Ferris Bueller Lives In Super Bowl Teaser!

Can you as being a little nostalgia along with your pigskin? A completely new teaser for just about any Super Bowl commercial will in most probability possibly you've singing "Cheekah Bow Bow" and jumping over fences in slow motion. A mysterious YouTube user, "chuckachucka2012," posted a ten-second preview from the Super Bowl ad featuring Matthew Broderick as his most legendary character, Ferris Bueller. Fitted in the robe, Ferris throws open the curtains and asks the digital camera within the signature style, "How do you handle concentrate on every day like today?" See the ad following a jump! That's all we have. There's few other information aside from a "2.5.12," the date in the large game when the Leaders of NY undertake the Patriots of latest England. The video's particulars make no mention of organization behind the ad nor whatever they anticipate selling. Right now, the area can be a complete mystery. Just what the teaser leads us to consider is always that while youthful Ferris is ongoing to develop older, he certainly hasn't developed and also the occasions of playing hooky by no means over. It could also you have to be Matthew Broderick playing themselves in the Ferris-like manner, which might suck which is something I won't even consider here. Whether it's Ferris, the area leaves lots of questions not-clarified. Did Ferris marry Sloane? What's Cameron around and did his father really kill him inside the Ferrari? Alan Ruck isn't doing much. Possibly he's another person in control like Erection dysfunction Rooney who's trying to bust him. No matter the problem may be, that which you originate from the area could it be needed no more than 10-seconds to absolutely convince us when any eighties classic warrants a follow-up, it's "Ferris Bueller's Break.Inch There's no altering John Hughes, but Ferris' character as well as the styles within the original kind of pressure you to definitely certainly question, "Whatever happened compared to that kid?" Once the Super Bowl provides an idea of would that could be like without needing to be too unabashedly commercial, we have one or more ad we're really searching toward come February 5. Is there a problem to find out inside the Ferris Bueller Super Bowl ad? Inform us inside the comments below and also on Twitter!

SPC nabs 'Celeste & Jesse'

The new sony Pictures Classics has acquired all privileges for The United States, South America and Eastern Europe to Lee Toland Krieger's "Celeste and Jesse Forever." Rashida Johnson and Andy Samberg star within the film as senior high school sweethearts who get divorced and try to remain close friends while going after other associations. Johnson authored the script with Will McCormack, who co-stars together with Chris Messina, Ari Graynor, Emma Roberts and Elijah Wood. Team Todd principals Jennifer Todd and Suzanne Todd created the pic with Lee Nelson of Picture Media Arts, which funded the film. The offer was discussed by UTA's Independent Film Group. "No recent movie is much more current, more intelligent or even more fun than 'Celeste and Jesse Forever,'" The new sony Classics stated inside a statement. "Lee Toland Krieger makes a significant film. The cast is superlative which is an apparent labor of affection for Rashida Johnson and can McCormack." Inside a joint statement, the producers stated: "We're thrilled our film finds a house with The new sony Pictures Classics and therefore are incredibly excited to utilize Michael (Barker), Tom (Bernard) and Dylan (Leiner). Their history is unequalled." Contact Shaun Sneider at shaun.sneider@variety.com

Tracy Morgan put in the hospital at Sundance

Comedian Tracy Morgan was put in the hospital Sunday evening in the Sundance Film Festival after falling unconscious from exhaustion and altitude sickness in the Creative Coalition Spotlight Honours in Park City, his publicist, Lewis Kay, confirmed to Variety.The ''SNL'' alum had been honored in the event, where he made an appearance intoxicated throughout his acceptance speech, after which it he was escorted outdoors and given out. However, Park City Clinic speaker Amy Roberts stated no alcohol or drugs put together in Morgan's system.An ambulance required Morgan to some nearby hospital for treatment."From a mix of exhaustion and altitude, Tracy is looking to get medical assistance,Inch Kay stated.TMZ was initially to report this news.InchHe's together with his fiance and grateful towards the Park City Clinic for his or her care," Kay stated. "Any reviews of Tracy consuming alcohol are 100% false." Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Bryce Dallas Howard Welcomes Young Girl!

