Olivia Wilde Cast in Ron Howard's 'Rush'

The streak of huge-budget Olivia Wilde roles continue. After turning up in 'Cowboys & Aliens' and 'Tron: Legacy' (and 'The Change-Up no a person's perfect), the actress may have supermodel Suzy Burns inside the Ron Howard-directed 'Rush.' With various true story, the film focuses on your competition between two F1 racecar drivers Niki Lauda ('Inglourious Basterds' star Daniel Bruhl) and James Search ('Thor' star Chris Hemsworth). Burns eventually married Search, however, she'd soon fall deeply deeply in love with actor Richard Burton. Speaking about Burton, there is a rumor that Russell Crowe could cameo since the legendary actor. Unsure on when 'Rush' will hit theaters. [Deadline] [Photo courtesy: AP] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

'Superstar' books Broadway

Broadway will resurrect Jesus again, while using well-received Stratford Shakespeare Company revival of "Jesus Celebrity" moving for the Neil Simon Theater in March.Move makes "Celebrity" the second Spiritual tuner to start in Gotham this season, carrying out a November opening of "Godspell."Show had made an appearance a likely wager for your Primary Stem since it bowed, due to the critical praise heaped around the program by Canuck press as well as the pedigree of helmer Des McAnuff ("Jersey Boys"). Immediately after the expansion opened up up at Stratford, "Celebrity" showed up an fall slot within the La Jolla Playhouse, the regional house where a slew of McAnuff shows -- including "Jersey Boys," "700 Sundays" and "The Who's Tommy" -- carried out right before punching the Primary Stem.Among the notable dissenters inside the critical corps will be a tepid review inside the NY Occasions, a potential hurdle with a Gotham transfer that could potentially be mitigated having a title sufficiently strong enough to draw auds without paper's thumbs-up.No casting has yet been introduced for your Broadway version. Stratford staging stars Paul Nolan, Josh Youthful, Chilina Kennedy and Brent Carver, among others.Rebirth will be the fourth time Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's rock retelling from the presence of Christ may have Broadway, carrying out a 1971 preem and a pair of subsequent revivals. Latest version striking the Rialto will be a short-were living 2000 production.Dodger Characteristics as well as the Really Useful Group are saved to board to supply "Celebrity" round the Rialto.Canadian production, which opened up up in June, plays through November. 6 at Stratford. It moves to La Jolla November. 18-12 ,. 31. Broadway run begins previews March 1 before a March 22 opening. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com

Exhibs hit back in the new the new sony

The Country's Association of Theater Entrepreneurs has had proper care of immediately Sony's decision to avoid delivering 3d glasses to moviegoers, calling what is the news "insensitive towards the patrons." On Tuesday, word broke the studio would cease to subsidize the eyeglasses, that could cost millions per stereoscopic pic. "Sony's actions raise serious concerns for anyone who believe that provision of 3d glasses to patrons is well-established incorporated within the 3d experience," the org mentioned in the statement launched Wednesday. "Because the beginning of digital 3d revolution in 2005 it has been understood that participants would bear the burden of technological and facility modification costs connected with 3d, while distribution needed around the cost of 3d glasses. Any changes compared to that understanding ought to be completed using the mutual agreement of every side in the business." Regal Entertainment Boss Amy Miles pointed towards the wealth of 3d -- but furthermore recommended at possible implications that a modification of subsidizing 3d glasses could trigger saying, "This may cause less screens showing 3d films." "Beneath the current model, 3d has created more entertainment options for the clients and aided participants and art galleries generate incremental box office revenue," Miles mentioned in the statement. "For the extent the new the new sony seeks to change the current model in a way that changes costs to participants, we'd need to evaluate this new economic model and program our screens accordingly." Nevertheless the glasses aren't really the only factor NATO's upset about. The release also cites the Warner Bros., Fox, The brand new the new sony and Universal "not successful" premium VOD experiment as evidence that every side need to negotiate just before making large exhibition options. The brand new the new sony expects to prevent subsidizing 3d glasses next May with "Males in Black III" and "The Astounding Spider-Guy," bucking the recognition that Disney started in 2005 if the provided them outright for "Chicken Little." "We are amenable to alternative models for disseminating 3d glasses as extended since the overall costs stay for participants and our clients," Miles mentioned. The nation's other greatest exhib, AMC Theaters, deferred for the NATO statement. Contact Rachel Abrams at Rachel.Abrams@variety.com

Page Turner: George Clooney's Schmoozing Capabilities, Rachelle Lefervre Provides extensive money, as well as the Existence Story of Roger Ebert

