According to IdieWire, IFC Films picked up Love, Wedding, Marriage starring Kellan Lutz and Mandy Moore.

North American rights to actor Dermot Mulroney’s directorial debut “Love, Wedding, Marriage” have been picked up by IFC Films. The romantic comedy stars Kellan Lutz (“Twilight”), Mandy Moore (“License to Wed”), James Brolin (“Traffic”), Jane Seymour (“Wedding Crashers”) and Jessica Szohr.

In the film, Ava (Moore) is a marriage counselor whose life as a newlywed married to Charlie (Lutz) is turned upside down when she discovers her parents’ happy marriage is unexpectedly headed for divorce. Determined to reconcile her parents for their 30th anniversary surprise party she stops at nothing plunging from one compromising situation to another. Will she destroy her own marriage and her professional life in her attempt to get her parents back together?

Arianna Bocco, Senior Vice President of Acquisitions & Productions for Sundance Selects/IFC Films, and Lizzie Nastro, Director of Acquisitions and Co-Productions for Sundance Selects/IFC Films negotiated the deal with International Creative Management, which also represents Mulroney, Brolin and Szohr.

Commented Jonathan Sehring, President of Sundance Selects/IFC Films: “We are thrilled to be working with Dermot Mulroney on his winning directorial debut. This is a big-hearted and charming film that we are confident will win over audiences.”

No release date has been set as of yet.

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The Twilight star takes a break from filming Breaking Dawn to help the St. Bernard Project
Kellan Lutz isn’t just a sexy vampire. The actor showed his philanthropic side on Jan. 28, when he and Twilight castmates lent their hands helping in the rebuilding efforts of post-Katrina Louisiana. The 25-year-old hottie, wearing a “Be A Saint Be 4 NOLA” t-shirt, tweeted a photo while building homes during his time off from filming Breaking Dawn.

Kellan was joined by costars Rami Malek, who plays a vampire named Benjamin, and Casey LaBow, better known as ‘vegetarian’ vampire Kate, to help rebuild houses. While volunteering, the cast posed for pictures with one lucky homeowner named Rosalie.

Their efforts are part of the St. Bernard Project, which creates housing opportunities that allow Hurricane Katrina survivors to return their homes and communities since its creation in 2006. The organization consists of three programs: Rebuilding Program, Center for Wellness and Mental Health, and Opportunity Housing Program.

Before filming wraps, Kellan and the rest of the Twilight cast appear to be making the most out of their time in Louisiana. Kellan began working with the St. Bernard Project a year ago while filming Love, Wedding, Marriage with Mandy Moore in New Orleans.

Source: Hollywood Life

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We love fit boys who read books!
As of tomorrow, it’s officially National Storytelling Week! So if you love books already prepare to love them a little bit more, and if you don’t, well, give it a go!

We’d never have had a topless Taylor Lautner on our screens (probably) and a vampy Robert Pattinson to drool over were it not for Stephenie Meyer’s books remember. Nor would we lurrrve Daniel Radcliffe and the Harry Potter cast so much, so thanks JK Rowling!

To help celebrate this national week of storytelling, folk at FilmClub.org (the after school club) got close and personal with Twi-hunk Kellan Lutz and Harry Potter star Tom Felton, to talk book-to-film adaptations.

“The [Twilight] book has a huge part to play in why the films are so popular,” said Kellan. “It’s a great story about an endless love, which everybody falls in love with, but which is taken to the extreme. It really is both a dynamic book and story….it’s really unique!”

“There are so many fantastic book adaptations out there,” gushed Tom. “The ‘Twilight’ books are a great example, and I think personally JK [Rowling] has really opened up such a great world for the youth to get really into books, really into franchises of books, and for them to be shown in a proper light with film.”

“It’s fantastic they can do that…. I’m reading a fantastic book at the moment called ‘The Boy Who Dared’, by Susan Campbell Bartoletti. It’s amazing, and I think it would make such a fantastic film.”

Fancy getting involved too? Check out www.sfs.org.uk/nsw and www.filmclub.org for more info!

Source: Sugar Scape

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3D Greek actioner stars Mickey Rourke, Freida Pinto
Ramping up its distribution arm, Relativity Media will take over distribution from Universal and release its 3D Greek mythology actioner “Immortals” on Nov. 11 in association with Universal Pictures Intl.

U had been set to distribute the pic domestically on that date. Pic’s directed by Tarsem Singh and stars Henry Cavill, Stephen Dorff, Isabel Lucas, Freida Pinto, Luke Evans, Kellan Lutz, John Hurt and Mickey Rourke.

Relativity changed the title in April — when Singh began shooting — from “War of the Gods” to “Immortals.” Story follows the ruthless King Hyperion (played by Rourke) leading his bloodthirsty army on a murderous rampage across Greece to find a weapon that will destroy humanity. Theseus (Cavill), a mortal chosen by Zeus, must lead the fight against Hyperion with the fate of mankind and the gods at stake.

“Immortals” is produced by Mark Canton, Gianni Nunnari and Ryan Kavanaugh, and exec produced by Tucker Tooley, Tommy Turtle and Jeff G. Waxman.

The distribution switch on “Immortals” from Universal, announced Tuesday, comes six months after Relativity absorbed Overture Films’ distribution and marketing operation and a week after Relativity released its first inhouse production, “Season of the Witch.”

Relativity’s upcoming slate includes “Take Me Home Tonight,” which stars Topher Grace and Anna Faris and is set for a March launch; “Limitless,” which stars Bradley Cooper, Abbie Cornish and Robert De Niro and is set for a March 18 opening; and an untitled David R. Ellis 3D shark thriller set to debut Sept. 2.

Source: Variety

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