'Come As You Are' tops Valladolid

'Come As You Are'Madrid-- Belgian Geoffrey Enthoven's crowdpleaser "Come As You Are" topped the 56th Valladolid Festival, one of Spain's main art pic showcases, on Saturday.A seriocomedy about three young special-needs men on a road trip to lose their virginity, "Come" won Valladolid's Golden Spike amid a flurry of further plaudits for social-issue films.A Cannes Un Certain Regard player, Robert Guediguian's vintage social drama, "The Snows of Kilimanjaro," picked up fest's Silver Spike and its Audience Award. A 2 hour-long World War II drama, Agnieszka Holland's "In Darkness" won director. Turning on a group of Jews hiding in the sewers of Nazi-occupied Lvov, "Darkness" is a Sony Pictures Classics U.S. release and Poland's Oscar entry.Meanwhile, Spaniard Paula Ortiz's "Chrysalis," about three generations of women in the male-ruled Spain of 1923, 1940, and 1975, nabbed new director.The birdlike Zhou Dongyu took actress for Zhang Yimou's Wild Bunch-sold "Under the Hawthorn Tree." In one of Valladolid's toughest face-offs this year, Brendan Gleeson shared actor for John Michael McDonagh's "The Guard" with Patrick Huard, a standout in Ken Scott's sperm donor comedy "Starbuck."With Canadian Oscar candidate "Monsieur Lazhar" sweeping screenplay and the Fipresci Intl. Federation of Film Critics award, another top winner at Valladolid was French sales company Films Distribution: It has international rights to "Kilimanjaro" and "Lazhar"; its Berlin-based branch, Films Boutique, reps "Come."Fest ran Oct. 22-29. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Grace Kelly Biopic in the Works: Who Should Play Her?

'Rear Window' star Grace Kelly is getting the big-screen biopic treatment: Cue the casting frenzy for someone who can portray the classic, cool blonde. THR suggests Amanda Seyfried, Blake Lively, Diane Kruger, January Jones, and Gwyneth Paltrow, among others. 'Grace of Monaco' will tell the actress-turned-princess's story amid the politics of Monaco in the '60s. Kelly's films include the Alfred Hitchcock thrillers 'Rear Window,' 'To Catch a Thief,' and 'Dial M for Murder,' as well as 'The Country Girl,' for which she won a Best Actress Oscar. Pierre-Ange Le Pogam, the Europacorp co-founder who recently launched his Stone Angel production and financing company, acquired the spec script by Arash Amel, who also penned the upcoming Aaron Eckhart thriller 'The Expatriate.' Kelly left Hollywood behind in 1956 to marry prince Rainer of Monaco and Amel's script focuses on a six-month period in 1962 when Monaco clashed with France over its tax-free status and Kelly maneuvered behind the scenes to save her adopted country from a coup. The script is similar to 'The King's Speech' in scope and tone, according to THR. Princess Grace died in 1982 after suffering a stroke and losing control of her car. [via THR] [Photo: AFP] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook RELATED

Ed Zwick's 'Uncharted' Short Film Explores Heroism

Ed Zwick is best known for his directorial work on "Glory," "The Last Samurai," and "Defiance." If there's a consistent theme running through the films, it's the concept of heroics, people placed into situations where they are forced to muster up their will in the face of adversity. So, who better to produce a short film about heroism (in relation to Sony's upcoming "Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception" game)? Speaking to Empire, Zwick stated that he wasn't much of a gamer, but he was intrigued by the idea of talking to a number of different people all associated with the game in some manner and asking them to define what heroism means. The "Uncharted" franchise developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony portrays the ongoing adventures of Nathan Drake, a direct descendent of Sir Francis Drake. A third-person action game, "Uncharted" blends shooting with platforming and puzzle solving. The series' third major release, "Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception" is releasing for the PlayStation 3 on November 1. If you're like Zwick, and the last videogame you played probably involved a yellow ball eating white pellets, just know that the "Uncharted" games are wildly successful. One of the title's most lauded features is the incredibly cinematic story and character performances woven into the action. Drake is an everyman with an "Indiana Jones" complex; a comparison that runs so deep Sony even put out this delightfully weird commercial starring Harrison Ford in Japan. Speaking of "Uncharted" movie adaptations, the film is still lacking a director after David O. Russell walked away from the project. For his part, Zwick doesn't seem too interested. "Ha, no, that's not anything I've ever given thought to," he told Empire. Tell us what you think in the comments section and on Twitter!

