Vin Diesel Posts First Riddick Set Pic

He's back in costume...We've been treated to months of Vin Diesel posting artwork and updates about the still-untitled sequel to The Chronicles Of Riddick on to his Facebook page. But now that the film has been shooting for a little while, he's finally able to raise the stakes and has put up a picture of himself in full Riddick regalia, which was first spotted by the gang at Collider. You can take a gander below.Now that the movie's financial issues finally seem to be a thing of the past, writer/director David Twohy and his team have been hard at work getting the thing made. The plot finds Richard B. Riddick betrayed by his own kind and left for dead on an inhospitable planet swarming with alien predators. But, as we all know, that's where the man tends to thrive and he's soon turning the tables on a group of bounty hunters and forming an elaborate revenge scheme. And once he's had his vengeance, he plans to return to his home planet of Furya to save it from destruction. Then it'll be time for cucumber sandwiches and a pot of t... Okay, the last bit might not be quite true.Along with Mr Vin himself, the cast includes the likes of Katee Sackhoff (still best known as Starbuck from the rebooted Battlestar Galactica), Noland Gerard Funk, Jordi Molla and, reprising the role of Vaako, Karl Urban.We've yet to learn when Universal will release the movie, but it'll most likely be some time next year.

Desperate Regular folks: Can Lynette and Tom Get It Together By Series' Finish?

Felicity Huffman and Doug Savant Will among Wisteria Lane's most beloved couples be capable of reconcile before time expires? For seven seasons of Desperate Regular folks, Lynette (Felicity Huffman) and Tom Scavo (Doug Savant) were one of the show's handful of stable associations. While Gaby and Carlos, and Susan and Mike were busy separating and fixing the relationship, and Bree had her hands full bedding half the block, the Scavos always made an appearance to become together. But after separating in the start of the summer season, things aren't searching good. "We're worried," Huffman notifies TVGuide.com. "We just keep getting farther and farther apart." The way in which Desperate Regular folks finish? Marc Cherry teases a distinctive cameo That gap only will widen relating to this Sunday's episode, airing at 9/8c on ABC, when Lynette starts dating again. Tom already features a girlfriend, Jane (Andrea Parker), but that doesn't mean he'll proceed and take news well. "When I was in the set, James [Denton] needed a picture of Felicity in bed mattress with another actor and sent it in my opinion which i mentioned, 'That's it. I'd like the divorce,AInch Savant states getting fun. "I don't anticipate Tom reacting a lot better than I already did, that's poorly." Savant is hardly the only real person getting trouble accepting the couple's break-up this season. "Used to do formerly finish track of good reactions all the time. People loved Tom and thought he was funny. Now I hear 'You're stupid,'" Savant states. ("Do they really say you're stupid?" Huffman asks. "Could it have been me?" No less than they still carry out the old couple banter off-screen.) Watch full cases of Desperate Regular folks Huffman anticipates more tough feedback since Lynette is playing the region again, and he or she empathizes with fans. "People are shocked. People don't appreciate it. Someone said several things about people disliking Jane, but I've been dating so I am certain stuff will emerge relating to this,In . Huffman states. "People are attached, similar to we, for the marriage plus they want these to reconcile.Inch Taking into consideration the numerous struggles their marriage has experienced over time -- the invention from the extended-lost love child, cancer, miscarriage, money troubles, the supermarket shoot-out, the tornado as well as the plane crash -- simply how much will it take to make sure that they are apart permanently? "They usually are meant to be together. There's an in-depth and abiding love," Huffman states. "Like plenty of close ties, they've permit the bad stuff overtake the truly amazing stuff." A cheerful ending for Lynette and Tom is in order to Savant sees fit to depart behind Desperate Regular folks. "I so carefully relate this complete experience towards the personal friendship and dealing relationship because she's my partner around the program. She's the primary reason I exist around the program,Inch Savant states. "I am unable to think about the show going to an finish and us not together."

