ABC Family renews 'Liars'

ABC Family members have restored hourlong drama "Pretty Little Liars" for any third season. "Liars" received a 24-episode order for season three, expected once more to start in June. A lot more than 2.5 million audiences have updated normally throughout its second season, which resumes Jan. 2 having a switch from Tuesdays to Mondays. The series features an ensemble of Troian Bellisario, Ashley Benson, Carol Marie Hair combs, Lucy Hale, Ian Harding, Laura Leighton, Chad Lowe, Shay Mitchell and Sasha Pieterse. I. Marlene King, Oliver Goldstick and Leslie Morgenstein professional produce "Liars" for Alloy Entertainment in colaboration with Warner Horizon Television. Contact Jon Weisman at jon.weisman@variety.com

Skyfall Camp Release More Set Snaps

Bond takes over the worldBarely two weeks into filming and Skyfall is already setting a new gold standard for 007. In a series milestone (in a series that has boasted more than any, let's not forget) Bond's filmmakers have for the first time taken a 50 year-old icon and redefined him for the digital age - with early clapperboard set reveals from days one and ten of filming. That's days One. And Ten.What does the future hold?Well, if this intriguing line in the sand is anything to go by, Daniel Craig's third outing - under the stewardship of Sam Mendes and legendary cinematographer Roger Deakins - looks poised to boast the most compelling and exciting campaign of the series, Twitter and Facebook feeds taking the iconic spy to a new level of digital intrigue.While we can't profess inner knowledge of exactly what's afoot in this scene, feel free to start speculating wildly from this point to release in October. Note, too, that while Mendes and co are embracing new media he is also staying firmly in the realm of film, shooting 35mm.And, speculation aside, we do know a thing or 23 about Skyfall. The new issue of Empire (out on Thursday, fact fans) has the full low-down on Bond's 23rd outing, piecing together plot snippets, Empire's insider tips, word from Mendes and, yes, some photos of some really rather pretty people indeed. Bring it on.

An Evening With 'The Descendants' (Video)

An Evening With 'The Descendants' (Video) By Jenelle Riley November 18, 2011 Photo by Fox Searchlight Cast members from Alexander Payne's new film "The Descendants" spoke Nov. 7 at a Q&A following a screening of the film as part of Back Stage's "Evening With" series. Actors Judy Greer, Matthew Lillard, and Shailene Woodley fielded questions about working alongside star George Clooney and filming in Hawaii, where "The Descendants" is set. Also in the audience were Lillard's parents, who were seeing the film for the first time. After the actor mentioned that they'd had to "watch a lot of bad movies" on his behalf, Lillard's mother said of the film, "It's magnificent. And so is he." An Evening With 'The Descendants' (Video) By Jenelle Riley November 18, 2011 PHOTO CREDIT Fox Searchlight Cast members from Alexander Payne's new film "The Descendants" spoke Nov. 7 at a Q&A following a screening of the film as part of Back Stage's "Evening With" series. Actors Judy Greer, Matthew Lillard, and Shailene Woodley fielded questions about working alongside star George Clooney and filming in Hawaii, where "The Descendants" is set. Also in the audience were Lillard's parents, who were seeing the film for the first time. After the actor mentioned that they'd had to "watch a lot of bad movies" on his behalf, Lillard's mother said of the film, "It's magnificent. And so is he."

Classic Video Game 'Rampage' Headed to Big Screen From New Line (Exclusive)

Who's up for a little Rampage? New Line Cinema has put into development an adaptation of the classic 1980s video game featuring apes and monsters destroying cities. John Rickard, who has acted as a co-producer on a wide range of New Line movies from A Nightmare on Elm Street and Final Destination to Horrible Bosses and next year's tentpole Jack the Giant Killer, will produce and is meeting with writers to develop a story for the project. The game comes from Midway Games, which was acquired by New Line's sister company Warner Bros. in 2009 for $33 million. The concept of the game revolves around a trio of mild-mannered humans who are mutated into a giant Godzilla-like lizard, a werewolf and a gorilla, respectively, and fight the military while destroying buildings. Players controlled the monsters and moved up levels when a city was destroyed. The project aims to take advantage of the title and the visuals of the game. New Line isn't usually in the tentpole business (the Lord of the Rings trilogy being the big exception) but the studio believes that technology has advanced enough that the possibility exists to make a smartly-budgeted monster movie in the vein and tone of Ghostbusters and Independence Day. Email: Borys.Kit@thr.com Twitter: @Borys_Kit

