Table of Contents
Week of 04/09/2003

Articles

FilmForce goes beyond gaming

 

It's a cliffhanger

 

Myriad, First Choice back 'Being Julia'

 

BFI's Wootton to helm Film London

 

'Idol,' Cher rock Tuesday

 

Exex miss bonuses in tame year for Lion

 

U.K.'s Film Council to roll out digital

 

Method Fest to fete Falk

 

Linkin Park stays No. 1 in 2nd term

 

Espinasse to offer franc perspective

 

RTV recedes further in red

 

Comcast, Showtime ink movie channel pact

 

State film offices feeling ax

 

Murdoch finally bags bird

 

Tribeca fest cues up 'Dynasty'

 

Shaw draws healthier 2nd qtr.

 

Madstone Film Forward advances indies

 

Venice cues producers parade

 

Todd Unger

 

Cher powers Peacock, but Fox finishes first

 

SARS limits list of fest guests

 

Rudder, Fenton join Nine Network

 

'Windows' glimpses victory in Italo awards

 

'Father' sires 9 Ariel wins

 

Neun Live under fire for phony phone bills

 

Kim Beauchamp

 

John Lappen

 

Ekberg to star in Osten's 'Walter'

 

Channel 4, WB deal

 

Rai to Cannes jury

 

Nine bulks in U.S.

 

Maverick enlists in 'Army'

 

Falk takes 'Wilder' turn with TNT pic

 

M'max plugs Pflug, Hiltzik for PR effort

 

Clear Channel snips indie promo ties

 

Jewison directs an all-star cast in WWII pic

 

Emmy-winning 'Malcolm' extended

 

Chareau to be helmer on 'Hunger'

 

More on 'Martha' due in May

 

City Lights beckons duo

 

Roadshow's Goldberg tops prod'n

 

Spidey sequel snares Kiwi

 

Duo get 'Lucky' at New Line

 

Inside Move: Fox sweeps up Jacko's 'Movies'

 

Inside Move: CBS supersizes for sweeps

 

'Heist' pic a steal for Universal

 

Commissions asked for the max

 

Acad calls for interactive TV entries

 

Pic bringing 'Luck' to its helmer

 

Ben Brady

 

'Life' to open Back East Picture Show

 

Pulitzer-winning 'Tropic' dives into Pacific

 

'Law & Order' fetes longevity

 

'Family' celebration

 

'Secrets' revealed at launch

 

Tyro Chu to watch 'Birdie'

 

Global music sales out of tune

 

Nine shipping Keir to U.S.

 

Curtis makes her 'Mark' with D'Works

 

NBC takes plunge with old 'Friend'

 

Locals give boost to hometown production

 

There's no place like home

 

NBC eyes POW's rescue

 

WB skeds new Streisand DVDs

 

Dark days for some film offices

 

Confab crowd has eyes on the big prize

 

Vive le French fest

 

'Hitler' surrender for Gernon

 

Investigative reporter joins KNBC

 

Sullivan takes chair on 'Barbershop 2'

 

Kathleen Ann Fowler

 

Fox wows on Wednesday

 

Shanghai, CNBC ready to inform

 

SARS jars pic fests

 

Trial starts in Endemol trading case

 

EU forcing French cable reform

 

Bollywood tiff bollixes India sked

 

Dardennes ring Gongs for 'Fils'

 

DW taps Collins for London post

 

Boseley checks in as ITV p'gramming exec

 

Leos adopted

 

'Arrow' is shot

 

'Bean' travelling Stateside to PBS

 

EMI buys Berry's tune stake

 

Loren starrer starts

 

Movieline warms up to celebs

 

Windy City win for AFTRA

 

Cablers elect prez

 

'Wanda' living large without aid of 'Idol'

 

Floodable stage in Oz sound idea

 

Susanna Nagin and Todd Beck

 

Stella Arroyave and Anthony Hopkins

 

Bridgette Shanks and Jonathan Jones

 

Palm print on 'Evil'

 

It's a good start for NBC's 'Starting Over'

 

'Man's' indie distrib plan

 

Gregorian takes new WB post

 

Promax lures web's affiliate meetings

 

MGM, Par cozy up on 'Yours, Mine & Ours'

 

Stock shock rocks Fox

 

New Line ups int'l pub pair

 

Robinson steels for 'Wheels'

 

Anthony Caruso

 

DreamWorks gets its 'Hands' in superhero mix

 

Bonaduce inks TV pact

 

Diller books hotel site without reservation

 

Empire nabs rights to controversial 9/11 pic

 

Pols request delay of FCC rules change

 

World events dim Disney's forecast

 

WIF names TV and film honorees

 

Col taps 'Fantasy' scribe

 

Hill climbs on Par's 'Stepford'

 

Eisner gets just deserts: 'Sahara' gig

 

Wyatt Elliot

 

Annabelle Evelyn France and Carolynn Frances France

 

Sophie Ariel Bross

 

'Coffee,' Pacino talk on Tribeca fest menu

 

