GALLERY: 30+ Chilling Images from The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Forget all that love for The Artist and Spielberg’s Oscar-readyWar Horse; sometimes you need a jolt of pure Fincherian grime and menace to snap you out of the awards season doldrums. Enter these 30+ images from The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, here to remind us that the Rooney Mara-Daniel Craig starrer is the feel-bad movie of the year. Shudder and shiver your way through Movieline’s gallery and count down the days to December 21. Click to launch the gallery for peeks at Lisbeth Salander, menacing close-ups of antique journals, and more tidbits of muted-colored mayhem. Read more about The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo at Movieline. [Images via The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo official website]

'A.N.T. Farm' will return

'A.N.T. Farm'Disney Channel has renewed "A.N.T. Farm" for a second season after the freshman half-hour became the No. 1 series on TV among the 6-11 and 9-14 demos.China Anne McClain stars in the skein, which has averaged 2.0 million viewers among kids 6-11 and 1.6 million in kids 9-14 since its premiere in May. Dan Signer created "A.N.T. Farm" and exec produces with Stephen Engel for It's A Laugh Prods. Sierra McCormick, Jake Short, Stefanie Scott and Carlon Jeffery co-star. The renewal enhances McClain's status as Disney Channel's latest signing-acting prodigy, following the likes of Miley Cyrus and Selena Gomez. McClain performs often on the series and, at age 13, is already signed to a Hollywood Records contract. She is working on an album with her sisters Sierra and Lauryn.An "A.N.T. Farm" soundtrack album released in October spent five weeks atop the Billboard kids album rankings. Contact Jon Weisman at jon.weisman@variety.com

Wyclef Jean Defends Charity in Wake of Questionable Spending Report

This article appeared in the Dec. 2 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.our editor recommendsJimmy Fallon Apologizes to Michele Bachmann for 'Late Night' Song IntroGOP Presidential Debate on CNN: What Hollywood Is SayingMitt Romney Is First GOP Presidential Hopeful to Book Hollywood Fundraiser (Exclusive)Related Topics•Politics As Sarah Palin demonstrated after the 2008 election, failure on the campaign trail doesn't mean you have to disappear from the public eye. In fact, she proved the opposite, parlaying her unsuccessful run on the Republican ticket into a high profile -- and very lucrative -- career as a pundit, with earnings estimated at more than $1 million a year just from her gig on Fox News. So which of the current crop of Republican candidates -- some of whom could rake in $500,000 to $700,000 a year on the high end as a pundit -- is the most likely to pull a Palin? PHOTOS: 10 Entertainers Democrats and Republicans Love to Hate THR surveyed agents and cable news insiders, many of whom believe Texas Gov. Rick Perry has the makings of a great TV pundit once his term in office is over. "The look, the Southern base, the religion -- he's perfect for Fox News," says Nick Kahn, a broadcasting agent at ICM. But CNN analyst Paul Begala, who made the leap from Bill Clinton advisor to pundit almost 20 years ago, disagrees. Perry is "definitely in the top 10 dumbest people I've met in my life," he says, noting that TV personalities must think quickly and remember their cues, a sore spot for Perry in the wake of his recent debate fumble. "There's just no hope for him as a pundit." PHOTOS: Actors Who've Played Politicians Begala thinks Minnesota congresswoman Michele Bachmann has the goods to be the next Palin. The traits that hurt Bachmann as a candidate -- a speaking style that doesn't bother to "clear the holster before you pull the trigger," he says -- might help her on TV. "The ability to offer something interesting and provocative on a moment's notice is definitely a talent," argues Begala. Most observers dismiss the chances of former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman ("more at home on PBS" says Begala) and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney to find TV success. One insider suggests Romney is "too mainstream" for Fox News, but might make a nice fit for CNN or even MSNBC if the network is looking to add a conservative to its liberal-leaning lineup. PHOTOS: Best Movie and TV Presidents The wild card seems to be Herman Cain. The sexual harassment allegations against the former pizza executive might be "a real problem," says one executive, though CNN hired Eliot Spitzer in the wake of his call-girl scandal. Still one agent thinks Cain's folksy humor might play well on Fox, saying, "He's unpredictable, and in TV that's a good thing." PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery Michele Bachmann: The Politics of Fashion Related Topics Politics Michele Bachmann Rick Perry Herman Cain

