Walt Disney Company Completes Sale of Miramax Films to Filmyard Holdings, LLC
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The sale by The Walt Disney Company to Filmyard Holdings LLC of Miramax Films for $663 million subject to certain adjustments has been completed, it was announced today by both companies. Partners in Filmyard Holdings include Thomas J. Barrack Jr., Colony Capital LLC, Ronald Tutor, and Qatar Holding LLC.
The sale of Miramax Films includes rights in over 700 film titles, including Academy Award winners Chicago, Shakespeare in Love and No Country for Old Men. Also included are non-film assets, such as certain books, development projects and the “Miramax” name.
Report: Miramax’s ‘The Debt’ and ‘Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark’ Will Not Be Released by Disney
At the 2009 D23 Expo, it was announced that Hollywood neo-legend Guillermo del Toro would be teaming up with Walt Disney Studios to form a new shingle, Disney’s Double Dare You with the first project to be Trollhunters. Despite the announcement at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con that del Toro would be charging a remake of the studio blemish The Haunted Mansion, staying truer to the original attraction (which doesn’t use the definite article), it was also recently announced that Trollhunters would be going to Disney arch-nemesis DreamWorks Animation.
What to become of del Toro-produced remake of Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark after it too received its own panel at San Diego Comic-Con? Initially slated to be released January 21, 2011, it was initially reported by Deadline Hollywood and then the LA Times that it will no longer be distributed by Disney and thus will be held in limbo until Miramax future owner Filmyard Holdings finds a new distributor for it. According to the Times, del Toro ‘was devastated by the news.’ In addition to DBAOTD, the also-remake The Debt will receive the same fate.
Disney will be releasing Julie Taymor’s take on Shakespeare’s The Tempest on December 17. According to that film’s title credits, it’s a joint production between Miramax and Disney’s Touchstone Pictures. Gnomeo and Juliet which will be released in February was also initially going to be released under the Miramax banner and was said to be included in the sale of the film production and distribution company but recently debuted its trailer featuring only the Touchstone moniker.
Categories: Movies Tags: Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, Guillermo del Toro, Miramax, The Debt, Touchstone Pictures
Photo Gallery: ‘The Tempest’ North American Premiere at New York Film Festival
This past weekend, the 48th Annual New York Film Festival honored director’s Julie Taymore’s spin on the Shakespeare classic by making The Tempest the Centerpiece of the festival. The first of the two screenings on Saturday night also managed to double as the North American premiere of the film. I was fortunate enough to be able to attend the second screening, introduced by Julie Taymor. Noting The Tempest was celebrating its 400th anniversary, Taymor reflected on her experiences with the Shakespearean play dating back to directing a staged version of the play some time ago. Despite the material’s origins and mostly native British cast, she also quipped it was an American film as it had been filmed on the Hawaiian island of Lana’i, a place she had once vacationed at and decided then and there ‘it was The Tempest.’ It’s also worth noting that portions of the film were also filmed in New York soundstages in addition to Hawaii.
Courtesy of Walt Disney Studios, we have the following photo gallery from the red carpet of the film’s premiere of the Touchstone Pictures and Miramax Films’ production. In addition to leading actors Helen Mirren (Prospera), Felicity Jones (Miranda), Reeve Carney (Ferdinand), Tom Conti (Gonzalo), Russell Brand (Trinculo) and Ben Whishaw (Ariel), the premiere was also attended by the cast of the upcoming Broadway production of Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark which casts Carney in the lead role and is being directed by Julie Taymor.
Photos by Dave Allocca and Marion Curtis of StarTraks. Photos courtesy of Walt Disney Studios.
Categories: Movies Tags: Events, Helen Mirren, Julie Taymor, Miramax, The Tempest, Touchstone Pictures
Photo Gallery: ‘The Debt’ Premiere at 2010 Toronto International Film Festival (Helen Mirren, Sam Worthington)
Helen Mirren (Rachel Singer), Sam Worthington (Young David), Romi Aboulafia (Sarah), director John Madden and producer Kris Thykier of Miramax’s The Debt were on hand for the premiere of the film yesterday at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival held at Roy Thompson Hall. Walt Disney Studios and Miramax Films have generously provided us with photos from the red carpet event.
