Table of Contents
Week of 07/09/2002

Articles

Austria ups film funding by $2 mil

 

Channel 4 confirms FilmFour closure

 

Madonna in Bond cameo

 

'Velvet' wins Jameson short prize

 

EMI taps Tomlinson

 

Harry Hirsh

 

Yevgeny Svetlanov

 

Deauville taps Lescure

 

Rupe plans India IPO

 

Bensard to head Cinematheque

 

Garner at UIP helm

 

Hip-Hop's Cerami bows rap label

 

Livingston Biddle Jr.

 

Nets sizzle over 4th fizzle

 

Fred Films inks deal with IATSE

 

L.A. off-lot shoots off

 

State takes casting role

 

Inside Move: Koppel gets 'Close' to Letterman

 

IFP sets 5 contenders for Open Palm Award

 

Thesp Steiger dies

 

New Line taps Fournier sr. VP, legal

 

Powell taken to task

 

Scorsese leads H'w'd Fest honorees

 

Bonds also rise for AOL

 

Limerick lines MDP with $17.5 mil

 

H'wood says goodbye to 'quintessential actor'

 

Oscar storyboard set

 

Fox's drama queen

 

RTV, Nelvana split up

 

Dave Wilson

 

Showtime greenlights Games pic

 

Comedy Central taps Corrao sr. VP

 

CNN int'l auds get Stewart's news on wry

 

Axial Ent. taps Wall Stret vet

 

Odd promo partners

 

Warner sets '03 dates for 'Matrix' sequels

 

'Jackass' trio field Fox

 

Par boards Chan's 'World' trip

 

Sci Fi cabler takes 'Leap'

 

Locklear gets her 'Gunn'

 

'CSI: Miami' showrunner makes an early exit

 

Hallmark channels its holiday p'gramming

 

PBS' blurred blurbs

 

French begin Vivendi probe

 

Levisetti reups as Industry's TV chief

 

Fox prepping pinch-hitters for strikeout

 

'Buffy' revamp results

 

Miramax fights Bac

 

'X-Men' recruits Cinesite, Rhythm & Hues

 

Laker tries to set a TV screen

 

With indies fading, fiction sales fizzle

 

Edinburgh fest line-up unveiled

 

Gazprom buys out Gusinsky media stox

 

France's TF1 confirms KirchMedia bid

 

Intermedia shutters London office

 

Arclight gets Stone

 

Margaret 'Skippy' Lynn

 

Moscow fest tries St. Pete

 

Canuck animator cuts 65 jobs

 

John Kane

 

Kennedy aide counsels RIAA as VP

 

Maxine Hughes

 

Studios reach location deal

 

AT&T/Comcast marriage OK'd

 

Viv U gets big cash stash

 

NBC 9/11 anni to run 2 days

 

Chang Cheh

 

William P. D'Angelo

 

Axel Petersen

 

Celebration of time

 

Robert W. Lenski

 

Maggie Gyllenhaal

 

Trueman T. Rembusch

 

Marvin Paymer

 

Sandra Oh

 

Uncut 'Osbournes' headed to Canada

 

Megan Mullally

 

Harry Seybold

 

Nickelodeon ups Sumpter

 

James Roland Almanzar

 

Albert Band

 

Springsteen, E Street Band roll out

 

Thesp guilds aim for more perfect union

 

SAG taps information chief

 

David Avery

 

Godwin tapped tech topper for Movielink

 

Indra Devi

 

Daly's happy with his Dodgers

 

Yahoo! back in black

 

Elaine B. Auerbach

 

Chad Block

 

All-Star game strikes out

 

Sandie Rocco

 

Pressplay topper jumps to Infinity

 

Lou Lombardo

 

Conservative group gets NPR's apology

 

Official lambastes thesp workshops

 

Tony's noms committee set

 

'Gangster' ready to bow, see?

 

'Road' to celebration

 

'Real' finale posts record

 

Darkness 'Reigns' at Disney pic bow

 

Christopher Lofton

 

Erin Davis and Dean Serletic

 

'Nellyville' continues expansion in 2nd week

 

MSNBC sets yakker block

 

Mouse swims toward 'Guardian' pitch

 

Nathanson helms sting pic

 

Erlicht to oversee Col broadcast TV dev't

 

ABC, affils kick around NFL deal

 

DEA topper courts H'w'd

 

WB makes room at top

 

Glover's Eye on TV skein

 

Viacom pounded as Street skids

 

Krantz plants flag at WBTV

 

Curtain falls on Artsworld

 

Collins laces up gloves

 

Rydell locks up gig to direct RKO 'Room'

 

Lego lands at Miramax

 

Phillips heading to 'School' with Miramax

 

Praisery Wolf-Kasteler ups duo

 

'Men' ready for battle

 

Avra Fliegelman

 

William Heyes Jr.

