Wall Street states 'meh' to Lionsgate-Summit talks

'The Hunger Games'The prospect from the Lionsgate-Summit merger has triggered little reaction on Wall Street inside the wake of looks at the two minimajors are tease getting a merger. Shares of Lionsgate edged lower 1% on Tuesday getting a decline of 9 cents to $8.44. For your year, the stock expires 30%. Spokesmen for Lionsgate and Summit have rejected to comment since reviews of restarted merger talks emerged Monday mid-day following a market closed. Stifel Nicolaus analyst Ben Mogil launched an e-mail to traders Tuesday stating that Lionsgate will in all probability problem stock and unload TV Guide. "We view this kind of deal as getting limited operational synergies, largely foreign sales strength, although future Summit films could migrate to Lions Gate's Epix deal," Mogil mentioned. "With only one installment left inside the 'Twilight' series, earnings of the routine is pretty high and built-into valuation. The sale may very well largely involve Lionsgate stock as Summit (and Lionsgate) already carry substantial debt loads and likely accelerate an order of TV Guide." Experts have noted that Lionsgate may be reluctant to problem new stock until after March, if the opens "The Hunger Games" as an franchise starter. Mogil mentioned he is constantly rate Lionsgate just like a "hold" getting a $9 fair value estimate. More youthful crowd mentioned that this kind of deal might be then strong free earnings. "In the end will not opine round the merits until valuation is clearer, with Lionsgate stock now limited valuation, this kind of deal might well be accretive while potentially creating a strong fiscal 2013 between 'Hunger Games' and 'Twilight.'" The companies have held similar discussions formerly but people discussions have flattened over issues for instance who'd control the which makes it through entity. Independently possessed Summit introduced Tuesday that "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Beginning -- Part 1" had hit $508 million in worldwide box office within the first 12 days. The best "Twilight" film will open November. 16. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com

Selena Gomez Reveals Her Mom Is Expecting

First Published: November 25, 2011 4:19 PM EST Credit: WireImage NY, N.Y. -- Caption Selena Gomez and mother Mandy Teefey attend the 2010 Hollywood Style Awards with The Palazzo Las Vegas, Klipsch, and FRS Healthy Energy at the Hammer Museum, Las Vegas, on December 12, 2010Theres a new reason to celebrate holiday season in Selena Gomezs household the star revealed her mom and stepfather are expecting a baby. On Friday, the star announced mom Mandy Teefey, 35, is pregnant. Momma and Brian are finally letting me share the news, she Tweeted. My mommys carrying my baby brother or sister :). Posting a photo of her mother, Mandy, and her stepfather, Brian Teefey, Selena Tweeted she was thrilled about the impending arrival. Click HERE to see the photo. Im the happiest girl in the world, Selena wrote. And Selena was quickly joined in her joy by her fans as Congrats Selena quickly became a top 10 trending topic on Twitter. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

London Game For Shoots During Olympics

As London prepares to welcome the 2012 Summer Olympics, the citys film and media agency wants filmmakers to knowmovie business is welcome. FilmLondon is creating a single online gateway for the first time andstreamlining the application process for productions aiming to shoot in the capital.Film London’s Microsite (www.filmlondon.org.uk/filmingin2012) will provide advice forovercominglogistical challenges during the Games which start in late July. The Olympic improvements are intended to send a message to the global industry that London is open to filmmakers throughout the whole of 2012, Adrian Wootton, Chief Executive of Film London and the British Film Commission, said in a press release. London Mayor Boris Johnson added: Film production generates over 860 million for London each year and we want to attract major stars of the movie making firmament throughout next year, by making it as easy as possible to film here.