Michael Douglas Son Pleads Guilty To Drug Charge

First Published: October 20, 2011 12:39 PM EDT Credit: Getty Images NY, N.Y. -- Caption Cameron Douglas and Michael Douglas arrive at the premiere of Warner Bros. Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past, Los Angeles, April 27, 2009Michael Douglas imprisoned son has pleaded guilty to a new drug charge. Cameron Douglas admitted Thursday that he managed to get drugs in prison while serving a five-year sentence for an earlier drug plea. Douglas entered the plea to a narcotics possession charge. Hes agreed to serve another year in prison. Douglas admitted possessing drugs from May through last week. Thats when authorities found what appeared to be heroin and cocaine in his cell. Federal Judge Richard Berman questioned whether security lapses at two federal prison facilities made it possible for Douglas to obtain drugs. The 32-year-old son of the Academy Award-winning actor had previously admitted to dealing methamphetamine and cocaine. He recently testified for the government in a drug trial as part of a cooperation deal. Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Conan O'Brien Sells 'Fat Chance' Comedy Project to TBS (Exclusive)

TBS extends its relationship with late night host Conan O'Brien. The Turner-owned cable network has ordered a script for Fat Chance, a half-hour comedy pilot being developed by O'Brien's Conaco and Warner Horizon Television. The multi-camera comedy follows what happens to two best friends -- the overweight Chance Hubbard and the incredibly good-looking Rollie -- when a beautiful girl named Alex enters their lives. The project will be executive-produced by O'Brien, David Kissinger (Eagleheart, Andy Barker, P.I.) and Jeff Ross (Conan), along with pilot writer Jay Lacopo (The Third Wheel, Man of Your Dreams). The news comes as O'Brien's shingle continues to build its stable of projects at Turner, including a potential Ben Wexler-run sitcom about a family man who quits his day job and returns to the neighborhood where he grew up. O'Brien is repped by WME. Email: Lacey.Rose@THR.com Twitter: @LaceyVRose Related Topics Conan O'Brien TBS TV Development

A&E Renews 'The Glades' for a Third Season

A&E will remain in business with The Glades.our editor recommends'The Glades' Returns With OK Ratings A&E Gives Series Pickup to 'Longmire' Western The cable network has renewed its charcter-based procedural for a third season, which will premiere in summer 2012. The news comes as the net looks to expand its scripted footprint, with other scripted dramas Breakout Kings and upcoming Longmire. For its part, The Glades' second season grew 12 percent in the advertiser beloved 18 to 49 demographic --and 2 percent in the adults 25 to 54 demo-- compared to a year earlier. On average, the series, starring Matt Passmore,lured 3.9 million total viewers. The drama, which is produced by Fox Television Studios, is executive produced by creator Clifton Campbell (White Collar, 21 Jump Street) and Gary Randall (Saving Grace). Email: Lacey.Rose@THR.com Twitter: @LaceyVRose Related Topics A&E

Keck's Exclusives: Hot in Cleveland's New Coupling

Hot In Cleveland Hot in Cleveland's latest stunt reunites Wendie Malick with Laura San Giacomo, her costar from NBC's Just Shoot Me! Laura guest stars around the December 14 episode from the TV Land hit, but many of her moments are with Valerie Bertinelli's Melanie. "I play Valerie's [estranged] sister, Caroline," states Laura. Caroline discloses she's a lesbian associated with a personality performed by Sandra Bernhard. Works out ex-cleaning soap star Victoria (Wendie) is pretending to become gay after her fake marriage to Pleasure (Jane Leeves) reignites her celebrity. "They are all only at that lesbian event where I'm, and therein lies the hilarity," adds Laura. But Wendie states the episode also offers a significant message. "Laura includes a fabulous scene speaking about becoming an adult gay and the inability to inform your family," she states. "It will earn her a GLAAD Award nomination." Sign up for TV Guide Magazine now!