First Launched: The month of the month of january 22, 2012 3:31 PM EST Credit: Getty Premium La, Calif. -- Caption Bryce Dallas Howard showcase her baby bump inside a screening of If You Find Me within the Ray Kurtzman Theater at CAA in La on November 21, 2011Its a lady for Bryce Dallas Howard! The actress and husband/actor Seth Gabel welcomed their first daughter now, Bryces father legendary moviemaker Ron Howard confirmed on Twitter on Saturday. Beatrice Jean Howard-Gabel Born Jan 19 2012 8lbs 6oz Bryce & Baby B are spectacular Father Seth & brother Theo are beaming ear to ear :-),: Ron released. Bryce and Seths boy, Theo, is 4. Carrying out a news, numerous Bryce and Rons Hollywood options quickly offered their congratulations on Twitter. Ron, tell Bryce congratulations out of your whole family. Ill be waiting to cast Beatrice inside a few years! director M.Evening Shyamalan who labored with Bryce inside the Village and Lady in water Tweeted. please send Bryce my champion and well wishes!!! & Champion for you personally xo friend Jennifer Connelly released. The actress who revealed having a baby in May has spoken candidly about her fight with postpartum depression following giving birth to Theo. In the This summer time 2010 installment of Gwyneth Paltrows GOOP e-e-newsletter, both Gwyneth and Bryce opened up up up regarding bouts with postpartum depression. Bryce states soon after the birth of her boy, she experienced inadequacies in emotion. Nothing, she written of her feelings in those days. I felt nothing. The actress whose recent credits are the Help, 50/50 as well as the Twilight Saga: Eclipse ongoing to exhibit they couldnt even bring herself to call her boy by his title, watching, in those days I strangely recognized to [Theo] since it, even though we'd named him. I would required that they like an indication. Copyright 2012 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All rights reserved. These elements may not be launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Scott Free taps VPs, prod'n and development

Ridley and Tony Scott's Scott Free Prods. banner has introduced several new employs and key promotions in the film division. Elishia Holmes and Adam Kassan have became a member of the organization as VP's of production and development, while Maresa Pullman continues to be upped to Vice president of production. Furthermore, Amal Baggar continues to be upped to creative professional. All will are accountable to Scott Free film prexy Michael Costigan. Holmes, who most lately offered as Vice president of development at GK Films, formerly offered as production professional at Warner Bros., where she done such films as "A Virtual Detective,Inch "The Dark Dark night" and "Crazy, Stupid, Love," and was type in establishing and shepherding "It of Eli." Just before her 4 years at WB, Holmes labored like a story editor at Walter Parkes and Laurie Carl's junior shingle Parkes-MacDonald. Kassan joins Scott Free of Le Grisbi Prods., where he was partner alongside producer John Lesher. While at Le Grisbi, Kassan offered as professional producer on David Ayer's Mike Gyllenhaal-starrer "Finish of Watch." Kassan started his career at Miramax Films and formerly offered as Vice president of production at Vital, where he was associated with such projects as "You Will See Bloodstream," "No Country for Old Males" and "Star Wars.Inch Pullman began her career in the William Agency and it has been at Scott Free since 2005. She was marketed to director of development and production in 2007 and offered because the executive responsible for production on several photos including Mike Scott's "Thanks for visiting the Rileys" and "Cyrus." Pullman is presently managing Jordan Scott's approaching film "Peony," according to Lisa See's best-selling novel "Peony for each other.Inch Baggar became a member of Scott Free of CAA in 2007 as Ridley Scott's executive assistant. Throughout that point, she done "Prometheus," "Robin Hood," "Body of Lies" and "American Gangster." "There's an remarkable team at Scott Free with our growing slate, it grew to become time for Maresa, that has been instrumental within our development and productions, and Amal, who has worked carefully on Ridley's productions, to walk into their new roles to acknowledge and additional their exceptional work," stated Costigan. "We're thrilled to welcome Elishia Holmes, who we first labored with at Warners and who'll now work carefully on our films at Fox, and Adam Kassan, whose wide range of expertise with authors and filmmakers enables him at Scott Free to utilize us to grow our output at Fox as well as on our other productions." Scott Free had four films get into production this past year including Ridley Scott's "Prometheus," Park Chan-wook's "Stoker," Zal Batmanglij's "The East" and Joe Carnahan's "The Gray," which Open Road Films releases Jan. 27. Additionally to some first-look cope with twentieth century Fox, that will distribute "Prometheus," Scott Free Prods. has offices in La and London, and works carefully with commericial production house RSA Films. Contact Shaun Sneider at shaun.sneider@variety.com