Schwartz goes to school

 

NBA rethinks digital tiers

 

Regency will 'Stay' the course

 

Inside move: Fox, not staying 'Idol'

 

'Jacket' is tailor-made for Wahlberg

 

Fox News still on roll

 

Columbia's stalled ship shaping up

 

New 'vain' for Combs

 

Fox will play 'Homey'

 

WB's 'Troy' finds Helen

 

U.S. news beaming to Baghdad

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
April 10, 2003

 

Palm Beach hears 'Voices'

 

Tenney turns 'Sixteen'; 'Pool' floats Brendon

 

CBS dominates Thursday

 

Three Continents docufest heads for S. Africa

 

Guilds call for query into wartime fatalities

 

Tareq Ayoub

 

Gov't working to tout locations

 

Macedonian reform pondered

 

Israel-10 gambles for ratings

 

Icasa grants e.tv wish

 

Publication may say Hello! to lawsuit

 

Starting 'Conversaciones' with Oves

 

'Big O' gets dual translations in Japan

 

'Beastly,' 'Wild,' 'Baby,' 'Nature' get TV deals

 

Gov't fines net for airing opposing view

 

Biz steady; 'Life' 289g

 

Soapnet hopes bubble hasn't burst

 

B.O. steady; 'J.C.' 837g

 

Featured Player: Jane Lighting

 

Fest's timely find

 

ART gets Mee preem, 'Lapdog'

 

Ghost story scares up auds

 

Where credit may be due

 

Hip-hopping into history

 

No vacation Cruz

 

Entertainment takes "Potato Men"

 

War: A time for tomes?

 

Will Rupe out-Fox the cablers?

 

Exhibs split over causes for B.O. malaise

 

Prints valiant in covering the war

 

Melbourne studio cost rises

 

Inside Move: 'Patriot' games

 

Media congloms' global grip grows

 

Big bytes in b'cast

 

Terence Blanchard

 

Peter O'Meara

 

Keeping politics at bay

 

Inside Move: Runaway reins

 

Inside Move: Kirch cache

 

Inside Move: 'Bull' thrown a curve ball

 

College freezes out filming on Cold War spies drama

 

Peacock should let 'Ed' roll

 

Pilsen Finale toasts fest full of faves

 

Reg rejig morphs broadcasters

 

Paranormal shows spirit up viewers

 

Noises off: Miracle in D.C.

 

No French kisses from H'wood

 

Hard for exhibs to find piece of action

 

Iraq passes its screen test

 

News biz dons full-metal jacket

 

'Pianist' producer faces charges

 

D-cinema questions vex NAB

 

Govt. considers film rating system

 

Inside Move: Romance redux?

 

Michael Vartan

 

Inside Move: 'People' power

 

Inside Move: WB opens Pharoah faucet

 

'Anger' therapeutic to B.O. with $44 mil

 

Diggs in at 'West Wing'

 

EU sees hurdles to cable biz expansion

 

Israeli net on its last legs

 

Nets invade Alberta

 

Viva delivers series fare

 

Fest fostering human rights

 

Apple has appetite for U music

 

Kelley ankles rep company

 

Viv U unclear about next move

 

KarstadtQuelle drafts DSF channel

 

'Lenin' lands Lola noms

 

Lifetime turns a page

 

SAG sees 8th suit over firing

 

Cinar tries to resuscitate ailing stock

 

'Fanfan,' Bellucci to open Cannes fest

 

Revs slip for Oz nets

 

Gordon takes a 'Minute' for Olsens

 

Bidding war for station gets crowded

 

Tech co. files Movielink patent suit

 

'Johnny' on the spot to boost o'seas B.O.

 

Dimension takes a trip with the 'Von Doozers'

 

Actors' merger divergence

 

CNN crew under attack in Tikrit

 

U gives 'Quest' a rest

 

Emmys seek interactive entries

 

Writer parks 'MacArthur' for Showtime

 

Stern agrees to terms on NBA cabler

 

TRIO launches weekly art show

 

Harvey lines up 3rd Essence hosting gig

 

Cameron tapped for sci-fi award

 

Par plucks leading man for 'Sahara'

 

Duo's script is Warners' most wanted

 

Culture Clash retools Loesser tuner for D.C.

 

Ross to host 'Gong Show'

 

New Line charts Plath to publicity

 

NBC's raiding Vegas pride

 

Atkinson drives off with preem

 

Fourth time is a charm for 'Scary'

 

Tobey's tangled rep web

 

Les is more at CBS

 

'Man' gets new showrunners, hosts

 

Scribes revving up 'Knight Rider' pic

 

Gere shifts to 'Emperor'

 

Preem rocks the dead

 

'Simpsons' tops weak Sunday

 

Canadian writers honor top ten

 

'Towers,' 'Spider-Man' jam at MTV

 

'Salome' shimmies, 'Life' sells on B'way

 

Kids Choice blimps float to Sandler, Smith

 

Ralph Hauser

 

Swedish fund makes 'Threat'

 

