I sidste uge annoncerede Disney at produktions og distributionsselskabet Miramax skulle lukkes og at kontorerne i Los Angeles og New York allerede var nedlagt. Brødrene Weinstein startede selskabet for mere end 30 år siden, og nu er det legendariske selskab så blevet sat til salg. Så hvis man har lidt penge på kistebunden, man ikke lige ved hvad man skal bruge til, kan man erhverve sig rettighederne til Miramax og hele det imponerende bagkatalog.
Skulle man have de omkring 700 millioner dollars selskabet koster, får men rettighederne til film som Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, No Country for Old Men og ca. 700 andre. Hvis man ser lidt logisk på det betaler man kun omkring en million dollars per film, hvilket dybest set er billigt.
Der har gået rygter om at Weinstein brødrene der nu ejer The Weinstein Company skulle være interesseret i et tilbagekøb efter de solgte det til Disney i 1993. Dette afviser de dog blankt, og det har så igen sat nye rygter i gang om hvem der kunne være interesserede købere.
Et navn der bliver ved med at dukke op er Summit Entertainment, der blandt andet står bag det uhyre populære Twilight franchise. Ved at købe selskabet og ikke mindst det store bagkatalog ville Summit få en fast indtægtskilde fra tv rettigheder og dvd salg, og da Summit er et meget nyt selskab ville denne faste indtjening være med til at give lidt arbejdsro.
De 700 millioner dollars skal dog stadig finansieres, Summit Entertainment har tjent mange penge på Twilight og ikke mindst New Moon, men de har dog ikke 700 millioner liggende.
En talsmand for Summit har nægtet at udtale sig omkring salget, mens Disney siger at de har et sted mellem syv og ti mulige købere til Miramax.
Egentlig er selskabet ikke nogen dårlig forretning for Disney, men da de ønsker at koncentrere sig om store film med store budgetter er Miramax ikke længere interessant i deres portefølje.
kilde: nytimes.com
Some of you have heard that Walt Disney Company has closed the doors to Miramax, the studio that the Weinstein brothers founded in 1979 and then sold in 1993 before moving on to found the Weinstein Company.
Initial discussions indicate a price of around $700 million for the Miramax name and its 700-film library, including films like "Pulp Fiction," "Shakespeare in Love," "Chicago," "Kill Bill," "The Queen," "The English Patient," and "No Country for Old Men."
The films in the library have been nominated for more than 200 Academy Awards.
At this point the Weinsteins are not interested in purchasing the company back, but word on the street is that Summit Entertainment may end up being the buyer.
The privately owned studio is full of cash these days thanks to their "Twilight" franchise. But since it's a new company, Summit could use the steady DVD and television-resale income that comes from a big library. Analysts estimate that the Miramax library generates more than $300 million in annual DVD and TV revenue.
Some of you have heard that Walt Disney Company has closed the doors to Miramax, the studio that the Weinstein brothers founded in 1979 and then sold in 1993 before moving on to found the Weinstein Company.
Initial discussions indicate a price of around $700 million for the Miramax name and its 700-film library, including films like "Pulp Fiction," "Shakespeare in Love," "Chicago," "Kill Bill," "The Queen," "The English Patient," and "No Country for Old Men."
The films in the library have been nominated for more than 200 Academy Awards.
At this point the Weinsteins are not interested in purchasing the company back, but word on the street is that Summit Entertainment may end up being the buyer.
The privately owned studio is full of cash these days thanks to their "Twilight" franchise. But since it's a new company, Summit could use the steady DVD and television-resale income that comes from a big library. Analysts estimate that the Miramax library generates more than $300 million in annual DVD and TV revenue.
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