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I can’t tell whether it’s that the footage of Tarsem Singh‘s Mirror Mirror is truly getting better, or whether I’m just developing some weird cinematic version of Stockholm Syndrome. But after kind of hating the first trailer, the film started to grow on me with yesterday’s featurette, and now this new international trailer has me kind of, sort of, actually looking forward to seeing it.

The new video offers up a bit more than the previous one did in terms of plot, and serves up some fresh jokes as well. Lily Collins stars as the fairytale princess, while Armie Hammer plays the handsome prince, Julia Roberts the evil queen, and Nathan Lane her pitiable sycophant. Watch the video after the jump.

[via First Showing]

I don’t expect Mirror Mirror to wind up being one of my favorites of the year or anything like that, and anyway I’m not really in the target audience for this “sickeningly kiddie” movie. But there’s definitely something to be said for how unapologetically weird it looks — love it or loathe it, at least it’s unique. It also helps that the jokes shown in the new video aren’t quite as egregiously cheesy as the ones shown in the first trailer. Maybe Relativity thinks international children have more refined senses of humor.

Roberts still looks pretty miscast here, and not in a good way, and Collins already seems like she’s getting upstaged by every other character in this movie. Hammer, on the other hand, is clearly having tons of fun with his goofy, apparently kind of stupid character, and I love him for it. (Even if his “romance” with Collins looks straight out of a second-rate CW show.) And of course, the costumes by Eiko Ishioka still look utterly gorgeous.

Mirror Mirror will hit theaters March 30.

• Snow White Bits: Another New ‘Snow White and the Huntsman’ Image, ‘Mirror Mirror’ Featurette and Updated Release Date
• Trailer for Tarsem Singh’s ‘Mirror, Mirror’
• Relativity’s Snow White Finally Gets a Title; Film Described by Director Tarsem Singh as “Sickeningly Kiddie”
• Nathan Lane and Robert Emms Join Tarsem Singh’s ‘Snow White’
• First Look: Julia Roberts, Armie Hammer and Lily Collins in Tarsem’s ‘Snow White’
• First Concept Art From Tarsem’s ‘Snow White’

Several studios have been actively trimming and shedding projects over the past year. Universal cut loose a handful of board game movies (Ouija, Monopoly, etc.) and scrapped Guillermo del Toro’s At the Mountains of Madness, while Warner Bros. has paused or scrapped films like Akira, Arthur & Lancelot and Paradise Lost.

That last one is to be directed by Alex Proyas as a big-budget re-imagining of the war in heaven that follows the fall of Lucifer, as told in Milton‘s epic poem Paradise Lost. We know that the plan for the film involves a relatively short live-action shoot in Australia, which will then be followed by a year of intense post-production in which the film’s big aerial battle sequences will be brought to life. Bradley Cooper is on board to play Lucifer.

In December Legendary Entertainment pulled back plans to shoot the film early this year, as the budget was pushing north of $120m. The idea was to rework the script a bit so that the cost could be brought back down to earth. Now Bradley Cooper suggests that process was successful, as he thinks the film could shoot by this summer.

The Playlist spoke to Cooper at Sundance, where he was promoting his film The Words. (Germain reviewed The Words here.)  And while Cooper didn’t have too much to say about Paradise Lost, he says that it is paused rather than killed, and that it could shoot this summer.

We’re going to hopefully start in June. Everything’s going great. I mean, nothing’s done until we’re up and shooting.

That’s a pretty safe disclaimer at the end, but that lack of certainty is the case for every movie that ever tries to move from development to production — it isn’t real until the cameras roll.

We’ll see what happens with Paradise Lost when it finally does shoot. The cast was set to include Benjamin Walker, Casey Affleck, Djimon Housou, Diego Boneta, Camilla Belle, Sam Reid, Rufus Sewell and Callan McAuliffe, and I hope that collection of talent is still in play when the movie rolls, whenever that happens to be.

