Silence From The Lamb Is Going To Be Maintained

National Film Registry list announcedHannibal Lecter is going to be opening a celebratory bottle of Chianti and finding a partner to possess for lunch in the news that Jonathan Demme's 1991 thriller The Silence From The Lamb is area of the National Film Registry's typically eclectic listing of films to become Maintained Forever.-Introduced through the Library of Congress across water-feature, their email list is definitely published around this time around of the year and films result in the cut because, based on Librarian of Congress James H Billington, they're "selected due to their long lasting significance to American culture. Our film heritage should be protected because they motion picture treasures document our culture and history and reflect our hopes and dreams."What exactly other "treasures" take presctiption there aside from the psychopathic slitherings of Physician Lecter? Robert Zemeckis' still-divisive, Oscar-gathering Forrest Gump for just one, and Charlie Chaplin's 1921 classic The Little One for an additional.Also out there? Disney's Bambi (1942), Billy Wilder's consuming drama The Lost Weekend (1945), George Pal's 1953 undertake HG Wells' The War From The Mobile phone industry's and John Ford's Western epic The Iron Equine (1924).And it's not only large, well-known game titles, either: more obscure work for example 1971 documentary Becoming An Adult Female and child work drama The Cry Of Kids from 1912 can also be on the website. We are especially pleased to observe that Erectile dysfunction Catmull's ground-breaking work, Some Type Of Computer Animated Hands can also be present, which, while it may be merely a minute lengthy, showcases a method that's among the roots of present day effects technology and area of the DNA for Pixar.To look into the full list, have a look in the LA Times' set of the announcement.*Mayan apocalypse not enduring, obviously.

Nick Frost on Tintin, Spielberg Love, The World's End, and Snow White and the Huntsman

