Table of Contents
Week of 05/13/2008

Articles

Artificial Eye hooks 'Fish' film

 

ABC announces fall schedule

 

2008 Tony Award nomination totals

 

2008 Tony Award nominations list

 

'In the Heights' leads Tony noms

 

Fortissimo Films picks up 'Gigantic'

 

Seven Arts sets film slate

 

Wright to head Omega's U.S. arm

 

Russia courts foreign producers

 

'Speed Racer' stalls in Europe

 

Singh is MGM's new money man

 

Sergei Bodrov starts production co.

 

'Together' to open AFI's Silverdocs

 

Meirelles returns to spotlight at Cannes

 

Michael Moore making '9/11' sequel

 

Cannes fest bows in '68

 

CBS passes on 'Moonlight'

 

Cannes festival closing night 2007

 

Here! takes 'Manuela & Manuel'

 

ESPN touts 'SportsCenter' extras

 

6 Sales takes Fernando Meirelles film

 

Ondamax Films begins film sales

 

Brilliant forms Independent alliance

 

Lucisano duo cater to Italian teens

 

Fulvio Lucisano still going strong

 

Tanous promoted at Warner Music

 

Here! Films nabs rights to 'Manuela'

 

'Shanghai' heads Weinstein slate

 

Turner lines up heavy hitters

 

CBS, Fox on the rise ratings wise

 

PGA teams with SPADA

 

Ufa Cinema preps 'Hanni & Nanni'

 

Film Library picks up 'Yasukuni'

 

De Bont rides surf film 'Point Break'

 

Bekmambetov is 'Wanted' in H'wood

 

Nintendo does Wii-ly well in Japan

 

Buzzworthy Russian films at Cannes

 

Miike, Oguri set 'Crows Zero' sequel

 

Mediaset's net profits dip in Q1

 

Gospel singer Dottie Rambo dies

 

Nic Cage to star in 'Bad Lieutenant'

 

Italy's Medusa welcomes 'Sticks'

 

Australian politicians cut film fund

 

'Boom' time for Endemol Intl.

 

Director sticks to independent vision

 

Jamie Weissenborn rises at SPTI

 

Medvedev talks tough about piracy

 

Bonnie Fuller exiting Star post

 

Russia builds for lucrative future

 

Voice Awards to honor Sally Field

 

Streisand signs with Endeavor

 

Dumber demographic rules TV, D.C.

 

Hot Russian biz conquers box office

 

UA names Zofcin business chief

 

Clark Johnson to shoot N.Y. short

 

Zeitgeist doing MOMA retrospective

 

Hubert Bals fund shares the love

 

CW gets early start on fall season

 

James Garner recovering from stroke

 

Bennett to receive special Tony Award

 

Danton Burroughs dies at 63

 

John Malone, Barry Diller settle feud

 

AFTRA, studios continue negotiations

 

SABC opens news agency

 

Reelz heats up 'Summer' programming

 

Carl Icahn stocks up on Yahoo

 

SAG settles affirmative action dispute

 

EA's costs, revenues rise

 

Anchor Bay buys 'Surfer' for summer

 

New York lures TV with tax breaks

 

Chicago Shakespeare gets Tony win

 

CBS Films nabs 'The Eternals'

 

Alcon raises $550 million in funds

 

Bruckheimer, Disney buy 'Increment'

 

MediaCorp invests in 'Penguin' film

 

Televisa chews Taffy's tyke shows

 

Sony's net profit triples to $3.5 billion

 

Cannes deals gives Fortissimo hope

 

CBS returns to comedy roots

 

Sunshine wilts German box office

 

Johanna Wokalek joins 'Pope Joan'

 

Edinburgh books Shirky, Kring

 

Hasbro grabs back rights to toys

 

Pro7Sat.1 launches production co.

 

Mediaset, Quinta eye U.S. buy

 

Tommy Lee Jones to direct 'Stream'

 

CinemaNX unveils three projects

 

2929 eats up Waters' 'Fruitcake'

 

Jack Black takes on 40 pandas

 

Osian's-Cinefan Festival honor duo

 

UKFC boosts female talent

 

Labaki forced to stay at home

 

Duo kick off Reel Cinemas

 

Swedish directors team for short

 

Madonna's 'Wisdom' sells

 

IFC to tell 'A Christmas Tale'

 

'Greek' duo reunite for 'Valentine's Day'

 

PiX gives hope to foreign sales

 

Elia Suleiman to film 'Time' in July

 

Gregoire Melin launches company

 

Weinsteins chew on 'Piranha 3-D'

 

Pablo Trapero prepares 'Pampas'

 

Boston honors local theater

 

Turner packs slate with top talent

 

Corden, Horne hunt 'Vampires'

 

GreeneStreet takes 'Long Time'

 

Marion Cotillard to star in 'Last Flight'

 

Cannes welcomes Mr. Jones

 

Specialty films a hard sell at Cannes

 

Cannes Film Festival kicks off

 

Fox rocks on Tuesday

 

'Wizard of Oz' show clicks in Argentina

 

London plays trek to New Haven

 

'Lalola' nabs 16 Argentine TV noms

 

Yale receives $2.8 mill theater grant

 

Televisa's stake in Cablemas approved

 

IFC gets 'Robbed'

 

Videovision picks up four films

 

'Thriller' added to prestigious list

 

Univision upfront goes to new 'Heights'

 

Neil Diamond shines at top of charts

 

Magnet drawn to 'Surveillance'

 

Singapore vidgames under scrutiny

 

Daniel Day-Lewis eyes 'Nine' role

 

Settlement puts deal in the Clear

 

Mark Johnson preps 'Ugly Me'

 

Movie throngs roll with songs

 

Tonys propel box office sales

 

A brief history of Mukta Arts

 

Nurturing Bollywood's next generation

 

Ghai has lessons for film business

 

Indian cinema beyond Bollywood

 

Fremantle lands four NBC series

 

Antena to finance Greengrass thriller

 

Videogames dampen Vivendi results

 

Fox fuels J.J. Abrams' 'Fringe'

 

Jonah Hill heads to '21 Jump Street'

 

'Recount' wins with MOMA audience

 

Rockenwagner heads to Paramount

 

Lena Headey

 

Federico Castelluccio

 

Chloe Moretz

 

Jason Butler Harner

 

Gretta Monahan

 

Sharon Harel launches WestEnd Films

 

Mark Burnett joins 'Toughest Cowboy'

 

More heat for David Bergstein

 

Seacrest taps Novia as senior VP

 

CGR to be honored at Cinema Expo

 

SAG set to resume talks

 

Comedy.com launches three series

 

News networks sue South Dakota

 

Tia Carrere

 

Massive indie studio set for Ventura

 

Joe Dante to direct 'Bat Out of Hell'

 

Ex-head of BBC Films launches company

 

Stine gives Columbia 'Goosebumps'

 

Jason Reitman flies 'Up in the Air'

 

Christian Slater to tell 'Lies'

 

Nielsen loads Bases with NRG

 

Warren Cowan dies at 87

 

Roach's 'Recount'

 

Bernard Brochand, mayor of Cannes

 

Turin fest sets year-round film lab

 

Endemol hires Marco Di Gioacchino

 

Piracy punishes Premiere

 

CBS acquires CNET

 

U.S. business boosts ITV

 

Rome meets Rio on opening night

 

Bavaria picks up 'Kaifeck Murder'

 

Jordan unveils projects, initiatives

 

Fox announces primetime slate

 

Optimum to remake 'Brighton Rock'

 

Rezo nabs 'Acne'

 

Disney-ABC, Canal Plus sign deal

 

England's Northwest gets boost

 

T-Pain nabs five BET Award noms

 

Icahn takes aim at Yahoo board

 

Wednesday an easy win for Fox

 

Infinity moves into film production

 

