Table of Contents
Week of 11/04/2004

Articles

Barcelona shingle inks Belgian deal

 

'Lost' finds bigger aud

 

'Tarnation' takes it

 

Beeb, Endemol pact

 

HBO Europe picks Fox TV pix pack

 

Hurt, Crewson on 'Arbour'

 

RTL hitches ride with Bollywood

 

RDF Rights inks Cicada first-look deal

 

Media Asia begins trading in Singapore

 

RTVE increases support of local film industry

 

Sony TV unit opens in Munich

 

Feds probe NYC papers

 

Ad sales fuel profit spike at Univision

 

Charter losses spiral as birds peck at subs

 

Sinclair sits pretty

 

Arenas to offer distrib, marketing for indies

 

Africa comes into Focus

 

'Lost' looms large

 

Toons to tussle

 

Schwartz is the talk of CBS execs

 

Ken Kwapis

 

Robert Kamen

 

Neal Israel, Ernie Barbarash

 

ThinkFilm on Ozon pic

 

Film Sales looking to answer 'Question'

 

James H. Binger

 

McManus sports new Eye pact

 

Satcaster XM narrows 3Q losses, subs tail off

 

Shapiro takes to 'Street'

 

Duo play 'Anthems' with Spacey at Vic

 

BAM plan for spring planting

 

News Corp. counsel Siskind set to retire

 

AFM Screening Guide: Sunday, Nov. 7

 

Viacom eyes Marketwatch

 

Ganging up on DVD

 

Discovery Nets ups ad man Carrozza

 

Oscar's roster gets animated

 

Reeling in pic pirates

 

'Rose' flowers at Chi's Jeff Awards

 

AFM Screening Guide: Monday, Nov. 8

 

'Boys' tunes up extension

 

AFM Screening Guide: Tuesday, Nov. 9

 

O'Hara steps into 'Light' spot

 

Coward's 'Ball' to make U.S. debut

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
November 5, 2004

 

Cushioning the ride

 

Almodovar puts 'Education' to use

 

Ready or not?

 

How far is heaven?

 

Tips from the top: What to see

 

Thesps lead the 'Blind'

 

Goyer 'Invisible' man for Spyglass, D'Works

 

Pic slate Crystal clear

 

EchoBridge planning pix

 

Bloodworks, Hoffman team

 

NBA full-court press yields Blighty deals

 

Shuffle atop legiter fest

 

Focus loads Gellar into 'Revolver'

 

Taking root with 'Shooters'

 

10 more episodes fill 'CSI: NY' slabs

 

Dimension pulling 'Doll' strings for redo

 

CineFinance, HCC bonding

 

Signature turns 'Black'

 

Upscale viewers enrich CBS, ABC

 

'Housewives' meet a man

 

Helmer to fill shoes for Fox 2000's 'Prada'

 

Another 'Cide' of racing

 

U, Scott camp it up

 

Leo's motive is mercenary

 

Agent joins management at Industry

 

Lions Gate wild for 'Woman'

 

Ibero-American mart sets dates

 

BSkyB picks Roberts for L.A. role

 

CBS rolls Thursday; 'OC' hot

 

'Face the Nation' nabs key 25-54 demo

 

Treva Young Holley

 

Ball to put 'Six Feet' under

 

NuImage takes Active route to Sci Fi

 

Producers find tough road to soft money

 

Weinstein makes the rounds

 

Miramax's Brodlie segues to TriStar

 

Zeitgeist taps into 'World'

 

Lucky no. Seven

 

Lions Gate deal a Marvel

 

'Thieves' cops deal for Japan pre-sales

 

'Thieves' lines up job, cast

 

Mart goes Renegade for pic slate

 

Lumina shines on Meirelles pic

 

Kossmann snaps candid Cannes pix

 

Sales set for Vision's 'Gogo'

 

Oristrell preps stag night

 

Shoreline to dish out 'Wish'

 

Foreign sales fretting

 

AFM bash goes to the 'Max

 

Filmart has spring in its step

 

'Cursed,' 'Sin' bless Miramax sales pacts

 

Tartan/TLA take Araki's 'Skin'

 

Nu Image welcomes 'Strangers'

 

Reign of horror

 

Adding pic punch

 

Cinemavault closes pix deals

 

Chick flick label irks filmmakers

 

Lifting the curtain on AFM

 

Fortissimo boards 'Bus'

 

A very big presentation

 

Filmax moves in

 

Jazz band shows its 'Swing'

 

Cineclick closes deal on 'Plateaus'

 

'747' takes off at Mobius

 

Tenney to topline Brooks' India film

 

Araki gives horror a makeover

 

An Epidemic of new pix

 

'Men' helmer makes pic bow

 

Sheik, rattle & roll

 

Eisner's splitting headache

 

H'wood teased with Four play

 

Par: Déjà vu all over again

 

