Terrence Malick will direct two upcoming projects, "Lawless" and "Knight of Cups," both of which will star Cate Blanchett and Christian Bale, FilmNation Entertainment announced Tuesday. Bale previously worked with Malick on the 2005 drama "The New World." In addition, "Lawless" will also star Ryan Gosling and Rooney Mara. Isabel Lucas ("The Immortals") will co-star in "Knight of Cups." Both films are currently in pre-production and will shoot back-to-back in 2012. It's a rare burst of productivity for Malick, who has made just five films in 40 years -- often with over a decade between pictures. Sarah Green and Nicolas Gonda, who worked with Malick on "The Tree of Life," will serve as the producers on both films with FilmNation Entertainment handling international sales during this week’s American Film Market.
Glen Basner, CEO of FilmNation Entertainment commented: "FilmNation couldn't be happier to continue to act as Terrence's international sales agency. Terrence is a brilliant filmmaker and an enormous draw for talent and filmmakers alike. We look forward to robust sales at AFM on both of these films.” In addition to the two new projects, the company has secured sales for all territories on Malick’s next currently untitled film starring Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, Javier Bardem and Rachel Weisz. British radio station BBC Radio 4 will release a documentary programme with Al Pacino, writes The Independent. In this show the actor will talk about his career as an actor and director.


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Fox TV channel has decided to extend production of animation cartoon "The Simpsons" for two more seasons, Reuters reports on Saturday. "The Simpsons" are the longest comedy series in television history, indicated in the message of FOX TV channel. FOX TV will broadcast "The Simpsons" live in the 24th and 25th seasons.
In New York there was a concert dedicated to 60th anniversary of Sting and the 25th anniversary of the start of his solo stage career, reports Rolling Stone. The charity event was held on Sunday, October 2. All money from tickets sales will go to fighting with poverty.

After box-office success of "The Lion King" film studio Disney has decided to re-release in 3D format four full-length animated films, reports Associated Press. On Tuesday, October 4, representatives from the studio announced that the first version of the 3D-animated film will be released the "Beauty and the Beast." Premiere of the converted cartoon to the new 3D format, which was first released in 1991, has been appointed in North America on January 13, 2012.
Japanese television channel NHK and the Brazilian TV Globo received its first ever international "Emmy" Awards in the news category, which awards The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for TV shows that were released outside the United States. Brazilian television channel received the "Emmy" in the category of "News" for a report on four-day raid of the police in Rio de Janeiro, which was held in November 2010. NHK has got award in the category of "Current affairs" for a report on rescue of Chilean miners from the mine of San Jose, which were bricked up under the ground and held in captivity for over a month.