New poster for Abraham Lincoln subsequently subsequently: Vampire Hunter

last century Fox have released a completely new poster for Abraham Lincoln subsequently subsequently: Vampire Hunter, which is among people great lenticular jobs that changes regarding the positioning that the perception.one and a half from the look shows old Abe sitting inside the Oblong Office, although another transposes him in to the rear of beyond, clutching an axe and illuminated with the light from the full moon.Directed by Timur Bekmambetov and modified from Seth Grahame-Smith's book, the film sees Benjamin Master star becoming an alternate version in the sixteenth leader in the USA, who occupies a secret information on demon-slaying after his mother is destroyed having a supernatural creature.The supporting cast includes the type of Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Dominic Cooper and Rufus Sewell, although Tim Burton has added his Medieval influence in the production capacity.Abraham Lincoln subsequently subsequently: Vampire Hunter opens inside the Uk on 2 August 2012. See the new poster in many its double-around the sides glory, below.

Japanese formatters throw world pitch

TOKYO -- With the local TV market suffering a bit from stagnation, a Japanese TV industry org is working to enable producers to take their formats and nonfiction shows on the road.The Assn. of All Japan TV Program Companies is hosting the Tokyo TV Forum, it's first international pitching event, today through Wednesday in Tokyo. A total of 20 commissioning editors and other pros from around the world will hear pitches on 21 docu projects from Japan during the three-day event. Top projects will gain entry to the Asian Side of the Doc pitch event in March.The 21 pitches were selected from nearly 60 submitted by production houses nationwide. Among the panelists being pitched are reps from BBC, PBS Distribution, CCTV, KBS, TFI, NDR/ARD, Arte France and Discovery Networks Asia Pacific.The forum also will feature panel sessions and workshops designed to give Japanese producers deeper insights into international TV markets. Among the presenters are Yutaka Shigenobu, CEO of major Japanese production house TV Man Union; Minoru Toizumi, prexy of Hokkaido Television Broadcasting; Hiroshi Takahashi, prexy of Toei Animation; and Akihiro Arai, a senior director at Fuji Television Network, one of Japan's five commercial networks.Japanese broadcasters have long sold their formats and shows abroad, with TBS' popular obstacle course show "Sasuke" airing on G4 as "American Ninja Warrior" (with the show's finale airing on sister network NBC). Forum director Yukihiko Amagi sees the event as a chance to better connect Japanese producers with international players."The TTVF is a great chance for international markets to see the best of what Japanese documentary makers have to offer," Amagi said. "And it's a great opportunity for Japanese documentary producers to get up to speed on international co-production, have their proposals reviewed by international experts, and learn the steps to signing a co-production deal." Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Adelaide fest selects new topper

SYDNEY -- Amanda Duthie, topper of arts and entertainment at pubcaster the ABC, has been tapped as topper of the Adelaide Film Festival.Duthie takes over from Katrina Sedgwick, who stepped down after a nine-year stint at the fest at the end of the 2011 edition.Duthie says she is not concerned that most of her experience is on the smallscreen, especially as some of her TV slate has appeared at the fest in the past."I think the walls are coming down between cinema and television and galleries and phones even in terms of the work we are all looking towards and commissioning," she told Daily Variety. The Adelaide fest is a biennale with the next installment due Oct. 10-20, 2013, and Duthie says she will look "about 12 months out" for programming to fill the fest.Exec will also help steer the fest's Investment Fund, a $1 million pot of coin distributed every two years. Fund had success in 2009 when it backed Warwick Thornton's indigenous drama, "Samson and Delilah," which won the Camera d'Or at Cannes and was Australia's entry in the foreign language Oscar category. More recently, the fund backed helmer Justin Kurzel's serial killer drama, "Snowtown," that was selected for Cannes this year."The fund has enabled some truly amazing work and we want to continue that," she said. "That's a really exciting component of the job." Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Report: Dancing's Karina Smirnoff, Brad Penny End Engagement

Karina Smirnoff and Brad Penny Dancing with the Stars champ Karina Smirnoff and her fiancé, major league pitcher Brad Penny, have split, Us Weekly reports.The pair, both 33, had postponed their wedding (set for January 2012) in October and were still together at the time, but had conflicting schedules, a source tells the magazine. Smirnoff was in the middle of the Dancing season and Penny had advanced to the American League Championship Series with the Detroit Tigers.Check out photos of Karina SmirnoffThe two, who got engaged in October 2010, were introduced in 2009 by former Dancing contestant Chuck Liddell, shortly after Smirnoff broke off her engagement to fellow Dancing pro Maksim Chmerkovskiy.An email to Smirnoff's rep was not immediately returned.

Applebaum & Nemec : Friendship leads to large-budget 'Mission'

Josh Applebaum & Andrew NemecIn the very first stages of "Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol," screenwriters Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec huddled with star Tom Cruise, director Kaira Bird and producer J.J. Abrams hashing inside the broad story points."It absolutely was a communal process," states Appelbaum. "However, if it'll get lower in my opinion and Andre ""We spend lots of time in room alone, relaxing everything out, beat for beat," continues Nemec."If we don't have that really detailed roadmap prior to starting the script, it might be mayhem," adds Appelbaum.It is not surprising to hear Appelbaum and Nemec complete one another peoples sentences. They're not only longtime professional partners -- they've been pals from when they were third-graders at Riverdale Country School, a K-12 fundamental academy in NY .The duo went their separate techniques of school, with Appelbaum attending NYU's Tisch School in the Arts, while Nemec visited USC. Reconvening in La after graduation, they written a TV pilot they were certain would rely on them the show business map. Nemec, who had guested on several series, would star Appelbaum would direct."We'd huge and absurd aspirations with this,Inch Appelbaum states. Nevertheless the script got them a realtor they began working immediately after that as staff authors round the first-run syndicated series "Fame L.A." (1997).Over the following a long time, they came back towards the employees of the completely new show each season -- "Early Edition," "Martial Law," "Profiler," "Prone to California," "She Spies" and "Fastlane" -- before landing round the Abrams-produced spy show "Alias" for 3 seasons. Finally, in 2007, these were given their particular show, "October Road," which made it two seasons, and so they ongoing to create the U.S. version of "Existence on Mars" (2008-09) and "Happy Town" (2010).Since finishing the newest "Mission: Impossible," the duo remains attracted onto rewrite "At This Point You See Me" for Summit, script a reboot of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" for Vital and producer Michael Bay, together with a pen an untitled NY City-set disaster film for producer Mark Gordon."Next, our dance card might be a open," Nemec states."But we're certainly talking with J.J. about doing something soon,Inch Appelbaum adds.TEN SCREENWRITERS To Check Out 2011:Josh Applebaum & Andrew Nemec Jay Baruchel & Jesse Chabot Justin Britt-Gibson Neil Mix Andrew Haigh Kurt Johnstad Lauryn Kahn Paula Pell Jon Spaihts John Yorkey Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com