(New York Times) The Off Broadway production of “The Pride,” about a fraught love triangle in 1958 and a stormy gay relationship in the present day, will extend for an additional week to March 28 because of audience demand, the producers announced on Wednesday.

Starring Hugh Dancy and Ben Whishaw and directed by Joe Mantello, “The Pride” opened on Tuesday to favorable-to-mixed reviews, and the producers said that the run is already 85 percent sold out. Box office business for “The Pride” on Wednesday broke the single-day ticket sale record for MCC Theater, the producer of the show.

(Playbill) After a one-day delay, MCC Theater launches the American premiere of Alexi Kaye Campbell’s The Pride, starting Off-Broadway previews Jan. 28 at the Lucille Lortel Theatre.

Previously scheduled to start Jan. 27, the MCC canceled its first preview “due to wardrobe issues.” Costumes for the work, which is set in 1958 and the present, were not ready.

Joe Mantello (Glengarry Glen Ross, Take Me Out) directs the production that is still slated to open Feb. 16 for a run through March 10.

Hugh Dancy (Journey’s End, “Adam”) stars with Adam James (“Last Chance Harvey”), Andrea Risenborough (Ivanov – Donmar Warehouse) and Ben Whishaw (“Bright Star,” “Brideshead Revisited”).

“Oliver, Philip and Sylvia are caught in a kind of erotic time warp,” according to MCC. “Their complex love triangle, replete with conflicting loyalties and passions, jumps from 1958 to the present and back in a maelstrom of fantasy, repression and rebellion in this innovative new drama.” The play premiered in London at the Royal Court in 2008.

The Off-Broadway run of The Pride features the design team of David Zinn (scenic), Mattie Ullrich (costume), Paul Gallo (lighting) and Jill DuBoff (sound).

Tickets to The Pride at the Lortel Theatre (121 Christopher Street) are available by calling (212) 279-4200. For more information, visit mcctheater.org.

(Movie Hole) Matthew Perry has joined the cast of the highly-anticipated and slightly-feared (by the industry) film adaptation of Peter Biskind’s best-selling novel “Down and Dirty Pictures”.

Like Robert Altman’s “The Player”, the flick both takes the piss and exposes the open wounds of the independent film industry. In particular, it exposes the machinations of Miramax, as operated by Bob and Harvey Weinstein.

The film will be shot with actors, but will include segments in comic-book inspired animation, and claymation.

Perry (“17 Again”) joins a cast of recognizable faces in the film – a lot, like him, from the world of TV – including Vincent D’Onofrio (as Harvey Weinstein, no less!), Andy Serkis (“Lord of the Rings”), Sally Hawkins, Hugh Dancy (“Confessions of a Shopaholic”), Bobby Canavale, and Elias Koteas (yep kids! Casey Jones from “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles : The Movie”!).

Indy alumni like Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez are also rumoured to be making appearances in the flick.

Ken Bowser‘s film tells of Bingham Ray and Jeff Lipsky, a couple of novice filmmakers who plan – via their new company October Films – to take on Miramax Films. Ray and Lipsky hope to nourish art-house cinema and compete against Harvey and his brother Bob, creating a grueling, emotional battle over the future of independent film.

Shooting begins next month in Park City.

Well, we don’t have a domestic release date QUITE yet, but Adam is set to be released on DVD in the UK on January 25, 2010. Mark that date down on your calendars if you live in the UK. You can pre-order the DVD on Amazon. The page also features the trailer and a clip (“I’m not Forrest Gump”). There is also a DVD cover, which I hope we get bigger very soon: