Robert Redford, Diane Keaton Eyeing The Most Wonderful Time At Relativity Media

EXCLUSIVE: Relativity Media is acquiring The Most Wonderful Time, a holiday comedy package built around a Steven Rogers script that has Robert Redford and Diane Keaton circling to star, and Jessie Nelson to direct. Imagine Entertainment’s Brian Grazer will produce with Nelson. Kim Roth and Rogers will be executive producers. Rogers, whose credits include P.S. I Love You, Kate & Leopold and Stepmom, this time focuses on the chaos of a family around Christmastime, featuring storylines with multiple characters that intersect. Rogers wrote the project on spec and brought in Nelson, who last directed I Am Sam, and the project was packaged with Redford and Keaton. Relativity Media is in the midst of optioning the script before beginning to make the other deals. Rogers describes it as an ‘Amelie-esque story about people who live for the future or hang onto the past, which prevents them from living in the moment, and not appreciating what is right in front of them.” Nelson’s repped by WME, Rogers is repped by ICM. Keaton is repped by WME and Redford by CAA.

Tate Taylor: Paul Selvin Award honoree

Tate Taylor, around the group of 'The Help' with Emma Stone and Viola Davis, found echoes of their own existence in the friend Kathryn Stocketts storyMississippi native Tate Taylor used his knowledge about the grey regions of associations between black and whitened women within the south to paint his adaptation of Kathryn Stockett's "The Assistance.InchInchFrequently subjects such as this coping with that area of the country (are) obvious cut -- good versus. evil, black versus. whitened. I truly desired to show the humanistic points from the struggles," Taylor states.Taylor, who also directed the pic, gets the Selvin Award, for that scribe "whose script best brings together the spirit from the constitutional and civil privileges and protections that are indispensable towards the survival of free authors everywhere."In "The Assistance,Inch Taylor outlined bonds forged among figures despite obstacles produced by race and prejudice. Which has captivated intense discussions among auds. Taylor states getting his film be a conversation starter "is only the finest factor that may ever occur to a painter.InchTaylor was "co-elevated" with a health professional and the single, working mother. Recalling his mother's closeness to his health professional, Taylor was attracted to Minny and Celia's kinship, which "broke most of the stereotypical ways the thing is black and whites cohabitate on film."That parallel between Celia and Minny's partnership and also the story of his mother and health professional, he states, "is the reason why it meant a great deal to me. It been around and that i resided it."WGA Honours 2012Truth elbows out gags Good timing for WGA prexyHonoreesKress & McDuffie Eric Roth Tate Taylor Patric Verrone Zwick & Herskovitz Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Jason Bateman and Wife Welcome Second Daughter

The fall TV season is taking shape. Networks have ordered dozens of new pilots starring familiar faces including Zachary Levi, Mindy Kaling, Mandy Moore and Sarah Silverman, and from proven producers like Josh Schwartz, J.J. Abrams, Greg Berlanti and Kevin Williamson. Also making a comeback this year: Iconic characters including Green Arrow, Carrie Bradshaw, Sherlock Holmes and Beauty and the Beast. To keep track of who's doing what, read our complete list of all the series projects in contention and check back for updates on their status. Here are the NBC pilots: (Click here for ABC, CBS, CW and Fox.) Read More > Other Links From TVGuide.com Andrea ParkerFrances ConroyJames MurrayMandy MooreSarah SilvermanKevin WilliamsonGreg BerlantiJud TaylorMegalyn EchikunwokeZachary LeviJ.J. AbramsJohn WellsJosh SchwartzMadisen BeatyShamelessAmerican Horror StoryMADtvNancy PimentalMichael McDonaldMindy KalingPatrick Heusinger

Zina Bethune dies in hit-and-run at 66

Zina Bethune, a child actress who was later a soloist with the NY City Ballet and a choreographer who founded her own company in Los Angeles and was repeatedly recognized for her work with disabled students, died Sunday night after she was struck by two cars on Forest Lawn Drive in Los Angeles. She was 66 and had stopped on the road to assist an injured possum. Bethune was artistic director and choreographer for L.A. nonprofit Bethune Theatredanse (later Theater Bethune), which she founded in 1980. The company has toured widely. Bethune also founded the dance and performance outreach effort Infinite Dreams, working with children who have mental or physical disabilities through schools across Southern California. More than 8,000 students have graduated from the program.As a child, Bethune studied at George Balanchine's School of American Ballet; she began her association with the NY City Ballet at age 14. She also appeared in daytime soaps including "The Guiding Light" and as the daughter of Ralph Bellamy's FDR, handicapped as a result of polio, in the 1960 film "Sunrise at Campobello." She succeeded as a dancer despite her own battles with scoliosis and hip dysplasia, making her Broadway debut at age 11 in Frank Loesser musical "The Most Happy Fella." Bethune had a substantial career in television as well. She starred as Amy in a 1958 TV adaptation of "Little Women," guested on "The Judy Garland Show" in 1963 and a was a regular on the daytime soap "The Doctors and Nurses" from 1962-65. Later she guested on series including "Gunsmoke," "Emergency!" and "CHiPs."She starred opposite Harvey Keitel in Martin Scorsese's early bigscreen effort "Who's That Knocking at My Door." In 1992 she returned to Broadway for a role in "Grand Hotel."Bethune's last screen role was as a ballet teacher in a 1995 episode of "Party of Five."Infinite Dreams has been commended by the National Endowment for the Arts and by Presidents Reagan, George H.W. Bush and Clinton.Bethune was born in NY City. Her mother, Ivy Bethune, is an actress; her father was a sculptor and painter who died when she was young. In addition to her mother, Bethune is survived by her husband, Sean Feeley. Donations may be made to Theater Bethune at Theatrebethune.org. Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com

Sales flow to 'Amazonia'

Announcing early business at the European Film Market, Jean Labadie's Paris-based Le Pacte has clinched a swath of international sales on the 15 million ($19.7 million ) 3D Amazon jungle adventure, "Amazonia."Territories closed include Germany (Polyband), Belgium (Cineart), Switzerland (Filmcoopi), former Yugoslavia (MCF) and Canada (Seville).Directed by "White Planet" helmer Thierry Ragobert, "Amazonia," said to be the biggest-budgeted take to date on the Amazon, has also sold to Russia (Luxor), the Czech Republic (Hollywood CE), China (Hualu) and India (Picture Works).Le Pacte will release "Amazonia" in France. Delivery is skedded for spring 2013.Currently in the middle of its shoot, "Amazon" follows the fictionalized odyssey of a capuchin monkey who grew up in captivity and suddenly finds himself released in the wilds of the Amazon rainforest after the plane he is being transported on crashes.His battle for survival also illustrates the vast natural wealth of the Amazon rainforest."Amazonia" is produced by France's Biloba Films and Gullane Filmes in Brazil. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

The best spinner's Orders Comedy Series From Vince Vaughn

Steve Byrne The best spinner's Orders Comedy Series Sullivan and Boy From Vince VaughnTweet: The best spinner's has purchased the comedy series Sullivan and Boy from Vince Vaughn lnk @tbsveryfunnyTBS has purchased the comedy series Sullivan and Boy, the network introduced Friday.Created by Vince Vaughn, the show happens inside a legendary Pittsburgh bar Sullivan & Boy and stars comedian Steve Byrne, who'll also function as executive producer. Byrne plays Steve Sullivan, a company attorney from NY who brings his girlfriend, Ashley (Brooke Lyons), for any home town visit just like his Irish-American father, Jack Sullivan (Serta Lauria), and Korean mother, Ok Cha (Jodi Lengthy), are planning to market the bar and retire.Obtain the complete scoop on pilot season"Sullivan and Boy is really a wise, funny, place of work comedy in the distinct comedy voices of Steve Byrne and Take advantage of Lengthy," Michael Wright, The best spinner's programming mind, stated inside a statement. "The stools at Sullivan's bar are full of crazy, unique figures, and Steve and Take advantage of have produced a superb world by which they are able to shine. We're very happy with this show and anticipate investing many nights tossing one back using the regulars at Sullivan & Boy."The Ten-episode first season will premiere within the summer time.

