Callan McAuliffe joins 'Great Gatsby'

McAuliffeExclusive: Callan McAuliffe will play a young Jay Gatsby in Warner Bros.' "The Great Gatsby" starring Leonardo DiCaprio.Baz Luhrman helms with Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton and Isla Fisher also on board to star. Luhrman and Craig Pearce adapted the script from the F. Scott Fitzgerald classic. Luhrman, Catherine Martin, Douglas Wick, Lucy Fisher, Catherine Knapman and G. Mac Brown will produce through Bazmark Films and Red Hour Entertainment.McAuliffe was most recently seen in DreamWorks' "I Am Number Four."He is repped by WME, Affirmative Entertainment and Felker Toczek Gellman Suddleson. Contact Justin Kroll at justin.kroll@variety.com

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Broadway To Shutter As Irene Approaches

All Broadway goes dark Saturday or sunday as Hurricane Irene approaches the New England and New You are able to braces for winds, rain and potential flooding throughout the weekend. It will likely be the greatest emergency shutdown from the Great Whitened Way since Sept. 11, 2001, and already the town has purchased mandatory evacuations in low-laying areas and can shut lower the transit system by noon ET Saturday. Disney Theatrical Productions was the very first organization to announce its plans today, saying its productions Mary Poppins and also the Lion King wouldn’t run, and also the Broadway League adopted right after using its plan. Playbill reviews that about 23 productions are influenced by the shutdown, including Tony those who win War Equine and also the Book of Mormon. Mlb also offers taken action, putting off a set of New You are able to Mets weekend games and modifying scheduled games in Boston and Philadelphia. Nikki may have more about Irene’s impact in her own Box Office Report coming shortly.

Today on indieWIRE: Taboo Films That Offend, 'Circumstance,' del Toro & Chastain Interviews

Today on indieWIRE, we share the details on 'Paradise Lost,' Part II of the Guillermo del Toro interview, TOH!'s interview with chameleon Jessica Chastain, festival updates and a look at taboo films that will offend you (or at least spoil your lunch) ... Critical Consensus: 'Circumstance' is the Pick of the Week: 'Circumstance' -- which won the audience award at the Sundance Film Festival -- is also the pick of the week, according to the folks polled on criticWIRE. Meirelles' '360' to Open London Film Festival; What Will Close?: Fernando Meirelles' '360' will be the opening night film at the 55th BFI London Film Festival, which will be the last under the stewardship of artistic director Sandra Hebron. HBO Is Ready for a Fourth 'Paradise Lost' Movie, but the Directors Might Not Be: HBO is prepared to greenlight a fourth documentary in the 'Paradise Lost' saga. Peter Jackson says he's still funding an investigation into the real culprits behind the murders. However, 'Paradise Lost' directors Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky say they aren't ready to commit to shooting another doc about the West Memphis Three. Recut 'Paradise Lost 3' and Oliver Stone's U.S. History Doc Added to New York Film Festival: The new ending to Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky's 'Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory' will have its world premiere at the upcoming 49th New York Film Festival. So Taboo: Four Upcoming Films That Promise to Offend: Plenty of provocative and disturbing films pass through the festival circuit. But of those that really tug at societal taboos, it's a select few that make it to theaters. Guillermo del Toro, Part II: "The most important element of filmmaking is your freedom.": In Monday's first installment of indieWIRE's two-part interview with Guillermo del Toro, the director talked about the evolution of storytelling, explaining his interests in video games and transmedia. Chameleon Jessica Chastain Talks 'Tree of Life,' 'The Help,' 'The Debt,' 'Coriolanus': Anne Thompson interviews the rising star and her loaded slate of films. 'Tucker & Dale,' the Hillbilly Horror Buddy Comedy You Never Knew You Wanted: ThePlaylist reviews 'Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil,' Eli Craig's directorial debut. Women Lose Ground as TV Writers: Women on Hollywood's take on the current stage of women in TV land.

Coach and Ozzy Returning to Survivor: South Pacific

Benjamin "Coach" Wade and Ozzy Lusth Third time's the charm?Survivor also-rans Benjamin "Coach" Wade and Ozzy Lusth are the alums who will compete with the 16 newbies on Survivor: South Pacific, Entertainment Weekly reports.Coach finished fifth on Tocatins and 12th on Heroes vs. Villains, while Lusth was runner-up on Cook Islands and came in ninth on Micronesia - Fans vs. Favorites.Add Survivor: South Pacific to your Watchlist before the new season begins and never miss an episodeThe two will be on different tribes - either Savaii or Upolu - which will be determined by breaking an egg filled with the paint color of one of the tribes. Although Coach and Lusth don't have a rivalry like last season's vets "Boston" Rob Mariano and Russell Hantz, host Jeff Probst says they do have something in common. "What they share together is their social games suck," Probst says. "Coach? He blew it in Heroes vs. Villains. He blew it seven different ways. And Ozzy got voted out with an idol in his hand! ... So we looked at it and said, 'Here are two guys that do have a redemption story. Yes, you've played. Yes, you're popular, but you don't know what you're doing in this game.'"Meet the Survivor: South Pacific castAlso unlike last season, Probst believes the two will have a much harder time winning than Mariano did because, well, Mariano won. "Boston Rob winning last season made it very difficult for Coach and Ozzy," Probst says. "We even talked about giving them immunity. We said, maybe we should give them immunity for the first Tribal Council and let them get their feet wet, and we said that's just not our show. You're on your own."Survivor: South Pacific premieres Wednesday, Sept. 14 at 8/7c on CBS.