comments: 0 || add yours In the decade or so since Nick Frost first made a name for himself on the BBC comedy series Spaced, much has happened. For starters, he’s not waiting tables at that Mexican restaurant. He’s moved with ease from television to film, most famously in genre riffs Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz (with Spaced comrades Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg), and in the alien geek ode Paul (which he co-wrote and stars in with Pegg). Also notably, Frost has ventured out from the fold in films like Pirate Radio and the forthcoming Snow White and the Huntsman. And, with this week’s The Adventures of Tintin, he notches another milestone: Working with his hero, Steven. Steven Spielberg. Frost, Wright, and Pegg may be stretching their wings a bit after coming to prominence as “The Guys Who Made Spaced/Shaun of the Dead/Hot Fuzz/Etc.” but they all come together, with buddy Joe Cornish (whose directing debut, this year’s Attack the Block, features Frost as a dope dealer), in Spielberg’s motion-capture adventure adaptation Tintin — Wright and Cornish scripting, with Pegg and Frost as the comically bumbling Scotland Yard detectives Thomson and Thompson. Movieline spoke with Pegg in NY about his ten years since Spaced, maintaining the Wright-Pegg “unit” while establishing himself as his own entity, his directorial aspirations, working on the upcoming Snow White and the Huntsman, completing the “Blood and Ice Cream” trilogy, how he really feels about Indiana Jones 4, and why he missed his first phone call from Spielberg for a very, very good reason. You, along with Simon, got to do a riff on Star Wars, he’s in Star Trek, and now you’re working with Spielberg… What was the riff on Star Wars — the College Humor thing we did? Yes, in which you betrayed a deep, deep knowledge of the Star Wars universe. I was quite impressed with my sad droid noise. Do you want me to do it for you? Please! [Makes mewling R2-D2 noise] It’s so evocative. Yeah, it is! It’s just one little noise and you think, he’s crying! He’s sad. That’s what that noise says. So what remains to cross off of your geek bucket list? I don’t know, what have we had — zombies… have there been any ghosts? Aliens, we’ve had a space ship. I don’t know, I think I’d like to do lots and lots of things but I’m not necessarily going to glue myself to the genre side of it. I think it’d be quite daft to do that. I think it’s possible to have your cake and eat it, and we’ve been very lucky that we have been allowed to do what we want. And now, because of that, we are able to branch out — Simon doing Mission: Impossible, Edgar doing Scott Pilgrim, and this… We’re pretty lucky. Looking back, it has been about 10 years since the end of Spaced, and the three of you have come so far since then. Yeah, right? I was just saying, it was like 10 years ago I was serving shitty food to fucking horrible businessmen in a Mexican restaurant… Wait — during Spaced? Yeah, after the first series I went back to work there. That was quite odd. Sometimes people would ask for the bill and then say, “Are you Mike from Spaced?” [Hangs head] “Yes… yes, I am.” Ten years is the kind of milestone that makes you look back and reflect, isn’t it? Yes — I read something in the Times a few months ago that 10 years, or 10,000 hours, is what you need to master anything. An instrument, a language, to become a good dentist… Anything you want to do, you can learn to be great at it in 10 years, or 10,000 hours. What would you say you’ve learned in the last decade? You know what, I watch a lot. I watch what everyone does, and I’m interested in what everyone does on a set. I didn’t train as an actor so I think it would be quite stupid of me to just act, you know? I want to direct a film, films, I want to produce. Me and Simon have always said this is about the long game. This is it now, forever — this is my job. This is what I love doing. So I think it’s silly just to sit around and wait for the phone to ring, for someone to offer you a part. I might as well write it myself and shoot it myself. And you have all thrived in the arena of creating opportunities for yourself, it seems. Yeah, but that can be a double-edged sword actually, because people can also look at that and the unit that we are a part of and say, “Well, that’s all they do.” So people will not offer you things because they think you wouldn’t do it because you just hang out in this kind of unit. You think this happens to you because of the Spaced gang? Absolutely, I do. You do have this very close partnership, which people know you for, but you must also need to define yourselves separately. And that’s what it seems like you, Simon, and Edgar are all doing right now. Absolutely. And there’s no time limit on it. As long as we’re happy and working, you can go on forever in this job. Edgar and Joe [Cornish] wrote this, but how exactly did you and Simon come to be cast in Tintin? Simon met with Steven — Spielberg… Ah, yes. That Steven. [Smiles] I’ve been doing that a lot in the past few weeks, just in case people didn’t know that I’ve been working with Steven Spielberg… [Laughs] I think Simon had a meeting with Steven, potentially to see if he would come onboard with Edgar and Joe, after Steven did his draft, to see if maybe he wanted to have a little go at the script. But that just didn’t work out, and then