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Thom Yorke will release his new solo album, Anima, digitally on June 27th, with a physical version arriving July 19th.

Yorke wrote all of Anima, and the album was produced by frequent Radiohead collaborator Nigel Godrich. Yorke, Godrich and Tarik Barri debuted several songs on the album during past Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes performances.

To accompany the digital release of Anima, Yorke will also share a new short film of the same name, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. The “one-reeler,” featuring three tracks from the album, will hit Netflix June...

Twist, a new adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, will be presented as a staged reading on October 13th, 2017 at New Ripley Grier Studios in New York.

[Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers from “To Right the Wrongs of Many,” the series finale of “Orphan Black.”]

BBC America has dubbed “Orphan Black’s” last season “The Final Trip,” and it has been an uneven ride of highs and lows that nevertheless ended satisfactorily.

The season began with the promise that Sarah (Tatiana Maslany) and her sestras would take a stand once and for all to take down the shadowy man who was behind behind their cloning and who still wanted to control their biology. It was exciting to think of the Ledas coming together in force to finally stick it to the man.

Unfortunately putting a face to the name P.T. Westmoreland (Stephen McHattie) proved to be too much of a bizarre distraction. While his Victorian affectations were entertaining, his entire storyline this year — from the “Island of Dr. Moreau” vibes to that twisted Victorian dress-up dinner party — felt far too cartoonish to be worthy of the series’ big bad. After a while, all of...

Charles Dickens is headed to network TV. Variety reports NBC is developing a new series called Twist.Based on the classic novel Oliver Twist, the show will follow a "struggling, twenty-something female (Twist) who 'finally finds a true sense of family in a strange group of talented outcasts who use their unique skills to take down wealthy criminals.'"Read More…...

NBC is reportedly developing Charles Dickens’ “Oliver Twist” into what the Hollywood Reporter calls “a sexy contemporary take … with a struggling twentysomething female (Twist) who finally finds a true sense of family in a strange group of talented outcasts who use their unique skills to take down wealthy criminals.” This is the second development announcement this week that has felt like TV scribes are merely playing Mad Libs with works in the public domain. The King Arthur legend will now be a series that tells the story of a graffiti artist named Art, in case you hadn’t heard. We figured.

2016-09-02T12:44:57-07:00Dickens' 'Oliver Twist' Coming to TV as a Crime Procedural

From the "Who asked for it?" file today comes news that NBC and Joel Silver are adapting Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist as a TV series. The Hollywood Reporter reports that the network has given the script go-ahead for a contemporary take on the story, which will be called Twist.

The extremely loose adaptation features a 20-something woman who teams up with a talented band of misfits who together fight crime. The proposed adaptation seems to have virtually nothing in common with Dickens' novel other than part of its title.

The series will be produced by Joel Silver (Lethal Weapon) and written by Chad Damiani and J.P. Lavin, who are currently working on a film adaptation of the once-popular smartphone game Fruit Ninja.

Dickens' novel features a young orphan boy...

Well, this is quite a twist. An… Oliver Twist.

The classic Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist is being reimagined as a female-driven crime procedural by NBC, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The project, tentatively titled Twist, promises “a sexy contemporary take” centering on a twentysomething woman named Twist who teams up with a group of skilled outcasts to catch wealthy criminals.

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This is just the latest are-they-serious? reboot heading to the small screen. Earlier this week, Fox announced they would reboot the tale of King Arthur and Camelot as a police procedural.

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Edgar Wright has been working to fill up his plate after departing Marvel.s Ant-Man. He quickly moved on to sci-fi film, Grasshopper Jungle and a rock-and-roll car chase film, entitled Baby Driver, and now his latest project will turn Charles Dickens. classic novel Oliver Twist into a steampunk adventure. The new project, entitled Dodge and Twist stems from Oliver Twist but is also based somewhat off of a book of the same title written by former Doctor Who comic writer, Tony Lee. The story will be a be set in 19th century, Victorian steampunk England and while it does share some qualities with Lee.s novel, Wright.s name attached promises a more comedic element to it. According to Film Divider, the project has been in the works for a while. First, screenwriter Cole Haddon of the Dracula TV series penned a script, then Simon Beaufoy (127 Hours and Slumdog...