Top Moments: Catherine's CSI Goodbye and Make the most of Lowes Lifetime Movie

Marg Helgenberger Our top moments every week: 11. It Takes Three to Tango Award: Kim Zolciak sets the scene for just about any romantic evening along with her guy, Kroy, on Real Regular folks of Atlanta: wax lights, rose flower flower petals together with a tub created for two. But will there be room for starters more? Because Kim's father out of the blue barges in round the new parents' date evening. He offers this sage advice. "I wish for you being careful," according to him. "If you fail to be careful, do well. So when you can't do well, then just title it after me." Father knows best! 10. Best Hug: It's been a difficult road this season for Aria and Ezra on Pretty Little Liars. After they were instructed to split up, Aria leaves Ezra an email, asking him to fulfill her beneath the clock tower to supply their relationship just one last chance. He appears, clearly, while not until after it starts flowing lower rain, all the simpler to close this extended-anticipated reunion getting a separate (wet) hug. 9. Best Choice on Chicken: Top Chef judge Tom Colicchio takes Grayson to project for developing a simple chicken salad sandwich for just about any competition challenge. Grayson, however, isn't afraid to challenge his portrayal of her food not exciting enough in contrast for the other dishes. "As being a meatball?" she asks sarcastically, a apparent reference to the Lindsay and Sarah's published dishes. Her chutzpah works: She helps to make the normally stone-faced Tom laugh aloud and he or she helps it be to a different round. Which team you callin' (boring) chicken? 8. Funniest Situation of Mistaken Identity: After unwillingly tallying to more traditional (read: common) bachelorette party, Blair Waldorf's evening quickly increases in smoke on Gossip Girl when she amiably (and extremely drunkenly) confirms to hold onto what she thinks can be a stranger's cigarette (but what's really some pot). When cops balk at her public toking, she mistakes the males in blue for strippers, reaching south in the holster to uncover if they're really "NY's finest." That very not-ladylike gesture can get her very freely arrested. Signal the paparazzi's costly lights. 7. Best (Non-Specific) Character Revival: This week's Justified features some cheeky guest casting when Carla Gugino appears since the very particularly named Assistant Director Karen Goodall. It's a apparent jerk for the title character she carried out on ABC's beloved-but-quickly-canceled Karen Sisco, which, like Justified, required it's origin from an Elmore Leonard character. The chemistry between Karen and Raylan crackles in addition to their partnership builds up wherever it left off. Surely we're only some of those who think she'd produce a great permanent accessory for that cast. 6. Free finally Award: House's new year's resolution? To acquire his ankle monitor - also called his "training tiresInch - off. But Foreman must sign off round the approval, and so the mischievous doc decides to stroke his ego permitting him win arguments. When Foreman can get stylish to his plan, House states he moves better without any monitor which if Foreman were as confident as his former boss, he wouldn't need to keep House shackled. Foreman ultimately realizes House is right and grants or loans the removal. "Bikes go faster without training tires,Inch according to him. And additionally they drive their cars into people houses. 5. Most Moving Bad Day: Despite a passing report from her mandated counselor on Criminal Minds, Hotch knows Prentiss has not fully labored with nearly being destroyed by Ian Doyle a year ago. "You'll probably go days, several days even, feeling fine. Then you will have a very bad day," he notifies her. "Just let me know if you do." Stuck inside the "denial" stage, Prentiss doesn't proceed until a victim inside their situation recognizes that Prentiss had once been attacked too and asks her relating to this. Fighting back tears, she finally confesses to Hotch, "I get an undesirable day." 4. Most Tasty Being Launched: After trying to help keep her many new bedpost notches hidden from her nosy neighbors on Desperate Regular folks, Bree faces a sticky situation when she's faced by among her suitors and also the very angry wife when she appears drunk within the chapel bake purchase following a reverend themselves disinvited her. (Bree's tasty defense: "Every bake purchase takes a tart.") Instead of fighting while using angry wife, Bree decides to own her new status as "town whore" and walks away along with her mind held high. Be cautious, Bree, God is listening. 3. Most Contrived Reality: On Kourtney and Kim Take NY, Kim Kardashian decides to fulfill with psychic John Edward to talk to her late father, who was simply O.J. Simpson's lawyer. "Will you have a father-in-law or possibly a mature male that could be being an uncle who passed from cancer?" Edward asks her and Kourtney. "Our father passed from cancer," Kim solutions. "Would your father have a very link with somebody that drowned?" he asks. "O.J. Simpson's daughter drowned," Kim states. Yeah, Edward's totally attracted on straight into... Wikipedia. Did we explain he and Kim have the identical publicist? 2. Most Absurd Line: Lifetime's Came Billings: Untouchable is packed with cheesy and crazy dialogue manifestation of the network's usual options, but it's strange hearing it being launched of Make the most of Lowe's mouth. Here's an example: When Drew's neighbor, Karen, suspects he makes up about his fourth wife's disappearance, she notifies him, "Prone to prison may prevent you.Inch His response: "I'm untouchable, bitch." Who produces these products? 1. Saddest Goodbye: She might take a bullet within a blaze of gunfire the other day, but Catherine's CSI farewell isn't large, bold and bloody. No dying, no high high cliff-hanger, no large twist - merely a job and diverse of tears. "There comes a location inside a person's existence through which one feels compelled to produce a change," she notifies they. "I have been offered another job while using FBI. Which I've made a decision to think about it." And understanding that, Catherine Willows leaves Las vegas. Our one gripe: No William Petersen? What were your top moments?

