Argentine producer enters distrib biz

BUENOS AIRES -- Argentine production house BD Cine has started distributing its own films to boost profits and improve release management. The producer of commercial and fest hits, like Daniel Burman's "Dos hermanos" (Brother and Sister), released Juan Minujin's "Vaquero" (Cowboy), a comedy about a disgruntled actor, on 12 prints on Thursday. BD Cine will follow that with a smaller release of Diego and Pablo Levy's documentary "Novias -- madrinas -- 15 abos" (Brides -- Godmothers -- 15 Years) in November and Burman's poker-tinged romantic comedy, "La suerte en tus manos" (All In), on 65 prints next March. Diego Dubcovsky, a partner in BD Cine with Burman, said self-distribution "gives more liberty in decision making and makes the business more attractive by getting more out of each film." The producer also will collect more on B.O. receipts without a middleman, he said. BD Cine has hired a booking manager and will use in-house marketing for releases, he added. Dubcovsky said BD Cine already has 15 years experience in helping promote its film releases, working with Argentine distribs like Distribution Company and Primer Plano Film Group. This has helped it to build a relationship with exhibs, easing access to screens, he said. So, too, has the producer's output of B.O. successes. Burman's "Brother and Sister" was the third-hottest local film of 2010 and Hernan Goldfrid's "Musica en espera" (Music on Hold) was the fifth of 2009 after topping its first week. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

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Nancy Sophistication: I Wasn't Flashing Anybody!

La, Calif. -- Nancy Sophistication set the record straight regarding what many thought would be a wardrobe malfunction on Monday nights Dwts. I wasn't flashing anybody, Nancy told Access Hollywoods Rob Robinson following Tuesdays results show. I believe that after Used to do that backwards factor, there is a seismic change, but I don't think there is a wardrobe malfunction, the HLN host ongoing. She also shot lower the concept that it may have been a stunt to obtain votes in the panel. Trust me, that's not things i want my twins to see on the web in 2 or 3 years whenever they can finally read. Mother exhibited the idol judges to obtain an 8, she told Rob. After I left the ground, I still didnt [understand], because everyone makes jokes about my cleavage. I didnt have it. As formerly reported on AccessHollywod.com, previously Tuesday she Tweeted concerning the incident. Evidence re my alleged wardrobe malfunction that we emphatically deny: Breast Flower petals & industrial strength bra, she authored. The HLN host also published a photograph of herself, supporting a package from the aforementioned breast flower petals, which made an appearance to stay in an epidermis tone shade. What is your opinion? Did Nancy possess a wardrobe malfunction? Click The Link to election! Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All privileges reserved.These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Flatiron, Variance partner for 'Elite'

New Video's Flatiron Film and Variance Films are joining up for that U.S. discharge of Jos Padilha's crime thriller "Elite Squad: The Enemy Within," the greatest-grosser ever in South america in excess of $70 million. The follow up will open in NY on November. 11 as well as in La not much later, then a platform expansion to top marketplaces. The film is Brazil's official submission towards the Oscars and it has been tested around the festival circuit at Sundance, Berlinale, and Austin's Fantastic Fest. "Elite Squad: The Enemuy Within" is directed by Padilha and co-compiled by Padilha and Brulio Mantovani. Story happens within the sprawling slum that surrounds Rio p Janeiro and focuses on the mind of Rio's Special Police Procedures Battalion being charged with a massacre whenever a pursuit to quell a jail riot finishes within the violent dying of the gang leader. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com

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DJ Qualls D.J. Qualls stood a run-together with Vancouver police a couple of days ago after an alleged miscommunication by getting a police officer introduced with a bloody confrontation. Uncover who Qualls is applying Supernatural Qualls, who's in Canada to guest-star round the CW's Supernatural, was departing a café when he saw a man punch a girl. Your Way star mentioned, via his Twitter page, he approached a officer to report the incident, who then threatened to arrest him. "He mentioned essentially didn't escape there, he's [sic] arrest me," Qualls tweeted. "I asked for why which he handled me, busted my face and handcuffed me... I used to be handcuffed and bleeding because the cop saved saying, 'you think you're f---ing a lot better than me?'" Fall Preview: Get scoop inside your favorite returning shows After being taunted with the officer for half an hour, Qualls was released and visited a health care facility to acquire stitches, while not before obtaining a card within the officer so he could report him. The Vancouver Police Department is considering the incident, Entertainment Weekly reviews.