Kimberly McCullough Departing General Hospital

Kimberly McCullough Kimberly McCullough is departing General Hospital, Cleaning soap Opera Digest reviews.The actress, who plays Robin Scorpio, will exit the cleaning soap early the coming year to pursue pointing. Fans can get a "poignant and should-watch" narrative for Robin and husband Patrick (Jason Thompson), a show repetition stated. Exclusive: Jonathan Jackson talks about his shocking exit from General HospitalThe news comes per week after Jonathan Jackson (Lucky) introduced he'll leave General Hospital the following month.McCullough came from the role of Robin in 1985 when she was 7. She left the show in 1996 making periodic guest looks before rejoining full-time in 2005. She's won two Daytime Emmys on her work.Are you going to miss McCullough?

'Artist,' 'Tomboy,' 'War' chase Louis-Delluc

PARIS -- Michel Hazanavicius' "The Artist," Celine Sciamma's "Tomboy" and Valerie Donzelli's "Commitment of War" are the nine photos set to compete for your Louis-Delluc award. Headed by Cannes Film Festival's prexy Gilles Jacob, the jury comprises about 20 experts and film journos. As they are frequently the problem, the choice features many films that bowed at Cannes inside the Official Selection, particularly "The Artist," Aki Kaurismaki's "Le Havre," Bertrand Bonello's "House of Tolerance," Pierre Schoeller's "The Minister," Bruno Dumont's "Outdoors Satan" and Alain Cavalier's "Pater." "War" carried out in Directors' Week. However, Maiwenn's "Polisse," which nabbed Cannes' jury prize, remarkably didn't ensure it is towards the list. Teddy Lussi-Modeste's "Jimmy Riviere" and "17 Women," helmed by Muriel Coulin and Delphine Coulin, will vie for your first film jerk, along with three other photos. The award was created in 1937 in homage to film journalist Louis Delluc. Individuals who win will probably be introduced inside a ceremony in Paris on 12 ,. 16. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Soderbergh ankles 'Man From U.N.C.L.E.'

SoderberghSteven Soderbergh has ankled from pointing Warner Bros.' spy pic "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." Studio confirmed Friday that Soderbergh had departed within the project. Warner Bros. did not have further comment but an origin near the situation established the director as well as the studio had couldn't agree over budget issues. It's uncertain whether Warner Bros. continues to develop "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.," good sixties TV series starring Robert Vaughn and David McCallum as superagents Napoleon Solo and Ilya Kuryakin, agents for your United states . Network Command for Law & Enforcement. Project's seen Matt Damon, The Actor-kaira Pitt and Bradley Cooper spread charge role vacated by George Clooney several several days ago. Scott Z. Burns has written the newest version in the script. Warner Bros. acquired Soderbergh's drama "Miracle Mike" late lately and hang up it for release June 29. Cinemax acquired Soderbergh's Liberace film "Behind the Candelabra" lately as well as the TV pic will star Michael Douglas since the artist and Damon as Liberace's lover, Scott Thorson. News of Soderbergh departing "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." was reported with the Playlist. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com

It's Official: NBC Orders 'The Munsters' to Pilot

NBC is returning towards the well using the Munsters.our editor recommendsCBS Twitches Nose, Orders 'Bewitched' ScriptNBC Gives Existence to 'Frankenstein' Reboot The network has acquired the pilot, that is charged being an imaginative reinvention from the classic comedy series like a aesthetically spectacular one-hour drama. STORY: 'The Munsters': 'Pushing Daisies' Creator Takes Second Stab at Remake With NBC The project, that is being producedby Universal Television, is going to be written and executive producedBryan Larger (Dead Much Like Me, Pushing Daisies). Larger and NBC first made an effort to bring back the sixties CBS sitcom this past year, using the network ultimately passing. Fuller's change is stated to become an edgier and more personal and slightly more dark take exploring roots of Herman and Lily Munster (initially performed byFred GwynneandYvonne P Carlo) and just how they showed up in the famous 1313 Mockingbird Lane address. The initial series, created by Universal Galleries, broadcast 70 episodes from 1964-66 on CBS. The series has demonstrated strong in distribution, ultimately creating a spinoff,The Munsters Today, which went from 1988-91 and survived 72 episodes. An element film,Munster, Go Back Home, along with a 1981 NBC telefilm,The Munsters' Revengewith the initial cast,also turned in the original property. Larger is repped by WME. Related Subjects NBC TV Aircraft pilots

