear 'You're stupid,'" Savant states. ("Can they say you are stupid?" Huffman asks. "Maybe it was me?" A minimum of they still perform the old husband and wife banter off-screen.) Watch full instances of Desperate Average women Huffman anticipates more tough feedback since Lynette is playing the area again, and she or he empathizes with fans. "Individuals are shocked. Individuals don't enjoy it. I just read a lot of things about people disliking Jane, but I have been dating so I am sure stuff will emerge about this,Inch Huffman states. "Individuals are attached, much like we, towards the marriage plus they would like them to reconcile.Inch Thinking about the numerous struggles their marriage has suffered through the years -- the invention of the lengthy-lost love child, cancer, miscarriage, money troubles, the supermarket shoot-out, the tornado and also the plane crash -- just how much does it take to ensure that they're apart permanently? "They are intended to be together. There is a deep and abiding love," Huffman states. "Like lots of partnerships, they have allow the bad stuff overtake the great stuff." A contented ending for Lynette and Tom is the only method Savant sees fit to leave behind Desperate Average women. "I so carefully relate this whole experience to the personal friendship and dealing relationship because she's my spouse on the program. She's the main reason I exist on the program,Inch Savant states. "I can not think of the show visiting an finish and us not together."

FX Boss on Working with the "New" Charlie Sheen, Plans for Season 2 of American Horror Story

Charlie Sheen, Jessica Lange How much does FX President and General Manager John Landgraf know about his network's upcoming Charlie Sheen comedy Anger Management? Something he calls "a snippet of a story line." The show, a loose adaptation of the 2003 Adam Sandler-Jack Nicholson movie of the same name, will premiere in June. FX executives have yet to see a single script, but Landgraf said he was convinced by a good idea pitched in part by the kinder, gentler Sheen seen over the last couple of months on something of a media mea culpa tour. Sheen even showed up last week to woo reporters at a Fox TV event where he pronounced himself newly "mellow." FX buys Charlie Sheen's new sitcom Anger Management "I think you saw a very different Charlie Sheen [at that event] than you'd been seeing in the press," Landgraf told reporters Sunday at FX's winter TV previews. "I saw that guy in the room and what I heard was a really excellent pitch for a comedy series -- funny, complicated, and the character that Charlie ought to be playing." In Anger Management, Sheen will play a man with a checkered past and a complicated relationship with his teenage daughter. Beyond that, Landgraf admits he doesn't yet know what the show is. "All I can tell you is I go into the process as optimistic as I can," he said. "I don't think it's a publicity stunt." Mostly that's because, according to Landgraf, the project acknowledges Sheen's past problems. "For me, I think that if Charlie wants to get his house in order and that encompasses his issues with substance abuse and his issues with his own family... and he wants to do a show in which he, as an actor, has more complicatedly positive relationships with women... my opinion is that that can be a really good thing," Landgraf said. "Not only for Charlie, but it can be a good thing for society... I'm all for giving him the opportunity to turn things around." And to be fair, the show comes cheap to FX, which picked up 10 episodes straight to series without seeing a pilot. Landgraf compares the business model, aimed at back-end syndication, to TBS' deal for its Tyler Perry sitcoms. Because of that, "we don't have the same level of creative input and control as we do over our other series," Landgraf said. Anger Management will likely run as a companion for the network's highly rated reruns of Two and a Half Men. The American Horror Story finale: Ryan Murphy tells us who's coming back for Season 2 As for American Horror Story, which will start from scratch next season with a new cast and story, Landgraf said viewers may still see some familiar faces. Series executive producers Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk are in conversations with two or three of the actors from Season 1 about returning to the show - but in entirely different roles. So that really is the last you'll see of the Harmons, who all wound up - obligatory spoiler alert - dead and haunting the house happily ever after. Landgraf said the network knew from the beginning that the family was not long for the living. "I know that sounds crazy to those of you who saw the pilot, but [Murphy and Falchuk] knew what they were doing and where they were going," he said.