I think Steven said to Simon, “Do you want to be in it?” Simon did a little fanboy squeal, and shut his legs as if he was going to do a wee, and then I think Steven said to him, “Well, do you know anyone that you work with, well, that you’d want?” That guy wasn’t available, so he came to me. That was that! No hesitation, I assume, in taking the job? For me? No! Not at all! Well, his office rang me up one night, one evening. It was like 9 o’clock at night. They said, “Steven’s going to ring you in 10 minutes if you could be available,” but I was cooking my wife’s dinner. She wasn’t in, I was cooking her a meal. And it got to a really crucial point in the preparation which meant I could not answer that phone call without ruining my wife’s dinner. So I dropped it — I dropped the call! How romantic! [Laughs] It was a really confused message from Steven saying, “Um… hey, Nick. Did my office phone you? Anyway, give me a call back.” I phoned the office back and he’d gone to a meeting and I was thinking, “I’ve really fucked this up.” But eventually we got to talk to one another and, you know, we did it. I was so pleased! He’s a hero, he’s an icon of mine in terms of filmmaking, and a lot of my cinematic touchstones are films that he’s made. That said, you can’t bring that with you on set. I think me and Simon allowed ourselves like two hours of fanboy dancing, and then… Then you put on your professional hat. Yeah, absolutely. That said, sometimes we’d be sitting around the monitor and Steven would be telling a story about how they shot something in Close Encounters and I’d kind of nudge Simon under the table, and we knew that both of us were thinking, “This is fucking amazing” When I spoke with a few of the Super 8 kids earlier this year they had pretty much the same story. Oh, cool! I watched that this morning, again. I think it’s great, I love it. It does evoke that magical something in Spielberg’s films, doesn’t it? Yeah! Well, you know, we tried to do it on Paul and J.J. did it — it’s just a big, lovely love letter to Steven. I think it says a lot about Steven’s legacy to people of J.J.’s and my age and Simon’s age that it stayed with us, it affected us through our lives. As a self-avowed Spielberg fan, let me ask you this: How do you feel about Indiana Jones 4? [Takes a sip of tea] Well, you know. It’s tricky, obviously… but it’s still an Indiana Jones film. It’s still Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones! I still got that feeling when I heard the music. It’s an Indiana Jones film, you know? It’s a Steven Spielberg film. [Pauses] Yes, it’s different. It’s the same kind of things about the original Star Wars films and Phantom Menace. But that said, I am a fan of the originals. Clearly. There are generations of teenagers who prefer the new ones, and that doesn’t make them any less valid. They’re just different. If I’m trying to be democratic about things… and it’s the same with Indiana Jones 4. I liked it. It was weird, and it was different, but it was unmistakably a Steven Spielberg film, and that’s fine with me. You just finished filming another movie. Tell me about your experience on Snow White and the Huntsman — or, as the fans call it, SWATH. SWATH! It was great. I saw a picture of you and your fellow dwarfs in your dwarf gear and your dwarf hair. Yeah, they shaved me bald every day just to put hair on me, which was weird. It was like, well, I had hair anyway, and you shaved it all off… to then put a wig on. You’re in great company with the other seven dwarfs. What was that cast like? It was fantastic! I got to hang out with Toby Jones, Eddie Marsan, Johnny Harris, Bob Hoskins, Ray Winstone, for God’s sake. I got to just sit around and listen to those guys tell stories. I like the idea of Kristen Stewart, of all people, sitting in the middle of that group of men — and also the colliding of worlds, your universe and fan base overlapping with Twilight. Exactly! I was sitting next to Bob Hoskins and Bella Swan! Please tell me you and Bob Hoskins and Kristen Stewart talked Twilight on set. Not really. I think she’d be pretty sick to the bloody back teeth of listening about Twilight. On set she’s another actress, and a lot of the time actors just talk about nothing. Talk about shit, they just chew the fat. That’s what you do! And did you sign on for multiple SWATH films as well? Three, yeah. We’ll see where it goes. We were talking about it on set the other day, where it would start and what it would be. We’ll have to see how well it does, I guess. But I think we’d all love to do another one. We had a real laugh every day. Lastly, you’ve been talking about finishing the trilogy that begun with Shaun of the Dead and continued with Hot Fuzz. What’s the latest development — do you know when you might do it? We’d rather do it sooner than later. There is a script in place, and it’s just a question of finding the time when we can all fit it in, and when it works. But we are all really keen to just crack on. Next year has been bandied around, maybe, but I couldn’t tell you. Follow Jen Yamato on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter. Tagged: blood and ice cream trilogy, bob hoskins, edgar wright, joe cornish, kristen stewart, nick frost, paul, secret of the unicorn, simon pegg, snow white and the huntsman, spaced, steven spielberg, the adventures of tintin, the world's end, twilight