Chris Weitz (About A Boy, Cinderella) is coming on to rewrite the script for Gareth Edwards' Star Wars spin-off after Gary Whitta bounced after completing a first draft. THR Simon West (The Mechanic, The Expendables 2) will direct a remake of the 1958 horror classic The Blob, which will likely be a complete nightmare with West saying things such as, "With modern CGI we can now fully realize the potential of The Blob. The world I create will be totally believable, immersive and emotionally satisfying. It's a thrill to introduce an enduring icon to a wider audience and a whole new era of fans." Ummmm, apparently you missed what made the first movie such a classic. Good luck with that as this won't be the first time it has been remade, but hopefully the last. Deadline Ryan Reynolds spoke with MTV about Deadpool finally getting off the ground telling the site,...

Even as Edgar Wright preps his next two directorial efforts, he’s found time to work on another screenplay. Wright has submitted a rewrite of Dodge and Twist, an action-oriented steampunk sequel to Charles Dickens‘ Oliver Twist. Think Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes, only with Oliver and the Artful Dodger. More details on the Edgar Wright Dodge and […]

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Edgar Wright has reportedly performed a re-write on "Dodge and Twist," an action-centric, steampunk-style sequel to the Charles Dickens classic "Oliver Twist" says FilmDivider.

Sounding like it takes the Dickens story and gives it a Guy Ritchie's "Sherlock Holmes"-style twist, the action picks up two decades after the novel's events. Oliver is now a cop, and the Artful Dodger is still a thief.

The two face off as Oliver tries to stop the Dodger from stealing the Crown Jewels. Characters from the original tale, other Dickens novels and history will feature in the film including a young Queen Victoria.

Wright takes over from Cole Haddon and Simon Beaufoy who penned previous drafts. Despite the title, the film is Not based on Tony Lee's novel of the same name. Ahmet Zappa and Matt Tolmach will reportedly produce.

The folks over at Film Divider (via Coming Soon) have revealed the specifics of what British filmmaker Edgar Wright has been up to since he bowed out of Marvel’s Ant-Man last year. In a surprising – and utterly exciting – turn of events, it transpires that Wright has recently submitted a script revision for Sony’s Dodge And Twist. If the name hasn’t rung a bell, then perhaps you weren’t paying attention during English.

The project originated back in 2013 when the studio jumped on The Odd Life Of Timothy Green scribe Ahmet Zappa’s original spinoff idea. Described as a steampunk sequel to Charles Dickens’ classic work of literature, Oliver Twist, Zappa’s take would pick up 20 years after the events of that novel. Two decades on, Oliver is now a police officer who is still at loggerheads with the Artful Dodger, who now attempts to steal the crown jewels.

Sony Pictures has acquired the spec screenplay Leviathan from Cole Haddon, the creator of NBC's Dracula TV series.

No plot details have been released, although it is said to be a sci-fi thriller which will be produced by Neal H. Moritz and executive produced by Toby Ascher.

Cole Haddon has written two features for Sony Pictures that are currently in development, Dodge & Twist and Savage Planet, which we first reported on back in February 2013. Dodge & Twist is set 20 years after the Charles Dickens classic Oliver Twist, following Oliver and the Artful Dodger as adults, on opposite sides of the law, as they become ensnared in a plot to steal the Crown Jewels. We first reported on Savage Planet in April 2012, although no story details have surfaced.

Neal H. Moritz is coming off the hit comedy sequel 22 Jump Street, and he is also producing a number of other upcoming features such as Fast & Furious 7 and Goosebumps.

Musicals have been tap dancing their way into moviegoers' hearts since the invention of cinema sound itself. From Oliver! to Singin' in the Rain, here are the Guardian and Observer critics' picks of the 10 best

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10. Oliver!

