UTA plucks pair from ICM

UTA has attracted some ICM television-literary agents which makes them partners. Mickey Berman and Josh Hornstock are needed to produce their clients. ''Mickey and Josh are a couple of the finest agents used in television today,'' mentioned Jay Sures, UTA board member and controlling director. ''We're excited they're joining we, which we all know they'll play large role inside the ongoing growth and development of UTA.'' Current UTA partners include Sures, Peter Benedek, Jim Berkus, David Kramer, Tracey Jacobs, Jeremy Zimmer, Jeremy Barber, Jason Burns, Andrew Cannava, Michael Camacho, Serta Erlij, Wayne Fitterman, Brett Hansen, Lisa Jacobson, Wealthy Klubeck, Blair Kohan, Billy Lazarus, Theresa Peters, Steve Rabineau, Matt Grain, Shani Rosenzweig, Howard Sanders, Ray Salz and Julien Thuan. Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com

"Saving Aimee"

Carolee Carmello is a 20th-century evangelist in Saving Aimee. A 5th Avenue Theater presentation, executive produced by Jeffrey Finn, of a musical in two acts, written by Kathie Lee Gifford. Music by Gifford, David Pomeranz and David Friedman. Directed by David Armstrong. Choreographed by Lorin Latarro. Music director/conductor, Joel Fram. Orchestrations, Bruce Coughlin. AimeeCarolee Carmello MinnieJudy Kaye James/Brother BobEd Dixon Asa KeyesCharles Legget McPherson/OrmistonBrandon O'Neill Emma JoRoz Ryan Robert Semple/David HuttonEd WattsKathie Lee Gifford has been knocking on the pearly gates of Broadway with "Saving Aimee" since 2007, when the show debuted at Virginia's Signature Theater to mixed reviews. A musical depiction of the life of early 20th-century evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, it's now been resurrected by director David Armstrong at Seattle's 5th Avenue Theater. But it appears that in the intervening years no miracles have been worked on either the script or the score, which Gifford co-wrote with David Pomeranz and David Friedman. Despite an inspired performance by Carolee Carmello at its center, the show will require additional laying-on of hands before it's ready to ascend. As a subject, "Sister Aimee" McPherson is plenty rich -- a fascinating jazz-age prototype of today's tabloid celebrities. She dabbled in faith healing, married multiple times, pioneered the use of radio and motion pictures to spread the gospel, promoted integration and likely staged her own kidnapping to cover up an affair. The eventfulness of her life presents a challenge to a writer, however: What best serves as the core of the story? Gifford's strategy seems to be to start at the beginning, when Semple was a girl growing up in Ontario, and race forward, occasionally flashing ahead to the 1926 grand jury that investigated her alleged kidnapping. Characters and relationships cartwheel by; even the sole ongoing conflict -- between McPherson and her controlling mother (Judy Kaye) -- is seemingly resolved in a flash midway through the show. The litany of events is especially monotonous in the first act, a situation not helped by either the setting or the score. Walt Spangler's set, a kind of "Dancing With the Stars"-meets-"Metropolis" flight of stairs rising to a pulpit backed by an onstage band, is dramatic but too static for the first half of the show. And the songs, gospel-style tunes that keep bumping up a key to heighten the drama, are all calibrated at the same over-the-top emotional level. The one song that provides a respite, a bluesy "Girl's Gotta Do What a Girl's Gotta Do" delivered by Roz Ryan, belongs to a brothel scene that unfortunately seems extraneous to the plot. The second act improves, as McPherson's adventures in Hollywood lend some razzle-dazzle to the proceedings. Set pieces move on and off to represent a nightclub, an office, and a proscenium at McPherson's Foursquare Church, where lively production numbers are staged. The evangelist's budding relationship with radio engineer Kenneth Ormiston (Brandon O'Neill) starts out especially promising, leading to a lovely, Tin Pan Alley-sounding ballad. But Ormiston, too, quickly outlives his usefulness to the story and disappears. The cast members, including O'Neill, Charles Leggett, Ed Watts and others, do a fine job playing multiple roles, including Charlie Chaplin and William Randolph Hearst making appearances along the way). But "Saving Aimee's" strongest asset by far is Carmello ("The Addams Family," "Mamma Mia!"), who animates "the P.T. Barnum of the pulpit" with energy and conviction. Appearing in almost every scene in the nearly three-hour show, her clarion voice never flags and as Aimee's life parades by, she morphs convincingly from headstrong girl to determined star. Whatever skeptics may say of "Saving Aimee" overall, there is no room for doubt when it comes to Carmello's performance. The ovation she drew at the end of the night made it clear she turned everyone in the theater into true believers. Musical numbers: "Prelude," "Stand Up!," "For Such a Time as This 1," "Why Can't I?," "He Will Be My Home," "He Will Be My Home (Reprise)," "Oh, the Power," "That Sweet Lassie from Cork," "Come Whatever May," "You'll Be Safe Here with Me," "Follow Me," "A Girl's Gotta Do What a Girl's Gotta Do," "Follow Me (Reprise)," "For Such a Time as This 2," "Hollywood Aimee 1," "Adam and Eve," "Foursquare Hymn/Hollywood Aimee 2," "Samson and Delilah," "Hollywood Aimee 3," "Moses and Pharaoh," "Hollywood Aimee 4," "It's Just You," "This Time I'll Blame It on Love," "Hollywood Aimee 5," "Lost or Found? / The Trial," "He Will Be My Home (Reprise)," "Oh, the Power (Reprise)," "I Have a Fire"Sets, Walt Spangler; costumes, Gregory A. Poplyk; lighting, Tom Sturge; sound, Ken Travis; hair and makeup, Mary Pyanowski; associate director, Brandon Ivie; associate choreographer, Sean McKnight; casting, Tara Rubin Casting. Opened and reviewed Oct. 20, 2011; runs through Oct. 29. Running time: 2 HOURS, 50 MIN.With: Charissa Bertel, Jared Michael Brown, Christian Duhamel, Richard Gray, Cayman Ilika, Corinna Lapid-Munter, Cheryl Massey-Peters, Heath Saunders, Aaron Shanks, Tim Shew, Mara Solar, Billie Wildrick, Matt Wolfe. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Grooveshark hooks demo data for labels

