Charlie Kaufman's Latest Pretty Much Totally Spoiled, and 5 Other Stories You'll Be Talking About Today

Happy Monday! Also in today’s edition of The Broadsheet: Star Trek 2 is underway (sort of)… Awards-season gets raked over the critical coals (again)… Obvious questions about Taylor Lautner… Andrew Breitbart’s classy tribute to Janeane Garofalo… and more. · The weekend brought several updates regarding Charlie Kaufman’s next writing-directing project Frank or Francis, the newsiest of which is that Kevin Kline will appear alongside Steve Carell, Jack Black and Nicolas Cage. I won’t give anything else away, save to say that the rest is such an abject, almost pornographic binge of plot and script spoilers that it feels as though Kaufman is pranking movie bloggers into the very kind of behavior that he apparently wants to lampoon. It’s got to be a trick, right? And at any rate, wasn’t Kaufman’s unpredictability always supposed to be a fundamental part of his appeal? Did I miss the memo saying it’s OK to give his whole movie away before it’s even shot? Anyway, numerous spoilers follow at both of these links, which I provide as a both a matter of policy and a sincerest urging to protect your Kaufman-viewing experience by never clicking. [Variety, The Playlist] · Star Trek co-screenwriter Roberto Orci opened up a bit about the progress of the upcoming sequel, for which locations are currently being scouted. Sort of related: You know what movie would be awesome? Bad Lieutenant Uhura: Port of Call New Orleans. Think of the ass-kicking! The varieties of species! The tax breaks! Anyway. [StarTrek.com via /film] · Why not get your week started right with some passive-aggressive bitching from A.O. Scott? “I’m eager to see Oren Moverman’s Rampart, freshly acquired by Millennium after finding some critical love in Toronto,” he writes in a new dialogues with his NYT colleague Manohla Dargis. “I’m also looking forward to seeing what audiences make of The Descendants […] I’m less excited by the months of speculation about a best actor face-off between George Clooney in The Descendants and Woody Harrelson, the star of Rampart. Though in February, when one of them — or [Brad] Pitt, or Leonardo DiCaprio, or someone else — lays hands on the statuette, I will of course be watching.” Glad we’ve settled that. [NYT] · Today in obvious questions that apparently are still negotiable: “Is Taylor Lautner doomed not to go beyond Twilight?” I wonder! [LAT] · “Surprise! Dolphins and Jesus Beat Cancer and Dead Kids.” I guess that is one way of looking at the weekend box office. [Time] · Here’s noted, nuanced right-wing intellectual Andrew Breitbart calling Janeane Garofalo “Hollywood’s sympathy fuck.” Lovely. [Breitbart.tv]

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Occupy Wall Street: New York Times Reporter Arrested During Protest

The Occupy Wall Street protests continue to gain media attention as thousands marched towards the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday, leading to hundreds of arrests by the NYPD, and the closure of the bridge.our editor recommendsMichael Moore, Susan Sarandon Make Appearances at Wall Street Protests A freelance reporter for the NY Times, Natasha Lennard, was among those arrested. "'They can't arrest us all, right?' Asks protester. I think they can," Lennard wrote on her Twitter a couple hours before her own arrest. Saturday's demonstration began at about 4 p.m. when demonstrators tried to cross the Brooklyn Bridge and were arrested for blocking the roadway. The exact number of arrests has not yet been released by the NYPD. STORY: Michael Moore, Susan Sarandon Make Appearances at Wall Street Protests "Protesters who used the Brooklyn Bridge walkway were not arrested," head police spokesman, Paul J. Browne, told the NY Times. "Those who took over the Brooklyn-bound roadway, and impeded vehicle traffic, were arrested." The Occupy Wall Street protests have been garnering increased media attention, due in part to the appearances of filmmaker Michael Moore and actress Susan Sarandon. PHOTOS: Hollywood's Top Earners The protests, which began on September 17, are to oppose corporate greed and to bring attention to the misdeeds of Wall Street. While the protests have been based in NY, they are now beginning to spread to other cities including Los Angeles, Albuquerque and Chicago. Related Topics Susan Sarandon Michael Moore

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Michael Shannon on 'Take Shelter': A Movie of His Own About Fears of His Own (Video)

Michael Shannon -- like Philip Baker Hall, John Hawkes, Eddie Marsan, Michael Kenneth Williams, and only a select few others -- is an actor whose name is only vaguely familiar to the general public, but whose face always rings a bell, and whose consistently strong performances over the course of decades on stage, TV, and film have earned him the reverence of his peers. Unlike those other great "character actors," though, Shannon, 37, has been given the chance to play the principal role in a movie that will get a pretty wide release, at least in terms of the art-house circuit, and with it a chance to show a larger audience what he is capable of. The film is Jeff Nichols's Take Shelter -- it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January, played at the Toronto International Film Festival earlier this month, and opens in theaters tomorrow -- and Shannon doesn't disappoint. PHOTOS: Emmy Nominations 2011: Snubs and Shockers Shannon, one of our four kids, was raised in Kentucky by his mother after his parents divorced and his father moved to Illinois. Not especially gifted athletically or academically, he was at a loss for things to do after school until, one day during high school, he came across a flyer for the "speech team." Intrigued, he stopped by a meeting and was given a monologue to study. "I remember it clear as day," he says. He had never memorized anything in his life, but he practiced it, learned it, and was intrigued. He never rose to higher than an alternate on the team (although he did fill in one day for an absent extemporaneous speaker), but his interest in the dramatic arts was piqued. After finishing high school, Shannon moved in with his father in Chicago, perhaps the theatrical capital of the country outside of NY, and began pursuing acting. He did his first serious play while still a teenager -- he can still recite the review from memory: "Michael Shannon is a semi-attractive youngster who thinks acting is rubbing his eyebrows and flapping his arms like a bird" -- and ultimately hooked up with the prestigious Steppenwolf Theatre Company, among others. His reviews soon got better, and he today regards his early experience in the theater as an invaluable resource for his more recent work in films. "Most people probably don't know as much as they should before they start doing this," he notes. STORY: Emmys 2011: 'Boardwalk Empire's' Michael Shannon Skipping the Show His first film opportunity arose when Groundhog Day (1993) began shooting in town. He won the small role of a newlywed who is having marital issues until Bill Murray intervenes, and consequently earned his SAG card. Rather than moving out to Los Angeles, though, he returned to NY, where he was cast as the lead in Tracy Letts's off-Broadway play Killer Joe ("which now is a feature film apparently, which I really want to see"). Through that, he met Lee Daniels, who has since become widely known as the director of Precious (2010), and who, at the time, set him up with a few film auditions that panned out and then encouraged him, "Time to go west, young man!" Shannon reluctantly relocated to L.A. where, for the next three years (1999-2001), during which he "worked pretty much constantly." Highlights of that era include appearances in three Jerry Bruckheimer movies -- Pearl Harbor (2001), Bad Boys II (2003), and Kangaroo Jack (2003) -- and Curtis Hanson's 8 Mile (2002), among others. He acknowledges that "most of the time, I was, like, third guy on the left or whatever," but also feels that he "got a lot of experience" and came to appreciate that "it's your responsibility to learn how to be valuable... you can't just stand on set and be like, 'Why aren't people paying more attention to me?'" VIDEO: 'Premium Rush' Traile: Joseph Gordon-Levitt Races Through the Streets of NY With Mysterious Envelope He ultimately returned to NY to appear in Letts' play Bug. While based there, he also appeared in a few high-profile movies, including Oliver Stone's World Trade Center (2004), which ultimately led to an audition for the small but significant part of a mentally disturbed truth-teller in Sam Mendes's Revolutionary Road (2008), which he bagged. For his eight unforgettable minutes of screen time opposite Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, and Kathy Bates, Shannon was rewarded with a best supporting actor Oscar nod, which might well have resulted in a win had his competition not included the late Heath Ledger for his final performance in The Dark Knight (2008). Shannon, whom I last interviewed shortly after that nomination was announced, remembers it as a crazy time. "It was such an avalanche. The nomination happened and I got Boardwalk [the important role of Agent Nelson Van Alden on Martin Scorsese and Terence Winter's hit HBO show Boardwalk Empire] at the same time." More than anything else he has done, he says, people now recognize him for his work on that show. Which brings us to Take Shelter. Nichols wrote his first feature, Shotgun Stories (2007), with Shannon in mind for the lead after Nichols's college professor, who had worked with the actor, showed students a clip of his work. At Nichols's request, the professor passed along the script to Shannon. The actor was blown away by it and agreed to star in it for virtually nothing (which is about all Nichols could offer him). The film was not seen by many but was well-received by most of those who saw it, so Nichols grew apprehensive about what to do next. Eventually, he asked Shannon to take a look at Take Shelter. "The first time he showed it to me," Shannon says, "it wasn't like, 'Hey, I want you to be in this!' He said just, like, 'Here's my next script. Do you think it's any good?'" STORY: Feinberg Forecast: Christopher Plummer, Glenn Close, Brad Pitt, Viola Davis, Leonardo DiCaprio in Hunt for First Oscars Shannon ended up loving it and agreeing to be a part of it. Unlike Revolutionary Road or most of the big screen projects of which he's been a part before -- with the big screen adaptation of Bug (2006), Shotgun Stories, and The Missing Person (2009) being notable exceptions -- his part calls for him to appear in almost every scene. "When I read the movie, I was like, 'This is really good, but I feel sorry for whoever plays Curtis because that's gonna be a drag!" As he has many times before, Shannon plays a guy who is hard to read -- in this case, Curtis, a young husband (of the great Jessica Chastain), father (of an adorable deaf child), and son (of an institutionalized woman). Curtis begins to experience increasingly apocalyptic visions and nightmares that leave him with two great fears for hsi beloved family, one of which has to be true: the first, that he is growing mentally ill, or the second, that what he is prophesizing (like a young Harold Camping) might actually come true. (Spoiler alert: the film's ending is deliberately ambiguous and leaves that question unanswered.) Shannon says he took the part because he has fears of his own. "I can identify with Curtis," he says. "I find the world very threatening. I think it's really crazy what's happening right now on so many different levels. It's not a political thing -- I'm not gonna go there -- but we live in an incredibly fragile, crazy world. And, to me, this film was an opportunity to express that. It's a poem about that... it's not 'an investigative study of one man's journey into mental illness' or something. It's just about this feeling. I look around and I think, 'Man, I must not be the only person who feels this way!' But that's the thing, is that Curtis thinks maybe he is the only person that feels this way, you know, that something, kind of, bad might happen pretty soon." For Shannon, though, it seems that only good things are happening at the moment. He was in Los Angeles for only a whirlwind visit when we spoke, because he was due back in Canada to shoot his next scenes for Zack Snyder's greatly anticipated reboot of the Superman franchise, entitled Man of Steel, in which he will play the villainous General Zod. (The film, which also stars Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Russell Crowe, Kevin Costner, Laurence Fishburne, Christopher Meloni, and Diane Lane, will hit theaters in the summer of 2013 and is expected to be a huge blockbuster.) Shannon tells me, "I was on the set of Man of Steel a couple of days ago, and I looked around at this huge set, you know, on this soundstage -- like, mind-blowingly gorgeous -- and I had one of those moments where I looked around and I was like, 'Holy shit. I'm here. I'm here, and I'm doing this, and all these people seem to want me to be here.' It was very bizarre. Not anything you anticipate, you know?" Michael Shannon Take Shelter

