Table of Contents
Week of 05/21/2006

Articles

Europa Cinemas boosts Euro pix

 

Ramsay talks about "Kevin"

 

B.O. up; 'Lion' roars twice

 

Much ado about Stratford

 

Tony takes shine to Seattle

 

L.A. Opera does the monster mash

 

And the Tony for replacement thesp goes to…nobody

 

'Boys' tries to fend off 'Chaperone'

 

On-demand in plentiful supply

 

Crossover appeal

 

Year's bows that wowed

 

Filipino filmmakers test U.S. waters for crossover titles

 

Berlin beckons to indies

 

'Mission 3' totals will match first two outings

 

X Filme ups pic budgets

 

Oz calls on gov't to fix pic funding

 

Exhibs widen niche reach

 

Frosh fare faces bumpy road abroad

 

Hollywood's fistful of dollars

 

There's always a new act waiting in the wings

 

Giving it the old 'College' try…

 

'War' is hell for f/x shops

 

The 'Code' shoulder

 

'Used' vehicle just waiting for gas

 

Getting a leg up

 

Hatch nabbed for tax evasion

 

BlackBerry getting audio upgrade

 

Pic rocks the Warners boat

 

Biz rises; 'Purple' $1m

 

UKTV coin for original programs

 

MTV throws teen party

 

Fox Sports dials up cell phone game

 

ITV buyer Kandola brings Midas touch

 

In Demand goes beyond Pay-per-view

 

High cost of indecency is %@#^ crazy

 

Networks shed talk of skeds

 

Del Toro returns to Spanish trio

 

'Sunshine' screening pours it on in N.Y.

 

Three for the Road

 

Gentlemen's game

 

Pick a number between 'One' and '60'

 

Bolling for dollars

 

'Lost' leaves trail of tie-ins

 

Lost in transition

 

Ensemble skeins run with the herd

 

Easy does it at EU

 

Korda studio breaks ground in Hungary

 

BBC Films creates inhouse ties

 

'Once' draws big price tag

 

Helmers agree: A good story is key to success

 

Bird backers seek coin

 

It's Reine-ing helmers

 

World in Louvre with 'Code'

 

Dillane notes 'Grace'

 

Celluloid Dreams turn to Nightmares

 

Toei pacts pic pre-sales

 

Kinowelt drinks 'Absolute'

 

Splendid takes genre titles

 

Romandia crosses border

 

Canet gets away with crime pic

 

Slick 'Moves' for MTV

 

'Mum' is the word at Think

 

Auds ignore quota cuts

 

Now: Who really matters in Korea?

 

Next: Who will matter in Korea in the future?

 

Quebec pic union, IA suspend talks

 

Suit slams DGA's foreign take

 

Turner turns the page with exit from TW

 

Iran away from Cannes

 

'Kid' rocks

 

Night fever

 

The 'Truth' well told

 

'Will' has its way in finale

 

Lion marshalls 'Brave'

 

When it's good to be over par

 

Beth Grant

 

Gina Torres

 

Khleo Thomas

 

Jewel Staite

 

Thriller finds global grail

 

Davis inks prod'n deal

 

'4400' secrets told on Web

 

Perry, WWOR gain through 'Payne'

 

Kiwis up coin for local TV prod'n

 

Hope gets glory at Hamptons fest

 

Cash flows at U.K.'s Brighthaven

 

'Kingdom' making the Scene

 

NewYorker climbs 'Tree'

 

It's a SmallWorld after all for TWC

 

Biz sees mixed signals

 

Rio trio flips coin

 

Deb distrib on Horizon

 

Mar del Plata sweetens film prize pot

 

Bignardi goes through dry spell

 

MGM hits 'Home'

 

Home of the 'Brave'

 

Fest split decision

 

'Road' leads to France

 

Universum boards train

 

Italo helmer taps 'Myself'

 

Fortissimo deals with 'Master'

 

Romanians move into production

 

TinRes gets a little help

 

Saeta backs 'Sylvia'

 

Frosh TV fare courts buyers

 

Hit parade redux

 

The Drama

 

The Oxymorons

 

The Egos

 

The Foolproof

 

The Sleepers

 

The Curse

 

The Designers

 

The Bodies

 

The Comeback

 

The Tie-In

 

Valcon wins bid for VNU

 

The Irish

 

Fox drama garners int'l buzz

 

'Collector' calling

 

No consensus on Croisette

 

'Lost' game hatched

 

Asian fest sets sked

 

TV3 Ireland stake up for grabs

 

Drama Desks roused as 'Drowsy' draws 7

 

Egoli Tossell plots Knef biopic

 

Overseas buyers spy Beta's 'Lives'

 

'Tarzan' gets jump on o'seas auds

 

