Table of Contents
Week of 04/01/2004

Articles

MTV ends royalty tiff

 

Pinewood Shepperton to float

 

Gaul culture czar booted

 

Busy Mip mart wraps up

 

'Hell's' loud as bells

 

Fox, 'Law' wow on Wednesday

 

Japan, China nets reteam for docu

 

French cross-roads

 

WMG floats $650 mil in bonds

 

TW's Parsons play

 

Unclear instructions void IATSE ballot

 

Henson deal's a hit for HIT

 

Herman Saunders

 

Circuit City buys MusicNow

 

Sony's payboxes add staff in Asia

 

Film biz course offered to Kiwis

 

Strike, cricket buffet Bollywood

 

Art James

 

Netflix keeps clicking, adding 450,000 subs

 

Trio in line to direct 'Tickets' together

 

Court TV sets syndie subsid

 

Lolafilms gets museum retrospective

 

Mouse catches 'Girls' pitch

 

Older 'Face' challenges younger ones

 

From politics to Peacock

 

TV Guide goes for the gold

 

MTV sez Kutcher will keep on 'Punk'd'

 

Buena Vista pix ups Ross

 

Mouse House mavens all smiles

 

MPAA's piracy plot

 

SAG moving back awards telecast

 

Lonner upped at WMA

 

Is Jacko coming backo?

 

GSN takes shot at 'Derby'

 

First Look rides 'Horses'

 

Cosmo Benjamin Callaway

 

Zachary Martin Rosenthal

 

Lucia Belen Duffy

 

Mishna Wolff and Marc Maron

 

Stephanie Storey and Mike Gandolfi

 

Tix on slippery slope

 

Gershwins ink with WMA

 

Sci Fi gets new guy

 

Abrams aboard at WCBS

 

Venture rocks 'Clash' rights

 

Eye racks up reality

 

Revolution's Gotham ops add prod'n exec

 

Strand lands U.S. rights to 'Proteus'

 

Tribeca to fete Marshall

 

Moverman moving to 'Concordia'

 

Dafoe to get five stars for 'XXX' sequel

 

'Sopranos' thesp sings a new tune

 

Par abides by 'Ride'; MTV Films on board

 

Carell caroms to bigscreen

 

Village growing pic deal

 

Canadian court rocks record biz

 

Perez will go 'Loco' for Mouse

 

WB greases a 'Machine'

 

Regime change for 'Che'

 

Joplin biopic in the Pink

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
April 2, 2004

 

WB a no-show for Spanish exhib

 

Grade aces the Beeb

 

BFI announces changes

 

Clowning around

 

'Apprentice' tops 'CSI' in demo

 

Hoon, Perry take on Till

 

B.O. up; 'Mamma' 934g

 

Inside Move: Will docs rock the vote?

 

Mr. Iconic turns ironic

 

Inside Move: Curious George

 

Inside Move: 'Samson' carries 'Exorcist' helmer to Mideast

 

Disc dispute has showbiz spinning

 

Inside Move: Cross promotion

 

Inside Move: Petrie dish

 

Catching the brass ring

 

Inside Move: Court TV crossover nixed by NBC sibs

 

Inside Move: 'Hamlet' gets a contempo turn

 

Inside Move: Searchlight blog wild

 

Inside Move: MPAA suiting up

 

Touting tentpoles=towering tabs

 

F/x pros zip shots from Oz to U.S.

 

'Passion' still heavenly but 'Dead' seen rising

 

Scribes back in fold

 

Filmmaker plans lavish studio

 

Docu finds unexpected theater aud

 

'Appleseed' shows new toon style

 

Cinema openings on rebound

 

Upfronts against a wall

 

Bush not in league with Hollywood

 

Sports leagues fan out for fee increase

 

Bloomberg pushes into Asia Pacific

 

Czech TV ups fees, loses ad time

 

Mip's hip to the next big thing

 

Nets battle over credit line controversy

 

'Match' plays with fire on B'way

 

Biz off; 'Lion's' share $1.2m

 

Funhouse digs for Royal Moor

 

Jupiter rising

 

Bushnell tries on role as producer

 

Albee decides to make a full evening of 'Zoo'

 

Reality: Agency conquers boar-dom

 

French toast in H'w'd

 

Italos savor dolce bow

 

Preem revs up 'Vacation' pic

 

Scribe snares Lion

 

Roth relations

 

Waits' 'Rider' coming to S.F.