Two and a Half Men Snags True Blood Hunk

Joe Manganiello Joe Manganiello is returning to CBS! The True Blood star will guest-star in a late October episode of Two and a Half Men, Entertainment Weekly reports. Fall Preview: Get scoop on your favorite returning shows Manganiello will play the sexy new boyfriend of Bridget (Judy Greer), who's Walden's (Ashton Kutcher) ex-wife. Now we understand why CBS boss Nina Tassler called Walden broken hearted. Who could compete with this? The 34-year-old actor previously appeared on the network as Marshall's law school pal on How I Met Your Mother. He also had bit parts on Medium, CSI, CSI: NY and CSI: Miami (all different roles). He'll also appear in an upcoming episode of White Collar slated for January.

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Global Showbiz Briefs: Russia, Canada, Italy

Did Kremlin Have Its Hands On Russia’s Choice For Oscars? Russian critics are blaming the Kremlin and lamenting the country’s choice for the best foreign language film entry at the Oscars. The most expensive film in the nation’s history — Burnt by the Sun-2: Citadel– was chosen despite being abox office bomb. It was directed by Nikita Mikhalkov, a close friend of prime minister Vladimir Putin. Even the selection panel’s chairman, Oscar-winning director Vladimir Menshov, refused to sign off on the vote in protest. The decision was unfair, he told a correspondent from the UK’s Telegraph. It was extremely badly received by critics, its box office receipts collapsed and it had no international festival success. There were at least two other films that were more deserving, he added. Citadel is a 3-hour take on the Red Armys battle against the Nazis starring Mikhalkov himself and is the third instalment of an epic saga. The first film in the trilogy, Burnt by the Sun, won an Oscar for the best foreign language film in 1995. But Mikhalkovraised eyebrows by then making a two-part sequel over a period of eight years at a combined cost of $54M. Canada Bars TV Firms FromExclusive TV, InternetOffers Canadian media regulators today blocked companies that own TV networks from offering their programs exclusively to their mobile or Internet subscribers. Any program broadcast on TV –including hockey games, so you know they’re serious– must be made available to competitors under fair and reasonable terms. “Canadians shouldn’t be forced to buy a mobile device from a specific company or subscribe to its Internet service simply to access their favorite television programs,” the regulatory panel’s chairman Konrad von Finckenstein said in statement. Not surprisingly, execs at Canada’s biggest media congloms, Bell Canada Enterprises and Quebecor Cable, were disappointed. BCE spokesman Mirko Bibic said the decision will stifle innovation. “The ability to test things out in the marketplace or to differentiate yourself with consumers is what competition is all about.” Companies can still offer exclusive programming to their Internet or mobile customers if it is produced specifically for the that purpose. Rome FestivalTo Honor Richard Gere With Career Award The American star of Pretty Woman and An Officer And a Gentleman will receive the Marcus Aurelius career award, organizers said today. The sixthedition of theRome International Film Festivalwill run fromOctober 27 to November 4. The fest will screen a restored version of Terrence Malick’s 1978 Days of Heaven, in which Gere starred. Gere will talk about his work with Malick and retrace the early stages of his career.