![Helen Mirren and Romi Aboulafia at Miramax Premiere of "The Debt" at The 2010 Toronto International Film Festival on September 14, 2010 at Roy Thompson Hall in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/WireImage)](http://www.stitchkingdom.com/wp-content/gallery/the_debt_tiff_premiere/103933405ec005_miramax_prem.jpg "Helen Mirren and Romi Aboulafia at Miramax Premiere of "The Debt" at The 2010 Toronto International Film Festival on September 14, 2010 at Roy Thompson Hall in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/WireImage)")
![Helen Mirren at Miramax Premiere of "The Debt" at The 2010 Toronto International Film Festival on September 14, 2010 at Roy Thompson Hall in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/WireImage)](http://www.stitchkingdom.com/wp-content/gallery/the_debt_tiff_premiere/103933405ec008_miramax_prem.jpg "Helen Mirren at Miramax Premiere of "The Debt" at The 2010 Toronto International Film Festival on September 14, 2010 at Roy Thompson Hall in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/WireImage)")
![Maeve Dermody and Sam Worthington at Miramax Premiere of "The Debt" at The 2010 Toronto International Film Festival on September 14, 2010 at Roy Thompson Hall in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/WireImage)](http://www.stitchkingdom.com/wp-content/gallery/the_debt_tiff_premiere/103933405ec011_miramax_prem.jpg "Maeve Dermody and Sam Worthington at Miramax Premiere of "The Debt" at The 2010 Toronto International Film Festival on September 14, 2010 at Roy Thompson Hall in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/WireImage)")
![Helen Mirren and Sam Worthington at Miramax Premiere of "The Debt" at The 2010 Toronto International Film Festival on September 14, 2010 at Roy Thompson Hall in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/WireImage)](http://www.stitchkingdom.com/wp-content/gallery/the_debt_tiff_premiere/103933405ec013_miramax_prem.jpg "Helen Mirren and Sam Worthington at Miramax Premiere of "The Debt" at The 2010 Toronto International Film Festival on September 14, 2010 at Roy Thompson Hall in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/WireImage)")
![Producer Kris Thykier, Director John Madden, Helen Mirren, Sam Worthington and Romi Aboulafia at Miramax Premiere of "The Debt" at The 2010 Toronto International Film Festival on September 14, 2010 at Roy Thompson Hall in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/WireImage)](http://www.stitchkingdom.com/wp-content/gallery/the_debt_tiff_premiere/103933405ec039_miramax_prem.jpg "Producer Kris Thykier, Director John Madden, Helen Mirren, Sam Worthington and Romi Aboulafia at Miramax Premiere of "The Debt" at The 2010 Toronto International Film Festival on September 14, 2010 at Roy Thompson Hall in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/WireImage)")
In The Debt (rated R by the MPAA for some violence and language), Rachel Singer (Helen Mirren) is one of three Israeli Mossad agents who were sent on a secret mission to capture a notorious Nazi war criminal in 1960’s East Berlin. Now, decades later, she must go back undercover and risk everything once again. The film was directed by John Madden (Shakespeare in Love and Proof) and also stars Tom Wilkinson, Jessica Chastain and Sam Worthington.
The Debt opens nationwide on December 29, 2010.
Categories: Movies Tags: Helen Mirren, Miramax, Sam Worthington, The Debt
New Hi-Res Still from Julie Taymor’s ‘The Tempest’ Features Helen Mirren, Felicity Jones and Djimon Hounsou
On the heels of the hi-res poster for The Tempest, which we brought to you yesterday, Miramax Films and Walt Disney Studios has also provided to us this still from the film which features Helen Mirren, Felicity Jones and Djimon Hounsou. The still has been added to our gallery for the film, seen below.
