Table of Contents
Week of 09/10/2007

Articles

Image finally dives into pickup fray

 

Lionsgate buys Mandate

 

'24' defects to ProSieben

 

Disney closes U.K.'s ABC1

 

British indie awards move venue

 

Eros plans widest ever release

 

Foxtel nabs award show rights

 

'Apartment 413' nabs pilot prize

 

Gil Cates to produce Oscars

 

TBS renews 'My Boys'

 

Jane Wyman dies at 93

 

Trio sign up for Donmar season

 

TMZ makes its TV debut

 

Release strategy is a tricky game

 

'Sunday Night Football' scores big

 

Weinsteins pick up 'King of the Hill'

 

'Hero' a hit at Japanese box office

 

Katims boards 'Bionic Woman'

 

Sabido acquires stake in Gaborone

 

'High School Musical 2' a hit in Asia

 

Wakashe new director for arts

 

S. Korea shares 'Secret' with Oscar

 

Post-holiday dropoff hits Broadway

 

Sigrid Ann Davison, 49, sales exec

 

MPD renamed Alliance Films

 

Quill Book Award winners

 

Jennifer Hudson moves to 'City'

 

Broadway's 'Blonde' to air on MTV

 

Jonathan Groff to star in 'Hair'

 

WB sells titles to Fox stations

 

Quill Book Awards unveil winners

 

NFL signs deal with Ion Media

 

CBS Interactive pacts with affiliates

 

Toronto festival wary of serious films

 

TWC names Podell senior VP

 

VH1 to air Britney Spears special

 

CBS taps Ross for 'Early Show'

 

'Harry Potter' toots box office horn

 

Networks slam unlicensed broadband

 

George Hamilton goes to 'Chicago'

 

WE TV puts the fear into Saturdays

 

India's TV18 renamed Network18

 

Cheadle checks into 'Hotel for Dogs'

 

Dreamworks taps publicity head

 

ShowEast lauds Cinepolis CEO

 

Bravo tries to 'Step It Up'

 

Peace Arch taps Sagansky

 

McCormick to direct 'Stepfather'

 

NBC to take on 'The Interrogator'

 

Icon, GreeneStreet pact on film rights

 

'Guys and Dolls' transfer delayed

 

Wolf drives a hybrid to NBC

 

Barton nails 'Walled' film

 

Robert Enders, 80s, filmmaker

 

Overture nabs 'The Visitor'

 

Jennifer Hudson moves to 'City'

 

Cheadle checks into 'Hotel for Dogs'

 

NBC Universal hires Miranda

 

Ang Lee cuts 'Lust' for China

 

Trio join 'Abraham's Point'

 

Ireland selects 'Kings' for Oscars

 

TV is alive and kicking in Europe

 

'Fat Boy' runs to top in U.K.

 

Mediaset pays big for studio content

 

Clapp to head U.K. exhibitors' body

 

Movers 'n' Shekhar

 

CBS rallies against FCC fine

 

VMA wrap-up

 

Kennedy Center picks 2007 honors

 

Polanski pulls out of 'Pompeii'

 

Magic in 'December'

 

Sydney festival gets FIAPF approval

 

Morrison to direct 'Ashes'

 

Rick McKay to direct Fay Wray film

 

Joe Zawinul, 75, jazz musician

 

TV ad market takes a tumble

 

Parsing TV’s lexicon of dirty words

 

HBO's 'Tell Me' speaks to few

 

DC Comics promotes David Hyde

 

Alan Keith new CFO for Laika

 

Jennifer and Suzanne Todd

 

Japan box office in summer daze

 

Merv Griffin lives on in syndication

 

Serino Coyne president steps down

 

Annabella Sciorra joins MCC's 'Spain'

 

Roundabout lowers cost of tickets

 

Probe of music merger near end

 

Aboriginal TV coming to Australia

 

NBC

 

Feedback sought on Screen Australia

 

NBC scores with Sunday football

 

Stockholm fest unveils six films

 

Scott Thomas set for 'Seagulll'

 

Fox

 

The CW

 

Zack Van Amburg and Jamie Erlicht

 

Nina Tassler

 

Kate Walsh

 

Ben Silverman

 

Dawn Ostroff

 

Univision overstates ratings case

 

Dylan McDermott

 

Josh Schwartz

 

Keith Olbermann

 

Peter Krause

 

Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton

 

Mark Gordon

 

Chuck Lorre

 

Whoopi Goldberg

 

Bryan Fuller

 

Cecile Frot-Coutaz and Simon Fuller

 

David Eick

 

Drew Carey

 

British Invasion

 

Ken Burns

 

Anthony Anderson

 

CBS

 

ABC

 

Walters to host Sirius call-in show

 

Networks struggle with Web marketing

 

Networks quick to judge new series

 

Obama is bound for Broadway

 

High hopes for pre-Emmy benefit

 

'Hairspray' gets high-def DVD release

 

MTV.com pulls in record numbers

 

Peter Brodsky

 

Randy Brown

 

Sydney Kimmel pacts with Equinoxe

 

