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The Road's Release Date Gets Pushed Back...Again

By Emily Riemer on 4:30 PM on September 11, 2009

In the movie business, every time a film's release date is moved back, industry confidence and media support for the project drops at least a little bit....  read more

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As Inglourious Basterds Looms, The New York Times Zeroes in on the Weinstein Company

By Jeffrey Bloomer on 9:25 AM on August 20, 2009

Tomorrow (Aug. 21) brings the release of Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, the movie widely to believed to be one of the Weinstein Company’s last chances to maintain solvency. In a dubious bid to put to rest the breathless speculation about the company’s future, legendary producers Harvey and Bob Weinstein granted astonishing access to a writer for The New York Times, including exclusive interviews, screenings of their upcoming movies and admittance into production meetings, among other things....  read more

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The Weinstein Company May Not Have the Cash to Market Inglourious Basterds. But Does it Even Matter?

By Jeffrey Bloomer on 9:25 AM on June 12, 2009

The word this week is that The Weinstein Company, the mini-major studio founded after Bob and Harvey Weinstein finally parted ways with Miramax (and Disney) in 2005, is apparently on the brink of financial ruin. Originally touted as a maverick venture on par with the creation of Miramax in 1979, the studio was erratic from the start, and it quickly became clear that its future was rocky at best....  read more

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Anne Hathaway to play Judy Garland on screen and stage

By Jeffrey Bloomer on 9:43 AM on March 24, 2009

If Hollywood’s embrace of Anne Hathaway as a marquee star was ever in question, it isn’t now. The actress has been tapped to play Judy Garland in both screen and stage versions of Get Happy, the 2001 biography of the late star....  read more

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