In her big-screen adaptation of Shakespeare’s mystical thriller The Tempest, Academy Award®–nominated Julie Taymor (“Across the Universe,” “Frida,” “Titus”) brings an original dynamic to the story by changing the gender of the sorcerer Prospero into the sorceress Prospera, portrayed by Oscar® winner Helen Mirren (“The Queen”). Prospera’s journey spirals through vengeance to forgiveness as she reigns over a magical island, cares for her young daughter, Miranda, and unleashes her powers against shipwrecked enemies in this exciting, masterly mix of romance, tragicomedy and the supernatural. The Tempest opens in limited release on December 10 and wide release one week later on December 17.
Categories: Movies Tags: Helen Mirren, Julie Taymor, Miramax, The Tempest
Hi-Res Poster for Julie Taymor’s ‘The Tempest’
Miramax Films and Walt Disney Studios have provided us with this hi-res version of the recently released poster for The Tempest adapted from the Shakespeare play by Julie Taymor and starring Helen Mirren, Russell Brand, Reeve Carney, Tom Conti, Chris Cooper, Alan Cumming, Djimon Hounsou, Felicity Jones, Alfred Molina, David Strathairn and Ben Whishaw. The poster joins our gallery for the film seen below. As always, click on the thumbnail to see the larger version and then click on the re-size icon in the photo to view it at full size.
The Tempest opens in limited release on December 10 followed by a national release on December 17. For all of our updates on The Tempest, follow this bookmark.
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First Look: Helen Mirren, Russell Brand and Alfred Molina in Taymor’s ‘The Tempest’; New Stills from ‘Secretariat,’ ‘The Debt’
Walt Disney Studios and Miramax Films have just sent us some amazing new stills from some of their upcoming holiday releases which we have added to our existing galleries.
First up is The Tempest from famed director and Broadway wizard Julie Taymor. In her big-screen adaptation of Shakespeare’s mystical thriller The Tempest, Academy Award®–nominated Julie Taymor (“Across the Universe,” “Frida,” “Titus”) brings an original dynamic to the story by changing the gender of the sorcerer Prospero into the sorceress Prospera, portrayed by Oscar® winner Helen Mirren (“The Queen”). Prospera’s journey spirals through vengeance to forgiveness as she reigns over a magical island, cares for her young daughter, Miranda, and unleashes her powers against shipwrecked enemies in this exciting, masterly mix of romance, tragicomedy and the supernatural. The Tempest opens in limited release on December 10 and wide release one week later on December 17.
Featured below are stills of Russell Brand, Alfred Molina and Helen Mirren.
To keep up to date on all of our information on The Tempest, follow this bookmark.
Also from Miramax Films is the spy thriller remake The Debt also starring Helen Mirren. In The Debt (rated R by the MPAA for some violence and language), Rachel Singer (Helen Mirren) is one of three Israeli Mossad agents who were sent on a secret mission to capture a notorious Nazi war criminal in 1960’s East Berlin. Now, decades later, she must go back undercover and risk everything once again. Our new stills feature the younger version of the agents, Jessica Chastain, Sam Worthington and Marton Csokas. The Debt opens nationwide on December 29.
To keep up to date on all of our information on The Debt, follow this bookmark.
Last, but certainly not least, is a new still of Diane Lane in Walt Disney’s Oscar-worthy Secretariat which also stars John Malkovich. Based on the remarkable true story, Secretariat chronicles the spectacular journey of the 1973 Triple Crown winner. Housewife and mother Penny Chenery (Lane) agrees to take over her ailing father’s Virginia-based Meadow Stables, despite her lack of horse-racing knowledge. Against all odds, Chenery—with the help of veteran trainer Lucien Laurin (Malkovich)—manages to navigate the male-dominated business, ultimately fostering the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years and what may be the greatest racehorse of all time.
To keep up to date on all of our information on Secretariat, follow this bookmark.
