Daily Variety articles from October 2008

Daily Variety archives from October 2008

Lion's share: market woes pinch MGM.(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... The Lion is on the hunt for fresh coin--but the hunt just got a lot harder. With the world's credit markets seizing up, MGM is in a tough position as it tries to manage a $3.7 billion loan that comes due in 2012 and enhance its long-term...

Street on a seesaw.
October 1, 2008... Although the bipolar stock market climbed nearly 500 points Tuesday, the shockwaves from the financial crisis continue to resonate throughout the media and entertainment biz. Some of Tuesday's biggest gainers included Viacom, up 5% to...

Box office braces for fall bottleneck.
October 1, 2008... A whopping seven wide releases--plus the semi-wide release of Bill Maher's doc "Religulous"--debut this weekend at the domestic box office, making for the most crowded frame that anyone can remember. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Battling...

Swank dives into 'Waters'.(Hilary Swank in 'Betty Anne Waters')(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... Hilary Swank is set to star in "Betty Anne Waters," a drama to be helmed by Tony Goldwyn. Story revolves around a single mother who worked her way through law school to free her brother, who was wrongly convicted of murder. Omega...

Batman sidekick gets top billing on CW.
October 1, 2008... Holy prequel, Boy Wonder! The CW is prepping a series based on Batman sidekick Robin's pre-Caped Crusader days. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "Smallville" exec producers Kell Souders and Brian Peterson, as well as "Supernatural" exec producer...

Blog blow.(VARIETY.COM)
October 1, 2008... Variety.com's new blog HAL gathers the best in entertainment business news from around the Web. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Fault Lines.(Theater review)
October 1, 2008... (Cherry Lane Theater; 179 seats; $60 top) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A Naked Angels presentation of a play in one act by Stephen Belber. Directed by David Schwimmer. Set, Cameron Anderson; costumes, Mattie Ulrich; lighting, Jason Lyons;...

Wig Out!(Theater review)
October 1, 2008... Wig Out! (Vineyard Theater; 129 seats; $55 top) A Vineyard Theater presentation of a play in two acts by Tarell Alvin McCraney. Directed by Tina Landau. Sets, James Schuette; costumes, Toni-Leslie James; lighting, Peter Kaczorowski; sound,...

Las Vegas gambles on 'Lion King' run.(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... "The Lion King" will pounce on Vegas in the spring, with the legit tuner opening a sit-down production at the Mandalay Bay in May. Unlike many Broadway musicals that play Sin City, "King" will be seen in its full-length, original version...

Thesps trek from 'Shrek'.(Chester Gregory and Kecia Lewis-Evans)(Shrek the Musical)
October 1, 2008... Thesps Chester Gregory and Kecia Lewis-Evans have departed "Shrek the Musical," with Daniel Breaker ("Passing Strange") stepping in for Gregory. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Cast changes, including the addition of two ensemble players, come...

Vets prop up nets: ABC, Eye rely on old faves.(CBS Broadcasting Inc.)
October 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Reliable hits like "Dancing With the Stars" "Grey's Anatomy" and "Desperate Housewives" helped ABC to once again kick off the season as the top-rated primetime network, but CBS also could cheer, as some of its pets...

'Killer' pact in place.(Relativity Media's acquisition of 'Hunter-Killer')(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... Relativity Media has acquired "Hunter-Killer," a spec script that was written by producer Arne Schmidt, who submitted it under a pseudonym. Pierre Morel ("District B13") is negotiating to direct. Relativity's Ryan Kavanaugh will...

Ullmann takes Wildbrain gig.
October 1, 2008... Wildbrain, the company behind hipster kiddie show "Yo Gabba Gabba," has tapped Lisa Ullmann VP of development, a newly created position. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] She has been charged with expanding Wildbrain's TV, feature film and...

Debmar taps exec veepee.
October 1, 2008... Lonnie Burstein has been promoted to exec VP of programming and production at Debmar-Mercury. Burstein, who had been senior VP of research and new programming, was point person on the distrib's "Wendy Williams Show" talker, which had a...

