Inarritu to direct 'The Revenant'

Warner Bros. has drawn on Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu to direct American West drama "The Revenant," setup with Anonymous Content. Studio confirmed Inarritu's attachment Wednesday. Producers are Anonymous Content's Steve Golin, David Kanter and Keith Redmon.Project's in line with the novel "The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge" by Michael Punke and released in 2003. Mark L. Cruz authored the script.Novel is occur 1823 and focuses on a fur trapper who's mauled by murdered and conned through the two males enlisted to remain with him. Fueled by anger, the trapper survives and makes his way through hundred of miles of uncharted backwoods to exact retribution.Inarritu has directed four films: "Amores Perros," "21 Grams," "Babel" and "Biutiful." He's the very first Mexican director to become nominated for top-director Oscar, for "Babel."Inarritu is repped by CAA. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com

Nicole Kidman, Robert De Niro Added to Toronto Lineup

TORONTO -- Robert De Niro, Jason Statham, Clive Owen, Ralph Fiennes, Nicolas Cage, Nicole Kidman and James Gandolfini on Tuesday joined the star-studded lineup for the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival.Fest organizers announced British Writer/director David Hare's "Page Eight" will close TIFF with a Roy Thomson gala after a debut at this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival.Hare's spy thriller stars Bill Nighy, Rachel Weisz, Michael Gambon, Ralph Fiennes and Judy Davis.As Toronto continued Tuesday to set its Roy Thomson lineup with another eight galas unveiled, French director Christophe Honor's "The Beloved" was given a high-profile gala here after a Cannes bow for the 1960s Paris and contemporary London drama that stars the real-life mother and daughter Catherine Deneuve and Chiara Mastroianni.And Jennifer Hudson and Terence Howard will walk the red carpet with director Darrell J. Roodt into Roy Thomson Hall for a world premiere of "Winnie," the Canada/South African co-produced biopic about Winnie Mandela, the wife of Nelson Mandela.Toronto also booked Roy Thomson Hall slots for "The Awakening," from British director "Nick Murphy," a psychological thriller that stars Rebecca Hall, Dominic West and Imelda Staunton, and director Tanya Wexler's "Hysteria," a romantic comedy top-lined by Maggie Gyllenhaal, Hugh Dancy, Jonathan Pryce, Rupert Everett and Felicity Jones.There's also star-driven world debuts for Gary McKendry's "Killer Elite," a globe-trotting action film starring Jason Statham, Robert De Niro and Clive Owen set for a September 23 theatrical release; Marc Forster's Machine Gun Preacher," which stars Gerard Butler in the true-life role of criminal-turned-kidnapped child saver Sam Childers; and Joel Schumacher's "Trespass," which stars Nicolas Cage and Nicole Kidman.Another 18 titles were added to the Special Presentations sidebar Tuesday, including Italian director Ermanno Olmi's "The Cardboard Village," which stars Michael Lonsdale and Rutger Hauer; U.S. filmmaker Whit Stillman's "Damsels in Distress," the Greta Gerwig-starring comedy that will close Venice; and Irish writer/director Ian FitzGibbon's "Death of a Superhero," which stars Andy Serkis and Thomas Brodie-Sangster and is based on Anthony McCarten's novel.There's also world bows for "The First Man," by Italian director Gianni Amelio, an adaptation of Albert Camus' autobiographical last novel; Agnieszka Holland's "In Darkness," a Holocaust drama starring Robert Wiekiewicz and Benno Frmann already picked up by Sony Pictures Classics; and "Intruders," by Spanish director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo and starring Clive Owen.Toronto also booked a North American premiere in the Special Presentations sidebar for Hong Kong director Johnnie To's "Life Without Principle," a drama about three characters in desperate need of money that will screen in competition in Venice.Also Toronto-bound for a North American debut is "Low Life," by French directors Nicolas Klotz and Elisabeth Perceval, which just screened in Locarno, while there's a world premiere for Indian director Pankaj Kapur's "Mausam" (Seasons of Love), a turbulent love story starring Shahid Kapur, Sonam A Kapoor and Anupam Kher.Other world premieres: Anne Fontaine's "My Worst Nightmare," starring Isabelle Huppert; fellow French director Mathieu Kassovitz' "Rebellion," and U.S. director Geoffrey Fletcher's "Violet & Daisy," a film about two girls and some guns that stars Saoirse Ronan, Alexis Bledel and James Gandolfini.Toronto also booked North American bows for Hong Kong director Ann Hui's "A Simple Life," which reunites Asian screen star Andy Lau with his godmother Deanie Ip as they perform together in front of the movie camera for the first time in 23 years, and Australian director Julia Leigh's "Sleeping Beauty," which stars Emily Browning and Rachael Blake.Fest programmers also gave an international premiere to "Terraferma," from Italian director Emanuele Crialese; and North American bows to Philippe Garrel's "That Summer," which stars Monica Belluci and the French director's son, Louis Garrel; the epic film "Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale," from Taiwanese director Wei Te-Sheng; and Andrea Arnold's "Wuthering Heights," which stars James Howson and Kaya Scodelario.Toronto's Contemporary World Cinema section added another 51 titles, including world bows for the latest films by Nancy Savoca, Xiaolu Guo and Nacho Vigalondo.And there's North American bows for new films by directors Andrey Zvyagintsev, Gerardo Naranjo, Sono Sion, Asghar Farhadi, Karim Ainouz, Ole Christian Madsen and Cristin Jimnez.U.S. director Joshua Marston will bring "The Forgiveness of Blood," an Albanian family feud drama to Toronto after a Berlin bow; and French director Vincent Garenq will bring the justice drama "Presume Coupable" (Guilty) after a Venice debut.And there's world premieres for Italian director Stefano Chiantini's "Islands;" "Juan of the Dead," by director Alejandro Brugus, about a zombie outbreak in Cuba; "Always Brando," by Tunisian director Ridha Bhi, and "Blood of my Blood," by Portuguese director Joo Canijo.The Future Projections sidebar of moving image installation includes a collaboration by James Franco and Gus Van Sant, entitled "Memories of Idaho (1991; 2010 and 2011)," and artworks by Peter Lynch, Nicholas and Sheila Pye, Mr. Brainwash and David Lamelas.And the Visions program of avant-garde films includes a North American premiere for Julia Loktev's "The Loneliest Planet," and an international premiere for Debbie Tucker Green's "Random."The Toronto International Film Festival is set to run from September 8 to 18. The Hollywood Reporter

