Articles by Lorenza Munoz

831 articles since 1997

New Line may get lift from ‘Hobbit’

Business | By Lorenza Munoz | December 19, 2007
Now that New Line Cinema and director Peter Jackson have settled their legal dispute over “The Lord of the Rings,” the movie adaptation of “The Hobbit” may finally come to life. Read more
 

Action continues on animated programs

Business | By Lorenza Munoz | December 17, 2007
You won’t see SpongeBob SquarePants or Dora the Explorer on the picket lines. Read more
 

Hasbro hires studio exec to transform toys into movies

Business | By Lorenza Munoz | December 6, 2007
Hasbro Inc., the toy company behind the Transformers brand, wants to turn more of its line of toys into concepts for movies and has put a veteran studio executive in charge. Read more
 

A marketing puzzle in any language

Business | By Lorenza Munoz | November 23, 2007
Eighteen-year-old Brian Morales represents a growing segment of America that baffles advertisers, broadcast networks and cable channels. Read more
 

Group prays for divine resolution to writers strike

Business | By Lorenza Munoz | November 17, 2007
The ballroom of the Beverly Hilton hotel was the scene of a different kind of Hollywood power breakfast Friday morning, with nearly 700 people praying. Read more
 

Hollywood places a big-budget bet on 3-D with the ambitious ‘Beowulf’

Business | By Josh Friedman and Lorenza Munoz | November 16, 2007
Movie ticket sales are flat, but Hollywood thinks a sword-wielding Nordic warrior seduced by Angelina Jolie in 3-D can pump them up. Read more
 

Nonprofit to build 30 homes in 5 days

California | Local | By Lorenza Munoz | October 29, 2007
For the last four years, Edgar Ruano and his wife, Carolina Morales, have slept on the pullout sofa bed in the living room of their one-bedroom Bellflower apartment. Read more
 

Perry aims to go over well abroad

Business | By Lorenza Munoz | October 22, 2007
Tyler Perry debunked the Hollywood myth that movies and television shows about family, relationships and God were too narrow and folksy to resonate with a large audience. Read more
 

Agents seek role in writers pact talks

Business | By Richard Verrier and Lorenza Munoz | October 15, 2007
As Hollywood braces for a possible strike next month, talent agents are trying to do what they know best: Match-make. Read more
 

Lions Gate, Televisa in film, TV deal

Business | By Lorenza Munoz | October 9, 2007
Grupo Televisa, Mexico’s largest media conglomerate, plans to expand its reach in the U.S. by teaming up with an American studio to make movies and television shows and to distribute its growing film library. Read more
 
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