Table of Contents
Week of 05/13/2004

Articles

Lightning strikes 'Tunnel' rights

 

Lions Gate finds 'Lost'

 

Senator admits guilt of U.S. 'Nixon' sales

 

Netherlands fest sets coin

 

Gallic cable deal nearer

 

HarperCollins, Harvey pair up

 

Warner U.K. goes online for promos

 

Workers protest because they Cannes

 

Salvatores studies 'Rules'

 

'Idol,' 'Bachelor' top Wednesday

 

Valenti doesn't backup 321

 

Wild Bunch adds punch

 

Telecinco picks up 'E-24' docu

 

U.K. TV blooms in '03

 

Pic 'Whisky' a go-go to distrib MK2

 

Kiwi reality show to pay hurt player

 

India fest homes in on Goa

 

Doc 'Architect' goes Gaga for Japan

 

SAG Awards calendar set

 

'Idol' hits high note

 

Manga fruit of IDT spree

 

Kazuaki Kiriya, Alec Newman

 

Alexander Witt

 

Scott Rice

 

Barry Gibb

 

Thrive on a feature kick

 

Pols press passage of Aussie trade pact

 

Greeks unleashed at the B.O.

 

Building character

 

RIAA exec spins to Viacom

 

Blues man pumped to prexy amid shuffle

 

Teutonic film group sinks on writedowns

 

Playing dress-up

 

Helmer faces 'Consequences'

 

'Bienvenue' en Cannes

 

Bangkok gets festive

 

NBC shuffles deck

 

TLC initializes 'Ugliest, 'Up'

 

Allergic reaction sends Kimmel to hospital

 

Golden Globe org gets 4 new faces

 

5 Scorsese titles to disc

 

Tony dates Nic

 

'Millie' set to close; new 'Shop' topliner

 

First Look, Think link on 'September'

 

Sogecable shakedown

 

Morena mixes genres

 

Agresti's the chosen 'One'

 

Element X marks int'l sales in Bridges pic

 

New Dimension to 'Grimm' distrib'n

 

Farm seeding Japanese pic fund

 

Reel Fish bite

 

TriStar takes flight again

 

Green takes novel route

 

'Face' value high as org picks up rights

 

Ex-Nat'l Geo exec on move

 

Lohan to host MTV awards

 

Fox finds 'Naked' scribes

 

Diller still lurks in NBC U labyrinth

 

'House' home at Fox

 

Buchwald nod to USC student

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
May 14, 2004

 

Carla Steiner and Rodney Liber

 

Celeste Holm and Frank Basile

 

Lisa Melching and Dan Vebber

 

Sanders punts his CBS gig

 

WBTV shuffles exec deck

 

Red Wagon raises Shane

 

Fox lifts latenight exec

 

'Tekken' beckons Dimension

 

Casting directors seek help from Teamsters

 

CBS mini bows down to the King

 

Revolution, Del Toro set 'Hellboy II'

 

'Scream' team gets romantic

 

Inside Move: Martha a syndie survivor?

 

Lopez inks Showtime deal

 

Lion in 'Love' with Usher

 

Godly sequel to 'Almighty'

 

Spice heads to Africa

 

'Eyes' to open in Japan

 

Sundance adds world cinema competish

 

Valencia fest seeks place in the sun

 

Happinet on 'Board'

 

Fiji draws toon studio plans

 

Redbus stops for Timberlake

 

Veland gets bill for Summit judgment

 

BBC Films takes its slate to the 'Dogs'

 

Tokyo skeds trip to market

 

4Way cooking with 'Meat'

 

'Frasier' finale draws 25.2 mil

 

Katapult launches film sales venture

 

MTV Films gains in Spain

 

Caviezel draws on comic

 

First Look's 'Lyme' twist

 

Fall AFM looks popular

 

'Shark' stars out for a swim

 

Festgoers' hands are bow-tied

 

Ledger, Rush sweet on 'Candy'

 

M'max honcho feels 'Fahrenheit' heat

 

Global backers help 'Christmas' delivery

 

Lions Gate open to Ichise's 'J-Horror' films

 

Fest's doc shock

 

Arclight opens Toronto office

 

Dimension taken with vidgame pic 'Tekken'

 

'Troy' trounces Cannes with preem

 

Valentia starts from 'Zero' with Luna pic

 

Bellucci mothers Blier pic

 

Izzard has 'Diva' fever

 

Indian pavillion greeting

 

John Whitehead

 

Dorothy Van Engle

 

Reine sharpens focus for 'Duelist'

 

Fest chiefs mull future in Cannes

 

London goes 'Lavender'

 

Von Sydow talks acting

 

U.S. rights to 'Ecstasy' sold to LG

 

'Dead,' 'Inside' in Focus

 

Owen revisits 'Brideshead'

 

'Marlowe' inks helmer Joffe

 

Banner day for protesters

 

'Blood' spilled at Moviehouse

 

Lanzarote has new winter home

 

Going global a mixed bag

 

'Fish' catches attention of Weaving, Neill

 

Van Sant goes grunge for 'Last Days'

 