 

Sir Peter Ustinov remembered

 

Demon burns Rock

 

Suit seeks to scuttle buyout

 

XM satcaster dials up sub count, stock price

 

ESPN nets Cablevision carriage

 

Court's ruling 'Element'-ary

 

'Christ' boffo in Brazil

 

Mouse net gets Asia bows

 

Report: More violence on Kiwi TV

 

'Apprentice' appeal

 

'Rich' kids get taste of real life on ABC

 

NBC stocks up on reality

 

Vartan fights 'Monster'

 

Pilot hopefuls cast away

 

'Christ' nails big B.O. in Asia, Latin America

 

'70s' syndie deals to pump C-W-M

 

Pol seeks to keep 'Man' in States

 

Goldmann set to enter Canton's Atmosphere

 

Sony fashions Spanish laffer

 

Corrections

 

Correction

 

Paul Atkinson

 

Jan Sterling

 

Miramax pays for 'Hostage'

 

Scorsese stirs up Placid

 

Chris Saito

 

Sean A. Marks

 

Ronald Plante

 

Niels Schuurmans

 

Neal Tiles

 

Robert Davis

 

Jeffrey Hinson

 

Michelle Santosuosso

 

Frank Keeling

 

Kevin O'Connell

 

Barbara Griffin

 

Ariela Nerubay

 

Scribe tribe talks turkey

 

Warner unit buys 'House'

 

Spring Getaway: Revamped Vegas

 

Midseason skeins need damage control

 

Spring Getaway: Miami Reheated

 

Spring Getaway: Undiscovered Hawaii

 

Laurence Dunmore

 

D.J. Cotrona

 

Butch Hartman

 

Ford Hastings Holmen

 

Penelope Anacq White

 

Netflix queues VOD

 

'Dorks' finds home at Warner Bros.

 

'Earthquakes' rumble at U

 

Japanese pix find Pathfinder

 

'Duty' calls Kerry

 

WBTV exec hangs shingle

 

'Value' placed on suburban script

 

LMNO joins Web family 'Reunions'

 

Mouse to tune up Tarver

 

Dimension enrolls for Dunes thriller

 

Emmerich shows 'Desire'

 

PR firms link coasts

 

ESPN exec on deck at ABC

 

Fapae lobbies socialist govt.

 

Kabel dominates Deutschland

 

WWP, Silver fire up 'Dragons 2'

 

HK Awards see double

 

Roberts, Nickelback top Juno awards

 

Buenos Aires fest expands

 

Fest rewards 'Faithless'

 

Arts minister to retire after poll

 

Gauls revive affair

 

Marce joins Spain pic panel

 

Pulitzer's wedded to 'Own Wife'

 

Familiar faces fill Tribeca's bill

 

Pension suit tossed

 

Par legal eagle ascends

 

TW stakes out ContentGuard

 

Foxtel adds Par pix to VOD service

 

Dugan ankles as EchoStar prexy

 

Scribes write quiet opener

 

Sci Fi's original recipe

 

Mel's cross of gold

 

Jarmusch will journey to Provincetown for nod

 

DIC sets Trollz relaunch

 

Diverse fest fare: Sex, music, Scorsese, Lear

 

Chief says no more to YES net

 

'Valentin' heartens Chicago Latino fest

 

'Poppins' poppin' up again for DVD

 

Sundance to land Cho blow for net

 

Nielsen won't delay rollout

 

'Frozen,' 'Valhalla' lead Lortels pack

 

Pilots push off-lot

 

Studios sue over DVD tech

 

CAA, Telefilm Canada deliver package deal

 

Philadelphia fest set for April

 

Music PR co. Conqueroo bows

 

Wilson Beckett Buchanan

 

Zachary Thomas Habeeb

 

Midseason series get deep-sixed

 

ABC 'Family' adopts Potts

 

Tribeca tabs scribe duo

 

Summit to 'Travel'

 

'Soundstage' back on PBS

 

Film fest fetes activists

 

Jill Hennessy

 

Sony makes plans for 'Honeymoon'

 

Par, Latham reup bid for homevid laff niche

 

Braun takes the bullet

 

Par hot on the trail of an old 'Thief'

 

Turner's title wave

 

B'way B.O. sets record

 

Stars slime their inner child

 

Hip to be 'Queer'

 

Gen Art fest tied up in 'Knots'

 

Actor, actress kudos bloom at Rose fest

 

Creators rate their 'Fox'

 

Shopping pumps funds into gala

 

Full trophy salute

 

'St. Louis' DVD meets bow

 

CBS, NBC in tight Monday battle

 

Brussels fest awards Korean pic

 

Fima Noveck

 

WB dials up Vodafone

 

MovieLink inks toon pact

 

Sony CFO joins Entercom board

 

Tullio's 'Best' flies 7 Italo Silver Ribbons

 

Poultry company eggs on trio of movies

 

AOL Euro suit shed

 

Exhibitors end strike over tax

 

Knopf in at Endemol

 

Group takes over Culver Studios

 

Nets toss Rice wall-to-wall

 

Rupe takes stock in N.Y.