'Parks and Recreation's' Nick Offerman on Mustaches and Being Tackled by Robin Givens (Q&A)

The Hollywood Reporter: You're best known for Parks and Rec, but you've been a busy working actor for more than 14 years. What was your career like before the show?our editor recommends'Parks and Rec's' Nick Offerman Strips to Alpaca Shorts for New NBCU Green PSAs (Exclusive Video) Related Topics•The Race Nick Offerman: I'd been making a really nice living for about 10 years here in L.A. I always felt successful just doing that. I've been working steadily as an actor since around 1998. I wasn't well known in the public, but I was a dependable working journeyman. I was working more than all the people I knew from college and my Chicago theater community, so I didn't notice that I wasn't "successful" enough. When I got my job on Parks, it was so dreamy, kind of unfathomable. I didn't think a job that excellent could exist for me. THR: Is acting something you've had to work at, or does it come naturally? Offerman: I felt like I was pretty good at it, which is another way of saying that I was full of it. My dad always said I had a good line of BS, so I figured I'd make a good lawyer or actor. STORY: 'Parks and Rec's' Mike Schur and THR'S Top 50 Showrunners THR: What was your first SAG job? Offerman: A show called Angel Street for CBS, starring Robin Givens. Robin is as big as my pinky, and she had to, at one point in this episode, tackle me in an alley. It was filmed in Chicago. The show didn't last very long. THR: How have those years of journeyman work helped fine-tune your craft? Offerman: The biggest lesson I've learned is that there is absolutely no better training ground than the theater. And the most important thing I learned from working SAG jobs is simply ... patience. If you're an original thinker, you are going get told no a lot, and you have to be able to hear no many times from the bankers and trust that at some point, someone is going to recognize that you are an artist and not a can of soda. THR: How does it to feel to finally "arrive" at age 41? Offerman: I'm glad I took a long time to get here. If it had happened at a younger age, I probably would have self-destructed in some way. I'm barely hanging on as it is at my age now. You give an idiot a couple of dollars, and he and his money will soon be parted. THR: The writers have worked a lot of your interests, like woodworking, into your character. Is Ron Swanson a heightened version of you? Offerman: There's been a lot of opining about that, but it's like saying Homer Simpson is a heightened version of a human being. Ron is sort of an epic mythological character in a TV comedy. But if I were a set of paints, they would be using the same colors to paint Ron but in a much larger and bolder fashion. THR: How do you prepare for scenes? Offerman: It doesn't take much. Ron is always inside me, waiting to exact his righteous indignation. There's a little bit of my dad and grandfather and every school principal I've ever come in contact with in Ron -- people who have a pomposity about being an administrator. THR: OK, your mustache. Why do you think it's becoming such a talking point? Offerman: Sadly, our country has become so emasculated that a national audience can be astonished by a man merely growing whiskers, as though I were growing diamonds on my face. THR: You work with hilarious actors like Amy Poehler. Do you have any tricks to suppress laughter during filming? Offerman: I pretend I'm annoyed by how funny they are. Your brother or sister could be the most fantastic person in the whole world, but if they are being hilarious and everyone loves them, you can think, "Oh, God, barf." So I try to put myself in that head space -- "Oh, America loves you. You're so funny" -- and try to be annoyed by how talented they are. THR: Your wife, Megan Mullally, has been in several Parks episodes as Ron's insane ex. What's it like to work together? Offerman: It's a ridiculous dream. My wife happens to be probably the greatest working woman in comedy. I can't think of anyone who even approaches her achievements and her abilities. I feel like a college basketball player getting to play with Michael Jordan. Related Topics SAG Amy Poehler NBC Parks and Recreation Nick Offerman Awards Season Preview