• ‘Paradise Lost’ Shoot Delayed; Meanwhile, Bradley Cooper Still Planning to Script ‘Hyperion’
• Casey Affleck Joins ‘Paradise Lost’ as Gabriel; Camilla Belle May Play Eve
• Casting Bits: Jonah Hill in ‘Neighborhood Watch;’ Rufus Sewell in ‘Paradise Lost;’ Clifton Collins, Jr. in ‘Pacific Rim’
• Djimon Hounsou Cast as the Angel of Death in ‘Paradise Lost’
• Benjamin Walker to Play the Archangel Michael in ‘Paradise Lost’
• New Lucifer Concept Art From Alex Proyas’ ‘Paradise Lost’

Seeing as this comes not directly from Darren Aronofsky, but from Hollywood Elsewhere‘s Jeffrey Wells, who in turn heard it from Aronofsky’s frequent cinematographer Matthew Libatique, it’s probably safest to take the following news with a grain of salt. If true, though, it could mean we’re one step closer to finally seeing a project that’s been a very long time coming.

According to Wells, Libatique says that Aronofsky’s Noah is slated to begin shooting in July for a fall 2013 release, and that the production is still seeking its Noah and its villain. And by “villain,” no, I don’t mean the flood. More details after the jump.

“They’re going to start shooting in July in New York and Iceland and [Libatique] says it’s really a good script,” Wells said on a recent episode of the Oscar Poker podcast (via The Playlist). “They’re really doing the story of Noah, a very unlikely subject you might think for a cutting edge fellow like Darren Aronofsky, but that’s what they’re doing. It’s going to be more likely a Fall 2013 release.”

Wells further explained that one of the hangups on the project is that “they haven’t cast Noah yet. But it’s got a guy in his 40s so it’s not going to be young. It’s going to be 40s.” He added, “And there’s a big villain part, gotta have a villain in the story of Noah. Someone who’s saying ‘Listen, don’t listen to him. We’re fine! We don’t need to build any ark. Don’t be so alarmist! Don’t be so fundamentalist.’ You know? One of those guys. So it sounded like a lot of fun, actually.”

Though Michael Fassbender was reported as a strong possibility for the title character back in November, the new info suggests he may be out of the running. For one thing, Fassbender’s plans to do Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave this summer could prove to be scheduling conflict. For another, at 34, Fassbender is several years younger than (Wells says Libatique says) the role calls for. On the other hand, Hollywood ages actors up or down on a pretty regular basis, and if 12 Years a Slave moves quickly, Fassbender could still have time to begin shooting Noah. At any rate, if the project really is gearing up for a summer start, we can expect to hear more casting news soon.

Though it’s only recently that the project’s begun to pick up serious steam, Aronofsky has been planning Noah for several years now, and he’s even mentioned in interviews that his interest in the biblical tale goes all the way back to his adolescence. The first volume of a French graphic novel based on the script has already hit shelves in Europe.

• Christian Bale Won’t Be Darren Aronofsky’s ‘Noah;’ Michael Fassbender Next in Line?
• Darren Aronofsky Will Direct a Video For Lou Reed and Metallica
• First Volume of Graphic Novel Version of Darren Aronofsky’s ‘Noah’ Available in Europe; See Pages and a Trailer
• We Break Down Christian Bale’s Five Possible Choices After ‘The Dark Knight Rises’
• Paramount to Pick Up Darren Aronofsky’s ‘Noah’
• Darren Aronofsky Wants ‘Noah’ To Be a Big Event Film

Briefly: Oliver Stone‘s new film is Savages, based on Don Winslow‘s novel of the same name, about two small-time pot growers (Taylor Kitsch and Aaron Johnson) and their shared girlfriend O (Blake Lively). Their little world gets messed up when O is kidnapped by a Mexican drug cartel as a means of strong-arming the two guys into working for the cartel.

This first image from the film shows Lively as she’s held by the cartel, where she is evidently smoked out in a rather menacing way by one primary henchman, played by Benicio Del Toro. The rest of the cast is notable: Uma Thurman is O’s mom; Salma Hayek is the cartel boss and John Travolta is a DEA agent. Emile Hirsch and Demián Bichir have roles as well. Savages doesn’t hit until September 28, so we might have to wait a while for a trailer. [Universal via Empire]