 

Paxson taps VP Garcia for CFO

 

Foes douse prod'n of WB fire pic

 

Record low score for Eye's hoop final

 

Nielsen pushes People Meter to June

 

Eye, Peacock battle

 

Trio flips for docs on flops

 

'Passion' tops $100 mil o'seas

 

Reality purveyors return critics' fire

 

Fox 'Four' play heats up

 

Music net takes 'Surreal' turn

 

News matters

 

'Map's' Graf has line on 'Kakadu'

 

Lessons remembered

 

KMEX extends win streak in L.A. demos

 

'Orpheus' ascends to kudos

 

'Mama' man sets TV slate

 

Pharrell Williams

 

Michael Radford, Butch Hartman

 

Paul Teutel, Paul Teutel Jr., Michael Teutel

 

Jason Patrick Kohn

 

Lily Hanna Rich and Daisy Grace Rich

 

Lion confirms plans for one-time dividend

 

Bravo turns 'Eye' to gals

 

EU may nix separate licensing pacts

 

Eye net throws 'Stones'

 

'Blair' helmer tackles TV

 

WB sends helmer up 'Creek'

 

Lampoon gets rocker into 'Trouble'

 

HBO plants Blum in pix

 

Bacon MGM's mane man

 

Butterworth falling for 'Flim-Flam'

 

Rocky vidgame connects

 

Ooh, Merv gets real

 

Inside Move: BBC's Lee leads ABC noms list

 

Brill to pen untitled project with Stoller

 

Auto tie-ins hit the skids

 

The gospel according to Mel

 

Technicolor takes Command

 

Low note for music biz

 

Fox fare's ready for Modern Times

 

Foreign fare has say at Paris festival

 

'Idol,' '24' pace Fox victory

 

BBC tunes in Pitt for Drake docu

 

2 atop Studio Hamburg

 

BVITV to handle Miramax format

 

Oz frames Games for public

 

Telefilm talks CAA

 

Fest salutes 'Four'

 

Denmark tix roll out

 

'Terkel' toons B.O.

 

Jackson sees debut malfunction

 

Carrie Snodgress

 

Victor Argo

 

Buena Vista ups Taylor to senior VP

 

Peacock's 'Dateline' picks up indie doc

 

Lawmakers put brakes on breaks

 

Fuzzy picture for VOD

 

Yahoo! uploads best-ever gains

 

High noon for Mel's 'Passion'

 

Ex-Pixar CFO boards CME

 

EM.TV cuts loss in half

 

EA exec's game to top equity fund

 

Pratt parting from post at Ausfilm

 

Katherine Lawrence

 

Nair to guide L.A. fest

 

TNT, TBS sequester 'Jury'

 

Lara Cox

 

Tommy Tune

 

Van Der Beek up ICM's creek

 

Somlyo's in tony job for Drama Desk nods

 

Lansbury looking for laffer

 

WGA playing nice for right now

 

Brody talk to open Ivy fest

 

Palm Beach film festival toasts thesps

 

MoMA to reopen in fall

 

Inside Move: Trump trumpets his show

 

Celebs salute 'Next Big' freebie fest in H'wood

 

'Krakatoa' heats up National Geo Films

 

Sony taps VP to bolster TV development

 

Kassell along for 'Ride'

 

Disclosure is '60's' plan of 'Attack'

 

Lifetime pulls plug on hyped pilots

 

Sears taps agency for film, TV ops

 

'Mars' out of Par's orbit?

 

ABC's cheating heart

 

Hollywood & Vines

 

Theron stands in b.f.'s 'Shade'

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
April 8, 2004

 

Stars wage war on violence

 

Apartheid abolishment feted

 

Actor's Fund reaps rewards

 

Reviews

The Smell of Blood

The Winning Season

Coast to Coast

Van Morrison

Sly Fox

Home on the Range

The Archimedes Principle

Rent-A-Husband

Gunpowder, Treason and Plot

Festen

The Dark

The Secret Death of Salvador Dali

The Great Ostrovsky

Halpern & Johnson

Seduction

Roundtrip

The Whole Ten Yards

Ella Enchanted

Let's Eat! Feasting on the Firesign Theater

Monty Alexander

Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic

Sun Kil Moon

Brian Auger's Oblivion Express

Ears on a Beatle

Maria Friedman

Toots Thielemans -- Brazilian Nights

Kanye West

Sex Parasite

What the Night Is For

The Devils

Kill Bill Vol. 2

Eagles of Death Metal

Dreamland

Julie Wilson

Higher Ground

Howie the Rookie

Beyond Enemy Lines

Paap

Ishq Hai Tumse

Still Doing It: The Sexual Lives of Women Over 65

LD 50

Open House

Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea

Demon Under Glass

Bloodhead

Arakimentari

Monster Road

Johnson Family Vacation

Homeland Security