Miramax rolling with 'Elf Strike'

 

AFMA changes its name

 

Antidote, This Is That fly together with 'Hawk'

 

'Beethoven' sales harmonic

 

Media 8 reshapes

 

Hybrid, Bulbeck & Mas partner

 

Cineclick networks 'Old Boy' pic

 

Moore not merrier

 

A Killer bill

 

Local pix ready to go abroad

 

Producers strategize in tough market

 

Sequels spice up 'Ginger'

 

Oz actors want piece of profits

 

Epic could tempt international auds

 

Cablers stick to original formula

 

TiVo tries to avoid becoming a footnote to history

 

BAM benefits bow

 

MoveOn at the Apollo

 

Psychic dogs gala

 

Inside Move: NBC & U in altared states

 

Inside Move: All that Baz

 

Cannes stew gets H'wood spice

 

A curtain call for TV's class acts

 

Inside Move: First the scribes, then…

 

B.O. slips; 'Lion' $1.4 mil

 

The aria is over

 

H'wood chases choosy teens

 

More glam, less gloom at Cannes

 

'Manchurian' is Par's summer antidote

 

'Van Helsing' takes big bite of o'seas B.O.

 

Exhibs battle financial woes

 

Small-screen fests feel squeeze

 

'60 Minutes' plans for life after the last Don

 

Ratings swing for the fences

 

'Troy' gallops into its bows

 

Cannes flirts with skirts

 

Inside Move: Solons, AFI salute Valenti

 

Inside Move: MGM, Trio knocking on 'Heaven's' door

 

Inside Move: Moore Cannes-ed heat

 

Inside Move: Muddled 'Mission'

 

Inside Move: Hot tickets at StubHub.com

 

Inside Move: Pic drives traffic to Iranian Web site

 

'Performance' hard to repeat

 

Inside Move: B'caster Victory strikes out

 

Biz up; 'Dreams' 766g

 

'Crowns' brings glory to Arena Stage

 

CRTC increases commercials to boost drama

 

Local pics dent U.S. reign in Spain

 

Union makes move from sport to news

 

Voice of America calls out to new region

 

Cuatro Cabezas taps demand for payTV content

 

H'w'd vexed by plex success

 

Biz abuzz at Tony tallies

 

Dialing up a sudser

 

Yari handles 'Overflow'

 

New Yorker warms to 'Embrace'

 

Hungary plans pic studio

 

First Look nabs 'Boys,' 'Willows' toon

 

Censorship inspires fear in filmmakers

 

Hold the mustard: Dijon hosts food pic fest

 

McAvoy cast in 'Chronicles' children's pic

 

Wellspring taps 'Tarnation'

 

Morton, Sutherland head down 'River'

 

Verhoeven booked for WWII thriller pic

 

Mifed, Kino Expo plan Moscow event

 

Styler joins board of pic producer ContentFilm

 

Redbus chews 'Bone' rights

 

Lions Gate to house 'Casa'

 

Fest's fave pest Moore beats the drums

 

Pirate powwow

 

'Raymond' returns

 

Greece is the word

 

Miramax ups Silfen to SVP

 

Showtime, Lynn go global

 

NBC U unit shuffles TV distrib exex

 

Lion lifts marketeer Shikiya to senior veep

 

Pegasus taken down peg after suit's nixed

 

SABC pursues breakup

 

Cinemark up on aud spike

 

Tentpole risks and rewards

 

UGC-U.K. snaps up 'Aura'

 

'Pan's' in Del Toro's plans

 

Cameo FJ opens shop

 

Peacock's psyched

 

Artsy Keating takes over BBC2

 

6 former Fox staffers charged with piracy

 

'Sesame,' 'Ellen' top Creative Emmys

 

A few more awards

 

For Tonys, latest often means greatest

 

B'way insider

 

Scribes at Work: Bryony Lavery, William Nicholson

 

Actors, start your epiphany

 

Past and present

 

Scribes at Work: Doug Wright, Nilo Cruz

 

Tube takes new track to the Tonys

 

Holiday from H'wood

 

Festival organizers rewrite their A-B-C's

 

Senegal surprise a crix click

 

'Wicked,' 'Wife' winners of top Drama Desk nods

 

'Shrek' trek

 

Chopard awards thesps

 

'Troy' opens at No.1, trumps 'Van' o'seas

 

Taye Diggs

 

'Mondovino' wines and dines

 

Dean Cain

 

NIFTC, helmer do lunch

 

Michael Pena

 

Natassia Malthe

 

Keys takes to high seas

 

U options 'Rex' for $1 mil

 

OutKast's Benjamin takes starring role

 

Fox scares up 'Ghost' spec

 

Inside Move: 'Restaurant' off May sweeps menu

 

Par psyched by 'Crazies'

 

Laugh track muted on NBC's fall slate

 

Frog dives into reality

 

'Scrubs' to clean up thru '06

 

ABC cuts down on yuks

 

Tarantino beached

 

Canal Royale

 

Pulling Focus

 

Village offers Variety at Cannes

 

British 'Blonde' B'way bound

 

Auds get plastered at London legit perf

 

