Lionsgate Planning To Heist Action No. 1

The tale of Nic Cage's stolen comic...The words "Nicolas Cage heist comedy" may conjure up all sorts of concepts in your fevered imaginations... but possibly not this one. While he won't necessarily appear in the film, Cage will be a character in Lionsgate's Action No. 1, based on the true story of the theft of his prized posession.The first issue of Action Comics was where a certain Superman made his debut in 1938. Cage owned a copy, but it was stolen in 2000, and only recovered last year. Cage, who'd claimed his insurance by then, didn't get it back, and it stayed with the LAPD for a time, before fetching a record $2.16m at auction last November.The screenplay is by Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon, who co-wrote Night At The Museum and Balls Of Fury, and were the creators of Comedy Central's Reno: 911! Their fictional take on the real events involves a group of nerds planning the geek heist of the century. Obviously, the film was written with the hope that Cage would play himself, but sadly, that doesn't seem to be happening. Whether someone else will get to play the arch-warlock, or whether the film will somehow get around his absense, remains to be seen.There's no start-date or potential cast yet, but we'll have a beady eye on this one. And if you've never seen his costume test for the abandoned 1990s Tim Burton version, perhaps be thankful that this is the closest Cage is likely now to get to a Superman movie...

'Yossi' to spread out Tribeca World Narrative competish

The eleventh Tribeca Film Festival has drawn on Israeli drama "Yossi" to spread out the planet Narrative competition on April 19, while Canada's "The Planet Before Her" launches the planet Documentary competition on the day that.The openings are a couple of the 46 films Tribeca revealed Tuesday in 2 competition sections and also the out-of-competition Viewpoints section -- or about 50 % from the 90 films that'll be tested throughout April 18-29 in NY City.Geoffrey Gilmore, chief creative officer of Tribeca Businesses, stated your competition offers an array of storytelling, places of origin, and appearance. "This season, we present a well-balanced mixture of American and worldwide filmmaking, using what we feel includes a special quality and demonstrates a variety within the selection," he stated.The narrative selection includes "All In" (Argentina), "Past the Hill (Poultry, A holiday in greece) "First Winter" (U.S.) "Jack and Diane" (U.S.) "The LadyInch (US., Mexico) "Nancy, Please" (U.S.) Postcards in the Zoo" (Indonesia) "Una Noche" (U.K., Cuba, U.S.) "Unit 7" (The country) "In The End Were Here" (U.S.) and "Yossi."The paperwork selection includes "Ballroom Dancer" (Denmark) "Downeast (U.S.) "Fame High (U.S.) "The Flat" (Israel, Germany) "Hi-tech, Low Existence" (U.S., China) "Their Email ListInch (U.S.) "Off Label" (U.S.) "Planet of Snail" (Columbia) "The Revisionaries (U.S.) "The Virgin, The Copts and Me" (France, Qatar) "Wavumba" (Netherlands) and "The Planet Before Her."The programming team includes Gilmore Frederic Boyer as artistic director, who formerly offered as artistic director and mind of programming for that Directors' Week at Cannes Genna Terranova, that has been marketed to director of programming and Cara Cusumano coming back as programmer.The very first time, your competition sections may have designated opening evening films both in the documentary and narrative groups, highlighting the sections. "The Planet Before Her" will open the planet Documentary competition and "Yossi" will open the planet Narrative competition on April 19.Boyer asserted the selection provides diversity within the styles addressed and vitality with nine first-time feature filmmakers competing.Gilmore and Boyer ended the choices in the last week, observing that they are constantly astounded by finding new methods for storytelling on such game titles as "War Witch" -- a tale of the child soldier within the Congo the duo saw in Berlin.The selection includes game titles from 32 nations, 54 world premieres and 16 United States premieres. A maximum of 107 company