Hugo Weaving joins 'Last Ride'

 

'Dog' returns to TV

 

Salomon dons 'Mortal Armour'

 

Oceana, Barbarian fund films

 

'Guitar' to premiere at Karlovy Vary

 

Myriad picks up 'Capacity'

 

Adactus, DBT Global aid distributors

 

Michael Fassbender joins 'Heights'

 

Sequel to 'Weather' ... 28 years later

 

SND/M6 nabs international rights

 

Bollywood film heads to Europe

 

Century takes stake in Molinaire

 

Producers, Benegal team for film

 

STAR strikes deals

 

Hyde Park sets up Asian fund

 

Fabio Barreto to direct 'Lula'

 

Folman to direct 'Congress' adaptation

 

Keith Allen takes on royal family

 

Pellicano convicted of racketeering

 

Double features for sale at Cannes

 

Key Belgium film industry contacts

 

Where to find Belgian offerings

 

1958: Curtis adds up the facts

 

'Prince Caspian' reign at box office?

 

'Nailed' shuts down production again

 

Hugo Weaving hitches a 'Ride'

 

Dante takes turn at 'Bat Out of Hell'

 

Up Next: Belgium's rising stars

 

Eros inks online deal with Jaman

 

New Fox dramas to limit commercials

 

'Cat' hops from stage to screen

 

DeAPlaneta in orbit

 

Belgian directors go genre route

 

A new pitch: Prizes for all

 

Blockbuster shares surge

 

Edko en pointe with 'Dance Subaru'

 

Marina Zenovich

 

Shawn Roberts

 

Tom Hiddleston

 

Tara Buck

 

Evan Jacobs

 

Case builds against theater duo

 

Big banks build on Belgian tax shelter

 

Belgium divided by language

 

Beijing's balancing act with the press

 

China bets big on Opening Ceremony

 

Rob Ashford wins Astaire Award

 

M-Net finds 'Power' in South Africa

 

Actor John Phillip Law dies at 70

 

Theater World hands out awards

 

New York MOMA's a movie theater

 

VH1 falls for 'The Bachelor'

 

Euro sales for Cannes pic 'Gomorra'

 

Fantasy pushes into genre films

 

Cape Town TV gets license

 

Faith Akin makes a 'Knight' of it

 

Salon Films: One-stop shop

 

Enlight Pictures: Filling the pipeline

 

'Dead Horse' gets additional 'Kicking'

 

Shanghai Media: Looking long-term

 

Huayi Brothers: Private-sector success

 

J.A. Media: High-profile action

 

Polybona: Eyes on stock

 

Hong Kong ups visual f/x profile

 

After upfronts, TV biz back to work

 

Outsiders run into Chinese regulations

 

Star will air Weinstein films in Asia

 

Kitchen courts Cannes jury members

 

Rainbow promotes Elice, Davis

 

Lionsgate to play 'Perfect Game'

 

Warner Home Video ups exec trio

 

Studios, AFTRA continue negotiations

 

In 2008, Brazil starts with a bang

 

Incentives viewed as boon, crutch

 

As niche films rise, box office drops

 

Brazil at Cannes reflects new vitality

 

Brazilian helmers on the horizon

 

Brazilian production alliances rising

 

Dylan McDermott gets 'Mercy'

 

'GTA IV' on Xbox outsells PS3

 

Paloma Capri Fleming

 

After Pellicano, Christensen up next

 

Spain, Greece face epidemic of piracy

 

Scarlett Heavenly Love Bocaccio

 

George Clooney to 'Stare at Goats'

 

Martha Stewart cooks up specials

 

Danny Glover returns to 'Boys'

 

MGM checks 'Facttracker' book

 

Gold Circle acquires 'Solo'

 

Cash Joshua Morrow

 

Sophie Rose Sherman

 

Coby Grant D’Elia

 

Finding 'Satisfaction'

 

New Line's Galano stays on at WB

 

Celluloid Dreams finances 'Hello'

