Twee-riffic! Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom Will Start Cannes

Prepare for some twee twinkling around the Croisette -- Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom is placed to spread out the 2012 Cannes Film Festival! Last year's opener, Woodsy Allen's Night time in Paris, continued to savor a rousingly effective theatrical run coming to some Best Picture nomination Anderson's comedy, about a set of pre-teen lovebirds around the lam in sixties Colonial, will open stateside approximately per week after its May 16 Cannes debut and marks his go back to live-action film after his newest film, the Oscar-nominated Fantastic Mr. Fox. Inside a statement announcing the premiere, Cannes mind Thierry Frmaux recommended Fellini and Renoir while calling Anderson a 'brilliant and artistic filmmaker' much less shabby for any guy who most lately adopted within the actions of a number of cinema's cleverest company directors by helming a set of vehicle advertisements for Hyundai! (Stated advertisements are classic Anderson, though, through and thru -- can't quite the same with this week's other ad director-for-hire, Darren Aronofsky.) Moonrise Kingdom stars youngsters Jared Gilman as Mike and Kara Hayward as his best woman Suzy, together with Bruce Willis, Tilda Swinton, Erectile dysfunction Norton, Frances McDormand, Jason Schwartzman, Bob Balaban, and Harvey Keitel. [Deadline]

First look at Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer in The Lone Ranger

The first image of Armie Hammer and Johnny Depp in The Lone Ranger has been tweeted to the world, by producer Jerry Bruckheimer!Using his Twitter account to reveal the new look of the duo, it's clear Tonto, played by Johnny Depp, looks a little miffed he's saddled with Armie Hammer's man of the law.With a crow mounting his dark matted tresses, it looks like Depp could be playing Jack Sparrow again, but we can presume there will be less Keith Richards in his performance as the Ranger's Native American companion.On director duties is Gore Verbinski, who's worked with Depp on three of the Pirates Of The Caribbean movies and Rango. For Hammer, this will mark his first collaboration with the pair, and also his first major step into blockbuster acting (if you don't count Mirror Mirror).Helena Bonham Carter, Tom Wilkinson and William Fichtner are also starring with the boys in this adventure tale that will take The Lone Ranger and Tonto across the American plains to bring justice to a corrupt system.There's a little wait to see these boys in action though: the big screen adaptation is still scheduled for a May 2013 release. Let's hope Bruckheimer keeps these visual tweets coming.

One-on-One Conversation With Directors Emily Mann and Blanka Zizka

One-on-One Conversation With Directors Emily Mann and Blanka Zizka March 7, 2012 The Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation is continuing its conversation series on artistic leadership. Emily Mann is in her 22nd season as artistic director of McCarter Theatre and for the past 35 years has produced, directed, written, and adapted plays and productions around the country. Blanka Zizka, who is in her 31st season as artistic director of the Wilma Theater, just received the SDCF's Zelda Fichandler Award, which recognizes a director or choreographer for transforming the regional arts landscape. The conversation between the two will be 90 minutes and is part of the Women Center Stage 2012 Festival. Topics will include approaches to direction, career influences and challenges, and opinions on fostering creativity and successful collaboration. March 10. The Living Theatre, 21 Clinton St., Manhattan. 1011:30 a.m. $10. www.cultureproject.org/wcs/festival/2012-directors-weekend/. For more information, email Foundation@SDCweb.org or www.womencenterstage.org. One-on-One Conversation With Directors Emily Mann and Blanka Zizka March 7, 2012 The Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation is continuing its conversation series on artistic leadership. Emily Mann is in her 22nd season as artistic director of McCarter Theatre and for the past 35 years has produced, directed, written, and adapted plays and productions around the country. Blanka Zizka, who is in her 31st season as artistic director of the Wilma Theater, just received the SDCF's Zelda Fichandler Award, which recognizes a director or choreographer for transforming the regional arts landscape. The conversation between the two will be 90 minutes and is part of the Women Center Stage 2012 Festival. Topics will include approaches to direction, career influences and challenges, and opinions on fostering creativity and successful collaboration. March 10. The Living Theatre, 21 Clinton St., Manhattan. 1011:30 a.m. $10. www.cultureproject.org/wcs/festival/2012-directors-weekend/. For more information, email Foundation@SDCweb.org or www.womencenterstage.org.

CWs The Option Casts Its King & Full

EXCLUSIVE: Leonor Varela (Edge II) and Martin Donovan (Boss) are likely to co-star inside the CW’s drama pilot The Option, that's been compared for the Hunger Games. Using the approaching quantity of books by Kiera Cass, The Option is known to becoming an epic romance set 300 years afterwards. Put together by Elizabeth Craft & Sarah Fain and directed by Mark Piznarski, it concentrates on America Singer (Aimee Teegarden), an unhealthy youthful lady who's selected by lottery to register in the competition to marry Prince Maxon (Ethan Peck) and become the next filled with the war-torn nation inside a crossroads. Varela and Donovan may have Maxon’s parents, Full Amberly and King Clarkson. Varela, repped by KLWGN, just wrapped a six-episode arc on TNT’s Dallas reboot.