directors is going to be showing with 33 of individuals making their feature directorial debuts. The slate was selected from the record total of 5,950 distribution.Tribeca will announce the Spotlight, Cinemania and Special tests sections on Thursday.WORLD NARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION"All In" (La Suerte en tus manos), Daniel Burman (Argentina) Worldwide Premiere "Past the Hill" (Tepenin Ardi), Emin Alper (Poultry, A holiday in greece) United States Premiere"First Winter," Benjamin Dickinson (U.S.) World Premiere "The Lady,Inch David Riker (U.S., Mexico) World Premiere "Jack and Diane," Bradley Rust Grey (U.S.) World Premiere "Nancy, Please," Andrew Semans (U.S.) World Premiere "Postcards In the Zoo" (Kebun Binatang), Edwin (Indonesia) United States Premiere "Una Noche," Lucy Mulloy (U.K., Cuba, U.S.) United States Premiere "Unit 7" (Grupo 7), Alberto Rodriguez (The country) Worldwide Premiere "War Witch" (Rebelle), Kim Nguyen (Canada) United States Premiere"In The End Were Here," Kat Coiro (U.S.) World Premiere "Yossi" ('-Sippur Shel Yossi), Eytan Fox (Israel) World PremiereWORLD DOCUMENTARY FEATURE COMPETITION"Ballroom Dancer," Christian Bonke and Andreas Koefoed (Denmark) United States Premiere "Downeast," David Redmon and Ashley Sabin (U.S.) World Premiere "Fame High," Scott Hamilton Kennedy (U.S.) World Premiere "The Flat" ('-dira)," Arnon Goldfinger (Israel, Germany) United States Premiere "Hi-tech, Low Existence," Stephen Maing (U.S., China) World Premiere"Their Email List,Inch Janet Murphy (U.S.) World Premiere "Off Label," Michael Palmieri and Donal Mosher (U.S.) World Premiere "Planet of Snail," Seung-Jun Yi (Columbia) United States Premiere"The Revisionaries," Scott Thurman (U.S.) World Premiere "The Virgin, the Copts and Me" (La Vierges, l'ensemble des Coptes et Moi), Namir Abdel Messeeh (France, Qatar) United States Premiere "Wavumba," Jeroen van Velzen (Netherlands) United States Premiere"The Planet Before Her," Nisha Pahuja (Canada) World Premiere VIEWPOINTS"Babygirl," Macdara Vallely (Ireland, U.S.) World Premiere"Benji," Coodie and Chike (U.S.) World Premiere"Burn," Tom Putnam and Brenna Sanchez (U.S.) World Premiere"Caroline and Jackie," Adam Christian Clark (U.S.) World Premiere"OthersInch (Katinkas Kalas), Levan Akin (Sweden) World Premiere"Consuming Spirits," Chris Sullivan (U.S.) World Premiere"Cut," Amir Naderi (Japan) U.S. premiere"Dying of the Super hero," Ian Fitzgibbon (Ireland, Germany) U.S. premiere"El Gusto," Safinez Bousbia (Algeria, Ireland, UAE) United States Premiere"Fairhaven," Tom O'Brien (U.S.) World Premiere"The 4th Dimension," Harmony Korine, Alexey Fedorchenko and Jan Kwiecinski (U.S., Belgium, Russia) World Premiere"Francophrenia (or: Don't Kill Me, I Understand In which the Baby Is)," Ian Olds and James Franco (U.S.) United States Premiere"Journey to Planet X," Josh Koury and Myles Kane (U.S.) World Premiere"Around the Pad," Fredric Golding (U.S.) World Premiere"Resolution," Justin Benson and Aaron Scott Moorhead (U.S.) World Premiere"Room 514," Sharon Bar-Ziv (Israel) United States Premiere"Rubberneck," Alex Karpovsky (U.S.) World Premiere"Sexy Baby," Jill Bauer and Ronna Gradus (U.S.) World Premiere"Gemstones under the sunInch (Woch nan Soley), P. Benoit (U.S., Haiti) World Premiere"Supporting Figures," Daniel Schechter (U.S.) World Premiere"Capital of scotland- Runners," Jerry Rothwell (U.K.) World Premiere"Switch Off the Lights," Ivana Mladenovic (Romania) World Premiere Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com

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[Warning: This story consists of major spoilers about AMC's The Walking Dead and also the comic series it came from from.] AMC might have just spoiled what might turn to function as the worst-stored TV secret of 2012. Around the AMC website early Thursday, The Walking Dead's second season special edition Blu-ray set had been marketed. One problem: The item's description incorporated a significant spoiler, offering the bonus features include... Find Out More > Other Links From TVGuide.com Glen MazzaraFrank DarabontThe Walking DeadJon Bernthal