See Transfixing and Bizarre Motion Poster for Martha Marcy May Marlene

Another day, another inventive bit of marketing for the indie drama Martha Marcy May Marlene. On the heels of the QR-coded trailers for the Sundance sensation that debuted online Monday, the Fox Searchlight team has released a motion poster of MMMM that is subtle, affecting and totally creepy. Awesome! If star Elizabeth Olsen is the next Jennifer Lawrence, she already has her predecessor beat; you didn’t see a motion poster for Winter’s Bone, did you? (Lawrence didn’t get her first motion poster until The Hunger Games.) Click through for a look. Martha Marcy May Marlene is out in theaters on Oct. 7. [via AwardsDaily]

'Betty Blue Eyes' will close

Musical Betty Blue Eyes will shutter working in london the following month. "Betty Blue Eyes," the brand new West Finish tuner from Brit mega-producer Cameron Mackintosh, will shutter the following month following a disappointing run of six several weeks. Musical received glowing notices if this opened up in April, but based on Mackintosh, the development never quite aroused the interest of auds. "We've been consistently playing to simply 50 plusPercent, however it just is not enough to pay for the expense,Inch he stated inside a statement. Tuner was the very first new musical to become created by Mackintosh ("The Phantom from the Opera," "L'ensemble des Miserables") since his 2001 outing "The Ghouls of Eastwick." Capitalized at about $6.4 million, "Betty" is dependant on the 1984 screen comedy "A Personal Function." With music by George Stiles, lyrics by Anthony Drewe and book by Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman, the tuner focuses on the occupants of the suburbs in northern England in 1947 as well as their local celebration of the impending royal wedding. "Betty Blue Eyes" is placed to shutter Sept. 24 in the Novello Theater. About the approaching slate for Mackintosh is really a new staging of "Phantom" which will bow in a U.K. regional theater the coming year. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com

Kyle Bornheimer Joins Two Wedding-Themed Comedies (Exclusive)

Kyle Bornheimer has booked a double-wedding, nabbing roles in two nuptial-themed comedies. The comic actor just started shooting Bachelorette, an indie comedy starring Kirsten Dunst, Isla Fisher and Lizzy Caplan, and he then jumps into The Big Wedding, a Millennium/Nu Image comedy starring Robert DeNiro, Diane Keaton and Katherine Heigl. Bachelorette, written and being directed by Leslye Headland, centers on three friends are asked to be bridesmaids at a wedding of a woman they used to ridicule back in high school. Bornheimer is playing a man who was somewhat of a stoner-loser in high school who had a crush on the prom queen, and at the wedding she still has no idea who he is. Wedding is about a long-divorced couple (De Niro and Keaton) who fake being married as their family unites for a wedding. Bornheimer will play Heigl's estranged husband who shows up at the wedding, to Heigl's displeasure. Justin Zackham, who wrote The Bucket List, is directing the comedy, which has attracted quite the ensemble: Topher Grace, Amanda Seyfried, Robin Williams, and Susan Sarandon, among others. Both movies are in production in New York. Bornheimer starred on NBC's Perfect Couples and CBS' Worst Week and appeared in the comedy features She's Out of My League and You Again. He is repped by CAA, Flute Entertainment and attorney Todd Rubenstein. Email: Borys.Kit@thr.com Twitter: @Borys_Kit Related Topics

Bangladesh helmer Masud dies at 54

Masud with wife Catherine at Marrakesh Worldwide Film Festival in 2002.LONDON -- Top rated Bangladeshi director Tareque Masud died August 13, carrying out a road accident near Dhaka. He was 54. His producer, co-author, editor and wife, U.S.-born Catherine Masud, was seriously hurt within the accident. Determination number of shorts, Masud first showed in 1995 using the feature documentary "Muktir Gaan" (Song of Freedom) about several itinerant music artists throughout Bangladesh's independence war of 1971. It was then a companion piece "Muktir Kotha" (Story of Freedom) in 1996. Masud's worldwide breakthrough arrived 2002 together with his fiction feature debut "Matir Moina" (The Clay Bird). Phone occasions prior to Bangladesh's independence in 1971, the film won the FIPRESCI prize at Cannes' Director's Week "because of its authentic, moving and delicate portrayal of the country battling because of its democratic privileges." Masud and Catherine co-directed 2005's "Ontarjatra" (Homeland), in regards to a Bangladeshi mother and boy coming back towards the country after fifteen years abroad, attempting to retrace their roots.During the time of his dying, Masud was scouting locations for his next project "Kagojer Phul" (The Paper Flower). His boy Nishad survives him. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Gavin DeGraw Cancels More Dates But Sets Return Concert

FIRST Released: August 11, 2011 12:30 PM EDT NEW You are able to, N.Y. -- Singer Gavin DeGraw has canceled several more concerts so he is able to get over injuries experienced inside a street attack, but intends to return carrying out by August. 24. An argument sent by his representative on Thursday stated doctors had advised DeGraw to harder to recuperate after being beaten up Sunday by a mystery number of males in New You are able to City. He was put in the hospital and sustained a concussion, damaged nose, facial cuts along with other injuries within the assault police remain still looking into and DeGraw has stated he does not remember much about this. The cancelations include dates in Nashville, Chicago and Toronto. However, he'll resume his tour with Train and Maroon 5 on August. 24 in Columbia, Md. The 34-year-old singer-songwriters hits include Chariot and that i Shouldn't Be. Copyright 2011 by Connected Press. All privileges reserved.These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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Actress Annette Charles dies

Annette Charles, who played Cha Cha DiGregorio in the 1978 film version of "Grease," died Wednesday night in Los Angeles from complications with cancer. She was 63 and received the diagnosis only in recent months.In "Grease" Charles' Cha Cha did a sexy dance with John Travolta's Danny Zuko at the nationally broadcast school dance contest, prompting Olivia Newton-John's Sandy to leave in a fit of jealousy.The actress guested on a variety of TV series during the 1970s including "The Flying Nun," "Mod Squad" and "The Bionic Woman."She appeared in Haskell Wexler's 1985 film "Latino" and in a 1987 episode of "Magnum, P.I."Charles appeared in a 2002 episode of VH1's "Where Are They Now?" series. Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com