Michael Rosenbaum Recalls Old Days

Morena Baccarin will co-starHe spent a few years paying his dues on TV as Lex Luthor in Smallville, and he's snagged a few movie roles here and there. But now Michael Rosenbaumis stepping up to direct his first full-length film,Old Days.He'll step in front of the camera too, starring as Jim Owens, a frustrated actor who returns home from the bright lights of Hollywood to the slightly dimmer pastures of Indiana and his 15th high school reunion. Naturally, there are complications as Jim gets into trouble with his old friends and rediscovers his feelings for his high school sweetheart (Morena Baccarin, most recently seen in US telly drama Homeland).Rosenbaum has also recruited Sarah Colonna, Harland Williams and Jay Ferguson for the film, which he'll kick off shooting early next month. While it'll be his first spin behind the camera for a film, he's already got horror short Fade Into You scraping through post production and also wrote and produced fantasy short Ghild back in 2010.

Casting Company company directors Searching for Aircraft aircraft pilots From Louis C.K., 'GoodFellas' Author

Casting Company company directors Searching for Aircraft aircraft pilots From Louis C.K., 'GoodFellas' Author By Daniel Lehman February 10, 2012 Photo by Starz/Chuck Hodes "Boss" Lauren Grey Casting will cast Louis C.K. and Spike Feresten's comedy pilot for CBS. The untitled project concentrates on an ensemble of youthful individuals who're trying to attain their creative dreams throughout these tough financial occasions. Shoot dates are TBA.C.K. can be a stand-up comic who also produces, produces, directs, edits, and stars in "Louie" on Foreign exchange. Grey might be the casting director for your Showtime series "Boss," and he or she has labored just like a casting connect on movies for instance "Moneyball," "Milk," and "Tropic Thunder."Also for CBS, Sheila Jaffe and Gail Goldberg are casting the pilot with an untitled period drama using the true story of Take advantage of Lamb, a classic cowboy who increased to become longtime Las vegas sheriff making competitors in the mob as well as the Hell's Angels. The project is occur Las Vegas inside the sixties. "GoodFellas" film author Nicholas Pileggi and "Without any Trace" author Greg Master will write and executive produce. James Mangold ("Walk the roadInch) will direct the pilot, which shoots in March.Jaffe has cast film and television projects since 1990. Her film credits include "Contraband," "The Fighter," "City Island," and "Observe and Report." Jaffe also cast the Cinemax series "Entourage," "The Sopranos," and "Making It In The United States.In . Goldberg's feature film casting credits include "You Again," "The Princess Journals." and "10 Factor I Dislike About Yourself.In . Casting Company company directors Searching for Aircraft aircraft pilots From Louis C.K., 'GoodFellas' Author By Daniel Lehman February 10, 2012 "Boss" PHOTO CREDIT Starz/Chuck Hodes Lauren Grey Casting will cast Louis C.K. and Spike Feresten's comedy pilot for CBS. The untitled project concentrates on an ensemble of youthful individuals who're trying to attain their creative dreams throughout these tough financial occasions. Shoot dates are TBA.C.K. can be a stand-up comic who also produces, produces, directs, edits, and stars in "Louie" on Foreign exchange. Grey might be the casting director for your Showtime series "Boss," and he or she has labored just like a casting connect on movies for instance "Moneyball," "Milk," and "Tropic Thunder."Also for CBS, Sheila Jaffe and Gail Goldberg are casting the pilot with an untitled period drama using the true story of Take advantage of Lamb, a classic cowboy who increased to become longtime Las vegas sheriff making competitors in the mob as well as the Hell's Angels. The project is occur Las vegas inside the sixties. "GoodFellas" film author Nicholas Pileggi and "Without any Trace" author Greg Master will write and executive produce. James Mangold ("Walk the roadInch) will direct the pilot, which shoots in March.Jaffe has cast film and television projects since 1990. Her film credits include "Contraband," "The Fighter," "City Island," and "Observe and Report." Jaffe also cast the Cinemax series "Entourage," "The Sopranos," and "Making It In The United States.In . Goldberg's feature film casting credits include "You Again," "The Princess Journals." and "10 Factor I Dislike About Yourself.In .

Why the glut of showbiz southpaws?