Lifeguard Captain Still Believes Natalie Wood 'Could Have Been Saved'

With the investigation of Natalie Wood's death 30 years ago under way, people who were close to the case then are speaking out about what could have happened in 1981.our editor recommendsNatalie Wood's Death: 10 Developments During Week 1 of the Reinvestigation Natalie Wood Case: Criminal Experts Outline Path for Investigation Natalie Wood's Sister 'Frightened' of Death Investigation Outcome (Video)Natalie Wood 'Ear Witness' Says She Was Threatened Three Days After The Actress Died PHOTOS: Best Pictures of Natalie Wood Lifeguard captain, Roger Smith, who pulled Wood's body from the water is still under the impression that the actress could have been saved had a search began earlier, the Los Angeles Times reports. The former county supervising rescue boat captain was optimistic that by police reopening Wood's case, the investigation into her death would provide answers over why there was a lull before lifeguards were alerted of the actress' disappearance. "Based on the condition of her body when we pulled her from the water, I believe she survived for sometime in the water and was blown out to sea. She probably cried for help for hours," Smith said. "I've always believed she could have been saved. Her fingers were still pliable when she was pulled from the water, suggesting she had not been dead for hours." VIDEO: 5 of Natalie Wood's Most Memorable Roles Wood disappeared off Catalina Island on Thanksgiving weekend in 1981 during a trip with her husband, actor Robert Wagner and Brainstorm co-star Christopher Walken. The original cause of death was determined to be an accidental drowning that occured when Wood fell into the water while attempting to tie a loose dinghy on the yacht, Splendour, but many have questioned the events of that night, including her sister, Lana Wood, and the yacht's captain, Dennis Davern, who more than a year ago were both calling for the department to reopen its investigation. The actress was 43. PHOTOS: 12 of Hollywood's Most Mysterious Deaths Smith noted that he was notified at 5:11 a.m. the day Wood went missing from her boat about 200 feet from the Isthmus, about four hours after she disappeared. A lifeguard boat was about 100 feet away the entire time, Smith recalled. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department reopened the investigation into Wood's death on Nov. 17. Investigatorsrevealed that new information was behind the decision to revisit the events of Nov. 29, 1981. Related Topics Natalie Wood

Idol Winner Scotty McCreery Honored In NC Hometown

First Published: November 20, 2011 3:23 PM EST Credit: Access Hollywood RALEIGH, N.C. -- Caption Scotty McCreery performs I Love You This Big on Access Hollywood, May 26, 2011American Idol winner Scotty McCreery is being honored in a mural at his high school in North Carolina. The News & Observer of Raleigh reports that McCreery winner was on hand Friday as the new mural was unveiled at Garner High School. The mural honors the schools sports accomplishments. McCreery is pictured because he swung his microphone like a baseball bat at the end of a song on Idol. McCreery is pictured next to former Garner basketball star Donald Williams, who was named most valuable player during the University of North Carolinas run to the 1993 national championship. Hal Stewart, who coached the Trojans to the 1987 state football title, is also on the mural. McCreery is attending his senior year at Garner High School. Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Breaking Beginning Stars Respond To Fans Premiere Tent City

First Released: November 11, 2011 9:40 PM EST Credit: WireImage La, Calif. -- Caption Host and Nylon material November cover star Kellan Lutz arrives, in Dylan George and the own clothing line Abbot + Primary, in the Nylon material Men and Dylan George, Abbot and Primary party, backed by Luna Rosa Tequila in the Beverly, La, November. 10, 2011More than 1,000 Twilight fans are anxiously waiting for Mondays premiere of Breaking Beginning Part 1, already outdoor camping and arranging outdoors LA Reside in Downtown La. But exactly what do the Breaking Beginning stars themselves think about the Twi-hard tent city? Access Hollywood swept up with Kellan Lutz and Christian Serratos around the red-colored carpet from the Nylon material Men November problem release party on Thursday evening in West Hollywood to find the scoop. I actually want to go to tent city, Kellan told Access Hollywood. My buddies explained, I believe you are making the record for 2 premieres in a single week in the Nokia Theater, he added, mentioning towards the LA Live-held premiere of his other November film, Immortals, which sees him playing a youthful-searching Poseidon. Kellan, who plays Emmett Cullen within the Twilight Saga, is not the only real cast member jazzed through the #OccupyTwilight phenomenon. I learned about tent city as an hour ago. I'd no clue that fans were available already, Christian, who plays Bellas human friend Angela Weber, told Access. I understand they are doing it every movie, but to allow them to be available already is extremely awesome, very encouraging. Christian cant wait to determine the premiere either because she accepted that Breaking Beginning is her favorite installment in Stephenie Meyers book series. Im more excited with this movie than I've been for the others, the actress, who had been sporting a cool Forever 21 top and black and whitened Chanel athletic shoes, added. And Im inside it minimal! Among her favorite moments to film was the swapping of vows between Edward and Bella. It felt just like a real wedding. It had been emotionalespecially simply because they made the marriage the last scene all of us shot together, she stated. When requested the inevitable question, Team Edward or Team Jacob, the 21 year-old actress didnt hesitate for any single second before responding. I did previously listen to it awesome and say I had been neutral, but [expletive] it Im Team Edward! Christian told Access. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Beginning Part 1 premieres next Monday, November 14. Part 2 follows in November 2012. -- Chandler Chase Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Molly Shannon At Center Of Disney Feature Pitch Deal

