As Predicted, The new sony Classics Will get Smashed

I would not brag were it not Monday morning and it is the only real factor keeping me from walking before a bus, so: The ultimate bit of Movieline's Sundance 2012 Putting in a bid-War puzzle has fallen into position, with director James Ponsoldt's boozehound relationship drama Smashed visiting the estimable The new sony Pictures Classics. Five-for-five! High five? Smashed is all of the the year's forecasted Sundance darlings to formally look for a distribution deal, using the Surrogate, Bachelorette, Arbitrage and Red-colored Lights all spoken for within the month-plus because the festival came and went. Furthermore, its showcase for Mary Elizabeth Winstead like a youthful teacher fighting the vicissitudes of alcoholism may yet convince fall consistent with SPC's recent underdog honours tradition - the one which found Melissa Leo (Frozen River) and Jacki Weaver (Animal Kingdom) being released recently-summer time platform releases to contend with the mainstream faves in the Academy awards. (A pr release delivered to Movieline HQ didn't specify a release date.) "The role [...] asks Winstead to operate the entire gamut, from game good-time girl which stimulates teacher to spend-shocked morning-after casualty and adamant survivor," authored Hollywood Reporter critic Todd McCarthy from Park City. "Shes terrific in internet marketing all, far surpassing the promise she suggested for Dying Proof and Scott Pilgrim Versus. the planet.Inch Most likely not coincidentally, lately crowned Oscar-champion Octavia Spencer and Breaking Bad Emmy-champion Aaron Paul co-star. Everyone within the honours pool, etc. Or otherwise, just tossing that available. In either case, champion to Team Smashed! Morning hrs notwithstanding, surely this requires a glass or two? Whatever, I am getting one anyway. Follow S.T. VanAirsdale on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.

Alcon Ing. taps Sharon Hall to mind TV prod'n

Alcon Entertainment, most widely known for "The Blind Side," is getting into TV production and it has drawn on The new sony Pictures TV professional Sharon Hall to mind your time and effort. It's created Alcon Television to build up, finance and convey original programming and intends to retain domestic and worldwide privileges -- because it does using its feature productions. Alcon stated Friday it's in talks with Hall seriously board. She has been at The new sony since 2005 and was marketed to professional Vice president of drama rise in 2009. Throughout her tenure she assisted develop such skeins as "Memorable" for CBS, "Pan Am" for ABC and "Necessary Roughness" for USA, "Damages" for that Forex and also the 101 Network, "Breaking Bad" for AMC, "Justified" for Forex and "Drop Dead Diva" for Lifetime.Alcon signaled in September it was heading toward growing beyond movie production and into TV if this released Alcon Management Businesses to purchase talent management via a controlling curiosity about literary talent management company Madhouse Entertainment. Alcon Management Businesses continues to be designed like a holding company for as much as six talent management companies Alcon expects to get.Alcon cake toppers Andrew Kosove and Broderick Manley told Variety the launch from the holding company opened up the doorway for Alcon to start getting into TV production."We're feeling Alcon Entertainment is distinctively situated to compete in present day burgeoning television marketplace," Kosove and Manley stated inside a statement released Friday. "We're thrilled to achieve the chance to utilize Sharon, whose history of managing both artistically and in a commercial sense effective shows, is extremely impressive."Just before joining The new sony, Hall was veep of programming for MTM Television, managing syndicated and children's TV production, and Vice president of programming at BBDO Worldwide. She also directed multiple instances of the AMC series "AllInch and won a Peabody Award for that MTV-Fox special "Rock The Election." Cynthia Littleton led for this report. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com