Jordan Beck, Doug Chalfant

 

Lynne Frank

 

Tamara Conniff, Bill Werde

 

NBC gets 'Blood' pumping

 

Adam Wilkes, A. Robb Spitzer

 

Matt Huxley

 

Maria Sanchez

 

Thomas Sidar

 

Darlene Chapman-Holmes

 

Brett King, Sitarah Pendelton, more

 

Robert Juster

 

Jeff Conroy, Jay Bennett

 

Toronto sales up a bit Tuesday

 

'Love blows' for 'Chuck,' 'Kid'

 

Expensive Korean drama bows

 

Purefoy, Davis to star in 'Diamonds'

 

Wind promoted to 'Desperate' producer

 

Norton, Pitt reteam for 'State of Play'

 

'Catacombs' to premiere on Fearnet

 

Sundance Channel funnels movies

 

Viacom combining web forces

 

Toronto festival panel pumps VOD

 

Take Two shares up 5%

 

Polanski pulls out of 'Pompeii'

 

Norton, Pitt reteam for 'State of Play'

 

Rio festival honors China

 

ContentFilm picks up Coogan pic

 

Beta goes back to kids fare

 

Jon Stewart set as Oscar host

 

PFD agents quit to form new firm

 

Ross to speak at Mipcom Jr.

 

Fortissimo signs up with Jaman

 

GMTV faced with $5.6 million fine

 

ITV invests $400 million in content

 

'Musical' hits high note for 4th week

 

Judge sets court date for Lohan

 

Bury named national correspondent

 

Supporting cast add to 'Live's' success

 

AFI marks milestone with stars, films

 

LaBute's 'Some Girl(s)' set for Geffen

 

'Live' launches Kelly Ripa, Inc.

 

'Live With Regis' milestones

 

TYO buys out Tsuburaya

 

Rickles tickles the Regis funny bone

 

Jane Lynch

 

Julia Ormond, Jason Isaacs

 

Matthew Lillard, James Remar

 

Jake Abel

 

Geoffrey Owens

 

Cillian Murphy

 

Korean fest unveils lineup

 

Fox Business Network nabs anchors

 

Cable must offer analog, digital

 

Jim Samples to top HGTV

 

'Regis' celebrates 20th anniversary

 

Fantastic Film festival awards trio

 

Canadian report makes TV demands

 

Ex-Viacom duo investing in Veoh

 

Tokyo Project announces 38 films

 

Belinda leads MTV Latin nominations

 

Many departing Toronto film festival

 

Film festival traveler: Sao Paulo

 

Film festival traveler: Rio

 

TV Brasil looks into high-tech future

 

Key Brazilian production companies

 

Elizabeth Taylor has a new man

 

TV Record buys its way to the top

 

TV Globo banks on serial slate

 

Brazil's TV revenues roll, film struggles

 

China's 'Cliff' seeks U.S. distributor

 

Ricky Gervais to star in 'Truth'

 

Aardman draws license deal

 

CNN makes major '360' tweaks

 

Emmys party circuit heats up

 

Networks to prime Bush speech

 

'Eastern' premieres in New York

 

Elizabeth Allen to direct 'Ramona'

 

Collective nabs Bloody-Disgusting

 

Lifetime gives go-ahead to 'Island'

 

Foster attends 'Brave One'

 

Toronto stirs film frenzy

 

Zwick, Herskovitz revive pilot online

 

Elizabeth Allen to direct 'Ramona'

 

Ricky Gervais to star in 'Truth'

 

Osterdahl promoted at SVT

 

'Brother' to open Italian showcase

 

KWA picks up 'Hafner's Paradise'

 

Hutton joins 20th Century Fox

 

Birt joins EMI supervisory board

 

ITN signs Setanta Sports deal

 

'Lions' to premiere at London festival

 

Eurostar bankrolls Meadows' pic

 

Ben Affleck kidnap film pulled in U.K.

 

MC ups stake in Castello Lopes

 

Miami film fest adds programmers

 

Alberto Argibay, actor, 74

 

Michel in, agents out at PFD

 

Video Game competition shuts down

 

Spyglass on a remake adventure

 

1967: 'Barbarella' not for kids

 

Berlin calls for submissions

 

'Phone' to star Mary-Louise Parker

 

WIF honors Latina filmmakers

 

Fox Business Net ready for launch

 

Swedish Film Institute honors Bergman

 

Toei selling shares to block Steel

 

IFP Market, conference set lineup

 

NBC bulks up ad sales

 

Sundance inks Petty documentary

 

Flemish fund doles out cash for film

 

Film sites pay for fraud

 

Film pair honored in Netherlands

 

'Brave One' stalks box office

 

UK media minister issues speech

 

South Africa opens up pay TV mart

 

Filmex reveals its 'Secret' closer

 

Al Gore joins Emmy parade

 

Toronto festival films hot, deals not

 

TV exec ankles as strikes continue

 

Island Def Jam president rises

 

Participant president staying active

 

Magic Johnson throws Clinton bash

 

NFL scoring in videogame sales

 

Mark Valley

 

Matt Schulze

 

Ahmed Lavalais

 

Larry Cohen

 

Drew Boughton

 

Terry Zwigoff to direct '$40,000'

 

Bier to direct 'Lost for Words'

 

WB bears down on 'Paddington' film

 

Stewart F. Lane joins Rogar board

 

ThinkFilm snaps up 'Battle' rights

 

'Jericho' fan rescue touted

 

Warner orders more 'Raw Feed'

 

NBC promotes Webber

 

New Line taps production exec

 

WB bears down on 'Paddington' film

 

Ben Affleck kidnap pic pulled in U.K.

