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Tutor Hits Back: Miramax Deal 'on Track'
Ron Tutor and Filmyard Holdings, the group of investors the construction magnate assembled to purchase Miramax, are fighting back at reports that they are shedding key members of their team as the deal for the studio enters its final stage.
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Ronald Tutor: 'Miramax buy on track'
To counter stories they have been losing investors, Ronald Tutor and Colony Capital's Filmyard Holdings issued a statement Thursday that they have the equity in place and the deal to purchase Miramax is going forward.
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The Debt
Film Reviews: A trio of Mossad agents are haunted by what they owe their country and one another in John Madden's polished but conventional period thriller "The Debt." Based on a 2007 Israeli film about the hunting of a fictional Nazi known as the ...
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The Debt
Dir: John Madden. US. 2010. 113mins
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Move Over, Terry Gilliam! Miramax is the New Curse in Town
At the end of July I wrote a post titled " The Miramax Fight is Over : Tutor Takes the Prize." Oh, what hopeful words. After a long ordeal where the Weinsteins tried to buy back their company, and every rich dude on the block contemplated a movie ...
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Disneys Sale of Miramax May Not Be as Final as Previously Thought
What's the saying? It ain't over 'till it's over? Sounds like Disney's sale of Miramax to Ron Tutor and a group of investors is far from over. The sale was announced before all the money was firmly in place, and now two of Tutor's partners have ...
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Tutor, Colony on track for Miramax buy
Film News: Investors say financing firm for purchase -- Even though financing in the Miramax Films sale remained a question mark in recent weeks, Ron Tutor and his partner, private equity firm Colony Capital, said Thursday they are on track to close ...
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Tutor Hits Back: Miramax Deal 'on Track'
Ron Tutor and Filmyard Holdings, the group of investors the construction magnate assembled to purchase Miramax, are fighting back at reports that they are shedding key members of their team as the deal for the studio enters its final stage.
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Disney's Miramax sale hits rocky road
Business News: Investors back out of commitments -- After a seamless record of closing deals, Walt Disney Co. isn't looking so lucky this time with the sale of Miramax Films.
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The Morning Fix: Who's biting the Apple and who's not. New twist in Miramax deal. Time Warner Cable and Disney keep signals on for now.
After the coffee. Before scrambling to figure out plans for the three day weekend. Biting that Apple. News Corp., parent of Fox and Walt Disney Co., have agreed to offer television shows to Apple for the software giant to rent...
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Miramax deal no longer includes James Robinson, Jerome Swartz as potential investors
Morgan Creek Prods. founder James Robinson, who had been in negotiations to become a major investor in the acquisition of Miramax Films along with construction magnate Ron Tutor and Los Angeles private equity firm Colony Capital, is no longer part...
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The Switch
Miramax Films/Disney Family planning goes awry in The Switch, a twisted but humorous take on the moral and emotional pitfalls of artificial insemination that explores, in surprisingly heartfelt ways, the need for deep and meaningful relationships. ...
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'Switch' a bitch for Jennifer Aniston
Why the star's latest film failed at the box office.
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Review The Switch in One Sentence
Last week Eat Pray Love met a decidedly negative response from the Vulture capsule critic community. Your highlights include: "Nothing bad ever happens to Julia Roberts" ( Katiecakes ); "Slightly better than a pelvic exam" ( EffedInParkSlope ); and the ...
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No Commercials In 'No Country For Old Men'
Some movies, like No Country For Old Men , just don't belong on television, marred by commercials. It's just too brutal to switch gears from intense, horrific drama to Chester the Cheetah ... And back again.
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Distrib uncertainty colors fall film festivals
Film Festivals: With Miramax deal pending, buyers are in flux -- The specialty biz is confronting a familiar scenario: The world is in flux.
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New Movie Poll: Will It Suck to Be Jennifer Aniston This Weekend?
Expect the unexpectedliterallyat the box office this weekend. With four new flicks to catch, what's going to get you in theaters?Feel like checking out Jennifer Aniston...
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The Switch
Film Reviews: An unfunny, manipulative romance about two unlikable people and their prop of a son.
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Relativity Taps Paramount's Steve Bertram for Top Spot
EXCLUSIVERyan Kavanaugh continues to be one of the busiest guys in Hollywood.After acquiring pieces of Overture, announcing a new slate, and letting Geoff Ammer go all just this month comes word that he plans to hire Paramounts Steve Bertr
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Icahn Extends Lionsgate Tender Offer to October
Activist shareholder Carl Icahn has extended the deadline for Lionsgate shareholders to tender their shares to the investor. Icahn has been engaged in a hostile takeover attempt of the company throughout the spring and summer.Stakeholders now have ...
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David Bergstein's Past Casino Troubles Include Florida Fraud Arrest
David Bergstein, the troubled Hollywood financier whose credits include -- oddly enough -- helping orchestrate the recent sale of Miramax, was arrested in Florida last November over bad checks and unpaid gambling debts involving multiple Las Vegas ...
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Miramax neednt be an MGM disaster sequel
One of Hollywood's biggest flops has been Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. So Tinseltown financiers are understandably puzzled over what looks like a forthcoming sequel to the MGM solvency horror story: a buyout of Miramax.
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The Morning Fix: Ferrell, with Wahlberg, takes back box office! Will Hollywood embrace new Miramax? Digital dollars starting to flow.
After the coffee. Before wondering once again about the logic of such short windows between theatrical and DVD releases. "The Other Guys" finish on top. "The Other Guys," the cop buddy movie starring Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg from Sony...
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Who'll work with the new Miramax?
Agents say they will, cautiously, as questions abound about the indie's future following Disney's agreement to sell the company to a group led by Ron Tutor.
