Steve Zaillian Planning Timecrimes

And musing A 1000 Splendid SunsDavid Cronenberg was stated for some time to become behind Timecrimes, until he unconditionally told everyone around you that he is not. And today it works out that film writer Steve Zaillian is thinking of getting Timecrimes for themself, for just one of his periodic forays from his word-processor and behind your camera.The film is definitely an British-language remake from the The spanish language Los Cronoscrimenes, that involves a new guy named Hector engaging in peculiar warm water using a time machine inside a laboratory near his home. Remember The Near Future 2, Triangular, and Primer, and you are around the right lines."We must cast it, but it is a difficult one," states Zaillian, who's yet to 1-hundred-percent commit themself towards the project. "I'd need to make it low quality. I believe a part of its appeal is the fact that it's type of a minimal budget thriller, but it is challenging that made with no major actor. Let me allow it to be for $10m therefore the trick is to locate the best actor that does not all of a sudden push your budget up into to $20m or $30m. It's among the rare possibilities in which you have four figures, two locations why must you spend much money? This can be a story that you wouldn't like to inform any in a different way, and it is a cost-effective approach to take.InchSomewhere else within the same Not Far Off interview, Zaillian provides a brief update on the 1000 Splended Suns, the mooted adaptation of Khaled Hosseini's novel. Instead of taking his Girl Using The Dragon Tattoo approach, "where I'd no qualms about setting it in Sweden however the people could be speaking in British", Zaillian wants Suns to become a completely Middle Eastern affair."It could be more distinctive whether it is made indigenously," he states. "I would like this to be carried out by a Middle Eastern director with Middle Eastern stars, possibly even in Farsi.This is a tough approach to find the money for, but that is what we are attempting to do."A 1000 Splendid Suns presently includes a made-up date of 2015 around the IMDb, which essentially implies that nobody yet knows when it will be going ahead. Likewise Timecrimes, can get going in an unspecified point later on. And three days ago. And tomorrow.

CBS Sets Amazing Race Premiere; Moves Undercover Boss to Friday

Phil Keoghan The 20th season of The Amazing Race will premiere on Sunday, Feb. 19 at 8/7c, CBS announced Thursday. Also, the new season of Undercover Boss premieres on Sunday, Jan. 15 at 8/7c, but will make way for the Emmy-winning Amazing Race by moving to its new berth on Fridays at 8/7c beginning Feb. 17. CBS replaces Rules with Rob!; set return date for Undercover Boss Undercover Boss' Friday move will then push back A Gifted Man by an hour, to Fridays at 9/8c, also beginning Feb. 17. Once the medical drama finishes its 16-episode freshman season run, CSI: NY will return to the 9/8c timeslot on March 30. Check out the new schedule: Friday (beginning Feb. 17) 8-9 p.m. - Undercover Boss 9-10 p.m. - A Gifted Man 10-11 p.m. - Blue Bloods Sunday (beginning Feb. 19) 8-9 p.m. - The Amazing Race 9-10 p.m. - The Good Wife 10-11 p.m. - CSI: Miami Sunday (beginning March 30) 8-9 p.m. - Undercover Boss 9-10 p.m. - CSI: NY 10-11 p.m. - Blue Bloods Are you excited for the return of Amazing Race?

