User:PRflax03/sandbox

Miramax 2010 - Present

Miramax is a leading worldwide film and television studio headquartered in Santa Monica, California, with a library of more than 700 motion pictures. Miramax sells directly and licenses its titles globally through strategic partnerships that include Lionsgate, Netflix, Facebook, Hulu and StudioCanal. The Company had three new releases in 2011: The Debt, starring Helen Mirren, Jessica Chastain and Sam Worthington; the Guillermo del Toro -produced Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, starring Katie Holmes and Guy Pearce; and Last Night, starring Keira Knightley and Sam Worthington.

The Miramax library holds some of the world’s most original and acclaimed independent films including Pulp Fiction; Shakespeare In Love; Chicago; Good Will Hunting; The English Patient; No Country for Old Men; Kill Bill Volumes I and II; Life is Beautiful; Reservoir Dogs; Sex, Lies, and Videotape; Cinema Paradiso; and My Left Foot -- as well as scores of commercially successful films such as Bridget Jones’s Diary, Bad Santa, and the Scream, Hellraiser, Scary Movie and Spy Kids franchises. Collectively, the Miramax library has received 284 Academy Award nominations and 68 Oscars, including four Best Picture Awards.

On December 3, 2010, Filmyard Holdings, LLC, an investment group led by Thomas J. Barrack, Jr., Colony Capital, LLC and Ronald Tutor, and that included Qatar Holding LLC, purchased Miramax from The Walt Disney Company for approximately US $600 million. Mike Lang, formerly Executive Vice President, Business Development and Strategy for Fox Entertainment, was named CEO of Miramax.

In 2011, Miramax executed more than a dozen deals to begin making its library of award-winning movies available to select territories around the world. In late 2011, CEO Mike Lang gave the Media Mastermind keynote speech at MIPCOM, the TV and entertainment market event held annually in Cannes, and, at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, Miramax reintroduced its annual brunch.

Partnerships The Weinstein Company On December 16, 2010, Miramax reunited with Bob and Harvey Weinstein, forming a joint venture with the brothers' current studio, The Weinstein Company (TWC), to develop sequels to films from the former studio. Sequels to Rounders, Bad Santa, and Shakespeare in Love are among the films to be developed under this new deal, while sequels to Bridget Jones’s Diary, Cop Land, From Dusk till Dawn, Swingers, Clerks, Shall We Dance?, and The Amityville Horror are also potential projects. Miramax and TWC also said they will partner on new television shows and special edition home entertainment releases.[17] LionsGate, StudioCanal, Echo Bridge On February 11, 2011, Miramax entered into a home entertainment agreement with Lions Gate Entertainment and StudioCanal to distribute over 550 titles from the Miramax library on DVD and Blu-ray. Lionsgate handles distribution in the United States, with StudioCanal handling European distribution.[18][19] Later, on February 17, Miramax struck a deal with Echo Bridge Entertainment to domestically distribute additional titles on DVD/Blu-ray.[20][21] Alliance Films On March 1, 2011, Miramax renewed its Canadian distribution deal with Alliance Films, which had been the distributor of Miramax releases in Canada since 1987. Alliance has access to all of the company's library titles as well as distribution rights to new Miramax films produced in the next five years.[22][23] Netflix, Hulu On May 16, 2011, Miramax announced a multi-year agreement under which millions of Netflix members in the U.S. would be able to instantly watch some of the world’s most acclaimed motion pictures from the Miramax film library, the first time Miramax titles became available through a digital subscription service. On June 1, 2011, Hulu and Miramax announced a multi-year agreement to bring hundreds of popular films to Hulu Plus subscribers. Facebook On August 22, 2011, Miramax launched its Facebook app, the "Miramax eXperience," which allows Facebook users to watch clips from the studio's films, and rent or purchase full movies using Facebook credits. The films can also be viewed on iPads or on Google TV.[25] The large-scale Facebook streaming movie venture enables films to be rented in the U.S.; U.K.; Turkey; Qatar, United Arab Emirates and Egypt.

Netflix Latin America, Hulu Japan, Netflix U.K. and Ireland, NetMovies On September 6, 2011, Miramax announced that hundreds of its film titles were available digitally in Latin American territories including Mexico, Brazil and Argentina under a multi-year agreement with Netflix. On September 28, 2011, Miramax signed a multi-year agreement to bring a broad array of its films to Hulu subscribers in Japan. On November 16, 2011, Miramax announced a multi-year digital licensing agreement to stream a broad range of films to Netflix members in the U.K. and Ireland, and on November 21, 2011, Brazil's NetMovies and Miramax entered into a multi-year movie streaming agreement.

Panasonic Viera Connect, BT Vision On January 29, 2012, Panasonic announced that the Miramax App will be one of the new apps to join Viera Connect in 2012, enabling users to access Miramax's library of critically acclaimed films. On January 31, 2012, Miramax signed a video-on-demand agreement with BT Vision that gives BT Vision Unlimited subscribers instant access to a range of Miramax’s award-winning movies.

History

Miramax Films 1979 - 2010 Founded by the brothers Harvey and Bob Weinstein in Buffalo, New York in 1979, Miramax Films became a leading independent motion picture distribution and production company, also known for distributing foreign films. The Company was named by combining the first names of Harvey and Bob's parents, Max and Miriam.[1][dead link] The  Company was privately owned by its founders for 14 years and was headquartered in New York City and Cambridge, Massachusetts. Miramax Films was acquired by The Walt Disney Company in 1993. In 2005, the Weinstein brothers left Disney and founded The Weinstein Company (TWC). Miramax was acquired from Disney by the investor group in late 2010, at which time the Company became “Miramax.”

[edit] List of Miramax films Main article: List of films released by Miramax Films