Bad Santa is one of the sequels moving forward from The Weinstein Company
The first films to be produced under the agreement will be sequels to Bad Santa, Rounders and Shakespeare in Love. The other potential sequels and TV projects are Bridget Jones's Diary, Cop Land, From Dusk Till Dawn, Swingers, Clerks, Shall We Dance?, and The Amityville Horror. This partnership augments an existing relationship between the companies on such franchises as Scream 4 (to be released April 15, 2011), Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World (to be released August 19, 2011) and Scary Movie 5.
In addition, Miramax will handle digital distribution on select sequel projects. Miramax and TWC have also agreed to develop new, special edition materials for Blu-ray releases, such as roundtables featuring cast and directors.
"We are very close to these films and the new management of Miramax also feels that we are in the best position to create sequels that are at once worthy and compelling in their own right," stated TWC's Harvey Weinstein and Bob Weinstein. "We look forward to working with Mike and his team on getting these films into production as soon as possible, and extending our partnership in the years ahead."
Mike Lang, CEO of Miramax, stated: "We are thrilled and honored to work with Harvey and Bob Weinstein. There is no better partner to build on these great films and turn them into franchises, while also creating exciting new TV properties. This agreement will extend the Miramax library while also enabling us to create new content without committing near-term capital."
"This is the perfect addition to our ongoing slate, giving us the ability to work on already existing franchises that have had such lucrative success at the box office, as well as a great starting ground to our newfound relationship," stated TWC COO David Glasser. "We clearly believe it will be mutually beneficial for both companies."
Bad Santa was released November 26th, 2003 and stars Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox, Brett Kelly, Lauren Graham, Lauren Tom, Bernie Mac, John Ritter, Ajay Naidu. The film is directed by Terry Zwigoff.
Rounders was released September 11th, 1998 and stars Matt Damon, Edward Norton, Paul Cicero, John Turturro, Ray Iannicelli, Gretchen Mol, Famke Janssen, Merwin Goldsmith. The film is directed by John Dahl.
Shakespeare in Love was released December 18th, 1998 and stars Geoffrey Rush, Tom Wilkinson, Steven O'Donnell, Tim McMullan, Joseph Fiennes, Steven Beard, Antony Sher, Patrick Barlow. The film is directed by John Madden.
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Jimthar
do either of these movies need sequels? really? and a SIL sequel? come on!!! oh and they've ALREADY made 2 or 3 sequels to FROM DUSK TIL DAWN. copland? where the hell are they going to take that? they do realise that the original was based on a true story right so......yeah......this just seems like a bunch of lame news. i'll bet you anything that the majority of these movies are straight to video.
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Daveactor7
Shakespeare in love SEQUEL? Damn i still wish "saving private ryan" won best pic.
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XSSIV
@thedude1 - OR change the name of TWC to Miramax2!
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Dan
Sequels sequels sequels....sigh.
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TheDude1
They should change the name of The Weinstein Company to The Company that will make a sequel to anything as long as it makes then a cent of profit(which usually doesn't happen for that sh*tty company).
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Playhouse
'Rounders' sequel I can get with. Sequel to 'Shakespeare in Love'? Completely unnecessary and a bad idea.
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