Luc Besson's 'The Lady:' The Teaser Poster

When Luc Besson shot The Woman, he and the backers did their finest to pretend it wasn't about Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese opposition leader who spent fifteen years under house arrest due to her relentless nonviolent campaign for democracy. They stored it under systems simply because they did not wish to endanger the opportunity she may be freed, and since they may have experienced problems throughout the shoot in Thailand. She was freed last November. The film is indeed a departure for Besson, who's most widely known for fast-moving action films from Come to Colombiana. He's unveiling the film in the Toronto Film Festival inside a World Premiere on September 12. They have given Deadline a unique consider the teaser one-sheet. The main one about the left is Michelle Yeoh, who plays Aung San Suu Kyi within the film. Each of them specified for by Shepard Fairey.

Sarah Chalke Lands 20th TV Development Deal

Sarah Chalke has inked a development/talent holding deal with 20th Century Fox Television.our editor recommends'How I Met Your Mother' Renewed for Two More Seasons As part of the pact, the studio will look to develop a comedy project for the former Scrubs star targeted for next fall.If 20th TV doesn't come up with a project specifically for her, the studio will cast her into something already set up. The arrangement marks a reunion for Chalke, who had a lengthy arc on 20th TV's How I Met Your Mother as Ted Mosby's fiance Stella. More recently, she appeared in CBS' mid-season comedy, Mad Love, opposite Judy Greer and Jason Biggs. Email: Lacey.Rose@THR.com Twitter: @LaceyVRose Related Topics CBS How I Met Your Mother

CW Boss on the way forward for Supernatural, One Tree Hill along with a Rhianna Special

Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles Supernatural is in no way more than one Tree Hill is still. "It's not supposed to have been the final season" of Supernatural, Pedowitz told reporters Thursday in the network's fall TV preview. Nevertheless, "we'll see in which the rankings go." He added that CW professionals want the show - which, he stated, is "no more concerning the demon each week however the passion for two siblings" - to carry on beyond Season 7. CW announces premiere dates for Vampire Journals, Ringer and much more "Hopefully the show keeps going," he stated. Both Supernatural and Nikita received orders for just one additional episode, getting their seasons to 23 episodes each. (Gossip Girl and 90210 will prove to add episodes too, getting their seasons to 24 episodes each. The Vampire Journals, however, continues to be planned for 22 episodes, because of production reasons.) Pedowitz also introduced the ninth and final season of 1 Tree Hill could be 13 episodes lengthy, forget about believe it or not, if this debuts the coming year. James Lafferty will return for seven of individuals episodes. The network also offers employed Rhianna for any one-hour interview special, by which she'll sit lower with designer Jean Paul Gaultier at his atelier in Paris. Gaga By Gaultier will air Monday, Sept. 12 at 8/7c. Pedowitz, who became a member of the network in April, stated the CW could be available to several new genres within the approaching development season. Included in this: procedurals. Professionals is going to be "deeply focused" on finding "a detailed-ended show having a CW feel," besides high-concept serialized shows, Pedowitz stated. The CW will also be opening its doorways to comedy pitches this season. The final original comedies to air about the network were The Overall Game and Everyone Hates Chris, which both ended their runs last year. Pedowitz pointed towards the approaching 2 Broke Women on CBS, Apartment 23 on ABC and also the New Girl on Fox as comedies that "might have labored fine about the CW." Even though there is nothing firm yet, the network can also be dealing with Electricity Comics to locate a Smallville alternative, Pedowitz stated. Requested how he was adjusting to focusing on a young, mainly female 18-34 audience, Pedowitz, a longtime ABC executive and TV producer, stated he attempts to get his 26-year-old niece's mind. "It's unlike anything I have ever needed to do during my entire existence," he stated. But, also, "I am during my 50s and that i will have my feminine side at this time.Inch

Alex Proyas Setting Benjamin Walker To Play Archangel Michael In 'Paradise Lost'

