Miramax Films

The exclusive negotiating window between the Weinstein brothers and Walt Disney Co. over the acquisition of Miramax Films has been extended through the weekend, according to a person close to the talks. Backed by supermarket magnate Ron Burkle and other.....

Bob and Harvey Weinstein's long-in-the-works deal to reclaim independent movie label Miramax Films from the Walt Disney Co. has fallen apart after several weeks of intense negotiations, according to three people familiar with the matter. Talks between the...

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Now that exclusive negotiations between Walt Disney Co. and Ron Burkle and the Weinstein brothers to acquire Miramax Films for $625 million have collapsed, investor brothers Alec and Tom Gores could be in a position to take over two independent......

Los Angeles construction magnate Ron Tutor and his embattled film financier partner, David Bergstein, are entering into exclusive negotiations with Walt Disney Co. to acquire Miramax Films. Tutor confirmed Friday morning in an interview with The Times...

The exclusive 10-day negotiating window between Disney and construction magnate Ron Tutor and his movie-business partner David Bergsten for the acquisition of Miramax Films expires tonight, and the parties continue to talk. There's no word yet as to...

The Weinstein Co. has struck a deal to restructure its debt in the wake of several film flops, but the arrangement leaves the independent production company with a formidable task of turning around its fortunes. The settlement calls for the......

Adding to the drama at one of Hollywood's few remaining independent studios, Overture Films Chief Executive Chris McGurk and Chief Operating Officer Danny Rosett have left the company. In a statement, Chris Albrecht, chief executive of Overture parent...

Signaling a move for a major Los Angeles investment firm into the entertainment business, Colony Capital has joined Ron Tutor's bid to acquire Miramax Films from Walt Disney Co. Negotiations are now being handled by Colony principal Richard Nanula, a........

Walt Disney Co. has reached an agreement in principle to sell Miramax Films and its 611-film library to construction executive Ron Tutor for about $650 million, according to people close to the situation. Tutor and a group of investors, including......

[Update at 12:15 p.m.: My colleague Ben Fritz at Company Town hears that the deal has been delayed until late-February.] In a relative rarity for Hollywood, a movie production company will try to launch an initial public stock offering this......

Neil Gaiman knows that the best stories must be both bitter and sweet -- he is, after all, the author of “The Graveyard Book,” the tender children’s novel that opens with a nasty knife murder. Still, the 49-year-old Brit sounds......