Netflix awash in stream of Starz pics.
October 1, 2008... Netflix has engineered a deal with Liberty Media's Starz for the rights to stream about 1,000 movies a year on its website, including such contempo hits as "Spider-Man 3," "Ratatouille," "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" and...

Hemingway flies to 'Tails'.(Anthony Hemingway and the movie 'Red Tails')(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... Lucasfilm has tapped Anthony Hemingway to direct "Red Tails" a WWII action adventure about the Tuskegee Airmen based on a story by George Lucas. Lucas will exec produce and finance the pic through his Lucasfilm production company. Lucas...

FSN deals for poker.
October 1, 2008... Fox Sports Net and the World Poker Tour will team up to launch a viral-based poker and blackjack series. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "ClubWPT.com" will feature six amateur players from the U.S. and Canada who have won a spot on the show...

Flip Side.(Theater review)
October 1, 2008... (Connelly Theater; 99 seats; $20 top) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A Talking Band presentation of a play in one act by Ellen Maddow. Directed by Paul Zimet. Sets and video, Anna Kiraly; costumes, Kiki Smith; lighting, Nan Zhang; original...

Aliens With Extraordinary Skills.(Theater review)
October 1, 2008... (Julia Miles Theater; 199 seats; $42 top) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A Women's Project presentation of a play in one act by Saviana Stanescu. Directed by Tea Alagic. Set, Kris Stone; costumes, Jennifer Moeller; lighting, Gina Scherr;...

Showbiz stocks: Tuesday, September 30, 2008.
October 1, 2008... Showbiz Stocks Tuesday, September 30, 2008 YTD Name Tkr PE Last Chg %Chg AccessIT AIXD ... 1.43 +.27 -68.0...

The Ex List.(Movie review)
October 1, 2008... (Series; CBS, Fri. Oct. 3, 9 p.m.) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Filmed in San Diego by 20th Century Fox. Executive producers, Segahl Avin, Avi Nir, Mosh Danon, Jonathan Levin, Diane Ruggiero; producer, Jimmy Simons; associate producer,...

Pair cast as winners.
October 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Casting Society of America will fete producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron with career achievement honors at the 24th annual Artios Awards in November. Neil Patrick Harris will host the kudos dinner Nov. 10 at...

Latenight free-for-all gets political.
October 1, 2008... HAVING MET David Letterman and Jay Leno only briefly, I'd normally hesitate to put them on the couch. But hey, watch someone on TV long enough and you feel like you know them. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In his heart of hearts, Letterman...

Hard times for ITV: 1,000 to lose jobs in web's cost cuts.(World News)
October 1, 2008... ITV, Blighty's biggest commercial terrestrial web, is axing around 1,000 jobs, almost 20% of its workforce, as it battles to implement its turnaround plan and save up to 40 million [pounds sterling] ($72 million) a year. Some 430 of the...

Watchdog warns BSkyB on pay TV fare.(World News)
October 1, 2008... It hasn't been a good week for Rupert Murdoch's satcaster BSkyB. A day after learning that British regulators are forcing it to sell down its stake in beleaguered commercial broadcaster ITV at a 650 million [pounds sterling] ($1.7 billion)...

Mueller talks up at confab.(ITALY)
October 1, 2008... Venice Film Festival artistic director Marco Mueller will be the keynote speaker at the Intl. Film Festival Summit Europe to be held April 7-8 in Paris. Mueller, who also headed Rotterdam and Locarno, will share his perspective on fests...

'Journey' B.O. boffo.(SCANDINAVIA)(Journey to Saturn)(box office)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... Danish toon "Journey to Saturn" is setting local records. It took in $1.2 million last weekend, the best opening ever for a Danish animation feature and the fourth best opening for a Danish film since 2000. The $2.7 million production was...