Because the fight for dominance within the streaming music area gets hotter, with leading services all growing choices, forging close ties and growing catalogs, the title Grooveshark appears to possess largely been missing in the conversation.However the Gainesville, Florida-based company is not around the wane. Mixed up in streaming space since 2007, and offering free use of streaming music before Spotify did, Grooveshark presently claims 34 million unique monthly customers worldwide. However for Paul Geller, Grooveshark's Vice president of economic development, that data on user amounts is not as exciting as the kinds of data individuals customers can offer.Accumulating reams of consumer data and listening history (four petabytes monthly), after which aggregating that data for music artists and brands, Grooveshark hopes to become leader using consumption data to music marketing, whilst becoming a middleman hooking up bands towards the brands thinking about sponsoring them."You won't want to be in times where artists need to endorse something simply to get compensated," Geller stated, but added that such sponsorships are rapidly becoming standard, and may be completed in progressively inconspicuous ways. And it is tough to argue with this logic when the most irascible of indie artists are signing onto a Mountain Dew-possessed record label or embracing brands like Converse to cover studio time.Grooveshark aims to become the main one to create the introduction between your band and also the brand, together with supplying hard amounts explaining why a particular band is sensible for an marketer.For example, Geller suggests a current campaign the organization arranged for MSN throughout last spring's SXSW festival in Austin. The organization contacted Grooveshark for any campaign, and instead of simply prospecting bands to endorse the organization, they recognized appropriate artists who have been then employed to recommend other functions to determine in the festival, with MSN only showing up like a sponsor."Indie artists not have the ear of Mercedes or American stock exchange," Geller noted, adding these kind of specific mix-marketing endeavors are "what great managers happen to be doing going back 5 to 10 years. Although not every band includes a Troy Carter or perhaps a Bruce Flohr employed by them. We are able to do this for everybody else."Copying his claims, Geller suggests the press-through rates that ad campaigns have observed with the site (one campaign including electro artist Deadmau5 stated a CTR of 24%), caused by very specific data gathering, including 10-12 different data characteristics, varying in the simple gender, age and placement of the advertising target, for their household earnings, social networking virality as well as what Geller calls "more ephemeral questions," for example whether a person would describe themselves like a Rim or perhaps an apple iphone."Individually, it might be offensive to suggest that you could peg someone with this kind of question," he stated. But taken along with many other data points, particularly individuals associated with a user's influence within social networking and readiness to make use of it, Geller states the organization could make very accurate presumptions over what types of brands a person may have an affinity for.Possibly probably the most intriguing use of this data involves what Geller calls "repertoire modeling," by which the organization can evaluate consumption data from a recognised artist's entire career, after which search for similar designs among more recent functions. The possibility programs are significant -- if your youthful band's support appears to set up much like previous effective bands, maybe it's a valuable A&R tool(supplying chartable metrics recommending whenever a band is going to break large), or concert marketers (determining the marketplaces where the band's listenership is especially committed).It's possibly ironic, then, that label participation continues to be the business's greatest obstacle to date. Using its music provided and submitted by customers, Grooveshark works underneath the Digital Millenium Copyright Act, and right now, has only a certification agreement and among the 4 major label groups -- EMI. Universal Group filed a copyright violation suit against Grooveshark this year, and many lately prog rockers King Crimson have were not impressed with the service's lag in taking lower unauthorized streams of their music."We've got lots of flack for beginning the way in which we did," Geller notes, mentioning towards the company's location, not even close to Plastic Valley, and insufficient the kind of investment capital support that other streaming services have loved. "We would like to settle with UMG, and we are prepared to have individuals discussions... We are attempting to develop a company that old-fashioned way." Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

The X Factor Unveils Top 17 Participants

First Launched: October 19, 2011 1:30 PM EDT Credit: FOX Caption Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell participate in the auditions for your X FactorLOS ANGELES, Calif. -- The X Factor top 16 was revealed on Tuesday evening and quickly increased to become high 17 after one cut triggered Simon Cowell to proclaim, I personally don't like this sometimes. On Tuesdays show, after Simon cut Melanie Amaro, he continued to be by getting an uneasy feeling. In my opinion Ive developed a massive mistake, I really do. An hour or so approximately ago I felt fine, in hindsight, I am in a position to feel it throughout my stomach I developed a large mistake, he mentioned after delivering the 19-year-old Sunrise, Fla., singer home. The judge was quick to deal with his decision and leaped on the flight to supply the good thing to Melanie. I desired in the future here and allow you to have some understanding, I desired to personally come here and apologize for the family, for your mistake I made, this arises from me as well as the other three idol idol judges would request you to definitely certainly return into the competition. We wish you back round the concert occasions, Simon told the singer and her family. Yes, she mentioned overcome with emotion. With Melanie inside your competition, The X Factors Top 17 remains revealed. The Ladies - mentored by Simon Cowell Simone Fight Came Ryniewicz Rachel Crow Tiah Tolliver Melanie Amaro The Boys - mentored by Antonio L.A. Reid John Bradley (also called Astro) Phillip Lomax Marcus Canty Chris Rene Groups - mentored by Paula Abdul InTENsity Lakoda Rayne The Stereo system system Hogzz The Producer Boys Over 30 - mentored by Nicole Scherzinger Leroy Bell Josh Krajcik Dexter Haygood Stacy Francis The X Factor returns on Tuesday October 25 on FOX. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Robert Downey Jr.: Its Time Hollywood Forgives Mel Gibson

