Aaron Eckhart Will Play a Modern-Day Frankenstein

Aaron Eckhart has been cast as Frankenstein in 'I, Frankenstein,' a modern-day version of Mary Shelley's classic tale. The film follows Adam Frankenstein, who has survived to present day due to a genetic quirk in his creation and finds himself in a centuries-old war between two immortal clans. Eckhart already has experience playing a monster, when he starred as Harvey "Two-Face" Dent in 2008's 'The Dark Knight' (although, Adam Frankenstein doesn't sound nearly as evil as Two-Face). Directed by Stuart Beattie, 'I, Frankenstein' is slated for a February, 2013 release date. [Deadline] [Photo: Getty] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

WATCH: Evan Rachel Wood Plugs Ides of March By Covering Justin Bieber on Jimmy Fallon

Ides of March co-star Evan Rachel Wood hit the late night circuit last night to push her latest, George Clooney’s political thriller Ides of March, by talking to Jimmy Fallon about… her recent bout of Bieber Fever. Sure, why not? She plays an eager 20-year-old in the film, after all. And in grabbing the mic to perform an impromptu version of Justin Bieber’s “Baby,” Wood kills two birds with one stone by pimping both the Clooney-Gosling Oscar hopeful AND the concert doc Never Say Never. Judge her Bieber-esque swag and stick around for more Buzz Break. [via THR] After the British Board of Film Classification essentially banned The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence) by refusing to give it any certification, Tom Six’s barf-fest has finally been approved (32 cuts and roughly 2 minutes shorter) with an 18-certification. Yay? [EW] (“Ew” is right.) Which mystery director abused their script supervisor so that star Jennifer Aniston threw a chair at them in protest? Place your guesses below! [Huffington Post] Does this Twitpic of a Criterion-branded Spinal Tap guitar pick mean the out of print Rob Reiner mockumentary classic is coming back via the vaunted label? [@Criterion] Just keep swimming… towards the cash. Finding Nemo is heading to Blu-ray before it gets the 3-D re-release treatment. [Disney]

Ratings: Memorable Trends Downward Similar To Shows in Week 3

Memorable Memorable - the finest-rated new drama in the 2011-12 TV season's first week - apparently isn't memorable enough for most people revisit. The show's third episode attracted 11.35 million audiences and nabbed a few.4 rating among industry-valued 18-to-49-year-olds, overnight Nielsen ratings shown. It came 19 percent less audiences 2 days after its debut, and the other day it fell behind Person of curiosity as the most used new network drama. Still emerged victorious in prime time's final hour Tuesday against Body of Proof, which went in the grain by improving (10.22 million/2.1 Up 11 percent and 17 %, correspondingly), and Motherhood (5 million/2. - lower 9 %). Fall Preview: Get scoop inside your favorite returning shows The initial new show to create the assurance of full season- New Girl - attracted 8.62 million people and released Tuesday night's high demo rating: 4.3. And keep Fox's belief, the show also trended downward for your third week (versus. 9.26 million/4.4 rating the other day, and 10.98 million for your premiere). Glee clicked up 8.Thirty Dollars million audiences and three.5 demo rating (versus. last week's 8.34 million/3.6 and 8.91 million/3.8 for your Season 3 premiere). So when it's Tuesday, what this means is CBS has won the initial two several hours of prime time with NCIS, which attracted 18.86 million (4.1) and NCIS: La, which attracted 14.60 5 million (3.6). At 9:30/8:30c, Fox's Raising Hope defied the downward trend by reaching 6.51 million people. Read our Dwts recap Against NCIS and Glee at 8/7c, the initial hour of Dwts entertained 9.11 million audiences versus. The Finest Loser on NBC (5.52 million) as well as the CW's 90210 (1.32 million - lower 16 percent). At 9/8c, the DWTS results came 14.83 million versus. Loser (5.69 million) as well as the fourth round of Ringer, which, after nabbing 2.01 million the other day, got just 1.49 million - its least expensive yet and below the 2.7 million due to its premiere. Amounts also may have been lower because many eyes, particularly in the country's greatest TV market, were switched for the playoff game involving the NY Yankees and Detroit Tigers. Some 7.01 million fans seen the very best-time game around the best spinner's, which causes it to be most likely probably the most seen division-series contest in four years.