• Casting Bits: Scarlett Johansson in ‘Can a Song Save Your Life?’, Mia Maestro in ‘Savages’, Jake T. Austin in ‘Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn’, Brandon Fehr in ‘Roswell FM’
• Demian Bichir Joining Oliver Stone’s ‘Savages,’ Which Is Also Getting a Print Prequel
• Universal Picks Up Oliver Stone’s ‘Savages,’ Cans Kenny Ortega’s ‘In the Heights’
• Casting Bits: Robin Williams in ‘Gently Down the Stream;’ Joel David Moore in ‘Savages;’ Katie Cassidy in ‘Freaky Deaky’
• John Travolta, Uma Thurman and Blake Lively Join Oliver Stone’s ‘Savages’
• Casting Bits: Alyson Hannigan Will Return for ‘American Reunion’, Blake Lively Likely Lead for Oliver Stone’s ‘Savages’, Tom Wilkinson Joins ‘Samaritan’

Earlier this week, we reported on the apparent demise of the David Fincher-produced adaptation of Eric Powell‘s The Goon after star Paul Giamatti commented that the picture had run out of money. However, it now seems we were a bit too quick to give up on the long-gestating project. Powell has taken to his blog to address the issue, writing that “THE GOON FILM IS STILL ON THE TABLE,” and Giamatti and Fincher have since weighed in as well.

Long story short, the film’s still got a great many steps to go before it hits theaters — but it’s still very much clinging onto life. Read more after the jump.

Here are Powell’s words:

David Fincher and Blur still have the option for the Goon film and are still actively looking for funding… It’s been a while since anyone spoke to Giamatti about the project and I guess he wasn’t kept in the loop as to what was going on. So zip up your fly, Internet. The Goon is in the exact same position it’s been in for the past couple of years. Prepping the design and script while searching for funding.

I don’t have a role in acquiring the funding for the film, but I speak to Tim Miller at Blur, Fincher, and Mike Richardson with Dark Horse Entertainment every few weeks to get an update on the status. And last I spoke with Fincher and Miller they were gearing up for another round of meetings to try to acquire funding. We have to find the right people that get what we’re trying to do and will give us the budget we require. It’s going to take time when you’re dealing with a project like the Goon film. An animated (and not aimed towards toddlers) gangster film with monsters, murder, and tons of dark humor… where have you seen that before?

Powell also says that Giamatti has emailed him apologizing for instigating the rumor. “[Giamatti] feels like a douche that this became a topic,” writes Powell. “He also said I could declare him full of crap and a nuisance… which would only make him more suited to play Franky, but are completely untrue.”

Fincher, for his part, sent Powell a quick note saying that “The things that make the Goon so completely unique are, unfortunately, more than mere concerns to corporate hollywood… But I am undeterred–this atom can be split.”

So take heart, Goon fans: it appears the comic could be headed to the big screen yet. Though I still can’t say I’m all that optimistic about seeing it happen sooner rather than later…

• RIP Movies: Paul Giamatti Says ‘The Goon’ Ran Out of Money, Warner Bros. Kills ‘Elfquest’
• Watch the 2009 Comic Con Footage From David Fincher-Produced ‘The Goon’
• Comic Con: The Goon Panel Impressions and Footage
• Teaser Trailer: The Goon
• Comic-Con: Voices of Clancy Brown and Paul Giamatti In The Goon; No Director Announced
• First Look: David Fincher’s The Goon

We’re still waiting for a new trailer for Marvel and Joss Whedon‘s The Avengers, but here’s a new batch of photos to tide you over. Well, not new exactly — these are clean versions of pics that showed up not long ago in Empire. You won’t see much here in terms of grand plot or character revelation here, as the shots are mostly of Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Mark Ruffalo and Robert Downey, Jr. standing around and/or talking.

But there is that one shot of Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) in which the scars spiderwebbing out from under his eye patch just don’t look healthy. Is that old wound infected, or can we take this as evidence that something happens to Fury in the film? It can’t be anything too bad, since he’s got to survive long enough to star in a movie of his own, right?

Marvel.com has these images. We’ve seen various versions of Fury’s makeup that accentuates and/or downplays his scarring, but this image here seems more dramatic than most.

Marvel Studios presents in association with Paramount Pictures “Marvel’s The Avengers”–the super hero team up of a lifetime, featuring iconic Marvel super heroes Iron Man, the Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow. When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, Director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins.

