WB revived as online platform

Front Page: TV unit unveils TheWB.com -- Warner brass on Monday unveiled TheWB.com, a digital network intended to monetize old skeins and original content through ad support.

Daily Box Office: Monday, April 28, 2008

Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay tops Monday's box office with $1.3 million

Columbia gets ‘Dumped’

Front Page: Studio picks up Rothman's spec script -- Columbia Pictures has picked up Scott Rothman's spec "Dumped" for low six figures.

CBS tops Daytime Emmy nominations

Front Page: Network scores 56 nods -- The nominations for the 35th annual Daytime Entertainment Emmys are:

Upping the superhero ante

"Iron Man," which premieres Friday, not only kicks off Hollywood's extended summer movie season, it supercharges what is shaping up as the biggest season ever for comic book-to-film transfers.

Ratings costly for cable duo

Front Page: Upfront unveils info on A&E, History Channel -- A&E and History Channel will shell out a record $650 million in programming costs this year to keep their ratings momentum going.

AMPTP splashes cold water on SAG

Any chance that SAG and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers will ink a new contract by Friday is all but gone.

Magnolia seeing ‘Red’

Front Page: Film unit scoops up rights to thriller -- Magnolia Pictures has scooped up North American rights to Trygve Allister Diesen and Lucky McKee’s thriller “Red.” Screenplay by Stephen Susco is based on Jack Ketchum’s novel of the same name.

Uwe Boll sues Billy Zane

Director Uwe Boll has sued actor Billy Zane in Los Angeles Superior Court, claiming he's owed at least $700,000 in revenues from the 2006 boxoffice flop "Bloodrayne."

‘Elegy’ gets pickup

Samuel Goldwyn Films, Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group and Netflix's Red Envelope Entertainment have acquired Lakeshore Entertainment's drama "Elegy," starring Penelope Cruz, Ben Kingsley, Dennis Hopper, Patricia Clarkson, Peter Sarsgaard and Deborah Harry.

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