Bold indie move begins with pic & cash stash

Number crunching

Kaiser advocates arts pushing biz

ICAA lauds d.p. Aguirresarobe

Weekend Box Office Preview
September 10, 2004

On the spot: Nets taking new upfront tack

Ad recovery gives ITV money makeover

Fresh fall fare flat

'Cellular' vs. 'Evil'

Buyers brave a soggy start

The Black Eyed Peas

Deborah Joy LeVine

Justin Hochberg

A&E votes for presidential duo

Filmax has int'l distrib on 'Hypnos'

Suzy cued at Klasky Csupo

Sci-Tech statue contenders revealed

USA Net resurrects 'Dead' for 4th year

'Hazzard' picks hicks

FCC's kiddie warning

Par finds perfect fit for 'Area'

'Pleasant' times ahead

AMC gets the munchies

Judi Rosner memorial

Frank Thomas

Lions Gate leaves Lido with 'Three'

WGAW taps Bernstein

U replaces director on 'Doom' pic

Exhib UIC bows out of Japan

Barr, Leary lined up for laff fest

CNBC goes for more 'Miller'

'Dinner' sets solo place for Scorsese

MGM, Bronson pacting for homevid distrib deal

Canada goes to the 'Moon' for Oscar

'XXX' to mark start of summer '05

Trio launch indie Vox

Sony BMG lifts Anthony

Playwrights 'Memory' preem goes Wiest

Indie indigent revisiting 9/11

Irish eyes smile on DreamWorks' 'Ikiru' remake

MGM clock ticking fast

Shingle shifts over to Fox 21

VH1 gets more 'Surreal'

Scribe nesting with Fox

'Quest' adaptation on Radar screen

McG shingle taps Johnson tube topper

CBS Madonna concert doesn't materialize

U ready to explore 'Clark & Lewis' pic

Eisner's letter to Disney board

Eisner ankles Disney

Love is all around at Deauville fest

Castellito moves to two directors

S&P boosts Televisa credit rating

UGC flexes plex muscles in Italy

U.K. indie Diverse is sold to FBC

Furtado cops kudos

Palm picks up 'Palace'

'Passion' leads Fox to homevid heaven

Local pix pique H'wood interest

Fall season gets off to blah start o'seas

Picmakers move to ads

Valenti will always have Gaul

Four play heats up

Big pix break through the clouds

'Bayside' hit gets spinoff

Cinemas bring cut-rate pix

Sneak peeks under heat

Giants in sci fi muscle tussle

God . . . and TV's other unsolved mysteries

Wrestling on the mat as demo flees

Lackluster Tuesday shows may send auds to cable

Webs hoard ad rev windfall

Survey finds kids go for soaps

Biz bouncing back

Femmes join SBS' Club

At Old Vic, the Oscar-man cometh

Abbey on rocky road

Dodgers open doors to 5 Off B'way theaters

I heart 'Hamlet'

I say, that's not cricket

Greatest story ever told . . . in 3-D

Winning 'Idol' contestant's destiny

Cable TV takes to the skies

'Jassi' puts her stamp on soap celebrations

Rivals wrangling over Olympic tribute show

Soap puts health issues in the wash

Mini moves to 'Remote' isle

Biz off; 'Lion' $1.36 mil

Shows hit new B.O. lows

Inside Move: Hit or myth

Inside Move: All the 'King's' men

Inside Move: TF1 mind field

Old-school news singing the blues

Inside Move: Red & blue shows

Inside Move: Chile spice

Star-gazing, with little luck

Inside Move: Labor daze

Inside Move: Rupe's roost

Inside Move: Nets going deep for NFL

There's one porn every minute

In pic-to-DVD shift, 'unrated' rates high

H'wood's direct hits

Inside Move: Wall of sound

'Evil' scares up $24 mil

Toronto plays (very) nice

'Drake' takes cake in Venice

Jonathan M. Scharer

Michael Louden

Judi Rosner

Ashfaq Ahmed

Studios' DCI venture to wrap up sans topper

RealNetworks doubles online sales

Circulation squeezes Tribune

Lagardere profits up; raises targets

Canadian effects shingle on Radar

Gloom hits voom

No pop in Peacock

Inside Move: Beatles' suit could upset the Apple cart

Court mulls Messier bail

New MTV net gets busy

Eye gives next 'Race' a little breathing room

Boost in L.A. shoots

'Grace' gets Deauville nod

Madonna in Pole position

Third-act issues?