David Letterman Threatened on the Jihadist Website

David Letterman David Letterman may be the target of the dying threat on the jihadist website, The Connected Press reviews. A guy determining themself as Umar al-Basrawi authored that Muslim fans should "cut the tongue from the lowly Jew and shut it forever." (Letterman is Protestant.) When are you able to next catch David Letterman on television, online or when needed? Add him for your Watchlist and you will know without a doubt Your comments ought to were in reaction to some joke the late-evening host made throughout a June monologue following the military introduced that the strike in Pakistan had wiped out al-Qaida leader Ilyas Kashmiri. An analyst for that Site Monitoring Service, a strong providing you with details about what jihadists say on the web towards the government, stated, "The problem is that there's somebody that will see clearly, accept it and say, 'I desire to be the Sayyid Nosair of 2011 and kill David Letterman.'" (Nosair was charged from the 1990 killing of Rabbi Meir Kahane.) Have more of present day latest news A CBS speaker rejected to discuss the report. This is not the very first time Letterman continues to be threatened. This Year, a news producer pleaded guilty to attempting to extort $two million in the host to maintain quiet about his extramarital matters. South Park has been specific by radical Islamic group, that was upset on the depiction of Muhammad inside a bear costume. It stated the show's creative duo, Matt Stone and Trey Parker, "will most likely find yourself like Theo Van Gogh," a Nederlander filmmaker who had been shot and stabbed to dying in 2004 over his documentary about Muslim women.

Freeman, Tomei To Star In Prop 8 Play On Broadway

FIRST PUBLISHED: August 17, 2011 1:11 PM EDT NEW YORK, N.Y. -- Anthony Edwards, Morgan Freeman, Cheyenne Jackson, Christine Lahti, Rob Reiner, Yeardley Smith and Marisa Tomei will appear in a one-night-only reading on Broadway of a play about Proposition 8. On Wednesday, producers announced some of the cast members who will perform in Dustin Lance Blacks play 8 as part of a fundraiser at the Eugene ONeill Theatre on Sept. 19. Proposition 8 is the measure approved by California voters in 2008 that bans gay marriage in the state. A federal judge struck down the law last year. That ruling is being appealed. The play, which is based on the trial transcript and interviews, will be directed by Tony Award-winning actor and director Joe Mantello. Black won the Oscar for Milk, his biopic of gay-rights pioneer Harvey Milk. Copyright 2011 by Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Nick Offerman Joins Gay Dude

Alongside Megan MullallyIt remains a pop cultural crime that the talents of Nick Offerman as Ron f*****g Swanson and the rest of the Parks and Recreation team aren't appreciated to the same level as other sitcoms. But now the wider world will get a chance to experience his skills as he and real-life wife Megan Mullally (who plays his ex on the show) have joined the cast of comedy Gay Dude. Nicholas Braun, soon to be seen over here in Kevin Smith's Red State and Hunter Cope are starring as two best friends who make a pact to help each other lose their virginity before their senior prom. But then things take a turn when Cope's Matty tells Braun's Michael that he's gay. Offerman is on to play Braun's father, while Gary Cole will be Cope's conservative patriarch. Mullally is playing his mother, while The Hurt Locker's Brian Geraghty is on to play his annoying older brother. The Parks and Rec connection goes further as Alan Yang, who is usually found toiling away on the show wrote the script, which landed on the Blacklist. That, combined with the solid cast, makes us think this could rise above the subject matter. Chris Nelson is already calling the shots on the movie.

Check Out the First Pic of Anne Hathaway as Catwoman in 'The Dark Knight Rises'

Yesterday we got our first look at Superman. Before that, it was Batman and Bane in an all-out brawl at City Hall. And now we have our first image of Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle (aka Catwoman) in 'The Dark Knight Rises.' We almost forgot that Catwoman was even in this thing after all the Bane updates of late, but even though we're still not really sure what high-tech sunglasses have to do with cats, this is nevertheless one of the coolest teases we've gotten so far. Go ahead and check out the image in full to see why: That's right, people. She's riding the Batpod. Unless this is gonna be one of those stories where Selina Kyle and Bruce Wayne start getting frisky with each other and she needs a ride to go pick up bagels and coffee in the morning, something tells us she just stole Batman's wheels. Which is awesome. Still can't believe we have to wait until July 20, 2012, to see Hathaway take that baby for a spin, but something tells us this isn't the last Catwoman teaser we'll be getting. (UPDATED) Just found two new images from the fine folks over at JoBlo of what may or may not be an Anne Hathaway stunt double driving around the Batpod. Awesome. What do you guys think of Catwoman's new look? [via JoBlo] Photo courtesy of Warner Bros.