Dissecting Alcatraz's Mysteries: Who Are the '63s?

Sarah Jones and Jorge Garcia From the purveyor of mystery series that keep audiences scratching their heads - Alias and Rambaldi, Lost and the island, Felicity and her hair - J.J. Abrams has debuted another mystifying series, Alcatraz. The new show focuses on the notorious San Francisco prison. It's 1963, and more than 300 guards and prisoners vanish into thin air. In each episode, one of these hardened criminals, called "the '63s," will reappear in 2012 without having aged. San Francisco cop Rebecca Madsen (Sarah Jones), Diego Soto (Lost alum Jorge Garcia) - an academic who's an expert on The Rock - federal Agent Emerson Hauser (Sam Neill) and his mysterious associate Lucy Banerjee (Parminder Nagra) team up to find them before they can enact their anachronistic justice. Alcatraz's J.J. Abrams: New Fox drama is on an island, but it's not Lost Along the way, Alcatraz will raise questions. Namely, where did they disappear to, and who's pulling the strings behind their reappearance? To keep track of the questions and attempt to find insight into what could be the answers, we've compiled a list of the big mysteries Alcatraz introduced in the two-hour series premiere. Where did the '63s go when they disappeared?Some 302 criminals and guards mysteriously disappeared on March 21, 1963, forcing Alcatraz to close its doors as a maximum-security prison and U.S. government (in Alcatraz's fictional world) to create a huge cover-up by falsifying transfer papers, and eventually death certificates, for each of the missing people. Now, after nearly 50 years, they're seemingly returning to the present with a mission. Who is behind their disappearance and what is their ultimate goal?Upon their return, the criminals - at least the first one, Jack Sylvane (Jeffrey Pierce) - were given the tools needed to assimilate to the real world. Not only did Jack seek his own form of revenge by murdering E.B. Tiller (Jason Butler Harner) - the long-ago deputy warden of Alcatraz who kept him from seeing his wife on visitor's day, which lead to their divorce - but, under their orders, he tracked down a peculiar key, which looked similar to the key that unlocked the prison to the yard in the second hour. Why don't the '63s remember where they were for a half century? In the premiere's second hour, Banerjee questions Sylvane on his whereabouts during those missing years. He says he doesn't know. It seems like he's telling the truth - not just because the lie-detector machine says so, but because we come to discover that Lucy is also one of the '63s and even she seems to be unaware of where they had been. Exclusive: Eric Johnson, Michael Eklund head to Alcatraz How did Dr. Lucy Banerjee come to work with Emerson Hauser?Once a psychiatrist on Alcatraz, Lucy now helps Hauser track down the reappearing criminals, one of which shot her in the second hour and left her in a coma. Did Lucy know Hauser when they worked on the island? Or did they meet after she reappeared? The pair shared a moment before her shooting that may indicate a former relationship - he was especially distressed when she was shot. Why are the '63s after Lucy? Before the two-hour series premiere ended, she was already in a coma, shot by Ernest Cobb (Joe Egender), a '63 who was a former sniper. Is her compliance with Hauser the reason she's a target? Or is she withholding information about the 63s that we'll come to learn later? Or did Cobb just want to kill her because he was forced to be treated by her in the '60s? How did Emerson Hauser know that the '63s would return?While the obvious answer could be that when Lucy returned she told Hauser the rest of the '63s would eventually reappear, Alcatraz doesn't seem like a series that would be predictable. Plus, Hauser is so insistent on keeping pertinent information from Madsen and Soto that could help them in their quest to track down the '63s, so he's obviously hiding something. Why were the Alcatraz doctors stockpiling the prisoners' blood, and how did Madsen's grandfather know there was something terrible going to happen on the island?After the prison's doctor drained several pints of blood from Jack, a mysterious prisoner, known then as Inmate 2002, mentioned that things are much worse "downstairs." It turns out, the man who foresaw their fate is actually Detective Madsen's grandfather, Thomas Madsen (David Hoflin), whom she had unknowingly chased earlier in the premiere, leading to her partner's death. Get scoop on all the midseason shows Where are the guards who also disappeared in 1963?So far, we've only seen prisoners. Are they keeping the guards from returning to the present? Or did they already kill them off because the guards were unlikely to help in their mission? Why does Hauser have a duplicate Alcatraz prison in the middle of the forest to hold the '63s? Obviously, they can't let these prisoners assimilate into present-day prisons, but it seems as though Hauser is getting his own form of revenge by locking them up together. Is Hauser just angry over losing his co-workers or did the '63s do something else to him? What burning questions do you have about Alcatraz? And will you be tuning in to find out the answers? Alcatraz airs Mondays at 9/8c on Fox.