 

Mythic unveils first project, 'Ironclad'

 

Courbit venture draws Agnelli cash

 

Fortissimo takes rights to 'Bus'

 

Locarno, Variety launch prize

 

Kartashkov to head DTV

 

Holdovers reign in Europe

 

Voltage takes 'Dragon' rights

 

NBC shows Thursday spunk

 

'Nice' rights to U.K., Canada sold

 

Premium acquires rights to 'Nosebleed'

 

Revolver takes U.K. rights to 'Tyson'

 

Abu Dhabi unveils adds to lineup

 

English 'Christmas' premieres at Cannes

 

Pathe sells 'Eden' distribution rights

 

Ronald Harwood adapts play for screen

 

Ruf to head Paradigm unit

 

Producer sets up $200 mil film fund

 

Notro takes stake in 'Oceans'

 

'Little Britain' brains develop projects

 

Das Films teams for adaptation

 

A Cannes first: Festgoer in 'Panda' suit

 

Greenland is getting into the film biz

 

Vereda, Biloba produce 'Amazon'

 

Beresford heads Asia Pacific jury

 

Dhalia to direct 'A Girl and a Gun'

 

Cinetic, 6 Sales handle 'Rage'

 

Reliance Big expands film business

 

Odd Lot boards Einstein film

 

'Catered Affair' nabs League honor

 

Hollywood brings buzz to Cannes

 

Film Farm cultivates de Palma pics

 

WMA reps film-financing company

 

'Panda' afterparty hits Carlton Pier

 

Spain feels pain at 2007 box office

 

Get undressed then party in Cannes

 

TW chairman addresses shareholders

 

Making friends at the GQ Cannes party

 

Spanish films headed for Cannes

 

At last, the honoree 'Nosebleed'

 

EU funder stays flush

 

'Speed Racer' stalls overseas

 

Mel Gibson's Icon swallows Dendy

 

Variety polls five Spanish film toppers

 

Manabu Oshio signs with Avex

 

Japan's MPPA appoints chairman

 

Banff festival to honor Brent Butt

 

Spanish distrib cheat sheet

 

Catalonia clamps down on co-prods

 

Up Next: Short directors go long

 

Spanish film finance case studies

 

Spain pins hopes on horror, high-tone

 

'Luna' director gets 'Sister' gig

 

Spain turns to genre, arthouse films

 

Biz celebrates 'Peace' prizes

 

Senate rejects FCC measure

 

Broadway productions go big

 

Other major 2008 Tonys

 

Actors find steady work in NY theater

 

Six reasons why nothing's sure in theater

 

Intimate outdoes spectacle at Tonys

 

Kuba forced out at Barandov Studio

 

Blazing Bard binge

 

Crowded West End holds musicals

 

Pia restructures as losses mount

 

Actors rock Broadway biz

 

'Ponyo' likely to heat up Japan

 

Polish cities offer film funds

 

Paulus named a.d. of American Repertory

 

Road dips another 2.4%

 

Polish titles head to Cannes market

 

Strix inks deal with India's Dreams

 

Brazil's Festival Circuit kicks off

 

HBO eyes co-prod'n with top doc slate

 

Exhib biz consolidates as digital grows

 

Polish filmmakers you should know

 

'Misma Luna' shines bright in U.S.

 

Ukraine to tell its own war story

 

Wajda's hit war film still resonates

 

Producer Sandy Howard dies at 81

 

PFI grants spur Polish production

 

Cineplex at 15: Indie Alliance

 

Colombian distributors, exhibitors

 

Colombia statistics

 

Organization revives Colombian cinema

 

Colombian films poised to make waves

 

TV companies take battle to film

 

Banking on Colombia

 

Colombia rising: Breakout talent

 

Colombian film faces screen squeeze

 

Dublin industry comes of age

 

Galway Film Fleadh carves out niche

 

Dublin's Gate celebrates 80 years

 

Size doesn't matter to Tonys

 

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