Mark Wahlberg-Russell Crowe's 'Broken City' striking Theaters Jan. 18, 2013

20th Century Fox has closed its deal to obtain Allen Hughes' Broken City--starring Russell Crowe, Mark Whalberg and Catherine Zeta-Manley--and may release the film on Jan. 18, 2013.our editor recommendsRussell Crowe Joins Mark Wahlberg in 'Broken City' VIDEO: Mark Wahlberg Plays a parent or gaurdian around the Mission in 'Contraband' Trailer Funded by Emmett/Furla films, the $60 million pic notifies the story from the ex-cop (Whalberg) who's hired with the mayor of NY City (Crowe) to follow along with together with the politican's wife (Zeta-Manley). Following a detective certifies the mayor's fears that his wife is cheating on him, the wife's paramour seems dead together with a larger scandal begins to emerged. Whalberg, Hughes, Randall Emmett, George Furla and Stephen Levinson are coming up with. STORY: Mark and Donnie Wahlberg Opening Restaurant Referred to as Wahlburgers The month of the month of january 2013 may be couple of years away, nevertheless the Jan. 18-21 weekend, the Martin Luther King Junior. holiday, was already crowded. Broken City goes facing Lionsgate's Arnold Schwarzenegger starrer The Ultimate Stand and Summit Entertainment's Louis Leterrier thriller At This Point You See Me, starring Jesse Eisenberg, Isla Fisher, Morgan Freeman, Woodsy Harrelson and Mark Ruffalo. Steven Soderbergh's Channing Tatum-Alex Pettyfer starrer Miracle Mike also got a release date on Thursday, with Warner Bros. announcing it'll open the film--about exotic male ballroom ballroom dancers--on June 29, 2012. The project will depend on the particular-existence encounters of Tatum, who removed for virtually yearly when he was 18 to settle the debts. STORY: 'Breaking Bad' Actress Betsy Brandt Joins Stripper Pic 'Magic Mike' (Exclusive) Tatum, who's also creating, look since the film's titular character--a mentor for the dancer carried out by Pettyfer. The film also stars Betsy Brandt. Also creating are Nick Wechsler, Gregory Jacobs and Reid Carolin. Related Subjects Mark Wahlberg Russell Crowe

Watch Hunter S. Thompson Wake Johnny Depp Up at 6:30 a.m.

Hunter S. Thompson grew fairly close with Johnny Depp during the later stages of his life, so much so that he had no qualms about waking the world's biggest movie star up at the crack of dawn. The gonzo journalist and author -- who penned 'The Rum Diary,' which Depp leads this weekend -- once woke Depp up at 6:30 a.m. to discuss the production of the 'Rum Diary' movie. Thanks to Hunter Thompson Films, there's video of this wonderful exchange, which shows that Depp wasn't too bent out of shape about having to get out of bed so early. There's some NSFW language in this clip, so headphones may be necessary. [via Hunter Thompson Films] [Photo: AP] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