Hacker Group Intends to seal Lower Facebook (Video)

our editor recommends'Anonymous' Hacker Group Attacks Body mass index Website21 Alleged Cyber-terrorist Arrested in Tuesday Sting The hacker group Anonymous leaves a brand new message online, threating to seal lower Facebook on November 5, 2011. "The medium of communication all of you so very much adore is going to be destroyed," states the recording. In This summer, the FBI raided six houses in New You are able to regarding the the "hacktivist" group Anonymous. Other houses through the country were also raided. The Justice Department mentioned that 21 everyone was arrested regarding the a panic attack on PayPal. STORY: 21 Alleged Cyber-terrorist Arrested in Tuesday Sting Apparently, the raids in This summer weren't enough to quiet the audience, who launched the brand new YouTube video and related pr release on This summer 16. The attack would be to safeguard the public's privacy, based on the release. "Facebook continues to be selling information to government departments and giving clandestine use of information security firms to ensure that they are able to spy on people from all across the globe,Inch states the pr release. "Altering the privacy configurations to create your Facebook account more "private" is another delusion. Facebook knows much more about you than your loved ones,Inch the audience continues. The recording finishes having a very obvious announcement: "Get ready for each day which will go lower ever-November 5, 2011." A picture of Facebook's Mark Zuckerburg flashes on screen close to the finish from the video. "We don't forgive. We don't forget," finishes the discharge. The audience continues to be credited with hacking in to the Government, Iran's government e-mails, and perhaps Visa, Mastercard and tech companies employed by the FBI. Related Subjects Mark Zuckerberg Facebook

The Apprehenders

Nearby police stations located in the Seoul districts of Mapo and Seodaemun are usually compared to each other and, consequently, has developed a rivalry. The chief at the Mapo police station is Hwang Jae-Sung, who is fearless when it comes to catching criminals & uses any means necessary. To top the Mapo station, the Seodaemun police station appoints its new leader Jung Wei-Chan. Jung Wei-Chan graduated from the prestigious police academy. An award for "officer of the year" is given out to the officer able to apprehend the most criminals. The award also comes with a 30 million Won cash prize. Hwang Jae-Sung wants to receive the award as he wants a promotion and did not graduate from the police university. Jung Wei-Chan also badly wants to win the award for the prize money involved - his girlfriend is pregnant. For this award the two rivals compete even more fiercely. A serial rapist case then occurs causing both stations to work together. The outcome hangs in the air.

