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Miramax Goes to Private Investment Group for $660M

By Whitney Baker at 10:40 AM on August 2, 2010

Miramax, the legendary studio behind game-changers like Pulp Fiction, The English Patient and Shakespeare in Love, officially shuttered in January after a steady decline. The past six months have been a back-and-forth bidding war that finally came to an end late Thursday when the Walt Disney Company agreed to sell to an investment group for almost $660 million.... read more

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Miramax Studios Closes its Doors

By Anna Swindle at 5:23 PM on January 28, 2010

"I'm feeling very nostalgic right now," Harvey Weinstein says... read more

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Barack Obama's Inauguration Inspires Richard Linklater's Romantic Comedy

By Caroline Klibanoff at 7:40 AM on July 31, 2009

It's a Barack Romantic Obamedy! Phew, sorry, but certainly some snazzy nickname will arise for Richard Linklater's upcoming romantic comedy, set at President Barack Obama's historic inauguration earlier this year. ... read more

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Ben Affleck in talks to direct film about slain reporter

By Jeffrey Bloomer at 2:38 PM on December 12, 2008

Ben Affleck’s full reinvention as a film director hasn’t quite happened yet, even though we retain fond memories of Gone Baby Gone from last year. He’s slowly begun to work back into ensembles roles in new movies like the American version of State of Play and He’s Just Not That Into You, but now Variety reports that he’s in talks to direct Arizona, a film about the slain Arizona Republic reporter Don Bolles. ... read more

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