CBS Buys Adaptation of Israeli Series Existence Isn't Everything

CBS Logo design design CBS has bought the variation in the Israeli series, Existence Isn't Everything, Deadline reviews. The comedy follows a recently divorced couple who still stay associated with one another peoples lives. "You can't divorce him or her,In . creator Daniel Lappin describes in regards to the series. "There's this kind of high divorce rate inside the U.S., without any an individual capable of capture the funny side of divorce." Become popular our pilot news Lappin remains as mixed up in series and may co-write the script with Pals alum Mike Sikowitz. Existence Isn't Situations are Israel's best sitcom which is within the ninth and final season.

Charlie Sheen's 'Anger Management' sells to Foreign exchange

SheenCharlie Sheen's new syndie sitcom "Anger Management" finds a home at Foreign exchange. Cabler has bought 10 episodes and, per the syndie deal with Lionsgate-possessed distrib Debmar-Mercury, yet another 90 episodes will probably be broadcast by Foreign exchange only if the show hits numerous initial high-ratings thresholds. Debmar-Mercury features a similar deal with Tyler Perry's comedies that air around the best spinner's. Production will begin early next season, getting a summer season launch scheduled. Sheen, who's already a fixture within the cabler in "Males" reruns, will topline the skein that's good 2003 bigscreen Adam Sandler-Jack Nicholson comedy. Lionsgate will produce, with Bruce Helford becoming showrunner. He'll professional produce with Sheen and Joe Roth. The project was strongly pitched on an outing a few days ago to numerous broadcast and cable nets, including USA Network, Comedy Central and TV Land. While Foreign exchange makes its mark with original laffers -- "It Definitely Is Sunny in Philadelphia," "Louie," "Wilfred" and "The League" -- internet has seen a massive increase in its primary point here because of its recent syndie purchases, as well as the cabler feels it might get keep that momentum ongoing with "Anger Management." Sheen's recognition is difficult to gauge at this time around. He starred in "Males" for eight seasons on CBS the comedy was for quite some time most likely probably the most seen on television. However, after his public meltdown that introduced to his dismissal within the show taken, "two and a half Males" has stormed back with strong ratings with Ashton Kutcher as Sheen's alternative. Carrying out a "Males" brouhaha, Sheen ongoing a public standup tour that left many fans feeling unhappy. Deal gives Sheen a stake inside the show, therefore it is now clearly inside the actor's welfare to stay sober. Each side have out clauses which get into effect should Sheen become medically unable to accomplish the 100 episodes. On Sheen's good status for instability and what this signifies for the show's future, one source mentioned: "It's fair to convey that everyone which has something devoted to this show has their eyes available.Inch The very first 10 episodes will run just like a weekly series next summer season, as well as the show can change with a mostly daily pattern -- from early 2013 through September 2014 -- if Foreign exchange builds up the additional 90 episodes. Cabler thinks about the problem about pairing "Anger Management" with both "two and a half Males" and "Generate An Earnings Met Your Mother." "Males" remains a effective resource for Foreign exchange, presently calculating 700,000 audiences an instalment. No pilot has yet been shot, nor features a cast been selected. Around Sheen might be the show's drawing card, Foreign exchange prexy John Landgraf and also the professional team are depending round the creating capabilities of Helford to keep the show around the right course. Helford can be a veteran comedy producer and knows how you can balance both production agendas and disparate personas. Formerly, about about 10 years ago, he was Chuck Lorre-just like juggling three series round the air: "George Lopez," "Nikki" and "The Came Carey Show." Contact Stuart Levine at stuart.levine@variety.com