Aidan Quinn To Co-Star In Elementary, Descendants Amara Burns In 1600 Penn

Aidan Quinn is placed to co-star opposite Jonny Lee Burns and Lucy Liu in CBS drama pilot Elementary. The project, compiled by Robert Doherty, is occur current day and stars Burns as eccentric Brit A Virtual Detective, an old consultant to Scotland Yard whose addiction problems brought him to some rehab center in NY City. Just from rehab, Holmes now lives in Brooklyn with sober companion Joan Watson (Liu) while talking to for that NYPD. Quinn will have NYPD Captain Gregson who labored with Sherlock at Scotland Yard after 9/11 and am impressed together with his work he has asked him to operate like a consultant towards the police in NY City. Gregson increased familiar with Sherlock’s “eccentricities” within the U.K., but knows they won’t always fly within the The Big Apple. Michael Cuesta is pointing the pilot, created by CBS TV Galleries and Timberman/Beverly. Quinn most lately performed an NYPD detective on another primetime drama, NBC’s Prime Suspect. Amara Burns, who performed George Clooney’s youngest daughter within the Descendants, has became a member of the cast from the NBC comedy pilot 1600 Penn, co-produced by Josh Gad, Jason Winer and Jon Lovett and directed by Winer. Created by 20th TV, it's a dysfunctional family comedy in which the out-of-control earliest boy (Gad) returns home and becomes not just its greatest liability but the glue holding everybody together. The twist is this fact family resides within the Whitened House. Burns will have Marigold, the Leader’s (Bill Pullman) tough, youngest daughter and 1 / 2 of a set of 13-year-old girl-boy twins.

Eric Near To Co-Star In Last Measure, Two Other ABC Aircraft pilots Increase Casts

With No Trace alum Eric Close continues to be cast in Basic steps drama pilot Nashville. Compiled by Callie Khouri, directed by R.J. Cutler and created by Lionsgate and ABC Galleries, Nashville is referred to like a family cleaning soap about love, new bands, family, politics and sex set from the backdrop from the Nashville music scene. It focuses on 40-year-old Nashville celebrity Rayna James who's stunned to locate that her star is diminishing and her label requires her to synergy with teen sensation Juliette Barnes (Hayden Panettiere) on touror else face losing her very own tour and also the labels promotion of her latest record, whose sales happen to be underwhelming. Gersh-repped Close will have Rayna’s husband who's now living on his wife’s salary. Jessy Schram (Falling Skies) continues to be put into the cast on ABC’s drama pilot Last Measure, concerning the crew of the U.S. nuclear submarine who, after disregarding a questionable to fire nuclear missiles, escape to some NATO outpost where they declare themselves to become the planet’s littlest nuclear nation. Schram will have Mike’s (Scott Speedman) dutiful wife whose persistence for his return keeps growing thin. The actress is repped by Mitchell Gossett whorecently left UTA and came back to CESD, and KLWGN Danielle Nicolet continues to be cast in ABC’s comedy pilot Whitened Guy Van, about Tony (Kyle Bornheimer), who's instructed to put his dreams on hold to be able to dominate the household renovator business from his father. Nicolet, repped by APA and KLWGN, will playthe sister of 1 of Tony’s co-employees.

Box Office Actuals: The Lorax $70.2M

MONDAY BOX OFFICE ACTUALS:UpdatesBox Office Blockbuster: $70.7M For Dr. Seuss The Lorax Is Years Biggest. 1. The Lorax (Universal) NEW [3,729 Theaters] Friday $17.4M, Saturday $31.2M, Sunday $21.4M, Weekend $70.2M 2. Project X (Warner Bros) NEW [3,055 Theaters] Friday $8.1M, Saturday $7.6M, Sunday $5.6M,Weekend $21M 3. Act of Valor (Relativity) Week 2 [3,093 Theaters] Friday $3.8M, Saturday $6.1M, Sunday $3.6M, Weekend $13.5M (-44%) Cume $45.1M 4. Safe House (Universal) Week 4 [2,553 Theaters] Friday $1.9M, Saturday $3.5M, Sunday $1.9M, Weekend $7.3M Cume $108.3M 5. Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds (Lionsgate) Week 2 [2,132 Theaters] Friday $1.8M, Saturday $3.4M, Sunday $1.8M, Weekend $7.0M (-55%) Cume $25.7M 6. Journey 2 (Warner Bros) Week 4 [3,060 Theaters] Friday $1.3M, Saturday $3.2M, Sunday $1.9M, Weekend $6.5M Cume $85.2M 7. The Vow (Screen Gems/Sony) Week 4 [2,826 Theaters] Friday $1.8M, Saturday $2.7M, Sunday $1.4M, Weekend $6.0M Cume $111.6M 8. This Means War (Fox) Week 3 [2,342 Theaters] Friday $1.6M, Saturday $2.6M, Sunday $1.3M, Weekend $5.5M Cume $41.3M 9. Ghost Rider 2 (Sony) Week 3 [2,487 Theaters[] Friday $1.1M, Saturday $2.2M, Sunday $1.3M, Weekend $4.6M Cume $48.8M 10. Wanderlust (Universal) Week2 [2,002 theaters] Friday $1.1M, Saturday $1.7M, Sunday $980K, Weekend $3.8M (-41%) Cume $12.4M