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  • Tribeca hopes for rebound after criticism last year
    Tuesday April 22nd 2008

    In 2007, the Tribeca Film Festival underwent a modern-day rite of passage: the backlash. Co-founded by Robert De Niro after Sept. 11 to help heal his Manhattan neighborhood, the festival had previously enjoyed a thankful reception. But as it expanded further into New York and the number of screenings quintupled, some began to resent Tribeca’s growth into the already crowded festival circuit. “You can’t please everybody,” De Niro said in a recent interview. The seventh annual festival opens Wednesday night.

  • Hells Angels founder sues HBO
    Tuesday April 22nd 2008

    HBO might have a biker-sized legal problem on its hands with its motorcycle-themed drama pilot “1%.” Hells Angels founder Sonny Barger filed a lawsuit last week against the pay cable network, the production company behind the project and its writer/executive producer Michael Tolkin claiming that the concept and the script for the show were developed with his collaboration.

  • Viacom, MGM and Lionsgate to take on HBO, Showtime
    Monday April 21st 2008

    Sumner Redstone’s Viacom Inc will launch a premium TV and movie channel with Lionsgate and MGM, aiming a direct volley at Time Warner’s HBO as well as Redstone’s own Showtime networks owned by CBS Corp. The new channel will have originally produced television series, as well as feature upcoming movies and classic hits. It is expected to launch in autumn 2009, the companies said in a statement on Sunday.

  • CameraVision08 is Toronto’s first annual post NAB event
    Monday April 21st 2008

    Tellavision / Camera Department will be hosting Toronto’s first annual post NAB Show event CameraVision08 Tuesday, May 6th, 2008, between 9:30am to 4:30pm at 1030 Islington Avenue, Gate 3 in Toronto. CameraVision08 is a free film and television industry event for producers, DOP’s, camera operators, technicians and other industry professionals[…]

  • Canada and U.S. Weekend Box Office – 04/18/08 to 04/20/08
    Sunday April 20th 2008

    FilmTotalFORBIDDEN KINGDOM, LIONSGATE$21,401,121FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL, UNIVERSAL$17,725,330PROM NIGHT, SONY$8,670,36488 MINUTES, SONY$6,957,216NIM’S ISLAND, FOX$5,687,07221, SONY$5,520,362STREET KINGS, FOX SEARCHLIGHT$4,179,505DR. SUESSHORTON HEARS A WHO, FOX$3,511,834LEATHERHEADS, UNIVERSAL$3,049,465EXPELLED: NO INTELLIGENCE ALLOWED, ROCKY MOUNTAIN PICTURES$2,970,848

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  • Tribeca hopes for rebound after criticism last year
    Tuesday April 22nd 2008

    In 2007, the Tribeca Film Festival underwent a modern-day rite of passage: the backlash. Co-founded by Robert De Niro after Sept. 11 to help heal his Manhattan neighborhood, the festival had previously enjoyed a thankful reception. But as it expanded further into New York and the number of screenings quintupled, some began to resent Tribeca’s growth into the already crowded festival circuit. “You can’t please everybody,” De Niro said in a recent interview. The seventh annual festival opens Wednesday night.

  • Hells Angels founder sues HBO
    Tuesday April 22nd 2008

    HBO might have a biker-sized legal problem on its hands with its motorcycle-themed drama pilot “1%.” Hells Angels founder Sonny Barger filed a lawsuit last week against the pay cable network, the production company behind the project and its writer/executive producer Michael Tolkin claiming that the concept and the script for the show were developed with his collaboration.

  • Viacom, MGM and Lionsgate to take on HBO, Showtime
    Monday April 21st 2008

    Sumner Redstone’s Viacom Inc will launch a premium TV and movie channel with Lionsgate and MGM, aiming a direct volley at Time Warner’s HBO as well as Redstone’s own Showtime networks owned by CBS Corp. The new channel will have originally produced television series, as well as feature upcoming movies and classic hits. It is expected to launch in autumn 2009, the companies said in a statement on Sunday.