Categories: Movies Tags: Alfred Molina, Diane Lane, Helen Mirren, Miramax, Russell Brand, Sam Worthington, Secretariat, The Debt, The Tempest
First Look: ‘Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark’ Title Treatment and New Teaser Trailer
As a follow-up to our first look at Katie Holmes in Miramax’s chilling remake of Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark directed by Troy Nixey and produced by epic filmmakers Guillermo del Toro and Mark Johnson, MySpace released the teaser trailer first revealed at the 2010 San Diego Comic-con. Miramax Films and Walt Disney Studios have also provided us with the title treatment for the film to help set the mood.
Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark in HD
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In Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, Sally Hurst (Bailee Madison), a lonely, withdrawn child, has just arrived in Rhode Island to live with her father Alex (Guy Pearce) and his new girlfriend Kim (Katie Holmes) at the 19th-century mansion they are restoring. While exploring the sprawling estate, the young girl discovers a hidden basement, undisturbed since the strange disappearance of the mansion’s builder a century ago. When Sally unwittingly lets loose a race of ancient, dark-dwelling creatures who conspire to drag her down into the mysterious house’s bottomless depths, she must convince Alex and Kim that it’s not a fantasy—before the evil lurking in the dark consumes them all.
Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark is scheduled to be released in theaters nationwide on January 21, 2011.
Categories: Movies Tags: DBAOTD, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, Guillermo del Toro, Katie Holmes, Miramax
Disney Announces Sale of Miramax Films to Filmyard Holdings LLC Pending Approval
The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) announced today the sale of Miramax Films to Filmyard Holdings LLC for over $660 million subject to certain adjustments. Partners in Filmyard include Los Angeles businessmen Ron Tutor, Tom Barrack, Colony Capital LLC and other individuals. The transaction is subject to certain regulatory approvals and is expected to close between September 10, 2010 and the end of the calendar year.
The sale of Miramax Films includes rights in over 700 film titles, including Academy Award winners like Chicago, Shakespeare in Love and No Country for Old Men. Also included are non-film assets, such as certain books, development projects and the “Miramax” name.
“Although we are very proud of Miramax’s many accomplishments, our current strategy for Walt Disney Studios is to focus on the development of great motion pictures under the Disney, Pixar and Marvel brands,” said Robert A. Iger, Disney’s President and CEO. “We are delighted that we have found a home for the Miramax brand and Miramax’s very highly regarded motion picture library.”
“I am delighted and honored to acquire the Miramax library,” said Ron Tutor. “On behalf of my partners Tom Barrack and Colony Capital, we look forward to sharing this high quality content with the world in every form of media for many years to come.”
Julie Taymor’s ‘The Tempest’ to Open Nationwide December 17; Limited Release December 10
From Miramax Films comes The Tempest directed and adapted for the screen by Julie Taymor who last directed the Beatles’ music-filled Across the Universe and created and directed the Disney Theatrical adaptation of The Lion King on Broadway. The film — which stars Helen Mirren, Russell Brand, Alfred Molina, Djimon Hounsou, David Strathairn, Chris Cooper, Alan Cumming, Ben Whishaw, Reeve Carney, Felicity Jones and Tom Conti — is adapted from the William Shakespeare play and will open in limited release in New York and Los Angeles on December 10, 2017, followed by a wide release on December 17. This will be Taymor’s second adaptation of a Shakespeare play, the first being Titus (based on ‘Titus Andronicus’).
In her big-screen adaptation of Shakespeare’s mystical thriller “The Tempest,” Academy Award®–nominated Julie Taymor (“Across the Universe,” “Frida,” “Titus”) brings an original dynamic to the story by changing the gender of the sorcerer Prospero into the sorceress Prospera, portrayed by Oscar® winner Helen Mirren (“The Queen”). Prospera’s journey spirals through vengeance to forgiveness as she reigns over a magical island, cares for her young daughter, Miranda, and unleashes her powers against shipwrecked enemies in this exciting, masterly mix of romance, tragicomedy and the supernatural.
Categories: Movies Tags: Alan Cumming, Alfred Molina, Hellen Mirren, Julie Taymor, Miramax, The Tempest
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