In the household

An In the household release and production. (Worldwide sales: In the household, NY.) Created by Andrew van living room Houten, Robert Tonino, Patrick Wang. Directed, compiled by Patrick Wang.With: Patrick Wang, Trevor St. John, Sebastian Brodziak, John Murray, Kelly McAndrew, Peter Hermann, Park Overall, Susan Kellermann, Elaine Bromka, Zoe Winters, Eisa Davis, Nick Taylor, Eugene Brel.A effective study of the gay guy seeking custody of the children from the child he elevated together with his lately deceased partner, "In the householdInch marks a amazing debut by legit author-director-actor Patrick Wang. A superbly written and carried out plea for understanding on hot-button moral and legalities, the pic is perfectly pitched to interact the feelings and provoke discussion among fair-minded audiences of persuasions. Extended running time reps an industrial challenge, but Wang justifies every minute. Self-funded, self-distribbed drama should attract the positive person to person and critical kudos to broaden its release from one Gotham screen on November. 4. Surely the very first film a good Asian-American guy involved with a same-sex relationship in Tennessee, the storyplot recalls the social realism of John Cassavetes with lengthy consumes which silence and also the faces of individuals in emotional discomfort are as potent as words. Pic's stationary-camera aesthetic and naturalistic tone are carefully established within the opening images showing Joey Williams (Wang) participating in wonderful morning have fun with Nick (Sebastian Brodziak), a lively 6-year-old. Gradually, it's says Joey's lengthy-term partner is Chip's biological father, schoolteacher Cody Hines (Trevor St. John), who's shortly after that wiped out within an offscreen vehicle accident. A house renovator and restorer of old books, Joey assumes he could take care of Nick Cody's family has accepted Joey since the 2 men's relationship (proven in flashback) started, seven several weeks after Chip's mother died in giving birth. But Cody's will, which predates his time with Joey, has named the boy's aunt Eileen (Kelly McAndrew) and uncle Dork (Peter Hermann) as his parents. All of a sudden, a constraint order is removed against Joey, and Nick is taken away to Eileen and Dave's care. The film's winning component may be the way Joey approaches the daunting task of acquiring custody of the children. With no crusading speeches, Wang shows Joey like a decent, regular guy who does not understand legal and financial difficulties, and just really wants to get Eileen and Dork to discuss the problem. How he works toward this by using wealthy, upon the market lawyer Paul Hawks (John Murray) will move many audiences using its dignity and restraint. Only using 300 shots, a number of which exceed ten minutes, Wang's thoroughly modulated storytelling never flags, and that he brings about excellent performances from an ensemble composed mainly of thesps with notable skills in theater. Child actor Brodziak is wonderful because the clever, high-spirited boy at the middle of the storm. "In the householdInch was lensed in Yonkers, N.Y., and it is very couple of outside effectively replacement for the well-selected Tennessee setting, in which the attitudes of numerous figures may surprise auds bearing preconceived notions about Southern bigotry. Lenser Frank Barrera's subtle lighting and also the simple yet effective work by production designer John El Manahi and costume designer Michael Bevins couch remarkable emotional terrain within the most normal of surroundings. Other tech jobs are professional.Camera (color, HD-to-35mm), Frank Barrera editor, Elwaldo Baptiste music, Nick Taylor, Andy Wagner production designer, John El Manahi art director, Jaime Rosegren costume designer, Michael Bevins seem (Dolby Digital), Johnny Marshall line producer, Matt Burns connect producer, Barrera assistant director, Burns casting, Cindi Hurry. Examined at Hawaii Film Festival (Express Yourself), March. 17, 2011. (Also in North Park Asian Film Festival.) Running time: 169 MIN. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Boss Co-Showrunners Exit Starz Series

EXCLUSIVE: Boss executive producers/co-showrunners Richard Levine and Lyn Greene are exiting Starz new drama series, that was restored for any second season recently in front of its premiere last evening. The first kind Puppy nip/Tuck executive producers shepherded the 8-episode first season of Boss alongside series’ creator/executive producer, Apocalypto co-author Farhad Safinia. Safinia didn’t have TV experience before creating the show however i hear he demonstrated a fast study throughout manufacture of the very first season. Search is under away for any new writing executive producer to become listed on Safinia along with the series’ other professional producers — director Gus Van Sant, star Kelsey Grammer, John Sher and Stella Bulochnikov — for Season 2. Boss, from Lionsgate TV, stars Grammer like a callous Chicago mayor that has a secret that intends to topple him. The series has brought mostly favorable reviews, particularly when it involves Grammer’s performance.

'The Trip' Exclusive: Steve Coogan Wines And Dines

Food and wine, car journeys and Steve Coogan these are merely a couple of of my personal favorite things. Roll all into one package and sprinkle using the added bonus from the amusing Take advantage of Brydon, and also you get "The Trip," the IFC Films comedy that's determined to split your sides and serve them back on the silver platter. In "The Trip," Coogan stars being an exaggerated version of themself, venturing out on the path to tour England's finest restaurants as commissioned through the Observer. Initially seeing it as being an ideal getaway together with his girlfriend, Coogan needs to pursue another option when his lady friend backs from the trip. Signal Brydon, a comedian and Coogan's best friend, who joins his amigo on the highway for any journey of proper dining and more self examination the very best type of journey there's, really. Find out more about the film within this exclusive erased scene below! "The Trip" is presently playing in limited release and it is on SundanceNOW.com.

Exclusive Poster from Another Happy Day: Foulmouthed Ellen Barkin Pops Off!