WB's mighty fright

B'way lyricist Ebb dies

Zwick, Herskovitz take '1/4' turn at Alphabet

Brian Dennehy, Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee, John Leguizamo, Brad Renfro, Giovanni Ribisi and Lesley Ann Warren

Jon Tenney

Gale Harold

'Evil' also sparks with o'seas auds

U whips up genre spoof

Par books 'Corner' for Evans

New Line enrolls with 'Weirdo' laffer

A sporting chance

'Merchant' men

French kissed

Parisian rhapsody

Spinning out of control over Eisner's plan

Ryder tripping with 'Heathers' helmer

Obst, Peters up for 'Days' sequel

'Iraq' docu seeks Oscar

Brothers O'Connor will explore 'Lewis & Clark'

Hughley raises teaching bar

Film board taps Essel

Zaks to direct Spacey's 'Story'

HBO takes Emmys big haul

Time Warner axes MGM bid

Sony ponies up for Lion

Hot and Bothered

Roy Disney & Stanley Gold's letter to the board

Mouse dissidents still squeaking

Jerome Chodorov

Warners, Imax ink 'Deep' deal for underwater pic

AFI mixing humor with D.C. politics

Girls jump to 'Jack'

NFL's return scores touchdown for Fox

Pair earn stripes at Valhalla

He's the Mann for fest kudo

Clinton friends report on ex-Prez's recovery

E! inks deal for tech dealer

Toronto full of pickup artists

Lively panel has a Euro sensibility

O'seas B.O. listless

Net makes conference call

Inside Move: Simpson fresh as Daisy

Emmys making news

Dolgin batting for YES as CEO

Barnes email raises furor

B'way biz takes Labor Day break

Kennedy Center re-ups prez

Buyback debt dents Rogers

CinemaNow pacts for VOD in Europe

Distrib picks up Latino titles

Sci-fi guys fly to Eye

'Nerds' flag rising again

Docu laffer docks at NBC

Canuck canoodling

Helmers swarm around 'THX' museum bash

HBO revels in its 'Bonds'

Miyazaki's 'Castle' finds Tokyo fest slot

White right for fast-tracked WB spec

Fox nips 'Tru' in the bud

Scribe to light 'Torch'

ABC to 'Eat' Celador hit

Director Thai'd to English remake

Bridges crosses into 'Tidelands'

Filmax sets sail on ship thriller

Nordisk begins lensing Blixen doc

MMPA to fete H'w'd diversity

'Sea' sales swell

BBC slights U.K. pix

Music stops at BSkyB

Digital TV switch will flip in 2012

Harrington tapped Disney Intl. VP

HBO will be the guest of honor at ABC's party

Yahoo duets with MusicMatch

IFPI taps new chief

Lions Gate roaring

CinemaNow expanding offerings

Net in tech check

ASC taps Panavision's Moore for Prexy Award

Topper upbeat despite Viv U's big losses

AFI taps Estrin exec VP

ABC to play 'Primetime' Trump card

Nancy Fogarty

Par lifts Fowkes to veepee post

Lookin makes leap

CBS eyes new team

Orphanage home to 'Schizo'

Fest fare beating the Bushies

Peacock flies with 'LAX'

Dreaming of Bombay through the movies

Taylor segues to Lippin

HBO ups Heller to senior drama veep

Chetwynd hot under collar

'Survivor' thrives: CBS bows web show

End of era for Lion vets

'Law' suits N.Y. fine

Nets protest Dems' ad

Sirius teams with Madden

'Underground' hits the streets

Contrarian voices

Spike TV, TWC hit a spike in ratings

Restoring fairness

Oprah's car craze tops syndie preems

Tweens keen on new TEENick block

Contempo docs headed to UCLA

Foundation fetes producers

Usher dominates kudo noms

Reitman passes Canuck hat

Leo's big fadeout

Sony BMG taps exec VP

Morgan joins 'Countess' in exec ranks

Turner to the rescue on 'Blowback'