Viacom earnings outstrip expectations

Viacom Inc., the owner of MTV, Comedy Central and Paramount Pictures, said Friday that its net income increased 37 percent in the latest quarter, thanks to growing advertising sales and higher fees from cable TV and other companies that carry its channels.The company, which is controlled by billionaire Sumner Redstone, earned $574 million, or 97 cents per share, in the fiscal third quarter that ended on June 30. That's up 37 percent from $420 million, or 69 cents per share, a year earlier.Excluding special items, adjusted earnings were 99 cents per share. That's well above the 86 cents per share that analysts polled by FactSet were expecting.Viacom's revenue rose 15 percent to $3.77 billion from $3.28 billion. Analysts were expecting $3.52 billion.President and CEO Philippe Dauman said the "breadth of hit programming found across Viacom's media network portfolio" is contributing to strong advertising growth.Worldwide advertising revenue grew 14 percent to $1.28 billion, while U.S. ad sales increased 12 percent during the quarter. The U.S. and worldwide growth rates were slightly higher than what Viacom saw in the previous quarter, further sign that the advertising market is improving.Viacom said revenue at its media networks segment, which includes MTV, Nickelodeon and other TV channels, grew 16 percent to $2.39 billion. The company's filmed entertainment segment, which includes Paramount, saw revenue increase 13 percent to $1.41 billion thanks to gains in DVD sales and TV license revenue. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Lauren Ambrose is Broadway's New 'Funny Girl'

L.A.'s Center Theatre Group has finally filled the coveted role of legendary vaudeville diva Fanny Brice in director Bartlett Sher's revival from the classic bio-musical "Funny Girl," opening in Feb 2012 in the Ahmanson Theatre, just before a spring Broadway bow.This is the very first Broadway revival from the reveal that skyrocketed Barbra Streisand's career in to the stratosphere in 1964 and won her an Oscar on her film debut within the 1968 screen adaptation. Cast because the irrepressible Jewish celebrity within the new manufacture of the Jule Styne-Bob Merrill-Isobel Leonnart tuner is Lauren Ambrose, who gained two Emmy nominations and 2 SAG honours on her role in "Six Ft Under." Her Broadway credits include "Awake and Sing!" and " "Exit the King." She's performed major roles in a number of films and tv series.There is huge curiosity regarding who does be cast within this role, that is strongly connected with Streisand. For some time, hints circulated in media that Jum Michele of "Glee" were built with a strong shot at generating the plum job, following her knockout rendition of their signature showstopper "Don't Rain on my small Parade" finally year's Tony Honours. The Ahmanson published open audition requires the part following this pre-Broadway run was introduced. This is amongst the acclaimed Broadway blockbusters to possess heretofore never been elevated there, although it was surpassed in the Tonys in 1965 through the 'Hello, Dolly!" juggernaut. Composer Styne's sublime focus on "Funny Girl" appears second simply to his masterwork, "Gypsy." CONTINUE Reading through ON BLOG STAGE

IATAS to fete Nigel Lythgoe

The Worldwide Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is placed to provide British producer Nigel Lythgoe having a 2011 founders award. Lythgoe, professional producer of "The American Idol ShowInch and e.p. and co-creator of "Which Means You Think You Are Able To Dance," will get the kudo in the 39th annual Worldwide Emmys gala in Gotham on November. 21. Lythgoe started his showbiz career like a ballerina and choreographer, beginning in the corps p ballet for that national tour of "The Merry Widow" and moving onto choreograph the BBC's "Youthful Generation" company, among many more. Like a television choreographer, he worked with with entertainers varying from Ben Vereen and Shirley Bassey towards the Muppets. Like a producer, Lythgoe's credits include "Gladiators" and "Blind Date," along with the U.K. version of "Survivor" Lythgoe became a member of Simon Fuller's 19 Entertainment group, where he created "Pop Idol" -- the reveal that would spawn "The American Idol Show.Inch Most lately, he released "CMT's Next Celebrity," and it is associated with non profit organizations including Dizzy Ft, which supplies scholarship grants to youthful ballroom dancers and activly works to provide dance education in underprivileged towns. "This can be a true recognition," Lythgoe stated. "The field of television has become progressively more global, and i'm grateful the Worldwide Academy is realizing the growing need for carrying out arts and dance on tv around the world.Inch Contact Mike Thielman at mike.thielman@variety.com

TraiNZ Bro

From New Zealand, its rare to determine graffiti on trains in Aotearoa (New Zealand), they're removed and services information and washed within hrs to be colored. This movie is an accumulation of trains with graffiti in it, caught on film before being buffed clean. Completely from the Aotearoa graffiti underworld comes traiNZ bro, a hardcore graffiti movie, with exclusive footage of colored trains and live painting missions, from 1998-2009. Including 20+ wholecars and Aotearoas first running whole train