Caleb Landry Jones Joins Byzantium

Neil Jordan's new vampire picHe was last seen screaming up a storm (for heroic reasons, not because someone just poked him with a stick) as Banshee in X-Men: First Class, but now it looks like Caleb Landry Jones will have a real reason to scream, as he's locked in for a role in Neil Jordan's return to all things vampiric, Byzantium. Adapted by Moira Buffini from her own play, the film will see Gemma Arterton and Saoirse Ronan as a mother and daughter who just so happen to be vampires. They arrive at a small British seaside town, where Ronan joins the local school and stands up in class to announce that she's a member of the fang club. Naturally, her peers think she's joking, but soon learn the truth. She'll form a closer relationship with Jones' teenager, a lad dying of leukaemia and confronting his mortality, which in turn causes Ronan to ponder her immortality. Jordan is getting set to make the film later this year with Stephen Woolley and Elizabeth Karlsen producing via their Number 9 company after they picked up the rights to Buffini's work in 2009.

Sugarland Stage Collapse: Indiana State Fair Organizers Thought They Had More Time (Video)

Organizers at the Indiana State Fair didn't think the storm that caused 60 to 70 mph winds resulting in the collapsed stage that killed five would roll in so quickly.our editor recommendsSugarland Concert Stage Collapse: Musicians React to the TragedySugarland's Jennifer Nettles: 'Grief, Pain' After Indiana State Fair Stage Collapse STORY: Sugarland Stage Collapse: Death Toll Reaches 5; New Shocking Video From the Scene "The information we had, with our meteorologist on site with constant contact with the National Weather Service, was that we had about 30 more minutes before any kind of rain or storm blew in," fair spokesman Andy Klotz told the Early Show's Chris Wragge on Monday. Klotz says officials made the announcement recommending the 12,000 concertgoers waiting to see Sugarland seek shelter. Four minutes later, when organizers began evacuating the area, the gusts of wind caused the stage to collapse. Some 48 people were taken to local hospitals. "We were in constant contact with the National Weather Service, and we were constantly trying to figure out what was coming, when it was coming and get people to a position of safety as best we could with the information that we had," Klotz says. The Associated Press reports that witnesses were mixed on whether emergency sirens at the fair were set off, or proper warning was given. Klotz says, however , that the storm was sudden and isolated, and even warning may not have prevented the tragedy. But some meteorologists are criticizing fair officials, saying they should have evacuated earlier. The storm "was very predictable," AccuWeather meteorologist Mike Smith told CBS News. "We put out a warning for 60 mile-an-hour winds a full half-hour before the stage collapse occurred." "It's pathetic. It makes me mad," says groundskeeper Roger Smith. "Those lives could have been saved yesterday." Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels will attend a Monday-morning memorial on the state fairgrounds, and the festival will open after. Related Topics Sugarland

Andrew Garfield to Make Broadway Debut in 'Death of a Salesman'

Andrew Garfield is headed to Broadway, but not for the same superhero he plays on screen. The Amazing Spider-Man actor will play the son of Willy Loman, Biff, in the upcoming adaptation of Arthur Miller's classic, Death of a Salesman, according to The New York Times. The 28-year old joins a cast that includes Philip Seymour Hoffman as the traveling salesman and Linda Emond as his wife, Linda. The show is produced Scott Rudin and will be directed by Mike Nicols. It is expected to open at the Barrymore Theater in March of 2012. This will be the Broadway debut for Garfield. Hoffman has previously been nominated for two Tony awards. The troubled Broadway adaptation of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, officially opened on June 14. Related Topics Philip Seymour Hoffman Broadway Andrew Garfield

Alcon in Talks with 'Harry Brown' Director for Thriller 'Substitution' (Exclusive)

Daniel Barber, who last directed the 2009 thriller Harry Brown, is in negotiations to helm Substitution for Alcon Entertainment. The thriller is described as being in the vein of Strangers on a Train but in a high school setting. The story centers on a substitute teacher who coerces a high school student in a murders-swapping plot. Alcon's Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove are producing, as is Kevin McCormick of Langley Park Productions and Steve Crystal. Ian Shorr wrote the script, which is still in development. Barber proved himself adept at coiling up the tension before letting loose with violence in Harry Brown, which starred Michael Caine as a pensioner who is forced to take matters into his own hands when his friend is killed by ruffians. The movie, Barber's feature directorial debut, won the for best British film prize at the Empire Awards. Barber, repped by UTA, Anonymous Content and UK-based Independent, also directed the Oscar-nominated short The Tonto Woman. Email: Borys.Kit@thr.com Twitter: @borys_kit Related Topics

Boardwalk Empire Season 2 Promo: Who's Out to Get Nucky?

Steve Buscemi How long can Nucky's luck last? When last we saw Boardwalk Empire, Nucky Thompson (Steve Buscemi) was feeling pretty lucky after the election went his way and Margaret (Kelly MacDonald) returned to him after discovering his baby son had died. Boardwalk Empire actress Paz de la Huerta pleads guilty to harassment When HBO's Prohibition-era show returns, however, it looks like Nucky will have more than a few enemies. Just how many people are out to get him? How mad is Eli (Shea Whigham)? Check out this promo for Season 2 of Boardwalk Empire: Boardwalk Empire returns on Sunday, Sept. 25 at 9/8c on HBO.

Netflix Makes Pay Cope With Lionsgate United kingdom As Streaming Company Prepares For United kingdom Launch

EXCLUSIVE: Inside a obvious signal that Netflix is planning for any major expansion in to the Uk, the web movie streaming company makes things i believe to become its first content cope with a movie company there. My sources let me know that Netflix has signed a multi-year exclusive output deal for first pay TV privileges with Lionsgate United kingdom. Netflix wouldn't comment, nor would Lionsgate United kingdom, but this pact sets happens for which would be the first competition that Rupert Murdochs Sky has faced within the Pay TV movie business within the United kingdom for more than ten years. It's also an offer that provides Lionsgate United kingdom Boss Zygi Kamasa an chance to consider his company one stage further having a condition from the art pay TV deal which will start working when Netflix opens for United kingdom business. Like Lionsgate in america, Lionsgate United kingdom is area of the Lionsgate Group, however it works autonomously under Kamasa, financing film productions and making purchases for that United kingdom theatrical and ancillary marketplace. The companys recent film purchases have incorporated The Hurt Locker, The Auto technician and also the Rob Fiennes-directed Coriolanus. Lionsgate United kingdom has additionally been getting good aggressive in producing British product. It lately completed production about the second film it fully funded, Fish Fishing within the Yemen. The Lasse Hallstrom-directed film stars Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt and Kristin Scott Thomas, also it premieres at next several weeks Toronto Film Festival. Netflix has to date introduced it'll make its first expansion at night US and Canada by opening for business in Latin America and also the Caribbean later this season. A Netflix spokesperson stated that until they really announce expansion plans and output deals, Netflix views so that it is speculation and wouldn't discuss this story. The Lionsgate United kingdom deal is really a obvious signal that Netflix is making certain it's content ready when ever celebrate its United kingdom foray. The Lionsgate Group includes a historical relationship with Netflix, including the Epix multi-platform network.