Trade Round-Up: 'WOTW' Conquers Foreign-Types
· WOTW takes in $102.5 million at the overseas box office; analysts attribute the success to the difficulty of properly translating the term "pseudo-science" into various languages. [Variety]
· TNT attempts to fill the void in the mobster cable series void left by the extended hiatus of The Sopranos, develops a "limited series" ("miniseries" is so 2003) based on the life of Chicago crime boss Sam Giancana. [TNT]
· The New Paramount and Warner Bros. are sharing director David Fincher on back-to-back movies, Zodiac and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, splitting the inevitable "gloom and rain" budget overruns. [Variety]
· Because the Nielsen boxes never sleep, even on a holiday: CBS's Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular 2005 entertained more shut-ins than any other Monday night program. [THR]
· TV producer Lester Lewis pretends to be excited about working with Will & Grace creators David Kohan and Max Mutchnick on their new sitcom, Four Kings. [Variety]