Table of Contents
Week of 05/07/2001

Articles

Springtime kudos for 'Producers'

 

Maria Karnilova

 

Maria Canals

 

Greetings to Crown

 

Viacom in talks about P&G ad deal

 

Rosenberg returns to pix as USA's CFO

 

Granite chisels losses amid 2nd qtr. fears

 

Lensers guild local re-elects Dibie

 

Huntsberry tapped by U Studios

 

A Look Ahead

 

Acad bows student noms

 

Deal up for WGA

 

U.S. public high on pubcasting

 

B.O. off key o'seas

 

Jack Murdock

 

Ben Fuglsby

 

Cristina opens own studio

 

HBO takes hard line with 'Conspiracy'

 

Cecelia M. Spellman

 

Hot Docs fest 'Comfort'able

 

IFC boosting subs by 5 mil

 

Fox, Eye surprise ABC with Sun. wins

 

'River' runs Brown

 

Par TV p'grammer ankling after shakeup

 

Argos makes 'News'

 

Inside Move: Scribes grapple with 'respect'

 

Imports bruise Kiwi B.O.

 

TVB orbits China deal

 

Singapore fest honors Asian pix

 

Sony Classics goes to 'Dogtown'

 

Alliance Atlantis taps Vega sales VP

 

Ufa's 'Pope' blesses Schlondorff to helm

 

Gamers' greenlight

 

Confab honor for producers

 

Gaylord, WB rev pair of pix

 

Originals chief Miller ankles USA Net

 

VH1 taps content king

 

Chris-Craft extends UPN affil pact

 

Granat on Walden pond

 

Lit agent will shift to WMA

 

SAG gets its turn at table on May 15

 

Noises off: 'Urinetown!' smells like a hit

 

Featured Players: John Landis

 

MGM sells 'Hannibal' vid at flat rate

 

California pols lunch at Fox

 

Seattle fest throws open 'Party'

 

'Claim' closes S.F. fest

 

Benjamin Spencer Klein

 

August Sabastian Roth

 

NTL seeks $500 mil in new funding

 

Peacock taps Lack for prexy

 

Go Racing channel planned for 2002

 

'Amelie' screening scraped; surprise awaits

 

Carlyle takes on 'Cowboy'

 

Samaha fires up Dante

 

Spain's Lauren inks pic pacts with locals

 

Market pushes record numbers

 

Rea takes a taste of 'Afrodita'

 

Visnjic checking into 'Sleep'

 

M'max gets Pacino's 'People'

 

SPC warms to 'Sunshine'

 

IAC builds new slate

 

IEG punches up 'Ali' deal

 

Fest not sold on English

 

'Darko' victory for Gaylord

 

Schrader hoists up Crane biopic

 

Par taps Glatzer for VP post

 

Killer stalks Roumel for pic partner role

 

'Survivor' lifts Eye web

 

FCC delays cross-ownership review

 

Cablevision set to coin digital

 

Affils in court to keep caps

 

Anschutz, Oaktree ink pact for Edwards

 

A Look Ahead

 

Comcast posts higher revenue

 

AFI taps Pfeiffer as vice dean

 

Extravaganza slated for Tony opener

 

'Shrek' to get early release

 

Sarkissian finds 'Insight'

 

Par Digital ups Skolnik to sr. VP

 

New Kodak snaps up 'Nutcracker,' 'Monty'

 

Castle Rock, PipeLine pact on delivery

 

Hirschhorn tapped by VH1 Group

 

WGA panels endorse deal

 

SightSound distribs 'Quantum'

 

Charles W. Taylor

 

E! cranks up 8 new nonscripted series

 

More MP3 lyrical litigation

 

Peacock puts on 'Dog' show

 

Rhymer skeds 'Tuesday'

 

Fortis Chases captive pic

 

TriStar ups Smith

 

No more pol harbor

 

N.Y. crix tap 'Invention,' 'Producers'

 

