New Lovelace images show James Franco as Hugh Hefner

A new batch on on-set images have arrived from pornstar biopic Lovelace, including a first look at James Franco as flesh-appreciator in chief, Hugh Hefner.Sporting a hideous velvet blouson and silk scarf combo, Franco looks every inch the louche lothario. We can only hope that a matching smoking jacket is lurking in that wardrobe somewhere... The latest set of pictures also feature Amanda Seyfried and Juno Temple out for a night on the town. Seyfried plays titular adult entertainer Linda Lovelace, with Temple on hand as one of her friends. From the look of their outfits, the two are probably in the same line of work.Elsewhere, there's a glimpse of Peter Sarsgaard looking mean and moody as Lovelace's abusive husband Chuck Traynor. Pleasingly, he's rocking quite the moustache.Directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, Lovelace has yet to receive an official release date, but is expected to open later in the year. You can check out the new images below...

Guild union to create off changes

If the suggested SAG-AFTRA merger pass, annual elections is a factor of history using the contests happening every 2 yrs rather.Reps for that Screen Stars Guild and also the American Federation of Television & Radio Artists didn't have comment Tuesday. Sources near to the situation established that the plan's targeted at mixing in line SAG's annual direct voting structure for many offices along with other slots filled using AFTRA's national convention structure, held every 2 yrs with associates chosen in the local level.SAG's national board meets Friday and Saturday to OK the proposal, while AFTRA's board is placed to satisfy Saturday and perhaps Sunday. The proposal, hammered out in the last seven several weeks, is really a non-binding recommendation in the AFTRA and SAG Group for just one Union towards the national boards.If the national boards approve, the proposal will be delivered to 120,000 SAG people and 70,000 AFTRA people, who include stars, tv stations, DJs, performers and ballroom dancers. To pass through, the referendum would want a 60% approval margin from both orgs among votes cast.SAG continues to be run with a 71-member national board within the last decade with people chosen inside a complex system supplying for relation to one, two and 3 years. SAG people chosen in 2002 to chop the amount of board seats from 107 and boost Hollywood's representation from 46% to 53% inside a move recommended with a Towers Perrin report.The alterations within the board were ferociously opposed through the non-Hollywood branches, which feared this type of move would result in enactment of some other Towers Perrin suggestion to shut more compact SAG offices. The program deliver to a 62-chair structure for 71 reps with weighted balloting to which Hollywood and NY reps received 2.23 votes as the 16 more compact regional branches have just one election.The unions haven't confirmed any particulars however the new union is going to be known as SAG-AFTRA. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com

'Flashpoint' fires up Ion TV

Ion Television is buying more cases of "Flashpoint," the Canadian police drama it acquired a year ago. The series is produced by Pink Sky and Avamar in colaboration with Canuck broadcaster CTV. Ion will join this list of producers for your series' fifth season. "Flashpoint" began airing off-internet on Ion in October as well as the network acquired proper care of using the series' previous four seasons as production on season five begins in February. The network -- formerly Pax, i rapidly -- is strengthening its rerun-heavy selection with content audiences haven't seen before, and "Flashpoint" has created encouraging ratings throughout the past few several days. The series stars Hugh Dillon, Enrico Colantoni and Amy Jo Manley as people from the police Proper Response Unit. Contact Mike Thielman at mike.thielman@variety.com