Hulk Mark Ruffalo Supports Occupy Wall Street, States Protests Are Near to 'True Direct Democracy'

Mark Ruffalo might have been present in the Javits Center in NY on Saturday evening for that NY Comic Disadvantage panel about 'The Avengers,' but it is likely his ideas were downtown using the growing quantity of protestors at Occupy Wall Street. Not just has Ruffalo verbal together with his support, but he even visited protestors at Zuccotti Park a week ago following the park proprietors, Brookfield Qualities, planned an evacuation from the site Ruffalo assisted them clean Zuccotti Park up, despite an evacuation order that never came. States the Oscar-nominated star from the movement inside a new interview using the Wall Street Journal: "It's nearer to the real direct democracy than most likely anything before it is time.Inch Within the profile of Ruffalo, the 'Avengers' star -- who'll take part in the Hulk in Joss Whedon's super hero supergroup mash-up next summer time, the 3rd star after Eric Bana and Edward Norton to do this recently -- discovered concerning the protests online. "Honestly, I believe in some manner I had been waiting for this to occur. I was expecting it to occur,Inch he stated. Ruffalo was concerned about Occupy Wall Street getting a concealed agenda, but he has not found one. "I spent considerable time comprehending the structure from it, trying to puzzle out if there is a hierarchy, if there is a particular group, whether it were built with a real political bent or maybe it had an idea which was self-serving." Based on the star, it isn't. Rather, this is an extension from the change that began using the election of Obama in 2008. "Honestly, I see hope," Ruffalo stated towards the Journal. "The main one metric that people forget is, we must request ourselves partly, who put Obama in to the Whitened House? Which was a significant coup for the country, which was the very first African-American to become make the Whitened House, and that he was make the Whitened House on the commitment of change. Lots of his campaign promises were striking greatly at the middle of things i think this movement is all about.Inch Strong political claims and moviemaking don't frequently mix -- some audiences still will not see films featuring open liberal Sean Penn, for example -- but it is doubtful Ruffalo's comments will modify the 'Avengers' main point here upon release next May. In the end, Morgan Freeman known as the Tea Party "racist" within an interview with Piers Morgan recently at the time 'Dolphin Tale' was launched, which film has still made a remarkable $58.six million up to now. For additional on Ruffalo, take a look at his profile within the Wall Street Journal. [via WSJ] [Photo: Mike Disciullo/bauergriffinonline.com] The Negative Side of 'The Avengers' Cast Robert Downey Junior, 'Less Than Zero'Chris Evans, 'Puncture'Chris Hemsworth, 'Ollie Klublershturf Versus. the Nazis'Samuel L. Jackson, 'Jungle Fever'Jeremy Renner, 'Dahmer'Mark Ruffalo, 'Reservation Road'Scarlett Johansson, 'The Last Score' See All Moviefone Art galleries » Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook RELATED

Taken 2 plot revealed

The tremendous success of Taken guaranteed a follow up also it appears as though Liam Neeson's character is going to be butting heads with increased criminals in Taken 2 around this time around the coming year.Whilst we can not formally reveal when very difficult striking film come in the local multiplex, we all do know once the Yanks is going to be setting it up and that is normally an excellent guide: 5 October 2012.In the end, we are unlikely to have it in front of the US - once we did using the first film - now it's be a effective franchise.Olivier Megaton (The Transporter 3, Colombiana) is going to be sitting behind your camera, while Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen share scriptwriting responsibilities again.Additionally, there are now a plot synopsis for that film..."Liam Neeson returns as Bryan Mills, the upon the market CIA agent having a particular group of abilities who stopped at absolutely nothing to save his daughter Kim from Albanian kidnappers. Once the father of among the kidnappers swears revenge, and takes Bryan and the wife hostage throughout their loved ones visit to Istanbul, Bryan enlists Kim to assist them to escape, and uses exactly the same advanced degree of special forces tactics to obtain his family to safety and methodically remove the kidnappers 1 by 1."Appears like Neeson has exactly the same way of bringing in trouble as John McClane does in Die Hard movies. The tales individuals two could tell on the beer!