EXCLUSIVE: Molly Shannon teamed with veteran scribes Take advantage of Muir and Bob Hilgenberg to market an untitled comedy feature pitch to Disney. They'll write the script together for any film that may be a star vehicle for Shannon. It’s based by themselves encounters as a parent, and also the comedy concentrates on the social realm of motherhood. The film is going to be created by Andrew Panay (Wedding Crashers), and Shannon is going to be professional producer. Hilgenberg & Muir are presently scripting an active-action version from the Family Circus for Fox and Walden Media. Shannon’s repped by Gersh and Framework Entertainment, the scribes are repped by Summit Talent & Literary.

5 Terrible Moments from Five of the Fall's Best Films

We’re on the verge of a star-studded Oscar season, but before we dig into the potentially embarrassing J. Edgar, the probably overblown War Horse, or the already-cloying Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, let’s take a second look at five great films from fall and remember that they weren’t so flawless either. In fact, these films all possessed one ridiculous moment that completely took me out of the otherwise believable drama. Did you have the same problems with Moneyball, Martha Marcy May Marlene, and Drive? Click through for our rundown. Moneyball Moneyball’s critical success seemed like a statistical impossibility (guh-her!), but it’s a smartly scripted meditation on Oakland Athletics manager Billy Beane’s intuition, his successful 2002 recalibration of the team, and the almost mystically unwatchable sport of baseball. It’s successful, that is, until the movie’s conversational realism goes south when we’re introduced to Beane’s wide-eyed preteen daughter. At first she seems like a loyal, if unassuming girl, but in the most cringe-inducing minute of fall cinema, she reveals herself to be a brilliant singer-songwriter who strums a guitar and trills damning lyrics about her father’s character. When do we hear her full, perfectly composed ditty about being a loser, you ask? Why, over the closing credits after her father’s team loses! It’s a little convenient. Especially since Billy Beane has no such singer-songwriter daughter, and the song she chirps is Australian artist Lenka’s post-2002 tune “The Show.” Martha Marcy May Marlene Martha Marcy May Marlene’s glimpses into its fractured heroine’s cult past are disturbing and engrossing, but it runs into trouble when chronicling Martha’s new life squatting with her chilly sister Lucy (Sarah Paulson) and her arrogant husband Ted (Hugh Dancy) at their vacation home. The worst of it occurs when Martha, whose grasp of social norms is clearly shot to hell — she tries sleeping in bed with Lucy and Ted while they’re having sex; she swims nude in the middle of the day as neighbors abound — endures a PTSD-grade conniption during the night. As she harrumphs up the stairs in a maniacal, nocturnal fit, she kicks away Ted, who tries to restrain her. Ted’s reaction? Not to realize that Martha Marcy is exhibiting the most textbook trauma since Sybil, but to yell, “She’s crazy!” and dismiss her animalistic terrors as selfish bitchiness. Come on. I don’t care how many pontoon boats Ted owns; there’s no way he’s too rich to realize Martha’s been through a dehumanizing hell. Drive Drive is undeniably the starkest, most stylish thriller of fall. It is also undeniably pretentious. I’m ambivalent about whether College’s soundtrack contribution “A Real Hero,” which reiterates the inanely literal lyrics, “He’s a real hero and a real human being,” needs to played twice during the film, but I’m very decided that there’s no need for an inhumanely long, lingering gaze between The Driver (Ryan Gosling) and Irene (Carey Mulligan) at her apartment. The