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Debut feature from Planetary Collective, directed by Guy Reid, is set for a day-and-date theatrical and Vimeo on Demand release on April 22.

Abramorama, Vimeo and Shft.com have partnered to distribute Planetary.

The team will present the film globally day-and-date theatrically and on Vimeo on Demand on Earth Day, April 22. Directed by Guy Reid, the film will world premiere next week at SXSW on March 17.

It marks the first time that Vimeo has partnered to present the theatrical release of a feature film, in addition to its exclusive Vimeo on Demand window.

Planetary is the follow-up to the award-winning short film Overview. It interweaves imagery from Nasa Apollo missions with interviews from renowned experts such as astronauts Ron Garan and Mae Jemison and environmentalist Bill McKibben too show how our worldview is profoundly affecting life on our planet.

The partnership was negotiated on behalf of the filmmakers by Abramorama’s Richard Abramowitz and Thought Engine’s [link...

Celebrity Chefs Laurent Gras, April Bloomfield and Shaun Hergatt will represent the U.S.A. at Portugal's 6th Annual International Gourmet Festival. Attracting visitors from throughout Europe and the United States, Portugal's 6th Annual Iinternational Gourmet Festival is considered one of the best and biggest gastronomical events in the world. The world.s sole food festival in which only Michelin-starred chefs participate, Portugal's 6th Annual International Gourmet Festival honors the absolute best of international food and wine, while highlighting all the beauty that Portugal offers. The festival will be held at the Vila Joya in Albufeira-Guia (Algarve) from January 12 . 22, 2012. Actor-filmmaker Adrian Grenier and film producer Peter Glatzer will unveil the newly launched Shft House Wines.

Adrian Grenier and Peter Glatzer have announced the debut of Young Farmers, a documentary-style series that underscores farm-to-table values. The series, produced by Grenier's and Glater's multi-media platform Shft and distributed on teen-focused shopping hub Lockerz, follows 10 young farmers as they grow their own food as a part of a larger environmental movement of sustainability. "Our mission at Shft is to convey sustainable living through video, design, art and culture," said Grenier." And Young Farmers does just that in a very personal, accessible way." This is Lockerz latest original series since The Homes, which featured Gilmore Girls stars Keiko Agena and Sean Gunn. Other Lockerz originals include Kill Spin and Marcy. "Lockerz continues to feature compelling original content that ties into issues that are important to our Gen Z members," said Kathy Savitt, Founder and CEO of Lockerz. "We are proud to partner with powerful environmental advocates like Adrian Grenier...

Entourage star Adrian Grenier started Shft in 2009 with producer Peter Glatzer and Stonyfield Farm founding partner Gary Hirshberg. The website is a good-looking “down to earth vehicle through which people can easily ‘shift their lifestyle, shift outlooks’ for the good of the planet.” Grenier calls it a place where sound ethics and good taste converge. Take a look at the articles highlighting and discussing global and local environmental issues, the eco-friendly products shop, and especially the original programming featuring things green and you’ll see he’s not so far off. Shft features no less than five original enviro-centric web series, from PSAs looking at recent environmental policy to art and food in La to an exploration of NYC’s urban gardens to Brooklyn eco-conscious culture to big name bands that try to make their tours green. You can catch them all at Shft.com, except for that last one.

Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR. Turns out that good looking guy who plays a good looking guy on TV has plenty more on his mind than his next imaginary role, or the smoking hot scene partner he's about to neck with. It's true; the man behind Vinny Chase is much more than a pretty face and a charming demeanor. Adrian Grenier is an activist, a problem solver, and a new age leader with real ideas on how we all can change the world. Moments before the debut party of their new pop-up gallery and shop (mid-day hours through May 26th), Adrian and film producer Peter Glatzer walked me around the gorgeous downtown La loft and gave me an inside look at what they're all about, and the ways they are supporting sustainable and conscious living through art, music, photography,...

