Darren Aronosfky's Noah Fast-Tracked to Shoot Next Spring

Seems the folks at Paramount and New Regency are itching to help Darren Aronofsky build his ark; as Deadline reports, the two have finally sealed the deal to partner on the $100+ million Biblical epic Noah. Also: It’s being fast-tracked to begin production as early as next spring, which means it’s about time Aronofsky gets to casting this sucker. Can we just take a vote for Christian Bale as Noah and call it a day? [Deadline]

Warner Bros Acquires Publish-World war 2 Don Winslow Novel Satori For Leonardo DiCaprio

EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros has acquired the Don Winslow best-selling novel Satori and can develop it as being a star vehicle for Leonardo DiCaprio to experience a Westerner, elevated in Japan and trained an assassin’s abilities, who will get swept up within the chaos of publish-World war 2 because the U.S., Ussr, France and China maneuver for energy in Southeast Asia in early nineteen fifties. Shane Salerno will write the script with Winslow, and John Leshers Grisdi Productions and DiCaprio’s Appian Way partner Jennifer Killoran are creating. Salerno is executive producer. DiCaprio will have Nicholai Hel, elevated in Japan with a fighting techinques expert and genius at Go, the complex chess-like Japanese game. The actual, a Japanese general, passes on all his secrets and also the student repays him by killing his mentor being an act of devotion the military leader could have been disgraced and wiped out like a war criminal. For your act, Hel is tossed in solitary confinement inside a Tokyo, japan prison, and tortured for 3 years. He's finally sprung through the CIA after saying yes to assassinate the Soviet commissioner to China. Hel is trained for that task with a beautiful French lady he falls deeply in love with. Though lucrative sees a contented ending in the finish from the harmful assignment, Hel is tricked by his backers, and, using his Go abilities for strategy, makes his way through Vietnam hunted by American, Chinese, Russian and French intelligence agencies in addition to a Corsican mob and Vietnamese criminal syndicate. Its a classy thriller and also the studio sees possibility of its Jason Bourne-type action franchise. It’s the 2nd major studio deal for any Winslow bestseller, with director Oliver Stone finishing production a week ago on Savages, which Salerno, Winslow and Stone scripted and which stars Aaron Manley, Taylor Kitsch, Blake Lively, Benicio Del Toro, Travolta Qantas Video, Salma Hayek and Emile Hirsch. Universal acquired the film inside a three-studio putting in a bid fight before production began and also the film is going to be launched September 28, 2012. DiCaprio will next be viewed playing the title role within the Clint Eastwood J. Edgar, about FBI top cop J. Edgar Hoover for Warner Bros. DiCaprio is presently starring as Jay Gatsby within the Baz Luhrmann-directed The Truly Amazing Gatsby, and that he follows using the Quentin Tarantino-directed Django Unchained. He’s repped by Ron Yorn, Salerno’s repped by CAA and Winslow by CAA and also the Story Factory.

American Horror Story (Series; FX)

Credits: Filmed in Los Angeles by Ryan Murphy Prods. in association with Twentieth Century Fox Television. Executive producers, Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Dante Di Loreto. 60 MIN.With: Connie Britton, Dylan McDermott, Jessica Lange, Dennis O'Hare, Taissa Farmiga, Evan Peters, Frances Conroy, Alexandra Breckenridge, Jamie Brewer.Although there have been successful horror anthologies, episodic television has a frightening track record with the genre, largely because suspense is so difficult to sustain. Yet given its theatrical popularity and "The Walking Dead's" success, it makes sense for somebody like FX to try. Enter "American Horror Story," a stab (heh heh), from "Glee's" Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk, at recycling jump-out-at-you conventions, which in its own way displays excesses similar to later seasons of Murphy's signature FX offering, "Nip/Tuck." The creative team's fondness for the material appears unquestionable; whether they can exorcise what ails their show remains the real mystery. Of course, for such a series to work (and past attempts, like CBS' "American Gothic," didn't), there has to be a solid character foundation. In this case, it's the Harmon family: Seeking to save a marriage fractured by a miscarriage and infidelity, psychologist Ben (Dylan McDermott), wife Vivien (Connie Britton) and bratty teenage daughter Violet (Taissa Farmiga) head West, from Boston to L.A. Why is this old house they've found so cheap? Because a murder-suicide occurred in the basement, the realtor explains. But hey, the place is half the price of other homes in the neighborhood, and for that money they'd have to live in the valley -- which is really scary. So in they move, only to be warned by their neighbor with Down's syndrome (Jamie Brewer), "You are going to die in there" -- which, in its vague echoes of lines from "The Exorcist" and "Poltergeist II," represents the first homage of many in Murphy and Falchuk's script. The main problem with a haunted-house series is making things scary without becoming so alarming the family flees screaming into the night in episode one. A second hour, however, rather than offering clarity or reassurance, only reinforces these doubts. Creatively unleashed, the producers have concocted a sure-to-be-polarizing introduction that's a truly weird, David Lynch-style experience -- complete with bondage outfits, satanic images and the creepiest opening-title sequence ever. Beyond the central family, everyone seems to have checked in from "The Shining's" Overlook Hotel -- from the wild-eyed former actress next door (Jessica Lange, oddly channeling her work in "A Streetcar Named Desire") to the spooky maid who, in the pilot's niftiest device, appears one way (Frances Conroy) to Vivien and another (Alexandra Breckenridge) to Ben. "AHS" derives inspiration from so many horror films there's some fun in simply identifying those moments. But there's also a surreal quality that feels wildly overdone -- and periodically risks tumbling from inspiring fright into inducing giggles. Britton is a strong yet vulnerable lead, and the couple's marital woes feed into the tumult of their unsettling surroundings. By contrast, the daughter's troubles fitting in at her new school and interaction with a disturbed boy feel like unpleasant dead ends. For FX, there's merit in trying to elevate the storytelling level in modern horror films from what has too often devolved into torture porn and splatter. And as a proliferation of reality TV programs demonstrate, people still love ghost stories. "Horror Story's" spirit-guides Murphy and Falchuk certainly silenced naysayers with "Glee." Nevertheless, any more missteps and this wispy specter will descend the stairway to silliness -- at which point, it'll be hard to prevent the fat lady from singing. Contact Brian Lowry at brian.lowry@variety.com