Historically, the British musical has been intertwined with British music, drawing on music hall in the 1940s and the pop charts in the 50s – low-budget films of provincial interest and nothing to trouble the bosses at MGM. In the late 60s, however, the genre enjoyed a brief, high-profile heyday, and between Tommy Steele in Half a Sixpence (1967) and Richard Attenborough's star-studded Oh! What A Lovely War (1969) came the biggest of them all: Oliver! (1968), Carol Reed's adaptation of Lionel Bart's 1960 stage hit and the recipient of six Academy awards.

Grabbers is one of the must fun, creative films of the summer. It’s an Irish monster comedy with a lot of heart and slang. It’s available on VOD now, and can be found on iTunes and Sundance Now. I got a chance to talk with screenwriter Kevin Lehane about beer, Ireland, his inspiration for the film, the dangers of IMDb and what’s on tap for his career.

FM: What’s your beer of choice?

McPolin’s Irish Stout. If it were real. It’s just the tipple of choice for the characters in Grabbers. Actually, like a total cliché, it’s Guinness. And I’ll tell you why: Guinness never gives you a hangover. I believe it has to do with the fact it’s flat. I’ve been told it’s the carbonation and the sugar of lager that causes hangovers. It’s why champagne gives the worst hangovers of all.

How many books and DVDs do you have on your Amazon wish list? How often do you remember to look at it? I always forget to check it, but I took a look at it today, and there are 100 items.

No, I am not soliciting here. My birthday isn’t for another six months, Chanukah and Christmas are too far off to think about, and I’m not your mother, so forget about Mother’s Day, which is this Sunday, btw – although there is Alix, whom I always alert to her mom’s new column. Big Hint, Alix!

I do have to delete some of the books and DVDs; I’ve ordered them without looking at my wish list because, well, I forget to check the damn thing, but there’s still a lot there. The oldest item was added on June 11, 2006; it’s Star Trek: The Next Generation – The Complete Third Season (DVD,...

It’s been literally days since the last bit of Star Wars franchise news was cast into the pit of the Internet, the nesting place of the all-powerful Fanboy, who slowly digests every new piece of Star Wars information over a thousand years, like some kind of purely theoretical pit-dwelling epicurean tentacled arthropod. Fortunately, the good people at the LucasFilm/Disney/Sheinhardt empire have saved us from boredom by launching a new Star Wars Character Tournament. You guessed it: It’s bracket time! The tournament lets you vote for 32 of your favorite Star Wars characters in a whole series of one-on-one matchups,...

A big screen ensemble of monstrous proportions is on the way as The Hollywood Reporter reveals that Benderspink and Monsterfoot Productions are teaming for Monster X , based on an original story by Ahmet Zappa. The film finds humanity assembling of team of ten of ten of the world's most famous monsters (Dracula, Mr. Hyde and Frankenstein's monster are all mentioned) to defend the Earth from an even bigger threat. Monster X marks the latest original idea from Zappa. He has, in various stages of development, the Charles Dickens-inspired Dodge & Twist , the Hawaiian family adventure Tiki , and the similarly monster-themed Monster Relocation Program . Zappa will produce alongside Chris Bender, J.S. Spink and Jake Weiner. (Photo Credit: FayesVision / WENN.com)...

The other day I posted a link to some news about how Hollywood is getting ready to spin Charles Dickens’ beloved rags-to-riches orphan child Oliver Twist off into some new adventures. From Heat Vision: Taking a page out of the recent Robert Downey Jr.-starring Sherlock Holmes movies, Twist takes pickpocketing rivals Oliver Twist and Artful Dodger and re-imagines them 20 years down the road. The two are on opposite sides of the law and get embroiled in an affair to steal the Crown Jewels. I’m not sure that that’s “taking a page” from Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes -- his films don’t fundamentally change the character in a way that the author would no longer recognize. But this appears to suggest that Oliver is now some sort of police officer -- which seems an unlikely destiny for the man of means we learn Oliver is at the end of the novel.

