Oscilloscope buys 'Hello, I Must Be Going'

'Hello I Must Be Going' debuted at the Sundance Film Festival.Oscilloscope has acquired North American rights to Todd Louiso's ''Hello, I Must Be Going,'' which premiered opening night at the Sundance Film Festival.The drama, starring Melanie Lynskey, centers on a thirty-something divorcee who moves back in with her parents, only to find romance in a local teenager. ''We loved it from the moment we saw it at Sundance, and we are thrilled to be working with this great filmmaking team to bring it out into the world,'' Oscilloscope said in a statement.Written by Sarah Koskoff, ''Hello, I Must Be Going'' co-stars Blythe Danner and newcomer Christopher Abbott and was produced by Mary Jane Skalski and Hans Ritter. Pic screened in Sundance's U.S. Dramatic Competition section and will likely bow in U.S. theaters this August.''In making the film, we became a close knit group,'' said Skalski in a statement. ''Todd, Sarah, Hans and I are thrilled to bring Oscilloscope into the family.''Oscilloscope's upcoming 2012 slate includes Andrea Arnold's ''Wuthering Heights,'' Matt Ross's ''28 Hotel Rooms'' and Ryan O'Nan's ''Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Beast.''Deal was negotiated by WME Global.Sundance Video Interview: Contact Stuart Oldham at stuart.oldham@variety.com

Start looking at The Actor-brad Pitt and Armie Hammer within the Lone Ranger

The very first picture of Armie Hammer and The Actor-brad Pitt within the Lone Ranger continues to be tweeted around the world, by producer Jerry Bruckheimer!Using his Twitter account to show the brand new look from the duo, it's obvious Tonto, performed by The Actor-brad Pitt, looks a bit miffed he's saddled with Armie Hammer's guy from the law.Having a crow mounting his dark matted tresses, it appears like Depp might be playing Jack Sparrow again, but we are able to presume you will see less Keith Richards in the performance because the Ranger's Native American companion.On director responsibilities is Gore Verbinski, who's labored with Depp on three from the Pirates From The Caribbean movies and Rango. For Hammer, this can mark his first collaboration using the pair, as well as his initial walk into blockbuster acting (if you do not count Mirror Mirror).Helena Bonham Carter, Tom Wilkinson and William Fichtner will also be starring using the boys within this adventure tale which will go ahead and take Lone Ranger and Tonto over the American flatlands to create justice to some corrupt system.There is a little wait to determine these boys for action though: the giant screen adaptation continues to be scheduled for any May 2013 release. Let us hope Bruckheimer keeps these visual tweets coming.

New 'Prometheus' Still Discloses Stunning Secrets

I am likely to bare this quick, since the less stated, the greater. Here is a high-res still from "Prometheus," Ridley Scott's grand go back to sci-fi that absolutely, certainly includes a strong link with the "Alien" franchise. Following Peter Weyland's TED Talk a week ago, the official website for Weyland Corp. was released, which still was among the awards inside. Frankly, I am unsure of what we are searching at hereSpace Jockey-related? A glance within the Prometheus itself?and extremely, I'd rather not know. For me personally, the less I understand about "Prometheus," the greater. And So I allow you, dear visitors, to take a position just as much or less than you would like. But when little else, please, just admire the glorious photo. It's positively stunning. Because of io9 for pointing it. "Prometheus" will take off on June 21, 2012.

Jon Hamm: Billionaires Feuding Stored 'Mad Men' From the Air

Following a lengthy absence, "Mad Males" finally returns for any fifth season on March 25 -- to start dating ? that's doubtless marked within the calendars from the show's superfans because they wait with anticipation over what goes on next within the untidy, sophisticated saga of Don Draper and company.Inside a guest appearance on Thursday's Letterman, Jon Hamm -- back around the marketing circuit for that AMC series -- places blame billionaire-on-billionaire squabbles for that 17-month delay. (The growing season-four finale broadcast in October 2010.)"These choices get made ... in a much greater pay grade than I am permitted to take part in,Inch Hamm described on CBS' "Late Show." "I have referred to it thusly, and I have become in danger, so I'll try it again exactly the same way: when billionaires fight, it requires considerably longer to, like, settle. Therefore we had some loaded people identifying how lengthy we'd be from the air.""Mad Males" is "carried out with production," stated Hamm, adding: "Season five is incorporated in the books.""The entire year does not really mean anything," Weiner stated from the '60-set drama. "It does not. I am not carrying out a lesson in history. The one thing that I am looking forward to is I needed and give people a large helping. I needed a 2-hour premiere. It is a 'Mad Men' movie -- I do not think anyone's likely to think it's two episodes spliced together. There's a tale that begins in the center of it (but otherwise) it's one story. The start and also the ending are based on one another."The premiere, compiled by Weiner and directed by Jennifer Getzinger, will start that Sunday at 9 p.m. The next week's episode, coming back to the regular 10 p.m. timeslot, marks the Hamm's directorial debut. The Hollywood Reporter

Actor Erland Josephson dies

Published: Sun., February. 26, 2012, 12:04pm PTBy Connected PRESS Swedish actor Erland Josephson, who worked with with legendary film director Ingmar Bergman in additional than 40 films and plays, died in Stockholm on Saturday carrying out a lengthy fight against Parkinson's disease. He was 88. Born right into a group of artists and culture employees in Stockholm, Josephson was 16 as he first met Bergman, who had been pointing a manufacture of "The Merchant of Venice" by which Josephson was taking part being an amateur actor. Although he didn't have any formal acting education, Josephson ongoing to look in a number of Bergman stage plays within the nineteen forties and '50s younger crowd were built with a minor part in 1946 film "It Rains on Our Love." Within the late '50s he performed bigger roles in Bergman's films "The Magician" and "Edge of Existence," but Josephson first shot to worldwide fame using the role of Johan in "Moments From the Marriage," in 1973. Next, he received purports to come in many worldwide film productions and performed Friedrich Nietzsche in Italian director Liliana Cavani's 1977 effort "Beyond Good and Evil." Josephson made an appearance in Philip Kaufman's 1988 film "The Intolerable Lightness to beInch making memorable performances in Andrey Tarkovskiy's eighties films "Nostalghia" and "The Sacrifice." The actor won several Swedish film awards and received an honorary award in the Rimini film festival in 1986. 2 yrs later, he received the Off Broadway Theater Award for the best performance for his role as Gajev in Peter Brooks' NY manufacture of "Cherry Farm." Josephson also released many books and autobiographical books and 2 poetry collections, and that he composed some 40 scripts for stage, tv and radio. He offered as mind of Sweden's Royal Dramatic Theater between 1966 and 1975 and was director from the Swedish Film Institute within the the nineteen nineties. Josephson is made it by his wife Ulla Aberg and five children. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Watch My Show: Full Metal Jousting's Craig Piligian Answers Our Showrunner Survey

Dave Annable Brothers & Sisters star Dave Annable is checking in to ABC's 666 Park Avenue pilot, TVGuide.com has confirmed.TVLine first reported the news.The Complete Pilot Report: ABC's got Mandy Moore, Reba McEntire and Natalie PortmanFrom the producers of The Vampire Diaries, The Secret Circle and Gossip Girl, the supernatural project is based on Gabrielle Pierce's book series about an innocent Midwestern couple, one half of which will be played by Annable, who get hired as resident managers of an Upper East Side apartment building in NY. Terry O'Quinn will play the owner of the building, where the residents have all made deals with the Devil to have their desires fulfilled.David Wilcox will write and executive-produce, alongside Leslie Morgenstein and Gina Girolamo.Annable most recently appeared in What's Your Number?

Start Looking: American Dad's Roger Cruz Would go to Washington

American Father The 2012 race for that presidency got zanier as Roger Cruz, resident alien on Fox's American Father, has tossed his interstellar hat in to the ring. He offers his sights around the pressing issues he'll face within the campaign! TV Guide Magazine: What's your arrange for stimulating the economy?Cruz: My stimulation plan normally involves alligator clamps, a vehicle battery, a bucket of Wesson oil, two free-range chickens, a Swedish tourist and also the third season of Mr. Belvedere. TV Guide Magazine: Boxers or briefs?Cruz: Boxers. No, briefs! Really, each one as lengthy as they are edible. TV Guide Magazine: Who's the very first performer you'd invite towards the Whitened House?Cruz: Justin Timberlake. He's virtually the main reason I am running. During the last many years, I have been getting a dickens of the time getting ahold of him. But he can't keep disregarding me if I am leader, right? TV Guide Magazine: You are a connoisseur of great hairpieces. Which candidate's hair you admire most?Cruz: It isn't an amount playing area. Ron Santorum's the only real candidate who's clearly not putting on a hairpiece. Some will dsicover Santorum's follicular honesty admirable, but my real question is: How can you election for any guy who's so clearly antitechnology? Sign up for TV Guide Magazine now!