Meryl Streep Oscar Email Angers Voters, But It's Legal (Updated)

February 7, 2012 By Steve Pond 2 days ago

Weinstein Company email upsets competitors by using third party to send banned content to voters - AMPAS says it's ok

  

Raunchy Sundance Film 'Bachelorette' Goes to Weinstein's Radius-TWC Label

February 7, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 2 days ago

Radius, the Weinstein Company's new video-on-demand label, picks up the Sundance film "Bachelorette"

  

Ex-PayPal Executive Launches Incognito Pictures With $50M

January 23, 2012 By Brent Lang 2 weeks ago

The production company has an output deal in place with the Weinstein Co.

  

'The Crow' Lawsuit Settlement: Weinstein Co. and Relativity to Partner on Remake

January 23, 2012 By Brent Lang 2 weeks ago

Companies dismiss all claims against each other. Weinstein had alleged that it had a $70M distribution deal for remake but Relativity reneged; the latter said Weinstein didn't have the money

  

Indie Box Office: 'The Iron Lady' Seizes $5.4M

January 15, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 3 weeks ago

The Weinstein Company's Margaret Thatcher biopic cracks the top 10 at the overall box office

  

Indie Box Office: 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,' 'My Week With Marilyn' Cross $10M Mark

January 8, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 4 weeks ago

The Weinstein Co.'s "The Iron Lady" has the best per-location average of the weekend, with $34,420

  

Weinstein Co. Merges Acquisitions, Production

January 3, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 5 weeks ago

Dylan Sellers will head the combined division as production president Donna Gigliotti bows out. Acquisitions chief Peter Lawson to leave

  

Report Card 2011: Indie Market Bounces Back With 'Twilight' and 'King's Speech'

December 20, 2011 By Brent Lang & Joshua L. Weinstein 7 weeks ago

Theatrical revenues are up and studios such as Summit, Relativity and Lionsgate are cleverly exploiting VOD and digital streaming

  

Indie Box Office: 'Shame' Opens to Strong $361K at 10 Theaters

December 4, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 9 weeks ago

"The Artist" and "The Descendants" also continue to play well as they expand

  

This Year's Oscar Season: Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen

November 21, 2011 By Steve Pond 11 weeks ago

Awards contenders are hiring armies of publicists -- is it savvy campaigning, or desperation?

  

Weinstein Gives 'Sarah's Key' Awards Push With Re-Release

November 2, 2011 By Brent Lang 14 weeks ago

The Holocaust drama will hit 300 screens on Nov. 4

  

Mark Wahlberg Falls Out With ‘Fighter’ BFF David O. Russell (Exclusive)

October 17, 2011 By Sharon Waxman 16 weeks ago

“They went with Brad Cooper because they felt he was hungrier and would work for cheaper"

  

Samuel L. Jackson to Star in Quentin Tarantino's 'Django Unchained'

September 13, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 21 weeks ago

He joins Leonardo DiCaprio and Jamie Foxx in the spaghetti western

  

Weinstein Co. Starts Video on Demand Label

September 6, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 22 weeks ago

Tom Quinn and Jason Janego will be co-presidents of the still-to-be-named division

  

Madonna's New 'W.E.' Film Ripped By Critics: 'Simpering Folly'

September 1, 2011 By Steve Pond 23 weeks ago

Madonna's take on the Wallis Simpson story is savaged by some critics, grudgingly tolerated by others

  

ABC Pisses on Weinstein Co.'s 'Idiot Brother' Ad

August 25, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 24 weeks ago

The network says a trailer for the Paul Rudd comedy is too racy

  

Johnny Knoxville, Patton Oswalt to Star in Todd Rohal's New Comedy

August 22, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 24 weeks ago

Big Beach Films is financing the movie about two battling brothers who take a troop of boys on a camping trip that goes wildly wrong

  

Atom Egoyan to Direct Movie Based on 'West Memphis Three'

August 19, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 24 weeks ago

The Weinstein Co.'s Dimension Films has been developing the project since 2006

  

The Weinstein Co. Grabs 'Untouchable'

July 8, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 30 weeks ago

The company will distribute the French-language film and acquires rights to make it in English

  

Dimension Films Snags 'How to Defeat Your Own Clone'

July 6, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 31 weeks ago

"Now You See Me" screenwriter Ed Ricourt will adapt Kyle Kurpinski and Terry D. Johnson's comic "guidebook"

  

Weinstein Company Releasing Madonna's 'W.E.' on Dec. 9

June 29, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 32 weeks ago

The film will debut in New York and L.A., expanding to a wide release in January

  

Jamie Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio to Star in 'Django Unchained'

June 22, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 33 weeks ago

Will Smith reportedly passed on the role in Quentin Tarantino's slave-era western

  

Weinstein Company Acquires Madonna's Movie "W.E."

June 13, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 34 weeks ago

The romantic drama is Madonna's feature directorial debut

  

The Weinstein Company Taps Leah Holzer as VP of Production

June 6, 2011 By Brent Lang 35 weeks ago

In new post, new executive will oversee production on films from Kenneth Branagh and David O. Russell

  

Harvey Weinstein Praises 'Private Ryan,' Bashes Silicon Valley

June 4, 2011 By Steve Pond 35 weeks ago

The indie-film kingpin speaks glowingly of the movie he beat at the Oscars in 1999, but says some tech companies view movies as product

  

Cannes: Weinstein Closing in on 'Wettest County'

May 16, 2011 By Steve Pond 38 weeks ago

Report: distributor edges out several other bidders for John Hillcoat's Depression-era bootlegging drama

  

Cannes: Dimension, Miramax Team for New 'Amityville Horror'

May 15, 2011 By Steve Pond 38 weeks ago

Project is first collaboration in a Weinstein Company/Miramax agreement for sequels to Miramax properties

  

Cannes Reviews: 'The Artist' Brings Happiness, 'Michael' Brings Dread

May 15, 2011 By Sasha Stone 38 weeks ago

Two powerful films are a study in contrasts: "The Artist" is a joyful silent comedy, "Michael" the disturbing portrait of a child molester

  

Cannes: How Weinstein Won ‘Iron Lady’ Bidding War, and Its Oscar Strategy

May 13, 2011 By Sharon Waxman 38 weeks ago

TWC's Oscar strategy: buy “Iron Lady” after an all-night bidding war with Universal, Searchlight, Summit and others

  

Cannes: Weinstein Starts Buying with 'Dragon,' Nears 'Artist' Deal

May 11, 2011 By Steve Pond 39 weeks ago

Weinstein Company acquires martial arts film from Peter Ho-Sun Chan, pursues silent comedy from Michel Hazanavicius

  

Weinstein Company Exec Hired at Sierra/Affinity

May 2, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 40 weeks ago

Jonathan Kier is the new Executive VP, sales

  

Weinstein Company Takes on 'Bully'

April 25, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 41 weeks ago

The company has acquired Lee Hirsch's documentary "The Bully Project"