'Bala' is Mexico Oscar entry

MEXICO CITY -- Helmer Gerardo Naranjo's narco drama "Miss Bala" is Mexico's selection for entry into the the Oscars' foreign-language film category as well as the foreign-film-in-the-The the spanish language language-language category for Spain's Goya film honours. The announcement came Thursday from Mexico's Academy of Film Arts and Sciences. Very good can be a first for Naranjo, who bowed the pic in Cannes in May, and indie Canana Films, founded by thesps Diego Luna and Gael Garcia Bernal and handled by Pablo Cruz. "Miss Bala," that's presently in Mexican theaters, relates the storyplot from the beauty full wanabe forced in to a nightmarish arena of spiraling violence and corruption. It absolutely was composed by Naranjo and Mauricio Katz. "This means a massive step for Canana after seven years of doing films, to finally be recognized through the Mexican Academy," Cruz mentioned, adding that Fox is arranging a U.S. release for that month of the month of january. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Glam Slam: Happy Birthday Glam Slam!

By Ryan PattersonLOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Glam Slam turns 3 this month! Yippee! I cant believe its been three years already! I remember starting out and stressing over if I would have enough things to write about everyday. Ha, as if! I have found the opposite to be true sometimes there are too many things to write about! Ive written Glam Slams from NY Fashion Week, from the red carpets of the Emmys, the Golden Globes, and the Academy Awards. Then, there are the stars! Jennifer Lopez, Halle Berry, Angelina Jolie, Kim Kardashian, Jennifer Aniston, Beyonce, Gwyneth Paltrow and Selena Gomez are all popular Glam Slam girls and we love getting their insider beauty and fashion tips. Over the years weve also had many fabulous Glam Slam contributors, including Michael Kors, Vera Wang, Donna Karan, Tim Gunn, Jimmy Choos Tamara Mellon, Bob Mackie, Cindy Crawford and Lauren Conrad to name a few. My daughter and husband, as well as my childhood friends back home, and my current group of friends here in Los Angeles have also been frequent topics. A big shout out to the Glam Slam readers for letting me rant about life here in crazy Hollywood and for listening to my style passions and obsessions. (Striped tops and ballet flats Im talking about you!) Thanks for coming along for the rideHeres to another year of fabulous and fun fashion! Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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John Singleton on Abduction, PG-13 Love Scenes and Turning Twilight's Taylor Lautner Into an Action Hero

