Watercooler: A Bend inside the River

Jessica Simpson And you also thought Jessica Simpson's daisy dukes were scandalous! The 31-year-old mother-to-be posed nude for your April cover of Elle.Simpson, who introduced having a baby in the particularly unique fashion last October, also revealed inside the magazine they and her fiancé, Nfl player Eric Manley, expect girl. Manley may also be featured inside the spread, which hits newsstands March 20.Jessica Simpson (finally) certifies pregnancyThe pop star appreciated the moment when she first thought she was pregnant. "I had been goin' by having an all-day consuming binge," Simpson mentioned. "Gonna ride our bikes, spend some time...do naughty things. However started feeling this overwhelming guilt. Why would I'm guilt considering venturing out and becoming cocktails with my pals?"Since she's pregnant, Simpson's consuming days have left - nevertheless it wasn't an easy transition, she mentioned. "Givin' up my Scotch? My Macallan 18? That was a difficulty on me!" Simpson mentioned. "Though now getting an infant, you crave other pursuits. A sizable factor water sounds great!"Pregnant Jessica Simpson Feels As If a "Large Blob"Simpson and Manley have formerly made a decision around the title. "We're embroidering it on things. It's nothing shocking and zilch you will have to boost the dictionary. When people participate in it, they'll know why," she mentioned.Following a cover was released Wednesday, Simpson, who is able to next be seen as mentor on NBC's Fashion Star, tweeted, "My @Ellemagazine cover out today! I'm a lil nervous but I have not felt more beautiful or empowered."What can you consider the photo?

Disney, Rudin pic 'The Pet' switches into Hess

HessRudinDisney and producer Scott Rudin are becoming a classic pet project back ready to go, tapping "Napoleon Dynamite" director Jared Hess to helm the lengthy-gestating sci-fi family comedy "Your Pet.InchRudin, who moved his production shingle from Disney this past year to The new sony, is creating the live-action pic alongside Craig Perry and Sheila Hanahan Taylor. According to an authentic idea from Matt Lieberman ("Short Circuit"), "Your PetInch focuses on a guy who's kidnapped by aliens, come to their planet and converted into a household pet.Rudin initially boarded "Your PetInch years back at Disney as he were built with a first-look deal at Miramax. However the project grew to become relatively dormant as he left a button House -- mainly because Disney offered Miramax and refocused on family-friendly films, departing Rudin's adult-skewing projects with no natural home."Your Pet,Inch however, fits the Disney mold."The Simpsons" helmer David Silverman have been connected to the family comedy, and despite a current rewrite from scribe Tim Dowling ("What This Means Is War"), "Your PetInch has become at the disposal of Hess, who'll oversee every aspect of creative development moving forward.The UTA-repped Hess' recent credits range from the Jack Black starrer "Nacho Libre" and 2009's "Gentlemen Broncos." He and wife Jerusha Hess will also be professional creating Fox's "Napoleon Dynamite" toon, in line with the 2004 indie hit comedy.Rudin just wrapped another busy honours season, getting created "Moneyball" and "The Lady Using the Dragon Tattoo." Contact Stuart Oldham at stuart.oldham@variety.com

New poster for Eddie Murphy's A Thousand Words

A Thousand Words might be the brand new film from Eddie Murphy. You might recall us putting the boot to the trailer within the finish of a year ago. Well the initial poster has turned up online, which is less than filling us confidently.Providing the kind of hotch-potch layout that signifies it absolutely was knocked together with the experience kid, the completely new one-sheet shows Eddie in many "humorous" situations, although a problem from the star is photoshopped to the foreground.The film follows the adventures of Murphy's fast-speaking ad-guy, who becomes psychologically involved getting an enchanting tree. In some manner this arrangement leaves him with only one,000 words left to speak before he handles to get rid of his voice entirely.Signal much crazy mugging and physical horseplay as Murphy attempts to circumvent his recently found predicament. In the event you loved Liar Liar, but thought the central premise was too wealthy in comedy potential, this is probably the film to suit your needs.A Thousand Words opens in Uk cinemas on 6 April 2012. The countdown starts here![brightcove]1339756222001[/brightcove]