McCann stacking its flacks

 

Zemeckis wins 'Prize'; Bette's book nixed

 

NBC fast-tracks Lack

 

Eyre shirting up for 'Skins'

 

Top studios negotiator sounds upbeat on SAG

 

Dimension draws Col 'Desperado'

 

Par's 'JAG' extends CBS tour of duty

 

Jilted EMI charts new solo course

 

Hugo heirs protest 'Miserables' sequel

 

Letter to the Editor: David Elfick

 

New page to 'Spy' dossier

 

Pryce's 'Fair' ladies

 

M6's 'Loft' to take on top gamer

 

Praisery shuffles exex

 

Eye's new immunity challenges

 

Wolfe to sing 'Harlem Song'

 

New Foster family reshapes London biz

 

Strike fears fuel rise in financial mapping

 

Guthrie manager ankles

 

Long Wharf picks 'Cherry'

 

BBC Worldwide ups Sanchez

 

'Fever' hot in San Fran

 

Globo Cabo flips past gov't channel

 

RSC makes history with Shakespeare

 

EuroNews expands coverage to U.K.

 

BV Italo unit taps Tauriello

 

India's Zee to syndie programs

 

Wilson to top Tripix prod'n

 

CAB boss McCabe exits

 

Berlusconi's silent screen

 

Nantucket pens sked

 

Curtains for 3 in Tony snubs

 

Eye blinks on Sunday rating hold

 

Pan-Asian stars, coin boosting biz

 

Novela powerhouse heats up int'l accords

 

Red ink flows but EM.TV pledges new start

 

Feevees can't crack Brazil

 

'Big Bro' is blah Down Under

 

ITV'S Liddiment to address Edinburgh TV fest

 

Disney zaps into the 'Zone' in Argentina

 

Gallic crix trash popular reality skein

 

U.K.'s Channel 4 sees advertising sales soar

 

Rainer Siek

 

Cronin tops Game Show

 

Pearson shuffles exex, rejigs divisions again

 

Merger gets motor

 

Outlook gloomy as webs prepare for pre-sales

 

'Bush' ratings slowly withering on Comedy

 

WB revs up movie machine

 

Cable tries MOW wow

 

Equity cries foul over 'Kate,' 'Cherry'

 

Biz off; 'Seuss' 524g

 

H'w'd gains o'seas market share

 

Gauguin bio passes strike test

 

All eyes on pricey 'Fantasy'

 

Medusa to hike local prod'n budget

 

China Films ready to go to war

 

Devlin goes solo, plugs in Electric

 

Miracle lays out coin to make a 'Killing'

 

Suncent sales dictum: Go fest

 

Casting about ...

 

Government cuts indie exhibs in on pic pass

 

Sogecine + Sogepaq = mini major

 

Bullock, 'Hannibal' still hold o'seas

 

'Babe' director stumps for Sydney film center

 

Great dates open overseas gates

 

Nick Meyer, Sergei Yershov

 

San Sebastian to pay tribute to Borzage

 

Younger helmers frolic at Finale

 

Rachael Horovitz

 

Imagen noms announced

 

BSkyB digital subs top 5 mil

 

U.K. cable biz combines ad sales

 

Subversive promo campaigns

 

Redbus gets the 'Creepers'

 

InDigEnt places worldwide care in Trust Film Sales

 

Bronson goes international

 

Luhrmann paints the opening 'Rouge'

 

ARP singing in the 'Rain'

 

Miramax revisits '1974'

 

Leigh's new pic secret

 

Planeta helps Polanski's 'Pianist'

 

Chabrol plants 'La Fleur' at mini-major MK2

 

Italo election affects pix, appearance at Cannes

 

Overlapping film names play at Cannes

 

2K Media develops high-profile slate

 

Berlin film fest head gets in trouble

 

Gaul distrib nabs 'Pau'

 

Col TriStar giving 'Evil' the eye

 

Fortissimo swims in the mainstream

 

