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Warner Bros. has selected five start-up companies for its inaugural media camp, which will provide early-stage companies with seed money, training and entertainment expertise over a 12-week period. But the sprawling Hollywood studio may be the one with the most to gain.
Companies like Reelhouse, which helps filmmakers self-distribute their films, and Cinecore, which improves production workflow, will work with executives like Thomas Gewecke, Warner Bros.' recently promoted chief digital officer, at the inaugural camp.
Warner Bros. will get a small stake in those companies, along with something far more valuable – an unfettered look at how a new crop of companies are approaching entertainment.
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Dealflicks, a ticket service company, Kumbuya, a social media company, and Storytime Studios will also participate in the camp, modeled on a similar Turner Broadcasting program last year.
Debra Baker, SVP of global business development at the studio's home entertainment division, believes that these companies can help the studio become more nimble and adapt to changing consumer tastes.
"These are businesses that can truly enhance and build new opportunities for us," Baker told TheWrap.
Hollywood talent agency UTA, venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins and USC launched an accelerator earlier this year, but Barber believes by bringing that kind of program in-house it can expose Warner Bros. to new technologies and new ways of approaching a business it has been in for more than 100 years.
Warners has arranged for executives like domestic distribution EVP Jeff Goldstein and Warner Bros. TV marketing chief Lisa Gregorian to work with the start-ups.
"They get to foster, mentor and hear the concerns and needs of start-ups working in the fast-moving entrepreneurial style," she said. "That makes us better as a company."
After conquering "The Hunger Games," Josh Hutcherson is set to star in the dark psychological thriller "Ape" for Atomic Owl Pictures and JetLag Productions.
Miguel Sapochnik ("Repo Men") will direct the film from a script by newcomer Jon Johnston.
Bree Herzog is producing for Atomic Owl along with JetLag's Hutcherson, Michelle Fightmaster and Ric Beddingfield. ICM Partners will handle worldwide rights.
"Ape" is a dramatic tale of a young man's struggle with mental illness, love and a deep-rooted family secret.
"We strongly believe in the global appeal of this project and we're excited to work with Bree Herzog and team" said Hutcherson. "'Ape' is a passion project for us and to see it get made would truly be a dream come true."
"Josh is a tremendously talented and versatile actor who has already had an exciting career with roles spanning from blockbuster franchises such as 'The Hunger Games' to award-winning independent films like 'The Kids Are All Right.' We couldn't be happier to be collaborating with Josh and JetLag Productions on 'Ape,'" said Herzog, whose Atomic Owl banner is also developing Pamela Ribon's script "Thank You For Being a Friend."
Hutcherson is currently in Panama filming the Pablo Escobar drug drama "Paradise Lost" with Benicio Del Toro. He'll soon be seen reprising his role as Peeta Mellark in "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire," which is screening footage at Cannes.
Hutcherson is represented by ICM Partners, manager Ric Beddingfield and attorney Adam Kaller. Sapochnik is repped by WME, Casarotto Ramsay and attorney Warren Dern. Johnston is repped by Paradigm and Principal Entertainment LA. Herzog is repped by attorney Ryan Nord.
There was some top secret excitement on-set of NBC's "The Voice" on Tuesday, which TheWrap learned was caused by none other than Oprah Winfrey.
She was on-set shooting for an episode of "Oprah's Next Chapter," which will air in early June on OWN, confirmed an NBC representative.
The talk host and OWN founder interviewed the NBC talent show's coaches Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, Shakira and Usher, as well as host Carson Daly and social media correspondent Christina Milian.
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She also surprised the contenders with an unexpected meet and greet.
NBC gave Winfrey a tour of the set and exclusive access to the stars' trailers where she spent some time with the cast.
She picked an eventful day for her visit as the show was planning a tribute for the victims of the Oklahoma tornado, which included a performance by Shelton and his wife Miranda Lambert.
"Oprah's Next Chapter," currently in its second season, airs Sundays at 9 p.m./8c on OWN. Previous guests have included Steven Tyler, Rihanna, 50 Cent, the Houston family and Justin Bieber.
"The Voice" airs Mondays and Tuesdays at 8 p.m./7c on NBC.
EXCLUSIVE: Grimm co-creators David Greenwalt and Jim Kouf have signed a new overall deal with Universal TV. Under the pact, the writing partners will continue as executive producers on the NBC drama, produced by Universal TV and Sean Hayes and Todd Milliner’s Hazy Mills. Grimm, which Greenwalt and Kouf co-created with Stephen Carpenter, was recently picked up for a third season with an early renewal. Grimm, inspired by the classic Grimm Brothers’ Fairy Tales, has been an unsung hero at NBC. It is the only series from the 2011-12 season, the first overseen by NBC’s current regime, to make it to season 3. A rare success story on Friday, Grimm is the night’s No.1 series in adults 18-49. Its most recent second season (6.9 million viewers, 2.4 in 18-49 in Live+7) was up 14% in 18-49 and 12% in total viewers vs. Season 1. Greenwalt and Kouf exec produce the series with Hayes, Milliner and Norberto Barba.
