Elvis to "Appear" in Film & TV, IFC Midnight Goes Antiviral: Biz Break

Also in Wednesday afternoon's quick news roundup, The Hobbit is set to premiere in Down Under later this year, Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch complete a "secret" indie and Captain America 2 appears to have found its directors. Also up is news on a network starring Asian Americans and Universal chief Ron Meyer heads to UCLA festivities.

IFC Midnight Takes Rights to Antiviral
U.S. rights to Brandon Cronenberg's Cannes debut Antiviral have been picked up by IFC Midnight. The film, also with a screenplay by Cronenberg, stars Caleb Landry Jones, Sarah Gadon, Douglas Smith and Malcolm McDowell. The film follows "Syd March, an employee at a clinic that sells injections of live viruses harvested from sick celebrities to rabid fans. Syd supplements his income by selling illegal samples of these viruses on the black market,smuggling them out of the clinic in his own body. When he becomes infected with the disease that kills superstar Hannah Geist, Syd becomes a target for collectors and obsessed fans. Arianna Bocco, Senior Vice President of Acquisitions & Productions of Sundance Selects/IFC Films negotiated the deal with Gregory Chambet of TF1 International.

Asian Americans Take Spotlight in Network's Film Fest
Mnet, the first national, 24/7 English-language television network in the U.S. for all things Asian, kicks off the third season of Short Notice with a film festival that allows fans to select their favorite short film created by and starring Asian Americans . As one of Mnet?s original programming series, the show premieres on Wednesday, June 13 at 8 p.m. ET/PT with new host George Wang.

Universal Chief Ron Meyer to Deliver UCLA Commencement
Ron Meyer, Universal Studios President and COO, will be the 2012 Commencement Speaker for this year?s UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television?s (TFT) commencement ceremony.�…

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