Director John Madden, above with Tena Desae, states left-handed people are extremely alert to the whole, in the large picture. Inside an election year, you'll frequently hear people in politics report that showbiz can be a hotbed of lefties.In one sense, they're wrong: The conglomerates that own the art galleries and systems are often right-leaning. In another sense, the leftie accusations are accurate: Showbiz is overrun with southpaws.If left-handed people comprise only 10% in the population, why were 50% in the Beatles left-handed (Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr)? And lefties are disproportionate in groups like professionals (Jeffrey Katzenberg, Kaira Grey, The famous host the famous host oprah Winfrey, Bill Gates), filmmakers (James Cameron, Spike Lee, Ken Burns), top female stars (Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Aniston, Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Lawrence, Scarlett Johansson), and late-evening comedy hosts (Jon Stewart, Jay Leno).The roster of southpaws is eclectic, including Matt Groening, Hugh Jackman, Patrick Whitesell, Julianne Moore, Matt Lauer, Adam Venit, Keanu Reeves, Morgan Freeman, Hilary Swank, Will Ferrell, Jerry Seinfeld, Sid Ganis, Steven Bochco, Lisa Kudrow, Henry Selick, Jesse P Line, Eminem and Seth Rogen.So, can it be safe to visualise that left-handed people tend to be more creative and in some manner superior? We lefties want you to definitely believe that, nevertheless the rollcall includes Billy the child, Jack the Ripper, John Dillinger as well as the Boston Strangler.Clearly, it is not determined by better or worse, just ... different.Before he discovered his pointing talents, John Madden will be a thesp. He described, "Becoming an actor, I believed 'Oh, no, this (career) won't do for just about any left-handed person.' Left-handed people are extremely alert to the whole, in the large picture."The director of "Shakespeare for every otherInch and "The Most Effective Exotic Marigold Hotel" (that have its world premiere london now) states he examined the text involving the brain and hands when concentrating on Arthur Kopit's play "Wings," of a woman's stroke which is aftermath. Right-handed people are controlled with the left hemisphere in the brain, which handles speech and logic -- "crucial activities to handle existence," states Madden.Lefties, however, are ruled with the right hemisphere, "which has all the intuitive, whole, overview functions."That could explain the quantity of artists who operate in the areas like writing and creating: Whoopi Goldberg, Tina Fey, Ben Stiller, Griffin Dunne, Tony Goldwyn, Emma Thompson, et al.After which you'll find nuances. Christopher Nolan described he produces along with his left hands, but brushes his teeth along with his right. Ambidextrous? That term seems too prosaic for him. Like the majority of the other names here, the man behind "Beginning," "Indication" as well as the approaching "The Dark Dark evening Increases" is clearly too original and artistic being restricted to easy classifications.Five in the last six Presidents are actually left-handed: Gerald Ford, Taxation, George Rose rose bush, Bill Clinton now Obama. The very best-handed Commander in Chief: George W. Rose rose bush. (And, yes, politics counts as showbiz. Without any, we won't produce a cheap joke in the fee for righties here.)Left-handed sports sports athletes? We don't have space to find yourself in that.The late, lamented report on southpaws include Cole Porter, Lana Turner, Judy Garland, Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix and a pair of people who have been response to the introduction of showbiz to be sure it: Thomas Edison and Charlie Chaplin.So can be there disadvantages to being left-handed? Inside the book "Left-Hander Syndrome," Stanley Coren cites medical studies saying lefties "seem to are more anxious about nearly everything," which like a southpaw is "connected with plenty of factors that may be associated with reduced survivability" -- lack of, possible nerve damage, some kinds of diabetes, epilepsy, alcoholism, and "certain psychopathological conditions, for instance schizophrenia."No matter the stellar sports sports athletes, studies have proven that lefties are often clumsy. (The fact is that, guilty as charged.)And southpaws have a very inclination to complete 90% from the job then abandon it -- for example, doing the restroom, but departing two glasses inside the sink, filthy, because of not valid reason. (Again, guilty.)OK, dirty dishes, high anxiety and Jack the Ripper: Clearly, leftism is not always an optimistic factor. Still, they're offset by Thomas Edison, half the Beatles and Bart Simpson (did we explain that Bart can be a lefty?). So sitting on that lefty list feels so ... right. Contact Timothy M. Gray at tim.gray@variety.com

Argentine faves get redos

Palomar chairman-CEO Joni Sighvatsson has optioned English-language remake rights to Argentinean comedy "Igualita a mi" (Just Like Me).In a separate deal, NY-based Primary Prods., headed by Amy Kaufman ("The Whistleblower"), has teamed with Kamala Films' Marissa McMahon to option remake rights on Juan Taratuto's Argentinean hit "Un novio para mi mujer" (A Boyfriend for My Wife).Both deals have been tied down by Guido Rud's Buenos Aires sales agency FilmSharks Intl., which over the last three years has developed an international redo biz, complementing its sale of original movies.Argentineans Adrian Suar and Florencia Bertotti star in "Me," a comedy about a single man whose party-hearty lifestyle comes to an abrupt halt when a pregnant girl turns up claiming to be his daughter.One of Argentine's hottest local draws in 2010, "Me" was produced by Disney-backed Patagonik Film Group, based out of Buenos Aires."Boyfriend" turns on a man who tries to help his wife fall in love with another man -- so he can leave her.FilmSharks remake biz is now expanding beyond the U.S.Korea's Chris Lee and Jin-soo Min, the founder of Soo Film, have purchased Korean remake rights to "Boyfriend." Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Jaume Collet-Serra to helm CBS pilot 'Quean'

Jaume Collet-Serra has signed on to direct the CBS drama pilot "Quean," from scribe Ilene Chaiken and Joel Silver. Collet-Serra made his first foray into TV last year by directing the pilot for ABC's thriller "The River," which bows on Tuesday. The Spanish helmer is a rising star on the feature side, having steered last year's Liam Neeson starrer "Unknown" and 2009's "Orphan." He's attached to the Warner Bros. tentpole "Akira." "Quean," from Warner Bros. TV, revolves around a femme hacker who teams with Oakland police to help solve crimes. Contact Cynthia Littleton at cynthia.littleton@variety.com