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This morning the Directors Guild notified directors who've worked for The Weinstein Co films and told them they would be notified about the status of their unpaid residuals with that company. This included the prominent Hollywood helmer who alerted me yesterday that he hadn't been paid a six-figure residual by TWC for the fourth quarter 2007 and had [...]
UPDATE: I hear MRC now has been asked to consider Moonlight for mid-season. This is such a shot in the dark it's barely worth posting. But I'm posting nonetheless. I've also been told that CBS continues to hold an option on the star of the show, Alex O"Loughlin, and that he's in demand for other projects.
...I just heard it's [...]
The 2008 "Best of the West" journalism competition, recognized as the West's most prestigious, is designed to reward journalistic excellence and to promote freedom of information. It is administered by the nonprofit First Amendment Funding and draws entries each year from journalists in the 13 states west of the Rockies:
Category: Special Topic Column Writing
First Place: Nikki Finke, "Deadline [...]
CBS 2008-2009 PRIMETIME FALL SCHEDULE, For The Record
Monday
8:00 PM: The Big Bang Theory
8:30 PM: How I Met Your Mother
9:00 PM: Two and a Half Men
9:30 PM: WORST WEEK (new)
10:00 PM: CSI: Miami
Tuesday
8:00 PM: NCIS
9:00 PM: THE MENTALIST (new)
10:00 PM: Without a Trace
Wednesday
8:00 PM: The New Adventures of Old Christine
8:30 PM: PROJECT GARY (new)
9:00 PM: Criminal [...]
Is this another wave of bad news regarding the current cash crunch? Now a prominent Hollywood film director just emailed me the following about a heretofore unknown battle brewing between the Directors Guild of America and The Weinstein Co over residual payments for 20 to 30 films and may lead to arbitration or worse:
"As you know, directors and [...]
EXCLUSIVE: I've just been told by an insider that "there is a chance, only a chance" that Media Rights Capital which will be programming Sunday's two hours on the CW "may elect to take Moonlight as one of those two hours". This is developing to be quite a behind-the-scenes drama because the order came from Warner Bros TV this [...]
CW 2008-2009 PRIMETIME SCHEDULE, For The Record
UPDATE: 'Moonlight' To CW?
That yawning sound you hear around Hollywood is the CW schedule. There are a lot of tipsters telling me that network boss Dawn Ostroff won't be around to see the CW's early launch on September 1st. She's outsourced Sunday night's scheduling to Media Rights Capital, but maybe [...]
Endeavor talent agency will represent both Barbra Streisand as an actress, director and producer as well as her Barwood Films. The Hollywood legend's longtime manager Marty Erlichman will continue to principally help guide her career. Streisand had been with ICM but it's been quite some time since she's starred in a movie (2004's Meet The Fockers) or directed [...]
EXCLUSIVE: As you must know by now, in the past 48 hours, Joel Silver had his $160M movie Speed Racer tank at Warner Bros, and his TV series Moonlight axed by CBS. And most of the town is ecstatic over it. (Despite his many faults, he's never been anything but nice to me. So I feel his pain.) And, to make matters worse, [...]
UPDATE: CBS has officially let veteran Moonlight know that it's been cancelled. The network even nixed any remote chance of a mid-season back 13-episode order. See my previous about the renewal saga, 'Moonlight' Not On CBS Fall Schedule But Not Dead; Show Lobbying For Back 13-Episode Order. CBS also axed Shark, a show that deteriorated faster than a [...]
It sounds like this is the guy who'll know where MGM's money is gonna come from. MGM today announced Bedi A. Singh, most recently the exec VP/CFO of Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc, has been named President, Finance and Administration & Chief Financial Officer of MGM, reporting directly to chairman/CEO Harry Sloan. In this newly created position, [...]
I'm told that "bubble shows" won't be notified by CBS until later today or early tomorrow. But in terms of renewals, a network source tells me that the producers of the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother were "quietly given reassurance a couple weeks ago that their show would be back". But I just received [...]
ABC 2008-2009 PRIMETIME SCHEDULE, For The Record
As I reported earlier, ABC had strong comedy development this time around. And the fact is that most of ABC's new stuff will need to go midseason because not only have few pilots yet been shot, but most are still only in the casting stage. As a result, this is [...]
