Madison to guest on 'Once Upon a Time'

Madison "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" star Bailee Madison has booked a guest role as a young Snow White on ABC's "Once Upon a Time."Episode, which will be titled "Stable Boy," has not set an airdate yet.Madison landed the lead in "Dark" after her "Brothers" co-star Natalie Portman recommended the 12-year-old actress to producer Guillermo del Toro. Thesp, who most recently starred alongside Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston in "Just Go With It," will soon be seen playing Billy Crystal's granddaughter in Andy Fickman's family comedy "Parental Guidance," which 20th Century Fox releases this fall.Madison is repped by Coast to Coast Talent Group. Contact Jeff Sneider at jeff.sneider@variety.com

Sony, Moritz pursue Uziel actioner

Sony has set up an action-comedy at Neal H. Moritz' Original Films, snapping up an untitled pitch from "Kitchen Sink" scribe Oren Uziel. Plot details are under wraps other than being described as "Die Hard" meets "Home Alone." Ori Marmur will oversee the project for Original while Lauren Abrahams will oversee for the studio. Moritz is a producer on Sony's upcoming "21 Jump Street," New Line's "Jack the Giant Killer" and Universal's "R.I.P.D." It's the second project that Uziel has set up at Sony following his spec sale of the alien-invasion comedy "Kitchen Sink," set up with Matt Tolmach. Uziel also is writing New Line's reboot of "Mortal Kombat" with Kevin Tancharoen after the duo collaborated on web series "Mortal Kombat: Rebirth" and penned the adaptation of Cat Patrick's "Forgotten," set up with Josh Schwartz' Fake Empire for Paramount with Hailee Steinfeld attached. Uziel is repped by WME and Circle of Confusion. Contact Dave McNary at dave.mcnary@variety.com

Exclusive First Look: Stephen Colletti and Chelsea Kane Get Hot and Heavy on One Tree Hill

Stephen Colletti and Chelsea Kane It didn't take long for One Tree Hill's Chase to get steamy with someone new. In our first-look photo, Chelsea Kane begins her multiple episode arc as Tara, the new girl getting extremely cozy with recently single Chase (Stephen Colletti). One Tree Hill's Lisa Goldstein: Millie struggles to confront Mouth about his weight gain In addition to having an on-screen romance, Colletti and the former Dancing with the Stars competitor are dating in real life. Colletti told TVGuide.com he loved welcoming her into the Tree Hill world, adding, "The character was fun for her and something people aren't used to seeing from her." One Tree Hill's James Lafferty: Nathan actually needs Dan in his life this season But Tara won't have a warm welcome into the group as she's the owner of the just-opened rival restaurant across from Karen's Café. "There are some fun little escapades that Haley and Brooke go on trying to do right by the name of Karen's Café," Bethany Joy Galleoti, who plays Haley, told TVGuide.com. "She stirs some stuff up," Colletti added. Kane's arc begins airing on Wednesday, Feb. 1 at 8/7c on The CW.

Five Ways The SAGs Predicted The Oscars

A great deal switches into predicting and ultimately identifying Oscar nominations that it's not easy to find out which award shows to consider and which to disregard. This week's Oscar nominations, however, shown that particular award show particularly can be very useful in predicting a couple of from the Academy's more surprising picks. The Screen Stars Guild Honours introduced their nominations days just before the Academy's and shown their picks should not be overlooked throughout award season. SAG both honored and averted the majority of the same performances the Academy shocked and snubbed this year's week. Here's our breakdown. Demián Bichir The "A Far Greater Existence" actor had continued to be just outdoors the award conversation for almost all the growing season, producing some recognition with critics' circles, but never snagging a sizable jerk. That changed while using SAG honours, which gave Bichir recognition the Academy echoed days later. Michael Fassbender Most likely probably the most daring roles in film this year didn't yield award returns for the guy who bared everything, Michael Fassbender. He may have acquired a Golden Globe nomination for his role just like a sex addict in "Shame," but Fassbender didn't repeat for your Screen Stars Guild and was ultimately ignore within the Oscars. It really proves that nudity doesn't imply honours. Jonah Hill Once the Golden Globes nominate a sizable star, it's rarely a warranty the Academy Award nomination follows. While Hill will be a more likely jerk than Bichir was just before the Oscar nominations, he was definately not a lock. The SAG nomination certainly aided bolster his chances, then when the Academy's jerk came days later, it absolutely was a more compact quantity of the surprise. Albert Brooks Throughout award season, Brooks made a well known fact in the campaign to acquire him a nomination for his villainous role in "Drive." He joked freely and sometimes about his nominations and wins, however, if he missed on the SAG nomination, the laughing stopped, as well as the conversation changed. The Academy snub now came as basically a mildly surprising disappointment. Melissa McCarthy The "Bridesmaids" breakout experienced numerous pros and cons throughout her campaign for just about any nomination. The thrill across the role as well as the film's recognition skyrocketed McCarthy to the conversation, but a snub within the Golden Globes made some doubt the Academy would recognize a comedy role. Fortunately for McCarthy, she rode the wave in the SAG nomination and switched it into her ticket to Oscar evening. Reveal everything you think about the SAGs inside the comments section and also on Twitter!