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Fake Empire Comedy Among Latest Pilot Script Sales

Known primarily for its hourlong series, Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage’s Fake Empire has sold a half-hour comedy pitch to Fox. The single-camera comedy about three childhood friends who are all now fathers with teenage sons, will be written by Barry Schwartz who will co-executive produce. Fake Empire’s Schwartz, Savage and Len Goldstein will executive produce for Warner Bros. TV. Fake Empire has 3 series on the air this season, NBC’s dramedy Chuck and the CW dramas Gossip Girl andHart of Dixie. On the feature side, Schwartz, repped WME and the Gotham Group, soldBromance to Montecito and DreamWorks and Parents Weekend to Kopelson Entertainment. Writer-director Nancy Hower and her writing/producing partner, actor John Lehr, have sold a half-hour comedy pitch to NBC. Titled Retreat, the project is set in a corporate retreat. The sale was made based on a demo Hower and Lehr shot, which Hower directed and Lehr starred in. The demo, made in association with EUE/Screengems, was probably helpful, as the duo uses a hybrid scripted/improv style where their scripts are incredibly detailed but dont feature any dialogue. ABC has bought an untitled time travel drama project from writer Scott Veach, with ABC Studios and Warren Littlefield producing. This marks a reunion of all parties. Last year, Veach, repped by CAA and Leverage, and Littlefield developed a drama for ABC and ABC Studios based on the book City of Dreams.

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Demi and Ashton: A Peek Back

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New Kristen Stewart As 'Snow White' Photos Emerge

FROM MTV MOVIES: Kristen Stewart looks like she's ready for battle. Some photos of the "Twilight" star on the set of "Snow White and the Huntsman" have hit the Internet. In them, Stewart is wearing her previously teased armor as she films scenes at Marloes Sands Beach in Pembrokeshire Wales, U.K., this week. Photos on Screenrant.com show the actress riding a white horse alongside a group of extras dressed as medieval soldiers. They are riding through the water for what appears to be some sort of battle scene. In some on-set candids, the ponytail-sporting actress laughs and walks around the set of the Rupert Sanders-directed flick. Stewart recently debuted her longer locks for the film at London Fashion Week. No signs of co-stars Charlize Theron (the Evil Queen), Chris Hemsworth (the Huntsman) or Sam Claflin (Prince Charming) in the new photos. The film is expected to open June 1, 2012. Read the full story at MTV Movies!

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Bana boards 'Brilliant'

BanaEric Bana is at discussions to star inside the Lakeshore Entertainment gem-heist thriller "Brilliant." Robert Luketic ("Legally Blonde," "The Ugly Truth") is aboard to direct with Gillian Gorfil (producer on "Blood stream Gem") penning the script, her first feature writing credit. Pic involves just a little-time criminal who joins accomplished thieves in the gem heist. Gorfil, Sidney Kimmel, Gary Lucchesi and Tom Rosenberg will produce. Bana, who's repped by WME, was last noticed in the primary focus spy thriller "Hanna." Contact Justin Kroll at justin.kroll@variety.com