Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, William Monahan Reteam for any Remake of 'The Gambler'

Here is a triple threat: The busy Martin Scorsese (he just finished his first family film, 'Hugo,' that will hit theaters this Thanksgiving he's putting the finishing touches on 'George Harrison: Residing in the fabric World' he's preparing to have an adaptation from the Shusaku Endo novel 'Silence' there might be a 'Sinatra' in the future) has signed onto Paramount's remake of 'The Gambler,' a 1974 film starring James Caan. And who ought to be mounted on star within the redo? The one and only the equally busy Leonardo DiCaprio ('J. Edgar,' 'The Great Gatsby' and 'Django Unchained'), that has starred for that director in 'The Gangs of recent You are able to, 'The Aviator,' the 2006 best picture Oscar champion 'The Departed' and 'Shutter island.' And arranged to pen the redo is William Monahan, who labored using the pair on 'The Departed.' The 'Gambler,' an angst-ridden, existential film like individuals very popular within the seventies, was directed by Karel Reisz ('Saturday Evening and Sunday Morning') and compiled by James Toback (loosely in line with the short novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky). It dedicated to a brand new You are able to British professor who experienced from the gambling addiction that triggered him to extort money from his mother, betray his girlfriend, and convince among his students to shave points inside a the game of basketball. Lauren Hutton and Paul Sorvino co-starred. Though no cast or production date continues to be looking for the remake, this really is exciting news for Scorsese fans, hopefully getting the director to the mean roads of recent You are able to where he cut his eyeteeth within the -- you suspected it -- angst-ridden, existential seventies. Tip o' the hat towards the Hollywood Reporter and Deadline.

New Movie Reviews: 'Colombiana,' 'Don't Be Afraid of the Dark,' 'Our Idiot Brother' Hitting Theaters

Moviegoers have a slew of options this weekend.our editor recommendsZoe Saldana in 'Colombiana': What the Critics Are Saying'Don't Be Afraid of the Dark's' Katie Holmes Reveals What Scares Her'Our Idiot Brother' Director Jesse Peretz Talks Sundance Edits and Name Change On Friday, Zoe Saldana, Jordi Molla and Lennie James stars in the bullet thriller Colombiana, directed by Olivier Megaton. PHOTOS: Summer Movie Guide Meanwhile, Katie Holmes, Guy Pearce and Bailee Madison star in the horror flickDon't Be Afraid of the Dark. The movie is written by Guillermo del Toro and Matthew Robbins and directed by Troy Nixey. Also opening Friday is the family comedy Our Idiot Brother, directed and produced by Jesse Peretz andstarring Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks and Zooey Deschanel. See what The Hollywood Reporter's critics have to say about those films -- and others opening this weekend -- and find out how well they are expected to perform at the box office. Colombiana Bottom Line: Another Besson bash of bullets, bodies and broads. Click here to read The Hollywood Reporter's review. VIDEO: Zoe Saldana Kicks Butt in 'Colombiana' Fight Vignette Don't Be Afraid of the Dark Bottom Line: A scary film where the scares peter out far too quickly. Click here to read THR's review. Our Idiot Brother Bottom Line: Dysfunctional family comedy ambles instead of snowballing and treats its good-hearted hero pretty shabbily. Click here to read THR's review. VIDEO: 'Don't Be Afraid of the Dark' Trailer Scares! Circumstance Bottom Line: Stunning debut lifts the veil on life in Iran. Click here to read THR's review. Brighton Rock Bottom Line: The story is a typical Greene tale of good versus evil. Click here to read THR's review. STORY: Paul Rudd in 'Our Idiot Brother': Director Jesse Peretz Talks Casting ChasingMadoff Bottom Line: A riveting yet maddeningly stylized doc looking into a whistleblower whom no one listened to. Click here to read THR's review. Higher Ground Bottom Line: A rare American film that explores the born-again experience without mockery or condescension. Click here to read THR's review. Related Topics Elizabeth Banks Guillermo del Toro Katie Holmes Paul Rudd Vera Farmiga Zoe Saldana Zooey Deschanel Don't Be Afraid of the Dark Higher Ground Colombiana Our Idiot Brother Circumstance