Winners and Losers of Netflix's Aborted Qwikster Plan

This story first appeared in the Oct. 21 issue of The Hollywood Reporter. our editor recommendsNetflix's Qwikster Offshoot Unpopular on Wall Street and Main StreetNetflix Yanks Plan to Separate DVD-By-Mail From Streaming ServiceNetflix's Decision to Cancel DVD-Streaming Split: What the Industry, Consumers Are SayingNetflix Stock Rises 7% Early Monday After Company Ditches Qwikster PlanNetflix Shares Sink Again as Analysts Dig Into Qwikster and Blockbuster Sets Press Event'Gossip Girl,' 'Vampire Diaries' Go to Netflix Under Four-Year Streaming Licensing Deal with CW Customers may have grumblingly endured a 60 percent price hike, but asking them to arrange their DVD queue at some website called Qwikster was too much. So after hearing the complaints, Netflix dropped its spinoff gambit Oct. 10, less than a month after announcing it. Qwikster was to have been the name given to the Netflix DVD business, which would also begin renting video games, and it was going to operate separately from the streaming business, which would retain the Netflix moniker. But in a blog post, CEO Reed Hastings announced its quick demise. "This means no change: one website, one account, one password -- in other words, no Qwikster," he wrote. PHOTOS: Netflix's 10 Most Rented Movies of All Time Judging from comments at the blog, users rejoiced, but investors didn't know what to think, so the stock jumped higher shortly after the news, then sunk to a 52-week low, then recovered a bit before ending the day's trading down 5 percent. Not a good sign, considering the Nasdaq rose 3.5 percent the same day, with every other major entertainment stock participating in the rally. (The stock lost another 2.7 percent Oct. 11.) Analysts, too, seemed confused. Example: Tony Wible of Janney Capital Markets upgraded the stock the day Qwikster died, while Michael Pachter at Wedbush Morgan downgraded it. In the middle was Barton Crockett of Lazard Capital Markets, who kept his rating at "neutral," though he praised the dumping of Qwikster. "We saw the decision to force consumers to a new website with a new, hokey name as likely hastening the decline of DVD by mail, still used by 14 million of Netflix's 24 million subscribers," Crockett wrote. "So, clearly, abandoning the name change is positive." PHOTOS: Hollywood's Biggest Blunders One person who no doubt is disappointed that Netflix, a $6 billion company, won't be launching a newfangled product called Qwikster is one Jason Castillo, proprietor of the @Qwikster Twitter account who was allegedly fielding acquisition offers. Last THR heard, Castillo had turned down $1,000 for his Twitter handle and was angling for ongoing payments for as long as Qwikster existed. Turns out, that wasn't very long. Related Topics Netflix

The Great Tarantino/McQueen Slave-Movie Duel, and 5 Other Stories You'll Be Talking About Today

