Weinstein brothers set several movie release dates for their new company
05-26-05 | 10:37 AM
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Weinstein brothers set several movie release dates for their new company
from The Hollywood Reporter:
Last week at Cannes, the Weinsteins announced they have secured an equity investment and interim debt financing from Goldman Sachs & Co. as well as commitments from Franco-Tunisian producer and financier Tarak Ben Ammar.
The Weinstein Co. will distribute its theatrical releases itself. The Weinsteins are in discussions with several distributors to handle international theatrical, home entertainment and television distribution. Miramax Films owner Disney will handle the international distribution for all of the projects that are co-productions between Disney and the Weinstein Co.
While the Weinsteins' new company will be christened with a new, permanent name sometime over the summer, it has set the following release dates:
= Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez will each write and direct a 60-minute horror film, and the two films will be packaged under the title "Grind House," which is planned for a spring 2006 release through the Weinstein Co.
= "Derailed, a suspense thriller directed by Mikael Hafstrom ("Evil") and starring Clive Owen and Jennifer Aniston. A co-production with the Walt Disney Studios, it will open as a wide release Oct. 21, marking the official launch of the Weinsteins' new company as a theatrical distributor.
= "Wolf Creek," the Australian horror film directed by Greg McLean, which the Weinsteins acquired at the Sundance Film Festival, will open Nov. 18 under the Dimension label.
= "Matador," a black comedy about a hitman, co-financed by Disney, starring Pierce Brosnan and directed by Richard Shepard, will open as an exclusive release Nov. 18.
= "Transamerica," a film by Duncan Tucker for which Felicity Huffman won the best actress award at the Tribeca Film Festival for playing a transsexual, will open in exclusive release Dec. 2.
= Chen Kaige's epic "The Promise," a partnership between IDG New Media Fund and the Weinstein Co., will open exclusively Dec. 16.
= "Mrs. Henderson Presents," another Disney co-financed project, directed by Stephen Fears and starring Judi Dench and Bob Hoskins, will open exclusively Dec. 25.
On paper, "Transamerica," "The Promise" and "Mrs. Henderson" all look like titles that the Weinsteins will promote for year-end awards consideration.
The Weinstein Co.'s 2006 release schedule to date includes:
= "The Gathering," a thriller from Brian Gilbert starring Christina Ricci, is set for release Jan. 6.
= "Feast," director John Gulager's horror film, which was the subject of Bravo's "Project Greenlight 3," will open Jan. 20.
= "Breaking & Entering," the new Anthony Minghella project starring Jude Law, a co-production with Disney, which has just begun filming, is scheduled for a February release.
= "Pulse," a remake of the Japanese horror film "Kairo," will be released by Dimension on March 3.
= "Killshot," directed by John Madden, adapted from the Elmore Leonard novel by Hossein Amini and executive produced by Tarantino, will open March 17.
= "Scary Movie 4," a Disney co-production reuniting director David Zucker and his creative team from "Scary Movie 3," will open wide from Dimension on April 14 for Easter weekend.
= "Sin City 2," a sequel to the recent Rodriguez/Frank Miller film, another Disney co-production, will be released by Dimension in summer 2006.
Last week at Cannes, the Weinsteins announced they have secured an equity investment and interim debt financing from Goldman Sachs & Co. as well as commitments from Franco-Tunisian producer and financier Tarak Ben Ammar.
The Weinstein Co. will distribute its theatrical releases itself. The Weinsteins are in discussions with several distributors to handle international theatrical, home entertainment and television distribution. Miramax Films owner Disney will handle the international distribution for all of the projects that are co-productions between Disney and the Weinstein Co.
While the Weinsteins' new company will be christened with a new, permanent name sometime over the summer, it has set the following release dates:
= Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez will each write and direct a 60-minute horror film, and the two films will be packaged under the title "Grind House," which is planned for a spring 2006 release through the Weinstein Co.
= "Derailed, a suspense thriller directed by Mikael Hafstrom ("Evil") and starring Clive Owen and Jennifer Aniston. A co-production with the Walt Disney Studios, it will open as a wide release Oct. 21, marking the official launch of the Weinsteins' new company as a theatrical distributor.
= "Wolf Creek," the Australian horror film directed by Greg McLean, which the Weinsteins acquired at the Sundance Film Festival, will open Nov. 18 under the Dimension label.
= "Matador," a black comedy about a hitman, co-financed by Disney, starring Pierce Brosnan and directed by Richard Shepard, will open as an exclusive release Nov. 18.
= "Transamerica," a film by Duncan Tucker for which Felicity Huffman won the best actress award at the Tribeca Film Festival for playing a transsexual, will open in exclusive release Dec. 2.
= Chen Kaige's epic "The Promise," a partnership between IDG New Media Fund and the Weinstein Co., will open exclusively Dec. 16.
= "Mrs. Henderson Presents," another Disney co-financed project, directed by Stephen Fears and starring Judi Dench and Bob Hoskins, will open exclusively Dec. 25.
On paper, "Transamerica," "The Promise" and "Mrs. Henderson" all look like titles that the Weinsteins will promote for year-end awards consideration.
The Weinstein Co.'s 2006 release schedule to date includes:
= "The Gathering," a thriller from Brian Gilbert starring Christina Ricci, is set for release Jan. 6.
= "Feast," director John Gulager's horror film, which was the subject of Bravo's "Project Greenlight 3," will open Jan. 20.
= "Breaking & Entering," the new Anthony Minghella project starring Jude Law, a co-production with Disney, which has just begun filming, is scheduled for a February release.
= "Pulse," a remake of the Japanese horror film "Kairo," will be released by Dimension on March 3.
= "Killshot," directed by John Madden, adapted from the Elmore Leonard novel by Hossein Amini and executive produced by Tarantino, will open March 17.
= "Scary Movie 4," a Disney co-production reuniting director David Zucker and his creative team from "Scary Movie 3," will open wide from Dimension on April 14 for Easter weekend.
= "Sin City 2," a sequel to the recent Rodriguez/Frank Miller film, another Disney co-production, will be released by Dimension in summer 2006.
05-28-05 | 06:01 AM
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Saw two of those at a fest. Wolf Creek did next to nothing for me, but The Matador was (quite shockingly) a movie that I liked a whole hell of a lot. Pierce Brosnan is absolutely great in this movie, and by "great" I mean more profane and hilarious than he's ever been. I've always liked the actor, but he's really funny in this movie. Greg Kinnear and Hope Davis deliver some really solid work too, but it's Brosnan who steals the flick whole.
Glad to see release dates set for all of these. Also looking forward to all the cheesy DTV titles from Dimension (two Hellraisers, two Prophecys, a Crow, a Dracula, and a damn good sci-fi flick called Cypher).
Glad to see release dates set for all of these. Also looking forward to all the cheesy DTV titles from Dimension (two Hellraisers, two Prophecys, a Crow, a Dracula, and a damn good sci-fi flick called Cypher).