Sony VOD titles coming to Latin America

'The Smurfs'"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," "Moneyball" and "The Smurfs" will soon be available on VOD in Latin America thanks to a pact between Sony Pictures Television and giant Spanish telco Telefonica.Agreement includes all new Sony Pictures releases over an unspecified number of years, including the upcoming "Men in Black III" and "The Amazing Spider-Man" as well as catalog titles and TV skeins.Move comes in the wake of Netflix's launch in Latin America in September as various providers boost their content. Digital TV Research reports that 71% of the region's TV households -- 93 million -- will have digital TV by 2016, triple the end-2010 total. Pay TV households rose 19% in 2011 to 34.4 million, per Screen Digest estimates.Content will be available on online TV, tablets, PCs, smartphones and game consoles and will build on the content offered on Telefonica's virtual videoclub platform.The pair have agreements already in place in Spain, the Czech Republic and Germany. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

ESPN Reporter Forges "Feud" With Make the most of Lowe

Make the most of Lowe Twitter was buzzing after Parks and Recreation's Make the most of Lowe tweeted that Indiana Colts quarterback Peyton Manning was prone to retire - news that came just like a huge surprise to fans especially to some single reporter because the Nfl. In the passive-aggressive (although funny) try to zing Lowe for encroaching on his territory with false reviews, ESPN's Adam Schefter tweeted, "Growing chatter that Parks and Entertainment will get canceled."Watch full cases of Parks and Entertainment Lowe has yet to fire place responding to Schefter's "rumor," but he did retweet his son's feelings round the matter: "@MatthewELowe @RobLowe It's okay father, Johnny which i still thank you even if you most likely did awaken the twittersphere... even round the blackout. #SOPA #Faceplam"Lowe's repetition did not immediately respond to a request comment.Watch Schefter enter his on-air injections at Lowe and also the show:

Will Golden Globes pave way for Oscar?

Host Ricky Gervais.True Grit was overlooked by the Globes, but got 10 Oscar noms. 'Winter's Bone'When there's little consensus during awards season, every minor announcement seems major. And with Oscar nomination ballots due at PricewaterhouseCoopers on Friday, all eyes will be on the results of Sunday's Golden Globes. But despite the proximity of the two dates, the gap between the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn.'s honors and the Academy Awards is wide, and has gotten even wider in the last few years.Since the Oscarcast moved from March to February in 2004, the Globes have become less of a precursor to Oscar and more of a complementary event.For best picture, the Globes -- even with two categories -- have lined up with the Oscars just twice in the last decade, when "Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" swept nearly every award Hollywood was willing to bestow for 2003 and "Slumdog Millionaire" took home multiple Oscars in 2008.The disparity is good news for "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy," "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close," "The Tree of Life" and other films shut out in the Globe nominations. The gap is true in other categories as well. The Globes were more of an accurate bellwether when the Oscar ceremony took place in March and the balloting period was longer, giving Oscar voters more impetus to check out many of the Globes winners that they may not have seen.Some overlap between Globes and Oscar nominees is inevitable, particularly when the HFPA can tap 10-14 films between the drama and musical/comedy categories, but there remains a distinct disconnect that makes the Globes a tenuous indicator. The perceived snubs for some pics don't mean awards campaigners rein in their efforts after Globe announcements. If anything, they target Oscar voters more intensely up until polls close.For example, when "The King's Speech" and "The Social Network" were dominating the conversation last year, the Coen brothers' "True Grit" didn't get a single Globe nomination. But it went on to collect 10 Oscar noms, including the prestigious picture and director. "Biutiful" star Javier Bardem didn't get a nom from SAG or the Globes, and he earned a lead actor Oscar nom. "Another Day" was an Oscar original screenplay nominee but didn't get any Globes attention. Two best picture nominees, "Winter's Bone" and "127 Hours," earned Globe noms for their leads but nothing for the pictures or directors. "Winter's Bone" received a single Globe nom for star Jennifer Lawrence but ultimately racked up four Oscar noms, including best picture. And Oscar nominee "127 Hours" didn't get Globe recognition in the picture category, though it did get nommed for score, screenplay and actor. Going back another year, the contrast is more stark because the Academy had five slots for best picture. Not a single film that earned a Globe nom in the musical/comedy picture category -- "(500) Days of Summer," winner "The Hangover," "It's Complicated," "Julie & Julia" and "Nine" -- went on to get a best picture nom from the Academy. Of those films, only "Julie & Julia" and "Nine" got any Oscar noms. In fact, the Academy rounded out its 10 best picture nominees with "The Blind Side," "District 9," "An Education" and "A Serious Man," none of which earned picture Globe noms, though a few received acting noms.In 2008, among the five musical/comedy Globe nominees, there were only three Oscar nominations -- not one for picture.However, in the animation race, the Globes and Oscar choices line up nicely. Both groups have chosen the same film for the past four years, diverging only in the first year the HFPA added an animated category, 2006. The HFPA chose "Cars," and the Academy feted "Happy Feet." Contact Christy Grosz at christy.grosz@variety.com

