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By Julia Teti<\/pre>\n
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The Weinstein Company<\/strong><\/p>\n
345 Hudson Street\u00a0New York, NY\u00a010014<\/strong>\u00a0[3]<\/a><\/p>\n
http:\/\/weinsteinco.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
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Introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n
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The King’s Speech<\/a>, Best Picture Winner 2011, Source: imdb.com [15]<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n
Known for it\u2019s numerous films; The Weinstein Company <\/a>is responsible for the distribution of such movies as The Reader<\/a><\/em>, The King\u2019s Speech<\/a><\/em>, and Silver Linings Playbook<\/a><\/em> and within this past year Macbeth<\/a><\/em>, Carol<\/a><\/em> and The Hateful Eight<\/a><\/em>.[1]<\/a> A winner of multiple prizes\u00a0when it comes to awards season, The Weinstein Company is a dominant film distributor and, though still relatively new to Hollywood, is distributing films that have received numerous critical accolades and various nominations among other accomplishments.<\/p>\n
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 \u00a0History<\/strong><\/p>\n
In 2005, the founders of Miramax<\/a> (1979), Robert\u00a0and Harvey Weinstein, launched the distribution company known as The Weinstein Company. Dimensions Films<\/a> is also part of The Weinstein Company as a genre label founded in 1993 by Robert\u00a0Weinstein. The Weinstein Company has received over 300 Oscar nominations and has won 81 Academy Awards in the short time since it\u2019s founding. The Weinstein Company also is very strong in the realm of television; however, the focus here will be placed on its accomplishments and noteworthy happenings in film.[1]<\/a> Headquarters for the company are located in New York, NY. The Weinstein Company does not disclose for the public it\u2019s financial reports.<\/p>\n
Awards and Accolades<\/strong><\/p>\n
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The Hateful Eight<\/a>, Source: imdb.com [16]<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n
Known for it\u2019s award winning films, The Weinstein Company saw a year in which none of its films were nominated in the Best Picture category, the first time since 2008.[2]<\/a> The Weinstein Company has boasted films such as The King\u2019s Speech <\/em>and The Artist<\/a><\/em>, both of which took home the Oscar for Best Picture. The year 2016 saw The Weinstein Company receiving ten nominations for it\u2019s three films Carol<\/em>, The Hateful<\/em> Eight<\/em>, and The Hunting Ground.<\/em>[2]<\/a>\u00a0For these three films that did receive nominations, The Hateful Eight<\/em> won the Oscar for Best Original Score, by Ennio Morricone<\/a>.[6]<\/a> Harvey Weinstein has been known to be associated with the Oscars and for campaigning\u00a0heavily for his nominated films, dating back to before the founding of The Weinstein Company through the Weinstein brother\u2019s previous company Miramax. With the issue of this awards season being equal representation of races in film, Weinstein had stated he would cause a stir with the Academy if Ennio Morricone did not win for his category.[6]<\/a><\/p>\n
Executives\u00a0<\/strong>[3]<\/a><\/p>\n
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Photo of Mr. Robert Weinstein (right), Co-Founder, Co-Chairman and Principal and Mr. Harvey Weinstein (left), Co-Founder, Co-Chairman and Principal [17]<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n
Corporate Shake Ups<\/strong><\/p>\n
Erik Lomis, former Distribution Chief for The Weinstein Company, left his position as of March 2016 to pursue the role of Lead Distributor at Megan Allison\u2019s Annapurna Pictures<\/a>.[5]<\/a> The news came in early March of 2016 as Lomis decided not to renew his contract with The Weinstein Company. Lomis has created positive business relationships with theatre owners and various talents in the film industry. Lomis is credited for taking Quentin Tarantino\u2019s ambition to release The Hateful Eight<\/em> in 70mm and making the idea come to fruition. Lomis is not the only associate to leave The Weinstein Company as of recently.[5]<\/a><\/p>\n
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RADiUS-TWC<\/a> heads Tom Quinn and Jason Janego exited in summer of 2015.[5]<\/a> Meryl Poster, former TV President, and Stephen Bruno, Marketing Chief, also dissolved their relationships with The Weinstein Company. With the loss of Janego and Quinn, The Weinstein Company is reconfiguring its boutique distributor RADiUS, responsible for such films as It Follows<\/a> <\/em>and Citizenfour<\/a><\/em>. The Weinstein Company is currently planning to expand RADiUS day-and-date releases into new niche markets. An interviewing process has begun for the role of senior acquisitions executives to manage the VOD division. RADiUS is credited in helping The Weinstein Company with a scaled down, multi-platform release of the film Snowpierce<\/a>r. <\/em>The Weinstein brothers are also currently downsizing with a more focused slate of films for the 2016-year.[4]<\/a><\/p>\n
Current Film: Jane\u2019s Got a Gun<\/em> <\/strong><\/p>\n
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Jane Got a Gun<\/a>, Source: imdb.com [19]<\/a><\/p><\/div>The Weinstein Company\u2019s latest film to come to theaters is Jane Got a Gun<\/a>, <\/em>starring Natalie Portman<\/a> and Joel Edgerton<\/a>. The film had been hit with constant delays. In production, Jane Got a Gun<\/em>\u2019s original director, Lynne Ramsay<\/a>, quit, various casting changes were made, and the loss of an original distributor, until The Weinstein Company acquired it in September of 2015.The film premiered at the Museum of Modern Art<\/a> in New York on January 27, 2016. With an unknown production budget, Jane Got a Gun<\/em>\u2019s wide release date was January 29, 2016.[7]<\/a> The film\u2019s domestic gross is currently $1,513,793 and made $835,572 in its opening weekend with it\u2019s widest release being shown in 1,210 theaters. The close date for the film was February 25, 2016.[8]<\/a><\/p>\n
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Future\u00a0Projects<\/strong><\/p>\n
With a shift to television, The Weinstein Company will be releasing fewer films this year. As of now, The Weinstein Company has three films with set release dates; The Founder<\/a><\/em> is being released August 5, 2016, Hands of Stone<\/a> <\/em>is set to be released August 26, 2016, and Lion<\/a> <\/em>is going to be released November 25, 2016.[10]<\/a> Originally, The Weinstein Company had the release dates for The Founder <\/em>and Lion <\/em>switched. In previous years, The Weinstein company has seen much success when releasing it\u2019s films around the Thanksgiving holiday, which may be the cause for the change in the McDonald\u2019s origin story starring Michael Keaton<\/a> being released in August rather than November. Lion<\/em>, a more touching family story, has the advantage a very dominant cast, including Nicole Kidman<\/a>, Dev Patel<\/a> and Rooney Mara<\/a>, who recently saw success with her second Oscar nomination for Carol<\/em>, another Weinstein Company production.[9]<\/a> With the changed date, this means publicity for The Founder<\/em> is beginning in full swing.<\/p>\n