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Summit Purchase Won't Happen until 2012 (Report)

Movies
 December 29, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Studio had hoped to close a deal before the end of 2011 for tax reasons

  

Monterey Media Acquires Romantic Comedy 'Take Me Home' (Exclusive)

Deal Central | Companies
 December 20, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Small distributor plans a theatrical release for Sam Jaeger's low-budget film next year

  

FilmFunds to Use Crowdsourcing to Pitch 3D Conversions (Exclusive)

Movies
 December 20, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

The networking site for filmmakers acquires post-production house Duran Duboi U.S. and will ask members which movies they want to see in 3D

  

Paramount Seized on a Big Platform for Limited 'M:I4' Bow -- And It Worked

Movies
 December 19, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

By building word-of-mouth in a small number of big screen theaters, the studio has positioned "M:I4" to compete in a crowded tentpole field

  

Nic Crawley Named President, Int'l Marketing at Paramount

Deal Central | Companies
 December 19, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

The former senior VP of International Marketing at Walt Disney Studios begins work at Paramount immediately

  

Sony, Escape Artists Extend First-Look Deal

Deal Central | Companies
 December 13, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Escape Artists, which made Sony's "The Pursuit of Happyness," has been at the studio since 1998

  

Christmas Crush: Too Many Big Films Crowd Soft Holiday Box Office

Movies
 December 11, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

"War Horse," "Dragon Tattoo," "Mission Impossible" and "Tintin" lead a crowd of tentpoles into a slow marketplace. Says one exec: "It's insane"

  

Relativity's Joe Matukewicz Moves to Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions

Movies
 December 5, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Matukewicz will oversee all acquisitions for the division and will report to Steven Bersch

  

Sony Pictures Releasing Ups Adrian Smith to Executive VP, General Sales Manager

Deal Central | Companies
 December 1, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

He'll help oversee domestic sales for all Sony Pictures films

  

Lorenzo di Bonaventura in Talks With Paramount to Renew Deal

Deal Central | Companies
 November 6, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

The "Transformers" and "G.I. Joe" producer has been at the studio since 2002

  

Endgame Launches $150M P&A Venture

Movies
 November 3, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Company will provide marketing and distribution funding for up to six wide-release films each year

  

Greg Silverman Re-Ups at Warner Bros.

Deal Central | Companies
 November 2, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Warner did not release the terms or length of the deal with its production president

  

Chinese Movie Giants Buy Stake in L.A. Distribution Company

Movies
 October 31, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

The large companies Huayi Brothers Media Corp. and Bona Film Group acquire a stake in the year-old China Lion Distribution

  

Paramount Lays Off 120 in Global Theatrical Reorganization

Movies
 October 27, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

International distribution president Andrew Cripps will be succeeded by former Disney exec Anthony Marcoly

  

Stan Lee, Michael Eisner Partner to Produce Original Digital Content

Deal Central | Companies
 October 26, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

The comic-book legend and former Disney CEO plan to make studio-quality films, series and other content

  

Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman Moving to David Ellison's Skydance

Deal Central | Companies
 October 25, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

The "Star Trek" and "Transformers" writers are shifting to David Ellison's company from DreamWorks on film projects

  

Young Adult Series 'Empty Coffin' Headed to Big Screen

Deal Central | Companies
 October 20, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

The series, by New York Times bestselling author, is picked up by Kerry Kimmel & Pollack and Vigilante Entertainment

  

Monterey Picks Up Film Rights for Web Series 'I Kissed a Vampire'

Deal Central | Companies
 October 20, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

EXCLUSIVE: The movie will star Lucas Grabeel, Drew Seeley and Adrian Slade

  

Yahoo Earnings Fall 26% in Q3; CEO Search Still Under Way (Updated)

Media
 October 18, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Revenue in the third quarter declined 24 percent to $1.2 billion

  

Blacklight Transmedia Partners Up With Random House

Media | Books
 October 5, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Zak Kadison's company, which has a first-look deal at Imagine Entertainment, will work with Random House to develop projects

  

Donna Langley Re-Upped at Universal Through 2014

Deal Central | Companies
 September 27, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Universal Pictures extended the co-chairman's contract a year early

  

Indie Theater Wins Key Appeal in Battle Against Big Cinemark Chain

Movies
 September 8, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Judge rules that Palm Desert theater co-owned by ESPN radio's Steve Mason and actor Bryan Cranston can proceed with anti-trust suit against big chain; suit could expose shady distribution practices

  

Alcon Entertainment to Finance and Produce 'The Leonardo Job'

Deal Central | Companies
 September 8, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

"The Fugitive's" David Twohy wrote and will direct the thriller

  

Summit Sues Twilight.com Owner for Copyright Infringement

Movies
 September 7, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Studio says the operator of the crude fan merchandise site is fooling people into thinking his is the official Twilight website

  

Weinstein Co. Starts Video on Demand Label

Deal Central | Companies
 September 6, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

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

  

MGM Hires Doug Finberg as Marketing EVP

Deal Central | Companies
 September 6, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

He replaces Michael Vollman, who announced in July that he'd leave the studio

  
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