  • CameraVision08 is Toronto’s first annual post NAB event
    Monday April 21st 2008

    Tellavision / Camera Department will be hosting Toronto’s first annual post NAB Show event CameraVision08 Tuesday, May 6th, 2008, between 9:30am to 4:30pm at 1030 Islington Avenue, Gate 3 in Toronto. CameraVision08 is a free film and television industry event for producers, DOP’s, camera operators, technicians and other industry professionals[…]

  • Canada and U.S. Weekend Box Office – 04/18/08 to 04/20/08
    Sunday April 20th 2008

    FilmTotalFORBIDDEN KINGDOM, LIONSGATE$21,401,121FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL, UNIVERSAL$17,725,330PROM NIGHT, SONY$8,670,36488 MINUTES, SONY$6,957,216NIM’S ISLAND, FOX$5,687,07221, SONY$5,520,362STREET KINGS, FOX SEARCHLIGHT$4,179,505DR. SUESSHORTON HEARS A WHO, FOX$3,511,834LEATHERHEADS, UNIVERSAL$3,049,465EXPELLED: NO INTELLIGENCE ALLOWED, ROCKY MOUNTAIN PICTURES$2,970,848

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Archives for: April 20085
  • Tribeca hopes for rebound after criticism last year
    Tuesday April 22nd 2008

    In 2007, the Tribeca Film Festival underwent a modern-day rite of passage: the backlash. Co-founded by Robert De Niro after Sept. 11 to help heal his Manhattan neighborhood, the festival had previously enjoyed a thankful reception. But as it expanded further into New York and the number of screenings quintupled, some began to resent Tribeca’s growth into the already crowded festival circuit. “You can’t please everybody,” De Niro said in a recent interview. The seventh annual festival opens Wednesday night.

  • Hells Angels founder sues HBO
    Tuesday April 22nd 2008

    HBO might have a biker-sized legal problem on its hands with its motorcycle-themed drama pilot “1%.” Hells Angels founder Sonny Barger filed a lawsuit last week against the pay cable network, the production company behind the project and its writer/executive producer Michael Tolkin claiming that the concept and the script for the show were developed with his collaboration.

  • Viacom, MGM and Lionsgate to take on HBO, Showtime
    Monday April 21st 2008

    Sumner Redstone’s Viacom Inc will launch a premium TV and movie channel with Lionsgate and MGM, aiming a direct volley at Time Warner’s HBO as well as Redstone’s own Showtime networks owned by CBS Corp. The new channel will have originally produced television series, as well as feature upcoming movies and classic hits. It is expected to launch in autumn 2009, the companies said in a statement on Sunday.

  • CameraVision08 is Toronto’s first annual post NAB event
    Monday April 21st 2008

    Tellavision / Camera Department will be hosting Toronto’s first annual post NAB Show event CameraVision08 Tuesday, May 6th, 2008, between 9:30am to 4:30pm at 1030 Islington Avenue, Gate 3 in Toronto. CameraVision08 is a free film and television industry event for producers, DOP’s, camera operators, technicians and other industry professionals[…]

  • Canada and U.S. Weekend Box Office – 04/18/08 to 04/20/08
    Sunday April 20th 2008

    FilmTotalFORBIDDEN KINGDOM, LIONSGATE$21,401,121FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL, UNIVERSAL$17,725,330PROM NIGHT, SONY$8,670,36488 MINUTES, SONY$6,957,216NIM’S ISLAND, FOX$5,687,07221, SONY$5,520,362STREET KINGS, FOX SEARCHLIGHT$4,179,505DR. SUESSHORTON HEARS A WHO, FOX$3,511,834LEATHERHEADS, UNIVERSAL$3,049,465EXPELLED: NO INTELLIGENCE ALLOWED, ROCKY MOUNTAIN PICTURES$2,970,848

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