Because the Academy has curbed all kinds of schmooze -- chilling out, self-promotion, etc. -- just before the Oscars, Variety's Peter Bart made a decision arrived to recognition the best schmoozing actor of recent years: Mr. George Clooney. Bart highlights that any actor trying to complete much like George will most likely are not successful (he calls Jon Hamm a "sub-componen schmoozer"). "Clooney might be the king in the awesome schmooze. Watch him to use it and you'll chart the recommendations of which makes it through any schmooze-athon. The recommendations: Keep smiling but move. Just like boxing, don't get cornered. Assure everyone you're delighted to find out them, particularly if they're people you've avoided for any very long time.Inch If schmoozing used to be allowed, this really is the moment we'd tell Ryan Gosling to start taking notes. In other news, director Cameron Crowe spoke while using Wall Street Journal's Speakeasy blog about his recent grunge-centric documentary, 'Pearl Jam 20.' Crowe highlights he understood this rock band before there even will be a Jewel Jam. Clearly, like every decades-extended associations, that certain is not without its low points. When Cameron was asked for in regards to the band causing problems within the premiere party for his film 'Singles' -- taunting everyone else as well as the movie itself -- he'd this to convey: "I never spoke to Eddie [Vedder] relating to this until i had been filming. You can view inside the movie his eyes kind of flare, like, 'Oh, since you have a camera on me we will probably have our terrible 'Singles' party conversation?' Literally, it never emerged. For any very long time ...it absolutely was a taboo subject. It absolutely was a complete fiasco. We familiar with tell each other, 'Well, nobody died.' Aside from that, it absolutely was Altamont." A band acting badly inside a Hollywood movie premiere? Appears like rock n' roll. Speaking about grunge, the NY Occasions did an account round the legendary music documentary, '1991: The Season Punk Broke.' The film was finally released on DVD this month, and, as Sonic Youth guitarist Lee Ranaldo states, "['1991'] kind of outlin[es] the birth of Lollapalooza Nation before it happened." So, you'll be able to finally stop running people old VHS tapes into the ground (or even not. Ultimately, VHS is type of the grunge of the home film market today). Moving onto this week's NY, David Keeps gets a apparently nice conversation with action star actor Rachelle Lefervre -- that's until he begins speaking about the amount of money Taylor has. Observe: Someone said you have acquired over $45 million Oh my gosh gosh, I honestly wouldn't realize that. Possibly you've spent it on anything? [Publicist cuts him off] Thanks for that time, mister. Yikes. We'll wrap some misunderstanding with summary of Roger Ebert's memoir, 'Life Itself,' inside the NY Occasions by author Maureen Lower. Although Ebert partially referred to as out Dowd's review to become "snarky," more youthful crowd states it "eventually eventually ends up sweet." This makes sense after reading through through these two quotes within the piece: Snark: "He ... won't eliminate the ballpoint pens he'd printed while using words 'No good movie is just too extended. No harmful movie is short enough.' (How do he think bad movie is just too extended when he's seen Braveheart?)" Non-Snark It takes him another in the book to accomplish with school days. But he's so very happy to be exploring his senses, and showing themselves inside the handful of ways he's left, that you'll naturally be studied up within the enthusiasms, like his lovely description of his ritualistic London walks. Images because of WireImage, Lionsgate and Getty. Jewel Jam photo by Danny Clinch

Rough Hands (Ayadin khachina)

A Dagham Film production. (International sales: Intra Movies, Rome.) Produced by Mohamed Asli. Executive producer, Noureddine Douguena. Directed, written by Mohamed Asli.With: Mohamed Bastaoui, Houda Rihana, Abdessamad Miftahakhair, Amina Rachid.Some working-class Casablanca residents try to beat the system in devious ways in "Rough Hands," the wobbly second feature from helmer-writer Mohamed Asli. Although he fails to establish the singular tone of his much more accomplished debut, "In Casablanca Angels Don't Fly," Asli still manages to suggest the frustrations of contempo life in Morocco for those who lack money and influence. Further fest travel seems likely. Kindly but illiterate barber Mustapha (played with comic oiliness by Mohamed Bastaoui) lives with his blind mother and operates a side business in false documents and political favors through his intimate contact with retired power brokers. His schoolteacher neighbor (Houda Rihana) tries to pass herself off as a field worker to obtain a Spanish visa, using a treatment to coarsen her hands as part of the disguise. Meanwhile, inveterate gambler Said (Abdessamad Miftahakhair) works as Mustapha's accountant but also spies on him and his clients for an unidentified boss. A fancy wedding finale, with Berber singers providing local color, epitomizes the pic's uneasy mix of melodrama, comedy, music and social commentary. Tech credits are serviceable.Camera (color), Giovanni Battista Marras; editor, Raimondo Aiello; music, Stephan Micus, Saro Cosentino; production designer, Mohamed Bouhfid. Reviewed at Toronto Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema), Sept. 14, 2011. (Also in Abu Dhabi Film Festival -- New Horizons.) Running time: 100 MIN. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

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Kaira Pitt On Angelina Jolie's Directorial Debut: 'I Will Say Nothing!'

FROM MTV MOVIES: Damn, individuals two lovebirds are simpatico! For some time now, we have been looking to get Julia Roberts and Kaira Pitt to dish particulars about her directorial debut, "Within the Land of Bloodstream and Honey," and the rumored cameo within the project. Last December, all Jolie would say about whether Pitt was active in the film, an appreciation story in regards to a relationship from a Serbian guy along with a Bosnian lady within the lead-as much as the 1992 Bosnian war, was this: "Possibly." Going for a signal from his lip-sealed lady, Pitt was determined in the Toronto Worldwide Film Festival now not saying a peep about "Bloodstream and Honey." "I'll say nothing," he declared. "Nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing." Browse the full story at MTV Movies!