Empire's Spider-Man Cover Unveiled

Spidey unmasks for our epic 2012 previewIf you're one of those people who gets the heebie-jeebies at the first glimpse of an arachnid, Empire's new cover may not be for you. Everyone else, prepare to marvel at the cover star leading off the latest issue's improbably awesome 2012 preview. Who better to blaze a trail into the new year than The Amazing Spider-Man and Andrew Garfield's young Spidey? No-one, that's who.{Amazing Spider-Man Cover}Marc Webb's superhero reboot is just the tip of the issue's ginormous preview-shaped iceberg. We've also run the rule on The Avengers, The Hunger Games, Prometheus, The Dark Knight Rises, Skyfall, The Hobbit and Battleship. That last one is more Peter Berg than iceberg. Yes, 2012 could be the biggest year for movies ever. Basically, if you've got Olympics tickets, sell 'em now: it's cinema for the gold. Get hold of the February issue of Empire, onsale from December 20, for more. The Amazing Spider-Man, meanwhile, swings into cinemas on July 4.

NATPE attendance on the rise

The sea air in Miami Beach has been good for NATPE. The TV sales confab is reporting growing attendance numbers (5,000-plus), with more than 600 buyers signed on, and upwards of 250 exhibitors for the January expo, which is entering its second year in Miami after diminishing returns at its Las Vegas edition two years ago prompted it to make a change. "All the numbers will be significantly better than they were last year," said Rick Feldman, prexy and CEO of the National Assn. of Television Program Executives. In a conference call with journos on Tuesday, Feldman said that there had been concerns early on about the turmoil in the global economy affecting the conference, which has a much more international flavor since its move to Miami. "In 2008, 2009, a lot of the jobs weren't looking so great, but as we go into 2012 -- while it's hard to be optimistic about the world from an econoimc standpoint -- it doesn't seem to have affected the ad spend or the creation of original video content," Feldman said, noting that plenty of biz got done at Mipcom earlier this year. On a nuts-and-bolts note, the exec swore to address the interminable waits for the elevators serving most of the exhibitors' suites. The group booked half the space in the high-rise that it had last year and has added meeting rooms across the street; it's also booked a lounge and roped off a section of the bar at the Fontainebleau, where most industryites will be staying. The NATPE honcho said the confab, which runs Jan. 23-25, is locked in to Miami for 2013, with an option to extend to 2014. Contact Sam Thielman at sam.thielman@variety.com

Exclusive: The famous host the famous host oprah Winfrey Talks about OWN 2.

The famous host the famous host oprah Winfrey Oprah's Next Chapter, The famous host the famous host oprah Winfrey's extended-anticipated weekly interview show, may ultimately debut on OWN around the month of the month of january 1, the initial anniversary in the fledgling network. Winfrey shares her plans for your cable funnel and what she'd "do over."TV Guide Magazine: How can Oprah's Next Chapter change from the fabulously effective The famous host the famous host oprah Winfrey Show?The famous host the famous host oprah Winfrey: I am in the chair. I've been longing not to link for the studio and restricted to who'd showed up at see me but being moving using the world exploring new ideas and meeting new people. I like that we are not marketing a completely new Compact disk, a movie or possibly a magazine, just obtaining a conversation hopefully will elevate viewer awareness.TV Guide Magazine: Who're the folks you visit and why them?Winfrey: I'm picking people who interest me but will interest others, like Steven Tyler, George Lucas and [pastor] Joel Osteen. I'm prone to Haiti with Sean Penn also to India with Deepak Chopra.TV Guide Magazine: Furthermore you consult with a Hasidic Jewish family. Spirituality seems for hooking up plenty of your choices. Why Steven Tyler because the first guest? Winfrey: I used to be drawn to him as they introduced an unforeseen quality towards the The American Idol Show Show after Simon Cowell left. Personally, being spiritual is dealing with an empty heart. What's fascinating in my opinion about Steven Tyler is he spoke the truth. We'd a conversation about how precisely hard it's as a rock star not to exist in just your ego.TV Guide Magazine: How hard yearly has this been to suit your needs, trying to produce a 24/7 cable network? It needs to are actually harder than you realized, no? Winfrey: It's been challenging and eye opening. I walked in thinking, 'Oh, it'll be about programming.' There's however a lot more layers to building e-commerce, including searching to obtain affiliate entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs. I am focusing on my small strength, that's my link to everyone else. This show is my approach to building outreach because way, as was Existence Class, which I am likely to be taking to schools across the country. If anybody needs direction inside their existence, it's a college kid!TV Guide Magazine: Clearly, many individuals respond to your self on an in-depth level. Isn't the task to acquire audiences to retort by doing this to suggests that you're this really is this is not on?Winfrey: Don't assume all show should really do that. Some shows must lead you to smile. We are building one show at any time. I realize you'll probably request, a few things i would do over essentially could. From the very first day, I mentioned, let's not blow our horns too noisy. If I'd it to accomplish over, I'd do is exactly what I am attempting to complete now: build one evening, one show at any time. I'd have mentioned, 'Give us a couple of years to make a whole network, but at this time around things i am doing is Saturday evening or Sunday evening. After I am ready, watch me Tuesday and Wednesday nights.' That's part of the learning curve.TV Guide Magazine: What can you miss most about forget about doing The The famous host the famous host oprah Show? Winfrey: Interaction while using audience. I didn't realize how connected I used to be compared to that relationship. Taking Existence Class on the road will restore numerous that.TV Guide Magazine: Are you currently presently concentrating on any projects besides OWN?Winfrey: I'm also thinking seriously about movies again and looking out at scripts. I have some approaching projects at Cinemax that i'm really searching toward acting in.TV Guide Magazine: Are you able to say you're tolerant of not able to OWN? Winfrey: I will not be frustrated. That is the main one factor about being well-known and looking to accomplish anything. Once I did The Color Crimson, Steven Spielberg trained me you can't believe the truly amazing [press] unless of course obviously you're also ready to believe unhealthy. This can be a effective lesson due to not receiving distracted by praise - or critique. You can't allow either of those to affect your eyesight from the products you understand is true to suit your needs. That's the way in which personally i think at this time around. My factor is remain on the right course that will help you stay the course.Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!

