Trade Round-Up: Miramax's Tag Sale
· It's official: Rupert Murdoch is packing up his multimedia conglomerate in little cardboard boxes and moving its headquarters to Delaware. You know, the Biggest Little Corporation-Friendly State in the Union, where the Hollywood Trial of the Century is taking place? [THR]
· Miramax tag sale! As they come under increased Disney scrutiny, the Weinsteins are looking to drag their titles onto the sidewalk in TriBeca and make some quick dough. We're totally going to pick up a broken toaster and Prozac Nation for pocket change! [Variety, sub. req'd.]
· The O.C. princess Mischa Barton is in final talks to join the cast of indie feature The OH in Ohio. (Nope, that title is not a joke!) The film stars Parker Posey as a woman who has never had an orgasm. You'd think that with all of her yoga training she'd be a little more in touch with her body. [THR]
· Stephen J. Cannell, legendary producer of The A-Team and The Rockford Files, waits for the go ahead on his TNT series, The Dark. We only mention this because we love the part at the end of all of his shows where, in the thrall of his overwhelming creative energies, he tears a script page from his typewriter and tosses the fresh batch of dramatic gold into the air. [THR]