HOLLYWOOD - Movie mogul brothers Harvey and Bob Weinstein will cease to be co-chiefexecutives at the Disney-owned film production company Miramax in September.
The pair, who founded the hugely successful firm 25 years ago, will remain
co-chairmen of Miramax and will continue to make films for Disney through their
new company The Weinstein Co.
Miramax's back catalogue of 550 movies, including Chicago, Pulp Fiction, The English Patient and Cold Mountain, will remain with Disney, who acquired Miramax in 1993 for circa $75 million. The company is now worth
around $2 billion.
The announcement follows years of alleged disquiet between the Weinsteins and
Disney chief Michael Eisner, most notably last year when Eisner--who will
also be succeeded by Bob Iger in September--refused to release controversial
documentary Fahrenheit 9/11.
As part of the agreement, The Weinstein Co will produce films by longtime
collaborators Quentin Tarantino and Kevin Smith, and the brothers will continue
to control Dimension films, which makes movies for kids and teenagers.
And, the brothers will continue to work with Disney on further sequels to Spy Kids and Scary Movie, as well as a further 25 films.
Harvey Weinstein says leaving the company he and brother Bob named after
their parents had been the "toughest part".
He adds, "Maybe the whole chapter hasn't been written on that, maybe it has."
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