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Miramax movies to be available on Netflix [Updated]
Company TownMiramax has signed a multi-year agreement to make its movies available via Netflix online streaming, the first of what the independent studio's new management has promised will be multiple digital platforms for its library. Under the deal announced... -
Ron Tutor-led group closes Miramax deal [Updated]
Company TownConstruction magnate Ron Tutor has officially gone Hollywood. And Walt Disney Co. can now breathe a sigh of relief. Updated 3:30 p.m.Tutor and a group of investors, including Los Angeles private equity firm Colony Capital, have closed on the acquisition..... -
Miramax purchase puts Colony Capital in the Hollywood spotlight
Company TownWith the sale of Miramax Films finally completed, the future of the pioneering independent studio will be a test of one of Hollywood’s newest sources of money: Colony Capital. Since the 19-year-old Santa Monica investment firm in late June joined...... -
Miramax names former News Corp. executive Michael Lang as CEO
Company TownFormer News Corp. business development executive Michael Lang has been named chief executive of the newly independent Miramax Films. The widely expected appointment puts Lang in charge following the completion last week of Walt Disney Co.'s $663-million... -
New Miramax will look to acquire completed movies and other libraries
Company TownUnder its new chief executive Michael Lang, Miramax Films will initially seek to acquire completed films and eventually buy movie libraries. In an interview Thursday soon after he was officially named CEO of the specialty film studio, Lang said that...... -
Universal in talks to sell Focus Features to Gores brothers
Company TownUniversal Pictures is in talks to sell its specialty film label Focus Features to investor brothers Alec and Tom Gores, according to people familiar with the matter. The discussions, which are still in early stages, calls into question whether the...... -
Limited release: 'Black Swan' transforming into box-office phenomenom, 'Fighter' has strong first round
Company Town"Black Swan" is looking like much more than an art-house hit. Fox Searchlight expanded the psychological ballet drama starring Natalie Portman to 90 theaters from 18 and saw phenomenal results on the movie's second weekend. It took in $3.3 million...... -
Weinsteins partner with new Miramax to produce sequels to films including 'Shakespeare in Love'
Company TownBob and Harvey Weinstein are back in business with Miramax Films. The independent film mogul brothers, who earlier this year lost out on a bid to buy back from Walt Disney Co. the specialty label they founded, have signed a...... -
Box office: 'How Do You Know' flops; 'Tron' doesn't; and like the bear himself, 'Yogi' is soft [Updated]
Company TownOn a weekend packed with new releases, some movies came out well positioned to become holiday hits while one was dead on arrival. Walt Disney Studios' big-budget sequel "Tron: Legacy" opened to a solid $43.6 million. The 3-D animation/live-action hybrid..... -
Harvey Weinstein says time is right for sequels, spinoffs of Miramax classics
Company TownFor those who say no sequel could ever be as good as the original "Shakespeare in Love," Harvey Weinstein agrees. But that doesn't mean he's not game to try. In an interview after the news of the deal for his...... -
'King's Speech' may be recut for lower rating, gets new ad campaign following Oscar nominations
Company TownThe challenge now is making “The King’s Speech” into the lingua franca. With a dozen Oscar nominations under its belt, the movie’s executive producer and distributor Harvey Weinstein is ready to unleash a new marketing strategy that... -
La Jolla Playhouse to revisit 'Peter Pan' story yet again, with 'Finding Neverland' stage musical
Culture MonsterLa Jolla Playhouse will stage a musical version of `Finding Neverland,' the film about how J.M. Barrie came to write `Peter Pan.'...
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