Weber reins in 'Rainer'

 

Edinburgh fest has eye on prize

 

Fashion passion

 

The Mittle ground

 

Film i Vast fills slate

 

Dubai Fest taps two directors

 

Martinez packs bags for 'Carmo'

 

Gallic pair join forces on 'Deux'

 

Yanks give Brit films a helping hand

 

H'w'd presses hot-button pix

 

TWC 'Escape' with pic buy

 

CJ deals on 'Violence'

 

'Housewives' scores for ABC

 

Joing hands to face VOD

 

'Caiman' still has bite, Moretti warns

 

Tribeca fest sets '07 dates

 

Vodacom scores World Cup on S. Africans' cell phones

 

B.O. bulks up as exhibs plex their muscles

 

B.O. blows Thai high

 

Prepped to pop

 

New attitudes give Philippine biz a boost

 

Bunch gone wild

 

Beach blanket 'Buddha'

 

Ready to block bid

 

Benchmark plugs into Bebo

 

Newspaper man to tops Oz's ABC

 

Soccer row on road to legal Arena

 

Fest selects 19 tuners

 

Alan L. Gleitsman

 

TV scribes mount well-placed protest

 

Katherine Dunham

 

Jonathan Epstein and Peter Levin

 

Salvatore Billa

 

50 Cent pieces earn songwriting kudo

 

B'way bounces with 'Drowsy'

 

'Code' coin even shinier

 

Shue fits at Picturehouse

 

Casting a wider net

 

Power shifting in Teuton TV biz

 

Wisteria Lane winds way to the top

 

ABC reality under wraps

 

Thrill ride over

 

Shingle runs with bulls

 

Student Acad selects winners

 

B'cast fest venue is Venice in Sept.

 

Mine tale a rich vein

 

Makatsch to star in Teuton biopic

 

Samoa censors crack down on 'Code'

 

Mike McGee

 

Stuart Zwagil, Glenn Meehan

 

Stephanie Lopez

 

Robert Prah, Ian Mahoney

 

Karen Manne

 

David Nixon

 

Gail Marowitz

 

Eduardo Suarez

 

Robyn Hutt, Lori Siegel

 

Par feel 'Pain' from Lau, Mark

 

Arabs open up Pharaoh facet

 

Buena Onda shows 'Love'

 

'Orange' revolution hits the biz

 

SPC has 'Lives'

 

Easternlight explores 'Forest'

 

Glover, Kingsley: Meeting of the minds

 

Tots cheer Ocelot toon

 

Venice jury in the works

 

Wild for 'Angels'

 

Constantin, Icon has 'Rose' rights

 

Drama queen

 

Inside Move: Disney sailing to aisle of 'Lost' toys

 

Lionsgate on 'Trade' route

 

Playwrights takes Rapp

 

Supernatural gumshoe on Sci Fi slate

 

Swank finds a new 'Love'

 

ABC harvests 'Raisin'

 

StudioCanal goes 'Blueberry' picking

 

Even God loves sequels

 

Music exec takes in view at Elevation

 

Surely it's not that old

 

Alliance celebrates 10th anni

 

Buyers warming to Warner skeins

 

PR topper to New Line

 

Firm end to Bloom suit

 

Wayanses judge toons

 

United they'll stand

 

Yahoo! realigns media efforts

 

Chowing down with Chita

 

Vinters bottle up for a cure

 

Mike Rothenberg, Athan Stephanopoulos

 

Top noms for ACM Awards

 

Flatts' 'Gang' of three

 

Tex meets techs

 

Salvation

 

Music Row's unsung heroes

 

It pays to play Vegas

 

ACM stoked by genre's dollar signs

 

Hollywood via Nashville

 

MOCA's street smarts

 

Greece's Georgakakou goes it alone

 

'Fanaa' dams torpedos, moves ahead

 

Can duo make music?

 

Gibson will replace desk set at ABC

 

Norseman readies raid on Vivendi

 

RAI Trade to makes its 'Fortune'

 

'Lust' in translation for Focus

 

Roginas resigns from Russian fest

 

Varda feted by Flanders

 

'Idol' holding high note

 

'Princess,' 'Road' hit the sales trail

 

Pic market debut set for Pusan

 

Turin commish bows pic fund

 

SPC draws up rights for novel series

 

Inside Move: Canal buzz reaches Croisette

 

EU coin up but falls short

 

Weinsteins unleash Dragon

 

China 'Mission' possible

 

Tarr pic back on sked

 

Picturehouse parks with 'Amusement'

 

Momentum gathers 'Spring'

 

Post Central mixes 'Cherry Crush'

 

Zazie in a 'Hole'

 