It’s not just Twilight star Taylor Lautner who has a lot riding on this week’s PG-13 action thriller Abduction, in which the erstwhile Jacob Black plays a suave teenager who turns spy-on-the-run after discovering his life has been a lie. Director John Singleton has something to prove with his first directorial effort since Four Brothers, even if he exudes nothing but confidence while discussing the high-octane action pic. Abduction marks the latest in a curious twenty-year progression for Singleton, whose powerhouse debut, 1991’s Boyz n the Hood, earned him Oscar nominations for writing and directing at the age of 23. As he points out, the mainstream thriller is just the latest in a series of films about “young men trying to find their place and trying to make connections in the world, with their families.” But with its slick, often silly action sensibilities and teen heartthrob star (who simultaneously flexes his dramatic muscles and his six pack in shirtless scenes and racy-but-PG-13 clinches), Abduction is a long way removed from Singleton’s gritty beginnings. Still, the challenge of it all was part of the attraction, he says. Can Singleton turn 19-year-old Lautner into the next Tom Cruise? Having already promised a sequel following the Twi-hard fervor at Abduction’s Los Angeles premiere, he seems sure of it. Read on as Movieline speaks with Singleton about why he signed up for Abduction despite the rushed production schedule, the action hero lessons he gave Lautner, which steamy scenes Lautner and co-star Lily Collins heated up on their own accord, and why he hopes audiences will get onboard with Abduction’s tone instead of thinking, ‘Aw, shit.’ They say that you spent a few years after your last film, Four Brothers, to go sailing and raise your kids. Is that why you took time away from directing for a short while? Well, in late 2005 I got custody of four of my five kids at the time, and I thought I was going to — I don’t have hair, but — I thought I was going to pull my hair out. But I produced some movies in that time, too. I did Black Snake Moan and Ilegal Tender and stuff, and then I was attached to A-Team and some other movies that went down. So it wasn’t me just taking time off, I was still working. But, you know. Things were falling apart at the studios, they were changing and evolving. I was just devoting my time to trying to get my kids together, going from being a weekend dad to being a single dad. I’m gonna make a movie about that! [Laughs] That was the whole thing for me. Filmmaking does seem to be a juggling act, when it comes to things like that. Making movies is harder than raising kids! [Laughs] I guess that depends on how rambunctious your kids are. Oh yeah, mine are real rambunctious. So when Abduction came about for you, when you were offered the director’s chair, it all seemed to come together very quickly. Oh, it happened like that. [Snaps fingers] They sold the script to the studio in January, got Taylor [Lautner] in February, and I was on in March. And you only had a few months to prepare. Two and a half, three months. We were shooting in July, and now it’s out! Isn’t that a crazy schedule? Or do you enjoy the challenge of that kind of pressure? Oh, I love it. I love it. People don’t understand that a lot of the movies that I’ve done that have been really great and popular, they’ve had such quick turnarounds. That means that they’re really fresh and new, they’re not gestating for two, three, four, five years. When I did Four Brothers, it was eight months from shooting to release, which is less than a year. 2 Fast 2 Furious, seven months. I like working in that spontaneous kind of [spirit] where the studio says, ‘We need a movie now!’ That’s good. What are the biggest challenges in working that way? Time. It’s always time. You came to Abduction once Taylor was attached to star, but do you think you would have done it if he wasn’t? I don’t know. I don’t think I would have done it if Taylor wasn’t on it, because part of the allure was his energy. His energy to want to do something and be different than what he’s done before. I’ve followed the Twilight films, and it seems clear from your recent premiere that Taylor’s Twilight fanbase is going to be very supportive of the film - You’ve seen the movie, right? And you’re a big Twilight fan? So you understand how we didn’t have him do the [same stuff]… Oh yes, he’s totally more mature — I mean, he says his first onscreen swear word, pretty much, in Abduction. Exactly! [Laughs] It’s like, ‘Whoa!’ And the train scene in which he and Lily Collins are making out extensively is another newfound mark of maturity for him. [Grinning] He picks her up, they were doing that… that day. They couldn’t wait for that day. They were like, ‘We’re gonna show you!’ I was like, ‘OK now, this is PG-13,’ and they said, ‘Cut it out if you want to cut around it!’ I said, ‘Wait, wait, wait…’ Lily was like, ‘And then I’m gonna straddle him!’ [Laughs] Taylor’s 19 - And she’s legal. … and with those mature, racier elements being combined with this film as his coming-out moment as an action star, do you feel a heightened sense of responsibility as his director than you might with already established actors? So much is riding on this as his first non-Twilight film… Oh yeah. A lot is riding on it, exactly. Going into it, that’s why he was so hungry to do something really big and different with which he could prove himself as a guy who can command a movie on his own. I think we can all agree he can pull off the action element, but the dramatic acting is fairly new for him. And the funny, too. Did you feel like it was harder or easier to pull out the sexy or the vulnerable moments from him? It wasn’t hard — Taylor’s not a hard guy to direct, really. It’s really mainly because he was with me from the moment we both came on this movie, trying to do different things. We never had a hiccup where we had to figure each other out or anything. We just started watching movies together and talking about what classic action heroes did. We have these rules, the ‘hero rules.’ Like, a hero doesn’t slouch. A hero walks proudly with his head up. A hero walks with a purpose. A hero’s always a gentleman. Even when he’s running from the bad guy, he’s like, ‘Excuse me’ and the bad guy’s like, ‘Get the fuck outta my way!’ It’s little touches that really make the movie. What kinds of action hero references did you give Taylor? For me, more the ’90s and ’80s heroes. Movies I went to go see. I told him, ‘The first thing that’s going to happen in this movie is, you’re going to get smacked.’ He said, ‘What are you saying? You want to smack me??’ I said, ‘No man, but great heroes got smacked around - like Harrison Ford in Raiders of the Lost Ark and Bruce Willis in Die Hard. And once they prevail, the audience is like, yeaaah!’ I said to him, ‘Once you get smacked in this movie, the girls will go, ooooh!’ And then they root for you to come back. Abduction seems to really embrace the genre ridiculousness that can come with action movies. How mindful were you of making it more fantastical than realistic? Whatever we can get away with that doesn’t seem just, like… you never want anyone to go, ‘Aw, shit.’ Certain lines of dialogue might play differently with audiences because of the tone they’re executed in. Mostly in the tender moments, I think. Yeah, that’s true. What kind of tone were you trying to strike? I just wanted the film to have an emotional weight to it, you know. Not just be a boom-boom-pow action movie. I think you need it to have some emotional resonance to the story instead of just the action. That makes the action better. I have to tell you, there’s a moment when Taylor is chatting online where I swear I caught a typo. I could be wrong, but I thought to myself: is this intentional? Are we supposed to think Taylor’s character is a bad speller? [Laughs] I didn’t even notice that! That was unintentional. I didn’t direct that part. I’ll have to watch it again to double check. How do you see Abduction fitting into how your film career has evolved, since Boyz N the Hood? It has a kind of thematic throughline that I’ve always had, of young men trying to find their place and trying to make connections in the world, with their families. I’ve been doing that. That’s kind of like my throughline in all of my films. It’s just the means in which you express that theme that’s changed? Yeah, exactly. The themes are all the same, really. Abduction is in theaters Friday.