Latin Grammys tune out pols' Cuban dissonance

 

Franklin preps final tour

 

Almodovars' El Deseo teams with Filmanova

 

BMI to honor Motown trio

 

IFC's indie synergies

 

Canucks struck by TV cuts

 

Holzer Cannes do fest poster

 

BBC buoyed by HBO

 

Arnold hosts AFI'S 'Heroes'

 

Brits put ut coin to release pix

 

'Dance' due at Ahmanson

 

Teuton helmer is taking on Hitler

 

ABC Family takes on original pix

 

Rival exec seeks some Beeb coin

 

S. African director's funding scheme

 

Actors Co-op founder Schall dies

 

Reform plan cooks

 

WSJ H'w'd columnist Tom King dies at 39

 

First Run fetes 10 beginning filmmers

 

Baseball should not take swings at free speech

 

Artisan reups with Summit for int'l distribution

 

Susan Johnson

 

'Abyss' looms large at weekend box office

 

SARS leaves Asian B.O. gasping

 

BV to open 'House' DVD in August

 

'Harvey' hops to TBS

 

Claxson bows Spanish lingo cabler

 

Outspoken and in Hollywood

 

Artsy crowd on 'Cycle' ride

 

'Little Eva' Boyd

 

David Greene

 

Babatunde Olatunji

 

Nora Ney

 

Inside Move: Moonves adds chairman title

 

'Simpsons' DVD bows in Aug.

 

Col TriStar ups Simoes

 

'Shoot' scribes get shot as showrunners

 

Creber feted for towering prod'n design

 

Mirage morphs

 

CAA ups trio to agents

 

Col calls on 'Kopps' for Sandler

 

Mouse 'Holes' a family affair

 

Turner nets land 2 pix at low price

 

Sony taps tune topper

 

Sub jump a boost for Rupe's satellite

 

D'Works exec Nelson off to Cendant

 

Oz may scrap protection for local ads

 

SAG, AFTRA leaders approve merger

 

AOL dons a new suit

 

Lady 'Liberty' holds court

 

Comic child's play

 

Relationships add up to 'Nine' on B'way

 

Lion goes Fat-free at 'Monk' bash

 

U.K., Germany talk comedy

 

Deutsche Bank preps cable sale

 

'Lennon' gets help from Institute

 

Norwegian theater's verdict in

 

Eye has it on Monday

 

Paul Zindel

 

'Chi' now Miramax's champ

 

TLA spins int'l filmfest DVD's

 

'Prayers' answered

 

'Platinum' on track in UPN debut

 

Room at the top for trio of nets

 

Globo digging in on soccer costs

 

Panel discusses Canuck coin clash

 

Sun rises in China

 

Oves starts 'Mama'

 

DD prepping DTH

 

Trio net circles new look

 

Fremantle cues up 'Family' tune battle

 

'Ali & Jack' team taps daytime vets

 

TV org taps chair

 

Kathie Browne McGavin

 

WE boosts pix, originals

 

EMI PR pools muscle

 

Exec trio tries to buy U Music from Viv U

 

U's 'Date,' 'Wheel' hit the road with N.Y. digs

 

Rally monkey jumping off Mouse's back

 

Men's TNN renamed Spike

 

Basinger, Rogers opening the 'Door'

 

News nets post strong ratings as Baghdad falls

 

Fest fields Radiohead, Beasties

 

Powell vows to stay with June 2 date

 

Ascent lifts senior sales VP

 

'Map' finds direction at Manhattan

 

Cedric Francis

 

Artemis inks with Koch as distrib

 

Viv U taxes get Barry burning

 

'Durham' duo flap proves pic's point

 

Celine will fade

 

Back SAG merger

 

CNN's prospects for self-censorship

 

Charter bailed out

 

Tennis Net serves up 3 million subs

 

CNN's Zahn is trading dayparts

 

Arclight shines on new topper for L.A.

 

Ailing Book Expo adds H'wood flair

 

'Air' lands at D'Works

 

Edelman, Griffin score kudos

 

Donald Mulligan

 

Jutta Hipp

 

Jose Tamayo Rivas

 

Easter weekend could egg on 'Anger'

 

Helmer-scribe Jordan jumps to WMA

 

DreamWorks takes 'Stand'

 

Bravo set for Miramax deal

 

Inside Move: RIAA targets Pentagon

 

Aniston catches pitch

 

Reviews

Fat Pizza

Peter Cincotti

Michael Buble

Randy Weston

Fiction

The D-4; Electric Six

Coral Reef Adventure

Without My Daughter

Epstein's Night

Blue Corner

Rocco

Wishes of the Land

Ghosts of the Abyss

A Reckoning

Hitchcock Blonde

Elaine Stritch at Liberty

Boy Gets Girl

Framed

The Raveonettes

The Folk Implosion

Kenny Garrett Quartet

Nine

Going Down

Anger Management

Seabiscuit

Sam Spiegel

Screenwriting

Among the Mansions of Eden: Tales of Love, Lust and Land in Beverly Hills