 

Ivan Moffat

 

Kadokawa sliding into prod'n

 

Producers eye Czech Film Center

 

Tom.com ups ATV stake

 

DirecTV spinoff won't tax GM's shareholders

 

Intermedia puts London in Box

 

FCC sets up digital TV

 

Sextant in receivership

 

Canucks open vaults to TV folk

 

Cinemaxx seeing red

 

Pair reup pay TV pact

 

Twentieth dresses for 'Dating' test

 

AFTRA, music labels set to replay talks

 

Brazilian pic policymakers set to meet

 

Anima Mundi fest tooning up in Rio

 

'1972' wrap on sked

 

Oz export arm beefs up

 

Mexican MTV expands ops

 

'Amores' in Chile

 

Irish board sets up funds

 

'Bones' pic a hit at home, too

 

'Party' a film first for Rencontres

 

Estey McLoughlin takes new Telepictures title

 

Moreau to top Marrakech

 

Viv U board member: No suspicion of fraud

 

'Monty' strips price on B'way

 

'Hong Kong Café' set fo fill TV order

 

Oz nets must up local fare

 

Leno to showcase Montreal talent

 

New Line's high on Merjos, Rosenfelt

 

'Bro' joins summer's ratings hit parade

 

'Sesame' opens door to HIV Muppet

 

Electric floats 'Noah's' pitch

 

Bizzers join push on public service

 

AFM to INS: Make sure guests face music

 

Fischer's meaty role: 'Meet' exec

 

Correction

 

Net looks for cash, way out of junk label

 

MTV Brazil hopes for rev increase

 

E-Village complex eyes savior

 

Expedia halts Diller takeover

 

Adelstein appointment gets Bush's OK

 

Remembrances of Par's past

 

A&E sets fall docu slate

 

'Guru' scribe inks trio of femme pix

 

Roach house pegs Perini

 

Vinterberg grabs 'Maldonne' novel

 

New U partner packs a punch

 

'Penis' plays L.A.'s Coronet

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
July 12, 2002

 

Jonah Benjamin Joelson

 

Kinowelt buyout a Neue start

 

Alexander Nicholas Kagan

 

Transdermal set to skin two dramas

 

Famuyiwa 'Feeling' out gig for Fox Searchlight

 

Eye oiling up 'Enron'

 

Focus is on Hemingway's 'Have'

 

Atlantis finds man to save 'Christmas'

 

'Eagle' lands a helmer

 

Casting guru to star at RKO

 

Jimmie Lee Robinson

 

Eleanor Richman-Adams

 

Noises Off: Not just kids' stuff

 

Exex nix BBC World service after cult report

 

Bad news is good news for b'casters

 

Bank, Admira unload Azul

 

CNN en Espanol shakes up programming slate

 

Clock ticks on for CBS, Peacock

 

Primetime crime rate rises

 

VR moves to reassure investors

 

No fireworks at B.O.

 

Alveberg: The Scandi man can

 

Korean pix lose luster in Japan

 

Ride-based pix: Just grin and 'Bear' them

 

BAFTAs eye date change

 

Fests hope to fly above challenges

 

Disney targets families with classic tune tracks

 

Inside Move: Hannibal pic stirs rival Alp hunters

 

Inside Move: Messier: Yanks for the memories

 

Brits unfulfilled by all that Four play

 

Inside Move: Mercedes' 'Star' trailer

 

H'wood battles local heroes

 

Tight-knit pack tracks greenbacks

 

Jocks go Hollywood

 

'Road' show dashes into H'w'd

 

High cost of raises on big-cast shows

 

'Gladiators' finds a new battlefield in Nigeria

 

HBO birthday boost

 

ITV web spinning as power ebbs

 

B'casters have a yen for DTT

 

Stewart's syndies still draw auds

 

Blurbs blur line between PBS, nets

 

Europe books native cop shows

 

Featured Player: Cedric Klapisch

 

Biz dives as roster slims

 

Mack takes 'Miz' to Shanghai

 

Senator looks inward after FilmFour demise

 

Summer sizzling with sleepers, sequels

 

Tentpoles stake claim to global summer B.O.

 

Mouse synergy: a bear necessity

 

Inside Move: 'Road' to promotion

 

Femme filmmakers have plenty to say, but they're not shouting

 

A tale of two 'Jobs'

 

Inside Move: Warners superheroes suit up for toy wars

 

Inside Move: Veterans' Day at MSNBC

 

Vary special guests

 

'Men 2' hangs tough in B.O. race

 

AOL's exec search engine

 

Videotron complaints get louder

 

Momentum bowled over by cricket pic

 

BBC looks to recover via doc slate

 

De Agostini seeks art pix distrib

 

State film fund reels out $6 mil

 

M6, Mandarin pact

 

Indian Discovery localizes

 

Asian fare for fest

 

Gallic MCM in tune

 

Eberts chairs Nat'l Geo Films

 

'Spidey' vid to get record push

 

Mount to retire as WEA topper

 

'Shrek' wins board game

 

Paiges turn to U TV

 

Nelson tapped for KCBS/KCAL

 

Cinar looks to x-out Globe-X corps.