Helmer Spiro debuts with 'Lara'

 

'Kill Bill 2' to fill DVD in August

 

Park the 'Only' one to get int'l rights

 

Optimum goes Wild with pix

 

Passion keeps producers going

 

'Daggers' flies to SPC

 

Content's got Scots

 

Capri, Seville share Canuck pix

 

'Brian Jones' gets satisfaction

 

Serbia thinks Pink to lure int'l prod'n

 

Candid shots of Valenti

 

U.S. 'Grand' plan

 

'Onimusha' sales in Focus

 

Greenlight gives go to bigscreen docs

 

Miramax takes 'Two'

 

Arcadia sets up 'Glory' and 'Victor'

 

Svensk stages stylish soiree

 

ThinkFilm garners control of 'Control'

 

Future, Hamburg back tax fund

 

Nothing pops on tight Sunday

 

Euro culture ministers gathering for confab

 

Peacock goes long

 

Wise's 'Dear' double play

 

Palais ballyhoo

 

Final 'Friends' lifts Leno

 

Robert L. Smith

 

'Zero' licensed to shill

 

Hamm helming Chekov charge

 

First Up takes U.S. pair

 

ARD, ZDF score Cup

 

Brits disbursing coin

 

SAG backs Oz industry against U.S. trade plan

 

'Maya' draws feature plans

 

Neville to eye Europe for Ten

 

Celestial sales for MCL

 

Singapore net to air in China

 

Helmer graduates from shorts

 

In rare feat for play, 'Raisin' hits top 10

 

Glitch in Drama Desk kudos: 'Human error'

 

Susan Gail Silkiss

 

Comedy collars 'Blue' 2

 

Last-minute pickups keep tube biz abuzz

 

Fourtou puts Viv on spot

 

Alliance again delays report

 

Qtrax inks deal to pay royalties

 

Viacom eyeing Viva

 

Shuttles scuttle fun

 

Legal downloads catch on

 

Sanitized analyzed

 

Subscribers flock to Foxtel Digital

 

'Troy' topples 'Van'

 

Producer pair partner on 'Ten' pic

 

UPC price hikes OK'd by regulator

 

Producers party at Variety bash

 

Col calls on Miramax vet

 

Ex-Sony VP goes to prison

 

Vroom to move

 

Moby to produce singer's biopic

 

Deneuve moves to 'Palais'

 

Moore goes to 'Light' for Rosenberg

 

Newmarket, Icon to shop as one

 

'Tragedy,' 'Wife' win Obies

 

Astin 'Caught' by President's Council

 

Yuks brace MS 'Race'

 

Comic wrangles comeback

 

Kudos no idle stunt

 

UA spikes its teen spoof

 

'SNL' anchorman Fallon signs off for pic career

 

Blood spills at 'Bill' fete

 

Wanted: An emperor to lead 'Rome'

 

WB, Zemeckis get a case of 'Measle'

 

Spezialy getting 'Desperate'

 

'Super Size' a Hart vid prize

 

Frog in big reality pond with Burnett

 

Lowery goes Underground

 

'Idol' maker gets labeled

 

Euro 2003 sales up for MPA members

 

Par all right for 'Fighting'

 

Seagal sets up laffer at Searchlight

 

Here's to Mr. Robinson

 

'Troy' team casts 'Spell'

 

ABC going to extremes

 

Zeitgeist does trick for 'Magicians'

 

Karlovy Vary sets Europe Now sked

 

Producers play in Sandpit

 

Inquiring minds at fest

 

Multifaceted thesp Tony Randall dead at 84

 

Senator's 'Hooligans' scores

 

Par Classics warms to Sternfeld's 'Winter'

 

New Line hatches Chicken deal

 

Int'l distribs agree trust a must

 

'CSI: Miami' hits series high

 

Risk-taking falls on TV shoulders

 

Exex gather for IFG get-together

 

Brazilian culture comes to the Croisette

 

Brando eyes role as self for Belhi pic

 

Fortissimo acquires Killer DVDs

 

Salles' goal: Fit soccer pic

 

Coin set for Marketing's pic slate

 

Indie finace the hot topic

 

Kiwis' '20/20' vision

 

James McAvoy

 

CTV called to 'Action'

 

Rotterdam fund dishes pic coin

 

Craig trims jobs at two stations

 

Liberty unit to purchase Noos

 

TV Azteca adding 5 U.S. affils, filling out to 38

 

BBC b'cast opens in N.Y.

 

Acad fetes students

 

Fox's 'Idol' ekes wins

 

Eye's 'CSI: Miami' peaks with 'New York' visitors

 

BMP tapping VP to stick to scripted

 

'Wicked's' Menzel sweeps up 'Dust' pic

 

Correction

 

Beware the new reality: They really hate you

 

Moore doc daze

 

AFI, AFM unite for bash

 

Marika Roekk

 

June Taylor

 

Anna Lee

 

H'wood hoping for a big green B.O. machine

 

NBC still in Arena ballgame

 

Rumsfeld hearings gum up syndie ratings

 

Par 'Insider' gets top 100 markets