Trailer For Winterbottom's Trishna

Freida Pinto takes up Sturdy in IndiaContinuing his pursuit to do strange and interesting things with Thomas Sturdy books, here is a trailer for Michael Winterbottom's Trishna, which transposes Tess from the d'Urbervilles to modern-day India. Following his reasonably straight adaptation of Jude the Obscure, and also the Claim, which switched The Mayor of Casterbridge right into a Western, Trishna stars Freida Pinto because the titular primitive creature from the heath (or its Rajasthan equivalent), who will get into relationship problems with Riz Ahmed's Jay Singh. Trishna goes to dedicate yourself him after any sort of accident destroys her father's jeep (it is a equine within the book) however the pair's love is complicated through the clash between Trishna's rural roots and also the urbanity and education that Jay signifies. This is the official plot summary a minimum of, which does not cover Tess' rape and also the extended aftermath which forms the core of Hardy's novel. There is no trace of this within the trailer either, which seems to visit the star-cross'd enthusiasts route. Jay would appear to become Angel Clare, and it is unclear if there's an Alec d'Urberville whatsoever, but Hardy's theme of the beautiful traditional world versus the evils of modernity certainly appears to become front and center. The dreamy soundtrack, that it's as though you will see much dancing, is as simple as Shigeru Umebayashi, with original tunes by Amit Trivedi, and Trishna is going to be seeking distribution in the Toronto Worldwide Film Festival, where it premieres on September 9.

Steve McQueen to direct '12 Years a Slave'

McQueenEXCLUSIVE: Steve McQueen, who won the Camera d'Or at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival for the Bobby Sands pic "Hunger," is set to direct Chiwetel Ejiofor in "12 Years a Slave," which Brad Pitt's Plan B shingle is producing. Indie pic tells the true story of Solomon Northrup, a New York citizen who was kidnapped in Washington in 1841 and rescued from a cotton plantation in Louisiana in 1853. McQueen has been developing the project for some time and co-wrote the script with John Ridley ("Red Tails"). Plan B's Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner are set to produce the film, which is expected to start production early next year. CAA is arranging financing for the pic and representing U.S. rights. McQueen's sex addiction drama "Shame," starring Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan, is set to premiere at the Venice Film Festival. Ejiofor, who recently starred in "Salt" and "2012," also plays a slave opposite James Caviezel in Annette Haywood-Carter's indie "Savannah." McQueen is repped by CAA and Casarotto Ramsay & Associates, while ICM and Markham, Froggatt and Irwin rep Ejiofor. Contact Jeff Sneider at jeff.sneider@variety.com

Beautiful Bitch

Enticed into Germany by a corrupt ex-policeman under the promise that she will earn the money needed to help out her younger brother, a Bucharest teen becomes hopelessly entangled with a young group of pickpockets in this downbeat drama from director Martin-Theo Krieger. Bica is a fifteen year old girl who is better known on the streets by the nickname "Bitch." Approached by crooked former lawman named Cristu with an offer to raise the money her family so desperately needs, Bica travels to Germany only to discover that she will not be working a legitimate job, but instead inducted into a clandestine pickpocketing organization. There, under harsh conditions, Bica and numerous other teens are taught how to life the wallets of unsuspecting adults without being caught. One day, while out on the rounds, Bica meets friendly teenager Milka and begins to ponder what it might be like to live a "normal" life. When Cristu discovers that his latest catch might be gravitating away from a life of crime, however, he quickly resorts to violence as a means of controlling the frightened young Bica.

Garfield swings to 'Salesman'

Andrew Garfield is in talks to join Philip Seymour Hoffman and Linda Emond in the brewing Broadway revival of "Death of a Salesman." Although reports have confirmed the casting, it's said the deal isn't done. If everything comes together, the Mike Nichols-helmed prodution of "Salesman" would land Garfield on the Rialto boards in the spring, just prior to Sony's summer release of the comicbook reboot "The Amazing Spider-Man," in which the thesp stars as the title wallcrawler. The latest starry play revival from Scott Rudin, "Salesman" is said to have lined up the Ethel Barrymore Theater for its run. Venue is occupied in the fall by the limited engagement of "An Evening with Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin." In "Salesman," Garfield would play the role of Biff, football-star son of Willy Loman, the salesman protag played by Hoffman. Emond is on board as Willy's wife, Linda. Rudin is coming off a busy legit season that included new tuner "The Book of Mormon," new play "The Motherfucker with the Hat" and play revival "The House of Blue Leaves," toplined by Ben Stiller and Edie Falco. He was also on board the producing team of "Jerusalem," and the prior season he produced the Denzel Washington-Viola Davis starrer "Fences." Dates, theater and further casting have yet to be confirmed for "Salesman." Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com

