Entertainment
Miramax is dead.
Posted in Entertainment on January 28th, 2010 by admin – Be the first to commentIt’s been a long time coming, and the writing was on the wall, but it’s still sad to hear that as of today, Miramax is officially closed for business.
The news comes to us from The Wrap, which informs us that the end of Miramax will leave 80 people without work and six movies, that had been awaiting distribution, on the shelves.
Despite years at the top and countless hitmaking releases — think Reservoir Dogs, The Piano, Pulp Fiction and countless other groundbreaking flicks — Miramax did have its share of flops and lackluster releases in recent years.
But most troubling was this past October, when Disney announced that it would reduce both Miramax’s staff and the number of films on its roster.
Though there has been talk that the Weinsten Brothers, who originally founded Miramax and made it the powerhouse that it was for three decades, wanted to buy the name of the studio back, the price ($1.5 billion) looks to be a bit too high for them and anyone else.
R.I.P. to the indie film studio that could and did.
Let’s take this time to remember the Miramax Films that we fell in love with and good luck to everyone at Miramax.