Katie Couric Show Eyes Ad Rates close to $50,000 (Report)

NY - Katie Couric's planned syndicated talk show Katie positioning itself to meet the increasing demand left through the finish of The famous host oprah Winfrey's syndicated show and it is searching for advertising rates above individuals of large established shows. Distribution company Disney-ABC Domestic TV together with Couric and executive producer Shaun Zucker is making the models on Madison Avenue and requesting something around $50,000 for any 30-second ad place within the yet misguided show that's set to produce in September, the NY Publish reported. That might be about 50 % from the $100,000 that spots on Winfrey's show came before it ended, but which was following a 25-year run of the beloved show. However, the ad cost could be over the costs for such shows as Ellen and Accept Regis and Kelly, which command about $35,000-$40,000, based on the paper. Gary Carr, mind of TV purchasing at small ad firm TargetCast, told the Publish the misguided Couric show might be shooting high when it comes to the ad rates it targets. "Katie Couric was fine around the Today show, but she did not exactly set the planet burning in the CBS Evening News," he contended. The Publish stated that professionals are telling ad agencies that Couric's show will film live from NY and have topical conversation in the news during the day together with inspiring tales. The show is anticipated to produce inside a 3pm slot on Disney-possessed ABC stations and also at various occasions on affiliated stations. The distribution company rejected to discuss ad prices along with other plans. Ad sales are required to occur next summer time following a systems' upfront presentations. The 2009 week, Disney-ABC Domestic Television stated that Katie has offered to 55 from the top 60 marketplaces, covering a lot more than 80 % of the nation. Email: Georg.Szalai@thr.com Twitter: @georgszalai Related Subjects Shaun Zucker Katie Couric

'Hobbit' Trailer Looms, Gandalf Speaks, Bilbo Rises

Apparently, when it rains in Hobbiton, it pours. With anticipation so high for the two-part fantasy epic, "The Hobbit," fans everywhere eagerly await each piece of news from the New Zealand set, usually living from production diary to production diary. Three interesting pieces of news about the upcoming films showed up online today, so click on for a rundown of everything currently happening in the world of "The Hobbit." A Trailer for Christmas? Andy Serkis certainly has come a long way since his humble, but unforgettable beginnings as the man behind Gollum. Speaking with IGN UK about his massively popular role as Caesar in "Rise of the Planet of the Apes," Serkis mentioned when he thought a trailer for his return to Middle Earth might show up. "There will be a trailer fairly soon, actually. Around Christmas time, I believe," Serkis said. The article from IGN guesses that Serkis' prediction means either a debut before "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows" or the more likely choice of "The Adventures of Tintin." Bilbo Rising For the main character of the films, Martin Freeman's Bilbo hasn't shown up that much in the materials released from the film so far. Eric Vespe, Ain't It Cool's embedded reported and one lucky bastard, filed his third report from the location shoots in Matamata, aka Hobbiton, with a brand new picture of Freeman as Bilbo speaking with director Peter Jackson. Technically, there is nothing new about Bilbo's look from the photo, but every glance at the reluctant hero is worth mentioning. The Blogging Wizard Ian McKellen gave "The Hobbit" and Jackson a brief shout out in his most recent blog. "In The Hobbit, Gandalf is part old duffer but more he's a soldier. Peter Jackson, who likes to see the old guys fighting it out, reminded me the other day that Gandalf is a commander, a general," McKellen wrote. "Having slain the Great Goblin I was being a bit too indulgent with the dwarves who meanwhile had mislaid Bilbo in the goblin tunnels. I've played enough soldiers to see that PJ was right and in the next take I was very stern." What do you want to see from the first trailer for "The Hobbit"? Let us know in the comments below and on Twitter!