CBS Prosecuted for Airing Unlicensed Photos of John Edwards' Mistress

Robert Spencer/Getty Images CBS continues to be prosecuted with a celebrity digital photographer who claims the network's The Insider and also the Early Show featured without license his images of Reille Hunter, the mistress offormer presidential candidate John Edwards, and her child.our editor recommendsJohn Edwards' Daughter, Cate Edwards, Married to Dr. Trevor Upham John Edwards film may unearth new particulars on scandalJohn Edwards Indicted on Campaign FraudAaron Sorkin to direct John Edwards project Alan Zanger, a paparazzo recognized for his stakeout capabilities, filed the copyright violation claim in NY federal court on Friday. Based on his complaint, Zanger struck a unique certification offer October 2008 using the NY Publish to write photos of Hunter and Edwards' love child. Following the photo was released, Zanger started getting in touch with other media to gauge curiosity about further certification of his assortment of Hunter photographs. One of the shops stated to possess taken a license were Inside Edition and US Weekly. He states the Insider expressed some initial interest, so he shipped a couple of his photos for evaluation reasons. There allegedly wasn't any immediate communication next, and CBS is stated to possess gone ahead with exhibiting the photos on its shows. Zanger states the alleged copyright violation triggered him harm. "These photographs and also the event produced great publicity and it is of curiosity towards the public in particular,Inch states Zanger's complaint. "Complaintant has zealously and deliberately licensed his Reille Hunter with Baby Collection to numerous news shops to ensure that Complaintant and the licensees can increase the public distribution of complaintant's Reille Hunter with Baby Collection..." News that Edwards was getting an affair was initially revealed through the National Enquirer in 2007 and interest gradually began to construct, destroying the first kind senator's status. He's scheduled to manage a jury trial the coming year for implementing political donations to cover his affair. Meanwhile, in recent several weeks, photography enthusiasts happen to be more aggressive in pursuing television systems for featuring their work without license. In a single example, Fox News has been prosecuted for breaking the copyright with an image ofAssata Shakur throughout The O'Reilly Factor. In September, Fox News taken care of immediately the accusations by declaring fair use, estoppel because the image was allegedly acquired with the FBI, that using the look was fleeting and for that reason a p minimus non-infringing use, which the complaintant's claims were a breach of Fox News' right of freedom of expression and free press underneath the First Amendment. Fox News states the copyright registration around the Shakur photo is made only following the airing, which may foreclose legal damages. In Zanger's claims, he notes he was released a copyright registration in The month of january 2009. Nonetheless, Zanger is seeking damages for willful violation that has been enhanced damages for neglecting to supply him with with proper credit. He's also seeking an injunction and disgorgement of profits. Zanger is symbolized by attorney Nicholas Penkovsky. A CBS News representative gave us this statement: "We've not yet seen the suit and should not discuss its particulars. We now have great respect for copyright protection like a general matter, which is our practice to make sure that our utilization of copyrighted material is either approved through the copyright holder or within the bounds of fair use." E-mail: eriqgardner@yahoo.com Twitter: @eriqgardner Politics

'Harry Potter' DVDs Disapparating From Store Shelves After Christmas

The Boy Who Lived won't be living on store shelves for much longer. It's hard to deny that there's a big market for the "Harry Potter" film franchise. The final film, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2," went on to gross $380.5 million domestic and $1.3 billion worldwide, making it the highest grossing "Potter" movie to date. But less than a month and a half after "Part 2" hits DVD and Blu-Ray on November 11, Warner Bros is going to put all the "Potter" films on moratorium until an unannounced future date. Can we be the first blog to dub this the "Gringotts Vault" after Walt Disney's "Disney Vault"? All eight "Potter" films are going to be pulled off store shelves on December 29, including the eight-film collectors edition boxed set. Stores won't be able to reorder any more copies after that until WB decides to release a new edition of the film. So make sure you put the "Harry Potter" films on your Christmas list if you want them because they're going to be pretty hard to come by after that. Disney fans should be familiar with this sales move, as it's the main way Disney distributes their animated films. Movies like "Beauty and the Beast," "The Lion King" and "Aladdin" are locked away in the Disney vault for several years until the studio decides to release a new, updated version of the movie often with better animation, new special features and a more expensive price tag. This move by Warner Bros seems to be an attempt to maintain interest in the film series. It's also a guarantee that a new, better version of the films with new special features and added bonuses will likely hit Blu-Ray and DVD within the next few years, so that might influence whether you decide to buy that deluxe boxed set now or wait until the better one comes out down the road. What do you think of Warner Bros' decision to stop production on the "Potter" films? Tell us in the comments section below or on Twitter!