Brown's 'Angels' flies to bigscreen

 

'Nanking' to the bigscreen

 

Vesuvio debuts with sale

 

Picturehouse picks 'Gracie' from pair of Shues

 

Telepool finds 'Stars'

 

Boats, balls and punks

 

Stars belly up to 'Banquet'

 

Mohns firm on 25%

 

Telco bows Web TV in Spain

 

Vue points to a sale

 

ITV sells Oz TV stake

 

RDF media's revs surge

 

Comcast, WWE pact for VOD

 

Munich rights watch

 

IFP, Current team for user-generated video

 

Confab: Teuton telepic ads should rise

 

Primetime adds some new wrinkles

 

PBS sets sights on arts expansion

 

Raider Vik sticking to his Viv breakup plan

 

Bravo open to criticism

 

A station negation

 

'49 Up' counts U.S. run

 

Grammys back to Sunday slot

 

Lane game for 'Butley'

 

No. 1 conundrum

 

NBC again pages Quills

 

Indian distrib wants bigger share of B.O.

 

London cops nab DVD pirates

 

Local 'Law' is in order for Russia

 

CineVegas fest reels in honorees

 

AFTRA fills board openings

 

Ensemble cast to host Tonys

 

'Bella' boosts Univision

 

'Rules' engages buyers

 

B'way 'Lestat' bites the dust

 

Syndie ratings up

 

KTLA plays name game

 

C4 pushes for more ad breaks

 

AMG is ready to 'Samba'

 

'Closing' in on pic

 

Fund on a spree

 

Dubai programs local competish

 

Fingerprint grabs rights for Woo pic

 

French kiss for U.S.

 

TLC takes 'Shot'

 

'Comic' auds to get interactive

 

Bonds skein benched

 

Congloms fund Newseum

 

Zolten Penn Jillette

 

Laura Holland

 

Audiobook biz brews at coffee chain

 

Helmer stays on 20th clock

 

Sheldon donates to UCLA library

 

Warner hits the slopes

 

Casting sleight of hand

 

Spike's sold on Fox thriller

 

MTV gets early start on originals

 

'Housewives' woo scribes

 

Meirelles' 'City' turns digital toon

 

Legendary kicks in on 'Kung Fu'

 

A-Film makes A-grade deals

 

Anaya floats into Oz outback 'World'

 

No coin, no Cannes

 

Till scores topper for soccer team

 

Tartan USA books 'Turner'

 

Magnolia blesses monster pic 'Host'

 

KanZaman makes 'Travel' plans

 

TW back off Euro Charter

 

Stillman seeing 'Green'

 

'Antoinette' turning heads

 

'House' finale sets high

 

Finch makes steps in sands

 

Italos get into 'Family' fight

 

Punk music impresario Copeland dies at 57

 

Danny Glover

 

Michael Sheen

 

Jay Rodan

 

Matt Schulze

 

David Denman

 

Caitlin Wachs

 

More to M than meets the eye

 

IFPI defends German raids

 

'Silence' docu golden for Groening

 

MTV dancing with Diddy

 

Pepper disc is hot enough

 

Prokino to bite into 'Blueberry'

 

Indian plexes nix pic bow over B.O. split

 

Fest touts Arab pix

 

ESPN going mobile

 

Int'l buyers taking NBC U's 'Raines'

 

'Looking' for action

 

TCM original series seek younger auds

 

Courting a payoff

 

CNN Future Summit set for Singapore

 

Tweens get their fill of Disney disc

 

MTV Tr3s to simulcast election skein

 

Playoff hoops spur net gains

 

Post-split meet held

 

Studios taking Cablevision to court

 

New 'American Idol' crowned

 

'Beautiful' pic makes debut

 

'Babel'-icious

 

Buyers are on the road to Madrid

 

Sony dons Besson halo

 

'Burning' duo reteams for 'D.O.P.E.'

 

Riccio sets up 'House'

 

Avex tunes into 'Telepathy'

 

Warner's Spain topper ankles

 

Manga tries a little 'Tenderness'

 

Gaga gaga over 'Journey

 

Stern, CBS settle suit

 

'Breakup' breakout

 

Fox beefing up 'Feresten'

 

'Lassie' comes home

 

Santa Barbara fetes Douglas

 

News Corp. books synergy

 

Hustling back to Paramount

 

Wary of working together

 

'Vegas' vet finds home

 

Diamond in the rough for SAG?

 

Livedoor's Horie: 'I'm not guilty'

 

Lionsgate takes a 'Burn'

 

Critter cares

 

Pushy questions for…

 

Shelf life

 

Bertelsmann cues buyout

 

Regulator firms its feevee ideas

 

Pic looks to past

 

Debut distrib in mart Blitz