Table of Contents
Week of 05/07/2009

Articles

RTL revenue slides 11% in Q1

 

TFM nabs French rights to 'Trader'

 

Venice unearths more Italian classics

 

ITV Global picks up 'Chopin'

 

'Potter' to open Giffoni Film Festival

 

Fortissimo boards 'Dream Home'

 

Nintendo's profits on the rise

 

Adult Swim orders 'Titan'

 

Relativity Media rolls dice on Rogue

 

Bollywood finds a home on Hulu

 

CBS Corp. posts $55 million loss

 

'Cat' purrs under London roof

 

LaChanze, Orlando Jones join 'Wiz'

 

Beau Bridges finds 'Guys and Dolls'

 

Lynyrd Skynyrd bassist dies at 48

 

Gussi nabs rights to 'Papelucho'

 

VH1 subscribes to more 'Tough Love'

 

German funder back in business

 

Germany's Premiere to get new name

 

Polanski case not thrown out

 

ABC gives early pickup to 'Family'

 

Queens Council to salute Rosenbluth

 

Hamptons fest to spotlight docs

 

Film Forum re-elects board chair

 

Specialty pics set to bow

 

Bennett Miller

 

Kimberley Nixon

 

Damon Wayans Jr.

 

Peter Bratt

 

Misty Upham

 

Flu keeps Mexico cautious

 

Jason Stuart

 

Cablevision considers MSG spinoff

 

Warner Music hits online slump

 

Activision beats Wall Street estimates

 

Auto industry slump hits Sirius

 

IATSE endorses Bloomberg

 

MGM to unleash 'Bunyan and Babe'

 

Cannes' arty '08 films got cool reception

 

RealNetworks device to record DVDs

 

Chris Gorak prepares for 'Dead Loss'

 

Jackson sets sail with pirate story

 

WWE pinned by 47% loss in profits

 

Vin Diesel to star in 'Wheelman'

 

Forster, Horberg team on 'Disconnect'

 

Dark Castle hosts 'The Apparition'

 

Audi drives AFI screenings

 

West gives 'Mechanic' an overhaul

 

CBS Films acquires rights to 'Station'

 

Marisa Tomei, Liv Tyler team to thrill

 

'Clueless' film cues parents

 

'Mother's Day' gets Twisted for redo

 

Sutherland charged in head-butt claim

 

Munchkin Mickey Carroll dies at 89

 

ABC's 'Anatomy' makes ratings gains

 

SAG sets town hall meetings

 

'Star Trek' beams up $7 million Thurs.

 

Barnes & Noble bid stuns Wall Street

 

Universal casts park tour guides

 

TV Nova fires reporter over flu joke

 

Swine flu curbs telenovela kissing

 

Regent mines world cinema niche

 

Signature Theater's mammoth ambitions

 

'Wicked,' 'Jersey Boys' break records

 

Broadway continues late-spring leak

 

Mafia pic 'Gomorrah' slays Davids

 

Plays plot ways to play up noms

 

Broadway shows crave Tony bump

 

Sasha Grey's breakthrough 'Experience'

 

Cannes event highlights

 

Distribution reports: Australia

 

Distribution reports: Latin America

 

Distribution reports: Japan

 

Distribution reports: China

 

Distribution reports: Russia

 

Distribution reports: Spain

 

Distribution reports: France

 

Distribution reports: Italy

 

Distribution reports: Germany

 

Distribution reports: United Kingdom

 

Ailing film market sees prices plunge

 

Stars no longer ensure box office profits

 

Lending slows for film production

 

U.K. regulates film funding

 

Demand for P&A high, deals scarce

 

Film equity players

 

Accessible heroes topline action films

 

Cannes lineup 2009

 

Veterans share sales wisdom

 

Film pickup prospects

 

10 people you meet in Cannes

 

Celebrated auteurs clash at Cannes

 

Eurovision unites and divides Europe

 

France, Italy lure Hollywood

 

'Wolverine' triumphs overseas

 

Spanish comedies boost industry

 

'Phantom' sequel delayed until 2010

 

Sigourney Weaver to walk 'Main Road'

 

West's 'Locust' captures Hollywood

 

Summit strategy avoids temptations

 

Not frightened by Friday

 

Aussies try to corral kids' fare

 

China gets 'Ultra' sensitive

 

Scheduling not what it used to be

 

Maxyne Lang to get Publisher Award

 

Shows to scrimp on scribes

 

Jeonju fest honors Filipino director

 

IFC nabs 'Five Minutes in Heaven'

 

