Alcon teams with Creative Coalition

Alcon Entertainment has created a proper partnership using the Creative Coalition underneath the latter's Spotlight Initiative banner. The alliance requires the Creative Coalition to coordinate cause-related marketing components into marketing campaigns for Alcon's film slate such as the approaching "Speedboys" project. "Today, our citizenry demands socially conscious activism in the items and firms it supports, and entertainment isn't any exception," stated Creative Coalition Boss Robin Bronk. "Alcon Entertainment knows the energy, inspiration and influence of film on problems that serve the most popular good." Alcon setup "Speedboys" last fall. It comes down to math teacher Simon Hauger, who led troubled Philadelphia high schoolers to win a contest to construct an alternate-fuel vehicle. Alcon's slate features projects targeted in the family demo for example "The Blind Side," "Dolphin Tale" and "Pleased Noise." Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com

Star Wars 2 on-set photos give start looking at Benedict Cumberbatch's villain

[brightcove]970180872001[/brightcove]Star Wars 2 was a thrilling prospect by itself, before it plastic box probably the most exciting stars from the moment since it's villain: yep, Sherlock's Benedict Cumberbatch.J.J. Abrams has lately began shooting the follow up to his greatly popular reboot, plus some on-set pictures happen to be leaked online.MTV.com revealed the button snaps, which show Cumberbatch's as-yet un named character fighting Spock (Zachary Quinto) and Uhura (Zoe Saldana).Intriguingly, MTV.com highlights that Cumberbatch appears to become putting on a Starfleet uniform under his shiny coats, the same is true this suggest he'll be considered a good guy gone rogue?This highlights another interesting part of the photos, for the reason that Cumberbatch's character does not seem to be either Khan Noonien Singh or perhaps a Klingon.The wise money could be on him playing a calculating, hyperintelligent baddie though. Appears like we'll need to watch for his submit The Hobbit to determine him like a truly unrecognisable villain...Star Wars 2 will open within the United kingdom on 17 May 2013.

Vampire Diaries Video: Kat Graham Says Bonnie Will Go Against Elena and Stand by It

Adam Campbell Harper's Island alum Adam Campbell has joined the ensemble cast of Nick Stoller's untitled CBS pilot, Deadline reports. The comedy will star Michael Angarano as Jake, a commitment-phobe who breaks up with his girlfriend but must still work alongside her. Campbell and newcomer Amanda Lund will play co-workers. Stoller, who will write and direct the project, co-stars with Campbell in the upcoming feature Five-Year Engagement, in theatres April 27.

Awake: A Double Existence, But Is Either Real?

Jason Isaacs Awake, which premieres March 1 on NBC (10/9c), may be the kind of show I'd happily lose sleep over. Hauntingly, daringly original, a mental mystery that teases your brain while yanking one's heart, this brave new series is really unconventional it feels wonderful. It is the kind of bold experiment you simply find on the network which has no choice but to consider risks. The show opens on the nightmare: a dreadful vehicle accident with Detective Michael Britten (Harry Potter vet Jason Isaacs) driving from the family vehicle. As a direct consequence, Michael finds themself caught between two facts: one out of which his wife (Laura Allen) died, another by which he lost his teenage boy (Dylan Minnette). Whenever he snoozes in a single world, he wakes within the other. That is real? Either or neither? Is Michael even awake, or alive? A lot of questions regarding duality for his two disparate reduces (Cherry Johnson and B.D. Wong, both excellent) to obsess about because they evaluate his extreme "coping mechanism" for unspeakable tragedy. Seems like a downer, but in some way Awake finds uplift in Michael's poignant existential dilemma. Reluctant to allow either of his family members go permanently, he demands, "Personally i think better each time I open my eyes." As performed with rugged warmth and tormented vulnerability through the charming Isaacs, you think him. Sensibly, the show offers the viewer a familiar safe place by grounding this Twilight Zone story inside a police procedural. Works out Michael's bizarre new perspective makes him a particularly intuitive detective, because the cases both in mobile phone industry's begin to strangely echo and bleed into one another. Still, it isn't like you'd mistake this for CSI: Fugue Condition. When certainly one of his reduces worries that Michael's situation "will ultimately become not sustainable," you will naturally project an identical concern toward something as offbeat and psychologically dangerous as Awake. Even when it does not ultimately exercise, no-one can accuse NBC of getting been asleep in the wheel. And don't allow that to become your excuse because of not giving this fascinating show an attempt. Sign up for TV Guide Magazine now!

Harrison Ford Up For 'Blade Runner' Sequel?

Film geek scoop of the day: Harrison Ford is apparently in early talks to appear in Ridley Scott's new "Blade Runner" movie. One imagines he would be back as the iconic Rick Deckard, though, of course, that's mere speculation at this point. A "Blade Runner" sequel is at least two years away from coming to fruition, and nothing has been set in stone, including Ford's possible casting. But if he is involved in Scott's new take on the "Blade Runner" universe, then there's a lot of ways it could play out. First off: Is Deckard a replicant, or is he not? Purveyors of all 27 director's and producer's cuts will be aware of the long running discussion, sparked by Scott and Ford's "is he or isn't he" flip-flopping through decades of interviews, commentaries, and sly asides. If Ford shows up as an older, grey-haired Deckard, that would seem to suggest no; after all, replicants can't age and have a limited life span, as established in the original "Blade Runner." Or not. What if replicants can in fact age, despite earlier testimony? That would raise a whole new batch of questions related to "Blade Runner"'s ongoing soul-searching regarding the nature of humanity. With the next stage of humanity so refined, what would that mean for the previous model? It wouldn't have to get that heavy, either -- we could just be introduced to a by-the-numbers conspiracy involving members of Congress who turn out to be replicants, or something. A ripoff of the Cylon plot from "Battlestar Galactica," because it worked so well before. But knowing Scott and Ford and the "Blade Runner" pedigree, that would be unlikely. In the other direction, Deckard could just be a typically aged human being, fat on his days of being a detective and fighting the good fight against those stinking robots. He'd show up to offer our new protagonist a word of advice, or maybe a bad one. The Guardian mentions that Ford would play a "replicant nemesis," so it might not be all hunky dory in the Runner-verse. A villainous Deckard might be better than no Deckard at all, if Scott is intent on building upon his arguably greatest film. Again, talks are still early and the whole project could fall apart well before a planned 2014 release date. But let's hope not -- if early returns on "Prometheus" are indication, Scott still has a lot of gas left in the tank, and Ford is as good as his director. Does "Blade Runner" still interest Harrison Ford? Tell us what you think in the comments section and on Twitter!