We’ve been vocal about our obsession with Ellen Barkin, who is currently taking Twitter by storm with her vulgar 140-character rants, observations, and loving shout-outs. Now, Movieline premieres the new poster from her upcoming film Another Happy Day, in which she plays the exasperated matriarch in a truly dysfunctional family with ex-husband Thomas Haden Church, kids Ezra Miller and Daniel Yelsky, daughter Kate Bosworth, and a step family that includes Demi Moore, Ellen Burstyn, and George Kennedy. Damn! First, the poster: There’s an old-school children’s book feel to that illustration, no? Let’s check for Madeleine L’Engle’s name in the credits together. I’m coming up with nothing. Want more? Here’s a new scene from Another Happy Day entitled “A Family Stroll” featuring Barkin in a harried, furious moment with her smart aleck son (Ezra Miller) and daughter (Kate Bosworth). Another Happy Day - Clip “A Family Stroll” from AnotherHappyDayMovie on Vimeo. Another Happy Day hits theaters in NY and LA on November 18.

Ornstein, Kuryak cover shorelines for TLC

TLC has named a Vice president for every coast: The internet has upped Alon Ornstein to Vice president of production and development for that New England, located in parent company Discovery Communications' Silver Spring, Md. HQ. Concurrently, former OWN professional Timothy Kuryak continues to be gone to live in the internet, where he'll be Vice president of production and development for that West Coast, located in L.A. and confirming to Howard Lee (as will Ornstein). Ornstein has done shows at TLC including "19 Kids and Counting," "Dr. G.: Medical Examiner" and "Hoarding: Hidden Alive," amongst others. At OWN, Kuryak oversaw "Trying To Find...,Inch "Enough Already! With Peter Walsh" along with other shows, and offered as mind of West Coast p&d throughout the launch of Planet Eco-friendly. Contact Mike Thielman at mike.thielman@variety.com

'Ides Of March' Star Ryan Gosling Won't 'Fracture' In Today's Sick Day Stash

Call them "cult classics." "Guilty pleasures." "Comfort movies." We all have a mental rolodex of flicks that may not be terribly popular but, for one reason or another, they resonate in a very special way. Maybe you saw it at the right moment. Maybe you just see gold where everyone else sees feces. Whatever the case, these are the special favorites that you keep stashed away for sick days. These are some of ours. Ryan Gosling will complete his cinematic hat trick this weekend with the political drama "The Ides of March," playing a hungry press secretary on the campaign trail with George Clooney's earnest presidential candidate, Mike Morris. The film, based on the Beau Willimon play "Farragut North," is getting the kind of approval rating a world leader would kill for, but before you slap down your $10 and load up on the Junior Mints, I suggest you check out another of Gosling's intrigues, 2007's "Fracture." In fact, I'd call the underrated crime drama a companion piece of sorts to "Ides of March." I mean, after the events of "Fracture," I could totally see Gosling's Willy Beachum eschewing the district attorney's office in favor of a political position supporting a man he believes could change the country. But I'm getting ahead of myself. As I alluded to, "Fracture" follows Gosling as hot-shot deputy district attorney Beachum, who's been tasked with a seemingly open-and-shut case: the prosecution of Ted Crawford (Anthony Hopkins), who admitted to shooting his wife. But the attempted murder case (predictably) doesn't go as planned. For one, the arresting officer ("Twilight"'s Billy Burke) was having an affair with the victim and assaulted Crawford upon arrest. For another, Crawford's gun does not match the murder weapon. Defending himself, Crawford goes up against cocksure Beachum and is acquitted. It'd be easy for Beachum to forget about this failure (one of very few), considering he's been tapped for a posh position at a corporate law firm. But much like a detective who's flagged a case on the day of his retirement, Beachum can't shake Crawford's win in court. In a series of twists and turns (that I won't reveal here as they'd give away the satisfying finale), Beachum finally realizes Crawford hasn't committed the perfect crime and sets about ensnaring his greatest antagonist. With a darkly playful cat-and-mouse setup and plenty of imaginative lawyering, "Fracture" is the kind of feature that "Law and Order" fans will eat up with a spoon. To be sure, it isn't quite on par with my favorite Anthony Hopkins thriller, "The Silence of the Lambs," but it's not a stretch to call Gosling and Hopkins the latter-day Starling and Lecter. Their chemistry is just that good. Tell us about your Sick Day Stash picks in the comments section and on Twitter!