1.) Albert Brooks is returning to voice Nemo's father, Marlin, in Finding Nemo 2. Ellen DeGeneres is also expected to return as the forgetful Dory with Andrew Stanton set to direct. At this point there are no plot details, though a 2016 release date is expected. Deadline 2.) Safe House director Daniel Espinosa is attached to direct an adaptation of John Grisham's "The Racketeer" for Fox and New Regency. The book sees a federal judge murdered at a lakeside cabin and the contents of his safe emptied. The only man who knows the whos and whys is a former attorney serving time in federal prison who hopes to parlay that into getting revenge on the people who put him there. THR 3.) More Twilight fan fiction is targeting a big screen adaptation while Universal tries to figure out what they're going to do with Fifty Shades of Grey. Constantin Film has acquired movie...

Sony Pictures has hired Cole Haddon, the writer of NBC's upcoming "Dracula" show, to put together the script for "Dodge and Twist," an adventure based on the characters from Charles Dickens' classic "Oliver Twist" novel. The new movie takes pickpocketing rivals Oliver Twist and Artful Dodger and re-imagines them twenty years later. The two are on opposite sides of the law and get embroiled in an affair to steal the Crown Jewels. The story is based on an idea by Ahmet Zappa (The Odd Life of Timothy Green) and is meant to be similar to Robert Downey Jr's "Sherlock Holmes" movies. It's a high priority for the studio.

Sony Pictures is developing a new film inspired by Charles Dickens’ classic novel Oliver Twist. The movie will be called Dodge & Twist, and it will have the same kind of feel and vibe as Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes. The movie will feature the characters from the book, but it will be more of an action-adventure film.

The story follows pickpocketing rivals Oliver Twist and Artful Dodger and the new film "re-imagines them 20 years down the road. The two are on opposite sides of the law and get embroiled in an affair to steal the Crown Jewels."

This sounds like it could be a really cool movie. I've always loved the book, and the characters, and I think it will be really cool to see a film based on what happened to them 20 years down the road. The concept for the film came from producer Ahmet Zappa, and the script...

While there have been other, admirable attempts to update Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist recently—as the gender-flipped Olivia Twist, in which Ashley Greene joins a gang, and as a “3-D parkour” film in which Dickens’ novel is doused in Red Bull and tossed at various obstacles—none of these have reimagined Dickens’ orphan protagonist as a cop, and thus the story remains as inscrutable as Sanskrit to modern audiences. Fortunately, Ahmet Zappa has devised Dodge & Twist, a Sony film that revisits Oliver and his former pickpocketing rival The Artful Dodger, some 20 years after the point where Dickens bafflingly stopped ...

Re-imaginings and literary adaptations have become Hollywood’s bread and butter, and it doesn’t appear that trend will be slowing down anytime soon as Sony is updating the classic Charles Dickens’ tale Oliver Twist into a more adventurous story titled Dodge and Twist.

Dodge and Twist will feature characters from the original story, but will likely look very different from any adaptation of the novel we’ve seen before. The story takes place 20 years after the events of Oliver Twist, and features Oliver and Artful Dodger on opposite sides of the law, embroiled in an affair to steal the Crown Jewels.

The project is based on an idea by Ahmet Zappa and not on the book of the same name by Tony Lee. Lee’s graphic novel is set 12 years after Oliver Twist as opposed to 20 and revolves around Oliver being forced to assist the Artful Dodger in stealing...

One of the most prevalent trends in Hollywood over the past few years is the incessant need to alter classic works like "Alice In Wonderland” or fairy tales like “Snow White” and turn them into giant, ponderous blockbusters. We’ve already had the overblown take on a Grimm fairy tale with “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters,” and next month sees the release of the similarly overblown “Jack the Giant Killer.” Well, prepare for yourself for the blockbuster take on Charles Dickens’ “Oliver Twist.” Set to be written by Cole Haddon, something of a specialist with revisionist fare as co-creator of NBC’s upcoming (and dreadful-sounding) “Dracula” series and scribe behind the developing "The Strange Case Of Hyde," “Dodge And Twist” will catch up with Twist and the pickpocketing Jack Dawkins aka Artful Dodger twenty years after the end of Dickens’ novel. The plot? Well, it...

Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist to grow up and take on the Artful Dodger in comic adventure movie Dodge and Twist

Hollywood is planning an adventure film set in the world of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, in which the angelic orphan re-encounters the Artful Dodger 20 years later.

Titled Dodge and Twist, studio Sony's revisionist take follows the same premise as Tony Lee's 2011 novel of the same name, though it will take a more comedic approach and is based on an original screenplay by Cole Haddon, writer of the forthcoming Us TV series Dracula. The film will portray the two characters as rivals on opposite sides of the law in Victorian London during an episode in which someone tries to steal the crown jewels. The script is based on an original idea by producer Ahmet Zappa, son of rock legend Frank, which is said to be influenced by the...

Sony Pictures has begun development on Twist & Dodge.

The Oliver Twist reimagining will be set 20 years after Charles Dickens's classic second novel, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The story will set the eponymous character - who has grown up to be a policeman - against his childhood friend the Artful Dodger.

Twist attempts to foil the loveable rogue's plot to steal the crown jewels.

Cole Haddon (NBC's Dracula) will provide the screenplay, with Ahmet Zappa and Matt Tolmach producing.

The rights to modern Oliver Twist retelling Oliver Twisted - which features a female protagonist - were recently acquired by CBS Films.

Ow...this hurts my brain... THR has news that Sony has a re-imagining of the Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist in the works called Dodge And Twist. The idea comes from Ahmet Zappa (yes they are related) and his company Monsterfoot Productions will be helping to produce. Dodge And Twist "takes pickpocketing rivals Oliver Twist and Artful Dodger and re-imagines them 20 years down the road. The two are on opposite sides of the law and get embroiled in an affair to steal the...

Sony Pictures is developing Dodge & Twist, a re-imagining of Oliver Twist created by Ahmet Zappa.

The film is set 20 years after Charles Dickens' classic novel, and centers on the iconic title character and his rival the Artful Dodger, who are now on opposite sides of the law. The duo get entangled in a scheme to steal the Crown Jewels.

Cole Haddon (NBC's Dracula) is writing the script with Ahmet Zappa and Matthew Tolmach producing. Ahmet Zappa last produced The Odd Life of Timothy Green for Disney, which was also based on his own idea. He is also producing a big screen adaptation of the classic Jim Henson HBO series Fraggle Rock: The Movie.

The project would be the second film in development revolving around the classic tale Oliver Twist. CBS Films picked up rights to Olivia Twisted, which is described as a modern version of the story with a female lead character.

Sony Pictures are planning "Dodge and Twist," an adventurous sequel take on Charles Dickens' classic novel "Oliver Twist" for Monsterfoot Productions.

Cole Haddon, the creator of NBC's upcoming "Dracula" series, is penning the script which is set twenty years after events in 'Oliver'.

Now, pickpocketing rivals Oliver Twist and Artful Dodger are on opposite sides of the law. The pair soon get embroiled in an affair to steal the Crown Jewels.

Matt Tolmach and Ahmet Zappa are producing, Zappa came up with the idea.

Source: Heat Vision...

Gruel-requesting, Fagin-following scamp Oliver Twist is heading back to the big screen with Sony fast-tracking a 'reimagining' of the Charles Dickens character and his pickpocketing pal, the Artful Dodger, in Dodge And Twist. Set 20 years after Dickens left them in various states of gladness and misfortune, screenwriter Cole Haddon's tale promises adventure and more of the kind of criminal activity that made the Dodger such a fixture on Her Maj's most-wanted list. The two characters are found on opposite sides of the law and a plot is afoot to unburden the Queen of her crown jewels.The Hollywood Reporter highlight Robert Downey Jr.'s Sherlock Holmes movies as a reference point for the combination of snap and crackle that Sony and Monsterfoot Productions are looking for from this adaptation of Ahmet Zappa's idea. Haddon, meanwhile, has an NBC series Dracula upcoming and comic books The Strange Cases Of Mr.