Modern Family Rules SAG Nominations

Modern Family Modern Family brought the 18th annual Screen Stars Guild nominations Thursday with five mentions, because the sitcom's cast will turn to defend its comedy ensemble crown.The show will vie for ensemble honors against Glee, Work, 30 Rock and also the Large Bang Theory, which broke in to the category the very first time.4 Modern Family cast people - Sofia Vergara and Emmy those who win Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell and Eric Stonestreet - acquired acting nominations.The Artist and Hugo top BFCA nominations George Clooney sets recordVergara and Bowen are facing three-time champion Tina Fey (30 Rock), protecting champion Betty Whitened (Hot in Cleveland) and Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie). Burrell and Stonestreet's competition include Steve Carell (Work), Jon Cryer (2 . 5 Males) and Alec Baldwin (30 Rock), who'll choose an unparalleled six-peat moss within the comedy actor race.In drama, two-time reigning champion Julianna Margulies (The Great Wife) - already SAG's winningest artist with eight trophies - will attempt to protect her drama actress title against Glenn Close (Damages), Kathy Bates (Harry's Law), Jessica Lange (American Horror Story) and Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer).The drama actor category starts reigning champion Steve Buscemi (Boardwalk Empire) against Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad), Kyle Chandler (Friday Evening Lights), Michael C. Hall (Dexter) and, inside a surprise, Patrick J. Adams (Suits).Boardwalk's ensemble will get a repeat win from the casts of Breaking Bad, Bet on Thrones, Dexter and also the Good Wife.Obtain the relaxation of present day newsIn film, The Assistance obtained four nominations, including in ensemble jerk, where it'll face off from the casts from the Artist, Bridesmaids, The Descendants and Night time in Paris.The 18th annual Screen Stars Guild Honours will air live Sunday, Jan. 29 at 8/7c on TNT and The best spinner's.Browse the nominees below.TELEVISIONDrama EnsembleBoardwalk EmpireBreaking BadDexterGame of ThronesThe Good WifeComedy EnsembleThe Large Bang TheoryGleeModern FamilyThe Office30 RockActor - DramaPatrick J. Adams, SuitsSteve Buscemi, Boardwalk EmpireKyle Chandler, Friday Evening LightsBryan Cranston, Breaking BadMichael C. Hall, DexterActress - DramaKathy Bates, Harry's LawGlenn Close, DamagesJessica Lange, American Horror StoryJulianna Margulies, The Great WifeKyra Sedgwick, The CloserActor - Comedy Alec Baldwin, 30 RockTy Burrell, Modern FamilySteve Carell, The OfficeJon Cryer, 2 . 5 MenEric Stonestreet, Modern FamilyActress - Comedy Julie Bowen, Modern FamilyEdie Falco, Nurse JackieTina Fey, 30 RockSofia Vergara, Modern FamilyBetty Whitened, Hot in ClevelandActor - Miniseries or TV MovieLaurence Fishburne, ThurgoodPaul Giamatti, Too Large to FailGreg Kinnear, The KennedysGuy Pearce, Mildred PierceJames Forest, Too Large to FailActress - Miniseries or TV MovieDiane Lane, Cinema VeriteMaggie Cruz, Downton AbbeyEmily Watson, Appropriate AdultBetty Whitened, Hallmark Hall of Fame: The Lost ValentineKate Winslet, Mildred PierceFILMEnsembleThe ArtistBridesmaidsThe DescendantsThe HelpMidnight in ParisLead ActorDemian Bichir, A Much Better LifeGeorge Clooney, The DescendantsLeonardo DiCaprio, J. EdgarJean Dujardin, The ArtistBrad Pitt, MoneyballLead ActressGlenn Close, Albert NobbsViola Davis, The HelpMeryl Streep, The Iron LadyTilda Swinton, We have to Discuss KevinMichelle Williams, My Week with MarilynSupporting ActorKenneth Branagh, My Week with MarilynArmie Hammer, J. EdgarJonah Hill, MoneyballNick Nolte, WarriorChristopher Plummer, BeginnersSupporting ActressBérénice Bejo, The ArtistJessica Chastain, The HelpMelissa McCarthy, BridesmaidsJanet McTeer, Albert NobbsOctavia Spencer, The Help

Former Warrant Singer Jani Lane Died Without a Will (Report)

