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· In a drastic corporate realignment, Warner Bros. becomes the first studio to combine home entertainment, Internet, wireless, games and other other digital operations into one group. What this means for you is precisely nothing. But for Java developers making downloadable Harry Potter Quidditch cell phone games, the world will never again be the same. [Variety]
· Paramount is in final negotiations with Layer Cake director Matthew Vaughn to direct and produce a screen version of Neil Gaiman s Stardust, about a young man who promises his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm, where he has to contend with witches, goblins, gnomes, talking animals and evil trees. One Ring nerds everywhere go on a cloak dry-cleaning frenzy. [Variety]
· A record 58 countries have submitted films to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for Oscar consideration, including previously unrepresented Iraq, Costa Rica and Fiji. Sean Penn begins composing his annual sourpuss pronouncement early this year to make sure he gets the tricky Arabic verb tenses right. [THR]
· CBS wins the ratings week, with ABC a strong second. And King Midas, Crap Version NBC was down 11% vs. the same week a year ago, with its Thursday lineup off 27%. Have you guys ever thought about another line of work? I mean, seriously. I hear biotech is heating up! [Variety]
· Undeterred that E-Ring is doing less that spectacular Nielsen numbers, NBC makes a pilot-commitment to another Jerry Bruckheimer-produced series: the medical thriller Invisible, centering on a rogue researcher for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who's tracking a mysterious illness. Andy Dick is rumored favorite to play the virus. [Variety]