Five Reasons To See 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy'

Spies have had it bad as of late. If they aren't the hollow centers of this week's generic action movie, they're one half of an on-screen couple in a shallow quadrant-hitting action comedy. James Bond may be the only redeeming representative left from the shadowy profession, and even he can err on the side of dumb on a bad day. Just when it seems like the glory days of shadowy figures in trench coats, listening in on tapped phone conversations are long gone, "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" comes along. It's a slow, nuanced and complicated film that most people wouldn't classify as a thriller, but don't let that fool you. Gary Oldman and his legion of brilliant supporting British actors, along with the Swedish director Tomas Alfredson, have crafted a brilliant, suspense-filled tale worthy of your money and attention. Here are five reasons to check out "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy." The Story Based on the classic book by spymaster John le Carré, "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" weaves a complex hunt for a Soviet mole in British Intelligence, or "The Circus," as it's called in the film. Gary Oldman plays le Carré's most iconic character, George Smiley, who is tasked with discovering which of the Circus' top four men has been leaking intel to the Communists and sabotaging British operations. It may sound like standard espionage fare, but le Carré fills out the boilerplate spy plot with textured and sad characters that put the legend of James Bond super-spy to bed. "Pay Attention!" When was the last time you felt genuinely confused during a movie? Usually when some uncertainty about the story, its characters and their motivations arises, people will scream "bad film making." It's a mistake too regularly made, but in the right hands, in this case those of Alfredson and the screenwriters Peter Straughan and the late Bridget O'Connor, confusion is a storytelling element. They use it purposely to paint a more vivid, lifelike landscape. There is a rather clear, straightforward story here, but just like Smiley, it takes concentration and time to sort the red herrings from the answers. The Setting All of this unravels in a time that's been mostly left behind by the genre. "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" takes place at the height of the Cold War, and the locale becomes so much more than just another detail of the film. Production designer Maria Djurkovic deserves an Academy Award for the beautiful, detailed and cold world she built for the spies of British Intelligence. It may seem like a minor contribution to praise, but the look of this film is a character unto itself, adding to the suspense and overall effect of the film. Gary Oldman Known for his over-the-top villains and more recently, kindly wizards and police commissioners, Gary Oldman turns in a staggeringly understated performance as George Smiley. He is as effective as ever, but uses an entirely different set of tools to get his character across. This is the kind of performance that should earn an Oscar, but won't because its successes so seamlessly blend with the quiet of the role and the character. Everyone Else There is not a weak link in the bunch: Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, John Hurt, Benedict Cumberbatch, Mark Strong, Toby Jones, Ciarán Hinds. This is British acting royalty, and each one of them turns in a controlled, menacing performance that will keep the audience on edge and questioning throughout the entire film. "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" features one of the best performances by an ensemble of this and any year. The acting meets the general quality of the filmmaking here, and the result is one of the year's best films. Are you planning to see "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" this weekend? Let us know in the comments section and on Twitter!