Ask 2 Broke Girlscreator Michael Patrick King to come up with a great anecdote about Nina Tassler, and he'll ask you to give him a moment as he gives it some thought.our editor recommendsTHR Women in Entertainment Attendees Answer: What Makes a Power Leader? (Video)Anne Sweeney Reveals Top Qualities of a 'Power Leader'; Reacts to Her Third No. 1 Women in Entertainment Ranking (Video) Jane Fonda, Kirsten Dunst, Amy Pascal Share Laughs, Inspirations at THR's Women in Entertainment BreakfastJane Fonda Opens Up About Her Father, Her Return to Acting and the Lesson She Learned From Warren BeattyBonnie Hammer Reveals E! Rebranding Plans; Wants Up to Four New Kardashian Spinoffs It's been only six months since the CBS entertainment president picked up his comedy, and he's still proving to her that it belongs on a schedule of long-running hits from theCSIshows toThe Big Bang Theory. "Let's see," the producer says, buying time by hurling adjectives you hear often about Tassler: "smart," "maternal," "passionate." And then, bam -- he has it: "Nina had the balls to fire a horse." PHOTOS: THR's 2011 Women in Entertainment Power 100 The horse, in this case, is Chestnut, a vestige of the former life of one his "broke girls," the now penniless daughter of a Bernie Madoff type. King had cast a blond buckskin, more fitting for Westerns, which was waiting for its scene when Tassler came to set for a run-though. The native NYer, who grew up riding, knew the equine actor had been miscast. "That horse wasn't the kind they kept at the Central Park stables," says Tassler. So she saw to it that her promising freshman comedy recast the horse, hiring a more appropriate, chocolate-colored thoroughbred. Tassler keeps a replica of the horse propped up in her office, as much a reminder of her past as it is indicative of her hands-on style that has helped make CBS the most-watched network for eight of the past nine seasons. Now, in a fall that was supposed to be upended by casting overhauls -- Ashton Kutcher replacing Charlie Sheen onTwo and a Half Menand Ted Danson in for Laurence Fishburne onCSI-- CBS has managed to lure more viewers than any of its broadcast rivals, actually growing its audience in a shrinking network environment. PHOTOS: The Scene at THR's 2011 Women in Entertainment Breakfast Two months in, CBS can claim 12 of the top 15 scripted shows and is the first since 2002 to have the No.1 comedy (Men), No. 1 drama (NCIS) and No.1 new series (Two Broke Girls) among the prized 18-to-49 demo, putting to rest the perception of CBS as just a place for the senior set. New entries like Unforgettable, Person of Interest and 2 Broke Girls were quickly granted full seasons, andMenbecame the first comedy in a decade to rank as the No. 1 program four weeks into the season. Tassler, 54, credits Kutcher's social-media fan base along with creator Chuck Lorre's creative ingenuity for Men's renewed strength, preferring to leave the conversation there for fear of having to delve into the still uncomfortable, and tired, topic of Sheen. "We turned disaster into success, and she had a lot to do with it," says her boss, Leslie Moonves. In fact, it was Tassler who had a longtime relationship with Kutcher's lawyer, Robert Offer, and put the deal in motion. COMPLETE LIST: 2011 Women in Entertainment Power 100 In recent months, Tassler's hands have been all overCSI, first as the show was recasting Fishburne's part and then as it was setting up Elisabeth Shue to step in for Marg Helgenberger later this season. "Nina is in that trench with you making decisions if not in body, in spirit -- though most of the time in body too," says CSI showrunner Carol Mendelsohn. "If you come in with a great idea, there's nobody more passionate than she is." Tassler loved the arts before she knew there was a business in show business. As the daughter of a Jewish father and a Catholic Puerto Rican mother raised in a quiet dairy farm community in upstate NY, where her parents ran a sleepaway camp, she was drawn to the theater. "It felt like an environment where you didn't have to fit a mold," says Tassler, the oldest of three kids. Upon graduating with a theater major from Boston University, Tassler moved to Manhattan to become an actor. In between auditions, she got a taste for the business at the Roundabout Theater Company. She remained there until her husband, Jerry Levine, whom she has been with since she was 18, landed a part in the filmTeen Wolf. The married couple soon moved to Los Angeles, where she struggled initially to find work. (Today, Tassler and Levine have a 23-year-old son, a 13-year-old daughter and a close-knit family who have followed them west.) After answering a series of want ads, a young Tassler scored a gig as an assistant at the Irv Schechter Agency, where she rose up the ranks to become an agent before making the leap to the bigger Triad Artists."I had this crisis. 'What do I do? Oh, my God. I'll never be an actress. My career's over,' " Tassler recalls of the decision she was forced to make. "My husband said, 'Play the hand you're dealt. If you want to be in the business, take whatever job you can get.' "She did, amassing a portfolio of clients that included Tony Curtis, Victoria Principal and Meredith Baxter, before deciding she wanted a job where she got to stay with the material. In what would begin a two-plus decade creative partnership, Tassler put all of her effort into securing a position at Lorimar Television, now Warner Bros., where Moonves was in charge. "I began a full-scale assault on Leslie and everybody at Lorimar to get me a job -- everything short of someone having me arrested," Tassler says, chuckling at her own chutzpah. Moonves was struck by her persistence. "I'd already decided she was someone I wanted to have on my team, but she had 50 people call me. Finally, I said, 'All right, I'm going to hire you, now please tell them to stop, I have a job to do,' " he says. "Hiring her was one of the best moves I ever made." Tassler remained there from 1990 to 1996, working on series like ERand Sisters before following her boss and mentor to turn around a then ailing CBS. When the pair arrived at CBS, Moonves a year or two ahead of Tassler, the network had lost the NFL and its average viewer was well outside the 18-49 demo. But by 2001, Moonves, then entertainment president, had Survivor and the Tassler-developed CSI, which catapulted CBS to No. 1 on Thursday, TV's most lucrative night. From there, Moonves and Tassler, head of drama development at the time, continued to add series --Without a Trace,Cold Case,NCISand a suite ofCSIspinoffs -- and viewers. Today, as the business' longest-running network chief -- the petite Tassler took the reins as entertainment president in 2004 -- she presides over a pair of billion-dollar franchises,NCISandCSI, and the kind of ratings consistency that makes her the envy of the industry. Even the knock on the CBS lineup as a somewhat formulaic schedule of broad-based comedies and down-the-middle procedurals is a backhanded compliment given the results it yields. Still, there are genres she'd love to try -- or in some cases, try again. Among them: musicals, Westerns, performance-based reality shows and a drama with a young female voice. "Science fiction is something I'd love to find a way to do so our audience could really embrace it ... Oh, and I'd love to try a funny hourlong comedy," she says with her trademark enthusiasm. Sitting beside the executive as her wheels spin with ideas, it's easy to imagine all of the trenches Tassler has yet to dive into. No matter what comes at her, she declares, "I'm still standing. Like I always say, 'I'll stop when I'm dead.' " PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery The Scene at THR's 2011 Women In Entertainment Power 100 Breakfast Related Topics Ashton Kutcher Chuck Lorre Leslie Moonves CBS Nina Tassler Two and a Half Men Women in Entertainment Women in Entertainment 2011