Panel: Focus on 'horse race' is misguided

When it comes to how bizzers judge a film's success, participants in a Tuesday panel on the state of the film industry had a few choice words for entertainment journos."The media focuses on the weekend box office way too dramatically," said Rick Nicita, co-chairman and COO of Morgan Creek Prods. "A movie can be seen in many different ways. The initial one is theatrical."Nicita echoed the sentiment of other speakers at Variety's Future of Film Summit on Tuesday, who lamented the intense media scrutiny of a film's opening weekend box office irrespective of that pic's costs and risks."It's got to be about the profits, it's not about this constant horse race," said Endgame Entertainment CEO Jim Stern during the panel moderated by Variety editor in chief Tim Gray. "If you come into the film and you have a small exposure and the film does $30 million, you have an enormous success. We don't measure the performance of Chrysler by gross revenue, we base it on profit."Stern and Nicita, along with panelists David Glasser, chief operating officer of the Weinstein Co., and Mark Sourian, co-prexy of production for DreamWorks Studios, argued that bizzers need to rethink the categorization of more "modest" performers -- especially if they were made for a price."They did it with 'Insidious" and 'Paranormal' there have been some very smart price points," Glasser said. "Dimension, for years, would make movies for $10 million or $12 million dollars and we do $30 million box officewe're running around the office high-fiving each other."These smaller budgets, coupled with the current economic climate and new digital revenue streams, is contributing to an increased openness at the studios to the opportunity to finance smaller pics. "Without those entities, studios are going to make fewer and fewer movies," Sourian said.Above all, with consumers facing so many entertainment options, moviemakers need to focus on the quality of the product to move the turnstiles."You really have to give people a reason to go to the movies," Sourian said. "What I have to ask myself is, 'Is there a compelling enough reason for somebody to get in their car, get a babysitter and get to the movie?' That bar has been (raised) by VOD, by social networking, by the economic climate."And while change can be scary for many business models, the panelists agreed that there's a silver lining."One version of it is a burden, the other version is an opportunity to create must-see movies," Sourian said. Contact Rachel Abrams at Rachel.Abrams@variety.com

So Much For #RatnerFreeOscars! AMPAS Stands by Producer: 'It Will Not Happen Again'

I’m still waiting for anyone from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to bother replying to my request for comment about yesterday’s Brett Ratner “rehearsing is for fags” imbroglio, but AMPAS president Tom Sherak has officially weighed in on the controversy: “He knew it was wrong and he issued that response as quickly as any human being ever has. The bottom line is, this won’t and can’t happen again. It will not happen again.” So much for the #RatnerFreeOscars; it was nice to imagine while it lasted. Specifically, some of our Twitter followers’ replacement producer suggestions were fantastic: .bbpBox{background:url(http://a3.twimg.com/profile_background_images/227739115/WHO_IS_EL_KABONG_TITLE_CARD.jpg) #9AE4E8;padding:20px;}Baz Luhrmann! RT @Movieline: Anyone have alternative Oscar-producer suggestions? #RatnerFreeOscarsMon Nov 07 23:27:24 via EchofonAlonso DuraldeADuralde .bbpBox{background:url(http://a1.twimg.com/images/themes/theme6/bg.gif) #709397;padding:20px;}Uwe Boll? RT @Movieline Anyone have alternative Oscar-producer suggestions? #RatnerFreeOscarsMon Nov 07 23:24:42 via webChristopher Rosen42inchtv .bbpBox{background:url(http://a2.twimg.com/profile_background_images/254788281/night_caller_crop.jpg) #1A1B1F;padding:20px;}David Lynch. RT @Movieline: Anyone have alternative Oscar-producer suggestions? #RatnerFreeOscarsMon Nov 07 23:30:26 via Twitter for iPhoneCult & horror moviesBlackHoleMovies .bbpBox{background:url(http://a0.twimg.com/profile_background_images/124247834/x6dfd1408b859ebc6056e63ebf83d8b9.png) #E8DDCB;padding:20px;}Bela Tarr! RT @Movieline: Anyone have alternative Oscar-producer suggestions? #RatnerFreeOscarsMon Nov 07 23:54:27 via TweetDeckJenni OlsonJenniOlsonSF .bbpBox{background:url(http://a1.twimg.com/images/themes/theme9/bg.gif) #0c0e0c;padding:20px;}@Movieline Tarantino. The women who either won or presented would have to be barefoot.Tue Nov 08 01:13:54 via TweetCaster for AndroidKevin Scott ThompsonKevinScottT .bbpBox{background:url(http://a1.twimg.com/images/themes/theme5/bg.gif) #352726;padding:20px;}Tommy Wiseau. RT @Movieline: Anyone have alternative Oscar-producer suggestions? #RatnerFreeOscarsTue Nov 08 00:53:53 via Echofonjason hickeyjason_hickey .bbpBox{background:url(http://a0.twimg.com/profile_background_images/200050367/twitterbackdrop.jpg) #131516;padding:20px;}@Movieline. Michael Bay, he’s used to displeasing critics & if your speech goes long: BOOM!! Explosive podiums!Tue Nov 08 01:05:10 via webDuncan MacMasterFuriousDShow Superb work, all. Now on to damage control for the Oscarcast’s embattled host, who this week faces such charming headlines as: “Tower Heist: Is Eddie Murphy’s tank finally on empty?” It’s gonna be a long season.