First Published: October 16, 2011 2:19 PM EDT Credit: Getty Images LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Caption Mel Gibson and honoree Robert Downey Jr. pose together at The 25th American Cinematheque Award Honoring Robert Downey Jr. held at The Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., on October 14, 2011 After hours of speeches dedicated to Robert Downey Jr. and his craft, the man of the hour finally got on stage to accept his award at The 25th annual American Cinematheque Award gala, and he did so with the help of a man with a checkered past like his - Mel Gibson. Prior to taking the stage, the Iron Man star placed a kiss on his pregnant wife Susan Downeys cheek before ascending to the stage amidst a standing ovation of a crowd that included celebs like Jennifer Aniston, Jon Favreau and Jodie Foster. Downey Jr. waited until the entire crowd was seated before beginning his speech, first stating hed wait for the audience to stop clapping since this is my f*****g time! After Gibson presented the American Cinemateque award to the actor, what he referred to as a doorstop, to Downey Jr., Gibson stepped aside and listened as his longtime friend launched into an anecdote of how Gibson took him under his wing. Downey Jr. recalled Gibson saying that if he accepted his inner demons, or hug the cactus, as Gibson referred to the process, Gibson would help him out during his battles with substance abuse several years ago. Indeed Gibson came to the aid of his fellow actor, giving Downey Jr. a starring role in The Singing Detective a role which had been developed for Gibson himself, placed food on the table for him and all that he asked in return was that Downey Jr. would someday help out the next guy. Little did he know, Downey Jr. joked, that that man would end up being Gibson himself and Downey Jr. took his opportunity on Friday night in front of some of Hollywoods elite to return the favor. Downey Jr. turned to the audience, full of actors, executives and industry personnel and said it was now time that Gibson had hugged the cactus for long enough and it was about time he was shown the forgiveness that Hollywood had bestowed on him. The crowd once again rose to a standing ovation, but this time for Gibson. Applause resounded throughout the auditorium of the Beverly Hilton, as Gibson humbly accepted the applause - perhaps a sign of Hollywoods forgiveness to come. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Box Office Report: 'Footloose' Grosses $5.57 Million, On The Right Course To Bop Away Using The Weekend

Paramount's Footloosedanced up in the Friday box office, grossing an believed $5.57 million and putting the remake on the right course to top the weekend chart with $17 million.our editor recommends'Footloose' Trailer: Dennis Quaid, Julianne Hough Star within the Vital Remake (Video) 'Footloose:' Julianne Hough, Kenny Wormald Defend Remake Against Experts PHOTOS: Julianne Hough and Her Co-Stars Fete 'Footloose' Starring Kenny Wormald and Julianne Hough, Footlooselooks to steal no. 1 place from DreamWorks holdover Real Steel, which made an believed $4.7 million on its second Friday for any forecasted second weekend cume of $15.5 million. VIDEO: Blake Shelton's 'Footloose' Music Video Premieres Footlooseearned a b CinemaScore, portending good person to person. VIDEO: 'The Factor' Trailer Hits With Mary Elizabeth Winstead Elsewhere in the box office, Universal's early Halloween entry The One Thing, a prequel to John Carpenter's 1972 movie of the identical title, made an believed $3.8 million on its first day for any solid $ten million to $11 million weekend opening. Universal is disbursing The Thingverseas for Morgan Creek, which possessed the worldwide privileges. The pic opens a few days ago around australia, France, Hong Kong and Taiwan a few days ago. The One Thing received a b -- CinemaScorae, exactly the same grade granted to Fox 2000's adult comedy The Large Year.The Steve Martin, Jack Black and Owen Wilson got on a pokey start, grossing an believed $1.25 on Friday for any disappointing weekend gross of under $4 million. Related Subjects Dennis Quaid Jack Black Steve Martin Box Office Vital Pictures Julianne Hough Universal Pictures Owen Wilson Footloose The Large Year The One Thing