Frederick Farrell Dead: Father from the Movie Trailer Dies at 76

You most likely never heard the title Frederick Farrell, but when you've attended a film in the recent past, you've certainly seen his work. Farrell is credited with presenting numerous researching the market ideas into Hollywood, such as the movie trailer. Confirmed by his publicist, Farrell died on Wednesday from natural causes at age 76. Farrell was the previous chairman and Boss from the National Research Group which may fast get to be the "leading researching the market group within the film industry," reviews Deadline. Additionally towards the movie trailer, Farrell also were built with a submit the elevated reliance upon test tests, box-office monitoring, television spots as well as the idea of quadrants -- that the audience could be split up into four sections: males over 25, women over 25, males under 25, women under 25. The greatest hits -- think the 'Pirates from the Caribbean' franchise -- are often referred to as four-quadrant movies. (Something similar to 'Breaking Beginning Part 1' isn't.) In 2003, Farrell produced their own company, FP Productions, where he setup a unique first-look deal at Disney. Younger crowd continued to be an advertising and marketing consultant for that galleries. [via Deadline] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Ad campaign to boost anti-piracy bill

Hollywood art galleries, systems, and guilds and unions, together with other content designers are flowing money in to a broadcast and cable ad campaign, wanting to drum up support for just about any major little bit of anti-piracy legislation, also to counter intense opposition online firms and public interest groups. Creative America, a company recently produced to set up industry and grassroots support for your Safeguard IP Act inside the Senate as well as the Stop Online Piracy Act in your home, mentioned the ads are scheduled to air on broadcast and national cable television channels, in addition to are available in print form an online-based. The campaign will probably be most likely the most important media efforts by Hollywood to produce its situation for further stringent rules in Congress to curb copyright breach on the internet. With edgy music plus an picture of hands typing around the keyboard in the dim room, the narrator states, "They're stealing American jobs. Internet crooks, using illegal foreign websites." B>a href="http://vimeo.com/33248176" target="_new">The ad/a>/b> requires audiences to get hold of Congress to urge support for your bills. Creative America was produced by art galleries and unions only to create anti-piracy issues to put-and-file people of the marketplace, additionally to everybody. Nevertheless the effort remains overshadowed in recent days as Internet firms like Google, Facebook and Yahoo got an entire page ads inside the NY Occasions opposing the legislation, and groups like MoveOn and DemandProgress mount viral efforts to urge congress to election in the bills. The ads were produced by Armour Griffin Media, including creative director Mark Armour and political consultant Chad Griffin. The org also revealed a documentary short, "Content Robbery: The Big Picture," which explores the area of "stolen films and television on the internet.In . Contact Ted Manley at ted.manley@variety.com