Jakub Gierszal: Finds fame in 'Room'

Jakub GierszalSoon to graduate from the National Theater Academy of his native Krakow, 23-year-old Jakub Gierszal made his screen debut in 2008, in Jacek Borcuch's "All That I Love," and followed it a year later with a supporting role in Andrzej Kondratiuk's "One Million Dollars."But it was his first lead role, as the rich, sexually conflicted Dominik in Jan Komasa's "Suicide Room" (which preemed in Panorama at last year's Berlinale) that propelled him to international attention.Since that breakthrough, he's toplined in Piotr Mularuk's "Yuma" (in post), and is working on "Lasting Moments" for Borcuch, opposite Spanish thesps Angela Molina and Juanjo Ballesta."I like watching old movies and the veterans of filmmaking," Gierszal says. "And I really look up to personalities who are known today as 'classics' -- people like Marlon Brando, James Dean, Robert De Niro. But the strongest influence on me personally was one of my teachers at the drama school I attended in Krakow, because of the unique ability he had to name the exact psychological process going on while I was onstage." As befits his somewhat peripatetic upbringing -- he spent part of his childhood in Hamburg, and lives between Krakow and Berlin -- he is fascinated by travel, and the opportunity for artistic collaboration it affords: "For me, it's very important to get together. To work with sympathetic people, to gather together to stop reality for a moment and try to create something that might be interesting, astonishing, touching or whatever."Without the people I've met, I wouldn't be the guy that I am today. The wider the range of your footsteps, the more you get to learn. That's why I'd really appreciate the opportunity to work outside my home country."Return to the Berlin Preview >> Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Sundance: Searchlight taming 'Beasts'

EXCLUSIVE: Fox Searchlight is in active talks to acquire Ben Zeitlin's ''Beasts of the Southern Wild,'' emerging from a swarm of suitors who've been circling the Sundance hit.No deal is in place, and sources caution that other buyers are still in the mix. But multiple people familiar with the negotiations say Searchlight is intent on bagging its quarry, the tale of a six-year-old girl (Quvenzhan Wallis) who lives in a southern Delta community at the edge of the world.WME Global is selling domestic rights to the pic, which has seen a flood of interest come in since its debut at the Eccles Theatre on Friday. Though the unusual pic has its detractors, the reception from critics and bloggers has been glowingly positive.Sony Pictures Classics, Focus Features and The Weinstein Co. had all been circling the film, which Zeitlin co-wrote with Lucy Alibar.Fox Searchlight was an active buyer at last year's Sundance, where they purchased high-profile acquisition titles such as ''Another Earth'' and ''Martha Marcy May Marlene.'' Sources believe that the distrib is likely to close on ''Beasts'' soon.Zeitlin, who two weeks ago was named one of Variety's 10 directors to watch, is currently without representation, though there's likely to be an agency feeding frenzy after the festival for the young director who created the film via Sundance Labs.''Beasts of the Southern Wild'' will screen on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday at various locations. Contact Jeff Sneider at jeff.sneider@variety.com

More shows = more panic

Remember swag bags? That former staple of legit parties has largely evaporated since the fiscal crunch, but the Brooklyn Academy of Music kept the tradition alive, handing bags out to guests at the Jan. 18 gala perf of Kevin Spacey starrer "Richard III." Pretty posh for a nonprofit, but then, the org is celebrating its 150th anniversary, as well as the final production of its successful trans-Atlantic co-producing endeavor, the Bridge Project. The gala wasn't the only thing the arts org has spent money on: Arriving patrons had walked by nearby construction that will yield a third performance space for BAM to program. BAM leadership, including exec producer Joe Melillo, got an excited gleam in their eyes when they described the additional, exciting work they hoped to bring to the venue. In the eyes of BAM staffers, however, the talk of 14 additional shows on the org's fall slate yielded a gleam that looked more like panic. Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com