Gaumont sells 'Intouchables' worldwide

PARIS -- Gaumont has closed the final areas on comedy-drama "Intouchables," that has made a lot more than $50 million in France since its release on November. 2. Following an upbeat AFM, Gaumont has inked sales to Japan (Gaga), Latin America (Gussi), CIS (Daro), Korea (Bloomage), Hong Kong (Golden Scene), Taiwan (Filmware) and Singapore (Cathay). Cecile Gaget, mind of worldwide sales at Gaumont, stated screening the film in the AFM was decisive in assisting the organization ink these final deals. The Weinstein Co. had formerly nabbed the privileges for The United States, the U.K., Australia, Nz, Scandinavia, Nigeria and China, and British-language remake privileges. Pic is going to be launched in Germany by Senator/Telepool, and can open the Berlin French Film Week on 12 ,. 2. Other marketers include Spain's A Contracorriente Films and Italy's Medusa. A friendship tale with different true story, "Intouchables" activates a quadriplegic aristocrat whose existence will get switched upside lower when he employs a youthful guy in the projects to consider proper care of him. Helmed by Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache, and created by Quad Film, "Intouchables" toplines Francois Cluzet ("Little Whitened Lies") or more-and-comer Omar Sy, who starred in Toledano and Nakache's previous film, "So Happy Together." The $12.9 million pic has already established an extraordinary run in the French box office, and it has a go at surpassing Dany Boon's "Absolutely nothing to Declare" and using the box office top place. Gaget stated the film seemed to be popular in Europe and Belgium, where it had been launched by Frenetic and Victory, correspondingly. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Keck's Exclusives: A Vampire Journals Baby?

Nina Dobrev and Paul Wesley Do you know the likelihood of The Vampire Diaries' Stefan and Elena getting a vampire baby as Bella and Edward do in Twilight: Breaking Beginning? - Ashley, via emailAshley, your question confused the heck from Paul Wesley (Stefan). "How can vampires of the underworld have babies?" he asks. "Would the infant be considered a vampire? Could it be born dead? Immortal? Will they come forth with baby fangs? Will they stay that age?"Fortunately, Nina Dobrev (Elena) walked directly into set Paul straight. "We established our vampires of the underworld cannot procreate, so Elena would need to conceive by someone apart from a Salvatore," she states. "And i believe the only method they'd write that was basically grew to become pregnant in tangible existence, and the likelihood of that happening within the next decade are slim to none!"Sign up for TV Guide Magazine now!

Howard Stern in Predicts Join NBC's 'America's Got Talent'

Howard Stern is at predicts replace Piers Morgan within the America's Got Talent knowing table, according to sources.our editor recommendsPiers Morgan Set to go away NBC's 'America's Got Talent'Howard Stern Defends Brett Ratner, Jams Hollywood As 'Loony' (Video) What is the news, first reported with the Wall Street Journal, comes mere several hours after Morgan introduced his departure on his CNN show. "Switched out that juggling's harder laptop or computer looks, therefore i'm likely to give consideration to CNN," the British hosttweetedto his 1.4 million fans Wednesday evening. According to sources, Stern can be a large fan in the talent competition which is wanting to take part in the show. He'd share knowing duties with Sharon Osbourne and relative newcomer Howie Mandel,who replacedDavid Hasselhoffin 2010. PHOTOS: Howard Stern With time To make certain, obtaining a larger-than-existence personality like Stern might be seen just like a coup for NBC, which counts Talent among the handful of vibrant spots on its schedule.Excluding the web's April entryThe Voice,Talentwas no. 1 reality show the 2009 summer season, which describes the inside have to inject new blood stream to the extended-running and progressively valuable resource. WSJ is pegging Stern's potential fee at $15 million, a part of the $76 million Forbes estimations the SiriusXM shock-jock acquired a year ago. Despite perils of retirement, Stern reupped with SiriusXM Radio through 2015, with experts suggesting he needed a twenty percent pay cut. Email: Lacey.Rose@THR.com Twitter: @LaceyVRose Related Subjects Howard Stern

Twilight's Ashley Greene Gets to ABC's Pan Am

Ashley Greene Twilight star Ashley Greene has showed up a multi-episode arc on Pan Am, Entertainment Weekly reviews. Greene, who shows vampire Alice inside the Twilight franchise, may have a debutante getting a hyperlink with Ted (Michael Mosley). See the relaxation of current day news The 24-year-old actress will first are available in the 12 ,. 4 episode, titled "Hug Hug Bang Bang," that's perfect timing -- the fourth installment of twilighting, Breaking Beginning, opens just 72 hours prior on November. 18.