Dish profit rises 30%

Dish Network, the smaller of the nation's two satellite broadcasters, saw profit and revenue rise last quarter but lost 111,000 subscribers, citing intense competition -- including heavy discounting by rivals -- a weak housing market and lower discretionary spending by consumers. The Englewood, Colo.-based company, which had nearly 14 million subs as of Sept. 30, said profit rose 30% to $319 million on lower costs from adding fewer subscribers. Revenue was up 12% to $13.6 million. "As the pay TV industry matures, we and our competitors increasingly must seek to attract a greater proportion of new subscribers from each other's existing subscriber bases rather than from first-time purchasers of pay TV services," the company said. "Some of our competitors have been especially aggressive by offering discounted programming and services for both new and existing subscribers. In addition, programming offered over the internet has become more prevalent as the speed and quality of broadband networks have improved." CEO Joe Clayton said that going forward Dish plans to build on the momentum of its Blockbuster-branded programming service, which allows its customers to stream movies and TV shows and receive DVDs by mail. The quarter was the first one to fully incorporate Blockbuster, which Dish acquired out of bankruptcy for about $240 million. At the end of the three-month period, Blockbuster still operated over 1,500 retail stores in the U.S. Dish said it has negotiated flexible termination provisions in the leases of more than 900 of these stores. Larger rival DirecTV last week said it added 327,000 subscribers in the third quarter, due in part to its exclusive NFL Sunday Ticket. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Benicio Del Toro Wanted for 'Star Trek' Follow up

Apparently J.J. Abrams did not take what Universal chief Ron Meyer stated about Benicio Del Toro's 'Wolfman' performance to heart. ("Benicio stunk," stated Meyer.) Variety reviews that Abrams wants Del Toro to experience the villain within the follow up to 'Star Trek,' which a deal may go out sometime within the next couple of days. What villain Del Toro would play remains a mysterious, but -- as Kyle Buchanan posits at Vulture -- possibly he or she is Khan? In the end, the follow up to 'Star Trek: The Film,A was 'Wrath of Khan,' so that's something! Or possibly not. Speculate as extremely as you would like within the comments below. [via Variety] [Photo: FilmMagic] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook RELATED