Game on for Sony handheld Vita

Sony isn't ready to give up on the mobile gaming biz just yet.Eager for a popular handheld version of its PlayStation 3 videogame console, Sony revs up a marketing blitz today from the Consumer Electronics Show, in Las Vegas, for its Vita arriving at U.S. retailers on Feb. 22. The handheld gaming device replaces the PSP, which didn't catch on with consumers as much as Sony had hoped seven years ago, and already bowed in Japan in December. Timing could be an issue for Vita's success, however.The Vita, priced from $249 to $299, comes as more consumers are turning to cheaper alternatives like their smartphones and tablets to play inexpensive games such as "Angry Birds," "Words With Friends" and "The Sims Social." As a result, analysts question whether there's still a market for a dedicated gaming device when other handsets are packing larger screens with the Internet and cell service.Sony isn't deterred. It has sold nearly 80 million PSPs and PSP Go devices since late 2004. And Nintendo is still doing brisk business with its DS-line of handhelds, which debuted the same year."The mobile market is ripe for a new gaming opportunity," said John Koller, director of hardware marketing for Sony Computer Entertainment America. "We see it as the best handheld gaming device ever launched."Sony is certainly backing up its claims. The company is expected to pony up its largest marketing campaign for the Vita since launching the PlayStation 3 and PSP.And it's turning to CES to make a big splash for the product through demos at the Sony booth, where it will have around 30 Vitas to play with."CES is a very critical platform for us," Koller told Variety while on set in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to film a commercial for Vita's upcoming campaign. "The opportunity that it presents to discuss with the media but also analysts and key partners is unmatched." Sony used CES to showcase the PSP in 2005. Sony will need the hype. During its first week of sales in Japan, the Vita moved 320,000 units, 72,000 units in week two and 42,648 units in the third, although analysts aren't disappointed by that result. Nintendo's 3DS sold 370,000 units in its first week, dropping to 210,000 in its second. It has since moved more than 4 million units in Japan, after a price cut from $250 to $170 in the U.S. Mobile is key to PlayStation's future as a brand, given that its core gamers spend 80% of their time outside the home in the U.S., Koller said. "We view mobile and handheld gaming as critically important overall, but within PlayStation it's uber important. We need to have a forum to continue to provide PlayStation content where they go."There's certainly a lot of ground for Sony to make up. By the end of 2011, nearly 58% of portable games in the U.S. were played on mobile devices that operate on Google's Android or Apple's iOS platform, according to research firm Flurry Analytics. Nintendo's DS line owned 36% of the market, with the PSP taking up the rear at 6%, down from 9% in 2010 and 11% in 2009.On a revenue basis, an estimated $3.3 billion was spent on portable games in 2011, according to Flurry, with Nintendo earning $1.2 billion and cell phones taking in $1.9 billion. That's a switch from $1.9 billion in 2009 for Nintendo and $500 million for Google and Apple that same year.But in designing the Vita, Sony stuck with a familiar format -- it resembles the PSP but boasts a better screen and graphics, along with other capabilities."We asked ourselves, 'How do we create content that's related to PlayStation that's not a tablet?'" Koller said.Although skeptics in the games biz worry that Sony is outpricing itself with the Vita and its games, SCEA has a certain consumer in mind. It views the Vita as a "premium product" that falls within the handheld gaming and mobile portfolios. The 5-inch OLED touchscreen features HD resolution that's more colorful and brighter than the PSP and senses motion and allows for augmented reality gameplay, while the devices also includes Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and optional 3G. The Vita drops PSP's UMD discs for flash memory sticks, or