Hot Short Film 'Rosa' Grabbing Hollywood's Attention (Video)

It's been a while since a short film has grabbed Hollywood's attention like Rosa, a post-apocalyptic sci-fi animated short from Spanish comic book artist Jesus Orellana. The featurette is getting attention from the tech and geek sites, and in the short time it's been online (less than 24 hours), it has crossed over into the mainstream, hitting even USA Today. Orellana works in the Spanish comic industry but harbors dreams of directing live action features. So what does he do? He creates an animated short. His logic is simple: live action costs money while animation can be done on the cheap. He taught himself the programs and spent every waking moment designing his movie from his home in Barcelona. And he did it, as he claims, with zero budget. Here's the description: Rosa is "an epic sci-fi short film that takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where all natural life has disappeared. From the destruction awakes Rosa, a cyborg deployed from the Kernel project, mankind's last attempt to restore the earth's ecosystem. Rosa will soon learn that she is not the only entity that has awakened and must fight for her survival." The short has played at the Seattle International Film Festival, then SITGES, Screamfest, Toronto After Dark, among others. It hit the Web on Thursday. Orellana, managed by Scott Glassgold and Raymond Brothers of IAM Entertainment, is fielding interest from all the agencies and several producers, as well as a studio or two, although his goal right now is to turn Rosa into a live-action feature. Email: Borys.Kit@thr.com Twitter: @Borys_Kit

Meet the Man Whose Tweet Brought Down Brett Ratner

Last Friday night, D.C. Douglas, an actor and voice-over specialist, took his girlfriend to a special screening of Brett Ratner's Tower Heistat the Hollywood's Arclight Cinemas. Little did Douglas know that Ratner's post-show question-and-answer session after the movie-and Douglas' reaction to it on Twitter-would put him at the center of a controversy that has funamentally changed the 2012 Academy Awards.our editor recommendsHoward Stern Defends Brett Ratner, Slams Hollywood As 'Loony' (Video) Eddie Murphy Out, Brett Ratner Deuces: Who Should Replace the Oscar Team? (Poll)Brett Ratner: What the Industry Is Saying Brian Grazer Replacing Brett Ratner as Oscar Producer (Exclusive) PHOTOS: Hollywood's Biggest Blunders The Hollywood Reporter tracked down Douglas, whose tweet noting that Ratner had said "Rehearsing is for fags" during the Q&A prompted the maelstrom of news coverage that eventually led to Ratner (and then host Eddie Murphy) stepping down from the Oscar telecast. PHOTOS: Oscar Hosts Through the Years Douglas tells THR that the second Ratner uttered the line in response to question about how he prepares a scene with actors, he and his girlfriend "exchanged a 'Did he really just say that?' look." PHOTOS: Hollywood's Memorable Mea Culpas Although Douglas believes Ratner intended the comment as a joke, there was nothing in the director's intonation or body language-no sarcasm in his voice, no knowing wink-to indicate to the audience he was kidding. "He's kind of a douche," Douglas recalls thinking to himself. Douglas was surprised there was no audience reaction to the comment during what was an otherwise "boring" interview, he says. "I kept waiting for someone to follow it up in the Q&A and when they didn't I went home and tweeted it." STORY: Brett Ratner's 10 Offensive Quotes That Ended in Oscar Trouble Here's what Douglas tweeted: "Just saw #TowerHeist followed by Q&A with Brett Ratner. Takeaway quote: "Rehearsing is for fags." ... Yeah, he's an impressive fella. #wtf." VIDEOS: The Biggest Failed Jokes at the Academy Awards NY Mag's Vulture blog then ran an item based on Douglas' tweet, which prompted a smattering of other websites to pick up the story. When Ratner issued an apology on Monday, the story became huge. Academy president Tom Sherak initially defended Ratner but warned that another embarassing comment would not be tolerated. Then Ratner's interview with Howard Stern-in which he boasted of his sex life and "huge balls"-became public, and by mid-day Tuesday Ratner had informed the Academy that he was stepping down as producer of the Oscars. Murphy bailed as the host on Wednesday, with Brian Grazer named producer on Wednesday afternoon. This isn't the first time Douglas has been a player in a political controversy. In April 2010, he left a message on the Tea Party-affiliated group Freedomworks' voicemail criticizing the organization. An operative with the group publicized Douglas' voice-over work, resulting in GEICO dropping him from a series of internet commercials. Douglas responded by posting a satirical Tea Party PSA on YouTube. The story was subsequently featured onThe Joy Behar Show. Douglas continues to produce satirical YouTube commercials through his Tweaked Nipple Productions. Email: Andy.Lewis@thr.com Related Topics Brett Ratner Eddie Murphy Tower Heist