Sony is developing a reimagining of Charles Dickens' second novel, Oliver Twist.  The unfortunate working title, Dodge and Twist, clues us in to the fact that the update will focus on the Artful Dodger and Oliver Twist---only twenty years after the events of the book, according to Heat Vision.  Screenwriter Cole Haddon plans to add the extra twist (and dodge) that "the two are on opposite sides of the law and get embroiled in an affair to steal the Crown Jewels."  So Dickens fans, this one may not be for you.  On the other hand, isn't a 19th century heist movie really for all of us? Matt Tolmach (The Amazing Spider-Man) and Ahmet Zappa (The Odd Life of Timothy Green) will produce.  Sony is reportedly fast tracking the project, so expect to hear more soon.  Hit the jump to watch the sufficiently relevant Dodger/Twist number "Consider Yourself" from the musical Oliver!

Stretching the definition of a reboot is calling something a .reimagining,. along the lines of Guy Ritchie.s high-octane Sherlock Holmes films. Now that a multitude of literature.s characters have appeared on the big screen in the ways in which they were intended, we get to watch a new generation of those iconic properties dredged back up for more modern adventures. The Hollywood Reporter reports the latest classic novel to go this route will be Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist, retooled as Dodge and Twist, which falls into the .cops .n. robbers. field of storytelling. The idea behind the project comes from Ahmet Zappa, son of the legendary Frank Zappa, who will also be stepping into a producer role through his Monsterfoot Productions. Dodge and Twist places the story of Oliver Twist and the cunning Jack Dawkins, the Artful Dodger, twenty years after the events of the novel. Twist and...

Sony is updating Oliver Twist with Dodge and Twist, an adventurous take featuring the characters from Charles Dickens’ classic novel with Cole Haddon, the creator of the NBC’s upcoming Dracula show, writing the script. Matt Tolmach is producing alongside Ahmet Zappa and his Monsterfoot Productions. The project is set on an idea by Zappa and not on the more serious book of the same name by Tony Lee. Taking a page out of the recent Robert Downey Jr.-starring Sherlock Holmes movies, Twist takes pickpocketing rivals Oliver Twist and Artful Dodger and re-imagines them 20 years down the road.

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Berlin - French filmmaker Frederic Jardin has signed on to direct Twist, a modern-day, 3D take on Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, which will begin shooting later this year. Jardin, whose last feature was the French crime drama Sleepless Nights (2011), is currently directing episodes of the International Emmy Award-winning action series Branquo for Canal Plus. Story: Berlin 2013: Launch of David Bowie/Iggy Pop Biopic 'Lust for Life' Set in modern-day London, Twist follows a young graffiti artist who gets taken in by a street gang that uses parkour, or urban free-running techniques, to pull off art heists. The

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Charles Dickens' drably lacking-in-caffeine-fueled-extreme-sports-action novel Oliver Twist will finally receive a Red Bull-sponsored makeover as a 3-D film about parkour, due to the bureaucratic difficulties in exhuming Charles Dickens' remains, affixing them with oversized novelty sunglasses, and sending them careening through Trafalgar Square on a skateboard. A far more actionable solution has been found in simply taking Dickens' immortal 19th-century tale and transforming it into Twist, a modern-day story about the Fagin Gang and the daring art thefts they undertake by elaborately jumping over obstacles, which—much like Taylor Lautner's own recently announced parkour film—will appeal to today ...

You've seen Charles Dickens' works, but have you seen them with added free running?

Red Bull Media House has signed on to produce "Twist", a contemporary 3D adaptation of "Oliver Twist" for Pure Grass Films and the Salt Co. says Variety.

This new version centers around Fagin Gang and who use the physical vaulting art of parkour to carry out a series of art thefts in the film.

Sophokles Tasioulis, Ben Grass and Piers Tempest will produce with shooting to take place next year.

Red Bull Media House has signed on to produce "Twist," a 3D re-telling of Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist" that's set in the present day. The plan is to go into pre-production this January. Story will center around the novel's Fagin Gang, which will use parkour to carry out a series of art thefts in the film. The original idea comes from brothers Lynch and Simon Thomas. Austria-based energy giant Red Bull launched its media and content business in 2007. Company owns television channel Servus TV channel and last year released "The Art of Flight," an 80-minute film centered on snowboarding.