WME-Backed The Raine Group Shuts $475 Million Funding Deal, Develops Holdings

NY, March. 11, 2011 The Raine Group, the world merchant bank focused exclusively on entertainment, digital media and sports, introduced today the closing of the flagship private equity finance finance fund. With roughly $475 million in assets under management, Raine has completed three principal possibilities, including multimedia giant Vice, browser-based games giant Jagex, and celebritycurated ecommerce platform OpenSky. We are thrilled to have effectively completed our fundraising event process, mentioned Rob Sine, among Raines two founders. This is often a significant milestone for Raine which we're searching toward the prospects for that possibilities so far and our capacity to still gather strong management teams with this particular limited partners to accomplish round the global options we view inside our focus areas. Raine also introduced that veteran media banker Glenn H. Schiffman grew to become an associate from the firm just like a Partner. Schiffman has greater than 2 decades of investment banking experience and several recently offered as mind of investment banking inside the Americas for Nomura Holdings, and before that mind of investment banking Asia-Off-shoreline. Right before joining Nomura, Schiffman spent 17 years at Lehman Brothers and sisters dedicated to media and entertainment for a lot of of his career, becoming global mind in the media group after which as mind of investment banking Asia-Off-shoreline. We, which now amounts 35 globally, is much more effective than in the past and Glenn is a superb addition, mentioned Raine co-founder Joe Ravitch. We've known Glenn for quite some time which he is amongst the thoughtful, respected and well-connected media bankers available. His leadership and client impact will probably be instrumental in aiding we after we both still build our advisory business and identify investment options for that fund. Rob, Joe which i've labored together on many media deals over time. In Raine, they introduced together an amazing network of contacts from within the industry and possess done a fantastic job carrying out their vision. I am thrilled to offer the opportunity to result in this kind of unique platform, mentioned Schiffman. Raine also introduced that Sherri A. Williams was named Controlling Director website hosting Positions and Capital Areas. Williams joins Raine from Montgomery & Co. where she was instrumental in building the firms private positioning business. Raine also introduced three new addendums to its advisory board Miky Lee, Chairman of CJ Group, Koreas greatest media and entertainment company, Steven Newhouse, Chairman of Advance.internet, the net strategy arm of Cond Nasts Advance Publication division, and Theo Kyriakou, Boss of Antenna Group, the important thing broadcasting firm inside a vacation in a holiday in greece. Formerly introduced advisory board people take advantage of the sports and technology industries and will include Tom Freston, former Leader and Boss of Viacom, Peter Chernin, former chief operating officer of News Corp, and Masayoshi Boy, founding father of Softbank.