Zwick & Herskovitz: WGA TV Award honorees

Zwick Herskovitz Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz placed on many hats -- they write, direct and provide for TV and film. Their contributions to television are the groundbreaking "Thirtysomething," cult hit "My So-Referred to as Existence" and "Once and Again."They have been writing partners since college and recognized in the beginning that "writing was our ticket to the business," states Herskovitz."Around we always aspired to direct or produce, we began as authors which we remain authors. Throwing our physiques inside the writing in any circumstance may be the one factor that we believe is most critical,In . Zwick adds.Their close relationship was cemented because the pair were writing the 1987 pilot for "Thirtysomething.""Had the two of us done ("Thirtysomething") alone, we may possibly not have been so available to another voices. It gave us the security allowing other voices to the mix," states Herskovitz.Zwick adds, "We uncover it is a lot better to slay the dragons and fight the battles for those who have somebody behind. Also, you simply write half as much words." WGA Honours 2012Truth elbows out gags Good timing for WGA prexyHonoreesKress & McDuffie Eric Roth Tate Taylor Patric Verrone Zwick & Herskovitz Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

New Dark Knight Rises image shows battle-worn Bane

Warner Bros has released a new image from The Dark Knight Rises which gives some idea of the kind of rough and tumble lifestyle Tom Hardy's Bane has been living over the years.The image shows Hardy facing away from the camera, minus his face mask, and with a grotesque scar running from his neck to his upper back. There's also some heavy scarring on his shaven head as well, for anyone doubting Bane's badass credentials.Presumably, the neck scar is linked to the painkilling apparatus worn by the man-mountain, hinting at some form of spinal injury suffered in the past. In any case, it only serves to enhance Nolan's claims that Bane will provide the kind of physical threat that Batman has yet to encounter thoughout the first two films of the trilogy.The Dark Knight Rises opens in the UK on 20 July 2012. Although we'd imagine that date is somewhat burned into your brains by now...

Spike Lee Stands By 'Red Hook Summer'

Director Spike Lee's "Red-colored Hook Summer time" is not all it seems to become. The religiously-billed drama a good Atlanta boy delivered to spend the summer time together with his Brooklyn-based estranged grandfather, a preacher, includes a dark secret at its core, one which Lee expects to "continue lock." "Things are evolution," the celebrated NY filmmaker told MTV News in the Sundance Film Festival about his movie's roots. "I'm not sure anybody who the very first time they sit lower to speak has [a tale] planned from beginning, middle and finish. It had been the evolution of the germ of the idea and that we stored building layer upon layer upon layer." Where did that germ of the idea originate from, you request? Surprisingly, the reply is the one and only horror novelist Stephen King, a minimum of simply. "We wanted to create a film about youthful black kids, like 'Stand By Me,'" stated Lee. "I really like that film. Where's the folks of color version of this film? I am not to imply here it is, but that is the kind of film I wish to observe that. James and that i desired to check this out film inside a theater. We wanted the planet to determine these figures within this isolated a part of Brooklyn, Red-colored Hook." Lee's Sundance entry isn't the only much talked about project on his radar right now. The filmmaker is presently focusing on the American adaptation of "Oldboy," starring Josh Brolin and potentially Mia Wasikowska. Once the subject was raised, Lee's lips were shut tight. "We'll see. Still focusing on it," he stated from the film's progress. "Individuals are obsessed about this film and they have tell me. We are unafraid of anything, but at this time we are concentrating on 'Red Hook Summer time.'" The 2012 Sundance Film Festival is formally arrived, and also the MTV Movies team is on the floor confirming around the most popular stars and also the movies everybody is going to be speaking about around in the future. Ensure that it stays locked with MTV Movies for everything there's to understand about Sundance.

Warners takes a 'Killshot'

Warner Bros. has bought the pitch "Killshot" from scribe Ken Woodruff. No logline was immediately available. While Woodruff has not worked for the studio's film division before, he's no stranger to the company's TV arm. Scribe is currently a producer and staff writer on "The Mentalist," produced by Warner Bros. Television. Other credits include "Goodbye Mexico," a script Woodruff wrote for Richard Saperstein's The Genre Co. WME reps Woodruff. Contact Rachel Abrams at Rachel.Abrams@variety.com