Starring Robert Downey, Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner and Samuel L. Jackson, and directed by Joss Whedon from a screenplay by Joss Whedon, “Marvel’s The Avengers” is based on the ever-popular Marvel comic book series “The Avengers,” first published in 1963 and a comics institution ever since. Prepare yourself for an exciting event movie, packed with action and spectacular special effects, when “Marvel’s The Avengers” assemble in summer 2012.

• Superhero Bits: The Avengers, Blade, Iron Man, Man of Steel
• More New ‘Avengers’ Footage Appears In Russian Trailer
• Superhero Bits: The Avengers, Wolverine, Dark Knight, Civil War, Amazing Spider-Man
• ‘The Avengers’ German Trailer: New Footage, No Subtitles
• Superhero Bits: The Amazing Spider-Man, The Dark Knight Rises, The Avengers, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, X-Men First Class 2
• ‘The Avengers’ Cinematographer Says He Was Misquoted, Did Not Shoot Using the iPhone

Like the dreams of Inception, The Words is a story about a story within a story. On the top level, there is a plot featuring Dennis Quaid and Olivia Wilde. In the middle, there’s Jeremy Irons, Bradley Cooper and Zoe Saldana. And on the bottom, there’s Ben Barnes and Nora Arnezeder. With direction by Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal, the film’s structure is its second most interesting aspect. When The Words is at its best, those three tales are weaving together to speak about the decisions people make and how living with them can be the hardest thing imaginable.

The Words will be the closing night film of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival on Friday and while it won’t win any awards, it’s an entertaining, literature-centric story that will keep you interested and guessing.

The Words begins with an author (Quaid) reading from his book, also called The Words. Down a level we go. That book concerns Rory (Cooper), himself a newly-minted famous writer who, along with his wife (Saldana), is going to an award ceremony. As that story unfolds, an old man (Irons) appears and throws Rory’s life totally off-balance by telling his story. Down one more level again. The film then shows that narrative unfolding.

What all of these layers have in common is that they hammer home the fact that humans are responsible for their decisions, especially the bad ones. And all the characters in The Words make bad decisions. It’s a simple, straightforward message delivered with skill and precision. The score keeps the pace and intensity while each of the actors, more a part of an ensemble rather than a featured player, compliment each other nicely.

CBS Films picked up The Words early in the festival so it’ll likely hit theaters later this year. Audiences will mostly enjoy unraveling its mysteries, even if they won’t blow your mind.

/Film rating: 7 out of 10

• Olivia Wilde Joins Bradley Cooper in ‘The Words;’ Ben Barnes and J.K. Simmons Also Added
• Casting Bits: David Hasselhoff in ‘Piranha 3DD’, Orlando Bloom, Nick Nolte, Stanley Tucci and Cristiana Capotondi in ‘Idea in America’, Dennis Quaid and Zoe Saldana in ‘The Words’
• Comic-Con Panel and Concept Art: Legendary Pictures’ ‘The Seventh Son’ and ‘Paradise Lost’
• ‘Paradise Lost’ Could Shoot in June, Says Bradley Cooper
• Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, and Zach Galifianakis Want Big Pay Raises for ‘The Hangover: Part III’; Film Could Shoot This Summer for May 2013 Release
• Mike Patton Scoring ‘The Place Beyond the Pines’ From ‘Blue Valentine’ Director Derek Cianfrance

With the exception of True Blood creator Alan Ball’s very serious-sounding Banshee, today’s TV Bits is all about the funny. After the jump:

• Dwight Schrute could leave Dunder Mifflin for Schrute Farms
• Paul Feig will direct Goldie Hawn in HBO’s The Viagra Diaries
• CBS orders a pilot written by and starring Bridesmaids‘ Rebel Wilson
• Alan Ball sells an Amish country-set action drama to Cinemax
• HBO decides to turn Indie Game: The Movie into a half-hour comedy

Though he’s long been one of the company’s most loyal employees, Dwight Schrute may be on his way to ditching Dunder-Mifflin in favor of Schrute Farms. NBC is reportedly developing a spinoff of The Office that’ll be centered around Rainn Wilson‘s oddball character, with an eye toward debuting the show in midseason 2013. The series will be a comedy set at the Schrute family’s beet farm / B&B, which has been seen in several previous episodes of the series, and will involve neighbors and several Schrute relatives.