Now I've learned that stars and directors like John Cusack, Helen Mirren, Gina Gershon, Joe Pesci, Jan de Bont, and Taylor Hackford have been, and Jennifer Lopez with writer-helmer Don Roos may be soon, affected by this cash crunch surrounding Capitol Films. So it wasn't just Jessica Biel and Jake Gyllenhaal and David O. Russell. "This is a big story [...]
Sanford Panitch has left Regency to run Fox International Productions (FIP), a newly formed international production umbrella unit of Fox Filmed Entertainment that will produce, acquire and distribute local language films around the globe. Fox Filmed Entertainment chairmen/CEOs, Jim Gianopulos and Tom Rothman made the announcement today. Panitch was prez of filmed entertainment for New Regency (a partnership with News Corporation [...]
CW
The CW just gave Reaper a mid-season 13-episode renewal.
CBS
CBS renewed The Unit at an appropriate time: the drama series' cast is over in the Persian Gulf for a week to visit with U.S. soldiers. (See photos below). I hear Robert Patrick arranged the tour through the USO. He and other Unit actors Michael Irby, Max Martini, and Dennis Haysbert [...]
Now I've learned that stars and directors like John Cusack, Helen Mirren, Gina Gershon, Joe Pesci, Jan de Bont, and Taylor Hackford have been, and Jennifer Lopez with writer-helmer Don Roos, may be soon, affected by Capitol Films' cash crunch. "This is a big story that involves many projects," one of my sources informs. All weekend I [...]
EXCLUSIVE: UTA was just informed today, and the actor's agent Shani Rosenzweig is gobsmacked, I'm told. The tenpercentery had repped Emile Hirsch for seven years. The star of Speed Racer, which opened dismally over the weekend, is planning to park himself with his manager Sam Maydew, I'm told. "He claims he just doesn't want an agent," an [...]
See my new information: 5TH UPDATE: 'Nailed' Tip Of The Iceberg: Capitol's Money Woes With 'Bad Meat'; Indie Shut Down Suddenly Friday, Too
Also see my previous from the weekend:
3RD UPDATE: David O. Russell Film Drama
2ND UPDATE: SAG Orders Actors On David O. Russell Film To Leave; Jessica Biel & Jake Gyllenhall Sidelined
EXCLUSIVE: David O. Russell [...]
SUNDAY AM: Very early weekend #s confirm Marvel's Iron Man made a platinum $20 million for Saturday, giving it an estimated FSS total of $48 million and a new cume of $174.6M -- more than enough domestic box office gross to stay No. 1 again. But Warner Bros' Speed Racer won't crawl past $20 million this weekend. That's half what the studio [...]
It didn't help that Nina Tassler is a longtime best pal of Exit 19 star Geena Davis because I'm told the CBS drama pilot (CBS Paramount TV / ABC TV Studios) is DOA. Sheesh, what are friends for?
UPDATE: I also just heard that FBC gave a "cast contingent" pickup to the Shaun Cassidy drama pilot Inseparable (ABC TV Studios).
Despite all the buzz, and exec producer McG, and a "phenomenal cast", Spaced is a no-go, I'm told. FBC just turned thumbs down on the WBTV/Wonderland pilot, which was adapted from the successful British TV series.
The Beverly Hills, 90210 Spinoff 90210 (CW/CBS Paramount), a slam dunk pickup, is hiring writers at the CW. I hear a deal is close with Gabe Sachs and Jeff Judah to run the show. Original alum Jennie Garth is joining cast.
I hear already-on-the-air one-hour Eli Stone and half-hour Miss/Guided, exec produced by Ashton Kutcher, are "really in the mix" at ABC. The network also picked up Ashton's family oriented game show, Opportunity Knocks.
UPDATE: As expected, FBC is picking up the J.J. Abrams pilot Fringe (WBTV/Bad Robot). He's the writer/exec producer. Network was really high on it all along.
UPDATE: After Fox cancelled, Back To You now being shopped to other networks.
FBC has picked up the animated comedy from Mitch Hurwitz Sit Down, Shut Up (Sony Pictures TV / Granada / [...]
EXCLUSIVE! 3rd UPDATE: See new details about Capitol Films below. I'm told by knowledgeable sources that David O. Russell's indie political comedy Nailed which began filming in April was shut down by the Screen Actors Guild on Friday because of insufficient funds on deposit with the guild. I've also learned the Columbia, S.C. shoot is in trouble with both IATSE and Teamsters, and some of those [...]
