Ed Zwick to direct The Great Wall

Ed Zwick clearly loves his Asian history. Having boned up on the Meiji Restoration for The Last Samurai, he'll now turn his attention to the history of the Great Wall Of China for the aptly named The Great Wall.Zwick has agreed to direct the inaugural film for fledgling studio Legendary East, which explores the history behind one of civilisation's most enduring structures. Or as the official press release puts it: "The Great Wall reveals the legend behind a great mystery of our age: why this magnificent structure came to be."Zwick will pen the screenplay with long-standing writing partner Marshall Herskovitz. Their script will be based upon an original story concocted by Thomas Tull (Chairman and CEO of Legendary Entertainment) and World War Z author Max Brooks.Legendary East is a Hong Kong-based standalone created, "to produce content that is as commercially viable within China as it is throughout the rest of the world." Going by its subject matter, The Great Wall would certainly appear to fit that brief.Zwick himself sounds duly excited by the project, stating that, "Legendary East has given us the chance to do what we most love - to create an adventure on a grand scale."The film has yet to receive an official release date. Zwick is also attached to direct spy thriller American Assassin, and it remains to be seen which project will receive his attentions first.

They eat to battle hunger

Tom Colicchio and Julianne Moore speak at "What's up for grabs.Inch Christy Turlington Saturday's fundraising event in the Sagaponack home of Susan Bruden not just elevated gold coin for U . s . Way but gave partygoers a sneak look in the new docu "Hungry in the usa,Inch created by Participant Media and Ryan Harrington.Julianne Moore co-located the evening garden party, named "What's up for grabs,Inch with "Top Chef's" Tom Colicchio and the wife, Lori Silverbush, who co-directed the docu with Kristi Jacobson."Tom's a Twitter master and he will allow us to tell others,Inch stated Moore. "He's 250,000 fans, that is 200,000 a lot more than I've!Inch Outside, chefs were positioned at cubicles representing five of Colicchio's restaurants, and seen making the models were Christy Turlington and Edward Menicheschi of Vanity Fair, which backed the big event. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Chilean Miners 17 Days Buried Alive

The ordeal of the Chilean miners, trapped 2,300ft underground by a rockfall on August 5, 2010. Director Angus Macqueen focuses on the first 17 days, when they were cut off from the outside world, during which time no one knew if they were dead or alive. When contact was finally established, thanks to a note attached to a search probe, it was another 52 days before they were rescued. The film tells their story, with personal testimony from six of the miners

Exclusive: The Salt Of Existence Clip

Look! Young puppies!He might be just a little over the age of your average up-and-comer but Gianni Di Gregorio is continuously carving a distinct segment for themself among the finest voices in Italian cinema. His second directorial gig, The Salt Of Existence, continues to be welcomed with similarly rapturous acclaim as 2008's Mid-August Lunch, and, because this new clip demonstrates, it's exactly the same fanciful tone and gentle humour. If gentle humour is not your bag - and that we have that - the dude's versatile too, as his gutsy focus on the Gomorrah script testifies. Don't expect a lot of motorbike-borne gunmen in that one. Di Gregorio plays Gianni, a guy entering the fall of his years, who requires a lawyer friend's (Alfonso Santagata) advice and decides to locate themself a mistress. But teasing using the signorinas is not as straightforward as Gianni imagined, despite a fluffy canine waiting with puppy eyes in the ready. There is a poster to feast your vision on too and Empire's review is waiting for the search needs. Existence poster. The Salt Of Existence has gone out on August 12. .