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Dodgers Wish To Sell TV Privileges, Claim TWC, Dish And DirecTV Might Bid

The La Dodgers today requested the judge within their personal bankruptcy situation to allow them sell their local TV privileges for that 2014 season and beyond. They stated the sports privileges market was “vibrant” now plus they wanted to try and cut an offer “to avoid any chance of degeneration in value.” Just before their personal bankruptcy filing, Mlb Commissioner Bud Selig declined owner Frank McCourt’s cope with Fox Sports’ Prime Ticket. That blocked a $385M upfront payment on theproposed deal, worth an believed$3B. Fox continues to have a unique settling period using the team looking for March. 15-November. 30 of the coming year, however the Dodgers keep up with the personal bankruptcy negates it. In the filing in Delaware federal court, they requested that it is 45-day settling term with Fox be increased for this year, then two months of open putting in a bid.Time Warner Cable,Dish Network andDirecTV might bebidders, they’s filing stated. Any deal could be susceptible to Major league baseball’s approval. A hearing is placed for March. 12.

Brad Pitt Backtracks on 'Moneyball' Press Gaffe About Jennifer Aniston

Brad Pitt is backtracking from recent comments he made about his ex-wife, Jennifer Aniston, and their marriage.our editor recommendsToronto 2011: Brad Pitt on Winning in an Unfair Game'World War Z': Brad Pitt to Begin Filming in GlasgowAngelina Jolie, Brad Pitt Donate $2 Million To Namibian Wildlife SanctuaryJennifer Aniston, Justin Theroux Rent House in Beverly Hills (Photos) In an interview with Parade magazine, Pitt -- who next stars in Moneyball, which recently premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival -- seemed to criticize Aniston, to whom he was married from 2000-05. PHOTOS: Toronto Film Festival: 13 Films to Know "I spent the '90s trying to hide out, trying to duck the full celebrity cacophony," he said. "I started to get sick of myself sitting on a couch, holding a joint, hiding out. It started feeling pathetic. It became very clear to me that I was intent on trying to find a movie about an interesting life, but I wasn't living an interesting life myself. I think that my marriage [to Aniston] had something to do with it. Trying to pretend the marriage was something that it wasn't." FILM REVIEW: 'Moneyball' The quotes received a great deal of media attention after they were posted on Parade's website Thursday. Later in the day, Pitt issued a statement to The Hollywood Reporter through his reps at CAA in which he clarified what he was trying to say and praised Aniston. PHOTOS: 15 Movies That Made The Grade: A+ CinemaScore Posse "It grieves me that this was interpreted this way," he said. "Jen is an incredibly giving, loving and hilarious woman who remains my friend. It is an important relationship I value greatly. The point I was trying to make is not that Jen was dull, but that I was becoming dull to myself -- and that, I am responsible for." Pitt has largely remained silent about Aniston and their marriage since they got divorced six years ago. However, he did raise eyebrows when he posed with Jolie for a family-themed shoot in the July 2005 issue of W magazine, not long after his split with Aniston. STORY: Angelina Jolie Wears $15,000 Handcuff Bag to 'Moneyball' Premiere After the magazine came out, Aniston remarked that he was missing a "sensitivity chip." Pitt -- who has six children with Angelina Jolie -- is on the promotional tour for Moneyball, which opens Sept. 23. In the movie, which Steven Zaillian adapted from Michael Lewis' best-selling book, Pitt plays Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane, a role that is earning him Oscar buzz. ANALYSIS: Why Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt Are the Frontrunners in Oscar's Best Actor Race Aniston is currently dating Justin Theroux, who co-stars with her in the upcoming movie Wanderlust. Related Topics Angelina Jolie Brad Pitt Jennifer Aniston