Happy Wednesday! Also in today’s edition of The Broadsheet: Yet another possible Leonardo DiCaprio project surfaces… Aaron Sorkin declined Steve Jobs’s invitation to write a Pixar film… Hilary Duff wants to be the next Stephenie Meyer… Occupy Wall Street’s celebrity dynamic gets a closer look… and more. · Two good turns deserve another for filmmaker Steve McQueen and his muse Michael Fassbender (pictured at right), who will follow their triumphant tandem Hunger and this fall’s Shame with the drama 12 Years a Slave. Chiwetel Ejiofor is coming along for the true story of Solomon Northup, a NYer who was kidnapped and held in captivity in Louisiana in the mid-19th century. Sounds good, but… [Variety] · …Quentin Tarantino will see McQueen’s Fassbender and raise him a Don Johnson. Or something: After reportedly months of arm twisting, QT has all but set Johnson for an undisclosed role in his own slave saga Django Unchianed. Two auteurist slave films in one year! Better than Snow White, I guess. Whose will reign? [Variety] · Leonardo DiCaprio has been linked to yet another project in early development: The Imitation Game, a biopic about Alan Turing, the, um, “English mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, computer scientist, criminally prosecuted homosexual, and tortured soul who committed suicide by eating a cyanide-laced apple.” Warner Bros. paid seven figures for Graham Moore’s spec script; Ron Howard’s name has reportedly come up to direct. [Deadline] · I’m a little late to this, but still: Steve Jobs. Wanted Aaron Sorkin. To write a Pixar movie. I mean! Sorkin turned the late visionary down, alas, explaining, “The truth is I don’t know how to tell those stories. I have a young kid who loves Pixar movies and she’ll turn cartwheels if I tell her I’m writing one and I don’t want to disappoint her by writing the only bad movie in the history of Pixar.” Nuts. [The Daily Beast] · I had no idea Hilary Duff is a novelist now. A two-time novelist, no less, utterly eager to have her supernatural young-adult potboiler pair Elixir and Devoted turned into movies. Just throwing that out there; the more you know, etc. [MTV via THR] · “Do protestors feel celebrity support is helping or hurting their cause?” Good question for the demonstrators at Occupy Wall Street. Seriously! Good question. [EW] · Whoops! An autopsy-room image of Michael Jackson’s nude, dead body — with his genitals blacked (ahem) out — was briefly shown on TV Tuesday during Conrad Black’s manslaughter trial. That is all. [People] [Photo: Getty Images]

'Method' acting

Moviegoers at the NY Film Festival filled Alice Tully Hall to capacity Oct. 5 for Sony Pictures Classics' "A Dangerous Method," with helmer David Cronenberg, screenwriter Christopher Hampton and star Michael Fassbender among the attendees. The afterparty was at the Empire Hotel, where guests wandered the open-air rooftop restaurant sipping a novelty cocktail, appropriately called, given the movie they'd just seen, Bitter and Twisted (grapefruit/vodka/bitters). Since the movie is all about Freud, Jung, and Jung's patient-mistress Sabina Spielrein, everyone involved with "A Dangerous Method" was more than willing to talk psychoanalysis. Fassbender, thinking back to his previous movie assignment "X-Men," thought his Magneto wouldn't say anything on the couch. "He'd just start playing with those little metal ball assemblies that everyone has." Regarding Jung, "I'd want to talk to him about his sex with Sabina," Cronenberg said. As for Hampton, he said, "I've actually never been analyzed, and I'm frightened of being analyzed -- in case they fix me." Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com

'Super Troopers' Duo Sell Comedy to NBC

Timothy Norris/Getty ImagesSteve Lemme and Kevin Heffernan NBC is looking for its own Men. The network has picked up a comedy project titled Kept Men from Super Troopers writer-actors Kevin Heffernan and Steve Lemme. The project, from 3 Arts and Universal TV, revolves around two friends who become supported by their respective wives after their business closes down. In addition to writing and starring in the project, Heffernan and Lemme would also serve as executive producers. Sources say the comedy could wind up being either a single- or multi-camera project. Beyond writing and starring in Super Troopers the duo's credits also include Beerfest and Club Dread, and have a number of features in development through their Broken Lizard single. Heffernan is repped by APA, 3 Arts and Ginsburg Daniels; Lemme is witih UTA, 3 Arts and Ginsburg Daniels. Email: Lesley.Goldberg@thr.com; Twitter: @Snoodit NBC TV Development

Oscar Predictions: Even Harvey Weinstein Is a Sucker For George Clooney

“I love George Clooney’s movie, The Ides of March,” Harvey Weinstein raved recently when asked for an Academy Award prediction. “I love politics, and this movie is the best political movie — it’s gotta be right up there with the best of the best. Seriously, it is the toughest, most incisive, no-bullshit movie I’ve seen this year. And [Ryan] Gosling hits it out of the ballpark. And the entire cast is great. Clooney just nailed it. It’s an appropriate movie for these times. So Oscar prediction? That that gets nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor. And it’s not mine.” [Vulture]