Jake Lacy Lands Goodwin Lead, Caitlin Fitzgerald Cast In Masters Of Sex, David Eigenberg & F. Murray Abraham Join Pilots

Jake Lacy, who got his break as one of the leads on the ABC comedy Better With You, has landed the third lead opposite Becki Newton and Scott Foley in The Goodwin Games, Foxs single-camera comedy from the How I Met Your Mother trio of Carter Bays, Craig Thomas and Chris Harris. The 20th TV-produced project revolves around three siblings (Newton, Foley, Lacy) who reconnect after the death of their father when he leaves them his fortune but only if they agree to his terms. Lacey plays the youngest Goodwin sibling Jimmy, a scruffy petty thief who is has just gotten out of jail yet again. Peyton Reed is directing. Caitlin Fitzgerald has joined Showtime’s drama pilot Masters Of Sex. The project, written by Michelle Ashford and directed by John Madden, is an adaptation of Thomas Maiers book. It chronicles the lives, romance and pop culture trajectory of William Masters (Michael Sheen) and Virginia Johnson (Lizzy Caplan), whose research touched off the sexual revolution. ICM-repped Fitzgerald will play the third wheel in their relationship, Masters’ wife Libby Masters. She was recently seen in the feature Newlyweds and did an arc on Gossip Girl. Sex And The City alum David Eigenberg has been cast in the NBC drama pilot Chicago Fire. On Wolf Films/Universal TVs action-driven drama about the complex and heroic men and women of the Chicago Fire Department, Eigenberg will play a veteran firefighter who just lost his home to foreclosure and is now forced to move in with his in-laws. For Eigenberg, repped by The Kohner Agency and Framework Entertainment, this marks the first series regular gig since Sex And The City. Oscar winner F. Murray Abraham (Amadeus) has joined ABC/ABC Studios drama pilot Beauty And The Beast, a fantasy re-imagining of the classic Beauty and the Beast tale wherein an embattled princess, Grace, discovers an unlikely connection with amysterious beast, Shiro (Darius Campbell), a mercenary bodyguard. Abraham will play Emperor Dorian’s chancellor, a wise and trusted but duplicitous man of state.

Oscars Puppy puppy nip-Slip or No, Jennifer Lopez Always Carried out a 'Big' Hollywood Game

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Regional pay TV sales up in Mexico

MEXICO CITY -- A flourishing customer base, more channels along with a film industry that's growing thorough and quality are conspiring to show in the warmth on regional pay TV sales for Latin American photos only at that year's Guadalajara Film Market.Digital content marketers for that region like Venevision Intl., Olympusat, Latin American Pay Television and Cinemax Latin America is going to be arriving pressure once more this season.Winnie Luna, the director of purchases and programming for Miami-based digital content distributor Venevision Intl., praised the standard from the market's staff and facilities among the benefits of Guadalajara."It is among the top three festivals of the season for the purchases team," states Luna. "Its sheer size, concentrate on Mexican new productions, (it is the) initial Latin festival/market of the season, which gives us a great compass on what to anticipate this year.InchLatina American feevee customers increased an believed 18% from 2010 to 2011 -- some 30% in South america alone, mostly satellite -- which makes it among the quickest-growing regions for pay TV."Information mill certainly having to pay more (for films), and also the explanation is just the growth and transmission from the pay TV services in Latin America," states Arturo Chavez, the mind of The spanish language-language content for indie cable systems distributor Olympusat.Chavez added that regional sales are distinguishing from individuals fond of the U.S. Hispanic audience, where customer growth isn't as strong, along with a couple of major shops like Cinemax and Showtime dominate.However, developers are progressively interested in Latin American fare, particularly when region-wide sales are possible."There's certainly more interest from producers to pursue a regional pay TV purchase since your competition from new pay Television channels on the market has elevated the interest in The spanish language language films," states Luna.Luna also notes the elevated government support in the area along with the enhanced quality and worldwide attention received by recent films as adding reasonably limited for their value."The standard from the films are actually right with worldwide independent productions," she states. "A far more steady way to obtain content causes it to be appealing to developers to dedicate a particular quantity of hrs for this genre within their programming grids."Spotlight: MexicoMexican prods target growing U.S. aud Hollywood crossover very difficult leap Boiling overRegional pay TV sales up in MexicoFest Traveler: Guadalajara Film Festival Trujillo eyes transition Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

GoDigital Nabs U.S. Rights To Hundreds Of Spanish-Language Titles

Content targeting US’s residents of Latin American origin got a second boost in as many days following yesterday’s announcement that Robert Rodriguez will help spearhead a new Latino cable network. Today, digital content distributor GoDigital said it picked up VOD, Electronic Sell-Thru, and PPV rights to a majority of Latin Anywhere’s Spanish-language film library of 1,000 titles. The pact includes U.S. digital and VOD rights to 600 films and worldwide rights to over 200 films. One of the largest Spanish-language film libraries in the United States, the deal is the first to allow Latin Anywhere’s film library to be available for digital release. In related news, GoDigital also picked up the VOD rights to the independent, romantic comedy Nesting which is set to be released in spring of 2012. PMK/BNC Films will be handling the theatrical distribution. John Chuldenko wrote and directed the film with Dangertrain Films producing. Founded in 2008 GoDigital has distributed over 300 films through its output arrangement with Lionsgate in addition to other outlets including iTunes, Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, Playstation, Xbox, Vudu, Dish, inDemand and TVN. The majority of film’s included in today’s deal with Latin Anywhere are comedies, action/adventure, drama and Mexican rodeo.

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Kaira Pitt talks 'Moneyball,' Malick

PittBrad Pitt lately spoken with Variety's Christy Grosz about his focus on two best picture Oscar nominees, "Moneyball" and "The Tree of Existence," and working together with probably the most reclusive company directors in the industry.How did Terrence Malick convey his concepts for "Tree of Existence" for you being an actor? He'd are available in with three pages of single-spread ideas and perhaps some dialogue. What he is doing is he will get up each morning and merely bangs around the typewriter to have an hour, suggestions for the day's work. I learned being an actor to choose a couple of things from that awareness notebook he gives me, and that i would begin to build something around that. He begins having a very dense script but (uses) that like a spring board to capture individuals truthful problems. He'd do things like push Chivo (cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki) before a go simply to put him off balance. I was within the vehicle doing things i thought was an essential scene and out of the blue he put your dog right in front chair to produce this chaos. How did that actually work using the youthful stars? I understand the dialogue, a minimum of because it is written, and Jessica (Chastain) knows the dialogue, however the boys don't. He might let them know before a scene, provide them with an answer to goal for, but it is very free-form. It had been camp on their behalf. They'd brag once they needed to continue set. Between takes they maybe were built with a little school or they'd ride bikes lower the road or play catch within the yard. He searched all Texas to locate these boys -- that's certainly one of his areas. There's that last scene in which the boys are weeping out for the reason that grass area. Which was their last day's shooting. These were going to need to return to their houses, plus they resided around Texas. Which was a genuine moment on their behalf that may only range from kind of atmosphere Terry produces. What is your opinion compelled Malick to inform this story? I hesitate to talk for him on that, however i know that it's deeply personal. He's a guy who works from religion, but he is another guy that has a profound passion for science and philosophy. I understand each one of these interests were tugging on him to obtain the story. These questions like, how come we here? How come we so desperately with one another? Why are we able to not get above some things? It's this juxtaposition from the micro, this small story in Texas, using the macro from the world. Was there something specific concerning the story that came you in? It had been that micro/macro which i am taken with. Should you try looking in a microscope and find out a cluster of cells or tissue from the body and you try looking in a telescope to the cosmos, you will find similar designs. What's that connection? There's certainly something larger than we are able to understand. Maybe it was a difficult good balance to produce and star simultaneously? It's really an excellent extension of the items an actress does already, just within an broadened role of fighting for that story. I still centered on budget and making the flicks using the pot from the money allocated. I've found that it's actually a study in efficiency. For those who have a scene that's very heavy around the costs and overweight with the relaxation from the moments, how can you still attain the scene but get it done in a cheaper cost? Both films were built with a difficult road to the screen, but what made you stick to "Moneyball"? The storyline is unique, these men attempting to level an unfair playing area. So when everything went caca, I'd already put 2 yrs in it. I'd done that before, and I've come across buddies undergo that in which you have place in a lot some time and it simply disappears. It simply helped me sick that that may happen on that one. I requested The new sony to choose that one support and that i owe a large because of Amy Pascal because she accomplished it when all the usual understanding would let you know (otherwise). It is possible to tipping point that galleries can strike where they are able to obtain a large-title star but still stay inside their financial constraints? George (Clooney) does it best he's doing just that. The way in which producers get us stars on is that if it is something we like and need to do, we all do it for any cost and obtain the film made. After I did "The Murder of Jesse James," it really require me to pay money ultimately. I compensated to operate on that certain, and i believe the film still lost money, however it was certainly one of my faves and probably the most rewarding in my experience. The downside is the fact that when you are getting to some certain level, you may be enthusiastic about a job and never really be worried about whether it's having to pay your debts. You cannot do all of them like this but yes. You will find a couple of quite strong independent bankers that care more about content than profit. These men like Bill Pohlad who did "Tree of Existence" and Tim Headington and Megan Ellison are extremely vital that you what we should do within the structure we're in at this time. (Without one), harder-sell risk-taking films may not reach the screen. Stars prefer to observe human behavior. Can there be anywhere that you could go anonymously and observe people? It's funny because I've considered that. With celebrity comes a loss of revenue of freedom. But I am surprised just how much is banked either from previous experience or perhaps your own subconscious or that which you get out of your kids, so I've discovered an abundance for the reason that well Contact Christy Grosz at christy.grosz@variety.com