Family of Real Life 'Pizza Bomber' Not Laughing at 30 Minutes or Less

In Ruben Fleischer’s upcoming comedy 30 Minutes or Less, Jesse Eisenberg plays a pizza delivery man coerced into robbing a bank by two thugs (Danny McBride and Nick Swardson) who strap a bomb to his chest and threaten to detonate him. Comedy ensues, of course, but the real-life 2003 event that loosely inspired the film didn’t end so hilariously, as the family of late Pennsylvania pizza man Brian Wells would like to point out. Wells’s story has unsettling parallels in the film, in which McBride plots to have his father killed for his inheritance and forces Eisenberg’s pizza boy to rob a bank in order to fund the operation: According to reports, on August 28, 2003, Erie, PA resident Wells, who worked part time delivering pizzas for Mama Mia Pizzeria, met with accomplices in a pre-meditated plot to rob an area bank using a fake bomb collar as a prop so he could feign innocence if caught; unbeknownst to Wells, his colleagues planned to strap an actual bomb to him, forcing him to chase a series of clues in hopes of defusing it in time. (Wells’s family maintains that he was an innocent victim in the plot.) Wells entered Erie’s PNC Bank and demanded $250,000, only getting $8,000. He then began frantically chasing down the clues that would release him from his bomb, left under rocks by his accomplices around town. When the police caught up to him, Wells pleaded for help removing the device. Less than an hour after he’d been strapped to the bomb it detonated, killing Wells. Understandably, Wells’s surviving family members have voiced their objections to Fleischer’s new film mining laughs from their tragedy. In an email to the AP, Wells’s sister Jean Heid admonished the filmmakers: “It’s hard for me to grasp how other human beings can take delight and pride in making such a movie and consider it a comedy. I don’t think it’s funny to laugh at the innocent who are victimized by criminals, who care nothing for human life.” Sony rep Steve Elzer responded, claiming filmmaker ignorance. “Neither the filmmakers nor the stars of 30 Minutes or Less were aware of this crime prior to their involvement in the film,” he said. “The writers were vaguely familiar with what had occurred and wrote an original screenplay that does not mirror the real-life tragedy.” It’s hard to completely buy the Sony defense, especially in light of the many parallels between the plot of 30 Minutes or Less’s (details clearly conveyed in the film’s marketing campaign): Real Life Case: Set in Eerie, PA 30 Min. or Less: Set in Grand Rapids, MI Real Life Case: Crime masterminded by Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong, who sought to bankroll a $125,000 hit on her father to inherit his fortune, working with collaborators Kenneth Barnes, William Rothstein, and Floyd Stockton. 30 Min. or Less: Crime masterminded by Dwayne (McBride), who seeks to bankroll a $100,000 hit on his father to inherit his fortune, working with collaborator Travis (Swardson). Real Life Case: Wells gets a call to deliver pizzas to an empty lot, where his collaborators meet him and outfit him with a bomb collar against his will. He has 55 minutes to rob a bank. 30 Min. or Less: Nick (Eisenberg) gets a call to deliver pizzas to an abandoned stockyard, where his assailants meet him and outfit him with a bomb vest against his will. He has less than nine hours to rob a bank. Real Life Case: Wells robs the PNC Bank using a modified shotgun, then looks for the clues to removing the bomb collar. 30 Min. or Less: Nick and his best friend Chet (Aziz Ansari) rob a bank using fake guns, then look for clues to removing the bomb vest. You decide: Does the plot of 30 Minutes or Less “mirror the tragedy” of Brian Wells’s tale, or not? Better question — is it possible the filmmakers and stars were so unaware of the real-life tragedy while making the film (or “vaguely familiar,” in the case of writers Michael Diliberti and Matthew Sullivan)… and how much do the answers to those questions matter to most moviegoers? [AP via CinemaBlend, Cleveland Plain-Dealer, CNN]

Melisa Wallack to script Emily The Strange

Melisa Wallack continues to be hired to create the script for any movie in line with the character Emily The Strange.ChloeMoretz is mounted on star within the medieval tale of the youthful girl who mixes the energy of her imagination with technology.No official story continues to be launched, however the plot is anticipated to become an origin story that informs how Emily acquired her forces and shows her adventures together with her four black felines.The film has been around development with Dark Equine Entertainment since 2008, with Universal backing it this year.Wallack formerly authored the script for Relativity Media's as-yet-un named Snow Whitened movie, which is competing with Universal's Snow Whitened And Also The Huntsman when both of them are launched.