 

BBC's Thompson sets own shingle

 

Get a life

 

Filming has begun on Tong's 'Rule'

 

'881' Singapore's top grossing film

 

'Valkyrie' allowed into Bendlerblock

 

Chernin calls for more risk-taking

 

Prince chases pirates

 

'Orphanage' leads Spanish Oscar race

 

Belgium picks 'Ben X' as Oscar entry

 

Midrange pics flood Europe

 

Netherlands fest honors Mueller

 

Weinstein Co. picks up 'Joy Division'

 

Ashford welcomes director status

 

'Springer' goes to Carnegie

 

Regional shows ahead of Rialto

 

Labor Day slump hits Broadway

 

Letts knows how to write 'juicy'

 

'Frankenstein' creeps out Broadway

 

'881' earns big in Singapore

 

German producers talk unification

 

Percy Rodrigues, 89, actor

 

Carol Channing

 

Denny Martin Flinn, 59, actor, writer, choreographer, director

 

Ralph Kent, 68, Disney artist

 

Senator inks rights to 'Reader'

 

'Six Feet' writers are having a Ball

 

Russian box office to double

 

Odeon ventures into nonfiction

 

'Frankenstein' tickets spark resales

 

Writers get big bucks for touch-ups

 

MTV's 'Hills' has eyes again

 

Taiwan raids P2P download site

 

Bin Laden hoax draws big ratings

 

Sony Animation heads direct-to-DVD

 

German courts uphold TV fees

 

'Bourne' set for big overseas launches

 

ABC, CBS face off for fall freebies

 

'Iron Man' tests f/x house's mettle

 

LaBeouf lets 'Indy' title out of bag

 

Brazil producer adds overseas arm

 

South Korean megadrama hits TV

 

Toronto festival fails to live up to hype

 

Columbian TV to get third channel

 

Prisoners play soccer in docudrama

 

Televisa celebrates 50 years

 

Miami fest adds 2 vets to film team

 

Arab TV execs eye Kuwait situation

 

Al-Sharqiya is 'Leader' in racy fare

 

Monday a heroic night for NBC

 

WGA gets ready for big talks

 

Prestige films compete for attention

 

Abu Dhabi TV crowns 'Prince of Poets'

 

Filmgoers eat up Lebanon's 'Caramel'

 

Sarah Jones LA run canceled

 

CNBC gives newsmagazines hope

 

China slowly OK's foreign TV

 

Finance event added to Mideast fest

 

Leaders and legacies serve needs

 

Young mingles with old at Home

 

Weinberg a major player in TV

 

Bebe Neuwirth's dancing up a storm

 

Actors Fund prepared for crises

 

Mark Kamps, sound editor, 44

 

Touring titles give festival credibilty

 

War films crash and burn in Toronto

 

Where did Matt Damon go?

 

USA renews 'Psych' for third season

 

Audiences feeling 'Brave'

 

First Look buys 'Bill'

 

Ovation schedules 'Art & the City'

 

'Rule Number One' rolls forward

 

NRW spreads wealth

 

German arthouses on upwind

 

Eva La Rue

 

'Brave One' wins weekend

 

Marina Del Rey, CA

 

Reforms a hit for film, TV industry

 

Stage favorites head to China

 

SAG gains jurisdiction on 'Quarterlife'

 

Japan enters foreign-language race

 

Tokyo court clarifies copyright law

 

'Promises' wins best film in Toronto

 

'World' at top of Alexandria festival

 

Evening Before bash benefits all

 

Lynn Collins

 

Jane McLean

 

Lou Ferrigno

 

Paul Wesley

 

Dominic Keating

 

Ben Vereen

 

Al Faris

 

IFC picks up Maddin's 'Winnipeg'

 

O.J. Simpson arrested in Las Vegas

 

'Bourne' hits target again overseas

 

Japan's Wedge set for fund infusion

 

Pre-Emmy bashes honor nominees

 

Julian Myers lines up industry guests

 

Greg Spring joins Homerun as VP

 

'Sunny' season opener for FX series

 

Family reunion on Emmys red carpet

 

AMC saddles up to Emmys night

 

Castle Rock buys Goodloe pitch

 

MTV feeds Strong viral video to film

 

'Kung Fu' kick for Makowski

 

Zaillian takes shine to 'Suns'

 

Samsung, Landmark pact for 'Wild'

 

Kelly launches Darko Entertainment