India row on revenue sharing

Rise of the Planet of the Apes opened only in single-screen cinemas. Hollywood distributors and India's multiplexes are in a standoff over revenue sharing, which is forcing films to release in single-screen cinemas.Distribs and multiplexes used to take an equal share in the box office revenue in the first week of a film's release under a two-year agreement signed in 2009. The distribs' share falls to 42.5% in the second week, 37.5% in the third week and 32.5% in the fourth.The agreement expired on June 30, and plex owners offered distributors 45% in the first week, 37.5% in the second, 32.5% in the third and 27.5% in the fourth.This was unacceptable to Warner Bros. India, nearly scuppering the release of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2." The film was eventually released after both sides agreed to postpone the discussion on revenue sharing.Last week, Fox Star Studios India failed to reach a revenue agreement on "Rise of the Planet of the Apes," forcing the film to release in 400 single-screen cinemas.Fox said in a statement: "Despite our best efforts, we were unable to come to an appropriate commercial arrangement with our exhibition partners as we were offered terms that were not consistent with other recent Fox films of a similar scale."Pic grossed a respectable $1.3 million in its opening weekend, but the returns would have been higher had it been released in plexes, which are typically far plusher, boast superior projection and charge higher ticket prices than single screens. Affluent Indians, who are willing to pay higher rates for better facilities, usually shun single-screen theaters.Though both distribs and plex operators are negotiating, neither side is willing to budge from its position. Distribs want to continue the 2009 agreement while plexes are adamant on the new terms.On Friday "Captain America: The First Avenger," distributed by Viacom 18 Motion Pictures, Warner's "Final Destination 5" and Disney's "Winnie the Pooh" open in India. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

New Ghost Protocol Image Released

Cruise does moody in a hoodieGiven the violence that has erupted in several cities across the UK in the last couple of days, Paramount debuting a promotional image of Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol looking moody in a hoodie surrounded by flaming rubble might be seen as a tragic coincidence. But the image has indeed arrived and can be seen below. Cruise is back as Agent Ethan Hunt, forced to go on the run once again when he and members of his IMF team are framed for a massive, explosive attack on Russia. Effectively burned by their own country, they're forced into deep cover to find out what's really going on. Joining Cruise on the team this time around are Simon Pegg as returning tech boffin Benji Dunn, Ving Rhames as veteran agent Luther Stickell, Paula Patton as Jane Carter, and the more enigmatic characters Brandt (Jeremy Renner) and Trevor Hanaway (Josh Holloway). With Brad Bird in charge, the film also features the likes of Lea Seydoux, Tom Wilkinson, Anil Kapoor and Michael Nyqvist. To see the pic full-size over at Yahoo, click on the image above. Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol is out on December 2.

IMDb - Road to Nowhere

There's a murky tenuous balance between reality and fiction; particularly when it involves a beautiful young woman, murder, a powerful politico, a missing fortune and suicide. A passionate filmmaker creating a film based upon a true crime casts an unknown mysterious young woman bearing a disturbing resemblance to the femme fatale in the story. Unsuspectingly, he finds himself drawn into a complex web of haunting intrigue, obsessed with the woman, the crime, her possibly notorious past and the disturbing complexity between art and truth. From the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina to Verona, Rome and London, new truths are revealed and clues to other crimes and passions, darker and even more complex are uncovered.

'Planet from the Snapes,' '10 A Few Things I Hate About Yoda' in Empire's Poster Mashup

Can there be anything more amusing than the usual well-done parody? Absolutely not! And because of the great old Interweb, spoofing the most popular films has become simpler than ever before. We have been large fans of Empire magazine's weekly Movie Poster Mashup for a while now, where their customers submit their very own assumes famous posters. Now, we see supporting figures in starring roles, like Professor Snape in 'Planet from the Apes,' Yoda in '10 A Few Things I Hate About You' and Gimli ('Lord from the Rings') in 'Gigli.' Have a look in a couple of from the posters below, and mind on to Empire to look into the entire collection. Images thanks to Empire.

ABC Family births more episodes of 'Switched'

ABC Family has extended its order for freshman series ''Switched at Birth'' from 10 to 32 episodes, with the back order of 22 to premiere in early 2012.The audience for ''Switched'' has grown over time, with its July 25 episode reaching series highs among viewers 12-34. The drama, which finishes its first 10 episodes Aug. 8, is ABC Family's No. 2 freshman program ever in total viewers and top demos behind ''The Secret Life of the American Teenager.''''Everything about this groundbreaking show speaks to our millennial viewers,'' ABC Family EVP of original programming and development Kate Juergens said. ''It has heart, humor (and) drama and an incredible cast that has brought beautifully nuanced performances to every role.''Lizzy Weiss, Paul Stupin and John Ziffren exec produce ''Switched,'' which stars Katie Leclerc, Vanessa Marano, Constance Marie, D.W. Moffett, Lea Thompson, Lucas Grabeel and Sean Berdy as Emmett. Contact Jon Weisman at jon.weisman@variety.com