New Hobbit Video From Peter Jackson

PJ updates on the 3DIt's been four months since we last had an update from the set of The Hobbit, so at long last here's a new video from Peter Jackson, replete with Hobbity goodness and, specifically this time, all things 3D.Jackson's fourth Hobbit video-blog seems designed to allay any fears we may have about 3D, and especially the limitations that often drain colour and light from the screen. As a bit of a showcase we get a good look at the sinister forest of Mirkwood, which is currently looking like a Roger Dean album cover. The over-saturated headache-inducing psychedelia is to compensate for the fact that the RED camera "eats colour". Similar problems have to be overcome in the make-up department, and we're given a demo with Graham McTavish as Dwalin, whose face looks crazily sunburned so that it doesn't show as yellow on screen. He's got pale arms though. "I've barely seen daylight for six months", he sobs.We also get a proud tour of the camera department, and Jackson's collection of cutting-edge RED Epics: four dozen of them, named after Jackson family members, dogs (Tricky-Woo? Really?) and The Beatles. There are crane cameras and handhelds, with Jackson insisting that the system isn't as cumbersome as you might have heard, and that he's shooting as he more-or-less normally would (apart from having to do it through mirrors). The 3D effects can actually be achieved and adjusted "live". Alan Lee and John Howe are even doing 3D concept art!There's talk of negative and positive space, interocular and convergence, and 48-frames per second: twice the normal shooting and projection speed.But for those who couldn't give a longbottom leaf about the tech stuff, there are more exciting glimpses in the ten-minute clip. Mirkwood aside, we get to see a green-screen "polystyrene and plaster pine forest"; Andy Serkis doing a bit of directing and Elijah Wood looking on and enthusing;Stephen Hunter's Bombur knocked off his feet; quick shots of Elrond (Hugo Weaving) and a sword-wielding Gandalf (Ian McKellen); and Bilbo (Martin Freeman) allowing dwarfs to spill through his iconic round front door. And is that Last Bridge we see the company approaching, near where the encounter with the trolls happens?"Just about everything we've been talking about, - the 3D, the 48 frames - you can't actually see," Jackson apologises. "But you will..."The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is out next December. And if you fancy casting your mind back, there's a rather nifty tenth-anniversary Lord Of The Rings feature in the current Empire.

Werner Herzog Talks One Shot, Tom Cruise: 'He Means Business'

Renowned for his prolific, fearless filmmaking, Werner Herzog is in fact nothing if not a polymath: Opera director, guerrilla film-school proprietor, diarist and author, septi-continental gadabout, and actor for hire (among other interests). It’s this latter quality that he and I discussed briefly today as he made the rounds for his new capital-punishment doc Into the Abyss — a diametric opposite to the biggest onscreen gig he’s taken to date. Word came down last month that Herzog would co-star in One Shot, writer-director Christopher McQuarrie’s adaptation of the bestselling thriller by novelist Lee Child. The ninth in the series of Child’s thrillers featuring ex-military investigator Jack Reacher, One Shot centers around the tough guy’s attempt to hunt down the cold-blooded sniper responsible for five murders in a small town, and as if the project didn’t attract enough notoriety for having Tom Cruise as its leading man and co-producer, McQuarrie intensified the spotlight by casting Herzog as Reacher’s trigger-happy adversary known simply as The Zec. The role will supply Herzog with his highest-profile screen performance yet, one about which we spoke today in NY. So I’ve read that you’re acting again? Yes, I am acting again. I’m fairly good as an actor when it comes to roles of hostile or dangerous guys, or violent and debased and dysfunctional characters. And of course, since this is a big Hollywood film, they have studied my performance in other films. So I was not involved in any casting; I was just invited. Why do you think that was? Because I’m good! You see, when it comes to an expensive film, you can’t fool around and make a choice of somebody who is known as a filmmaker. If you are bad as an actor, it may really damage the film. So they apparently took a very close look — I mean, the director, the producer, Tom Cruise — they took a good look at what I am onscreen as an actor. But why do you think you’re so good at it? I don’t know. Well, I like everything that has to do with cinema: writing, directing, editing, acting… Just everything. And of course I know what I should do and what I should not do. I wouldn’t accept a part in a movie where I thought I couldn’t manage it. In a way, for example, this is why I accepted a guest part in The Simpsons. And I’m good in there. I’m the voice of the plastic bag in Ramin Bahrani’s film Plastic Bag. And I’m good in Harmony Korine’s Julien Donkey Boy. Cruise is an interesting actor to me — someone who’s never directed, but who’s instead worked with some of the foremost filmmakers of the last half-century: Kubrick, Scorsese, Coppola, Spielberg, and many others. Have you met him? Yes. What do you think of his regard for filmmakers? Do you think his wanting to work with you in this context was because he probably wouldn’t have the chance otherwise? No, he does not work with me. He works with the director, Chris McQuarrie. I’m only a partner in crime onscreen. But let me try to describe him: Yes, he has worked with some very, very good — very good — serious filmmakers. But what strikes me is that sometimes you can tell from five miles’ distance: “This is a professional man. He means business.” He’s extremely well-prepared, very good to work with, very respectful — a very kind human being. And you can tell, strangely enough, from five miles’ distance. McQuarrie aside, being on this set is probably as close to working with you as Tom Cruise is going to get, considering the films you make. Not necessarily, because the kind of films he has been into — like Mission: Impossible — I’m convinced that… I don’t even know who made Mission: Impossible. Who directed Mission: Impossible? The first one was Brian De Palma. OK. Brian De Palma is certainly the better director than me. Really? If I had tried to make Mission: Impossible, I wouldn’t have come up with a film as intense as Brian De Palma. I mean this very film, for example. There are other people who do that better. Fair enough. In any case, you’re looking forward to this? Yes! I’m going to have a good time. And I love Pittsburgh. My first time ever in America was Pittsburgh; I chose Pittsburgh. I left my scholarship that I had after four or five days, and then I was literally homeless. I was picked up by an absolutely wonderful family and became part of a household of six children between 17 and 27. I was adopted — I was literally adopted from walking in the street a the outskirts. So I have seen the best of America. I’ve seen it right away. Drop back by Movieline next week for more with Werner Herzog about Into the Abyss. Follow S.T. VanAirsdale on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter. [Photo: Getty Images]