IFC holding 'Heart'.(SCANDINAVIA)(Independent Film Channel and 'Heaven's Heart')(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... IFC has bought U.S. rights to Danish helmer Simon Staho's drama "Heaven's Heart," shot in Sweden. Pic, which was produced by Jonas Frederiksen for Trollhattan Film/XX Film, was sold by TrustNordisk. "Heaven's Heart" had its...

Distribs buy 'Gretel'.(SOUTH KOREA)(Hansel and Gretel)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... On the eve of the Pusan Film Festival and market, Korean sales agency Fine Cut has licensed helmer Yim Pil-sung's "Hansel and Gretel" to Terracotta Media for the U.K. and MFA Plus Distribution for Germany and Austria. The dark fantasy...

Foreign pics hit Oscar's deadline.(World News)
October 1, 2008... The deadline for submissions in Oscar's foreign-language film category falls today and Spain, Mexico, Argentina, Russia and Slovenia have unveiled their runners. "The Blind Sunflowers," helmed by Jose Luis Cuerda, will represent Spain. Set...

Nielsen primetime ratings report.(television audience ratings)(Statistical data)
October 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] TOP SHOWS IN 18-49 1. Grey's Anatomy (ABC) 7.4/18 2. Desperate Housewives (ABC) 7.1/16 3. NFL Sunday Night Football (NBC) 6.9/17 4. Dancing...

International weekend box office.
October 1, 2008... International Weekend Box Office Reported Box Office Percent Number of Weekend Change Theaters ...

Fay memorial.(Memorial)(Sylvia Fay )(In memoriam)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... A memorial service for casting agent Sylvia Fay will be held Friday at 2:30 p.m. at Riverside Memorial Chapel, 180 W. 76th St., New York. Fay died Aug. 22 in New York. She was 91. Fay was casting director of films including Brian De...

Forever Strong.(Movie review)
October 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A Crane Movie Co. release of a Picture Rock Entertainment presentation of a Go Films production in association with BNR Films. Produced by Adam Abel, Ryan Little. Executive producers, Brad Pelo, David Pliler. ...

Kafka on the Shore.(Theater review)
October 1, 2008... (Steppenwolf Downstairs Theater, Chicago; 510 seats; $70 top) A Steppenwolf Theater Company presentation of a play in two acts adapted and directed by Frank Galati, based on the novel by Haruki Murakami. Set, James Schuette; costumes, Mara...

Holiday wishes: more than ever, tune biz needs big Q4.
October 2, 2008... The music business needs a hit collection. The industry closed out its third quarter at 297.9 million albums sold, down 12% from last year, according to Nielsen SoundScan. That means it will have to log 200 million sales before Jan. 4 to...

A Bollywood breather.
October 2, 2008... Production in Bollywood ground to a halt Wednesday as below-the-line workers went on strike. About 147,000 workers belonging to a federation of 22 unions--representing workers ranging from extras and dancing girls to lighting technicians...

Screen Gems bolsters slate.(Brief article)
October 2, 2008... Screen Gems has made a three-picture deal with Hayden Christensen. The deal adds two more pictures to the thesp's Screen Gems slate, following "Bone Deep," the John Luessenhop-directed crime drama that began filming in September. Pact...

Par eyes mob job.(Paramount Pictures)(Brief article)
October 2, 2008... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] Paramount Pictures is plotting a return to organized crime for Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro. Studio has set Steve Zaillian to adapt "I Heard You Paint Houses" the book about the mob assassin who many believe...

Buffett hot on GE stock.
October 2, 2008... Calling the current environment an "economic Pearl Harbor," uber-investor Warren Buffett has pledged to buy $3 billion in preferred GE stock. The diversified conglom, parent company of NBC Universal, has been hit hard all year, but...

Rosie's cozy with NBC.
October 2, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The table's set for Rosie O'Donnell's holiday-season stab at reviving the variety genre. NBC will air "Rosie's Variety Show" live from New York on the night before Thanksgiving--Nov. 26--at 8 p.m. Special, which...