Cannes: City of hope

 

Mexico sets dates for Fox tentpoles

 

ABC picks up 'Flash Forward'

 

Former WGA West president dies

 

'Star Trek' has grand opening

 

'Star Trek' beams up $76.5 million

 

Brotherly love at Cannes

 

Warner pics fly to Jupiter

 

Grace grants pics access

 

'Star' treks to top of foreign box office

 

Working Title praises Hayes

 

SAG sets ratification effort

 

Pixar drawn to Vancouver

 

Actress Linda Dangcil dies at 67

 

Obama transforms annual 'nerd prom'

 

Groundswell taps production exec

 

Second Stage sets season

 

Collins, Roberts joins 'Family'

 

Village Roadshow finds funding

 

'Man' on top at Hot Docs festival

 

Imagi topper ankles

 

London fest gets $2.7 million

 

E!'s 'Soup' gets Web spin for G4

 

Fremantle raises Clark for global gig

 

Banderas solves 'Big Bang' mystery

 

Fox TV taps cast consultant

 

Axium demands payback from actors

 

Networks countdown to upfronts

 

Venice to tell 'Story' in 3-D

 

'Road' leads to Anchor Bay

 

Versus to launch 'Fanarchy'

 

'Billy,' 'Shrek' tops Outer Critics Circle

 

'Housewives' wins night for ABC

 

Tcha, Kim quit at SidusFNH

 

Mitsuko Mori hits milestone perf

 

Komuro given suspended sentence

 

Quake coverage could push 'Panda'

 

Theater World Awards hand out honors

 

'Mary and Max' wins Stuttgart prize

 

'Kimmel's' Kellison joins 'Hunt'

 

Producers team on 'Assassins' redo

 

Film attendance holds steady overseas

 

Short added to TBS comedy slate

 

'Cove' reels in Hot Docs award

 

Emmys split variety categories

 

Writer Edwin 'Bud' Shrake dies

 

Helfgot memorial

 

'Star Trek' sets bow for Mexico

 

Bud Shrake remembered

 

Lane, Neuwirth to lead 'Family'

 

'AMC Storymakers' sets guestlist

 

Nordic distribs band together

 

BAFTA/LA honors funny folks

 

London fetes Canadian film board

 

Veteran agent Ruth Bowen dies

 

Exhibitor David Williams dies at 83

 

Families beam up 'Trek' box office

 

Musician James 'Jimmy' Wallis dies

 

Wall Street warms up to media

 

Musician Stephen Bruton dies

 

Brenner lands Relativity gig

 

Tony noms bump Broadway box office

 

NBC passing on 'Legally Mad'

 

Jupiter Theater vet dies at 62

 

Fremantle N. America taps Sci Fi exec

 

Geffen made N.Y. Times bid

 

California awaits filming incentives

 

North American rebate roundup

 

British Columbia lures big productions

 

Filmmakers watch costs in tough times

 

Duo delve into market research

 

Gosling, Williams get 'Blue'

 

Fox, Blue Sky drawn to 'Rio'

 

Silver mines horror classic

 

'Trek' logs FX sale

 

Consolidated loves 'Phillip Morris'

 

'Gladiators' leaps to bigscreen

 

A&E feels 'Cooler' in Honolulu

 

IFC to raise 'Dead' film

 

Bruckheimer, MTV play Games

 

Winder to top Rainmaker

 

Bassetti withdraws Cecchi Gori bid

 

Usen in talks to sell distributor Gaga

 

Wise Policy heads for bankruptcy

 

France passes online piracy law

 

Networks share the ratings wealth

 

Mischer to exec produce Emmys

 

A&E pursues cop dramas

 

'Cosby' shows how times have changed

 

West End's 'Spring' to shutter

 

Singapore offers new initiatives

 

James Spader enters Mamet's 'Race'

 

Changes in store for 'NewsHour'

 

New York Women honor designers

 

Danny Boyle Shanghai'd for jury duty

 

3-D pops 'Up' in Cannes

 

'Idol' tops TV ratings competition

 

Turner boosts Levy's duties

 

Academy Foundation grants nonprofits

 

Spacey to star in 'Casino Jack'

 

Glover makes friends with 'Alice'

 

Gowarikar answers 'Buddha's' call

 

Bratton blurs reality on 'The Office'

 

Fox inks 'Target,' 'Sons of Tucson'

 

'Office' romance stays strong

 

British model tweaked for U.S. 'Office'

 

Triple-play for Mexico cablers

 

Ray Liotta

 

Docs used to address global issues

 

Dianne Wiest

 

Joshua Leonard

 

Sharni Vinson

 

Lindsey Kraft

 

Vail Bloom

 

On-air personality Mike Handley dies

 

'Weapon' first film for Flagship

 

Musician Travis Edmonson dies

 

SND to sell rights to 'Reconciliation'

 

FilmSharks rolls out Trailer Co.

