Marisa Miller joins R.I.P.D.

Jeff Bridges looks like an underwear model? Apparently so, as Victoria's Secret beauty Marisa Miller has been cast as Bridges alter-ego in R.I.P.D.Bridges' character works in the Rest In Peace Department, a police force comprised of ghosts who battle other spirits not yet ready to depart this world.According to a report by The Hollywood Reporter, Miller will play Bridges' avatar, which humans see when he is in his earthly form.Miller is making her big screen debut in the role, having already appeared in TV episodes of Entourage, Gary Unmarriedand How I Met Your Mother.Ryan Reynolds, Jeff Bridges, Kevin Bacon, Stephanie Szostak and Mary-Louise Parker are already confirmed for the supernatural action thriller, which is directed by Robert Schwentke and based on the Dark Horse Comics miniseries.

Urusei Yatsura 5 Kanketsuhen

After falling asleep in class, Lum has a strange dream of a dark hooded figure coming to her as a child on her home planet of Oni. When Lum answers where she lives, the old man cackles with joy, claiming that he will come to claim her when she is old

Producers Guild Certification Plan Cleared By Justice Department

The Department of Justice said today that the Producers Guild of America’s certification system to distinguish full-on film producers from “financiers, actors, lawyers or others in the entertainment industry who may bargain for a generic producer credit in return for their services” would likely not reduce competition among producers or studios and should benefit the industry by providing transparency. The review ruling gives the guild the all-clear in regard to its system — which is voluntary — having anticompetitive effects. Here’s the DOJ release: WASHINGTON The Department of Justice announced today that it will not challenge the Producers Guild of Americas proposed use of a voluntary certification system for film producers. Based on the representations made by the Guild, the department said that the proposed voluntary certification system is unlikely to reduce competition among producers or film studios for producer services and could provide clarity to the film industry and the public. The Department of Justices position was stated in a business review letter to counsel for the Guild from Sharis A. Pozen, Acting Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Department of Justices Antitrust Division. With this certification, the Guild aims to distinguish those who perform what it considers to be the full range of producers duties on a film from those financiers, actors, lawyers or others in the entertainment industry who may bargain for a generic producer credit in return for their services. The Guild proposes using the certification p.g.a. after a persons name in the works credits to clarify who performed the producing functions on a film as defined by the Guilds specifications. According to the Guild, a producer who earns the p.g.a. certification will have been involved in all phases of development of a work, from its conceptual stage all the way through post-production and marketing. The Producers Guilds certification program may benefit the film industry and the public by providing a way to discern who performed the full range of producer functions on a film, said Acting Assistant Attorney General Pozen. The Guilds certification program may make it easier to identify some of the key executives in bringing a film to theaters. Based on the representations and information provided by the Guild, the department determined that the Guilds proposal is not likely to harm competition in the provision of producer services. Participation in the certification program is voluntary for both producers and movie studios, and the certification program does not restrain in any way the ability of studios to hire producers without p.g.a certification or of producers without certification to work in the film industry. Under the departments business review procedure, an organization may submit a proposed action to the Antitrust Division and receive a statement as to whether the division currently intends to challenge the action under the antitrust laws based on the information provided. The department reserves its right to challenge the proposed action under the antitrust laws if it produces anticompetitive effects. A file containing the business review request and the departments response may be examined in the Antitrust Divisions Antitrust Documents Group, U.S. Department of Justice, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Suite 1010, Washington, D.C. 20530. After a 30-day waiting period, the documents supporting the business review will be added to the file, unless a basis for their exclusion for reasons of confidentiality has been established under the Business Review Procedure.

Weekend Forecast: Dog Days Trio Hopes to Stay Out of Hurricane Irene's Way

While the weather forecast for much of the East Coast looks like a storyboard from Day After Tomorrow thanks to Hurricane Irene, the box office forecast is decidedly more calm. As summer continues to crawl toward Labor Day, three genre films hit theaters, all with the diminished expectations that come with their late August release dates. What movie will you probably ignore this weekend? To the forecast! NATIONAL OUTLOOK · Colombiana: Don’t sleep on the Luc Besson Factory of Action Thrillers*. From the Transporter series to the wildly successful Taken, the French auteur has the midas touch when it comes to producing mid-range budgeted meat-grinders. Colombiana is the latest one of Besson’s brutal babies to hit theaters — he also wrote the script here, while the awesomely named Olivier Megaton (Transporter 3) directs — and it promises to offer Taken-y revenge mixed with Wanted-y lady-toughness (courtesy of star Zoe Saldana). Great! Or it will be great when everyone catches up with it on Netflix in eight months. FORECAST: $8.7 million *Not a real factory. · Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark: From one auteur producer to another! Guillermo del Toro is responsible for this spooky remake of Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, and judging from the trailers, his directorial stand-in (first-timer Troy Nixey) knew just how to affect the spooky-scary children-in-peril aesthetic that Del Toro does so well. Horror films have been in a rut here in 2011 — Insidious is the year’s highest grossing horror flick at $53 million — and the genre has been battered over the last two weeks, with both Final Destination 5 and Fright Night flopping. Will fans come out to play with Del Toro, a bunch of Homunculi and Katie Holmes? Considering Jeepers Creepers was a late summer horror hit, why not? FORECAST: $12.9 million · Our Idiot Brother: Rule of thumb: when a non-blockbuster gets an overwhelming amount of promotion during the lead-up to its release, it’s probably a dog. Apropos of that, say hello to Our Idiot Brother! The Sundance fave has been everywhere during the last few weeks, from Funny or Die to the cover of The Hollywood Reporter to a “scandal” about censorship which “forced” the release of Thursday’s red band trailer. The film looks like a light and fluffy bit of late summer indie fun, which would be great if it weren’t getting released on over 2,500 screens. FORECAST: $4.8 million THE PRIME DESTINATION Hope you got used to seeing The Help at the top of the box office; the adaptation of Kathryn Stockett’s novel is poised to win its second straight box office crown, matching Hop, Rio, Thor, Transformers: Dark of the Moon and Rise of the Planet of the Apes as the only films to turn that trick in 2011. Also, if you haven’t seen Midnight in Paris yet, get on that good news: Sony Classics is releasing the film in 400 additional theaters over the weekend as the studio pushes to get Woody Allen’s latest further past $50 million in ticket sales. REGIONAL OUTLOOK Vera Farmiga makes her directorial debut with the well-received Higher Ground, Sam Riley and Andrea Riseborough star in the adaptation of Graham Greene’s Brighton Rock, and Hope Davis features in the familial comedy Family Tree. Care to call your shot?

Cinemax in talks for Viola Davis, Dee Rees project

DavisReesAs "The AssistanceInch rides high in the B.O., thesp Viola Davis is turning her focus on the little screen, shepherding a potential starring half-hour vehicle for herself at Cinemax.Cinemax is near to finalizing deals for that untitled project Davis is developing with "Pariah" helmer Dee Rees, scribe Margaret Nagle and John Lesher.Series is stated to become phone corruption of the city with the eyes from the headmaster of the execlusive prep school that has her eye on bigger things. Davis would take part in the headmaster, though sources informed that there's no deal yet in position on her to star.Rees is penning the script and co-writing the storyline with Nagle, an Cinemax vet who mostly lately authored for that pay cabler's period drama "Boardwalk Empire." Rees could also direct the pilot when the final deals are hammered out. Davis, Nagle, Lesher and the creating partner Adam Kassan would function as professional producers, with Rees like a co-professional producer.Rees designed a mark only at that year's Sundance fest using the LGBT-designed drama "Pariah," that was scooped up by Focus Features (Daily Variety, Jan. 31).Additionally to "The Assistance,Inch Davis is going to be back about the giant screen in December in Warner Bros.' "Very Noisy and extremely Close." Contact Justin Kroll at justin.kroll@variety.com

Par starts 'World War Z' with Dec. 2012

Paramount has dated the Brad Pitt zombie pic "World War Z" for Dec. 21, 2012, putting it in a head-to-head battle with Disney's "The Lone Ranger" and just a week after the first half of "The Hobbit." "World War Z," based on the tome by Max Brooks, is being directed by Marc Forester. Mireille Enos and James Badge Dale also star in the story of a United Nations employee -- played by Pitt -- who traverses the world in a race against time to stop the Zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatening to decimate humanity. The project is being co-financed by David Ellison's Skydance Productions and is produced by Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Colin Wilson. Matthew Michael Carnahan is the penning the script. December 2012 is already packed with intriguing projects, including a Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained," which bows on Christmas Day, and Ang Lee's magical adventure "Life of Pi" starring Tobey McGuire, also scheduled to open Dec. 21. Contact Justin Kroll at justin.kroll@variety.com

Keck's Exclusives: Castle Celebrates the Holidays

Nathan Fillion This season, Castle will mark the holidays in a big way. "We're planning a Ghostbusters-themed episode to air on Halloween night," reports executive producer Laurie Zaks. Who's she gonna call to offer a guest role? Original Ghostbuster Dan Aykroyd, of course.The ABC series is also planning its first Christmas episode, a good time for Castle to reunite with his MIA father. "I'm hearing that, too," says star Nathan Fillion. While Castle's mother has claimed she doesn't know the identity of her one-night fling, Nathan believes "she knows who the dad is."And it looks like Cupid may put in an appearance pre-Valentine's Day, with Ryan (Seamus Dever) and Jenny expected to wed in January. "We always have to do a romantic episode as a tie-in to the return of The Bachelor," explains Seamus, who hints Castle and Esposito may vie for best-man duties. And I'm hearing Jenny may be a bit of a bridezilla.Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!

Access Hollywood Live: Chef Geno Bernardos Spaghetti Nove Recipe

FIRST PUBLISHED: August 3, 2011 1:32 PM EDT LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Chef Geno Bernardo from Nove Italiano atop the Palms Casino Resorts Fantasy Tower stopped by Access Hollywood Live to show Billy Bush and Kit Hoover his secret recipe for his signature entre Spaghetti Nove. Ingredients:8 oz cooked linguine6 oz lobster, tomato, saffron, marinara26-30 shrimp2 oz jonah crabmeat1 pound maine lobster tail, claw, elbow (with tail shell)4 each little neck clams and manilla clams2 oz Calamari8 Mussles1/2 cup basil leaves3/4 cup celery, fennel, leek batons3 oz butter1/2 cup dry white wine For the seafood mariniara:Add to 1 qt tomato basil marinara1 cup reduced lobster stock1 tsp toasted saffron1 tsp fennel seed, toasted and ground2 sprigs rosemary1/4 cup chopped parsley Method:1. In a small pot steam the mussels and clams in the wine2. In a large skillet saute the shrimp and calamari3. Add the lobster, mussels, clams and sauce4. Add the basil, vegetables, butter and linguine5. Season to taste and serve family style topped with crabmeat Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Polish Bar

An Ionic Opportunities, Full Neferatari and Aijsa presentation of the Duly Noted production. Created by Effie T. Brown. Executive producers, Mark Brockbank, Cynthia Stafford, Jermaine O'Neal. Co-producers, Ben Redgrave, Victor Symris, Michael Mento, Deddrick Faison. Directed by Ben Berkowicz. Script, Berkowitz, Ben Redgrave.With: Vincent Piazza, James Badge Dale, Meatloaf, Golden Brooks, Dov Tiefenbach, Howard "Chingy" Bailey, Richard Belzer, Judd Hirsch, Maury Cooper, Maestro Harrell, Pamela Shaw, Sara Krukowski, Matthew Gold, Andrzej Krukowski, Joe Minoso.Coming 12 years after their first film, 1999's "Straightman," director Ben Berkowitz and co-scenarist/producer Ben Redgrave's sophomore feature "Polish Bar" is really a much slicker affair. But this similarly Chicago-set drama manages to lose a number of that first film's raw honesty among an untidy narrative agenda whose surplus of subplots are unevenly developed. Tale of the youthful club DJ torn between his conservative Jewish family, musical aspirations and criminal associations is actually watchable if ultimately under satisfying. Patrons may step-up for this "Bar" home based formats than via limited theatrical exposure. The filmmakers starred in "Straightman," which in fact had a raw truth redolent of both past Cassavetes and future mumblecore photos. "Polish Bar" shares "Straightman's" target the Windy City's slummier side, but this time around Berkowitz and Redgrave remain offscreen, changed with a solid professional cast among enhanced production values. Reuben Horowitz (Vincent Piazza) includes a nick on his shoulder, getting developed within the shadow of the deceased father, and regarded as like a black sheep by his primly disapproving mother (Pamela Shaw, with Richard Belzer as her more tolerant second husband) and hectoring Uncle Sol (Judd Hirsch). He's gone from mild juvenile delinquency to some job at Sol's watch store, chafing under his uncle's constant criticisms. But Reuben also deliberately brings about their disapproval by moonlighting like a DJ within the titular strip club run by sleazebag Joe (Meatloaf), in addition to relationship the approval of local stylish-hop kingmaker Body fat Moe (Howard "Chingy" Bailey). Nor is his selection of buddies exactly family-approved: The nearest factor he's reached a best mate is fellow club worker Tommy (James Badge Dale), who's a loose-cannon "Mean Roads" P Niro to his brooding Keitel he's bedding large blonde emigre stage talent Edyta (Sara Krukowski) but appears interested in another stripper, Ebenholzfarben (Golden Brooks). Wishing to accrue enough cash to actually launch his music career, Reuben is focusing on one further, major drug deal that's certain to fail. When things eventually flattened, the pic reaches a murky catharsis that enables Ruben to reconcile together with his heritage (and provides mother an "I hef no boy!" moment, a la "The Jazz Singer"). But that central conflict is simply sputteringly articulated, very best in moments where Reuben banters together with his Orthodox cousin (Dov Tiefenbach), going to throughout their ailing grandfather's (Maury Cooper) last days. Generally, you will find way too many figures cluttering the pic's background using their own underexplored dramas, including Tommy's violent denial of his possible homosexuality and Ebony's home existence having a more youthful brother (Maestro Harrell). This overpopulated canvas will bleed any real suspense in the crime theme, even while it guarantees "Bar" has nary an idle or dull moment. Berkowitz and Redgrave come with an instinctive grasp of various milieus as well as their disparate speech tempos, although the lengthy interim between features might have left that one mired with increased ideas of computer can easily handle. Perfs are great, packaging polished while keeping the needed gritty atmosphere. A highlight may be the propulsive soundtrack of mostly local recording artists.Camera (color, HD), Tommy Maddox-Upshaw editors, Craig Hayes, Julie Janata music, Rob Darden production designer, Merje Veski set decorator, Adri Siriwatt costume designer, Sarah Staskaukas seem, Blair Scheller re-recording mixer, Eric Lalicata supervisory seem editors, Lalicata, Mandell Winter Mpse seem designer, Ryan McBride assistant director, Kwame Amoaku casting, Matt Lessall. Examined at Bay Area Jewish Film Festival, This summer 23, 2011. Running time: 96 MIN. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Like Teachers, Matt Damon Doesn't Work Harder Because of Job Insecurity Fears

· Matt Damon is an outspoken political activist, and at the Save Our Schools march in Washington, DC last weekend, he did some outspeaking. When asked a silly question about whether a lack of job security makes him work harder as an actor — a roundabout way of saying that teachers should have less job security themselves — Damon replied, “You think job insecurity is what makes me work hard? It’s not an incentive, I want to be an actor.” Things unravel from there, though — unfortunately — Damon did not regurgitate Gordon Wood in his dress-down. Click through to watch. Your Tuesday Buzz Break is here. [via Raw Story] · Nurse 3D — the most surprising non-porn title since Bad Teacher — has added 30 Rock co-star Katrina Bowden to the cast opposite Paz de la Huerta. Bowden will play a killer nurse, obvs. [Deadline] · The highest-earning actor in Hollywood just did some more earning. Leonardo DiCaprio film a series of Inception-y ads for Chinese cell phone company Oppo. Make money, money, money, money. [AdWeek] · Michael Ross will rewrite the futuristic Robin Hood project that Warner Bros. is planning. To answer your question: yes, there is a futuristic Robin Hood project in development. [Deadline] · The awesome Elizabeth Banks wrote a female comedy script called What About Barb?, about a bride who winds up with a crazy relative as her bridesmaid. Sounds sorta like Bridesmaids, right? It even included a bathroom scene. “[T]he studio execs were like, ‘People don’t want to see girls doing that.’ And I was like, ‘I’m writing from experience! You go to a club and you have to wait in a huge line, so people double up. And, yes, you think you’re only going to take a little pee, but sometimes some poops come out.’” Not that Banks has any hard feelings. “We never got the pooping scene as right as they got it in Bridesmaids.” [New York]

Rachel Maddow Stretches MSNBC Contract (Exclusive)

MSNBC has extended Rachel Maddow's contract inside a new multi-year deal which will keep your primetime host in the cable news network well at night 2012 presidential election.our editor recommendsRachel Maddow Prosecuted for $50 Million by MinisterRachel Maddow Responds to Keith Olbermann Exiting MSNBCKeith Olbermann Provides Blow to MSNBC's Rachel Maddow The announcement is anticipated in the future Tuesday in the network's part of the semi-annual Television Experts Association press tour in La. This news may come as MSNBC has located in many staffers and longtime contributing factors with contract extensions, an answer to overtures from erstwhile MSNBC host Keith Olbermann, who abruptly left MSNBC last The month of january.Maddow's previous contract wasn't set to run out until the coming year. VIDEO: Rachel Maddow, MSNBC Prosecuted For $50 Million Over On-Air Comments Olbermann, whose Countdownlaunched MSNBC's slate of primetime opinion hosts (Maddow would be a frequent substitute anchor on Countdown), relaunched his showon Current last June. He tried to lure many MSNBC staffers as well as on-air contributing factors to Current and was effective in landing Michael Moore. But MSNBC located in many more includingThe Washington Post's Eugene Robinson and Ezra Klein in addition to Chris Hayes, Washington editor of the united states. Hayes, a frequent substitute anchor for Maddow, starts hosting weekend morning on MSNBC Sept. 17. The network can also be in active discussions with Al Sharpton to host the 6 p.m. hour. In interviews to publicize the launch of Countdown on Current, Olbermann made not a secret of his desire to utilize Maddow again. And the public claims about employing her from MSNBC irked professionals there, say sources. By stretching her contract, MSNBC closes her status because the face from the network as well as puts any speculation about Maddow's future to relaxation. Maddow stated she's not spoken to Olbermann since he left MSNBC. As well as in typical self-deprecating fashion, she disputed the charactirization that they may be the "face" of MSNBC. "I do not think we are a 1-face network," she stated. "I really think you will find there's mutually encouraging and pretty natural atmosphere. I believe that we are cooperating well. We internally compete for rankings and reservations and all sorts of that stuff but it is mutually encouraging. And So I enjoy it. It' s an enjoyable spot to work." STORY: Keith Olbermann Wants Rachel Maddow on Current TV Nonetheless, Maddow's new deal certainly underscores her significance to MSNBC because the network is constantly on the groom new on-air personas. For that first six several weeks of the season, The Rachel Maddow Show averaged 1.05 million audiences with 305,000 among news' target demographic of audiences 25-to-54. That marks a rise in the demo of 23 percent year-over-year. Maddow regularly bests CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight at 9 p.m. though Fox News Channel's Sean Hannity remains the top-ranked cable news enter in the hour. Related Subjects TCA Keith Olbermann MSNBC Current TV TCA Summer time Press Tour 2011 Rachel Maddow

31 Things We Love About August Movies

July is finally over, and moviegoers couldn't be happier to turn a new leaf. We've had our fill of superheroes, carbon copies and alien invasions, and now it's time to savor the joys of August at the movies. What have we got to be so excited about? Here are 31 answers to your question: 31. No School Means More Time to Watch Movies All you college kids, high schoolers, and middle schoolers out there know what we're talking about. Stay up past midnight, fall asleep with the TV still on, wake up the next day at 1 in the afternoon, refuse to bathe, get your parents to make you some food, turn on Netflix Instant, and don't move from the spot for the rest of your day. Rinse, wash, repeat, awesome. 30. It's So Hot Out That We Actually Have a Legitimate Excuse to Sit on the Couch All Day and Watch Movies This is really an adjunct to point 31, above, but still we felt it was worth mentioning. 29. Cult Classics Whether you're talking about indies that made a splash or low-budget gems still awaiting their due, August has always been kind to those of us who live for the next undiscovered masterpiece. This is, after all, the month that gave us 'Snakes on a Plane,' 'World's Greatest Dad,' 'Open Water,' 'Garden State,' 'Barton Fink,' 'Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert,' 'Half Nelson,' and 'American Splendor.' If the insano trailer is any indication, we'll be able to add 'The Last Circus,' out Aug. 19, to that already impressive list. 28. Free Air Conditioning As much as we love jacking up the living room A/C after a hard day's work, we hate the way our electric bills skyrocket as a result. And yet we will gladly dish out 12 bucks to escape the pulsating heat of August and kill two hours in an upholstered ice box of a theater surrounded by a few hundred perfect strangers. If the movie's decent, all the better! 27. Buying an ICEE for the First Time Since We Were 10 Still the best way to beat the heat. 26. Matinee Discounts Nothing gives us that frugal billionaire feeling like spending $5 or $6 on a movie that, just a few hours later, would run you $10, $11, or $12. Even if too many multiplexes are phasing out this rare vestige of customer-friendly civility, it remains one of the great joys of the school's-out, boss-is-on-vacation dead of summer. 25. Double Features You know what's better than going to one movie? Going to two movies, BACK-TO-BACK. Don't get cocky and show up to the theater and try to wing it, though. Go online the night before, get your show times and running lengths sorted out, hydrate appropriately, and see if you can time your arrival to miss the 15 minutes of previews. By dinner time, you'll be lucky if your body temperature hasn't sunk to the high 80s. Click here for Part 2.