The model today is that as much as 70 percent of the financing of the picture would come from overseas. Now we're beginning to run out of suckers, because there are not that many people overseas who are willing to put up more than half the money for a movie.

A green-light meeting is when the decision is made finally whether or not to make a given picture.

Analyses of the movie marketplace points to an interesting phenomenon: High-profile movies are continuing to do well year-to-year in the U.S. and overseas - this past summer, for example, the top 10 movies registered at the same level as in '04.

Most movie-goers are overdosing on star coverage; it's the ultimate example of too much information.

The major media companies are significantly reducing their financial commitment to the motion picture sector.

That's how you get surprises, because what movies are all about is surprises.

We're going to see a very, very commercial kind of picture-making.