Jimmy Kimmel's Star-Studded Movie: The Movie Spoof Is Depressingly Accurate

Late night host Jimmy Kimmel's tradition of filming a post-Oscar movie-related spoof continued Sunday night with a "trailer" for Movie: The Movie, the ultimate star-studded epic to end all epics. In addition to featuring a host of stars, from Taylor Lautner to Helen Mirren to Tyler Perry (er, "Daniel Day-Lewis as Tyler Perry as George Washington"), the Kimmel-produced gag covered just about every genre and trope known to the movies. I give it a few years before some suit turns this into a reality. Among the stars in Kimmel's ensemble: Ryan Phillippe, Jessica Biel, Ed Norton, Josh Brolin, Antonio Banderas, Tom Hanks, Charlize Theron, Helen Mirren, Tyler Perry, Meryl Streep, Jason Bateman, Matt Damon, and Colin Farrell. Okay, who am I kidding: I'd totally watch a K-9 buddy cop action sports movie starring Farrell as a SWAT officer partnered with a bomb-kicking Air Bud. Go ahead and make that happen, Hollywood. [via Jimmy Kimmel Live]

BAC Films nabs 'Electrick Children' for France

Rebecca Thomas's "Electrick Children," which tested within the Berlin Film Festival's Generation 14plus section a week ago, continues to be clicked up by BAC Films for France. Pic, which toplines Julia Garner and Rory Culkin, has been looked in the market by M-Appeal. The purchase follows previous deals inked with Revolver/Picturehouse for U.K. privileges and Rialto for Australia earlier on the market. Story, that is composed and helmed by Thomas, follows the storyplot of the youthful Mormon girl who thinks in immaculate conception while her fundamental religious family views her condition intolerable transgression. She soon includes a existence-altering experience after hearing rock music the very first time. Pic has additionally been selected to screen in SXSW. Contact Diana Lodderhose at diana.lodderhose@variety.com

Pilot Season: Fox Orders Comedy from HIMYM's Craig Thomas, Carter Bays to Star Becki Newton

Becki Newton Becki Newton may have a regular TV gig soon. The Ugly Betty alum will star in The Goodwin Games, lifting the cast contingency on the comedy which Fox just ordered to pilot. Pilot Season: Get the scoop! The comedy, from How I Met Your Mother creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas, follows three siblings, one of them played by Newton, who must reconnect after the death of their father, who leaves them his fortune only if they agree to his terms. Fellow How I Met Your Mother producer Chris Harris is also attached to write and executive-produce.

Devil Inside Guys' New Film Called Wer

Short for Werewolf? Possibly...Right at the beginning of this year, two new films were announced as follow-ups to William Brent Bell and Matthew Peterman's surprise horror hit The Devil Inside. One was conspiracy thriller The Vatican, and the other was being referred to as The Untitled Bell/Peterman Project. A few more details have now emerged on the latter, including the fact that it's no longer untitled, and actually called Wer.What does Wer mean? Well, the word on the street is that, following The Devil Inside's exorcism shenanigans, the new film will be pointing its shaky-cams at another classic horror mythology, leading to some speculation that Wer is an abbreviation of Werewolf.Not necessarily so, says Bell. "We can't speak about many specifics. There are rumours; some true, some not." He did reveal that "wer" can mean both "who" in German and "man" in Old High German. So, like, read into that what you will... BD seem confident that it's about a locked-up lycanthrope in a Transylvanian prison, and the defence attorney who's working on his case.The Vatican and Wer will both continue to utilise The Devil Inside's by now tried and tested found footage / documentary technique, but Bell says their approaches will be very different, and that he wants to "try new things as well". He also seems to have learned a thing or two from the almost universally adverse audience reaction to Devil Inside's abrupt ending, but says he and Peterman "won't shy away from taking chances in future projects."Wer starts shooting in April, while The Vatican awaits the first draft of Dave Cohen's screenplay. We get The Devil Inside in the UK on March 16.

Animated Goon Forget About Happening?

Giamatti states the money went outSad news for individuals people searching toward David Fincher's CG slapstick supernatural noir: it seems greatly as if The Goon isn't any more happening. Fincher always mentioned "adult animation" will be a sell you...Not to be mistaken with Seann William Scott's hockey movie (that's still nearly playing in cinemas), this Goon, using the comics by Eric Powell, has existed development for some time, and it is a normal fixture within the last handful of Comic-Cons. It absolutely was being the story in the titular mob enforcer, his short-arse partner Frankie (short for Francesca), as well as the villainous Priest along with his military in the undead. Blur Art galleries were animating, Clancy Brown and Paul Giamatti were aboard for your voices, as well as the test footage was searching awesome.Last we discovered this time around around a year ago, Fincher was hopeful the studio would shortly a part of and stump within the necessary $50m. "Hopefully this really is really the entire year that people go 'Wait about a minute! We don't all have to be trying to mimic Pixar!'" he mentioned.Positive. Speaking yesterday at Sundance (where he's marketing John Dies Within The Finish, which Clancy Brown may also be in), Paul Giamatti opined, "I have not a clue what is happened. I asked for without any one knows. I guess they just went from money."Eric Powell though, has needed to Twitter to insist that, to date as he's aware, there's still hope. "Last I spoken with Fincher and Blur, they were planning for further conferences to locate financing for your film," he mentioned (although he didn't say how recent people conferences were). "It is not dead until Fincher and Blur showed up at me and appearance in the beginning sight done."Reviews in the Goon's dying, etc? Watch this space...

'Streetcar' takes Broadhurst

The multiracial revival of "A Streetcar Named Desire" will arrive on Broadway within the Broadhurst Theater, the venue recently left open with the last-minute cancellation of latest tuner "Rebecca." "Streetcar," toplined by Blair Underwood and Nicole Ari Parker, remains circling the Rialto for many days combined with introduced a spring opening right before nailing lower a theater. No matter the deluge of producers clamoring for your Broadhurst -- one of the prime houses possessed by Shubert Organization -- the ready-to-mobilize "Streetcar" was gone after the mind from the line. Exact dates have not yet been introduced, despite the fact that it seems likely the show will open sometime around April 22, the opening date which were stored in by "Rebecca." Cutoff for Tony qualifications is April 26. Parker ("Soul Food") may have Blanche DuBois opposite Underwood as Stanley in Tennessee Williams' 1947 play, with Daphne Rubin-Vega and Wood Harris also aboard. Emily Mann, a.d. in the McCarter Theater in Princeton, N.J., helms. Lead producer of "Streetcar," Stephen Byrd, also was behind the all-black revival of Williams' "Cat around the Hot Container Roof," which shown a box office success round the Rialto in 2008 and ongoing with a work on free air travel Finish. Byrd produces "Streetcar" with Alia M. Manley of Front Row Prods. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com

Nominee reaction: Graham King

KingNominated in the best pic and animated feature category, producer Graham King said he was especially happy to see the man he considers the greatest director ever -- "Hugo" helmer Martin Scorsese -- to receive the recognition as well."It is just amazing to see 'Hugo' get all of this love and that 'Rango' got a nomination is a great surprise and a great reward as well," King said."It is especially sweet that Marty at this point in his career can come along and do a (type of) film that he is not known for and get recognition for it. It's nice to see." Contact Justin Kroll at justin.kroll@variety.com