Driver is supposed to represent stoic, charitable heroism, but scenes like this squelch his pure intentions and recast him as a reticent homewrecker. He should want to help the beleaguered Irene, not bed her. Later in the film when he steals a kiss from Irene in a surreal elevator scene, the dissolution of The Driver’s saintly intentions is clear. He’s just a horndog with a decent coat and strong facestomping legs after all. 50/50 Bryce Dallas Howard’s role as Rachael in the cute, inoffensive 50/50 is mysteriously one of the most poorly treated female characters of the season. As the cancer-stricken Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s artsy girlfriend, she should be likable until Seth Rogen’s character Kyle spots her making out with an arthouse hipster. Instead, the movie is mean to Rachael right as it begins; early in the film, we’re treated to viewings of her artwork, which she assigns contrived, sophomoric titles like “Existence” and “Defiance” (the actual names are escaping me, but you get the point) — and we’re supposed to laugh at her moronic ideas. Meanwhile, her boyfriend is spending weeks working on a similarly contrived NPR segment about volcanoes for half the movie, so I can’t decide whose artistic instincts are worse. Nevertheless, Levitt is treated like a lovable everyman and she’s treated like a disposable, idiotic bitch as soon as the movie starts. The Ides of March Sure, The Ides of March skimps on deep intrigue and settles for surface-level political thrills, but it’s chockablock with great performances. One of my favorites was Marisa Tomei, who plays a roving, no-nonsense NY Times reporter whose scoops compromise the candidates’ campaigns. However, I could’ve done without learning that her name was “Ida,” and that she represents — wait for it! — the Ides of March. I haven’t experienced such a pang of punny pain since (500) Days of Summer when a girl named Autumn replaced Summer in the movie’s final moments. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, we need to have a firm discussion about your movie paramours.

IM Global to finance 'Dead Man Down'

IM Global has come on board to fully finance action thriller "Dead Man Down," starring Colin Farrell and Noomi Rapace."Dead Man" will be produced by Neal H. Moritz's Original Film and screenwriter J.H. Wyman of Frequency Films. IM Global topper Stuart Ford and Moritz made the announcement Tuesday, a day before the start of the American Film Market.Niels Arden Oplev ("The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo") will direct the $30 million pic. Shooting will begin early next year.Action thriller, which stars Colin Farrell (Total Recall, Horrible Bosses, Miami Vice, S.W.A.T.) and Noomi Rapace (Prometheus,The Girl with the DragonTattoo). Original's Ori Marmur will exec produce with Reid Shane of Frequency.Farrell will portray the right hand man to an underground crime lord in NY City who is seduced and blackmailed by Rapace's character, a crime victim seeking retribution. Their intense chemistry leads them spiraling into payback delivered in violent catharsis.Moritz has produced two pics for Sony -- "21 Jump Street" and "Total Recall," which also stars Farrell. He's also producing "Jack the Giant Killer" for Warner Bros. and "R.I.P.D." for Universal.Oplev also directed CBS' "Unforgettable" pilot episode. Wyman currently serves as the executive producer and co-show runner of Fox's "Fringe."Rapace starred as Lisbeth Salander in the original Millennium trilogy and is in "Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows."Oplev is represented by ICM and Curtis Brown in the UK. Rapace is represented by Magnolia Entertainment, UTA, and attorney Howard Fishman. Contact Dave McNary at dave.mcnary@variety.com