AFM to stay in Santa Monica thru 2017

The American Film Market will stay in Santa Monica through 2017, spurning attempts to move the beachside film market to downtown Los Angeles. The Independent Film & Television Alliance made the announcement Thursday. It said new agreements will keep the AFM at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel, its home since 1991, with additional exhibition space continuing at JW Marriott's Le Merigot Beach Hotel and with conferences continuing at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows. "We tirelessly explored every option to ensure the AFM would have the best long-term home," said IFTA Chairman Paul Hertzberg in a statement. "We look forward to many more successful Markets with the beach as our backdrop." IFTA had confirmed in September that it was negotiating to relocate the 2013 AFM to L.A. Live in downtown Los Angeles. The association pointed out in September that relocating to downtown Los Angeles would mean lower hotel and exhibition costs for both buyers and sellers and better screening venues at the Regal Cinemas and Nokia Theater -- and that by 2014, there will be more hotel rooms surrounding L.A. Live than in the Loews Santa Monica area. But the prospect of a move from Santa Monica provoked resistance at last month's AFM, including an online petition that included reps of IFDC, Artists View, Constantin, UFO, W2 and Imagem with signers asserting that going downtown would restrict partricipants ability to meet easily. "This will divide participants who will have to run all day long in order to attend to their meetings," the petition said. "This will simply be exhausting, not to mention creating a more stressful environment generally. And, as a consequence, participants may choose to shorten their stay which will deeply affect the business of the market. A less competitive market will lead to less attendance and, ultimately, to the extinction of the market." The petition also noted that the Independent Spirit Awards tried in 2010 to move from Santa Monica to downtown L.A., but then moved back to the beach last year. "We do not want to be parked in soulless spaces in the middle of a crowded downtown L.A.," it said. "We want to meet and do our business serenely if possible. Comfort and prestige are the keys to a successful market." IFTA President-CEO Jean Prewitt said Thursday in statement, "Our stated goal from the start of this process has been to provide the best environment, resources and value for the world's buyers and sellers and, after long and careful deliberations, we believe remaining in Santa Monica will achieve all of those goals." IFTA noted in the announcement that Santa Monica will be "transformed" by a variety of public improvements and development projects that will significantly enhance AFM including: -- AMC Entertainment's cinema complex with 12 screens, including an Imax theater, anticipated to open in late 2014 or early 2015. -- The Santa Monica Civic Auditorium will be rehabilitated and expanded, providing a venue for red-carpet premieres and expected to be completed in late 2014. -- at least 700 hotel rooms will be added to the downtown area, including mid-priced hotels from Marriott and Hampton Inn. -- a light Metro Rail terminal at Fourth Street and Colorado Avenue, a five-minute walk from the Loews, expected to be operational in 2015. -- a seven-acre park on Ocean Avenue directly across from the Loews is scheduled for completion in late 2013 along with an adjoining new mixed-use urban village with restaurants and shops for 2014. Dates for the upcoming AFMs are October 31 Nov. 2012; Nov. 6 - 13, 2013; Nov. 5 - 12, 2014; Nov. 4 - 11, 2015; Nov. 2 - 9, 2016; and Nov. 1 - 8, 2017. IFTA said that research from the Santa Monica Convention and Visitors Bureau estimates that the AFM will contribute more than $100 million to the local economy over the next six years. Contact Dave McNary at dave.mcnary@variety.com