Magellan musters movie moola

 

Scott loads Miracle's 'Bullets'

 

Almodovar's next prod'n in GMI's hands

 

Guns 'n' trailers

 

A Look Ahead

 

Archer becomes 'deliciously amoral'

 

Curtis to haunt eighth 'Halloween'

 

Sundance picks 13 lab projects

 

'ET Weekend' leads gainers

 

Destiny's Child preems at No. 1

 

Zemeckis to address USC grads

 

Correction

 

'NYPD' buoys ABC as star 'Millionaire' dims

 

De Oliveira's 'Childhood' could make turn

 

SAG's casting call

 

RIAA reports rise in pirate CD-R seizure

 

Advanced Medien seeks partner's help

 

Harvey sale a Classic

 

Catherine McCormack

 

Matthew Fox

 

Jonathan Woodard

 

Antwone Fisher

 

Bryan Gordon, David Attwood, Kiri Zooper, Chris Barbour

 

Brendan Hood, Sean Hood

 

Fox Sports renews soccer rights

 

D'Works taps scribe for 'Bloodhound'

 

Pubcasters score 2002 World Cup

 

Fox, Lightstorm toss 'Ramses' to Essex

 

C-W-M to check into Venetian for NATPE

 

'Search' will close May 20

 

XFL looking for a prince

 

Fox's 'Camp' reply: CBS 'Unclean'

 

AtomShockwave bows pay-per-play offering

 

'Spider-Man' snags Media Revolution

 

Lions Gate wants Combs to have 'Ball'

 

Corus nabs Astral stake

 

Fox's 'Fling' flung

 

Dish: 'Assassins' in helmer's crosshairs

 

HBO Films to stroll Avenue

 

Wain tapped to steer 'Cap'n Ricky'

 

'Scouts' finds a friend in Kudrow

 

Haas switches back to Endeavor

 

Fox has 'Monkey' on its back

 

Miramax will translate two

 

Sydney fest opens with 'Lantana'

 

Lathen ankles key FCC post

 

Advent gets into Zone

 

Japanese baseball ratings slide

 

Japanese theme parks bustling

 

German B.O. hits record high

 

Germany's Rothblum exits EM.TV

 

Radio Disney debuts in Argentina

 

Greek Star declines Oz pact

 

Chi film school has Eye on L.A.

 

This ain't the Tonys

 

Partying all 'Knight'

 

Center Fonda Jane

 

'Bread' issues call

 

Leak from 'Urinetown!'

 

Womack, Chicks lasso honors

 

Emme Gallagher O'Connor

 

Cannes 'Rouge' carpet

 

Torches handed out

 

All 'Dolled' up

 

'Adam' goes to Gotham

 

Bid to save sinking 'Ocean Warrior'

 

Coppola covers 'Mega' plans

 

'Knight' finds treasure

 

Redbus dons a new name, slate of pix

 

Framewerk builds on pic network

 

President shoulders 'Weight'

 

Germans proffer local pix

 

Senator Intl. dives into 'The Pool'

 

Permut, Constantin go 'Blind'

 

Helmer Lang's 'Idol' worship

 

Hands fingers 'Tabloid' coin

 

'Man' tops Machine slate sales

 

Prod'n blossoms for Archer, Lily

 

New Yorker goes 'Trembling'

 

42nd Street taps de Boer

 

Corsan taps Lamping

 

Savay-Ross unleashes Voltaire

 

Lot 47 finds 'Trouble'

 

IDE finds Trust for worldwide

 

Corrections

 

Fox affil on Emmy nom high

 

Miramax will Thai up 'Tiger' in 1st fest buy

 

'Survivor' spreads wealth

 

'Carmen' has MTV singing

 

Maude Maser Lechner

 

Pixar profit falls due to 'Toy 2' dropoff

 

Imax appoints Joyce as CFO

 

Zelnick tunes Japan

 

NBC, CBS holding leads in sweeps

 

