Miramax Films

I guess it's true that Leonardo DiCaprio hasn't cracked a smile on screen in about a hundred years. Or so it seems, especially if you've been loyally heading out to the multiplexes for all his recent films, including, of course,......

Let's face it. When it comes to enduring mysteries, it's hard to come up with something more mystifying than how Jennifer Aniston became a movie star. After all, she's made an almost-unbroken string of forgettable movies that have rarely made......

After several years of delays that have frustrated eager fans, moviegoers may soon return to Middle-earth. Warner Bros., its subsidiary New Line Cinema, and partner Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer appear to be close to greenlighting the hugely anticipated two-part...

Thomas Tull is taking control of Legendary Pictures. The chairman of the film financing and production company has quietly led a buyout of its original investors in order to more directly steer an expansion into video games, digital media and......

Industrialist Len Blavatnik’s bid to help bail out MGM may have been spurned, but his offer to help fund movies for his Hollywood pal Harvey Weinstein and his brother Bob has been welcomed with open arms. Blavatnik has agreed to......

Walt Disney Studios has told the producers of its Miramax movies "The Debt" and "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" that it won't be releasing the films because of the pending sale of the specialty division. The two pictures are......

Mike Lang, a former News Corp. business development executive with a background in digital media, is in talks to become chief executive of Miramax Films once the acquisition of the independent film studio closes, people close to the matter said.......

Sony Pictures Entertainment has tapped a veteran DreamWorks Animation executive to run the studio's animation unit. On Thursday, Sony named Michelle Raimo-Kouyate president of production for Sony Pictures Animation. She succeeds Hannah Minghella, who...

Newly launched independent Miramax Films has hired its top home video executive. Eric Doctorow, a veteran of Paramount Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, has been named executive vice president in charge of home entertainment, Miramax announced Monday....

An investigation by a court-appointed trustee into film businesses run by David Bergstein reaches harsh conclusions about the film financier and his former partner Ron Tutor. The document was briefly unsealed Monday night by U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge...

After canceling a stock offering and failing in an attempt to raise private equity, independent studio the Film Department is shutting down. Headed by former Warner Bros. and Miramax Films executive Mark Gill, the Film Department put out only one......

We Netflix streaming subscribers will now have access to the storied, celebrated library of Miramax Films, thanks to a deal the studio and Netflix put in place Monday AM. Starting in June, Miramax's catalog of titles, ranging from a slew of Oscar...