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Mar 25 2013 12:22 PM ET

'Grace of Monaco' starring Nicole Kidman gets release date

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Get ready to salivate over the costumes.

The Weinstein Company has just announced the acquisition of biopic Grace of Monaco, a film about Grace Kelly. Directed by Olivier Dahan (La Vie En Rose), the movie stars Nicole Kidman as Kelly and Tim Roth as Kelly’s husband, Prince Rainier III. The film also features Milo Ventimiglia, Frank Langella, Parker Posey and Paz Vega.

“More than thirty years after her death, Grace Kelly’s story continues to be one of insurmountable allure and we are so happy Olivier Dahan has brought it new life,” said TWC co-chairman Harvey Weinstein in a release. “As always, Nicole Kidman’s commanding performance is the perfect portrait of a woman who was not only royalty, but who also remains a legend of the silver screen and fashion icon.”

The film will have a theatrical release Dec. 27.

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Feb 22 2013 08:05 PM ET

The Weinstein Company picks up Idris Elba Mandela biopic

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The Nelson Mandela biopic Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom has found an American distributor in The Weinstein Company. Directed by Justin Chadwick (The Other Boleyn Girl), the film stars Idris Elba (Luther) as Mandela and Naomie Harris (Skyfall) as his wife Winnie.

The film is based on Mandela’s autobiography of the same name, which covers his early life to his political ascendance. Producer Anant Singh had been trying to get the film made for years. Earlier in the film’s life, Les Miserables director Tom Hooper was attached to the project. He’d gone so far as to meet with Mandela in 2009, but scheduling conflicts prevented that from moving forward. Though less of an awards juggernaut, Chadwick was a known quantity for Singh, who’d worked with the director and Harris on the 2010 drama The First Grader.
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Jan 21 2013 11:36 PM ET

Sundance: RADiUS - TWC lands 'Concussion'

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Concussion, the provocative Sundance tale about a woman whose life takes a sharp right turn after she gets smacked in the head at her son’s baseball game, was acquired by RADiUS – TWC for North American distribution. Robin Weigert plays the woman, a married lesbian mother who pursues a life as a Manhattan escort following her injury. It is the first film from director Stacie Passon, who also wrote the script. The film also stars Maggie Siff, Johnathan Tchaikovsky, Julie Fain Lawrence, Emily Kinney and Laila Robins.

RADiUS has slated an early fall 2013 release.

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Jan 18 2013 09:45 PM ET

Sundance 2013: 'Twenty Feet From Stardom' has Weinstein label singing happy tune

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Twenty Feet From Stardom, director Morgan Neville’s documentary about the backup vocalists who have toiled in the shadows of rock and soul’s greatest artists, was acquired by RADiUS-TWC after an opening-night premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. Neville, who has been nominated for three Grammy Awards for his music films, including one on Johnny Cash, directed his lens on a group of female singers who’d attempted their own solo careers but settled for providing the supporting vocals for iconic artists like Bruce Springsteen, Mick Jagger, and Stevie Wonder. READ FULL STORY »

Dec 17 2012 09:34 PM ET

'Django Unchained' Los Angeles premiere canceled post Connecticut school shooting

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In the widened wake of Friday’s horrific shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, The Weinstein Company has canceled Tuesday’s planned Los Angeles premiere of Django Unchained.

“Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families of the tragedy in Newtown, CT and in this time of national mourning we have decided to forgo our scheduled event,” said a Weinstein spokesperson in a statement. “However, we will be holding a private screening for the cast and crew and their friends and families.”

The bloody exploitation homage to Italian westerns directed by Quentin Tarantino and starring Jamie Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio, Christoph Waltz, Samuel L. Jackson and Kerry Washington is set to open in theaters Christmas Day.

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Sep 25 2012 02:33 PM ET

Weinstein Co. acquires distribution rights for 'The Butler'

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The Weinstein Company has acquired the domestic distribution rights to Lee Daniels’ upcoming film The Butler.

The picture features Forest Whitaker as the titular butler, who served in the White House for 30 years under the administrations of eight different presidents. The rest of the cast consists of a litany of A-list talent from Hollywood and beyond: Oprah Winfrey, Mariah Carey, John Cusack, Jane Fonda, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Terrence Howard, Lenny Kravitz, Melissa Leo, Vanessa Redgrave, Alan Rickman, Liev Schreiber, and Robin Williams.

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Sep 12 2012 03:52 PM ET

Brad Pitt crime drama 'Killing Them Softly' moves to November

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If you’re keen on seeing Brad Pitt step into the dark side as a lethal mob enforcer in Killing Them Softly — and, really, who doesn’t want to see Pitt get a little dirty? — you’ll have to wait a bit longer.

EW has confirmed that the Weinstein Company has pushed the crime drama, which reunites Pitt with director Andrew Dominik (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford), from its Oct. 19 release date to Nov. 30. (Deadline first broke the story.) The move pits the film against The Frozen Ground, a true crime thriller starring Nicolas Cage and John Cusack (instead of Alex Cross and Paranormal Activity 4, which open Oct. 19), and also places Pitt more firmly in the thick of the Oscar season. It’s also a bit of a risk; typically, the weekend after Thanksgiving faces a roughly 50 percent drop off in box office receipts.

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Aug 3 2012 09:57 AM ET

Sean Penn drama 'This Must Be the Place' gets November release date -- EXCLUSIVE

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You may remember the photos of Sean Penn resembling a Robert Smith-like ’80s goth-rock star in director Paolo Sorrentino’s This Must Be the Place, which The Weinstein Co. acquired last September several months after its premiere at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. Well, the distributor has finally set a Nov. 2, 2012 release date for the drama, about a faded rock star (Penn) who takes up his dying father’s search for a former Nazi who once did his father wrong in a WWII concentration camp.

Fellow Oscar winner Frances McDormand plays Penn’s significant other. This Must Be the Place is the first English-language film for Sorrentino, an Italian filmmaker who may be best known for 2008′s Il Divo, a biopic of Italian politician Giulio Andriotti that earned an Oscar nomination for Best Makeup in 2010.

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Jul 27 2012 04:20 PM ET

'The Master' leaps forward in the Oscar race

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The Weinstein Company is looking to get a jump on this season’s Oscar competition. The Master, Paul Thomas Anderson’s drama about a cult-like figure who resembles the father of Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard, has been moved up a month and will now open in theaters on Sept. 14. The movie, which stars Philip Seymour Hoffman as a dynamic guru and Joaquin Phoenix as a troubled World War II vet, was originally slated to open on Oct. 12.

The studio also announced that Killing Them Softly, which was to debut on Sept. 21, has been pushed back to Oct. 19. That underworld action-thriller, with Brad Pitt playing a mob enforcer, was well received when it opened at Cannes earlier this year.

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Jul 23 2012 02:12 PM ET

The Weinsteins to receive Producers Guild of America Milestone Award

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Bob and Harvey Weinstein will be presented with the Producers Guild of America Milestone Award at the 2013 PGA Awards, held at the Beverley Hilton on January 26th. The brothers will join the elite rank of filmmakers who have previously received the guild’s most prestigious honor, including Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg, Walt Disney and James Cameron.

“We’re deeply honored and humbled for this recognition from the Producers Guild of America for our life’s work,” the Weinsteins said in a statement.

Producers Guild National Board Member and Awards Chair Michael De Luca praised the pair, stating “Bob and Harvey consistently seek out, nurture and help bring audiences the stories that others are often afraid to tell.”

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