Harrison Ford honored by cinematographers

FordHarrison Ford can get the American Society of Cinematographers' 2012 Board of Governors Award within the 26th annual ASC Outstanding Achievement Honours gala on Feb. 12."Harrison Ford can be a gifted and focused actor whose professionalism has acquired the admiration within our people," states honours chairman Richard Crudo. "His diverse, but nonetheless altering, body at work includes lots of memorable movies chatting.InchKia, who acquired an Oscar nomination in 1986 for "Witness," is presently planning sci-fi pic "Ender's Game," which he'll star in "42" as Branch Rickey, the baseball executive who aided shatter baseball's color barrier by considering making Jackie Robinson the initial African-American player.The ASC Board of Governors Award is provided yearly to a person who makes amazing achievements to changing the art and craft of filmmaking. Some previous visitors include Jennifer Aniston, Warren Beatty, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg. Contact Christy Grosz at christy.grosz@variety.com

Saura, Querejeta re-team on '33 dias'

MADRID -- Spain's Carlos Saura is attached to direct "33 dias," about Pablo Picasso's emotional turmoil as he painted masterpiece "Guernica." Title refers to the time Picasso spent on the mural, which captured his reaction to the destruction of Basque town of Guernica in 1937 by the Nazi Luftwaffe during the Spanish Civil War. Project re-teams Saura with Elias Querejeta, producer of many of Saura's modern classics: "The Hunt," "Raise Ravens" and "Deprisa, deprisa." Saura and Querejeta penned the script alongside French writer Louis-Charles Sirjacq. Budgeted over Euros6 million ($7.7 million), pic is produced by Bilbao-based Idem 4. Production company Cinevedas, with offices in France, Canada and India, will co-produce. Triple Academy Award-winning cinematographer Vittorio Storaro ("Apocalypse Now," "Reds," "The Last Emperor") is in advanced negotiations to join the project, producer Alberto Rojo told Variety. "33 dias" would mark Saura and Storaro's seventh collaboration. The French- and Spanish-language shoot rolls next summer in Paris and Guernica, where producers will reproduce Picasso's Paris studio. Producers are talking to an international cast that could include French thesp Jose Garcia as Picasso. Some of the new project's story line, drama and key images will draw on Saura's prior fiction pics with Storaro, such as "Goya in Bordeaux," "Tango" and "Io, Don Giovanni," Rojo added. In the film, Saura shows how painting "Guernica" was near salvation for Picasso at a moment of personal crisis. "Dias" "focuses on Picasso's relationship with (his lover) Dora Maar, a fascinating character," Saura told Spanish newspaper El Pais. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Cheers & Jeers: Justified, My Love

Natalie Zea Cheers to Natalie Zea for giving double-timing a good name. Want more Cheers & Jeers? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now! The dazzling actress has returned to her regular role on FX's Justified as Winona Hawkins, the now-pregnant ex-wife of Marshal Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant). Meanwhile, she also appeared on the recent season opener of Showtime's Californication as Carrie, the bitter ex-girlfriend of David Duchovny's Hank Moody. Clearly, Zea's got the ex factor. She's not the only one pulling double duty on FX and Showtime. Dexter cop Desmond Harrington worked the other side of the law on Justified's season premiere as Fletcher "The Ice Pick" Nix, a hit man so terrifyingly sadistic he could make even Dexter's "Ice Truck Killer" melt with fear. Honestly, is it too much to hope for House of Lies' Don Cheadle to guest on Justified next? What did you think of Justified's season opener? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!

Report: Sienna Burns Is Pregnant

First Released: The month of january 6, 2012 11:44 AM EST Credit: Getty Premium Caption Tom Sturridge and Sienna Burns are noticed walking their dog in Notting Hill working in london on September 17, 2011LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Sienna Burns is apparently expecting her first child. Based on Us Weekly, the 30-year-old actress and boyfriend Tom Sturridge, 26, are getting an infant. Based on a mag source, the pair does not have plans immediately to marry, if whatsoever. Buddies are actually pleased with her relationship with Tom, the origin ongoing. Hes more youthful, yes, but hes mature and hes a great guy. Family members from the couple weren't surprised at this news from the pregnancy, the origin stated. They simply spent the holiday season in Paris together once they introduced this news working in london. In Feb 2011, Sienna ended her relationship with Jude Law for again. The previous couple started dating in 2004 and first split in 2006. A reps for Sienna wasn't immediately readily available for comment when approached by Access Hollywood on Friday morning. A repetition for Tom told Access, We don't discuss our clients personal lives. Copyright 2012 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Thomas Newman Scoring Skyfall?

No David Arnold this time around...While there's been no official word in the Bond camping at this time, it might appear that Mike Mendes is really searching to place their own stamp around the 007 franchise and Skyfall, with news site MI-6 confirming (through the Playlist) that he's employing regular collaborator Thomas Newman to consider over scoring responsibilities from current composer David Arnold. Arnold has been around control of the text musical seem since he was suggested to Tomorrow Never Dies director Roger Spottiswoode by 007 legend John Craig. Since that time, he's labored for each director as much as Quantum Of Solace's Marc Forster. He's been credited with assisting to modernise the franchise, getting a trademark mixture of orchestration and propulsive synthesised work.While it's surprising that Mendes might have introduced somebody new in because of the producers' charge of most Bond elements, it isn't difficult to understand why Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli might have given him the okay to employ Newman. The composer has done all Mendes' movies bar Away We Go and he's an experienced of all things from Pixar (Finding Nemo and Wall-E) to Soderbergh, and a multitude of others, such as the Shawshank Redemption and last year's The Assistance.If the pans out, colour us intrigued to determine what he is able to provide Bond and co. With Difficulties, Judi Dench, Javier Bardem, Rob Fiennes, Albert Finney, Naomie Harris and Ben Whishaw all within the cast, Skyfall is shooting at this time and will also be on October 26.