Fox Searchlight Will Release Fassbender-Mulligan Pic Shame This December

Well, lookie who just officially entered the Oscar race! Fox Searchlight excitedly Tweeted today that they’ll release filmmaker Steve McQueen’s hot festival pickup Shame on December 2, 2011. That means two things: A) Rejigger those early Oscar charts to allow for stars Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan, and B) get ready for some erotic, angsty December sexytime. Just in time for the holidays! [@FoxSearchlight]

ABC News Partners With Yahoo Online

ABC News and Yahoo! today introduced they're joining up online to “enhance and transform the delivery of news and knowledge over the digital landscape.” It'll make ABC News-created content on Yahoo News! The alliance launches today using the debut of GoodMorningAmerica.com on Yahoo! and three new, online-first video series with ABC News anchors and correspondents.Newsmakers, an authentic interview series, begins today whenGood Morning America anchor George Stephanopoulos interviews Leader Obama live in the Whitened House at 2:35 PM ET. The job interview will stream survive Yahoo.com and ABCNews.com. Also slated to complete online-first interviews in Newsmakers are ABC News’ Diane Sawyer, Barbara Walters, George Stephanopoulos, Katie Couric, Christiane Amanpour and Robin Roberts. Another two original online programs areAround the planet with Christiane Amanpour which Might Be Large. Additional programs will be included 2012. Underneath the agreement, this news organizations will share content, co-produce coverage of some news occasions and also have integrated agencies in NY, Washington and Los Angeles. ABC News continues to be provider of video content to Yahoo since 2006. The move is anticipated to include some bandwidth to ABC News’ presence online, that has bee lagging behind other TV news organizations, and is made to give troubled Internet giant Yahoo to provide a go within the arm.

Goldsmith back as Variety biz editor

Jill Goldsmith, Variety business editor in New you are able to city Jill Goldsmith has returned to Variety as business editor, situated in Gotham. She'll spearhead a range of business and financial coverage highly relevant to showbiz and media for individuals Variety platforms. She'll be an important representative for your news org in Gotham. Goldsmith labored for Variety from 1999 to 2007, rising to NY bureau chief. In the last couple of years, Goldsmith were living in Milan, being a completely independent journalist covering Italian and European media, politics and culture. She brought to Variety, the NY Occasions, Slate magazine together with a magazine project, "An Italian Guy , Edge," which profiled Italian businesses that are leaders in sustainable energy. She also written in Italian for Humanitas magazine and Moked, the web publication in the Italian Jewish community. "Jill is actually the defacto standard for business reporters," mentioned Variety editor in chief Timothy Gray. "She knows the, she knows Wall Street, and he or she features a global perspective that's invaluable. Everybody who labored along with her loved her when she was here, and that we are pleased she's back." She's a b - -.A. from Wesleyan U. together with a masters degree in worldwide relations from Johns Hopkins U. Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com

Vesta Williams dies at 53

R&B singer and actress Vesta Williams was found dead in an El Segundo, Calif., hotel room on Sept. 23. She was 53. Though she never notched hits on the pop or album charts, Williams was a presence on the R&B charts in the late 1980s and early '90s, where her singles "Congratulations" and "Special" broke into the top five. The son of a radio DJ, Williams was born in Coshocton, Ohio, and appeared as a child actress on TV show "Jack and Jill" before turning her attention to music. After a stint in Wild Honey, Williams scored gigs singing backup for Chaka Khan, Sting, Gladys Knight and Gordon Lightfoot and was eventually signed by A&M Records, which released her debut, "Vesta," in 1986, spawning hit single "Once Bitten, Twice Shy." This effort was followed by "Vesta 4 U" (1988) and "Special" (1990) for the label, of which only the first made it onto the Billboard Top 200 album charts. She fared better on urban radio, however, and singles "Sweet, Sweet Love," "4 U" and "I'll Be Good to You" all broke onto the R&B Top 10. Though her recording career largely faded as the '90s progressed, Williams scored a recurring role on the ABC/WB sitcom "Sister, Sister" and appeared in Mario Van Peebles' feature "Posse" in 1993. Williams is survived by a daughter. Contact Dave McNary at dave.mcnary@variety.com

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