Is Attack the Block Getting an Awards Season Campaign?

Awards screeners have yet to really start coming in (a few have already been sent out, including Sony Pictures Classics’ Take Shelter, The Guard, and Higher Ground, and Summit’s A Better Life), but this week’s arrival of Attack the Block DVD screeners is a surprise entry to the season. The Sony/Screen Gems-released sci-fi pic was sent out to members of the L.A. Film Critics Association this week, although it’s unclear how much of a campaign the studio plans, if any. Does the British kid-oriented genre film have a shot at awards season, anyway? Last month at Awards Daily, Oscar pundit Sasha Stone entertained the idea of Attack the Block having Oscar potential, even if it’s a long, loooong, longshot given its modest box office returns and Academy-alienating genre trappings. Where it could conceivably pick up steam, however, is with critic groups like LAFCA, who in previous years embraced studio-released genre pics like Black Swan, Inception, District 9, and Pan’s Labyrinth, though each of those honorees enjoyed a great deal more mainstream attention and acclaim. The critically-embraced Attack the Block seems an appropriate contender for LAFCA’s New Generation Award, as it’s Joe Cornish’s feature debut. Even its techno-flavored score, contributed by Basement Jaxx, could contend in the Best Music category. And there are always critics groups’ Top 10 lists, which couldn’t hurt this relatively small film’s chances of picking up steam, even in home video release. (The DVD and Blu-ray hit shelves October 25.) Technically, the Attack the Block screeners arrived without the usual “For your consideration…” verbiage, making the intent even more vague. Earlier this year, Attack the Block took home the Midnight Feature Award at SXSW and the Audience Award at the Los Angeles Film Festival. It’s currently vying for the Audience Award at the Gotham Independent Film Awards, which is voted on publicly at the festival’s website. Screen Gems did not respond immediately to Movieline’s request for comment, but keep an eye on this space for more as the story develops.

NBC Buys Family Cleaning cleaning soap From Burr Steers, ABC Art galleries & Di Bonaventura Pictures TV

EXCLUSIVE: Filmmaker Burr Steers could make his TV writing debut with Palm Beach, a drama work with NBC from ABC Art galleries and Lorenzo DiBonventura and Serta McDermott’s studio-based Di Bonaventura Pictures Television. The project is known to becoming an Upstairs, Downstairs-style family cleaning cleaning soap occur the exclusive enclave of Palm Beach. Steers, DiBonaventura and McDermott are executive creating with Ellen Goldsmith-Vein and Shawn Simon. Steers, who made his filmmaking debut while using 2002 Igby Goes Lower, they written and directed, also helmed the qualities 17 Again and Charlie St. Claud, both starring Zac Efron. He's with CAA as well as the Gotham Group. This really is really the most recent purchase at NBC for ABC Art galleries, which features a comedy composed by Howard J. Morris and produced by Courteney Cox and David Arquette together with a drama composed by Daniel Taplitz and professional produced by Ian Sanders and Kim Moses within the peacock.

New Streetdance 2 Poster

The Brit boogie follow-up will receive a quadIf Footloose a couple of days ago split up along with you gagging for further dancing, you're fortunate. Blighty's own Streetdance 2 acquired proper care of, offering yet more if this involves gyrating, reducing and general rug-cutting. And concepts can provide the teaser quad within the film, only to prove it will feature gorgeous people dancing, apparently before giant number twos (steady).The film stars Falk Hentschel as Ash, whose crew (that's his chums who dance with him, grandad) is soundly beaten in the "dance fight" while using properly-named US crew Invincible. Ash vows to accomplish better next time, and recruits an worldwide team to help him. Hence, we're taking a chance, the trailer's shots from Paris and Rome.Streetdance 2 comes to March 2012, in addition to stars Sofia Boutella, George Sampson and Tom Conti. Like its possibly-remarkably effective predecessor, it's directed by Max Giwa and Dania Pasquini.