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Alcon Sets Helming Debut For Dark Knight Rises Cinematographer Wally Pfister

EXCLUSIVE: Alcon Entertainment has acquired an untitled screenplay written by newcomer Jack Paglen that will mark the feature directorial debut of Wally Pfister, the Oscar-winning cinematographer whose credits include Inception, The Dark Knight Rises, and Moneyball. The deal was made by Alcon co-founders and co-CEOs Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove, who’ll start pre-production immediately for an early fall shoot. The logline is being kept under wraps, but the screenplay was developed by Straight Up Films, whose principals include Marisa Polvino, Kate Cohen and Regency Boies and Annie Marter. Polvino, Cohen and Marter will produce along with Johnson and Kosove. Boies will co-produce. “We have been talking to Wally about making his directorial debut with Alcon for over a decade since we all worked together on Insomnia,” Johnson and Kosove said in a statement. “Wally is truly one of the most talented artists with whom we have ever collaborated. To now have the opportunity to work with Wally as a director on this truly remarkable project, is a company highlight for Alcon Entertainment. Pfister won his Oscar for Inception, one of seven films he has made with director Chris Nolan, starting with Memento. While this is his first feature, Pfister has directed commercials for several years and gained notice for his powerful work on PSAs for The Montana Meth Project, alongside directors Darren Aronofsky, Tony Kaye, and Alejandro Inarritu. Pfister and Paglen are repped by ICM.

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On Friday's Spartacus: Vengeance, we see that Glaber has fully embraced his inner depraved villain, and this does not bode well for the rebels. After their recent success, Spartacus and his men want to take down Rome's giant arena next. In order to do so, however, they start training to use a bow and arrow and then plan to visit Neapolis so they can recruit the strong slaves coming into port. Meanwhile, poor Naevia is traumatized after all the rape, so her reunion with Crixus is bittersweet since they can't consummate their love. Also, Spartacus isn't able to sway Gannicus to their cause, and before he leaves them, he's accused of stealing their map to Neapolis. Although an epic fight between the two men ensues, it turns out that the blonde slave girl Chadara -- whom Mira shoots with her newfound archery skills -- is the culprit and was trying to sneak off with the map. Read More > Other Links From TVGuide.com Spartacus

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UPDATE: Jury Selection Still Going ahead In Desperate Average women Trial

Freelance author Dominic Patten is really a Deadline contributor UPDATE, TUESDAY 4:40 PM: A jury has still not been sitting within the situation, and selection will resume tomorrow at 1:30 PM when the potential juror panel continues to be replenished. Once selection is finished — hopefully by late within the mid-day — opening claims will start. However, with Judge Elizabeth Allen Whitened being strict about ending proceedings at 4:15 PM, it's unlikely opening claims can get far. Sheridan and Cherry were present in the court all day long Tuesday. PREVIOUS, MONDAY PM: Desperate Average women might be in the final season, however the real-existence fight against Wisteria Lane is simply getting going ahead between actress Nicollette Sheridan and series creator/executive producer Marc Cherry, ABC Galleries (formerly Touchstone TV) and ABC. Sheridan, who performed the villainous Edie Britt for that series first five seasons, is suing Cherry and also the network for wrongful termination and battery.The situation, which started jury selection today and it is likely to last 12 days (UPDATE: The judge stated this mid-day she needs the trial to summarize no after March 12), includes a juicywitness listthat includes past and offer ABC and ABC Galleries professionals like former ABC Entertainment leader Stephen McPherson, former ABC Galleries leader and current CW leader Mark Pedowitz, ABC Galleries’ mind of economic matters Howard Davine, Desperate Average women executive producer/showrunner Bob Daily along with other current and former author-producers on the program including Alexandra Cunningham, David Flebotte and Lari Kirkland Baker. Also contacted are the majority of Sheridan’s former co-stars on the program — Avoi Longoria, Felicity Huffman, Marcia Mix, James Denton, and Sheridon’s former love interest Neal McDonough — but remarkably no Teri Hatcher. But present out there is former Law & Order: SVU showrunner Neal Baer. That’s additionally towards the two principal parties Sheridan and Cherry, who're expected to accept are a symbol of eight hrs each. Sheridan likely is going to be among the first witnesses known as when jury selection and opening claims conclude. Following a short morning appearance today by Sheridan and Cherry in LA Superior Court, the trial was handed to jury selection.That group will receive a quick studies in behind-the-moments network TV: With Sheridans claims of sexual harassment and compensation for that shows entire run already declined by Judge Elizabeth Allen Whitened, the situation now involves the succession of occasions and choices at the end of 2008 that brought towards the finish of Sheridan’s tenure around the hit series. If she wins, a legal court has stated she'll be titled to around $4.two million, her annual salary. Sheridans contention is the fact that her character was wiped out off and she or he was release in the show in Feb 2009 because she complained to ABC executives that Cherry hit her throughout a September 24, 2008 argument. Cherry, that has accepted he did gently strike Sheridan around the mind throughout the confrontation, claims the incident had nothing related to Sheridan departing the show. Cherry stated he made the decision in May 2008 to chop Sheridan loose coupled with received approval from ABC and series producer Touchstone. In the depositing, Cherry known as it an expense-cutting measure.Producer Lori Kirkland Baker, who done the show in those days, includes a different knowledge of occasions. In her own depositing, she stated Cherry started speaking about problems he was getting with Sheridan and killing off her character at the end of September 2008. In December of this year, Cherry — whose alleged abusive actions toward other cast and crew was declared through the judge a no-go zone for Sheridans lawyers within the trial — allegedly told the shows authors he planned to get rid of Sheridan’s character in the finish of Season 5. But he made the decision with it support to get rid of the smoothness and drop Sheridan much earlier. Sheridan is symbolized by Mark Baute, Patrick Maloney, and Sean Andrade of downtown lawyer Baute, Crochetiere & Maloney. Cherry, Touchstone and ABC are defended by Adam Levin and Aaron Wais of Westside lawyers Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp.