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Indie Box Office: Oscar Front-Runner 'The Artist' Expanding

February 20, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

The Weinstein Company is broadening the box-office reach of "The Artist," which took in $3M over the weekend, by 200-400 locations

  

Indie Box Office: 'The Descendants' Beats $75M, 'The Artist' Passes $25M

February 19, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

"The Artist" and "The Descendants" -- both nominated for best picture Oscars -- each cross box office milestones

  

Sundance Selects Acquires Cristian Mungiu's 'Beyond the Hills'

February 18, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Cristian Mungiu's 2007 movie, "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days" won the Palme d'Or; Sundance Selects picks up his "Beyond the Hills"

  

Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts to Star in 'August: Osage County'

February 15, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

"The Iron Lady" star Meryl Streep will team with Julia Roberts in the screen adaptation of "August: Osage County" for The Weinstein Company. John Wells will direct

  

Tribeca Acquires Keanu Reeves' Doc 'Side by Side'

February 13, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Keanu Reeves produced "Side by Side," a documentary about the transition from traditional to digital filmmaking technology

  

Indie Box Office: 'The Descendants' Passes $70M

February 12, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

In its 13th week of release, the Oscar-nominated "The Descendants" is one of the top 10 movies in North America, grossing $3.5M over the weekend

  

Indomina and BET Acquire Sundance Crime Drama 'LUV'

February 11, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Sheldon Candis' coming-of-age film "LUV" gets a theatrical release from Indomina and a broadcast premiere on BET

  

Bingham Ray Remembered as a Filmmaker, Prankster and Friend

February 10, 2012 By John Clark 1 year ago

Ray's trademark humor -- and the shorts he wore -- punctuated the indie film world reunion in New York

  

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

February 7, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

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

  

Wolfe Releasing Acquires Sundance Movie 'Mosquita y Mari'

February 7, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

"Mosquita y Mari" is writer-director Aurora Guerrero's first feature film

  

Sean Lennon to Serve as Artistic Director of L.A. Animation Fest

February 7, 2012 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

With Sean Lennon curating, animation festival will also include screenings of "Shrek," "Team America: World Police"

  

'Up There,' Christopher Plummer's 'Barrymore' Win Awards at Santa Barbara Fest

February 5, 2012 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Sperm-donor comedy "Starbuck" wins audience award

  

Sony Pictures Classics to Buy Sundance Hit 'Smashed' (Exclusive)

February 5, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Mary Elizabeth Winstead stars in "Smashed," which Sony Pictures Classics is on the verge of acquiring out of Sundance (Exclusive)

  

Indie Box Office: 'The Artist,' 'The Iron Lady' Pass $20M Mark

February 5, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

While "The Artist" and "The Iron Lady" continue to perform well for The Weinstein Company, Madonna's "W.E." opens to an unremarkable $45K

  

Evan Rachel Wood, Catherine Hardwicke Reuniting for 'Plush'

February 4, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

The last time Catherine Hardwicke directed Evan Rachel Wood was in the 2003 "Thirteen"

  

'Chronicle,' 'Woman in Black' Shatter Box Office Expectations on Friday

February 4, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

"Chronicle" and "Woman in Black" are turning the traditionally weak Superbowl weekend into something worth watching

  

Jessica Chastain, Joel Edgerton to Star in Myriad's Two 'The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby' Films

February 2, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

"The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby" will be two movies -- one told from the Jessica Chastain character's perspective, one told from Joel Edgerton character's side

  

Matt Damon, John Krasinski Poised to Enter 'Promised Land' for Focus

February 1, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

"Promised Land" was to be Matt Damon's directorial debut, but his "Good Will Hunting" director Gus Van Sant will do the honors instead

  

Sony Pictures Classics Nabs Rights to Jacques Audiard's 'Rust and Bone'

February 1, 2012 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

The film from the "A Prophet" director stars Marion Cotillard

  

Kate Hudson to Star in 'Everly' for Crime Scene Pictures & Anonymous Content

February 1, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Joe Lynch is directing "Everly," an action-thriller starring Kate Hudson

  

Myriad Pictures Acquires Int'l Rights to John Krasinski Film 'Nobody Walks'

January 31, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

"Nobody Walks," starring John Krasinski, is about what happens to a family when an art student rents their back house

  

Ice-T's Rap Documentary Sells to Indomina Group

January 29, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

"Something for Nothing: The Art of Rap" marks Ice-T's directorial debut

  

Sundance Deals: The Weinstein Company Picks Up 'Lay the Favorite'

January 29, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein & Sharon Waxman 1 year ago

Bruce Willis, Laura Prepon, Rebecca Hall and Catherine Zeta-Jones star in the movie, directed by Stephen Frears

  

Indie Box Office: Oscar-Nominated 'Albert Nobbs' Opens Strong to Nearly $773K

January 29, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

"The Artist" and "The Iron Lady" each surpass $15M, and "The Descendants" has its best weekend since its debut

  

'Beasts of the Southern Wild' Wins Top Sundance Award

January 28, 2012 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

"The House I Live In" takes top documentary prize; "The Invisible War" and "The Surrogate" win top audience awards

  

Magnolia Picks Up Sundance's 'Nobody Walks,' 'Compliance,' '2 Days in New York' (Updated)

January 28, 2012 By Steve Pond & Sharon Waxman 1 year ago

In 3 deals closed in Park City on Saturday, Magnolia takes ensemble drama, controversial thriller and Julie Delpy romp

  
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