Norways Morten Tyldum To Helm What Went Down To Monday? As First British-Language Pic

Morten Tyldum, whose Norwegian thriller Headhunters grew to become probably the most effective title in Norwegian box office history this season, has signed onto helm Vendome Pictures’ advanced thriller What Went Down To Monday?, which is the director’s first British-language project. Headhunters, according to Jo Nesbo’s best-selling crime novel, received lots of buzz if this performed in Cannes this season, and WME signed Tyldum throughout the festival younger crowd is repped by Anonymous Content. (Magnolia Pictures already has United States privileges to Headhunters and it has set a spring release date within the U.S.) What Went Down To Monday?, having a Black List script by Max Botkin, involves identical septuplet siblings who find it difficult to stay hidden within an overpopulated world in which a one-child policy dictates that brothers and sisters are illegal. Raffaella P Laurentiis via Raffaella Productions developed the project it'll produce alongside Vendome Boss Philippe Rousselet. Vendome devoted to finance the project in December.

Jonah Hill on '21 Jump Street': 'If It Wasn't Me, I'd Probably Be Talking S**t'

One of the best surprises of 2011: that hilarious red-band trailer for '21 Jump Street,' which made the halls of Moviefone HQ echo with guttural laughter. Who knew what seemed like such a cynical nostalgia grab could be so funny? Well, probably Jonah Hill since he wrote the script. In a new interview with Moviefone sister site AOL TV, Hill admits that he understands the trepidation some might feel toward the new film, because he'd feel the same way. "[I]t was never my intention to remake anything," Hill told AOL TV. "If it wasn't me, I'd probably be talking sh-t about me for remaking 'Jump Street.' But I loved the idea that it's totally different -- it's not '80s, it's not spoof, it's just the idea of two young-looking cops going back to high school. I'm willing to do anything if it's good, but I'm not looking to re-make more stuff." Hill, who can be seen in animated form this Sunday during the season finale of 'Allen Gregory,' also discussed how Channing Tatum came to be his co-star in '21 Jump Street.' "I completely chose Channing and I called him up myself and offered him the part." Check out the full interview over at AOL TV. [Photo: Getty] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Judy Lewis dies at 76

Judy Lewis, the identity of whose biological parents -- Clark Gable and Loretta Young -- was one of the best-kept secrets in Hollywood for decades and became an actress and producer in her own right, died Friday in the Philadelphia suburb of Gladwyne. She was 76. Not until Lewis acknowledged her story in the 1994 autobiography "Uncommon Knowledge" did the general public know the truth: Lewis was not the adopted daughter of Hollywood starlet Loretta Young but had been conceived out of wedlock by Young and Gable while the two were shooting 1935 film "The Call of the Wild." Lewis was an adult when she learned that Young, a devout Roman Catholic, conceived her during an affair with the married Gable in the 1930s. "At the time, what Loretta Young did was completely successful," said Leonard Maltin, a film critic and Hollywood historian. "The general public never had any inkling that she had done this. It protected her stardom and her image as a wholesome young woman." Lewis was born in Venice, Calif., and went on to perform on Broadway and television in her own career. She also produced the soap opera "Texas," a spinoff of "Another World." In the 1980s, she earned psychology degrees, advocating for children's rights and counseling teenagers. She later became a psychotherapist in Los Angeles, a career she pursued until her illness. In her book "Uncommon Knowledge," Lewis wrote that Young kept her sequestered with a nurse for months after her birth, and that she was then turned over to an orphanage. When she was 2, Young brought her home as her adopted daughter. Before her memoir was published, the identity of her parents had long been rumored. Maltin said the truth was never truly public, however, until the memoir, in which Lewis describes her mother telling her the truth in 1966. Lewis' survivors include her daughter, three half-brothers and her partner, Steve Rowland. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com