If the new series makes it to the small screen, and if (as expected) The Office is renewed for a ninth season, Wilson will return for several episodes this fall before transitioning to the new show in midseason. According to a source who spoke with Deadline, at its heart the new show will be “about a family farm struggling to survive and a family trying to stay together.”

The Schrute-centric comedy will be the second time NBC’s tried to branch out with The Office; Parks & Recreation was originaly conceived of as an Office spinoff before it evolved into a totally unrelated show created by Office vets Greg Daniels and Michael Schur. Wilson and Office showrunner Paul Lieberstein (who also plays HR director Toby) will executive produce the new series, alongside Office exec producers Ben Silverman and Howard Klein. [Deadline]

Speaking of people who’ve worked on The Office: Paul Feig has come aboard to direct and executive produce the pilot episode of The Viagra Diaries, from Sex and the City creator Darren Star. Based on the book by Barbara Rose Brooker, the series stars Goldie Hawn as a 60something woman dealing with the single life for the first time in 35 years after her husband leaves her.

Feig’s extensive television experience includes creating NBC’s short-lived but critically adored Freaks & Geeks, and helming episodes of Arrested Development, Bored to Death, Nurse Jackie and the aforementioned The Office. His success with last year’s Bridesmaids has made him a sought-after feature director as well, and he recently signed on to direct The Better Woman by Gilmore Girls creator Amy Sherman-Palladino. [Variety]

And speaking of people who’ve worked on Bridesmaids: Rebel Wilson could soon be joining Bridesmaids co-star Melissa McCarthy on CBS. The network has ordered a pilot for a half-hour multi-camera comedy called Super Fun Night, which Wilson wrote and will star in. Conan O’Brien is also on board as an executive producer. The series centers around three nerdy gal pals on a “‘funcomfortable’ quest to have super fun every Friday night.”

Sounds pretty great so far, though I’ll be curious to see who gets cast as Wilson’s buddies. And as portmanteaus go, “funcomfortable” definitely beats out the grating and unnecessary “adorkable.” [TV Line via Badass Digest]

True Blood and Six Feet Under creator Alan Ball has had great luck with HBO, but for his next endeavor he’ll be teaming up with HBO’s somewhat less reputable sister network Cinemax. As part of its move toward more original programming, Cinemax has given a ten-episode order to Ball’s Banshee, an action drama described as “Walking Tall meets History of Violence.” Set in Pennsylvania’s Amish country, the series centers around an ex-con who poses as the sheriff of a small town called Banshee in an effort to hide from the gangsters he’s crossed.

Emmy winner Greg Yaitanes (House) is set to direct the first episode, and will also serve as an exec producer along with Ball, writers Jonathan Tropper and David Schickler, and Peter Macdissi. Ball is expected to divide his time between the new show and True Blood. Banshee aims to begin shooting this spring in North Carolina for a 2013 premiere. [Reuters, Deadline]

One of this year’s most intriguing Sundance projects could soon be coming to a screen near you, after a fashion. HBO and Scott Rudin have picked up the remake rights the feature doc Indie Game: The Movie, with the intention of adapting it into a (fictional) half-hour comedy series.

Directed by James Swirsky and Lisanne Pajot and funded, in a large part, through Kickstarter, the original Indie Game follows the ups and downs of independent game developers preparing to release new titles. I thought the trailer for the film looked more bittersweet than funny, but I’d be interested to see a show set in such a unique world.

Indie Game is one of several projects Rudin currently has set up at HBO. The others include Ben Stiller and Jonathan Safran Foer’s All Talk, Aaron Sorkin’s Newsroom, and the Noah Baumbach-directed Jonathan Franzen adaptation The Corrections. [THR]