Red Bull Media House, the same company that brought us the popular energy drink, is set to produce a film called Twist for Pure Grass Films and the Salt Co. The movie will be a modern day 3D adaptation of the classic Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist. I honestly never would have imagined that Red Bull would end up producing a movie about this story; of course, this version's got a little action-packed spin to it. 

According to Variety, this is an original concept in which the story will center around the Fagin Gang, only this time it will include the physical art of parkour to carry out a series of art thefts in the film. This is the art of moving through urban environments by vaulting, rolling, running, climbing, and jumping. So it makes a little more sense that Red Bull has come on board. The concept comes from...

The line between fake movie premises and real ones is becoming increasingly small in today's movie landscape. A few years ago, it was obvious that certain films were never going to get a greenlight because their concepts were simply too ludicrous to imagine. But this news story has me scratching my head and rethinking what is possible in the movie industry today. Variety reports that Red Bull's media branch is producing a 3D parkour movie called Twist, based on Charles Dickens' classic novel Oliver Twist. The modern-day story sees the kids in the Fagin Gang using parkour to pull off a series of art heists. Um, what? So who's responsible for this? The Brothers Lynch, who have directed short films before but haven't tackled a feature, came up with the modern retelling with Simon Thomas, but the "written by" credit is actually going to Kevin Lehane, the writer of...

It would be easy to mock the idea of a parkour Oliver Twist. It could certainly be seen by the cynical as the perversion of a classic, one that will most certainly shove modern hipness into a story meant to be a serious microscope into poverty and the ethical impossibilities it presents. But what’s the fun in that? Instead, let’s celebrate the prospect of parkour flipping pickpockets all hopped up on Red Bull. According to Variety, the energy drink company is pairing with Pure Grass Films and the Salt Co. to create Twist – a currently-set take on the classic novel from Charles Dickens. Is there any chance it won’t be in 3D? Of course not. This shit is going to be sailing into your eye balls in as many dimensions as possible. The concept, from Lynch and Simon Thomas, follows the Fagin Gang as they steal stuff from people using parkour. Yup...

On TV this Tuesday: Raising Hope has a piggy predicament, Dancing With the Stars purges its first pairing, Ringer‘s Siobhan is given an ultimatum, Body of Proof battles an outbreak and more. Here are 10 programs to keep on your radar.

8 pm NCIS (CBS) | Director Vance’s brother-in-law is the lead suspect when Gibbs and the team investigate the murder of a petty officer. That ’70s Show‘s Don Stark and All My Children‘s Eden Riegel guest-star.

8 pm 90210 (The CW) | Pj proposes to Naomi, but Annie discovers a twist — he must get married in order to access his trust...

With 2012 marking the 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens' birth, it's no surprise that there's a whole spate of Dickens-related projects in the works. Ralph Fiennes, for instance, is directing biopic "The Invisible Woman," "Oliver Twist" is getting a 21st century spin in British 3D parkour actioner "Twist" (don't blame us, we didn't come up with the thing...) and even Guillermo Del Toro wants to get involved at some stage, developing an adaptation of Dan Simmons' novel "Drood," which investigates the horrifying secret behind Dickens' last, unfinished work. And of course, there are straight adaptations on the way too, most…...

I've been sharing my love for Jacob Tierney's Good Neighbours (review) since I saw the film at the Whistler Film Festival late last year.

The film is opening in limited release in the Us tomorrow (list of theatres here) and earlier this week I had the opportunity to speak with Jacob about the film, mixing comedy into unlikely genres, distribution and his upcoming project.

Thanks for taking the time to speak with me today about Good Neighbours which, by the way, is a fabulous little film.

Thanks.

Marina: I thought we could start by finding out a little bit more of how you became involved with film. I know you come from a film background, your father is a producer and you'e been an actor for eons. So how did you get involved in acting because you've been acting from a very young age...

Jacob: I started when I was six.

