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The company was founded by the brothers Bob and Harvey Weinstein in Buffalo, New York, in 1979, and was named by combining the first names of their parents, Miriam and Max. When word gets out that he’s looking to cash out of the business forever, it triggers plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him. Send us a tip using our annonymous form. After the sale was closed, some movies already developed at Miramax, including The Tempest and Gnomeo & Juliet, were eventually released by Disney under its Touchstone Pictures banner, and theatrical distribution of Don't Be Afraid of the Dark and The Debt has been shifted to FilmDistrict and Focus Features respectively. Fandom may earn an affiliate commission on sales made from links on this page. The Gentlemen movie follows American expat Mickey Pearson (McConaughey), who built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. Miramax Films is an American entertainment company known for distributing independent and foreign films. Miramax produced the pic, with STX Entertainment distributing in the U.S. Battsek refocused Miramax to produce films of high quality but low budget. Here is a trailer: Subscribe to Deadline Breaking News Alerts and keep your inbox happy. https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Miramax_Films?oldid=4255870. "Oscar®" and "Academy Award®" are the registered trademarks, trademarks and servicemarks of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
In March 2016, Qatari entertainment company beIN Media Group acquired Miramax. co-production with Destro Films, Mewesings, co-production with Outerbanks Entertainment, This page was last edited on 24 September 2020, at 00:12. All Rights reserved. “One of the most distinctive and prolific filmmakers working today and someone whose creativity I have admired for many years, we couldn’t be more excited to bring the cinematic journey of The Gentlemen forth into the realm of global premium television.”. Disney, however, had the final say on what Miramax could release (Fahrenheit 9/11, Kids, and Dogma are examples). In 1993, Miramax was purchased for $60 million by the Walt Disney Company. Ritchie will write and direct the series, which he will executive produce alongside Ivan Atkinson and Marn Davies, his fellow producers on the movie. Disney Wiki is a FANDOM Movies Community. Mike Lang, the former News Corporation business development executive who was selected as the CEO of Miramax, indicated that the company would focus on their existing library. On December 20, 2019, ViacomCBS acquired Miramax for a 49% stake for at least $375 million, with Paramount announcing exclusive agreements to distribute their library and co-produce their upcoming content.[1]. "Oscar®" and "Academy Award®" are the registered trademarks, trademarks and servicemarks of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In 2005, the brothers founded the Weinstein Company. The Miramax name remained with the film studio owned by Disney. For its first 14 years the company was privately owned by its founders, Bob and Harvey Weinstein. Miramax Films is an American entertainment company known for distributing independent and foreign films. EXCLUSIVE: Miramax TV is developing The Gentlemen, a TV series based on the studio’s successful action-comedy feature that was written and directed by Guy Ritchie and starred Matthew McConaughey. Joint Venture of beIN Media Group and ViacomCBS. Though Disney Studio Chairman Dick Cook was a staunch supporter of Miramax, the brand was less of a priority for Bob Iger, whose strategy was to focus on Disney's branded mass entertainment that can be exploited across Disney's theme parks, television and consumer products. The primary source of dispute was over distribution of Fahrenheit 9/11 by Michael Moore.