The Dark Dark evening Increases cinematographer to direct first feature

The Dark Dark evening Increases cinematographer Wally Pfister, longtime cinematographer to Christopher Nolan is always to enter the director's chair the first time by having an so far untitled debut feature.The Oscar winning cinematographer has labored with Nolan since 1999, in addition to their collaboration has incorporated significant films Indication, The Prestige, and Beginning, they won the Oscar to find the best Achievement In Cinematography.Getting recently wrapped The Dark Dark evening Increases Pfister remains searching for his next project, and according to Collider the untitled script by relative newcomer Jack Paglen was the most appropriate one.The particulars are presently shrouded in mystery, such as this year's hotly anticipated final installment to Nolan's Batman trilogy, however when his directorial debut looks anything like his signature dark style, we're fortunate.

UPDATE: Apples New iPad Boasts 4G LTE Broadband And Upgraded Photo Capabilities

UPDATE 11:39 AM: The event is over to introduce what Apple CEO Tim Cook simply calls “the new iPad.” It will be available March 16. The Wi-Fi only version with 16 GB of memory will cost $499, same as the iPad2 — and models that accommodate its new 4G LTE capability on Verizon or AT&T will start at $629.Add $100 to each price to move up to 32 GB and another C-note for 64 GB of memory. No word on how much data plans will cost. The iPad2 will continue to be sold — and for $100 less (i.e. $399 with 16 GB of memory). The battery on the new iPad will run 10 hours, but 9 hours on 4G. Users can dictate text and commands. The company says it will have a sharp Retina Display, with 3.1M pixels — more than an HDTV.It also will have more power than the current iPad: it will run on an A5X quad core graphics processor. Execs talked up the iPad’s new power to create and manipulate photos. It will have a 5 mega-pixel iSight camera on back, with auto exposure, auto-focus, and face detection. It also can record video in HD and will have software stabilization.The iMovie application gets an update: users can create trailers in addition to movies. New iPhoto applicationallows usersto edit images and transmit them directly to other devices. It will accommodate photos up to 19 mega-pixels. With a new journal feature, users can mix photos with text, maps, and calendars.CEO Tim Cook says the company has sold 15.4M iPads. “We set out to create not just a new product, but a new category.” He also said that the company will revamp its Apple TV with a new user interface. The updated device will be available next week and cost $99. Also, movies and TV shows in the iTunes store will be available in 1080P HD quality. Users can re-download content. PREVIOUS, TUESDAY PM:The media event has been shrouded with typical secrecy, with the invite saying only,”We have something you really have to see. And touch.”New Apple CEO Tim Cook will reveal what’s in the new tablet. Rumors are rampant.They break down this way: The new device will probably be called theiPad HD because itimprovesviewing. Also expected is ‘retina display’ which Hollywood will love.Siri’s presence would be cool.The iPad look isn’t expected to change dramatically or much at all.But it is predicted to have a faster processor (from dual-core A5 processor todual-core A5X processoror evena quad-core A6 processor).The next iPad may be Apple’s first 4G LTE device.Big question is whether the new iPad’s cost will rise. But the smart cover may be upgraded.Finally, there are rumors that Apple could update its $100 set-top box along with its iPad, perhaps to better accommodate transmitting HD video fromiPad’s screen totelevision.

Warner Bros Sets Peter Landesman To Adapt Ross Macdonalds The Galton Case

EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros and Silver Pictures have set Peter Landesman to adapt The Galton Case, one of the titles in the Ross Macdonald mystery series about private detective Lew Archer. Landesman will look to reinvent the mystery series as Silver Pictures tries to launch a franchise. The series was previously turned into two movies; Paul Newman played Archer in the 1966 Warner Bros film Harper and 1975 film The Drowning Pool. The 1959 novel The Galton Case was the eighth book in the series. Landesman, a NY Times Magazine foreign correspondent, most recently scripted The Mission for Warner Bros. That film is about Operation Jaque, a daring rescue of 15 captives that included former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt from FARC militants who moved the hostages around in the Colombian jungles some of them being held as long as 15 years. That film has David O Russell circling as director, with Brad Pitt being courted to star. Landesman also scripted a movie based on former FBI #2 man Mark Felt, who admitted he was the “Deep Throat” who helped Woodward and Bernstein crack the Watergate conspiracy and end Richard Nixon’s presidency. That project is at Universal with Playtone producing. On The Galton Case, Joel Silver will produce and Andrew Rona and Alex Heineman will be executive producers. Silver will partner with Random House Films on the movie, and RHF head Peter Gethers is exec producing with series rights holder Stephen White. Archer is a private eye who cracked dangerous cases in Southern California in the 1950s and 60s. In The Galton Case, Archer is hired to track down the lost heir to the Galton fortune. His path leads him through a trail of murder, deception and a tangle of secrets. Silver Pictures just teamed with Todd Phillips’ Green Hat to produce the low budget hit Project X, which is in the early stages of being sequelized. Landesman is repped by CAA.

Heppe, Gale catch 'Trespassers'

'Trespassers'Scott Hampton's supernatural graphic novel "Trespassers" is headed toward the bigscreen with Ryan E. Heppe creating and Bob Gale ("To the near futureInch) aboard to evolve.Tale focuses on several mythbusters, set on debunking the legend of the famous allegedly haunted house. They've their scientific rationality examined once they uncover demonic parents, a gateway to hell cheap not all are just who they tell you they are.InchA great horror flick needs one factor: an easy, original premise that's terrifying as hell," Heppe stated. "Additionally apparent franchise potential, and also the chance to mix "found footage"-style scares with traditional filmmaking frights plus you've got something really unique."Hampton authored and came "The Upturned Stone," which David Promote, Shane Riches and Heppe setup two times at Dimension Films. Gale co-authored the very first "To the near futureInch and exclusively composed its two sequels together with the 2nd "Tales In the Crypt." Younger crowd authored and directed the film "Interstate 60: Episodes in the Road," starring Gary Oldman, James Marsden and Amy Wise.Heppe is remaking "Short Circuit" at Dimension alongside Promote, John Hyde and John Manis, with Tim Hill pointing. He's also developing feature versions of "T.J. Hooker" and "V." Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com

Nick Cannon: I Have an Auto-Immune Disease

Awake didn't open to huge numbers for NBC, but it wasn't a complete nightmare.The long-awaited drama's series premiere bowed to 6.2 million viewers and a 1.9 ratings in the adults 18-to-49 demo on Thursday. That's a massive 44 percent and 58 percent improvement on ... Read More > Other Links From TVGuide.com American IdolGrey's AnatomyThe OfficeJimmy Kimmel LiveSupernatural30 RockThe Big Bang TheoryThe MentalistWipeoutParks and RecreationThe Vampire DiariesPerson of InterestAwakeUp All NightRob

Janet Jackson on X Factor Job: Thanks, But No Thanks

Wiz Khalifa and Amber Rose "Black and Yellow" rapper Wiz Khalifa and model Amber Rose are engaged, Rose announced on Twitter. Check out videos from Wiz Khalifa "He has made me the happiest woman in the world!" Rose, 28, tweeted Thursday, linking to a picture of her engagement ring. (Click here to check out her sparkler.) Rose, who collaborated with Khalifa, 24, on her debut single, "Fame," earlier this year, previously dated Kanye West. In an interview with Star magazine in January, Rose said she and West split in 2010 because of Kim Kardashian and called the reality star a "homewrecker."