Kaira Pitts Moneyball Daughter: Hes A Great Father

Concord, Calif. -- Kaira Pitt will get the truly amazing father stamp of approval from his 13-year-old Moneyball co-star, Kerris Dorsey. Let me tell hes a great father as they am great with me at night, Kerris told Access Hollywood within the baseball movies premiere in Concord, Calif., on Monday evening. And therefore enjoyable, she ongoing He handled to obtain really fun get to work. Even though Jolie-Pitt brood wasnt on set when Kerris was filming, she mentioned the proud papa had his six children on his mind. He spoken regarding the subject a good deal. I kind of know a little regarding the subject, she told Access. He loves them. Hes a great father. Kerris has labored getting a slew of Hollywoods finest names with credits including Walk the street and five seasons of Brothers and sisters & Brothers and sisters, but she recognized to feeling just a little nervous at first if the found acting along with her silver screen father. Certainly slightly intimidated! she told Access of coping with Kaira. But he handled to obtain fairly simple, so after day one I went home which i had been like, Mother, that was so amazing, I labored with Kaira Pitt which i cant accept it! Adding, He kind of increased being like my dad a little, it absolutely was fun. Moneyball 35mm 35mm slides into theaters on September 23. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All rights reserved.These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

See Charlize Theron Hungover in the Poster For Young Adult

Last week during Movieline’s Fall Preview, we repeatedly named Young Adult as one of our most anticipated autumn films. The Jason Reitman/Diablo Cody collaboration stars Charlize Theron as a teen-lit author who returns to her hometown to reclaim her happily married high school crush (Patrick Wilson). And judging by the movie’s first poster, that hometown mission does not go so well. Young Adult hits theaters Dec. 9. For Diablo Cody’s most anticipated movies of the fall, click here. [THR]