Casa P Mi Padres Gary Sanchez And NALA Films Reteam With Helmer Matt Piedmont On King Dork

EXCLUSIVE: Casa p Mi Padre director Matt Piedmont is jumping directly into another project with Gary Sanchez and NALA Films, and this time around he’ll operate in British. Piedmont will direct King Dork, in line with the 2006 Frank Portman novel that's been modified by D.V. DeVincentis. Shooting will start in June, probably in Connecticut. It is all about close friends and outsiders Tom and Mike, who bond over their shared passion for classic rock 'n roll, which will help them deal with the agony of having through senior high school later. The film is going to be created by NALA’s Emilio Diez Barroso and Darlene Caamano Loquet and Gary Sanchez’s Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Kevin Messick and Chris Henchy. NALA is financing, because it did on Casa p Mi Padre, the The spanish language-language comedy which plays SXSW after which opens March 16. McKay stated that King Dork was the very first project bought as he, Ferrell and Henchy created Gary Sanchez six years back. It moved from Vital Vantage to The new sony, after which NALA first got it from turnaround, after you have a powerful script by DeVincentis, whose past scripts range from the music-centric photos High Fidelity and Grosse Point Blank. “It delayed, and them Kevin Messick see clearly and stated it had been too good to ignore it,” McKay explained. “Matt did an admirable job on Mi Casa, which is in his wheelhouse. Matt’s a collector of albums in the 60s and 70s, which inserts in. “The movie is all about that moment when you are in the confines of the room together with your music, to going out on the planet with dreams of rock fame,” McKay stated. “They stumble through inside a frightening, amusing way and really inside a strange way become rock stars. All of us recall the days whenever you’d ride a bicycle to satisfy a woman, or obsess over album covers and check out bands like these were on the different planet. The films that capture that feeling and also the discomfort of senior high school are a few of my faves, from My Bodyguard to in excess of the advantage.” NALA Boss Caamano Loquet stated they still wager on good material and filmmakers, and located both here. The film is going to be made on a tight budget, however it includes music privileges deals, though not for that tunes that fuel Rock of Age range, which concentrated around the 80s. “This is occur the 80s however the music is much more about individuals classic rock tunes in the 70s, that the lead character finds out from his father’s old albums,” she stated. “The music from that period is really as wealthy because the script that made us respond so strongly.” Since Ferrell appears to locate a distance to most Gary Sanchez projects (he stars in Casa p Mi Padre), is he going to be meeting as a 70s rock god, sans cowbell? “There are a handful of good roles inside it he could play and can certainly loves the script,” McKay stated. “But we're just beginning the casting process.” Piedmont, the previous Saturday Evening Live author who helmed the Sundance-winning short Brick Novax’s Diary, is repped by CAA and Rumble Media, and P Vincentis is repped by UTA and Management 360.

CAA signs Karl Urban

UrbanCAA has signed Kiwi thesp Karl Urban, who toplines Lionsgate's "Dredd" and co-stars in Paramount's "Star Trek" sequel.Urban broke out Stateside in the role of Julius Caesar on "Xena: Warrior Princess" before going on to co-star as Eomer in the "Lord of the Rings" sequels, as well as "The Bourne Supremacy" and "The Chronicles of Riddick." His other feature credits include "Priest" and "Red." Urban, who plays Bones in J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek" pics, will soon be seen in Erik Van Looy's thriller "The Loft."He continues to be repped by manager Jenny Rawlings of Principato-Young Entertainment and McKuin Frankel Whitehead. Contact Jeff Sneider at jeff.sneider@variety.com

Telemundo adds senior VP in news

Telemundo continues to beef up its national news operation with the appointment of Sylvia Rosabal as senior VP of network news. Rosabal joins the NBCUniversal-owned broadcast net after more than 20 years as a news exec at Univision. In her new post, she'll oversee all network news editorial content including online properties. Telemundo has pledged to step up the volume of its local and national news programming under the new Comcast-led regime at NBCU. Based in Miami, Rosabal reports to Alina Falcon, who joined Telemundo as exec veep of news and alternative programming from Univision late last year. Rosabal "has a deep understanding of Hispanic America and a proven track record in journalism excellence that will strengthen the connection with our audience and help us drive growth across all our network news properties," Falcon said in announcing the appointment. NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke has cited Telemundo as a prime growth prospect for the Peacock. Contact Cynthia Littleton at cynthia.littleton@variety.com

CBS Pilot Quean Not Moving Forward After The new sony Intends Law Suit Over Alleged Girl Using The Dragon Tattoo Commonalities

EXCLUSIVE: CBS’ drama pilot Quean is just about the victim of the legal standoff between two media congloms. I've found that Warner Bros TV, which produces the project with Joel Silver’s Silver Pictures, yesterday made the decision to close the lid on upon the recommendation of the outdoors legal firm. If this was introduced, Quean, compiled by The L Word creatorIlene Chaiken, seemed just like a typical CBS procedural: It focuses on an edgy and independent Millennial hacker girl who teams track of an Concord police detective to resolve crimes. The pilot guaranteed Jaume Collet-Serra as director and was moving towards the casting stage when Warner Bros. TV received instructions from The new sony Pictures threatening a suit over alleged commonalities towards the Girl Using The Dragon Tattoo, which The new sony has got the privileges to and it is adapting like a movie trilogy. (The very first movie, directed by David Fincher, was launched this past year another two happen to be greenlighted). Chaiken proceeded by having an extensive p.1 rewrite from the pilot, altering most key plot elements, such as the lead’s employer from the PI to an attorney, her boss from the whitened male private eye to some black female lawyer, and also the protagonist herself from the loner to some girl having a boyfriend. I hear CBS brass got the rewrite on Saturday and loved it. However it seemed to be sent by Warner Bros TV for an outdoors lawyer maintained for that situation. With The new sony still threatening law suit, the firm suggested the project doesn’t move forward more than one major similarity: charge character as being a hacker. And yesterday, Warner Bros drawn the plug. This can be a rare legal fight in business where most new ideas are very well forgotten original copies. For example, the CW pilot The Choice draws parallels towards the Hunger Games, the network’s First Cut to Gray’s Anatomy. The new sony TV’s CBS drama Baby Large Shot sounds in writing just like a male SuitsNBC’s ensemble firemen drama Chicago Fire has been in comparison to Save Meand CBS has got the modern A Virtual Detective pilot from CBS TV Galleries while Warner Bros is doing Holmes movies and also the BBC includes a twenty-first century Holmes series around the air. Their email list goes so on. There has been attempts at law suit previously, but however i can’t think about of the outcome much like that one in television, in which the premise is essential but key for every project is execution. For instance, ABC’s comedy Less Then Perfect was an unofficial U.S. version of Betty La Fea, which didn’t prevent ABC from carrying out a effective adaptation from the Colombian telenovela many years later inUgly Betty because the two shows required the initial premise of the unattractive female assistant in various directions. Similarly, TNT’s The Closerhad been known to being an unofficial U.S. undertake Prime Suspect, however it was quite different from NBC’s official remake the 2009 season. Maybe The new sony is thinking about carrying out a Girl Using The Dragon Tattoo Tv show in the future and wouldn’t desire a similar concept available on the market.