I’ve learned that CBS has passed on high-profile drama pilot The Advocates. The project, written by The Mentalist creator Bruno Heller and directed by David Nutter, starred Mandy Moore and Ben McKenzie as a female lawyer and a male ex-con who team up as “victim advocates,” going to the very edge of the law to right wrongs and fight for the underdog. I hear Warner Bros. TV, which produces the project, will shop it elsewhere. Also being shopped at the moment is another CBS drama pilot that didn’t make the cut, Beverly Hills Cop. So far CBS has picked up two new drama series, Hostages, also from Warner Bros., and Intelligence, from ABC Studios/CBS TV Studios.

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Now You See Me
                                                                                                                                                'NOW YOU SEE ME' pits an elite FBI squad in a game of cat and mouse against "The Four Horsemen", a super-team of th... Read More
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This exclusive image from "Now You See Me" is more than meets the eye: it contains a hidden gem -- or should we say diamond.

To celebrate the upcoming release of the Summit Entertainment film -- which follows a team of illusionists as they pull off a series of heists using their unique talents -- the production company announced an interactive treasure hunt called the Diamond Heist Challenge. To take part in the magical challenge, you'll have to find the thirteen diamond playing cards –- from the Ace through the King -- that are hidden in various places online, from websites to social media platforms, and even in the New York Times crossword puzzle from Friday, May 3 (your first hint!).

Once each of the thirteen diamond playing cards are found, you can unlock exclusive video content featuring the stars of "Now You See Me" by downloading the Blippar app to your iPhone or Android, and then pointing your phone at the image.

As you'll see below, Moviefone has been chosen to hide one of those playing cards in an exclusive image! Hidden amidst Morgan Freeman, a crowd of smiling faces, and a shower of money, you'll find the Queen of Diamonds! Blipp the photo to reveal exclusive content. To find out more about the Diamond Heist Challenge watch this video, and for a list of clues visit nowyouseememovie.com.

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Maybe a diva fight will get viewers to watch American Idol. Judges Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj were at it again last night on the same night Idol had its worst Wednesday rating ever. The judges got into a war of words that spilled onto Twitter today: Carey tweaked Minaj about her not having a “Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 song.” Then the rapper wrote online: “What u SHOULD be doing (wit your messy ass) is asking why a woman SO successful at her age, is still so INSECURE, and bitter”. The two are actually tied with 44 Hot 100 hits, but Minaj has never had a tune make it higher than No. 3 on the charts. Minaj also tweaked Carey about reports that Jennifer Lopez may be returning to the show. “All dem #1s but JLo phone ringin? LOL. I guess having a personality, being a secure woman, and giving genuine critique still trumps that.” Carey has not responded to Minaj’s latest taunts, and Minaj seems to have dropped it for now. But like the dust-up between the testy two late last year the new brouhaha brought Idol some badly needed attention. Will sparks between the two judges who so obviously dislike each other translate into much needed numbers tonight?
Related: Judging The Judges: Minaj & Carey – ‘American Idol’
Wednesday’s low came less than a week after Idol hit an all-time regularly scheduled show low in the 12 seasons of the Fox series. Wednesday also saw the once-dominant competition show beaten for the third time in a row in adults 18-49 by a new episode of ABC’s Modern Family. If that doesn’t hurt enough, on April 18, Idol was bested in total viewers for the first time by a repeat of The Big Bang Theory. Sure, Idol did fine up against a special Wednesday episode of The Voice last night. But that was a season-to-date recap. Next week, Idol will find itself against a new and live Voice.

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Paramount is priming Alexander Payne’s Nebraska for an awards-season run with a limited rollout starting November 22. The drama starring Bruce Dern as a booze-ridden father on a road trip with his son (Will Forte) will be in Competition at Cannes next month. By mid-March, it still remained cloudy as to whether filmmaker’s follow-up to his best picture Oscar-nominated The Descendants would be finished in time to roll out on the Croisette. It was produced by Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa’s Bona Fide Prods.
The studio today also said that rookie helmer Dean Israelite’s Almanac, with a 2012 Black List script by Jason Pagan & Andrew Stark, will open wide February 21, 2014. The film, whose story is being kept under wraps, is produced by Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes. Bay will produce along with Andrew Form and Brad Fuller. Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec are exec producing.

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Amour was the big winner at last year’s European Film Awards, and that was no joke. But the European Academy will add a bit of humor to the proceedings in 2013 with a new prize for European Comedy. The award is designed to “pay tribute to a genre which has proven that it is able to unite and entertain audiences across Europe and beyond,” the EFA said. Some of the top-grossing films and crowd-pleasers that have crossed European borders of the past few years have been local comedies including Intouchables and Welcome To The Sticks. A special committee will select three nominees from across Europe and the winner will be voted for by the full membership. The EFA also said today that it is relaunching prizes for European Sound Designer and European Costume Designer. The 26th European Film Awards will take place in Berlin on December 7.