KCET stretches BBC News agreement

La independent pubcaster KCET has extended its agreement using the BBC to air syndicated daily newser "BBC World News America." Additionally towards the Katty Kay-moored new halfhour, KCET will even still air selected BBC World News bulletins. "This partnership will have an important role in featuring both our flagship U.S. newscast 'BBC World News America' and our 24/7 funnel, BBC World News -- and can complement our contracts with major U.S. cable operators," stated Richard Porter, controller British of BBC Global News. Contact Jon Weisman at jon.weisman@variety.com

'Ray' to shine through '14

"Rachael Ray" CBS Television Distribution's syndie yakker "Rachael Ray" has been renewed through the 2013-14 season on ABC, CBS and Gannett affils, among others. Renewal will take the show through its eighth season. " 'Rachael Ray' has been a solid performer in stations' lineups and has had a recent surge in ratings," said CTD's sales prexy Joe DiSalvo in a press release. CBS said the series had been renewed on a slew of station groups, including Gannett, Cox, Meredith, Media General, Post-Newsweek and Hearst. The series received daytime Emmys for outstanding entertainment talk show in 2008 and 2009. Contact Sam Thielman at sam.thielman@variety.com

Wistful for Wisteria Lane

CherryThe cast and creator of "Desperate Housewives" talked about the professional and personal legacy that will forever be etched on Wisteria Lane at ABC's final TCA sesh Tuesday.Marc Cherry also added that despite the show's popularity, there would be neither a spinoff nor feature film.In referencing HBO's "Sex and the City," which ventured to the bigscreen following a run with a similarly very high-profile female cast, Cherry said: "The advantage for them (in doing a movie) is that they hadn't plumbed the depths of these characters, but after eight years I think we're done. I'm never sending these gals to Dubai."The panel was a nostalgia trip for Cherry, who had previously written for "The Golden Girls" but whose career had hit a major roadblock just prior to the "Housewives" launch in 2004."For a lot of us, it was our second chance," he said. "Marcia (Cross) had 'Melrose Place' and Teri (Hatcher) had 'Lois & Clark.' When it hit, it was crazy and intense, but we all said thank God."Cherry, who handed off showrunning duties to exec producer Bob Dailey several years ago and is currently working on some shows in development for the Alphabet, added: "I knew it would be a roller coaster, but I'm smart enough to know that there's no job that goes on forever. ... Like anything in life, the glory was worth the pain."Said actress Felicity Huffman in recalling the early zaniness: "I figured all press is good press. If stories were fallacious, it didn't matter."James Denton said he was a bit disappointed the show never got its kudos due but he believes the series made a lasting imprint on television."For awards we fell between the cracks, but Marc brought something to TV that we hadn't seen before," he said, Contact Stuart Levine at stuart.levine@variety.com

Image makeover?

No matter how much marketers try, there's nothing sexy about digital rights management. Once used as a tool to get consumers interested in new ways to digitally access entertainment, the software biz and chipmakers have all but given up on DRM after realizing those three letters were seen as having a negative connotation. A year after Intel launched its Insider anti-piracy technology, the challenge of distinguishing itself from a polarizing predecessor, digital rights management, continues. While Intel and digital lockers such as UltraViolet must assure distributors their content is safe, consumers would rather seek the assurance of a user-friendly experience -- they want to be able to use the software rather than knowing how it protects the content they're trying to access, tech firms have figured out. Apple's iTunes store used DRM to limit the number of devices on which a purchased file could be played. The online shop continues to use the technology for its digital rental service, limiting how long a video can be accessed. While DRM provided a certain level of protection for music files, it was criticized for affecting paying customers, who could only play files using specific software and on a specified number of devices. Intel has been careful to distance Insider, designed to protect full 1080p high-definition digital movies, from DRM. Insider has been seen by some as a form of DRM, and this association brings with it potentially negative implications of inhibiting the user experience. "I think when you draw a comparison to something like typical DRM, it takes on a connotation that can mean different things to different people," said Chris Cukor, marketing director for Intel Insider. "When we talk about Insider to customers and when we talk about it to the public, it's really an end-to-end content protection solution." Intel published a blog post addressing the subject on Jan. 4, 2011, soon after the announcement of the content protection feature. The post likened Insider to "an armored truck carrying the movie from the Internet to your display." Visitors regularly commented on the post throughout the year until as recently as November, unfavorably likening the technology to DRM. The post was updated twice to clarify facts and rebut criticisms. Although this could be seen as an issue of semantics, it has implications for both consumers and digital movie distributors. While many consumers want assurance of an uninhibited experience, those providing the content are focused on Insider's effectiveness. "Intel Insider creates additional content protection beyond the DRM to protect the video signal from delivery to the screen," said Thomas Gewecke, president of Warner Bros. Digital Distribution. "This allows us to deliver our highest value content such as 1080p HD to less secure platforms like the PC." UltraViolet has also been careful to consider the perspective of users playing files on multiple devices. The UV file format allows consumers to register as many as 12 UV-supported devices and share with six individuals. The aforementioned Intel blog post also noted that all chipmakers support High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP), used by Blu-ray. Cukor explained HDCP as the technology that takes a "local file and displays it on a panel, either on your laptop panel or your monitor or TV set." Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Watch My Show: Once Upon a Time's Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis Take Our Showrunner Survey

Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis Having served as executive producers on Lost, Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis are experts in alternate worlds, shocking twists and the battle between good and evil. As the creators of ABC's fairy tale-themed new hit Once Upon a Time, they found another way to spin those kinds of yarns. It's working: When seven days of DVR usage are included, Once averages 13.8 million viewers and a 4.8 rating among adults 18-49. In case you haven't checked it out yet (the show returns January 8), Horowitz and Kitsis answered our showrunner questionnaire in the hopes that you'll soon book a trip to Storybrooke. TV Guide Magazine: I could sit at home and read a fairy tale. Why should I watch your show instead?Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis: Because what we're attempting to do is not retell fairy tales but tell you the parts of them you never knew - to reinvent them through our own sensibilities and then mash them all up in ways we've never seen before and we hope the audience hasn't imagined. TV Guide Magazine: What happens if we don't watch your show?Horowitz and Kitsis: Then the show ends. And we are sad. TV Guide Magazine: Give us an algorithm for your show.Horowitz and Kitsis: We don't understand math. That's why we became writers. TV Guide Magazine: What's the best thing anyone has said or written about your show?Horowitz and Kitsis: That it made them happy to watch, that it transported them somewhere enjoyable for an hour. TV Guide Magazine: Were they right?Horowitz and Kitsis: We take them at their word. Who are we to judge? TV Guide Magazine: ABC promotes your Lost credits. Which past credit should they avoid touting at all costs?Horowitz and Kitsis: Hot Tonight. It was a public access sketch-comedy show we did in Madison, Wisconsin. We thought we were funny. We write drama now. TV Guide Magazine: How are you using your power of TV for good?Horowitz and Kitsis: We are trying to write about the power of hope in a time of uncertainty. Also, we use it to fight crime. TV Guide Magazine: What's an alternate title for your show? Horowitz and Kitsis: A Fistful of Fairy Dust. TV Guide Magazine: Showrunner battles are all the rage these days. Pick a rival show, any show, to start a fight with.Horowitz and Kitsis: 60 Minutes. We've watched your show. We've timed it. Without commercials, you're only 43 minutes. TV Guide Magazine: Let's scare the network. Tell us an idea that didn't make it out of the writers' room.Horowitz and Kitsis: We have a show with fairies, dwarves, talking crickets and dragons - we're not sure they're frightened of anything anymore. TV Guide Magazine: Let's say you could do a crossover episode with any TV show in history. Which show, and what would the episode be about?Horowitz and Kitsis: The Charmings. And it would be Snow and Charming confronting Snow and Charming. Fighting to the death over who is really... Snow and Charming. TV Guide Magazine: Of your cast members, who would fare best on Celebrity Apprentice?Horowitz and Kitsis: Rumplestiltskin. He drives a hard bargain. TV Guide Magazine: Now that you're a hit, what sort of Hollywood-ish thing will you demand?Horowitz and Kitsis: We don't think of ourselves as a hit; we're just glad to have the opportunity to tell more stories. That said, we've asked ABC for a dwarf entourage. TV Guide Magazine: What would a Once Upon a Time ride at Disneyland look like?Horowitz and Kitsis: You'd hop in Emma's Yellow Bug, race through Storybrooke, and escape the curse right before being deposited in Fairy Tale Land.That's where, of course, your picture would be taken in the Magic Mirror.And you'd have to walk through Mr. Gold's Pawn Shop in order to buy souvenirs.Or barter your children for the location of your parking spot, which you've long since forgotten because of the dizzying ride. Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!

Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel Engaged: Report

Guess Justin Timberlake wasn't kidding because he sang, "This ring here signifies my heart." Us Weekly is verifying that multi-hyphenate Justin Timberlake and also the on-again, off-again celebrity girlfriend Jessica Biel are engaged being married. Insider sources demonstrate that JT sprang the question within a snowboarding trip inside the hills of Wyoming. Timberlake and Biel were first linked together noisy . 2007 the happy couple split for a while a year ago but quickly reconciled and began considering marriage. Expect lots of gossipy particulars in regards to the ceremony, clothing, the honeymoon together with a thousand other particulars to softly leak within the exact correct time, over the following twelve to 18 several days. [Photo: FilmMagic] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook