[[PROJECTS ]] El proyecto de Jamie Foxx se lo lleva la NBC

Hablando de posibles nuevas series para la próxima temporada, tema que nos ha competido de lleno en los últimos días, hoy nos llega uno sumamente ambicioso ya que por donde se le vea goza de gran calidad. La NBC ha adquirido los derechos de Tommy’s Little Girl, serie de drama que se ha basado en las ideas de Jamie Foxx, actor y cantante que sobre todo ha adquirido reconocimiento gracias a la película Ray, donde se hizo del Óscar a mejor actor hace varios años atrás. La premisa inicial de este proyecto es el de una mujer al puro estilo de Nikita que ha sido educada en una familia de la Mafia, algo a como lo que vimos en series como The Sopranos.

Esta mujer al sufrir el asesinato del resto de su familia es llevada a un orfanato y allí se esfuerza por mejorar y convertirse en una abogada aunque jamás cediendo ante sus sentimientos de venganza ante el jefe de la mafia rival encargado de haber cometido el crimen, ya que mientras por las mañanas estudiaba por las noches entrenaba para ser una asesina; realmente el proyecto suena bastante entretenido, lleno de drama, acción y traición, no en vano también se dice que a esta mujer le daría vida la actriz Selma Blair que posee cierto renombre en el medio. Habrá que esperar más noticias de su producción y el resto del reparto pero esto a priori suena espectacular.

Cabe mencionar que desde junio ya conocíamos la existencia de este proyecto, hoy se confirman varios nombres de su reparto, si historia y sobre todo la cadena, la NBC se encargará de su producción y al menos en lo personal me encanta ya que esta cadena me ha demostrado gran calidad.

[[PROJECTS ]] NBC Picks Up “Tommy’s Little Girl”

After lengthy negotiations, NBC has closed a deal for Jamie Foxx’s drama project Tommy’s Little Girl based on the trailer Foxx shot with Selma Blair, Paul Sorvino, Tony Sirico and James Russo. The network also has picked up Life Is Good, a comedy from Unhitched creators Chris Pappas and Mike Bernier and Hangover 2 writer Scot Armstrong. Based on Foxx’s idea, Girl is described as Le Femme Nikita meets The Sopranos and centers on a young girl (Blair) raised in a mafia family who is hidden away in an orphanage after her family is murdered by a competing mafia crime boss. She grows up to become an attorney by day, and a deadly, well trained killer by night, as she avenges her family’s murder and attempts to locate her last living relative. Jorge Zamacona has been tapped to write the script and executive produce. Also executive producing are Foxx and Deon Taylor through their recently launched No Brainer Films. Foxx took an entrepreneurial approach with the project, shooting a trailer for it over the summer that was then taken to the networks.

The key actors in the trailer — Blair, Sorvino and Sirico — are still attached though there are no deals in place with NBC. Foxx and Taylor co-wrote and co-directed the trailer, which was financed by a private investor. Girl will now be produced by UMS. In addition to Girl, Foxx is also executive producing a midseason sketch comedy series for Fox. Foxx and Zamacona are with CAA.

Life, also from UMS, centers on Andy, husband and father of two young girls, whose mellow suburban family world is thrown into chaos when he is found by Dru, the 19-year-old mixed race son he never knew he had. Andy is over the moon to learn that he has a son and that enthusiasm is more than Dru can handle. Pappas and Bernier, repped by CAA and Epidemic, will write the project and will executive produce it with Armstrong, who has a first-look deal with NBC, and Ravi Nandan, an executive at Armstrong’s American Work production company.

[[ARTICLE]] Benefit for Free the Slaves

On Wednesday, at the Top of the Standard, former Ford Models CEO Katie Ford brought out Helena Christensen, Michael Stipe, her ex-husband Andre Balazs, Liev Schreiber and Selma Blair for a benefit for Free the Slaves, which helps to liberate the 27 million enslaved around the world.

"Can you believe it's so many people?" asked Ms. Ford, who was exposed to the issue when she went to a discussion about it three years ago at the U.N. "I thought slavery didn't exist anymore. I could never believe that it existed in the first place."

"Has Oprah done a special on this?" asked the photographer Todd Eberle. "I don't know," responded the fashion designer Nicole Miller.

"I just read something about this a month ago," added Mr. Schreiber, who is currently training for the hockey film "Goon."

A high-spirited auction took place where Mr. Balazs purchased a Steven Klein photograph and Ms. Miller took home French Culinary Institute cooking lessons to support the cause.

Ms. Christensen, who will be traveling to Nepal for Oxfam next year, arrived post-auction because she was out of a babysitter for the evening. "This whole thing really freaks me out because of how many girls and places it happens in. Even in my own home city, Copenhagen, it happens," she said.

[[APARICIONES PUBLICAS]] 2010 Free The Slaves Benefit

[[PROJECTS]] 'Four Saints' marches to production

Lorena Rincon, Rhona Mitra, Selma Blair and Melanie Lynskey are toplining World War I drama "Four Saints," produced by White Wing Enterprises and Andrew Ferns ("Pursued").

Cary Elwes and Arnold Vosloo are also starring. "Saints," written and directed by Jean-Pierre Isbouts, tells the story of four young women who defied the British Army -- as well as German bombs and bullets -- to operate an illegal medical dressing station on the Allied front lines during World War I. It's based on Isbouts' novel "Angels in Flanders."