Clock's ticking on these promos

 

Toon rivalry gets animated

 

A myriad of frustration

 

MPAA suits up for war

 

Scorsese goes trolling for 'Lobster'

 

Detour along B'way 'Avenue'

 

Biz shift could goose Sundance

 

Agents see red over Ovitz's green scene

 

French talk piracy with MPAA honcho

 

Funds target Teuton titles

 

Singapore cinemas expanding

 

Toons tempt Russian tykes

 

Fest sets African premieres

 

Shot of local thesp delays '2046'

 

Preems set for Bollywood holiday

 

Germans flock to 'Dwarves,' 'Diaries'

 

Oz first-time helmers rarely get a second chance at coin

 

Net vex with ad fads

 

Polls put pols in their place

 

Mom! Comedy Central's cussing again!

 

Gospel gets born again with four music cablers

 

MTV bows in sub-Saharan Africa

 

Wary pay TV toppers ride out crisis

 

Dawn of the 'Deadly'

 

The 12-times Elsa winner is Czech TV

 

Antena 3 tunes in to Hollywood pix pacts

 

Agency puts brand on content

 

Guess where 'Idol' popped up

 

Media's duo Dutch treat

 

Spirit of Christmas present

 

Labels see the positive side of combo disks

 

Golden Gate open to new things

 

Leadership shift brings Rees to Williamstown

 

Biz off; 'Wicked' $1.2 m

 

B.O. down; 'Scrooge' 291g

 

Changes brewing

 

Tate and National talking Strindberg

 

'Cabaret' goes back to Berlin

 

Novel idea: Skip the show, read the book

 

Pixar nails six in a row

 

Voom hears a boom

 

Roberts is reality man for Sky One in L.A.

 

Imageworks a Fulle house

 

Belcastro up at New Line

 

'Incredibles' adds bang to Pixar's buck

 

Miramax vet set for TriStar

 

Dawson's set as 'Rent' girl

 

U names sr. veep of prod'n

 

Day one goes to Eye

 

Org to fete doc pioneer

 

Double dipper OK'd Ovitz

 

DreamWorks forges 'Steel'

 

Steamroller taps VP duo

 

World seizes ‘Day’ rights

 

Sorvino, Cromwell feted

 

Inferno deals heating up

 

UPN going full tilt on 'Hill,' 'Mars'

 

Richard Portnow

 

Michael Madsen

 

Franklyn Ajaye

 

Elizabeth Rice

 

Film fest fetes four

 

Bravo 'Blow Out' in fast lane

 

Oz screens music kudos

 

Tiny Oz drama leaps to sweep

 

'After' party

 

Something to Believe in

 

I like Mike

 

'Before' and after

 

Panels pump praisers

 

Scribes tell tales of biz woe

 

Scare tactics work at o'seas wickets

 

Miller out at Scripps

 

E! loyal to royal reality

 

'Somersault' vaults to win

 

Trio tapped for vid kudos

 

Thesp makes 'Sonic' boom

 

'Cholera' has New Line look

 

ABC holds on to reality wiz

 

Section 8 channels Murrow, McCarthy

 

Fox loves single life

 

Soccer superstars 'Goal!' oriented

 

Tartan, TLA take to Araki

 

Names boost Miramax pix

 

Musical star Keel dies

 

Inside Move: Is Par closer to Newmarket nook?

 

'Wild' for MTV laffs

 

Schepisi sets Vietnam tale

 

Dolenz mounts Oz pic

 

Inside Move: Cinea screeners nixed

 

Look into IMW's crystal ball and PropheSEE a hit

 

'Home,' 'Housewives' hot for ABC

 

Turin pours 'Sideways'

 

Salvatores minds 'Baby'

 

Antarctica's hot ticket: 1st screen

 

MTV faces the music

 

Berlusconi's kids OK selling Mediaset

 

EMI Music and Klein in tune for strategy

 

Tune cabler to offer vids on demand

 

SAG kudos cutoff Thursday

 

Infinity taps Biondo veep

 

Strong quarter keeps Midway in the game

 

Pixar's anticlimax

 

NBR fetes Bruckheimer, Crix Circle sets date

 

Globes say no Moore

 

McGregor one of the 'Guys'

 

B'way B.O. bust continues

 

Light on Gallic film coin

 

'Home' fire burning

 

Corrections

 

Scribes talk team work

 

MGM chief jousting

 

Artivist fest to fete thesps

 

'Shrek' DVD sees green

 

Merger makes Liberty hot in Chile

 

Malone, Rupe rattle sabers

 

Ovitz gifts cause rift

 

'Last Letters' hit home

 

Devils to heat MSG until '24

 

AFM sees buyer uptick

 

RIAA, MPAA lead appeal in P2P case

 

NFL's end zone dance

 

Overboard for the 'Sea'

 

Fun rises on 'After the Sunset' bash

 