the PlayStation Vita card, to play movies and store information. Top titles to launch, and priced between $40-$50, initially include "ModNation Racers: Road Trip," "Uncharted: Golden Abyss," "Reality Fighter," "Army Corps of Hell," WipeOut 2048," " Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational" "Michael Jackson: The Experience," "Plants vs. Zombies," "Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3" and "FIFA Soccer." That kind of capability comes with a higher pricetag."The Vita, in many ways, is a PlayStation 3 in your pocket," Koller said. "It will be the most powerful mobile device on the market for the next few years that will be able to stream movies, music and photos on an HD screen." AT&T is providing the Wi-Fi and 3G accessibility, through which Sony wants to eventually offer high-end, graphically rich games -- the kind that are familiar to PS3 owners.It found that lowering the price of its PSP too soon lowered the average age of its typical user."The PSP consumer was someone that aged down very quickly" to an average age of 12-14 within two-and-a-half years, Koller said.With the Vita, SCEA is targeting PlayStation 3's core consumer of males in their mid-20s with a large amount of discretionary income and are typically early adopters, rabid for new technology."Reaching them on this device where they're more apt to spend their money is critical," Koller.That's because Vita will tap into the growing pot of digital dollars the gaming industry is increasingly turning to. When attending a baseball game, for example, the Vita will unlock jerseys left for fans at various stadiums. Apps will also enable users to go on treasure hunts throughout a city or venue, while others will reveal other players in the area and their capabilities.The Vita "was designed as a social medium and I believe it will be used that way," Koller said.The PSP wasn't. Sony is cautious not to replicate what occurred with the PSP, which wound up being dubbed "PlayStation Personal" because users "weren't interacting with anyone," Koller said.Naturally, the Vita will also incorporate video services like Netflix and Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare and Skype. But apps will be tweaked to fit with Sony's push for social interaction. "Vita is designed to be completely the opposite," he added. "We're not interested in throwing something that's already on your phone onto Vita. We want apps to be unique to Vita. When you take the Vita out in the world it affects your gaming and who you're playing with and engaging with."Either way, that social element is expected to be a large part of Vita's marketing campaign and message coming out of CES and the focal point of its meetings with developers, app makers and other content partners during the show."We don't always have a chance to meet with all of them and fly around the world," Koller said. "CES provides that opportunity."Game on for VitaSony wants a bigger piece of Nintendo's handheld gaming biz as it tries to launch a mobile version of its PlayStation 3 console with Vita.Nintendo DS149 million units sold since November 2004Nintendo DS Lite93.4 million units sold since March 2006 Sony PSP71.4 million units sold from December 2004-September 2011Nintendo DSi25.6 million units sold since November 2008Nintendo DS XL11.1 million units sold since November 2009Nintendo 3DS8 million units sold since February 2011 Contact Marc Graser at marc.graser@variety.com

Flashpoint Renewed for a Fifth Season

Flashpoint Flashpoint has been renewed for a fifth season, ION TV announced Tuesday. The Canadian cop drama previously aired on CBS, but moved to ION midway through its fourth season. The series, which stars Hugh Dillon, Enrico Colantoni and Amy Jo Johnson, has been given a 13-episode order with production set to begin in February. Check out the rest of today's news "Flashpoint's solid performance season-to-date shows that a growing number of fans enjoy the series on ION Television," said Brandon Burgess, CEO of ION Media Networks. "We welcome back this exciting dramatic series and its cast to ION Television for another season in 2012." An air date has not yet been set.