Robert Duvall In Predicts Join Tom Cruise in 'One Shot'

It's the 'Days of Thunder' reunion you will not ever understood you preferred! Variety reviews that Robert Duvall is at final discussions to participate Tom Cruise in 'One Shot' for director Christopher McQuarrie. Duvall's role inside the film isn't specified, nevertheless it apparently is important to Cruise's character Cole Trickle Jack Reacher. 'One Shot' is founded on the novel series by Lee Child, of a six-ft-five policeman-switched-drifter (Cruise lolz) considering a sniper billed with killing five people. Rosamund Pike and Richard Jenkins co-star. Randy Quaid together with a Mellow Yellow-backed stock vehicle don't. [Variety] Photo: Prince Williams/Getty Images

DreamWorks' Stacey Snider Addresses Studio's Money Issues (Exclusive)

Never was a movie more aptly named than The Help. Coming off a string of disappointments, the unlikely blockbuster's box-office performance came at an opportune time for DreamWorks, which has stumbled with its first releases I Am Number Four, Fright Night and most notably, the costly Cowboys & Aliens.our editor recommends'The Help' Crosses $100 Million Mark'Cowboys & Aliens' Director Jon Favreau: I Discovered 'Magic' of Movies as Theater Usher'Fright Night:' Colin Farrell on Playing 'Sensual, Erotic' Vampire'The Help' Stars Emma Stone, Viola Davis to Attend Zurich Film Fest'The Help' to Receive Ensemble Award at 15th Annual Hollywood Film Awards (Exclusive) Still, the industry is watching the reconstituted Steven Spielberg studio closely as speculation has intensified in recent weeks about the company's financial status and the degree of support that it might -- or might not -- be receiving from its main backer, India's Reliance. In particular, Hollywood will be focusing on the performance of the next pricey DreamWorks bet, Shawn Levy's $110 million-budgeted Real Steel. PHOTOS: How 'The Help' Was Cast In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, DreamWorks CEO Stacey Snider acknowledged that Cowboys was a big setback both personally and financially for the company. But she said any chatter that DreamWorks is in a financial squeeze is inaccurate. She said Reliance has not wavered in its support and specifically denies rumors that DreamWorks staff has been ordered to cut off expenses. "We have not changed our expenses, we have not laid anyone off. We have no plans to lay anyone off or to reduce expenses," she said. Snider also expressed confidence in Real Steel, a boxing drama starring Hugh Jackman and gigantic robots, which opens domestically Oct. 7. PHOTOS:The Evolution of Film Vampires "There is a financial loss, a hit that we took with Cowboys that we are able to absorb, not perfectly, but we are able to absorb it," Snider said. "The Help went a long way towards helping us. And because of that, our partners can say, 'Keep going. We're behind you. You've got the money -- make movies.' . . . We have absolute support from our partners. That is real, it is expressed, it is explicit." One area where Hollywood might have noted a change, Snider said, is that DreamWorks has slowed its purchases of scripts. Though the company just optioned Roald Dahl's children's story BFG, DreamWorks will work with material that is already in the cupboard. "I have definitely said to our executives, 'Let's turn these into movies, not meetings,' " she said. "I just think that's prudent management." PHOTOS: The Help's Retro, Southern Style DreamWorks covered half of Cowboys' $160 million budget, with Universal and Relativity splitting the other half. (Paramount distributed the film for a fee.) The Jon Favreau-directed sci-fi Western, released domestically in July by Universal, grossed only $98 million. The Paramount international release added only $64 million. Snider acknowledges that Real Steel is "an important movie to us in a couple of different ways. We love it and really, really believe in it and it's a sizable bet for us." Two weeks out, awareness of the movie is not high and tracking is not strong among women. Snider says she is happy with the tracking and that the plan was to start out marketing to men and broaden to a general audience. But since the film is not associated with a well-known toy or game, she says marketing will be key. PHOTOS: 10 Biggest Flops of 2011 (So Far) So far The Help, which cost $26 million, has grossed $155 million and counting. The film was in profit at the $60 million point, according to Snider, and while it only has opened in a few foreign markets, it's off to a strong start -- in contrast to the expectations at DreamWorks that it would not perform overseas at all. Co-financier Participant Media ponied up a third of the budget. DreamWorks faced challenges out of the gate, scouring for financing as the recession hit in 2008. The company set up $325 million in bank financing, which fell significantly short of its original goal. It also received a loan from Disney, which distributes its films, and Reliance matched the bank loans with $325 million in funding. After Real Steel, the next DreamWorks film will be Spielberg's War Horse at Christmas. Email: Kim.Masters@thr.com Twitter: @KimMasters *Editor's note: Roald Dahl's name spelling has been corrected. Related Topics Hugh Jackman Jon Favreau Steven Spielberg Box Office Real Steel DreamWorks SKG The Help Fright Night Cowboys & Aliens

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Hargitay funds scholarship

"Law and Order: SVU" star Mariska Hargitay has contributed $100,000 to finance a scholarship at her alma mater, the UCLA School of Theater Film and tv. The Mariska Hargitay scholarship for acting students is going to be reserved for underserved graduate and undergrad students. Since 1999, Hargitay has described detective Olivia Benson on "Law and Order: SVU," winning an Emmy for that role. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Mindy Kaling Explains Hollywood

A funny thing happened on the way to Mindy Kaling attempting to sell a rom-com in Hollywood: “The junior executives’ office at Thinkscope Visioncloud was nicer than any room within a fifty-mile radius of the Office studio. After I finished pitching one of my ideas for a low-budget romantic comedy, I was met with silence. One of the execs sheepishly looked at the other execs. He finally said, ‘Yeah, but we’re really trying to focus on movies about board games. People really seem to respond to those.’ For the rest of the meeting, we talked about whether there was any potential in a movie called Yahtzee! I made some polite suggestions and left.” [The NYer]

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Could Brad Pitt Star in Doug Liman's Alien Invasion Flick?