RKO enlists scribe for new 'Saint'

RKO Pictures is reviving Simon Templar and "The Saint," signing Travis Wright ("Eagle Eye") to pen a script based on the debonair hero. The Saint, a sort of modern-day Robin Hood, was created by Leslie Charteris and first appeared in the 1928 book "Enter the Tiger." Known as the Saint because of his initials, Templar's targets included lowlifes and corrupt politicians; he often left a calling card at his "crimes," a stick figure of a man with a halo -- which served as the logo of the Charteris books, movies, and the 1960s TV series starring Roger Moore. Movies featuring the Saint began in 1938 with "The Saint in NY," then "The Saint Strikes Back" and several others. Ian Ogilvy starred in the 1978-79 series "Return of the Saint" and Val Kilmer starred in Paramount's 1997 version. RKO, with a legacy dating back to "Citizen Kane" and "King Kong," is expected to distribute drama "A Late Quartet," starrring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, and Christopher Walken. Wright and former partner John Glenn wrote drafts for remakes of "Clash of the Titans" at Warner Bros., "Journey to the Center of the Earth" at Fox and "The Warriors" at Paramount. Wright is repped by Benderspink. Contact Dave McNary at dave.mcnary@variety.com

CW takes aim at 'Green Arrow' pilot

'Green Arrow'CW is dipping into the DC Comics vault again as it closes in on a pilot order for an adaptation of the "Green Arrow" comic from Greg Berlanti and Warner Bros. TV.Berlanti is co-writing the pilot with his frequent collaborator, Marc Guggenheim, and Andrew Kreisberg. The trio will exec produce.The comic, which dates back to the early 1940s, revolves around a vigilante superhero who uses archery and martial arts to fight crime. In his public persona, he's Oliver Queen, a liberal politician and billionaire. He works with an extended family of superhero sidekicks who are known as Team Arrow.CW has long sought to mine more of the DC archive for series material. "Smallville," derived from the Superman franchise, was a 10-year mainstay for CW and its WB predecessor. The Green Arrow/Oliver Queen character was a regular on "Smallville" from 2006 through the end of the series in 2011.Berlanti and Guggenheim landed a pilot order on Monday from Fox for a legal drama, "Guilty." Kreisberg previously worked on the Berlanti-Guggenheim ABC drama "Eli Stone." More recently he's been a writer-producer on Syfy dramas "Warehouse 13" and "Defiance" and Fox's "Fringe." Contact Cynthia Littleton at cynthia.littleton@variety.com

Online Critics laud 'Tree of Life'

'Tree of Life'The Online Film Critics Society tapped Terrence Malick's "The Tree of Life" as its best picture of the year, the org announced Monday.The film led the pack with seven awards including best director and best supporting actress for Jessica Chastain. Cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezski, who has swept virtually every critics award since November for his work on the film, also earned a trophy."Tree of Life" was the only film to win multiple awards from the OFSC this year.Other notable victories were Michael Fassbender, who earned a lead actor nod for "Shame"; lead actress Tilda Swinton for "We Need to Talk About Kevin"' and supporting actor Christopher Plummer for "Beginners.""Midnight in Paris" was the top choice in the original screenplay category, while "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" won for adapted screenplay.The group named "Rango" its favorite in the animated film category.The full list of winners of the 15th-annual Online Film Critics Society Awards follows:Best Picture"The Tree of Life"Animated Feature"Rango"DirectorTerrence Malick, "The Tree of Life"Lead ActorMichael Fassbender, "Shame"Lead ActressTilda Swinton, "We Need to Talk About Kevin"Supporting ActorChristopher Plummer, "Beginners"Supporting ActressJessica Chastain, "The Tree of Life"Original Screenplay"Midnight in Paris"Adapted Screenplay"Tinker Tailor Solider Spy"Editing"The Tree of Life"Cinematography"The Tree of Life"Best Film Not in the English Language"A Separation"Documentary"Cave of Forgotten Dreams" Contact Christy Grosz at christy.grosz@variety.com