Weezer's Mikey Welsh: His Final Days

When former Weezer bassist Mikey Welsh -- who died at 40 on March. 8 in a Chicago hotel -- switched up in the band's show at New York's Johnson Beach on This summer 29, the safety guard battled to find his title around the guest list, although just momentarily.our editor recommendsMikey Welsh, Former Weezer Bassist, Dies at 40Weezer's Mikey Welsh: 5 Items to KnowConcert Review: Weezer Revisits Its Classic 'Pinkerton,' 'Blue Album'Related Subjects•Obituaries Welsh, transporting a substantial canvas under his arm, wasn't afraid to talk up: "I had been within the band," he reiterated towards the guard several occasions, like a thunderstorm raged on overhead. Welsh made an appearance to become bridging the space between his former world and the current one, most probably showing Weezer -- this guitar rock band he left in 2001 carrying out a mental breakdown and drug problems -- having a painting. Welsh didn't just stick to the sidelines at Weezer's Johnson Beach show using the Flaming Lips: Throughout the performance finale of "Un-tied (The Sweater Song)," he situated among current Weezer people and ballroom dancers for that Flaming Lips around the right hands corner from the stage, surprise but at some point playing guitar. For individuals who recognized Welsh, outfitted delicately and sporting hair shorter than his Weezer-era mop, it had been a thrill -- a secret shared among diehards. This wasn't the very first time Welsh had put their hands up in a Weezer show, but it might be the final, despite attempts otherwise. On hisTwitterand Facebook, Welsh had expressed excitement over attending Weezer's RIOTfest show in Chicago on Sunday, March. 9. "And So I'm happening my first visit to a significant very long time... very stoked," Welsh authored 1 week before his dying on his public Facebook, a merchant account rife together with his art and uncensored tales from his amount of time in Weezer. "First I'm on Nashville, to become captured pics of focusing on a large painting by an excellent friend after which on Chicago, to determine the mighty =w= [Weezer] rock out. I'm excited to determine the boys, spend time and have a great time.Inch Over on Welsh's Twitter account, dispatches from theBurlington, VT experimental painter'slife were sometimes less sunny. "Dreamed I died in Chicago next weekend (cardiac arrest during my sleep). Have to write my will today," Welshtweetedon Sept. 26, later fixing the date to "the weekend after next." The storyline that Welsh strangely predicted their own dying makes the models within the last 24 hrs, by having an undertone of planned suicide tinting film many reviews -- unquestionably fueled by Welsh's past suicide attempt via "severe drug overdose," because he's known as it. Rigtht after his departure from Weezer in 2001 (he made an appearance only on 2001's "Eco-friendly Album," became a member of in 1998), Welsh tried to OD but wound up inside a coma, after his heart stopped beating -- a merchant account Welshonce chronicledsix years afterwards. Within the same account, from the 2007 problem of the disbanded literary journal known as Rock Salt Plum Review, Welsh stated of struggles with mental illness, including publish-distressing stress disorder and borderline personality disorder: "I'm not able to exchange my devils with anything. It's impossible. I'm only in a position to hide from their store for any couple of hrs each day, pretty much.Inch As theChicago Tribune reported, government bodies suspect perscription drugs and heroin performed a job in Welsh's dying, though theofficial toxicology report returned not yet proven. Welsh was apparently discovered unconscious with a cleaning crew at Chicago's Raffaello Hotel, who found his body obstructing the doorway when trying to go in his room. Weezer's undertake Welsh's dying emerged onits official websitelate Saturday evening, hrs before media reviews started trickling online. It had been a candid summarization from the fallen comrade, without any denial of his wilder antics: "Mikey never was someone to be put off by the absurd, harmful or strange, and that he accomplished it having a gusto couple of others had. Nobody had quite happens presence of Mikey, nor are there lots who drawn the kinds of shenanigans he did at shows. Whether it rocked, he needed to check it out -- and that he always found a method to accomplish it.Inch "When he emerged from his nervous breakdown that typed his exit in the rock'n'roll world, he required on the new role being an astonishing and pure visual artist. It had been a glorious flowering of the talent he always possessed, but he'd selected to rock out first, fresh paint later." Weezer's Chicago show continued, a jerk to Mikey incorporated. Because the band reiterated in asecond note via historian/website owner Karl Koch: "Today is really a hard day for Weezer and all sorts of Weezer buddies, fans, and family. While everybody continues to be in shock over yesterday's tragic lack of Mikey Welsh, we all know damn well he'd not have desired to stop the rock at today's RIOTfest, the show he was thinking about attending. On the other hand, the rock was what he loved, in music and art. To experience the show and listen to it well tonight would be to recognition him and the memory. You will find there's feeling he'll be watching." Related Subjects Weezer

Fetish Group Seeks to buy Clip of Nancy Sophistication Passing Gas on 'Dancing Using the Stars'

