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Miramax's Battsek is absent as ax swings
Company TownSome folks at Disney's specialty movie unit Miramax Films are dismayed that their leader Daniel Battsek jetted off to the London Film Festival this week while the ax is falling on many of his employees and the company is basically...... -
Miramax Films' chief Daniel Battsek out
Company TownDaniel Battsek, head of Disney's specialty movie label Miramax Films, is being forced out of his job after a series of flops failed to turn around the struggling company whose brighter moments included such prestige titles as 'No Country For...... -
Walt Disney Studios President Mark Zoradi resigns
Company TownIn a continued housecleaning at Walt Disney Co., studio distribution veteran Mark Zoradi is leaving the company after 29 years. The departure of Zoradi, president of Disney's motion pictures group, follows the ousting of his former boss, Disney Studios... -
Fox's Debbie Liebling in talks to head production at Universal Pictures
Company TownUniversal Pictures, which has endured a horrible year at the box office with such costly misfires as "Land of the Lost," starring Will Ferrell, "Funny People," with Adam Sandler, and Sacha Baron Cohen's "Bruno," is poised to bring in a...... -
Movie projector: 'Blind Side' set to win slow post-Thanksgiving weekend
Company TownIt looks as though moviegoers will still be digesting the record-breaking Thanksgiving weekend at the box office. The weekend following the holiday weekend has traditionally been a slow one in movie theaters, and that trend will likely continue this year,... -
First look: 'Blind Side' tops box office as four new movies disappoint, 'Up in the Air' soars
Company TownA relatively modest post-holiday drop put box-office phenom "The Blind Side" at No. 1 on its third weekend in theaters. Meanwhile, four new movies in wide release opened to less than $10 million each, meaning that despite their modest budgets,...... -
'Bad Santa' 21+ screening at the ArcLight
Brand XThere are few films that can stain a person's brain like 2003's "Bad Santa." Billy Bob Thornton's corrupt and irascible Santa is one thing, but add to it graphic sex scenes and lines that we couldn't even begin to censor with asterisks, and you've got a... -
Former Miramax chief Daniel Battsek headed for National Geographic Films
Company TownDaniel Battsek, who in late October was ousted as president of Disney's specialty movie label Miramax Films, is in advanced talks to become head of boutique production house National Geographic Films. He would succeed Adam Leipzig, who will leave the........ -
Former Miramax chief Daniel Battsek named president of National Geographic Films
Company TownFormer Miramax Films chief Daniel Battsek, as expected, landed a new gig: president of National Geographic Films. Battsek, who was ousted as head of Disney's specialty label Miramax in October, will begin his new job on March 15, reporting to...... -
Indie producer Film Department shoots for IPO this week [Updated]
Money & Company[Update at 12:15 p.m.: My colleague Ben Fritz at Company Town hears that the deal has been delayed until late-February.] In a relative rarity for Hollywood, a movie production company will try to launch an initial public stock offering this...... -
Neil Gaiman says 'Graveyard Book' film is dead -- for now
The Hero ComplexNeil Gaiman knows that the best stories must be both bitter and sweet -- he is, after all, the author of “The Graveyard Book,” the tender children’s novel that opens with a nasty knife murder. Still, the 49-year-old Brit sounds...... -
Disney's Iger hints (again) at speeding movie releases into the home
Company TownIt's no secret that Walt Disney Co. boss Bob Iger wants to change the way entertainment is delivered into the home, reducing the traditional months-long lag between a film's arrival in theaters and its release on DVD. Change may be......
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