Oscilloscope Laboratories has announced that it has acquired US rights to Dana Adam Shapiro’s (director of award-winning doc “Murderball”), narrative feature film debut “Monogamy,” starring Chris Messina, Rashida Jones and Meital Dohan. The film had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in April where it won the Best New York Narrative Award. Oscilloscope will release the film theatrically in early 2011.

As described by Oscilloscope:

“Increasingly anxious about his impending marriage to Nat (Jones) and thoroughly bored with his day job as a wedding photographer, Theo (Messina) establishes a hobby: he’s hired by clients to clandestinely snap voyeuristic photos of them as they go about their days. Things go smoothly until a sexy exhibitionist (Dohan) leads him into an all-consuming obsession. Stalking her day and night, the woman’s mysterious public trysts send Theo reeling, forcing him to confront uncomfortable truths about his sex life at home. ‘Monogamy’ is an acutely observed portrait of a relationship on the brink, a timely tale of masculinity in crisis in the face of fantasy and fear of commitment.”

The film features a special appearance and an original song by chart-topping hip hop recording artist B.o.B., as well as music by Elbow, Can, Califone, Stars of the Lid, and an original song performed by Rashida Jones.

“Since 1987 I’ve been mad at my parents for not letting me see the Beastie Boys on their ‘License to Ill’ tour,” Dana Adam Shapiro said in a statement. “Years later, I applied for a job at Grand Royal magazine; didn’t get it. To now be in business with Oscilloscope is seriously a dream come true for me.”

“I hear you, man,” Adam Yauch, head of Oscilloscope responded in a statement. “When I was 13 my parents didn’t let me go see KISS at the Garden, and I’m still mad about that. If Peter Criss starts a film distribution company, I’m making a film for him.”

The deal was negotiated by “a bunch of people who love the film.” The U.S. rights to the film were represented by Submarine. Canadian rights are still available.

From Indie Wire

“The Social Network”, the movie detailing the Harvard dorm room origins of social media megasite Facebook, has unveiled its movie poster and website.

The poster (below) features star Jesse Eisenberg, who plays Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, and the tagline “YOU DON’T GET TO 500 MILLION FRIENDS WITHOUT MAKING A FEW ENEMIES.” The website can be found at both www.500millionfriends.com and www.thesocialnetwork-movie.com.

The movie is due out in October and has some serious Hollywood names attached. It is being directed by David Fincher (“Fight Club”) and was penned by “West Wing” and “Sports Night” writer Aaron Sorkin. The cast includes the aforementioned Eisenberg (“Adventureland”, “Zombieland” ), Rashida Jones (“The Office”, “Parks and Recreation”) and singer/actor/all-around awesome dude Justin Timberlake.

From Zap 2 It

Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Deschanel, Emily Mortimer and Rashida Jones will star opposite Paul Rudd in “My Idiot Brother,” a comedy being directed Jesse Peretz and produced by Anthony Bregman’s Likely Story and Big Beach’s Peter Saraf and Marc Turtletaub.

“Brother” centers on an idealist (Rudd) dealing with his over¬bearing mother who crashes at the homes of his three ambitious sisters and brings truth, happiness and a sunny disposition into their lives while also wreaking havoc.

Banks, Deschanel and Mortimer will play the sisters.

Banks is a career-driven single about to get her big break in journalism after spending years writing about accessories at a fashion magazine; Deschanel is a bisexual whose flakiness and lies are getting in the way of moving forward with her caring, responsible girlfriend (Jones); and Mortimer plays a Park Slope mom too worried about having the perfect life and children to notice that her marriage is falling apart.

Evgenia Peretz and David Schisgall wrote the screenplay for the pic, which is slated to go before cameras next month in New York.

Banks, repped by UTA and Untitled Entertainment, next appears opposite Russell Crowe in “The Next Three Days,” directed by Paul Haggis. She also will appear in “The Details” opposite Tobey Maguire and Laura Linney.

Deschanel, repped by CAA and Seven Summits Pictures and Management, most recently starred in “(500) Days of Summer” and next appears this year in “Your Highness,” starring James Franco and Natalie Portman.

Mortimer, repped by ICM, Brillstein Entertainment Partners and Independent Talent Group, most recently appeared in “Shutter Island.”