Silent Hill: homecoming.(VARIETY.COM)
October 2, 2008... Konami's latest edition of the horror vidgame franchise is well crafted and improve on its predecessors in parts. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Tuesday's triumphs: rookies gaining traction for Fox, CBS.
October 2, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Tuesday looks to be where the hot new dramas are this fall: Fox's "Fringe," CBS' "The Mentalist" and CW's "90210" all were up week to week and look to be the real deal after multiple airings. Both "Fringe" and...

Pols clear up Net static.(Brief article)
October 2, 2008... Internet radio operators expressed cautious optimism regarding congressional approval of a deal designed to help them survive a recent steep hike in royalty rates. "This legislation is not the final answer, but it is an essential step...

'Heaven' in fest's sights.(GOTHAM FILM CLIPS)
October 2, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "Heaven on Earth" will receive top billing at Gotham's Indian Film Festival. Deepa Mehta's immigration drama will open the fest, which runs from Nov. 5-9 at Tribeca Cinemas; Rose Hall and the Allen Room; and the new...

Showtime sets 'Tara' bow.
October 2, 2008... Showtime has set a premiere date of Jan. 18 for its Toni Collette starrer "The United States of Tara." The half-hour from DreamWorks TV will bow at 10 p.m., following the sixth-season preem of "The L Word" at 9 p.m. The sophomore season...

Thesp joins 'Rileys' family.(Melissa Leo in 'Welcome to the Rileys')(Brief article)
October 2, 2008... Melissa Leo has signed on to star alongside James Gandolfini and Kristen Stewart in the indic drama "Welcome to the Rileys," to be directed by Jake Scott. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Story revolves around a couple (Gandolfini, Leo) driven...

Rory Cochrane.(Players)
October 2, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Rory Cochrane ("CSI: Miami") will appear on the upcoming season of "24" as the senior aide to the president. Cochrane appeared in TNT's "The Company," and he will be seen next in "Public Enemies," starring Johnny...

Izabella Miko.(Players)
October 2, 2008... Izabella Miko ("Deadwood") will star opposite Val Kilmer in suspense drama "Fake Identity" set to begin lensing in Bulgaria in October. She will be seen next in Samuel Goldwyn Films' "Dark Streets." [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Maeve Quinlan.(Players)
October 2, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Maeve Quinlan ("South of Nowhere") has boarded CW's "90210." She'll play Jessica Lowndes' overbearing mother. Quinlan just booked a guest-starring role on NBC's "Life."

Sean Maher.(Players)
October 2, 2008... Sean Maher has been cast in upcoming Lifetime series "Drop Dead Diva" produced by Craig Zadan, Neil Meron and Josh Berman. His credits include "Serenity" and "Firefly." [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Metallica fans stuck on 'Magnetic'.
October 2, 2008... Metallica's "Death Magnetic" remained affixed to the No. 1 spot on the nation's album sales chart for the third week in a row, making it only the second album this year to stay on top that long. Album sold 132,000 copies Stateside in the...

Fifty Words.(Theater review)
October 2, 2008... (Lucille Lortel Theater; 198 seats; $59 top) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] An MCC Theater presentation by special arrangement with the Lucille Lortel Theater Foundation of a play in one act by Michael Weller. Directed by Austin Pendleton....

Creditors.(Theater review)
October 2, 2008... (Donmar Warehouse, London; 250 seats; 29 [pounds sterling] ($52) top) A Donmar Warehouse presentation of a play in one act by August Strindberg in a new version by David Greig. Directed by Alan Rickman. Sets, Ben Stones; costumes, Fontini...

Delirium.(Theater review)
October 2, 2008... (Peacock Theater: Dublin: 157 seats; 15 [euro] ($22) top) A Theater O presentation of an Abbey Theater, Dublin, Barbican, London, production of a play in two acts by Enda Walsh, based on Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel "The Brothers Karamazov."...

Equity firms exec post.(LEGIT BITS)
October 2, 2008... Mary Lou Westerfield is the new Western regional director of legit thesp union Actors' Equity. Westerfield has filled the post in an interim capacity for the last six months, prior to which she was Equity's national director of policy. ...

