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The Weinstein Co. has struck a deal for all international rights with the Film Department, the production company founded by Mark Gill and Neil Sacker. The two-year deal will commence with "Law Abiding Citizen," the Jamie Foxx - Gerard Butler...
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Looks like it's not a small world after all for the Weinstein Co. The film and entertainment company, which has been shedding staff in the wake of restructuring its operations, is selling its majority stake in aSmallWorld.net -- a social...
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Last week, we briefly reported on the legal blow dealt to Harvey Weinstein's efforts to distribute "Precious, Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire," the darling of the Sundance Film Festival that follows the brutal life of a young Harlem...
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In the latest shake-up at the struggling Weinstein Co., theatrical chief Tom Ortenberg is leaving the production company. Ortenberg, whose official title was president of theatrical films, spent just nine months at the company, which has struggled under a heavy...
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Some good news for the beleaguered Weinstein Co. as it has sold the rights to "Inglourious Basterds" to Time Warner's basic cable network TNT. Though terms were not disclosed, typically these deals are based on a percentage of the box...
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"Halloween II" may not have won the box office this weekend, but Weinstein Co. is taking a lesson from the movie that did as it prepares a sequel for next summer. The independent studio's co-Chairman Bob Weinstein said today that...
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Now that "Inglourious Basterds" has taken in an impressive $38.1 million in its opening weekend and looks like it's going to be a huge hit, the Weinstein Co. should be poised to collect a nice check from CBS Corp.'s pay...
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Women, it turns out, were the surprising key for "Basterds" this weekend. While an audience that's 58% male would seem lopsided for many pictures, Weinstein Co. Co-Chairman Harvey Weinstein said it was much better than he had expected and one...
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"Inglourious Basterds" has given the Weinstein Co. a much-needed jolt, opening to a very strong studio-estimated $37.6 million. That's far and away the biggest opening for director Quentin Tarantino, as well as the highest first-weekend gross for a movie in...
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Almost 16 months after Lifetime Television struck a deal to snag the fashion reality hit "Project Runway" from Bravo the show will finally debut in its new home tonight. A lot is riding on this for Lifetime, which needs "Project...
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Stick to what you know. That's the word that Weinstein Co. has gotten from Miller Bruckfire, the New York-based financial consulting firm the production company hired last June to advise it on how to clean up its balance sheet. In...
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Add "Escape From Planet Earth" to The Weinstein Co.'s growing list of headaches. The computer-animated 3-D stereoscopic movie, which was announced in 2006, has been beset with script problems and won't be ready for release until January 2011, at the...
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NBC Universal, the Weinstein Co. and Lifetime have settled their dispute over “Project Runway,” the companies announced today. According to a statement released today, the Weinstein Co. will pay NBC Universal to move “Runway” from Bravo to Lifetime. “All of the parties are pleased with the outcome,”...
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Handing a procedural win to NBC Universal in the case over “Project Runway,” a federal judge on Tuesday rejected Lifetime’s attempt to move the dispute out of state court. NBC Universal had sued to keep “Project Runway’s” production company, Weinstein Co., from moving the show to the Lifetime cable channel...
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Showtime Networks has signed an exclusive output agreement with Summit Entertainment. The deal gives Showtime up to 42 films that will be released by Summit Entertainment between 2008 and 2012 to air on the network, including hit “Twilight” and its future installments. Other titles include “Knowing,...
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