'Twist' is a modern re-telling of Charles Dickens's 'Oliver Twist' and Vhj Casting are keen to hear from young actors aged 16 - 24 who are also Parkour/Freerunning/Gymnastic/Freestyle BMX trained, for various roles.

The film is due to shoot this autumn and is being directed by Matthew Parkhill.

Please send in photos/CVs and details of a link to acting showreels and/or showreels of yourself doing the respective sport to:

Vhj Casting

22 Torrington Place

London WC1E 7Hp

Here's the official synopsis:

Oliver Twist is propelled into present day London in an energetic, high-concept, modern twist in 3D.

Seventeen year old “Olly” falls in with an organised street gang in London who use Parkour to carry out daring art heists for shady stolen goods dealer Fagin.

Spectacular Parkour set pieces – as well as bike-Parkour, skateboarding, jump rope skipping, car chases, bike chases, lots of running,...

A representative of teenage superstar Justin Bieber, has recently confirmed at Gossip Cop that the issue about the "Baby" hitmaker pleaded to play Oliver Twist in a remake of British classic film "Oliver!" was totally made up. On Monday, March 21, The Sun had released a headline "Come on Bieber - Let's Do the Twist" which told how the Canadian heartthrob was desperate to win the certain role. But soon the spokesman of Usher protege's slams the swirling gossip, saying that the rumor is "fake".

In the previous news, Bieber reportedly reckoned his difficult childhood would help him fit the role better. But in fact, the 17-year-old pop idol merely thinks that his infancy catastrophes in Canada was a good training for Charles Dickens' famous street urchin character.

The Sun also stated, "It's a bold move by the singer", which refers to numerous failed attempts to bring the "Oliver Twist...

A look at what's new on DVD today:

"Tesis" (1996)

Directed by Alejandro Amenabar

Released by Widowmaker Films

Long out of print, "The Others" director Alejandro Amenabar's debut about a grad student's discovery of a snuff film is being remastered and rereleased by Widowmaker Films.

"Alice in Murderland" (2011)

Directed by Dennis Devine

Released by Brain Damage Films

A year after Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" scared the bejeezus out of kids in multiplexes everywhere, this horror take on Lewis Carroll's classic fairy tale aims to do so intentionally on DVD players around the country.

"America, America" (1963)

Directed by Elia Kazan

Released by Fox Home Entertainment

Elia Kazan's most personal film based on the story of his uncle's immigration to the United States from Turkey, where as a Greek his family is persecuted, was already released as part of last year's Kazan boxed set, but now will be...

One of the biggest surprises at this year's Toronto International Film Festival was Jacob Tierney's Good Neighbours. Surprising not because Tierney doesn't already have a reputation as one of Canada's bright up and coming talents - last year's The Trotsky was very warmly received - but because the film is so radically different from anything Tierney has done before. A dark serial killer thriller this is a world away from the John Hughes inspired high school comedy of The Trotsky. We had the chance to ask Tierney a few questions about his latest film, which you'll find below.

For those unfamiliar with the way language issues really affect things here in Canada, can you talk a bit about the setting of Good Neighbours, the political background of the story, and what it was like to be an Anglophone living in Montreal at the time?

At the time the film is set,...

Continuing on the journey of new images from movies playing at upcoming film festivals, after the jump you can check out the first images from first time writer-director Dan Rush’s Everything Must Go, which stars Will Ferrell, Rebecca Hall, Michael Pena, Christopher C.J. Wallace, Glenn Howerton, Stephen Root, and Laura Dern. In addition, you can see the first images from writer-director Jacob Tierney’s Good Neighbours, which stars Jay Baruchel, Scott Speedman, Emily Hampshire. Tierney was at Tiff last year with the very well received The Trotsky – which also stared Jay Baruchel.

Look for more new images everyday for the next week. And if you missed our previous first look images articles, here’s a few links:

Mike Mills Beginners and Rowan Joffe’s Brighton Rock Guy Moshe’s Bunraku Werner Herzog’s first 3D movie Cave of Forgotten Dreams Mitch Glazer’s Passion Play and John Cameron Mitchell...