Principal photography is scheduled to start in November for a six-week shoot around Calgary, Alberta.

White Wing is producing with the support of the Alberta Production Plan, sales company Hollywood Wizard and Structured Capital Group.

With Rincon's casting, Tayrona Entertainment Group has agreed to exec produce and distribute the film throughout Latin America on more than 1,000 screens next fall.

[[PROJECTS]] Four Saints

Kathryn Hahn Joins WANDERLUST; Lorena Rincon, Rhona Mitra, Selma Blair, and Melanie Lynskey to Star in FOUR SAINTS

The cast for writer-director David Wain’s new comedy Wanderlust is filling out and it’s been quite impressive. Wain co-wrote and directed Paul Rudd in Role Models, which I feel was the best comedy of 2008. Now Variety is reporting that Kathryn Hahn (Crossing Jordan, Step Brothers) will join Wain and Rudd in Wanderlust, and I can’t wait to see what wild antics she will undoubtedly have. Meanwhile, news about the World War I drama Four Saints from multi-talented Jean-Pierre Isbouts has arrived. Variety reports that Lorena Rincon, Rhona Mitra, Selma Blair, and Melanie Lynskey will topline the upcoming war drama written and directed by Isbouts. Hit the jump for further details on the cast of Wanderlust and what Four Saints is all about.

Wain has been slowly gathering a great cast around Wanderlust, as Hahn will join Rudd, Jennifer Aniston, Malin Akerman, Alan Alda, Justin Theroux, and Ray Liotta. This might be one of the first Aniston comedies that I am genuinely excited for, despite her high-profile role. Rudd and Aniston play a couple that look for a different way of life and leave behind the modern trappings of New York City and somehow land in a hippie commune (Hahn is a member of said commune). We reported earlier this month that Alda will be the head of a naturalist village, and I can only hope that Wain is shooting this with an R in mind. Apatow Productions is set to produce the film.

As for Four Saints, the film will adapt Isbouts’ own novel Angels in Flanders and center on four female nurses “who defied the British Army — as well as German bombs and bullets — to operate an illegal medical dressing station on the Allied front lines during World War I.” The quartet of actresses will join Cary Elwes and Arnold Vosloo. Principal photography is set to start in November for six weeks in Calgary, Alberta. White Wing Enterprises and Andrew Ferns will produce along with the help of Alberta Production Plan, Hollywood Wizard, and Structured Capital Group.

[[CANDIDS]] Selma Blair dans les rues du quartier de Meatpacking à New York.

Si les photographes n'ont visiblement pas été cléments avec la douce Selma Blair en la prenant au dépourvu dans les rues de New York, la belle assurait quand même côté look.

Mocassins aux pieds, un must de saison, Selma enfilait une simple paire de jeans pour se balader dans le quartier de Meatpacking. En harmonie avec la saison, l'actrice enfilait un douillet pull en cachemire marron aux finitions travaillées et s'enveloppait d'une épaisse écharpe coordonnée.

Sans make-up et les cheveux en bataille, l'actrice optait en guise d'accessoire ultime pour un sac oversized en cuir porté en bandoulière gardant un peu l'esprit écolier.

Seul bémol peut-être, un jean qui ne met pas vraiment en valeur sa silhouette.

[[DARK HORSE]] Todd Solondz’s Latest Adds Christopher Walken, Mia Farrow, Selma Blair

Director Todd Solondz is firming up the cast for his latest film, Dark Horse, and The Hollywood Reporter says Christopher Walken and Mia Farrow have come onboard to play parents to a thirtysomething loser who enlists a stunted Selma Blair to help him shed his rep as the "dark horse" of the family. Sounds like a perfectly unnerving group of actors for the Happiness helmer to work with, right? Not so fast, Solondz tells the Playlist: "It's not designed to be controversial. There's no rape, there's no child molestation, there's no masturbation, and then I thought 'Oh my God, why didn't I think of this years ago?' Stories take on an unpredictable life."


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[[PROJECTS]] Farrow, Walken to play Mom and Dad in Solondz drama

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Christopher Walken, Mia Farrow and Selma Blair are joining Jordan Gelber in "Dark Horse," the latest indie drama from Todd Solondz.

The film centers on a thirtysomething man (Gelber) in arrested development who lives with his parents (Walken and Farrow), reluctantly works for his father and avidly collects toys. He seeks out a thirtysomething woman (Blair) in arrested development in an attempt to shed his dark-horse status within his family and finally accomplish something.

Aasif Mandvi, a correspondent for "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" who appeared in "The Last Airbender," also is in the movie, playing Blair's "not quite" ex-boyfriend.

Already cast are Justin Bartha ("The Hangover") as Gelber's more successful brother, Zachary Booth ("Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist") as Gelber's easygoing cousin and Donna Murphy (TNT's "Trust Me") as Walken's secretary.

Walken has been working solidly in the indie world, racking up credits including "The Irishman," "Life's a Beach" and "The Maiden Heist." He received a Tony nomination this year for his lead role in the dark comedy "A Behanding in Spokane."

"Horse" will mark Farrow's first screen appearance since 2008's "Be Kind Rewind."

Blair recently wrapped the ensemble indie film "The Family Tree" and the thriller "Columbus Circle."