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We’ve been waiting a while for fresh footage from Interview With The Vampire director Neil Jordan’s latest stab at the genre Byzantium, and now here comes the trailer for the film courtesy of Yahoo. Take a look below. Byzantium is the story of Clara (Gemma Arterton) and Eleanor (Saoirse Ronan), who show up and seek refuge in a run-down coastal resort. Clara meets the lonely Noel (Daniel Mays), who provides shelter in his deserted guesthouse. Eleanor, who appears to be 16, goes to school and befriends Frank (Caleb Landry Jones) a sickly classmate.Despite the pact of silence shared by the pair, Eleanor starts revealing their lethal secret: they’re vampires, born 200 years ago and surviving on human blood. As knowledge of their secret spreads, their past catches up on them with deathly consequence.With a cast that also includes Sam Riley, Tom Hollander and Barry Cassin, Byzantium explores the genre’s tropes from a distinctly feminine angle, portraying two vampires who must fight against prejudice from within their own ranks, as their fellow fang club members feel that it should be more of a brotherhood. Eleanor, meanwhile, must also deal with being an eternal teenager.Byzantium is due to arrive here on May 31. Check out a clip from the film…

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Francis Underwood is about to resume his fictional House of Cards climb up the greasy pole of political power in Washington D. C. “We start shooting Season 2 of #houseofcards in 2 weeks,” actress Constance Zimmer tweeted today to Ricky Gervais and the “Gareth Keenan” Twitter account of the fictional former UK Office character played by Mackenzie Crook. Zimmer plays reporter Janine Skorsky on the David Fincher-produced Netflix series. Lead Kevin Spacey plays the scheming Congressman Underwood in the streaming only show. The second season of House of Cards will be 13 episodes long like the first season. No official word if Season 2 will all be put up on Netflix simultaneously like the first season was. At least one thing is sure, with the show shooting in Maryland like it also did for Season 1, star Stacey won’t have far to travel to get to D.C. for the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on April 27. Spacey, along with co-star Robin Wright and Netflix’s chief content officer Ted Sarandos is going as a guest of Bloomberg.

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I'll say two things about Marc Jacobs. He designs beautiful clothes, and he has real screen presence in Henry Alex Rubin's engrossing Disconnect.  I'm going to stop short of saying the fashion designer can act because he wasn't on screen long enough for me to reach any real conclusion.  But...when he was on screen at an early preview that I saw, I couldn't take my eyes off of him. I'm not saying Jacobs was as mesmerizing as Mickey Rourke in Body Heat cameo (which I've posted below), but he's at least got me wondering what he would do with a more substantial role.  (Preferably, one that did not allow Jacobs to use a cigarette as a crutch as he does in the red-band clip I've posted below.)
Does Marc Jacobs Have An Acting Career Ahead?
I'm not going to hold my breath, because as Jacobs told the Huffington Post, "I never wanted to be an actor,"  but I predict he's already getting plenty of  encouragement from his film-industry and fashion friends. (That's what they do until they think you're over.)  Disconnect opens on Friday, but the fashion crowd always sees everything ahead of the hoi polloi.
Jacobs plays the leader of an Internet porn ring that takes in adolescent runaways in off the street and gives them shelter and a paycheck to engage in masturbatory webcam sex (and more, if they'd like). But, like most of the characters in Disconnect, he's not your stereotypical "porn baron" as he described his role to HuffPo.
"Porn Baron" Marc Jacobs in Disconnect

Mickey Rourke in Body Heat

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Liam Hemsworth is reportedly close to taking the lead role in Ricardo de Montreuil's new film, "The Raven." The movie is based on de Montreuil's short of the same name, and is being set up at Universal Pictures.
Deadline has the news and said Universal won't confirm their report. Still, Hemsworth is allegedly considering playing the main character in the science fiction film. It's unclear if his character would be the same as the one that is featured in de Montreuil's award-winning 2010 short of it he would play someone different.

"The Raven" is described as a "sci-fi conspiracy thriller, set in the near future." It's clear from the short, which can be watched below, that this future involves robots of some sort and humans with superhuman powers. Michael Gilio and Justin Marks wrote the feature film's script, and production is expected to start in June.
Hemsworth is best known for playing Gale in "The Hunger Games" series, so it would be nice to see him venture into straight sci-fi in a movie like this. He already proved he could be an action hero in "The Expendables 2."
In March 2012, it was rumored that de Montreuil would direct the upcoming movie "Zorro Reborn," but this "The Raven" news seems to shut that story down. Not that we're complaining, as "The Raven" is a much more promising premise than a rehash of "Zorro."

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The first official poster for "Ender's Game" has been released.
The reveal comes courtesy of Yahoo! Movies, and the poster shows Ender suited up as he stares out of the Battle School. Though it has a "Tron: Legacy" feel to it, the poster is a nice tease for fans who know what they have to expect in the new movie.

For the rest of you out there, the previous images of the film that have been released are a bit more telling. Hailee Steinfeld's Petra sits down at lunch with Asa Butterfield's Ender in one still, while Harrison Ford's Colonel Graff stares down the main character  in another.
Ender's

"Ender's Game" also stars Abigail Breslin, Viola Davis and Ben Kingsley. It's due in theaters on November 1. Here's the official plot synopsis for the movie:
In the near future, a hostile alien race (called the Formics) have attacked Earth. If not for the legendary heroics of International Fleet Commander, Mazer Rackham (Ben Kingsley), all would have been lost. In preparation for the next attack, the highly esteemed Colonel Graff (Harrison Ford) and the International Military are training only the best young children to find the future Mazer. Ender Wiggin (Asa Butterfield), a shy, but strategically brilliant boy is pulled out of his school to join the elite.
Arriving at Battle School, Ender quickly and easily masters increasingly difficult war games, distinguishing himself and winning respect amongst his peers. Ender is soon ordained by Graff as the military's next great hope, resulting in his promotion to Command School. Once there, he's trained by Mazer Rackham, himself, to lead his fellow soldiers into an epic battle that will determine the future of Earth and save the human race.

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