EXCLUSIVE:Legendary Pictures is negotiating with Benjamin Walker to play the archangel Michael in Paradise Lost, the action epic battle between good and evil that is inspired by the John Milton poem. Walker, who just wrapped the title role in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, will go mano a mano against Bradley Cooper's Lucifer in what I'm told is the war that began all wars. After being cast out of Heaven, Lucifer mounts an army that battles the forces of good, and the film will have cutting-edge visual effects that will make these battles resemble 300 meets Lord of the Rings -- but with winged warriors. While Warner Bros is finalizing a release date, I'm told Paradise Lost is likely to reach theaters in fourth-quarter 2013. Production will begin in January in Sydney, which will give Cooper time to star alongside Jennifer Lawrence in the David O Russell-directed The Silver Linings Playbook for The Weinstein Company. Paradise Lost is a sprawling fantasy epic that has taken seven years of development to get right. It was originally scripted by Byron Willinger and Philip de Blasi, with subsequent drafts by Stuart Hazeldine and Lawrence Kasdan, and the latest draft by Ryan Condal. Paradise Lost is being produced by Legendary's Thomas Tull and Jon Jashni, and Vincent Newman (Red Dawn). The film's logistics are still being worked out with Digital Domain, but the picture is likely to be 3D with soaring set pieces. I just spoke to Proyas, who is prepping the film in Australia and who created arresting visuals in I, Robot and Dark City. He acknowledges that Paradise Lost is a daunting challenge. Walker's deal isn't closed yet, but Proyas feels he's got two actors who'll represent the good vs. evil battle. "It's not just armies battling in an epic war," Proyas told me. "This is an adventure about the origins of good and evil after Lucifer's rebellion gets him cast out of Heaven and leads to a struggle with his brother archangel over the soul of mankind, starting with Adam and Eve. That is the scope of the narrative here, and we've tried to say as faithful as possible to Milton's text, particularly its focus on Lucifer's evolution and the birth of evil. It's a family saga, about a group of brothers, two in particular, who are on divergent paths, and Lucifer's feelings of betrayal by his father and family that forge his descent into evil." There are three major battle set pieces, Proyas said. One that takes place in Heaven, another in Hell, and a third in Eden. "I've sometimes thought that only an insane person would want to make this movie, because it's visually audacious and has to live up to a classic poem that is so beloved," Proyas said. "I don't think the visuals could have been done justice until now, which is the great fun of being a film director in this modern age of visual effects. Despite all those possibilities, the characters are what's most important. His deal isn't closed yet, but I think there's a wonderful duality about Ben's persona, this combination of great strength and perfect innocence that works so well for Michael. And Bradley is the most charming guy you'll ever meet, with this extraordinary charisma. Lucifer was the brightest and smartest of the archangels, and even as he descended into evil and evolved into Satan, he's not just some black-and-white villain. Bradley brings extraordinary depth to that journey." This is a big get for Walker, who appeared in smaller roles in films like Flags of Our Fathers and Kinsey before winning the role of the 16th president in Fox's Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, the Timur Bekmambetov-directed adaptation of Seth Grahame Smith's Gothic revisionist novel that will be released by Fox on June 22, 2012. Paradise Lost puts Walker squarely in the mix of top young actors. Walker is repped by WME and Inspire Entertainment.

Cary Fukunaga to direct Spaceless

Universal's approaching sci-fi film Spaceless has plastic box itself a director as Cary Fukunaga, whose Jane Eyre adaptation is placed hitting United kingdom screens the following month.Now, although the auteur behind a period of time costume drama might appear a rather odd option for an action-packed, space-set adventure movie, it's most likely worth recalling that Fukunaga seemed to be accountable for the altogether more kinetic Sin Nombre. He isn't nearly the corsets...Spaceless follows the plight of the assassin who wakes to locate themself moving aimlessly through space. With only an in-suit computer for company, he's got time for you to perform a little bit of thinking until he eventually expires of air. Because he struggles to can remember the occasions that brought up until now (including popular carried out inside a space station), our (anti)hero starts to wonder if he's in space whatsoever, or held in a man-made prison by a mystery assailant.Gore Verbinski is aboard as producer, although Fukunaga will have a chance to mess the script to his liking having a round of wholesale re-creates. Could this be another cerebral sci-fi to launch alongside Duncan Jones' recent double-header of Moon and Source Code?The film contributes to an progressively busy slate for Fukunaga, who lately confirmed he'll write and direct the Civil War-set heist movie, No Bloodstream, No Guts, No Glory.Source: THRExcited for Spaceless? Or perhaps is Jane Eyre more your speed? Tell us.

Journos strike at BBC

LONDON -- BBC news and public affairs shows were disrupted Monday in the second strike by journalists in recent weeks. The 24-hour strike, in protest at compulsory redundancies, hit shows across TV and radio. TV show "BBC Breakfast" was unable to air as normal, while flagship Radio 4 public affairs skein "Today" bowed an hour late at 7 a.m. Also hit were Radio 4 programs "PM," "The World at One" and "You and Yours." The National Union of Journalists claimed the strike was "solidly supported" by its 3,000 NUJ members at the corp. The NUJ is furious that four people were made compulsorily redundant from the World Service as part of plans to nix 387 posts from the World Service and BBC Monitoring following funding cuts announced by the U.K. government last October. The BBC said in a statement: "We are disappointed that the NUJ has gone ahead with today's strike and apologize to our audience for any disruption to services. Industrial action does not alter the fact that the BBC is faced with a number of potential compulsory redundancies following significant cuts to the central government grants that support the World Service and BBC Monitoring. We will continue with our efforts to reduce the need for compulsory redundancies. However, the number of posts that we are having to close means that unfortunately it is likely to be impossible for us to avoid some compulsory redundancies." The NUJ said: "Throughout negotiations with the BBC, the corporation's management has refused to take the necessary steps to avoid compulsory redundancies despite the NUJ offering a range of practical and alternative solutions in an attempt to stop journalists being forced into unemployment. All the journalists currently affected are willing to accept redeployment and they face an uncertain future through no fault of their own. The BBC is wasting thousands of pounds making skilled and experienced people compulsorily redundant instead of redeploying staff. This is money that should be used to make better programs and to ensure the future of quality journalism at the corporation." The last walkout took place July 15. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com