No love for 'Loft' at TF1

 

Stone, Meyer adds partner

 

SAG harbors hopes

 

O'Donnell heading to William Morris

 

More Gauls say oui to U.S. pix in 2000

 

Disney playing its 'Hunch' on ABC

 

Country web to go 'Live'

 

Anschutz eyes Regal

 

'Distance' hits the red carpet

 

DirecTV deal in pols' sights

 

Woody sues ex-producer

 

NBC News taps 'Dateline' boss

 

WebTV changes name to MSNTV

 

' 'R-Xmas' highly Regard-ed

 

Liquid Audio reports losses

 

Fox.com mingles with 'Malcolm'

 

Pokemon look-a-likes in time for Xmas

 

'Time' taking toll on Wells

 

Powell taps cable chief

 

Davis secures 'Protection' from JAF Ent.

 

Connor David Kaminsky

 

Feature shoots jump in May

 

Donovan to don 'Tuxedo'

 

Bakula beaming onto 'Enterprise'

 

Hayes nods fete D.C. theater

 

2 dive into 'swimfan85'

 

India to promote fare in U.S. visit

 

Nielsen Media ups Dimling, Whiting

 

Sky Perfect nabs subs

 

Gallic TV owner rules eased

 

Ireland sets film coin

 

ACTRA says it will back SAG

 

Court TV Dann upped to sr. veep

 

Col exec nabs marketing award

 

BBC is mining Cobalt

 

Constantin cuts sales expectations

 

Teletubbies to tour U.S.

 

JP Morgan backs Premium TV

 

Galano to top New Line Intl.

 

Big 'Rings' wingding

 

Pathe opens pic path for Consortium

 

Mercure enters ARP's 'Chambre'

 

Davis tunes up FilmEngine

 

Redress launches with 'China'

 

Pitch Me winner picked

 

Berri picked to helm $10 'Menage' pic

 

Scorsese adds 5 years to Miramax pact

 

Morena's 'Spy' tops ambitious pic slate

 

Roth gobbles up Titan's 'Cannibal'

 

Univision pushes pix for U.S. Latino auds

 

BBC Films adds Neal to stable

 

Canucks double pic fund

 

It's sudden death for XFL

 

Teutons navigate rejigged tax regs

 

Film tax scheme renewal boosts Brit biz

 

Irish shores gleam green for producers

 

B'cast coin good news for film

 

Dutch scheme up in the air

 

Local set-up required for films

 

Scarce Oz funds, tax breaks

 

Verhoeven taps 'Source'

 

Haynes finds 'Heaven'

 

Minahan set for USA thriller

 

Munich coin backs Par pics

 

Harvey to Labadie: 'Just kidding'

 

Miramax becomes Chow-hound

 

Zeta-Jones to produce 'Coming Out'

 

ECG taps Pettit, D'Arcy

 

Hallmark goes for Teuton coin

 

SearchParty becomes Outrider

 

Lolafilms finalizing trio for U.S.

 

Manga gets 'Ali' for Spain

 

Hammer eyes comeback with FirstSight

 

'Anne' toon pic pacts for paperback

 

David ready to go Full On

 

'Mummy' dearest

 

Lolafilms taking 'Torrente 2' int'l

 

Sekula unlocks 'Cube' sequel

 

Rio fest fetes Carlos, Barreto

 

Grosvenor goes after coin

 

Myriad refreshes prod'n funds

 

Indie Feature Film Co. bought

 

Miramax jumps 'Fence'

 

Miramax pulls strings for 'Pinocchio'

 

Cannes so far....

 

Code Red gets 'Fat'

 

WMA names indie co-head

 

Propaganda toes 'Line' for Chow

 

NBC sked gets serious

 

C4 reaps 10 BAFTA nods

 

Fox Searchlight finds 'Stein' rights

 

'Boswell' team goes 'Underneath'

 

Arquette, Stamp ink for 'Screenland'

 

'Shrek' fete charms