Greenwalt, repped by APA and attorney Alan Hergot, previously co-created cult series Profit, executive produced Buffy The Vampire Slayer and co-created and executive produced its spinoff, Angel, on which Kouf served as a writer-producer. WME-repped Kouf also co-exec produced CBS’ Ghost Whisperer and co-wrote the features National Treasure and Rush Hour.
"Endless Love," a romantic drama starring Alex Pettyfer and Gabriella Wilde, will be released in theaters on Feb. 14, 2014, Universal announced on Tuesday.
Shana Feste ("Country Strong") is directing the remake, which explores the relationship between a privileged girl (Wilde) and a charismatic boy (Pettyfer) whose instant desire sparks a love affair made only more reckless by parents trying to keep them apart.
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Bruce Greenwood ("Star Trek Into Darkness") co-stars as Wilde's disapproving father, while Robert Patrick ("Terminator 2: Judgement Day") plays Pettyfer's mechanic father.
Rhys Wakefield, Dayo Okeniyi, Emma Rigby and Joely Richardson are also set to appear in the remake of a 1981 drama, which starred Brooke Shields and was based off of Scott Spencer's 1979 novel of the same name.
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Scott Stuber and Pamela Abdy of Bluegrass Films are producing the film with Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage of Fake Empire. Josh Safran ("Gossip Girl") co-wrote the screenplay with Feste.
Cupid’s annual arrow barrage will suit Hollywood just fine next year: Valentine’s Day falls on a Friday in 2014, and Universal today slotted its remake of Endless Love for that ultimate date night. The drama stars Alex Pettyfer and Gabriella Wilde in the roles played by Martin Hewitt and Brooke Shields in Franco Ziffirelli’s 1981 film. The Shana Feste-helmed update will have a third wheel on its opening weekend in the form of another ’80s remake, Sony/Screen Gems’ About Last Night. Fox also will target couples-fueled cash will its sci-fi thriller The Maze Runner while the Weinstein Company deploys its franchise-hopeful Vampire Academy: Blood Sisters.Written by Feste and Josh Safran, Endless Love co-stars Robert Patrick, Bruce Greenwood, Rhys Wakefield, Dayo Okeniyi, Emma Rigby and Joely Richardson. Scott Stuber and Pamela Abdy of Bluegrass Films are producing the redo with Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage of Fake Empire.
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The fallout from Digital Domain Media Group’s bankruptcy continues with investors in the troubled special effects and 3D conversion firm taking the former CEO, the company’s auditors and other executives to court for fraud. Having lost millions in the James Cameron-founded company just before it went under last September, Iroquois Master Fund and Kingsbrook Opportunities Master Fund late last week 
filed a six claim complaint (read it here) against John Textor, his wife Deborah, various DDMG directors and auditors SingerLewak LLP. The plaintiffs are seeking compensatory damages as well as interest, legal fees and “such other and further relief as the Court may deem just and proper.” The complaint in New York State Supreme Court alleges common law fraud, aiding and abetting fraud, negligent misrepresentations and omissions, negligence, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing and civil conspiracy.
“The Director Defendants’ assurances that DDMG had sufficient cash and available borrowings to support its operations through 2012 and into 2013 and that Company was likely to turn cash-flow positive in the latter half of 2012 were materially false and misleading,” says the 61-page complaint. DDMG filed for Chapter 11 protection last fall with less than $50,000 on hand. Soon afterwards the Oscar-winning company, which was working on several Hollywood features when it ... Read More »
Rachael Harris has signed with ICM Partners. She was with UTA. Harris most recently starred opposite David Spade in the ABC comedy pilot Bad Management, which remains in serious contention for a series pickup. She also recurs on USA drama Suits and did an arc on Fox comedy New Girl. On the feature side, Harris is probably best known for role as Ed Helms’ girlfriend in The Hangover. She also starred in the indie Natural Selection, earning an Independent Spirit Award nomination, as well as the Diary of A Wimpy Kid trilogy. She next will be seen in the Yahoo! comedy series We Need Help opposite Cheryl Hines. Harris is managed by Principato Young Entertainment.
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"Revenge" is being pretty sweet to Gretchen Berg and Aaron Harberts.
Berg and Harberts, whose resume includes ABC's "Off the Map" and "GCB," have been upped to executive producers for the third season of the network's drama "Revenge" for the series' third season. The pair had previously served as consulting producers on the series.
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The executive producer positions come as part of a new two-year overall deal with the pair at ABC Studios, which produces "Revenge."
Earlier this month, the series tapped Sunil Nayar, an executive producer and writer for the series, as its new showrunner, succeeding previous showrunner Mike Kelley, who stepped down in April in what was characterized as a "difficult mutual decision" between Kelley and ABC Studios.
Deadline first reported the news of Berg and Harberts' promotion.
Zac Efron is attached to star in "Narc," a collegiate take on "Donnie Brasco" that Julie and Rick Yorn will produce for Fox through their LBI Entertainment banner.
Garrett Meyer is writing the true-crime project, which follows a frat president and lacrosse captain who gets busted with cocaine. To avoid jail time, he agrees to become an undercover informant for the police and begins ratting out individuals higher up the criminal ladder.
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Doug Banker and Jason Barrett will executive produce, while Matthew Reilly will co-produce.
Efron will soon be seen in the JFK assassination drama "Parkland" and the romantic comedy "Are We Officially Dating?" He's repped by CAA and Alchemy Entertainment.
Deadline broke the news.
Washington is truly feeling the earth move this week as singer-songwriter Carole King is honored with the Library of Congress's Gershwin Prize for popular song and then saluted in two concerts, one in the White House.
King is becoming the first female songwriter to win the prize, which was won by Stevie Wonder in 2009, Paul McCartney in 2010, and the songwriting team of Burt Bacharach and Hal David in 2012.
Also read: Carole King Is First Female Songwriter Honored With Library of Congress' Gershwin Prize
On Tuesday, the singer, whose album "Tapestry" was on the biggest sellers in the 1970s, was honored at a luncheon, attended by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (above). That was to be followed by a concert with performances by Patti Austin, Colbie Caillat, Michael Feinstein, Siedah Garrett, her daughter Louise Goffin, Shelby Lynne, Gian Marco, Arturo Sandoval and King herself.
On Wednesday, President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama formally present the award to King and host their own concert in the East Room. The White House concert featuring Gloria Estefan, Billy Joel, Jesse McCartney, Emeli Sandé, James Taylor and Trisha Yearwood as well as King is due to be televised by PBS.
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The Gershwin Prize commemorates George and Ira Gershwin, the legendary American songwriting team whose extensive manuscript collections are in the Library of Congress. The prize is awarded to musicians whose lifetime contributions in the field of popular song exemplify the standard of excellence associated with the Gershwins.
I'm looking at the yellow rubber Munchstrong Livestrong bracelet a whole lot different now.
Comedian April Macie was on Howard Stern on Monday and she put the taste of burnt leather, chemicals, roasted corn and sweat in my mouth when she talked about the time she walked into a hotel room bathroom and caught her friend with a mouthful of Lance Armstrong's b-hole. April says that earlier in the night, she and her butt-munching girlfriend were partying with Lance at a party. Lance invited them back to his hotel room with a bunch of his friends and then this happened:
"I went to use the bathroom, and I went in and Lance was bent over a bathtub and she was just face deep in his asshole...I was terrified. And then he came out and said: ‘Does your friend want in on a round too?’ and I was like: 'Of taint tickling? I’m gonna take a pass'..I think it’s hilarious that he would ask without even knowing my first name—to eat his asshole. Like: ‘Do you want in on a round too? Of asshole eating?...I got pretty for the evening. I didn’t know he was going to ask me to eat his asshole later on.”
Most of the time when I go to a party, I regret going to that party, because going to parties are overrated. But I'd always go to parties if it meant that it would eventually lead to me walking in on some chick going to Rim Town on Lance Armstrong's roided-up ass. That is a perfect postcard moment right there. I'm surprised that Lance's bike seat isn't shaped like a giant tongue.
April's friend is a brave bitch, though. She's a brave bitch, because it takes a hardcore ho to stick her tongue in some random end-of-the-night man culo. She's also brave, because April says this happened about 5 or 6 years ago, so Lance's wrinkled Cheerio was probably roided all the way up then. Lance had The Hulk of anuses. April's friend could've lost her tongue. That's like putting your tongue in a cigar cutter. One minute you're tossing Lance's salad and the next minute you're picking pieces of your tongue out of his no-no.
And now we know what's really going on in this picture:
If that's not a "So, can I sit on your face?" look, I don't know what is.
OK Go (the band behind hit music videos like "This Too Shall Pass" and "Here It Goes Again") launched its very own game for iOS and Android earlier this month.
Titled Say The Same Thing, you play the game with one of your friends or with a randomly chosen player. (If you sign up now, you can also participate in a temporary promotion where people are randomly selected to play with a band member) Each player types in a word, then you see what the other player said, and you use that as prompt for another word. As the game's title implies, you win when each of you enters the same word.