• TV Bits: ‘Community’ Cast Asks You to “Save Greendale,” Plus: WGA and PGA Award Noms, J.J. Abrams, Goldie Hawn, Mindy Kaling, Greg Daniels
• ‘Indie Game: The Movie’ Trailer – Sundance Doc Explores Creative Processes of Indie Game Developers
• TV Bits: TBS Buys Conan O’Brien’s ‘Fat Chance’, Plus: Judy Greer, Mandy Moore, ‘How to Be a Gentleman’, ‘Once Upon a Time’, and More
• TV Bits: New Shows for Mike O’Malley, Marlon Wayans, Bunim/Murray, ‘Big Love’ Creators; See ‘Grimm’ Early; ‘Sons of Anarchy’ Renewed; Marvel Publishing ‘Dexter’ Comics
• Ben Stiller and ‘Extremely Loud’ Writer Jonathan Safran Foer to Team for HBO Comedy ‘All Talk’, Alan Alda in Talks
• HBO Go and Max Go Finally Available for Time Warner Cable Subscribers

While Sundance is best known for movies that sell for millions and stir up controversial topics, most of the movies are simple, well-written, well-acted films that are solid, but often get lost in the mix. Lynn Shelton‘s follow-up to Humpday, called Your Sister’s Sister, is one of those movies. Another is GOATS, the debut feature of Christopher Neil.

Your Sister’s Sister features Emily Blunt and Rosemarie DeWitt as estranged sisters Iris and Hannah who end up at their family’s old cabin when Iris’ best friend Jack (Mark Duplass) heads there to get over the one-year anniversary of the death of his brother. The three characters then develop what I’d like to call a “love triangle” but is more like a “love right angle” that flirts on and off with adding that third line.

GOATS stars David Duchovny, Vera Farmiga and Ty Burrell as the parental figures of a young teenager named Eliis, played by Graham Phillips. Ellis lives a care-free, hippie lifestyle in Arizona with his mom (Farmiga) and her groundskeeper named Goat Man (Duchovny) but when he decides to go back east to the prep school run by his estranged father (Burrell), he finds himself torn between two very different set of parental ideals.

Read more about both movies after the jump.

The chemistry between Blunt, DeWitt and Duplass elevates Your Sister’s Sister from a simple love story to something more. Their characters are all flawed, but equally likable and as their relationships get increasing complicated, you can’t help but pull for all of them.

Shelton’s script provides laughs and drama that go hand in hand with human longing and idealism. Plus, unlike your average “romantic comedy,” Your Sister’s Sister isn’t all straight-forward and predictable. It’s more along the lines of real life where not everything is black and white. The film doesn’t elicit any kind of deep-seated emotion, but it does provide the simple enjoyment of spending 90 minutes with three well-rounded characters.

/Film rating – 7 out of 10

The biggest problem with GOATS is that it’s never quite sure what it wants to be. Is it a movie about a boy being torn between two sets of parents? Is it about the boy’s right of passage? Is the Arizona storyline more interesting or the East Coast one? Each of these questions could have been the subject of their own movie, yet Mark Jude Poirier‘s adaptation of his own book feels like there’s too much stuffed in there.

Fortunately for the film all of these stands, while not exactly complimentary, are warm and enriching. Even though he has the most ‘normal’ role, Ty Burrell steals the movie from Vera Farmiga and David Duchovny, both of whom have huge, showy, fun roles. They’re both having a great time, but Burrell kills it. Then there’s Phillips, who is so magnetic he somehow ties all the movie’s loose ends together.

GOATS has its problems and ultimately feels like a pretty standard independent film, but it has more heart than a lot of what’s out there.

/Film rating – 6.5 out of 10

• David Duchovny and Vera Farmiga Cast in ‘Goats’
• Casting Notes: Thomas Dekker in Footloose?; Wes Bentley in Tilda; Tim Blake Nelson in Flypaper; Ty Burrell and Angelica Huston in Goats
• Casting Bits: Jeff Garlin and Mary Lynn Rajskub in ‘Safety Not Guaranteed’, Brent Barrett and Jenn Harris in ‘Silence! The Musical’, Hilary Swank May Star in ‘You’re Not You’ Opposite Jeremy Renner
• Rachel Weisz and Emily Blunt Starring as Sisters in Mumblecore Film
• Casting Bits: Ron Livingston and Lili Taylor in ‘The Conjuring’, Stephen Dorff in ‘Zaytoun’, Chloë Sevigny and Mark Webber in ‘Panarea’
• Casting Bits: Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga in ‘The Conjuring’, Nikki Reed and Jake Hoffman in ‘Snap’