Tim Roth, Nick Nolte and Neve Campbell have signed to star in the indie drama The Death of Harry Tobin. Daniel Hainey will make his directorial debut on the project. He is working from his own script. Peter Glatzer (In the Weeds) will produce the film under a new deal with the commercial production company Villains, whose clients include Robert Altman, Albert Brooks and the Coen brothers. Robin Benson and John Marshall, the principals of Villains, will serve as executive producers.

Tim Roth, Nick Nolte and Neve Campbell have signed to star in the indie drama The Death of Harry Tobin. Daniel Hainey will make his directorial debut on the project. He is working from his own script. Peter Glatzer (In the Weeds) will produce the film under a new deal with the commercial production company Villains, whose clients include Robert Altman, Albert Brooks and the Coen brothers. Robin Benson and John Marshall, the principals of Villains, will serve as executive producers.

Written and directed by identical twins Jonas and Joshua Pate ("The Grave"), "Deceiver" is set in the brothers' hometown of Charleston, S.C., where a prostitute's murder entangles bad cops and a snooty rich guy in a deadly game of deception.

The MGM release will be lost among the crowd on a busy opening weekend and quickly exit the scene. With the exception of Renee Zellweger in her sexiest role, featured players Tim Roth, Chris Penn and Michael Rooker are ill-served by the filmmakers' overwrought direction and weak dialogue.

Set in a police station where rookie technician Braxton (Penn) and 20-year vet Kennesaw (Rooker) give murder suspect Wayland (Roth) numerous lie-detector tests, the central gambit of "Deceiver" is reminiscent of "Quiz Show". Indeed, the co-author of this puzzling mess, Jonas Pate, was inspired by his experiences as a game show contestant, particularly when he was hooked up to a polygraph machine.

Lurid, feverish, unpredictable in a bad way -- one comes to dread what ridiculous twist or revelation is up next -- the Pates' second film, after unveiling their first at Sundance in 1996, is lacking in verisimilitude, coherence and appealing characters.

The dreary process of hooking up Wayland and getting him to answer questions consumes a lot of screen time. While the investigation is still in the preliminary stages, lower-class crusader Kennesaw wants blue-blood Wayland to confess to the slaying of Elizabeth (Zellweger), a hooker whose body was cut in half.

There are reasons to be suspicious of the cagey Wayland. The Black Sheep of a wealthy family, he's not much above the gutter himself, and he's an alcoholic with temporal lobe epilepsy to boot. Already prone to blackouts and false memories, Wayland has a potentially suicidal attraction to absinthe and whores.

He may be capable of murder when he's out of control, but Wayland maintains he is innocent while he works on Kennesaw's shaky self-esteem. This accused-accusing-the-accusers twist leads ultimately to the surprise murderer, but getting there is a chore.

One of several subplots that don't work involves the devious character of Mook (Ellen Burstyn), an underworld figure who puts pressure on hapless Braxton to pay off a sizable debt, while Rosanna Arquette is given the thankless task of playing Kennesaw's unfaithful but conciliatory wife.

Jumping between fantasies, memories and heated exchanges, the film is overloaded with technique in a fruitless attempt to maintain tension and keep one's attention from wandering. More than once, the Pates' unintentionally laughable stylistic flourishes underscore the dubiousness of the project.

DECEIVER

MGM

MDP Worldwide presents

a Peter Glatzer production

A Pate Brothers film

Writer-directors: Jonas and Joshua Pate

Producer: Peter Glatzer

Director of photography: Bill Butler

Production designer: John Kretschmer

Editor: Dan Lebental

Executive producer: Mark Damon

Music: Harry Gregson-Williams

Costume designer: Dana Allyson Greenberg

Casting: Laurel Smith

Color/stereo

Cast:

Wayland: Tim Roth

Braxton: Chris Penn

Kennesaw: Michael Rooker

Elizabeth: Renee Zellweger

Mook: Ellen Burstyn

Mrs. Kennesaw: Rosanna Arquette

Running time -- 102 minutes

MPAA rating: R...