Touchstone makes Power play for comedy

HRTS starts lunch series

Inside Move: LGTV lets Jake 'Be the Boss'

Inside Move: '60 Minutes' under scrutiny

Canal might finally flow

Duo take over 'Medical'

DGA Honors sets presenters

Public screenings sell well at Toronto festival

'Doom's' day nears for U

'Alvin' to squeak again

London welcomes Leigh

RSC turns toward comedy

Kabel's bid for cabler kaput

BAFTA to alter voting

De Mol to program Dutch TV block

Kennedy Center names honorees

Joel Schneider

More indecency at FCC

BAFTA/LA taps presenters

Stewart surrender

Evan Cowitt

Margot Davis, Todd McNulty, Melissa Van Meter

Eddie Hill

XM uploads channels to Web subs

H'w'd Fest lauds Travolta

Williamson winds way up at WB Pix

Exhib Onex sells out of German loop

Writers will wait on pens and needles

Granada slates deals

Rupe's troops taking home plenty of loot

A country two-step

Cirque adds 4th prod'n in Vegas

Spielberg, Zemeckis fete USC's game lab

Web ousts 'Oprah' for sudser

'2046' to open Pusan

Early exits at Toronto

Snoop Dogg to host Spike TV's Video Game Awards

Sara Gilbert

Weather and Spike auds up

Lahti keeping busy for Dems

UPN moves lineup in exec suites

Oz Labor promises showbiz help

CBS defends Bush report despite flak

Inside Move: 'OC' trip slows trek to 'Athens'

Howard joins 'Monk' cast

Billy Zane

Vicellous Shannon

'Nightline' is all Walters

GSN names Hatcher senior VP, distribution

Left out in the cold

Latinos lead baseball docs

'Lennon' imagines B'way

Sayles races political satire to 'Silver' screen

'Sky Captain' battles nerves at liftoff

Thesps fly into B'way fundraiser

Mouse aims 'Shot' at H'w'd

MS fete going strong

U aces tennis debut

Westphal joins Sony TV

Carey eyes the 'Late' shift

AMMI salutes Travolta

New lineup at artsy banner

Franklin nests with D'Works on 'Big'

Duo docks at Anchor Bay

Fur flies with 'Cat' man vs. protesters

Dubai taps Canuck relations

Punk rock pioneer dies

Film School

A Separate Peace

LAX

Idomeneo

Unfabulous

Wimbledon

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

Slava's Snowshow

I Do (But I Don't)

20 Fingers

Kings and Queen

Delivery

Changing Destiny

Saimir

The World

Tae Kwon Do

Butterfly

The Crying Wind

Silver City

The Wire

The Benefactor

3-iron

Days and Hours

A Dirty Shame

I Heart Huckabees

Nine Innings from Ground Zero

Of Mice and Men

Dust

Creep

Shark Tale

Childstar

Ray

The Day Of The Falcon

Embedded/Live

Beyond the Sea

Haven

Embers

Brooklyn Boy

Ariadne Auf Naxos

Mitch Albom's Tuesdays With Morrie

Sideways

The Black Keys

American Roots

Millions

Grandsons

Turtles Can Fly

Lila Says

Promised Land

Dias de Campo

Mirage

Land of Plenty

Beastie Boys

We Will Rock You

Red Dust

Throw Down

Free to Go (Interlude)

Vento di Terra

Oyster Farmer

The Limb Salesman

Suburbs

A Rekindled Affair

Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry

Family Bonds

Of Thee I Sing

Mr. 3000

Stuff Happens

Remote Access

The Keys to the House

Snow Patrol

The Rosenbach Company: A Tragicomedy

Gunner Palace

Downfall

Hotel Rwanda

Donovan

September Tapes

The Parisians

Matthew Shipp Quartet

Torapy