TV production chart.
October 2, 2008... PRODUCTION CHART KEY Abbreviations: SUPR EXP-Supervising executive producer(s); EXP-Executive producer(s); CO-EXP-Co-executive producer(s); SUPR PROD-Supervising producer(s); PROD-Producer(s); CO-PROD-Co-producer(s); DIR-Director(s);...

Showbiz stocks: Wednesday, October 1, 2008.
October 2, 2008... Showbiz Stocks Wednesday, October 1, 2008 YTD Name Tkr PE Last Chg %Chg AccessIT AIXD ... 1.43 -68.0...

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People.(Movie review)
October 2, 2008... (U.K.) An MGM (in U.S.), Paramount and Channel Four Films (U.K.) release of an Intandem Films, Film4 and the U.K. Film Council presentation in association with Aramid Entertainment of a Stephen Woolley, Elizabeth Karlsen and Number 9 Films...

Fay memorial.(Memorial)
October 2, 2008... A memorial service for casting agent Sylvia Fay will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Riverside Memorial Chapel, 180 W. 76th St., New York. The date was incorrect in Wednesday's paper.

David Modigliani's docu "Crawford" will debut Oct. 7 on Hulu.com, the NBC Universal and News Corp.-owned Internet vid site.(GOTHAM FILM CLIPS)
October 2, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] David Modigliani's docu "Crawford" will debut Oct. 7 on Hulu.com, the NBC Universal and News Corp.-owned Internet vid site. Docu, which tracks the Bush administration's impact on the president's frequent vacation...

Cinevolve has acquired worldwide rights to Venezuelan pic "The Color of Fame," the country's official entry in the Oscars' foreign-language film race.(GOTHAM FILM CLIPS)
October 2, 2008... Cinevolve has acquired worldwide rights to Venezuelan pic "The Color of Fame," the country's official entry in the Oscars' foreign-language film race. Totem Films pic, directed by Alejandro Bellame Palacios, follows a woman who enters a contest...

'Wrestler' grips fest.
October 2, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Mickey Rourke comeback campaign alighted on the New York Film Festival with "The Wrestler" on Wednesday. The thesp choked up at one point during a post-screening news conference as he was asked about the...

Food for thought.(V)(Brief article)
October 2, 2008... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] I'm not sure why I'm here or why you're here "Religulous" helmer Larry Charles told a roomful of guests lunching at Rockefeller Plaza's Brasserie Ruhlmann on Monday. Charles may have been contemplating the...

"Rachel Getting Married".(V)
October 2, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "Rachel Getting Married" helmer Jonathan Demme and Anne Hathaway at Variety's screening series presented by IndieVest Monday in N.Y.

Samuel Goldwyn Films prexy Meyer Gottlieb.(V)
October 2, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Samuel Goldwyn Films prexy Meyer Gottlieb and thesp Kirk Cameron at the Hollywood premiere of "Fireproof"

Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens step out for the Paris.(V)
October 2, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens step out for the Paris premiere of "High School Musical 3" on Wednesday.

Mike Leigh, thesp Sally Hawkins and Miramax prexy Daniel Battsek at Saturday's "Happy-Go-Lucky".(V)
October 2, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Mike Leigh, thesp Sally Hawkins and Miramax prexy Daniel Battsek at Saturday's "Happy-Go-Lucky" bow in Gotham

Dog fight: seven pics vie for B.O. title.
October 3, 2008... Bill Maher's irreverent docu "Religulous" was off to a strong start as it bowed early in Gotham, grossing $13,237 on Wednesday from two theaters for a per location average of $6,619. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "Religulous" goes nationwide...

'Day' dawns for thesp duo.
October 3, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Liev Schreiber and Helen Hunt will star in "Every Day," a drama written and to be directed by Richard Levine. Schreiber and Hunt play a couple whose marriage is strained to the breaking point in the pic, which...

New 'Seagull' flies high.(Broadway)(Theater review)
October 3, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The symbolic bird killed by brooding writer Konstantin in "The Seagull" returns to Ian Rickson's production in the shattering final scene, stuffed and mounted in a glass display case. But the director, adaptor...

