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When you look at social media these days, you can see that TV fans just love to interact about their favorite shows. From “hashtagging” comments on Twitter, to posting video thoughts on Tout, fans are...
View ArticleStarz announces "Marco Polo" series
By Tim Molloy NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Starz has announced "Marco Polo," a new series that will follow the legendary 13th century explorer as he uses martial arts to survive and his wits to maintain...
View Article"The Artist", "Iron Lady" both cross $20 million mark
By Joshua L. Weinstein LOS ANGELES, Feb 5 (TheWrap.com) - Two of The Weinstein Company's contenders for Academy Awards -- "The Artist" and "The Iron Lady" -- surpassed the $20 million mark at the box...
View ArticleSundance film "Bachelorette" picked up by Weinsteins
By Joshua L. Weinstein LOS ANGELES, Feb 7 (TheWrap.com) - The Weinstein Company's new video on demand label, Radius-TWC, has picked up "Bachelorette," a Sundance movie starring Kirsten Dunst, the The...
View ArticleOscar front-runner "The Artist" expanding theaters
By Joshua L. Weinstein LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - With less than a week until the Oscars, The Weinstein Company is planning to expand the box-office reach of Best Picture front-runner "The Artist."...
View ArticleWeinstein Company Secures $225 Million Credit Facilities
By Sharon Waxman LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The Weinstein Company has secured $225 million in financing for two new credit facilities with UBS and Union Bank, TheWrap has learned. The facilities The...
View ArticleOscar Watch: Intouchables
By Mark Hodge (doddleNEWS) The French film industry is hoping for another successful Oscars’ ceremony after The Artist picked up the Best picture award this year. And, their big hope for 2013 is...
View ArticleSundance 2013: RADiUS-The Weinstein Company acquires ‘Concussion’
By Lucas Shaw (TheWrap.com) – The Weinstein Company’s multi-platform label RADiUS has acquired “Concussion,” Stacie Passon’s movie about a married lesbian who becomes a prostitute after a serious head...
View ArticleThe Weinstein Company Settles $50 million Lawsuit Over Escape From Planet Earth
By Tim Kenneally (TheWrap) – The Weinstein Company and Protocol Pictures have settled a $50 million lawsuit over the animated film “Escape From Planet Earth,” according to a court document filed in New...
View ArticleTim Burton Back To Reality With Big Eyes
By Mark Hodge (doddleNEWS) After building an extraordinary career with films rooted in gothic fantasy, it seems director Tim Burton is stepping out of his comfort zone. Deadline have reported that the...
View ArticleNetflix grabs exclusive TV rights to Weinstein movies
(Reuters) - Netflix Inc obtained a multi-year deal that makes the video streaming company the exclusive U.S. subscription TV provider for new movies from The Weinstein Company starting in 2016, the The...
View ArticleSnowpiercer Director’s Cut Tests Better Than Weinstein’s Version
By Mark Hodge (doddleNEWS) It seems Harvey ‘Scissorhands’ Weinstein is up to his old tracks again. The master of awards season has unfortunately got a nasty habit of meddling in the editing process....
View ArticleWeinsteins Developing Sin City, The Mist TV Series
By Mark Hodge (doddleNEWS) Filmmaking legends Bob and Harvey Weinstein are in the business of producing award-winning dramas for the big screen. But, now that all the best dramas have migrated to...
View ArticleWeinstein Co mulls TV unit spin-off: NYT
(Reuters) Privately held Weinstein Company is looking to spin off its television division into a separate company, seven months after the film studio decided to expand that business, the New York Times...
View ArticleTarantino’s Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair To Get 2015 Release
By Mark Hodge (doddleNEWS) Harvey Weinstein and Quentin Tarantino have always had an unconventional, yet highly effective Hollywood partnership. In over 20 years working together, arguably the smartest...
View ArticleTarantino‘s The Hateful Eight Will Start Shooting In January
By Mark Hodge (doddleNEWS) Quentin Tarantino‘s on-off western The Hateful Eight will officially start shooting in January, ahead of a Fall 2015 release. The news comes directly from The Weinstein...
View ArticleKevin Smith’s Clerks III Is A Go, Thanks To Tusk
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) Kevin Smith has had an odd career as a filmmaker, all of his films have been made on small budgets, and have, for the most part, did modest business at the box office....
View ArticleCrouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2 On Netflix, IMAX Simultaneously, Gets Hit...
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) In a move that was likely to ruffle some feathers The Weinstein Company, IMAX, and Netflix have just secured a deal releasing Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Green...
View ArticleAdam Sandler Signs Exclusive 4-Picture Deal with Netflix
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) Netflix is at it again! They’ve been a disruptive force in television, and now they’ll be doing the same with films. Earlier this week, it was announced that Netflix,...
View ArticleDuplass Brothers Ink Four-Picture Deal With Netflix
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) The Duplass Brothers are turning out to be a prolific duo in the filmmaking and television scene. They have their hands in so many projects, thats it’s almost impossible...
View ArticleThe Weinstein Company Sees Massive Exodus Of Executives
Harvey assures The Weinstein Company in good shape By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) As four top executives, including chief operating officer David Glassner, leave The Weinstein Company in the same week,...
View ArticleTrailer: Macbeth, Starring Michael Fassbender & Marion Cotillard
By Mark Hodge (doddleNEWS) The U.S. trailer for Macbeth starring Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard as the ultimate power couple has arrived online. Directed by Justin Kurzel (The Snowtown...
View ArticleThe Hateful Eight 70mm Presentations Run Into Technical Problems
By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) Remember hearing that Quentin Tarantino was upset that Disney was able to bump his 70 mm roadshow presentation of The Hateful Eight out of the Arclight Cinerama Dome in...
View ArticleThe Weinstein Company Bumps 2 Films From 2016 Schedule
By Mark Hodge (doddleNEWS) The Weinstein Company has unexpectedly shifted the release of two of its highest profile projects – leading to further rumors that the indie studio is in financial trouble....
View ArticleTarantino’s Next Film Will Be About the Manson Family Murders
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) In some ways, Quentin Tarantino is one of the last great auteurs of the 70s — even though his first film, Reservoir Dogs, premiered in 1992. His films are so influenced...
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