Rankings: Not so long ago Holds Strong

Ginnifer Goodwin It isn't happily ever after at this time. Not so long ago, a regular otherwise blockbuster artist for ABC, was lower slightly for any second week consecutively, to 11.37 million (in comparison with 11.64 million in Week 2 and 12.79 million because of its debut) along with a 3.7 demo rating. Amazing Race attracted 9.98 million (2.6 demo rating, a season low). Meanwhile, AMC's new drama, Hell on Wheels, grew to become the cable network's second greatest series launch (behind The Walking Dead) with 4.4 million audiences at 10, where it opened behind a brand new episode of Dead. The western also lassoed 2.4 million within the grown ups age range 18-49 demographic. Fall TV Recognition Contest: You will find there's champion! Within the 8 o'clock hour, Allen Gregory - which got on an inauspicious start a week ago in Fox's Animation Domination block - nabbed 4.31 million people and a pair of.1 rating among 18-to-49-year-olds at 8:30/7:30c in the second outing, overnight Nielsen amounts demonstrated. That's lower from 4.74 million along with a 2.4 because of its debut - and method for the 2nd straight week myriad audiences saw fit to not stay there on Fox, because the Simpsons nabbed 7.97 million along with a 3.7 demo rating. Browse the relaxation from the day's news Soon after blowouts, Sunday Evening Football featured a game title made the decision with 8 seconds left coupled with its usual evening-leading viewership: 19.67 million (7.9 demo rating). At 9/8c, CBS' The Great Wife attracted 8.99 million people (2.1 demo rating), whileDesperate Average women snapped up 8.69 million (2.8), and Family Guy and American Father snapped up 5.73 million audiences (3. demo rating) and 4.78 million (2.5), correspondingly. In prime time's final hour Sunday, Pan Am sank for an all-time lower in overnight viewership with 5.24 million along with a 1.8 demo rating. A week ago the show handled to eke out a small uptick in viewership, getting 5.90 million audiences along with a 1.9 versus. the prior week's 5.77 million (1.8). It's otherwise trended downward since getting 10.87 million because of its premiere. Simultaneously, CSI: Miami snapped up 8.57 million people along with a 1.9 demo rating - a set low.

AFM: Focus Features Intl. Shops Ruairi Robinson-Directed Last Days On Mars

LONDON (November 1, 2011) Academy Award nominated Ruairi Robinson (50 Percent Gray, Blinky) is placed to direct his first feature film, the long awaited thriller The Final Days On Mars with different script by acclaimed film writer Clive Dawson, with design talents such as the remarkable team at WETA (District 9, X-Males Top Class and Avatar) behind the effects. Texting Films Michael Kuhn (The Duchess, Being John Malkovich) and Andrea Cornwell (The Scouting Book for Boys) will produce the film, with Focus Features Worldwide handling worldwide sales and distribution. FFI will commence sales in the American Film Market in November. The Final Days On Mars is presently in pre-production and it is likely to start shooting early 2012 on location in Jordan and also at Shepperton Galleries within the United kingdom. His or her last day on Mars draws to some close, the astronaut crew is near a significant breakthrough – collected rock individuals reveal microscopic proof of existence. Meanwhile, communication is going ahead with AURORA, the arrival spacecraft which will relieve the crew of the procedures. Within their last hrs in the world, two astronauts return to SITE 9, a cavernous valley at first glance of Mars, to gather further proof of their discovery. But a routine excavation turns deadly when one of these falls to his dying and the body taken host and re-animated through the very existence form they searched for to uncover. Michael Kuhn stated, I've loved making sci-fi films since i have made Pitch Black but for the Last Days On Mars we now have put together an excellent team to complete justice to some wonderful and commercial script. Focus Features Worldwide Co-Leader Alison Thompson said, We're searching toward dealing with exciting new filmmaker Ruairi Robinson that has already displayed his talent with numerous short films, and that we will also be thrilled to engage in a project along with famous producer Michael Kuhn who'll help guide to Ruairis vision for that film.