 

'Year' takes grand prix at Karlovy

 

Meissner's independence uncovered

 

Cablers shine to laffer skeins at TCA

 

Kellner: It's ads or cash

 

Spain sales topper ankles

 

Major team forms for 'Alien' pic

 

M'max grabs 'Griffin' laffer for $5 mil

 

Red light for 'Speakeasy'

 

Artisan sets 'Scanners'

 

Viv U cleaning house

 

Comerford to top WNBC

 

Stagehand arrested at CBS

 

The WB warms 'Wizard'

 

Col revisits 'Castle' as vidgame

 

A 'Legend' in making at Revolution

 

Eye opens Summer Party

 

BAFTAs early to prize

 

'Men,' 'Clones' create season simmer o'seas

 

Cheeky fete for 'Freaks'

 

Black Fest fetes Townsend

 

'30 Days' & '21 Grams' ignite bidding battles

 

Miramax fulfills pricey fantasy

 

SAG censures Dell dude

 

Warner has a corner on vid biz boom

 

Fox out front with '24' DVD

 

GOP targets HIV Muppet

 

Lolafilms exits London

 

Pretesa gets $10 mil investment boost

 

'Devdas' dances at B.O.

 

Nova's prospects brighten

 

TV Globo links to BBC's gamer

 

Hong Kong's 'Ghosts' spirit No.1

 

'Thunder' in Prague

 

Asian fest bows Friday

 

Kinowelt fight for company control

 

Phyllis White

 

Paul Chubb

 

Teutonic TV ad market drops

 

Cinar wants debt repaid

 

Michael Elliot

 

Jonathan Silverman

 

John Walter

 

'Door' opens to record aud

 

Viv U mulls unit sales

 

Sundance to unspool video label

 

Benjamin clicks on UMG

 

Wasserman remembered

 

Hughes cash flow, revs up

 

TVT spins U license deal

 

'Six Feet's' Hall digs gig in 'Chicago'

 

SAG sets sked for awards

 

Caparro surmounting Mount as WEA topper

 

Big show for 'Little'

 

Out and about for Outfest anni

 

DGA putts for charity

 

Big boys muscle in foreign film B.O.

 

Wellspring buys 'Carnage'

 

Maritta Wolff Stegman

 

Louise Klos Steiner Elian

 

'Hard Day's' DVD set to dawn

 

B'way eats at 'Eight'

 

L.A. joins state act in runaway fight

 

Inside move: Thesp rumblings stir 'Youth'

 

Mitchell lands 'Ed' role after paralyzing accident

 

WB's summer soiree

 

ABC redubs med drama, thriller

 

WMA expands Premiere's retail reach

 

Carrey toons into 'Hedge'

 

Harper won't seek re-election

 

Senator seals '30 Days' deal

 

Harrison in 'Velvet' RKO pact

 

Audrey Clair Zahn

 

Tess Jinna Goldstone

 

Lily Paige Gellman

 

'Em' kicks off fest

 

Digital stall in pols' court now

 

TV eyes branding issues

 

Focus pinches 'Perros' pals

 

Eye's O&Os turning to Gotham vet

 

'School' band plays at Par

 

Street's wild ride leads to tension

 

WB, Par halt sale of exhibitor

 

'Ricki' matures format

 

SAG sacks six offices in cutback

 

Reviews

Who Are You?

Worst Case Scenario

The Waverly Gallery

Marcus Printup

Neither Fish, Nor Fowl

Fogbound

Showboy

August: A Moment Before the Eruption

Yellow Asphalt

Gary Wilson

Breeders; Imperial Teen

Fond Memories of Cuba

Karrin Allyson

We Remember Teddi King

Play Yourself

Flora Purim & Airto

Monk

Door to Door

Dolly Parton

Forgive Me Father

Year of the Devil

Bedtime Fairy Tales For Crocodiles

Shaolin Ulysses: Kungfu Monks in America

Justifiable Homicide

Some Like It Hot

Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam

Take Me Out

Reign of Fire

The Man I Love

Crossing the Line

Halloween: Resurrection

Quartet

Pacific Overtures

Eight Legged Freaks

K-19:The Widowmaker

Pericles

Stuart Little 2

The Guys

Iranian Spread

Samsara

7 Days in Tehran


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