DirecTV Reviews Strong 3Q Sub Growth And Revenues But Misses Earnings Anticipation

The satellite company’s ambitious National football league Sunday Ticket promotions and expansion efforts in Latin America virtually shipped in 3Q. The organization reported net gain of $516M, up 8% versus the quarter this past year, on revenues of $6.84B, up 14%. That revenue figure capped the $6.74B the Street expected. Earnings, at 70 cents a share, fell lacking the 73 cent forecast. The organization states its profit required popular from greater programming costs, including its new National football league contract, and greater subscription acquisition costs. But a minimum of the client acquisition effort compensated off: DirecTV ended the quarter with 19.76M U.S. clients — up 4% from this past year, causeing this to be the organization’s best 3Q in seven years. Simultaneously, average monthly customer obligations elevated 3.6% versus this past year to $92.21. Priceincreases for DirecTV programming and leased digital tuners outweighed the National football league promotion discount rates. In Latin America, DirecTV ended 3Q with 7.28M clients, up 34% from this past year.Boss Mike Whitened states that “we intend to develop this momentum by debuting several compelling new items and services together with a greatly enhanced DirecTV Anywhere offering which will enable customers to stream live-TV programming as well as on-demand movies for their mobile products, in addition to a completely new HD interface and also the much anticipated launch in our home media center.”

Exclusive Sneak Look Video: Grimm Assumes Goldilocks

David Giuntoli In the world of Grimm, everyday crimes like breaking and entering can unlock some surprising dangers. On Friday's episode (9/8c, NBC) Nick and Hank (David Giuntoli and Russell Hornsby) investigate a home-invasion situation and come across a family group getting a cultural background plus a crude history possibly that's better left formerly. Ratings: Grimm's debut isn't Look at this start searching: Err. The episode is titled "Bears Will Probably Be Bears" and features a blonde named Gilda (Amy Gumenick) who's been in the house that's clearly not hers. It sure appears like "Goldilocks as well as the Three Bears," but because this is Grimm, we're expecting a few twists. Porridge is probably not involved! Grimm airs Fridays at 9/8c on NBC. Are you currently presently searching toward this episode? How perhaps you have like the premiere?