George Clooney might be an open liberal, but he is doing have one factor that is similar to Republicans Chris Christie and Sarah Palin -- he's no curiosity about running for Leader.our editor recommendsGeorge Clooney: What's Approaching Next for that 'Ides of March' Director-ActorGeorge Clooney Discusses Stalling 'The Ides of March' Clooney plays presidential candidate Gov. Mike Morris in the new movie The Ides of March. However in real existence, the actor states he's got no political future. "I'm bad in the compromises make to obtain chosen," he told reporters around the red-colored carpet in the film's premiere in NY. "My dad went for Congress. I viewed which happen. I viewed how frustrating which was for him and that i didn't appreciate it.Inch PHOTOS: Hollywood's 10 Greatest Grossing Stars Clooney's father, Nick, had an not successful run for Kentucky's fourth Congressional District in 2004. His father had formerly been a writer for that Cincinnati Publish. Clooney's insufficient ambition to operate for office hasn't stored the actor from politics completely. In 2008, he positively supported Obama's run for that presidency. And that he's been positively involved with humanitarian work, promoting for that resolution from the conflict in Darfur that he claimed prior to the Not Security Council in 2006. Related Subjects George Clooney

Malone books biopic

MaloneJena Malone ("Sucker Punch") has showed up charge role in "Lonely Hunter," the arrival indie biopic of scribe Carson McCullers.Deborah Kampmeier ("Hounddog") will direct the the Gersh-repped Malone since the Southern Medieval novelist and playwright whose books include "A person's Heart Can be a Lonely Hunter" and "The Individual within the marriage.Inch Plot covers 35 years inside the late writer's existence, and includes depictions of famous pals and co-employees -- including Tennessee Williams, Truman Capote, Gypsy Rose Lee and Ethel Waters."Lonely Hunter" is produced by Kampmeier, Troy Johanson of Full Moon Films and Blair Breard. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com

'Human Centipede 2' Is No Longer Banned in Britain

Get ready England -- 'Human Centipede 2' is no longer banned in your country. All it took was 32 cuts (about two-and-a-half minutes) to make the movie appropriate ("appropriate") for UK viewers. The sequel was originally banned back in June because the UK film board said it featured "a strong focus throughout on the link between sexual arousal and sexual violence and a clear association between pain, perversity and sexual pleasure." Well, it looks like Laurence R. Harvey, the star of the movie, has something to worry about now. In an interview with Movieline yesterday, he was asked if he was concerned about his mother seeing the film. His response? "Well, I'm just glad that she can't see it. It's banned in the U.K.!" Whoops. [via SlashFilm] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Summit buys 'Flesh' spec script

Summit Entertainment has bought spec script "Inside the Flesh," which Kristin Hahn modified within the teen ghost tale "A Specific Slant of sunshine.InchHahn will produce along "The Twilight Saga" producers Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey.The novel, by Laura Whitcomb, concentrates on a young lady who died 130 in the past whose guilt prevents her motionless on. She falls deeply deeply in love with another wayward spirit, who shows her the best way to inhabit a mortal body whose spirit has died.Hahn is developing a return to writing carrying out a extended creating period, including credits just like a co-producer on "Time Traveler's Wife" to ensure that like a professional producer of "The Departed" and "The Switch," the 2nd which stars creating partner and longtime friend Jennfier Aniston. Hahn may also be an expert producer round the breast cancers-designed "Five," a very long time original movie anthology airing Monday that Aniston directed a segment. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Writer Author Solutions Sets $1M Script Development Fund For Brand New Film Arm

Indie book writer Author Solutions has hard a $a million development fund to invest in scripts modified from books compiled by its stable of self-released authors, who account in excess of 145,000 game titles. The writer, with a first-look cope with Principal Entertainment, will run the fund from its recently created production shingle FuseFrame that's being overseen by Author Solutions’ film and new-media unit boss Marcus Chait. The very first property within the fund is A Game Title Of Hide And Go Seek, by Irene Farrimond. John Swetnam is adapting it, a thriller about several teens travelling inside a remote mountain resort who must save their parents once they are taken hostage with a gang of crooks. Chait is creating with Principal’s Danny Sherman Principal’s Jen Weinbaum is co-creating.