FRIDAY PM: Here are very early numbers for Friday's domestic box office gross...
Marvel's Iron Man still the easy No. 1 blockbuster. -61% for $15M tonight. Looks platinum for Paramount distributed pic: $50+M weekend and cume $177M.
Fox's What Happens in Vegas #2 tonight with $6.8M for $19M-$20M wkd.
Warner Bros' Speed Racer only $6.6M tonight. Probably gets the kids matinee bump tomorrow and [...]
EXCLUSIVE: I'm told by knowledgeable sources that David O. Russell's indie pic Nailed may have been put on hold yesterday. It's a risque political comedy starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Jessica Biel who sources say are standing by to see if the movie can continue to completion. The script co-written by Al Gore's daughter Kristen (once a staff writer on Futurama) and Russell began filming April 15th. [...]
FRIDAY 8:30 PM: Fox's 2007-2008 primetime season sitcom Back To You starring Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton as bickering TV co-anchors has been cancelled. I've just been told that the network's comedy pilot The Inn (20th Century Fox TV/ Reveille/Principato-Young Entertainment) is officially picked up to series now. Just before this decision, the pilot was given the go-ahead by [...]
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A major player in the Reality TV business, ICM agent Steve Wohl, has left that tenpercentery to head up the Reality TV division at Paradigm bringing with him America's Next Top Model Ken Mok and other clients. Wohl decided to jump after he went from head of ICM's Reality TV department, to co-head with Greg Lipstone, and [...]
LATEST: Fox Sitcom 'Back To You' Cancelled; 'The Inn' Pilot Picked Up
Here are more updates: I've just been told that The Inn (20th Century Fox TV/ Reveille/Principato-Young Entertainment) was given the go-ahead by Fox to meet writers. I'm not sure if they can hire yet, "but it's looking good," a source explains. Directed by Jason Bateman, the pilot "is indeed [...]
I've just been told that Jeff Leeds, the Los Angeles-based music industry reporter who was poached by The New York Times from the Los Angeles Times back in 2004, is now a victim of the Gray Lady's ongoing round of layoffs. I feel badly for him because he's always had a good handle on his beat. [...]
To date my April 24th "Hot List" of primetime pilots is holding up. I've got updates:
ABC COMEDIES
Survivors are still Stu Bloomberg's Bad Mother's Handbook (ABC TV Studios) in which Megan Mullally has now been cast to co-star with Alicia Silverstone ("It appears it's a lock for pickup," a source tells me) and the animated The Goode [...]
The latest Cannes Film Festival screenings guide is here.
Monday, May 12th, 2008
7:00 pm -- Wild Bunch Football Tournament
@ Stade St Cassien
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
9:00 am-6:00 pm -- Official Cannes Film Festival Short Corner
sponsored by Moving Pictures
5:30 pm-7:30 pm -- Mandate International
@ The Penthouse at Villa D’Estelle
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
TBD -- Lenny Kravitz concert
TBD -- Opening [...]
It hasn't been announced yet, but I've confirmed that Patti Röckenwagner has snagged the job as Brad Grey's exec VP of corporate communications for Paramount. She's been VP of regional communications for Time Warner Cable out here. (Yes, she's married to well-known chef and restaurateur Hans Röckenwagner.) She starts May 19th. Good choice -- though god only knows [...]
The last time I saw a studio resort to prayer for a movie opening was Universal for Evan Almighty. And the Box Office Gods didn't make it a hit pic. But now Warner Bros is figuratively on its knees praying for at least a mid-$30 million weekend opening for its kiddie anime Speed Racer -- already down from [...]
You know that I don't discuss celebrities unless there's a strong Industry news component. And, except for one posting, this has been a Lindsay Lohan-free zone. Well, sources just told me that Lohan has been un-attached from the independent feature The Manson Girls, written and to be directed by Matthew Bright, and produced by Elie [...]
UPDATE: Well, this is interesting. I just heard that, in the event a Sopranos movie does happen, it does not have to go to Warner Bros/HBO. So this deal that Brad Grey made today for Paramount with his former Sopranos producing partner David Chase could be even more lucrative than I previously thought. We all knew [...]
I had to take a personal day so I missed today's guilds-moguls fireworks. Update coming...