Radar Pictures under 'Spell'

Radar Pictures originates onboard to produce horror-thriller "Spell," within the writing team of Ari Margolis and James Morley III. Radar will produce with Dobre Films. "Spell" concentrates on a young couple who awaken with no memory in the first evening from the tropical vacation. Simply because they patch together the occasions in the evening before, they uncover they were the people with the sadistic voodoo ritual, spurring a desperate mission for respite from the terrible illness now affecting them. Margolis and Morley have formerly written and directed "Black Days," nominated for your grand jury prize at Slamdance. They are presently installed on direct supernatural thriller "The Dead of Winter," they also written. The authors are repped by Dobre Films. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com

2011-2012 College Football Bowl Game Schedule

Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images It's an SEC showdown for college football's national championship when No. 1 LSU meets No. 2 Alabama on Jan. 9 in New Orleans. The SEC sent a whopping nine teams to post-season play. PHOTOS: Hollywood's Biggest Fantasy Football Fans ESPN is broadcasting the bulk of the BCS bowl games, some of which sport names that could be mistaken for parodies, i.e., the New Era Pinstripe Bowl (Iowa St. vs. Rutgers), the Taxslayer.com Gator Bowl (Florida vs. Ohio St.) and the Beef 'O' Brady's St. Petersburg Bowl (Florida International vs. Marshall). Not even the granddaddy of them all, the Rose Bowl, can escape a wacky bowl name but at least it managed to give its corporate sponsor second billing -- the Rose Bowl presented by VIZI. PHOTOS: 10 Broadcast and Cable Shows Most Watched by Men Also of note, in spite of months of controversy over a child sex abuse scandal by longtime former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky, and the firing of university institution Joe Paterno, Penn St. made the cut and faces Houston in the TicketCity Bowl on Jan. 2. The complete 2011-2012 college football bowl schedule is below. DEC. 17 Gildan New Mexico Bowl -- Albuquerque, NM Wyoming vs. Temple 2 p.m. ET, ESPN Famous Idaho Potato Bowl -- Boise, ID Ohio vs. Utah State 5:30 p.m. ET, ESPN R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl -- New Orleans, LA San Diego State vs. Louisiana-Lafayette 9 p.m. ET, ESPN DEC. 20 Beef 'O' Brady's St. Petersburg Bowl -- St. Petersberg, FL Florida International vs. Marshall 8 p.m. ET, ESPN DEC. 21 San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl -- San Diego, CA TCU vs. Louisiana Tech 8 p.m. ET, ESPN DEC. 22 MAACO Bowl Las Vegas -- Las Vegas, NV Boise State vs. Arizona State 8 p.m. ET, ESPN DEC. 24 Sheraton Hawaii Bowl -- Honolulu, HI Southern Mississippi vs. Nevada 8 p.m. ET, ESPN DEC. 26 AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl -- Shreveport, LA North Carolina vs. Missouri 5 p.m. ET, ESPN DEC. 27 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl -- Detroit, MI Purdue vs. Western Michigan 4:30 p.m. ET, ESPN Belk Bowl -- Charlotte, NC North Carolina State vs. Louisville 8 p.m. ET, ESPN DEC. 28 Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman -- Washington, D.C. Toledo vs. Air Force 4:30 p.m. ET, ESPN Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl -- San Diego, CA California (U.C. Berkeley) vs. Texas 8 p.m. ET ESPN DEC. 29 Champs Sports Bowl Florida State vs. Notre Dame -- Orlando, FL 5:30 p.m. ET, ESPN Valero Alamo Bowl -- San Antonio, TX Baylor vs. Washington 9 p.m. ET, ESPN DEC. 30 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl -- Dallas, TX BYU vs. Tulsa 12 p.m. ET, ESPN New Era Pinstripe Bowl -- NY, NY Iowa State vs. Rutgers 3:20 p.m. ET, ESPN Franklin Am. Mortgage Music City Bowl -- Nashville, TN Mississippi State vs. Wake Forest 6:40 p.m. ET, ESPN Insight Bowl -- Tempe, AZ Iowa vs. Oklahoma 10 p.m. ET, ESPN DEC. 31 AutoZone Liberty Bowl -- Memphis, Tenn. Vanderbilt vs. Cincinnati 3:30 p.m. ET, ABC Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl -- San Francisco, CA Illinois vs. UCLA 3:30 p.m. ET, ESPN Chick-fil-A Bowl -- Atlanta, GA Virginia vs. Auburn 7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN Meineke Car Care of Texas Bowl -- Houston, TX Texas A&M vs. Northwestern 12 p.m. ET, ESPN Hyundai Sun Bowl -- El Paso, TX Georgia Tech vs. Utah 2 p.m. ET, CBS JAN. 2 TicketCity Bowl -- Dallas, TX Penn State vs. Houston 12 p.m. ET, ESPNU Outback Bowl -- Tampa, FL Michigan St. vs. Georgia 1 p.m. ET, ESPN Taxslayer.com Gator Bowl -- Jacksonville, FL Florida vs. Ohio State 1 p.m. ET, ESPN2 Capital One Bowl -- Orlando, FL South Carolina vs. Nebraska 1 p.m. ET, ESPN Rose Bowl presented by VIZIO -- Pasadena, CA Wisconsin vs. Oregon 5 p.m. ET, ESPN Tostitos Fiesta Bowl -- Glendale, AZ Oklahoma State vs. Stanford 8:30 p.m. ET, ESPN JAN. 3 Allstate Sugar Bowl -- New Orleans, LA Michigan vs. Virginia Tech 8: 30 p.m. ET, ESPN JAN. 4 Discover Orange Bowl -- Miami, FL Clemson vs. West Virginia 8:30 p.m. ET, ESPN JAN. 6 AT&T Cotton Bowl -- Arlington, TX Arkansas vs. Kansas St. 8 p.m. ET, Fox JAN. 7 BBVA Compass Bowl -- Birmingham, AL Pittsburgh vs. SMU 1 p.m. ET, ESPN JAN. 8 GoDaddy.com Bowl -- Mobile, AL Northern Illinois vs. Arkansas State 9 p.m. ET, ESPN JAN. 9 Allstate BCS National Championship Game -- New Orleans, LA No. 1 LSU vs. No. 2 Alabama 8:30 p.m., ESPN PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery Hollywood's Biggest Fantasy Football Fans Sports Joe Paterno Jerry Sandusky