On-set images of Gemma Arterton in Byzantium

Up to now in their career, Gemma Arterton has carried out plenty of upper-class glimmering gems for example Tamara Drewe and Quantum Of Solace, but to date as everyone knows, she's not received the chance to rupture many arterial bloodstream ships along with her bare teeth.That's soon to change however, as Neil Jordan's vampire flick Byzantium will dsicover Arterton flex her bloodletting muscles just like a toothy creature in the evening.As well as in the looks in the latest on-set pictures within the film's Dublin-based shoot, Jordan is really not skimping round the splatter front. Indeed, we barely recognised Miss Arterton from behind that crimson mask!The film sees Arterton star alongside Saiorse Ronan just like a mother and daughter team of vampires of the underworld from the underworld, who every once in awhile pose as brothers and sisters when the situation requires this. Abroad for murder, the pair try to lie reduced an British seaside town, nevertheless it soon becomes apparent it isn't just a persons government physiques that are after them...It might seem a significant fascinating premise to us, with Arterton's character fatigued by greater than 220 years of existence, and torn between the call to safeguard Ronan and her need to finally settle lower. Byzantium is pencilled straight into arrive Stateside later this year, getting a Uk release date not been confirmed.

Glees Jonathan Groff Lands Guest Spot on The Good Wife

Jonathan Groff Glee's Jonathan Groff will guest-star on an episode of The Good Wife, TVLine reports. Groff will appear on an episode scheduled to air during sweeps in February. He'll take on the role of Jimmy, the brother of a woman who goes missing while protesting in Syria. In the episode, Groff will head to court in an attempt to sue a software company. Glee Scoop: Jonathan Groff returns as Jesse St. JamesThe actor will also return to Glee later this season as the new coach of Vocal Adrenaline.The Good Wife airs on Sundays at 9/8c on CBS.

Some Academy Members Befuddled by New Oscar Ballots

Most Academy members have now received their Oscar nominations ballots, which were mailed out on Tuesday, and THR is beginning to hear from some of them who are profoundly confused by the new voting system. The primary area of concern is over the number of best picture nominees.Back on June 14, the Academy announced that, as part of an effort "to add a new twist to the 2011 Best Picture competition and a new element of surprise to its annual nominations announcement," it would no longer guarantee spots for 10 films in the category, but would instead have anywhere from five to 10 depending on how many attain first place votes on at least five percent of submitted ballots.The Oscar ballots that are arriving in voters' mailboxes, however, contain only five spaces in which a voter can nominate a film for best picture, which some voters are concerned is an error on the part of the Academy, since they -- understandably enough -- expected 10 spaces. (Nomination ballots in 2009 and 2010 -- the two years in which the Academy guaranteed spots for 10 films in the category -- featured 10 spaces and asked for voters to list their nominees in order of preference.)Academy members should rest assured that nothing is awry. Indeed, as the Academy announced in June -- and as THR's Gregg Kilday reported at the time -- "This time around, in the case of the best picture ballot, each member will be given a ballot with five open slots, which they will be asked to fill in with five movies, again ranked by preference."The reason that voters are only being asked to name five films instead of 10 is that the current "preferential" voting system rewards films that appear highly on the most ballots, not films that merely appear somewhere on the most ballots. In other words, it seeks to identify films that many people love, not that most people like.Consequently, as Kilday wrote in June, "On most ballots, the number one movie carries the real weight, although second and third choices could well come into play. Fourth and fifth choices will play a much more minimal role in the selection process." Sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth choices, had they been sought, would not have impacted the results at all.Oscar nomination ballots are due back to the Academy January 13. Hopefully this addresses voters' questions. The Hollywood Reporter