 

Halcyon moves forward with 'Tears'

 

Focus, Edko seal three film deal

 

'Fantomas' spies bigscreen makeover

 

Kidman bolts from Woody Allen film

 

Odd Lot shakeup

 

Fortissimo forges on

 

Campion's 'Star' rises with Berney

 

Filmax, Balaguero team for 'Flatmate'

 

August to direct 'Svinalangorna'

 

'Faust' finishes Russian 'trilogy'

 

Kristen Johnston to read 'God'

 

CBS inks writer Ken Sanzel

 

WGA warns against non-union gigs

 

Kutcher's 'Blah Girls' find TV guide

 

Universal rides Dark Horse's 'Secret'

 

'Scrubs' pair part of U community

 

Starz keeps 'Party' going

 

ABC teams with RDF for 'Family'

 

Sarah Palin lands book deal

 

Trio bound to Stowe's 'Captives'

 

Beresford's back with 'Black' comedy

 

Russians ramp up film org

 

Cannes suffers from billboard blues

 

'Witch' weaves web visions

 

Ibiza festival honors Terry Gilliam

 

Hubert Bals hands out funds

 

'Idol' still champ, but 'Loser' wins big

 

Music Box nabs German duo

 

IFC ushers in 'Golden Age'

 

Myriad walks up 'Main Street'

 

WB picks up 'Prodigies'

 

Phasers set for 'Demons'

 

Imagenation tips Participant pair

 

Fox, McDonald's partner on promos

 

Polanski's 'Ghost' scares up funds

 

'Ribbon' woven in at Sony Classics

 

Cannes takes 'Pictures' of Bergman

 

Svensk broadens global ambitions

 

Sharif guides Egypt's next generation

 

Hamed tackles movie taboos

 

Egypt's new wave opts for edgier films

 

Cannes film fest kicks off with 'Up'

 

Flemish films benefit from foreign dialects

 

Nutley married in work, life to Bergstrom

 

Scandinavian films adapt to English

 

Von Trier rethinks horror in 'Antichrist'

 

Scorsese to direct Sinatra biopic

 

StudioCanal defies odds by growing

 

Nehst Studios aims for 'Basket'

 

Panel OKs bill on royalties

 

Feltheimer to receive Banff honor

 

History Channel unveils epic slate

 

Directors Guild hails French piracy law

 

Hartford makes 'Mistakes'

 

SAG exploring AFTRA jurisdiction

 

Fonda finds herself against the wall

 

Derwent Awards for Bernstine, Tveit

 

NHL playoffs a win for Versus

 

ASCAP celebrates Carter Burwell

 

MGM gunning for 'Terminator'?

 

Ferrara to transform 'Jekyll'

 

StudioCanal remounts 'Cliff'

 

Pyramide nabs rights to 'Humpday'

 

NEA nom for Landesman causes stir

 

Rachel Israel joins Teri Weinberg

 

Disney catches comedy pass

 

Marketers happy to get 'Lost'

 

Lindsay Lohan turns to 'Other Side'

 

Levison expected to leave Fox

 

Brown thrives in tough times

 

Revolver aims at production role

 

Machado set for 'Tropicalia' docu

 

Potential fall line-ups emerging

 

La Fabrique lines up 'Livid'

 

Reviews

Objectified

Best Worst Movie

Little Ashes

Waiting for Godot

Next Day Air

The Merchant of Venice

Love N' Dancing

The Fantasticks

Offices

So Happy Together...

Ovo

Time and the Conways

French Girl

Last Ride

Break

The Real Housewives of New Jersey

Powder Blue

What Goes Up

Ovo

Courting Vampires

Charm School Gives Back With Ricki Lake

Made in Hungaria

Dirty Dancing -- The Classic Story on Stage

26 Miles

For Lovers Only

Masquerades

Blank City

Coyote County Loser

Shame

Strongman

Up

The Jazz Baroness

Which Way Home

Giant

The Big Shot-Caller

A More Perfect Union

Being Jewish in France

The Way We Get By

Mutants

Invisible Girlfriend

Spring Fever

Tyne Daly: Songs

Soundtrack for a Revolution

The Dishwashers

William Shatner's Gonzo Ballet

A Good Man



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