Jones, repped by UTA and Brillstein Entertainment Partners, co-stars on NBC’s “Parks and Recreation” and recently wrapped David Fincher’s “The Social Network.”

From the Hollywood Reporter

One of the most popular new sitcoms of the last few years, NBC’s Parks and Recreation, will come to the end of their second season tonight with a cliffhanger that will keep fans talking all summer long. The series was recently picked up for a third season, which they have already begun shooting but unfortunately due to programming will not begin airing until 2011. The cast, including star Amy Poehler (Leslie), Rashida Jones (Ann), Aziz Ansari (Tom), Nick Offerman (Ron), Aubrey Plaza (April), Chris Pratt (Andy), Jim O’Heir (Jerry), Retta Sirleaf (Donna), and guest stars Adam Scott (Ben) and Rob Lowe, joined series creators Michael Schur, Greg Daniels and editor Dean Holland at the Leonard H. Goldenson Theater in North Hollywood last night to premiere tonight’s season finale and talk a bit about the future of the show. On hand to moderate the event was Saturday Night Live cast member and Amy Poehler’s former partner on Weekend Update, Seth Meyers.

After a brief introduction by Schur the audience was treated to the season finale of the show. Fans of the series know that as of last week the government of the fictional town of Pawnee had been shut down thanks to budget cuts, leaving the jobs of many of our main characters in jeopardy. While we can’t give away too many details about tonight’s finale we can say that it revolves around the cancellation of a children’s concert in the park. When Leslie finds out that the budget cuts have forced the cancellation of children’s musician Freddy Spaghetti, for which the episode was named, she decides to take matters in to her own hands and rallies her former colleagues to save the day. At the same time, romance and heartache build for several of our main characters including April, Andy, Ann, Tom and Ron. Fans of the series are sure to not want to miss the closing credits as it introduces an interesting cliffhanger that will carry on into the show’s third season.

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Before you go feeling all sorry for the Parks and Recreation gang’s scheduling setback, heed our advice…don’t. Because we think a brilliant little bald man by the name of George Costanza put it best: “Stuff your sorrys in a sack.” (Are Seinfeld references outdated? No way!)

Amy Poehler, Aziz Ansari, Rashida Jones, Nick Offerman and the rest of the cast is doing just fine, and asks one thing of you—tune into tonight’s high-larious finale, will ya?

“We really believe in NBC’s promise that they’re going to find a good home for us,” Amy tells us, as sweet as always. “We’re really excited about the season we’ve had and the show’s we’ve shot. I’ve very confident we’re going to find a good home.”

“As long as we are still coming to work and there are sandwiches, I’m OK,” says Nick, aka Ron Swanson incarnate. Adds Aziz: “It’s obviously not ideal. All we can control is making the show and making it great, and we’re coming through on that end.”

That doesn’t meant the P-Rex crew doesn’t appreciate the fan support. “Apparently, there’s a bit of a public outrage taking place. It makes us feel good,” Nick tells us. The ridiculously funny Chris Pratt (Andy) adds: “We’ve got a lot of great fans. You go to work and you do your best and hopefully enough people watch it.”

And in case you didn’t know it, the guy is ambitious. “I know this is a long shot,” says Chris, “but I’d like to do Parks and Recreation for a hundred seasons.” A totally reasonable goal.

Not to rain on any new NBC sitcom parades, but Nick thinks maybe fans of Pawnee won’t have to wait very long. “We’re shooting six episodes that were meant to be in the fall and might still be. You never know how TV plays out.” Either way, Aziz knows we’ll love what we see. “People are going to be psyched over the new episodes. It’s the best stuff we’ve done, and I’m excited to come back whenever we do.”

We were lucky enough to see tonight’s season-ender, “Freddy Spaghetti,” and the cast is not steering you wrong. In fact, after watching the finale, the idea of having to wait a minimum of six months before we get to see if Adam Scott’s Ben and Leslie Knope get together, or what will be between Andy and April (Aubrey Plaza, who tells us things between the two “come to a head” tonight.”) is a little gut-wrenching. But we digress.

“Leslie goes into the summer in season two not knowing if she has a job,” explains Amy. “It’s really fun because Adam and Rob Lowe play guys that come in and freeze our money.” [Editor's note: Rob is the finale standout!]

And as for good ol’ Ron, Nick only has this to say of his season-two sendoff: “He is going out and down with a bang.” Boo-yah!

From E! Online