Panelists ponder storytelling, franchises

Discussion at the closing panels of the Variety Entertainment App Conference on Thursday turned to the role of storytelling in the digital space and how entertainment franchises can be extended in the digital realm. At the afternoon "App Franchise" panel, Chris Hewish, head of global interactive at DreamWorks Animation, reflected on the partnership that yielded a version of mobile-device game "Fruit Ninja" starring Puss in Boots, from the "Shrek" toon universe. He said the challenge was to integrate the two universes in a way that was meaningful to the audiences for both properties. "We wouldn't just do something that would cheapen both brands," Hewish said. "We really want to make sure that they could create something that was an incremental improvement and additive to their game." The final panel of the day, "The Creators," explored the role of storytelling in the digital space. Matt Kozlov, CEO of mobile entertainment publisher Moonshark, focused on the need to create engaging characters, which he cited as "the reason your kids all have (the) 'Talking Tom Cat' (app) and the 'Virtual Pet' series. It's the same thing that made us want to play with action figures in the '80s." Alex Barkaloff, executive producer of digital media at Lionsgate, discussed how characters from the existing studio's properties, such as AMC's "Mad Men," might be integrated into different platforms. "Where would Don Draper buy a steak or find an Old Fashioned?" Barkaloff suggested as a concept for an app tied to the series. "It's a merge of Foursquare and the backstory of our characters." While panelists lauded existing models for storytelling and character development in the field of mobile applications, some said there's plenty of room for growth and that the best work is still to come. "Has anybody nailed it with interactive filming on the iPad? Not at all, not yet," said Dustin Callif, founder of the production company Tool. "There's a major opportunity to do a new type of story." Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com