Enlightened (Series; HBO)

Laura Dern and Luke Wilson in HBO's "Enlightened" Credits: Filmed in Los Angeles and Hawaii by Rip Cord. Executive producers, Mike White, Laura Dern; co-executive producers, Miguel Arteta, Edward Saxon; producers, David Bernad, Jason Weinberg, Timothy Marx; co-producer, Gianna Smart; writer-director, White; story by White, Dern.Amy Jellicoe - Laura Dern Levi - Luke Wilson Helen - Diane Ladd Krista - Sarah Burns Dougie - Timm Sharp Judy - Amy Hill Tyler - Mike WhiteShowtime has excelled at a certain kind of attention-getting half-hour -- high-concept series featuring big-name female leads, with themes (cancer; drug abuse; multiple personalities) that practically market themselves. By contrast, it's hard to think of a lower concept than HBO's "Enlightened," an offbeat showcase for Laura Dern that, after watching four episodes, still isn't completely clear regarding its intentions. In the hands of writer/co-star Mike White, that's not entirely bad, but the unorthodox tone and emotionally fragile protagonist suggest this strange journey of self-discovery will harbor narrow appeal even by pay TV's refined standards. Dern's Amy has a jaw-dropping meltdown at work in the opening moments, having been transferred from her job at a big corporation after an affair gone wrong with her married boss (Timm Sharp). An idyllic, life-changing interlude at a counseling retreat in Hawaii follows, where she cavorts with sea turtles, finds inner-peace and begins soothingly narrating her own spiritual reclamation. "I will change. And I will be an agent of change," Amy says in voiceover, following her epiphany. Upon her return, though, Amy's harmony is tested time and again. Her former assistant (Sarah Burns) has been promoted, while she's been relegated to the bowels of the company, surrounded by other losers (among them one played by White). Her ex-husband (Luke Wilson), while mostly sympathetic, doesn't want to do much but sit around smoking pot; and her mom (Diane Ladd, Dern's real-life mother) looks at her like she just beamed down from the Enterprise. Can Amy maintain her new-found serenity and find -- or maintain -- the peace she professes to have achieved, especially within a conglomerate that cares not a whit about her? White seems determined to test that point, with Amy's unnervingly upbeat exterior (which recalls the religiously converted in Michael Tolkin's "The Rapture") occasionally giving way to fits of rage that suggest her New Age transformation hasn't fully taken hold. One can see why Dern (who shares story credit with White) was drawn to the role -- and perhaps even why HBO would gamble on somebody as famously idiosyncratic as the director, whose indie-film sensibility (see "Chuck & Buck" and "The Good Girl") has pay-TV written all over it. That said, it's difficult to ascertain for whom "Enlightened" is intended, simultaneously mocking and exalting the self-help movement, without really indicating precisely where it stands. By that measure, the show's ethereal qualities are interesting in places but never particularly enlightening, and its pairing with HBO's quirky but significantly broader "Bored to Death" -- in the latest attempt to expand the channel's original-series footprint to Monday nights -- feels like an especially low-wattage combination. Ultimately, "Enlightened" sets up its own quixotic quest -- the long uphill slog of building a series around making the audience uncomfortable. Personal growth might be in the cards for Dern's damaged heroine. Changing the laws of TV gravity is probably another matter entirely.Camera, Lawrence Sher; production designer, Richard Hoover; editor, Rob Frazen; music, Carter Burwell; casting, Cami Patton, Jennifer Lare. 30 MIN. Contact Brian Lowry at brian.lowry@variety.com

The Dark Knight Rises: Batcave details and police chase video

It's great to hear that we'll get to see the Batcave again in The Dark Knight Rises but it may not be that much of a surprise if a report from the Sony Studios set is to be believed.A fan at Batman-News.com claims to have wandered around the new Batcave and says not much has changed."It's half finished and pretty much looks like the same set we saw in Batman Begins. They're still completing the quarry walls but the wooden manor foundations were all there in the corner. They may add more set dressing with equipment and such but don't expect a radical redesign as most fanboys are expecting," the report reads.Hang on, you might be thinking, that still sounds very unfinished. So what did the construction guys have to say?"Funny thing was I asked the construction guys if they were using the same blueprints/plans from Batman Begins to match continuity, they said, 'No'. But as the set resembled the cave from Begins and I'm a detail freak who knows the movies, (right down to the waterfall entrance where the tumbler flies through) while they may have had new blueprints I could see it was the same cave from seeing the foundation beams that were iconic from the first movie. Also the stage can hold water, they'll fill it when the quarry wall work is finished and they pull all the rigging lights up to illuminate the set."To be honest, you won't see toys flying from TF's pram if the Batcave happens to look a bit familiar.Especially as we've got this snippet of a police chase to keep our Bat-spirits up.Unless this is really a remake ofThe Blues Brothers, in which case where's our log-in to Blues-Brothers-news.com? We've got some bile to spew!