You can assume the conversation between director Doug Liman and Warner Bros., regarding Liman's film 'Luna,' went a little something like this: "Hey Doug, we're shutting down your space heist movie, 'Luna' ... Oh that upsets you? Well, how about we have Brad Pitt star in that alien invasion flick of yours that's been sitting on the shelf?" And that, ladies and gentleman, is an example of a studio messing with someone's emotions. Vulture is reports that Liman's $100 million project, 'Luna' -- which was potentially set to star Zoe Saldana and Chris Evans -- isn't going to happen after a financier backed out of the film. However, what the director may get in return is a chance to make his film 'All You Need Is Kill' with Brad Pitt as the star. (At least Warner Bros. wants Pitt for the lead -- no word on whether he will accept.) 'All You Need Is Kill' is based on the popular manga comic, which focuses on a man who is killed during an alien invasion, only to awake the next day and live it all over again. It's like 'Groundhog Day' without groundhogs! [via Vulture] Image courtesy of WireImage

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Tareq Salahi Tricked By Michaele & Neal Schon

La, Calif. -- Tareq Salahi continues to be spinning from his split from estranged wife Michaele. The first kind Real Househusband made an appearance on Fridays Access Hollywood Live, where he spoke candidly about his split. Our marriage continues to be quite strong, he told Billy Rose bush and Package Hoover. So far as I understood, I didnt know she was leading this double existence. I was greatly deeply in love with one another. Based on Tareq, he was hit by Michaele running off on tour with Journey rocker Neal Schon. We found some evidence on e-mails and communications going back 2 yrs, where theyve been getting an affair, Tareq stated. The truth star told Billy and Package he considered Neal to become a friend. Ive been tricked by my spouse and my buddies, he stated. We discovered that shes been betraying the household, shes been cheating and broke my heart and that i just received crushed about this. But would Tareq get back Michaele back? I really like her, there is no question, Tareq, who declared divorce a week ago, stated. Will it be mended? I dont think so. I believe that chapter within our existence has ended. It wasnt only a fling, it had been an overall total double existence, wrong thats been happening for any very long time. The alleged Whitened House party crasher told Billy and Package he imagined a lengthy existence using the former Bravo star. Case who she's and that i didnt view it, he ongoing. I figured I would get old together with her and that we would die together. Michaele wasn't immediately readily available for comment when approached by Access on Friday. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All privileges reserved.These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Ratings: The X Factor Debut Underwhelms

Geo Godley Ultimately the hype, Fox's The X Factor first demonstrated with a relatively underwhelming 12.14 million audiences together with a 4.2 rating among 18-to-49-year-olds, preliminary Nielsen data show - far shy of yank Idol's amounts due to its Season 10 opener. In comparison, that Idol debut attracted 26.2 million audiences together with a 9.7 inside the internet marketer-coveted demo. The X Factor finally premieres: Let's review it together! Being fair, the completely new show's Nielsens actually are somewhat a lot better than The Voice as well as the Sing-Off, which have been considered "hits" for NBC. But Cowell and network professionals were just asking for negative critiques to Idol by saying Factor might be "the finest show on television, the finest show in the world ..." On Thursday, Fox professionals were proclaiming that anticipation - they aided promote - were "absurd." Nevertheless, The X Factor really won prime time's first hour with 11.72 million, in the premiere of CBS' Survivor: South Off-shoreline, (10.35 million), ABC's The Middle (9.35 million), NBC's Up With The Evening (6.04 million) and Free Agents (3.86 million) as well as the CW's H8R (1.3 million). Who's A.J. Cook's dream Criminal Minds guest star? Nevertheless it was all downhill next. How bad managed to get happen get? The Simon Cowell-Paula Abdul reunion show, marked with the lowlight from the contestant submitting themselves on stage,showed up third within the second hour - to ABC's Emmy-winning Modern Family (14.29 million audiences, 6. demo rating -Up 18 percent from this past year) and CBS' Criminal Minds (14.07 million, 4.1). Rounding in the hour were the second-season opener of NBC's Harry's Law (7.Thirty Dollars million, 1.2) and America's Next Top Model round the CW (1.56 million, .7). Fall Preview: Get scoop inside your favorite returning shows Ted Danson's debut since the new supervisor on CSI: Crime Scene Analysis won the ultimate hour of prime in time total viewership with 12.59 million together with a 3.one out of the demo. Demo rating boasting rights, though, visited Emily VanCamp's return to television on ABC's Revenge (10.15 million, 3.4 demo). The thirteenth season debut of Law & Order: Special Sufferers Unit finished third inside the three-way race (7.60 million, 2.3).