I understand why conspiracy theories are so important to the overall psychic health of so many people. There are times when it feels like we live in a terrifying, random, cruel, uncaring world, and if you can fi...
Starpower? Always. Oscar players? Always. Potential genre breakouts? Always. Some major misfires? Always. A good movie or two debuting after the first weekend? U...
This isn't a game changer or anything, but it is interesting to see how many images from films in production are starting to leak on Twitter, and directly from the filmmakers involved.
Russell Brand, for example, con...
After debuting on last week on Comic-Con International's announced panel schedule for Friday, July 23 last week, The Weinstein Company's "Piranha 3-D" panel suddenly disappeared from the convention's officia...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Billionaire investor Mark Cuban said Saturday he "loved" the idea of the Weinstein brothers participating in a bid for Miramax, adding that he didn't help block their bid to take...
There is a lot of nervousness in the specialty business these days. Besides the stable confines of Fox Searchlight, Focus Features and Sony Pictures Classics, there haven't been many consistent distributors of i...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Walt Disney Co. has called off talks to sell its Miramax movie division to billionaire Ron Burkle for $625 million, a person familiar with the matter said Tuesday.
The deal would have...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Billionaire Ron Burkle and potential partners the Weinstein brothers denied reports Friday that talks to buy The Walt Disney Co.'s Miramax Films division were on the rocks.
The bidders se...
The extra-long series finale of "Lost" will be Emmy eligible, thanks to a rules revision courtesy of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Board of Governors.
Previous rules had started that...
So much for the happy ending. After weeks of speculation that it was a done deal, negotiations have broken down between the Weinsteins and the Walt Disney Company for the brothers to reclaim the Miramax brand an...
