NHLer Avery's Summer Internship At Vogue To Be Made Into Film

New Line Cinema To Make Film About Avery's Internship With Vogue

New Line Cinema will make a film about Stars LW Sean Avery's experiences this summer during his internship at Vogue, according to Borys Kit of the HOLLYWOOD REPORTER. Avery, "among other duties" during his Vogue internship, served as guest editor of MensVogue.com. Stan Chervin will write the script; Beau Flynn and Tripp Vinson will produce it (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, 9/9).

TOOTH FAIRY: The HOLLYWOOD REPORTER's Leslie Simmons reports skateboarder Ryan Sheckler will appear in Fox' film "Tooth Fairy." Sheckler, who is repped by Wasserman Media Group's Steve Astephen, will play Mick Donnelly, an "arrogant young hockey player ... who makes a pit stop in the minor leagues before heading to the NHL." The film centers on a character who is "a minor-league hockey player whose nickname is the Tooth Fairy." Filming for "Tooth Fairy" will begin in October (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, 9/9).

THE WRESTLER: In N.Y., Michael Cieply reports Fox Searchlight Pictures has won the distribution rights to Darren Aronofsky's "The Wrestler," which won the top prize Saturday at the Venice Film Festival. The film stars actor Mickey Rourke as "a retired wrestler looking to make a comeback." A source said that the acquisition price "was somewhat lower" than a reported price of $4M (N.Y. TIMES, 9/9). The HOLLYWOOD REPORTER's Zeitchik & Goldstein report it is expected Fox Searchlight "will turn around and go into awards mode immediately with a fall release" of the film (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, 9/9).