VIDEO: James Cameron Striking Bottom (of Sea)

James Cameron broke a global record on Wednesday, plunging five miles below the top of Gulf Of Mexico and eclipsing the sooner four-mile mark held with a Japanese crew. However the filmmaker isn't done: Later this month, inside a 43-inch wide submersible christened Deepsea Challenger, Cameron will endeavour to become just the third guy to achieve the greatest point in the world - and the first one to get it done alone. Appears just like a lengthy approach to take to advertise Titanic three dimensional, however. Obviously, previous Cameron expeditions took the Oscar-champion to not so deep ocean depths, but this time around he means it: He built his miniature submarine privately around australia, and already it's surpassed other watercraft in being able to ferry people with the deeps crushing demands. Just like the birth from the private space rocket industry, where commercial information mill building ships to consider astronauts aloft, the debut of Mr. Camerons submarine signals increasing need for entrepreneurs within the global race to succeed science. [...] He stated the automobile total had many cameras only one thick porthole, its inner diameter three inches. He referred to the craft like a vertical torpedo, designed to fall and rise rapidly in order to maximize time for going through the seabed. Youd be a fool to not be apprehensive, however i trust the look, Mr. Cameron stated because he considered his impending dive. Youre starting probably the most unforgiving places on the planet. But as John Lam adds, it's OK! If perhaps because, ahem: "Jamess breath vapor and sweat will condense on the metal surface where it's collected right into a bag he is able to drink it in desperate situations.Inch Right. After which what souvenirs would we have? Xenophyophores, the underside-dwelling "mysterious existence forms [that] consist of merely one cell and appearance in a position to grow to how big a fist"? EBay doesn't approve. Anyway, here's video: [NYT, The Scuttlefish through the Awl]

Acceptable on the marquee

Robert De Niro and Paul DanoJames Schamus, Paul Weitz, Nick Flynn at preem.When it comes to film titles, there's no getting away with BS. Just ask writer-director Paul Weitz, whose adaptation of Nick Flynn's memoir "Another Bullshit Night in Suck City" morphed into the MPAA-friendly "Being Flynn." "I was not at all surprised that the MPAA was having none of (the original title), but I was mildly surprised that one cannot use asterisks to replace words," Weitz said at "Being Flynn's" Gotham premiere Thursday at the Tribeca Grand Hotel screening room. "You can't even imply cursing if you want to have your title on a marquee or in an ad. Still, I was quite freaked out about changing the title because I thought it might indicate that I was watering the adaptation down somehow." Title notwithstanding, the Focus Features pic about a young man who reunites with his estranged father at a homeless shelter lost none of the autobiographical book's grit and received a ringing endorsement from Flynn. In fact, the author had only one issue with the film: the new title. "The fact that my name is in it is a horror," he quipped at the after-party at Chinatown hotspot Pulqueria.

Hunger Games Fan Craze Starts Early

Lionsgate’s hotly anticipated The Hunger Games today held the initial stop on its national mall tour with major talent along with you. The fan event within the Westfield Century City mall was mobbed because of the options of the meet-and-greet with director Gary Ross and stars Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth, and Josh Hutcherson. The film doesn’t even open until March 23rd but already it’s selling out tickets on the web and monitoring huge. The mall tour includes stops inAtlanta, Dallas, Phoenix, Dallas, Miami, Chicago, and Ontario. Previous: Hunger Games Happens Monitoring Huge.

Three boost road grosses

Three from the 10 shows capped $a million in Week 39 (February. 20-26). Total box office rejected 13.54% within the frame, as numerous shows performed more compact venues. Throughout its second week in Tempe, Ariz., "Wicked" set a home record, with $1.73 million in sales. Total gross for that week was $9,646,820.BIRMINGHAM, ALA. Wicked (M-second Co.) Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex ($80 2,768 $1,411,398) (2/15-3/4/12).PW, $1,225,295.LW (second), $1,313,619. Charlotte now, N.C. Jersey Boys (M-first Co.) Blumenthal PAC ($135 2,020 $1,274,711) (2/21-3/11/12).PW, $1,141,635 in Fort Myers, Fla.LW (first), $941,020. FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. Billion Dollar Quartet (M-first Co) Walton Arts Center ($58 1201 $469,220) (2/21-2/26/12).PW, $970,163 in Memphis, Tenn.LW (first), $315,586. GREENVILLE, S.C. Memphis (M-first Co.) The Peace Center ($75 2,111 $1,052,040) (2/21-2/26/12).PW, $970,379 in Naples, Fla.LW (first), $727,621. RICHMOND, Veterans administration. The Lion King (M-first Co.) The Landmark Theater ($77.50 3,227 $1,575,884) (2/15-3/11/12).PW, $1,293,138.LW (second), $1,405,764. Bay Area Mamma Mia! (M-first Co.) Orpheum Theater ($146 2,197 $1,291,766) (2/21-2/26/12).PW, $566,685 in Lawrence, Kan., and Oklahoma City.LW (first), $685,106. ST. LOUIS West Side Story (M-first Co.) Fox Theater ($92 4,074 $1,756,191) (2/14-2/26/12).PW, $1,009,027.LW (second), $895,072. SYRACUSE, N.Y. L'ensemble des Miserables (M-first Co.) Crouse-Hinds Theater ($70 2,012 $949,960) (2/21-2/26/12).PW, $1,443,016 in Raleigh, N.C.LW (first), $858,805. TEMPE, ARIZ. Wicked (M-first Co.) Gammage Auditorium ($90 2,885 $1,519,495) (2/15-3/11/12).PW, $1,678,139.LW (second), $1,734,242. TOLEDO, OHIO Jersey Boys (M-second Co.) Stranahan Theater ($125 2,496 $1,385,320) (2/7-2/26/12).PW, $860,055.LW (3rd), $769,985. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Exclusive: New Moonrise Kingdom Images

Fresh pics from Wes Anderson's latestA new Wes Anderson film is always something to get excited about, and Moonrise Kingdom looks to be no exception.While the title might suggest that it's a fantasy role-playing game, in fact it's a star-studded story of young love. And a few new images have now hit the web to give us a clue what we're in for.The story concerns two 12 year-olds, Sam and Suzy (newcomers Jared Gilman and Kara Hayward), who fall in love during the summer of 1965 inNew England. They make a secret pact and run away together - but a violent storm is building and there's a frantic search to find them.{New Moonrise Kingdom Images}Bruce Willis joins Anderson's ensemble as the local sheriff, Captain Sharp. Edward Norton plays a 'Khaki Scout' troop leader, Scout Master Ward. Bill Murray and Frances McDormand are Suzy's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bishop. The cast also includes Tilda Swinton, Jason Schwartzman, and Bob Balaban.In other words, the cast is ace and these pictures suggest that it has all of Anderson's usual quirky charm, as you'd expect with him directing and co-writing with Roman Coppola. Moonrise Kingdom is out on May 25 in the UK, so adjust your woggles and prepare yourselves for then.