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"Inside Llewyn Davis" soundtrack producer T-Bone Burnett confirms some performances of the film's music will take place this fall, but don't call it a tour.http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/awards-campaign

'Star Trek Into Darkness' star Benedict Cumberbatch speaks about the importance of secrecy and the joys of being surprised. Warning: this includes major spoilers for the film.

I suppose you have heard EuropaCorp and Relativity Media is currently shooting in Montreal English-language remake of French action movie District B13. If so here is some details. Camille Delamarre is directing the Brick Mansions movie and Luc Besson, Ryan Kavanaugh, Tucker Tooley and Christophe Lambert producing. Camille Delamarre is an ex-editor who worked before on Colombiana, Transporter 3, Taken 2, Transporter: The Series, so we can expect another well-made action from another Luc Besson’s protege. The script sees Paul Walker play an undercover cop who is tasked with going into a tenement named Brick Mansions in order to disarm a neutron bomb that is ticking down. David Belle plays his friend. RZA has come aboard to play the formidable drug warlord in the community who is in possession of the bomb. The French-Colombian actress Catalina Denis will play Belle’s girlfriend who is kidnapped by the warlord. source: hollywoodreporter

Are you like so many would-be filmmakers out there? Do you have a great concept, but don't know what to do with it. Then your prayers are answered. Burbank, CA will be hosting the Great American Pitchfest and Screenwriting Conference from May 31-June 2 and you need to be there. Aside from getting a chance to pitch your great film idea, there are opportunities to attend master classes in screenwriting and other aspects of filmmaking as well as meet some impressive writers and directors working in the business today, such as the great Tom Holland (Child's Play, Fright Night), Mick Garris ("The Stand," "The Shining") and loads more. For more information check out the official Great American Pitchfest and Screenwriting Conference website. VISIT THE EVILSHOP @ AMAZON! Got news? Click here to submit it! Start pitching in the comments section below!

Ketchup Entertainment has acquired U.S. rights to Michael Polish’s “Big Sur,” starring Jean-Marc Barr, Kate Bosworth, Josh Lucas, Radha Mitchell and Anthony Edwards. Five-year-old Ketchup made the announcement at Cannes. The film, produced by Orian Williams and 3311 Productions, is scheduled for release theatrically in the fall.  Ketchup will partner with ARC Entertainment on ancillaries.... Read more »

The prestige distributor also handled Asghar Farhadi's 'A Separation.'http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/in-contention

Welcome back Gentle-Minions!!! This week we bring you more Kickstarter goodness with selections from Brian (BTSJunki) Kelley with The corruption of Chris Miller (1973) directed by Juan Antonio Bardem and a selection from Tom Chance with Ghosts...of the Civil Dead (1988) directed by John Hillcoat!!! Emails to midnitecinema@gmail.com Voicemails to 206-666-5207 Adios!!!

An incredible amount of research went into Antonio Garrido's The Corpse Reader, based on Song Cí, the Chinese founding father of forensic science, including the author's extensive study of Song Cí’s own five-volume treatise on forensics. Intrigued? Check out an exclusive excerpt from the novel right here. Garrido (pictured), a native of Spain, is a former educator and industrial engineer. This fictionalized account of the early life of Song Cí represents years of studying the cultural, social, legal, and political aspects of life in the Song Dynasty. In 2012 The Corpse Reader received the Zaragoza International Prize for best historical novel published in Spain (Premio Internacional de Novela Histórica Ciudad de Zaragoza). When the excerpt begins, Cí Song and his family have left the city, where his father was a comfortable bureaucrat, in order to mourn for his grandfather. While unhappy to have left his law studies to work on his brother's farm, Cí's life takes a turn when he stumbles across a corpse. He then embarks on a trial, whereby his mentor, Judge Feng, ingeniously attempts to uncover the murderer. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD A PDF of an excerpt from The Corpse Reader. Synopsis: After his grandfather dies, avid scholar and budding forensic investigator Cí Song begrudgingly gives up his studies to help his family. But when another tragedy strikes, he’s forced to run and is also deemed a fugitive. Dishonored, he has no choice but to accept work as a lowly gravedigger, a position that allows him to sharpen his corpse-reading skills. Soon, he can deduce whether a person killed himself—or was murdered. His prowess earns him notoriety, and Cí receives orders to unearth the perpetrator of an horrific series of mutilations and deaths at the Imperial Court. Cí’s gruesome investigation quickly grows complicated thanks to old loyalties and the presence of an alluring, enigmatic woman. But he remains driven by his passion for truth—especially once the killings threaten to take down the Emperor himself. With THE CORPSE READER (translated by Tom Bunstead; AmazonCrossing) Antonio Garrido has created something more than a thriller, more than a crime story; THE CORPSE READER is the story of a young man who fights for the honor of his family, for the truth, and for himself. Its multi-layered, ingenious plot is as disturbing as it is fascinating. VISIT THE EVILSHOP @ AMAZON! Got news? Click here to submit it! Sharpen your corpse-reading skills in the comments section below!

NBC News confirmed Monday that former British TV-news executive Deborah Turness would be the unit’s new president, capping several weeks of speculation over who would replace Steve Capus in the role.

PBS auds will be able to close out their week with Charlie Rose beginning this July, as the network has greenlit “Charlie Rose Weekend,” a halfhour news program slated for Fridays at 8:30 p.m. Rose, a PBS vet and noted journo, has appeared on the network nationally for two decades as the host of latenight... Read more »