Helmers war for future of toons

While 'The Adventures of Tintin' and 'Rango,' were made by director-driven teams, 'Puss in Boots' emerged from Dreamworks' established culture.This year's animated feature race is a culture clash.Live-action helmers Steven Spielberg and Gore Verbinski, working outside established animation studios, built unique creative cultures tailored to their movies.Those established companies -- Disney, Pixar, DreamWorks -- and their entrenched creative cultures have long been the backbone of the animation business. This year, though, those entrenched cultures have evolved, perhaps reflecting a maturation of the feature animation industry.At DreamWorks Animation, for example, "Puss in Boots" director Chris Miller describes the studio culture as more filmmaker-driven than it has ever been. "In the early days of DreamWorks, Jeffrey Katzenberg was really hands-on," says Miller. "Now he's allowing us to find our own way, and even to fall on our faces -- whatever it takes."Miller cites his "Shrek" spinoff "Puss in Boots" as a good example. "There was a willingness to give this character his own world apart from 'Shrek,' and let the comedy be driven by character, not by satire. Jeffrey let us do that."Verbinski and his "Rango" team went anti-corporate, creating a cloistered workspace at Verbinski's old house in the hills above Los Angeles. The goal was to insulate those artists from studio or producer notes, and liberate them to take risks. It was a high-wire act from day one."None of us had any animation experience," designer Mark "Crash" McCreery admits. "We were under the radar, working in a home, and nobody stopped us."Verbinski's team spent a year creating a "story reel" -- an early version of the entire picture, albeit with simple art and temporary sound. It fell to Industrial Light & Magic, which had never done an animated feature before, to bring that story reel to life in CG animation. "Gore talked to ILM's animators as if they were actors. He let them embrace a character and own it." ILM learned to think in terms of entire sequences, not just individual shots, but in the end, says McCreery, "nothing changed from the animatic Blind Wink had done to the final product."Spielberg, who usually works with ILM, instead teamed with Peter Jackson's Weta Digital for the first time on "The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn." Each side helped the other.Spielberg had never had to capture actors in a blank "volume" before, and Weta helped him by providing him with rough CG reference imagery on monitors."That at least grounded me," Spielberg has remarked (Daily Variety, Nov. 16). "I was hoping that I could bring some of the filmmaking tools of my trade to a medium that I had never explored before, and that really did the trick."Weta, on the other hand, had never done stylized characters, and Spielberg wanted to keep the graphic style of Herge's original books. Says Weta partner Joe Letteri: "We had to find a way to honor the source material and still create a unique look on film."Letteri credits Jackson with getting heavily involved early on. Jackson, whose pictures built New Zealand-based Weta into a world-class vfx studio, eased the path for both Weta and Spielberg."He (Jackson) understood the challenge of taking a character design and turning it into a 3D character that you want to see onscreen," Letteri says. Letteri notes that while Spielberg lived a half world away from Weta, he collaborated constantly via videoconferencing. "It was a surprisingly easy way to work."Arguably the most unusual blended culture this year paired the stop-motion animators at Aardman with the 3D-CG artists at Sony Animation and Imageworks for "Arthur Christmas."To mesh such different studio cultures, Sony artists worked at Aardman in Britain during story development, and "Aardman West" was set up in L.A. during production."We wanted to feel like a joined-up studio and not a vendor," explains director Sarah Smith. "In a small studio like Aardman, you think of the totality of a project. You're always -- in your head -- trading one part of the process against another, in terms of what's important to you."It can be hard for people from a visual effects pipeline like Sony's to do that kind of holistic thinking. Had it been a classic 'vendor' relationship, you can imagine all sorts of horse-trading. But having our teams related to each other all the way through, we could to keep that 'big picture' thinking." nPixar's story-driven culture is guided by its famous "brain trust" of collaborators and its policy of inviting comments from everyone in the studio's rank and file. Even John Lasseter, who built that culture, and who could almost certainly ignore such notes with impunity if he so desired, heeded their critiques of "Cars 2," recalls producer Denise Ream."There were uncomfortable times when issues were brought up by crew members -- like several instances where people felt that the movie bordered on violence. It's a spy movie, so we definitely had to have stakes. It would not have been believable if we didn't. But John definitely heard what Pixar people had to say, and made changes."RELATED LINKS: Seeds of genius Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com