'Polar' gift for USC

 

'Foreigner' in the family

 

Bow gives voice to 'Innocent'

 

Mann overboard

 

Disney taps TV toon sr. vps

 

MPAA prexy Glickman makes his H'w'd debut

 

Scribe to float on 'Noah's Ark'

 

Genre pix pack a wallop

 

'Mermaid' hooks two for prod'n

 

'Ray' scribe to Usher in coming-of-age pic

 

'Money's' cashing in

 

Agresti romances 'Mare'

 

Col will spend 'Night'

 

CBS' 'Clubhouse' strikes out

 

Levant's getting 'Lucky'

 

U.S. aims incentives at stopping runaways

 

It takes a 'Thief'

 

The others

 

Speaking in tongues

 

Safety in numbers

 

Moore for the money

 

Wild card lurks in toon deck

 

A Very Long Engagement

 

The Woodsman

 

Vera Drake

 

Spanglish

 

Sideways

 

The Sea Inside

 

Ray

 

The Phantom of the Opera

 

The Passion of the Christ

 

The Motorcycle Diaries

 

Million Dollar Baby

 

Maria Full of Grace

 

Kinsey

 

In Good Company

 

Hotel Rwanda

 

Finding Neverland

 

Fahrenheit 9/11

 

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

 

Collateral

 

Closer

 

Before Sunset

 

Being Julia

 

Bad Education

 

The Aviator

 

Alexander

 

Everyone's a winner

 

Introduction

 

Bertelsmann profit soaring

 

'CSI: Miami' rocks for CBS

 

Oz getting a taste of 'Greenlight'

 

Euro Disney loss is worse than expected

 

Perf points Premiere toward public

 

Tunes are tops for Viv U

 

MPAA seeks Latin allies in piracy fight

 

Fitzgerald now sr. VP at Sony

 

Praise but no raise

 

Grizzlies sink teeth into Fox Sports

 

Hollywood's feeling blue and seeing red

 

Universal pix to pump NBC U's high-def web

 

Stunts make waves

 

IFC takes flight with Mideast war drama

 

Auds vote for NBC, Fox

 

Scribes will give Col laffer a 'Try'

 

'Huff' cuffed in tough bow

 

Rupe can relax, sez Liberty CEO

 

Alarm sounds for prank pic

 

Gemstar profit dimmer

 

C'vision channels lessened losses

 

Champ's return boosts 'Jeopardy'

 

Bonus onus was nearly dealbreaker

 

Echostar brightens

 

Big three: thisclose

 

Moore docu fires up profit for Lions Gate

 

Art directors to fete blurbs

 

Correction

 

Gotham Awards laud best indie features

 

Film fests reel in AMPAS coin

 

AMC exhibits 6% rev rise

 

High Noon redux

 

CanadaWest working together

 

Hollywood's fever pitch

 

Amazon will book online promo shorts

 

Mouse gives 'Phil' future

 

FCC's Powell to stay course

 

UPN picks up six episodes of 'Cuts'

 

Scribes set up 'Retreat'

 

Island triggers 'Bomb' deal

 

USA brand in exec's hands

 

MGM 'Affair' rekindled

 

D'Works dons 'Baywatch' speedo

 

Praisery taps senior director

 

Lions Gate ups promo exec

 

Meistrich acquires 'Wilby'

 

Weather changes for XM

 

French doors open

 

Inside Move: 'Mac' laid up as star continues to recover

 

Inside Move: Actors eye December talks

 

Scribe duo master heist pic for Par

 

Fox phones it in

 

Global fund effort

 

Spotlight on ContentGuard deal

 

CBS lassoes Tuesday victory

 

Bollywood pics look to reap festive coin

 

CineAsia sets exhib salutes

 

Coxon cooks up 'Feast'

 

'Fiddler' fetches Fierstein

 

Reilly links with Sirius

 

Nets get gold in 3Q ad revs

 

Producers vs. thesps in Oz

 

Monet Mazur

 

David Alan Basche

 

Jon Heder

 

'NOW 17' 5th in series to bow on top

 

Eye rides Tues. high

 

Dale Johnston

 

Gibson Kente

 

Col TriStar Ent. gallops off

 

Ovitz won job after Mouse K.O'd Katz

 

Get ready for more Moore

 

Twisted turns to Lions Gate

 

Toon net skeds Buhaj VP

 

Wilmore will do more work for Fox after all

 

'Kinsey' draws ire

 

Saving Pvt. *#@! Ryan

 

Stone & Co. ups execs

 

'Polar's' diverse bow

 

'Treasure' waves the flag

 

Great 'White' Way calls

 

MGM Mirage rolls dice

 

NBC U TV cables Rothstein

 

Vuitton warms Ice ball

 

Inside Move: Eye brews blurb storm

 

Inside Move: Fuse burning for Weiss

 

FX gets serious about bible study