Net hustles for doc deal.(Inside Moves)
October 3, 2008... The discovery of Steve Fossett's belongings in the California mountains led a quick-thinking producer to a hasty pact for a Discovery Channel docu spec on the missing billionaire explorer. LMNO Prods. was finishing up production in Mammoth...

Strike hangover for sophomore series.
October 3, 2008... Months later, reverberations from the writers strike continue to be felt across the primetime TV landscape. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Young shows held out of production by the work stop--page and kept off the air for about nine...

'Boeing' jets to a B'way recoupment.(LEGIT)
October 3, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In a neat reversal of fortune from its original appearance on Broadway, when it closed after just 23 performances, the Tony-winning Rialto revival of 1960s comedy of errors "Boeing-Boeing" has recouped its $2.65...

Legally Blonde: The Musical.(Theater review)
October 3, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] (Hippodrome Theater, Baltimore; 2,286 seats; $67 top) A Hal Luftig, Fox Theatricals, Dori Berinstein, James L. Nederlander, Independent Presenters Network, Roy Furman, Broadway Asia, Barbara Whitman,...

One night only: Bening benefits 'Eve'.(LEGIT BITS)(Annette Bening)(Brief article)
October 3, 2008... Fasten your seatbelts. Annette Bening will star as Margo Channing in "All About Eve" in an Actors Fund benefit Nov. 10 at the Eugene O'Neill Theater. The one-night-only staged reading of Joseph L. Mankiewicz's screenplay for the classic...

Broadway will dim its lights at 8 tonight for one minute in honor of Paul Newman.(LEGIT BITS)
October 3, 2008... Broadway will dim its lights at 8 tonight for one minute in honor of Paul Newman. The veteran actor who died last week made his Rialto debut in 1953 in the original New York production of William Inge's "Picnic" alongside his future wife,...

SAG life achievement kudos to thesp Jones.
October 3, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] James Earl Jones has been tapped to receive this year's life achievement kudo from the Screen Actors Guild. Jones has long been a staple of the stage and screen, making his Broadway bow in 1957 in "The Egghead"...

'Boys' to buoy fall sked.(Momma's Boys)(Brief article)
October 3, 2008... NBC has bumped "Momma's Boys" to fall, slating it Wednesdays at 9 p.m. starting Oct. 29. Skein takes over the slot vacated by "America's Got Talent." "Deal or No Deal," which had been scheduled to take over for "Talent," will air there for...

BAFTA/LA plaudits to trio.(British Academy of Film and Television/Los Angeles)(Don Cheadle, Tilda Swinton and Stephen Frears)(Brief article)
October 3, 2008... The British Academy of Film and Television/Los Angeles will honor Don Cheadle, Tilda Swinton and Stephen Frears at its annual awards gala Nov. 6 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel. Cheadle will receive the BAFTA/ LA humanitarian nod...

Gamer goes it alone: take-two off the block.
October 3, 2008... Take-Two is staying solo. The "Grand Theft Auto" publisher announced Thursday that it has ended its review process for potential acquirers or strategic deals. Take-Two previously said it was in discussions with numerous companies...

Davis eyes 'Kilgallen'.
October 3, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Producer John Davis has optioned "Good Night, Dorothy Kilgallen," a proposal for an expose book by Paul Alexander that ties the syndicated columnist's death to her investigation of the JFK assassination. Davis...

Romero's rising again.(George Romero)(Brief article)
October 3, 2008... Director George Romero is beginning production on an untitled thriller. Once again, the antagonists are flesh-eating zombies. Romero first mined zombies with "Night of the Living Dead" and has been cannibalizing the genre since, most recently...

Penn & Teller.(Tenpercenteries)
October 3, 2008... APA has signed Penn & Teller for representation in the fields of talent, features, scripted and alternative TV and commercial endorsements. Pair's Showtime skein "Penn & Teller: Bullshit!" will bow its seventh season next year. Penn (near...