The Weinstein Company is an independent American film studio founded by Harvey and Bob Weinstein in 2005 after the pair left the Disney-owned Miramax Films, which they had co-founded in 1979. The Dimension Films label of Miramax followed the brothers to their new company. Advisors to the new studio include Paul Newman and Robert Redford.

Directors Anthony Minghella, Kevin Smith, Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino are said to be working on films for the fledgling company.

Their first releases in 2005 included the dramatic thriller Derailed (starring Jennifer Aniston and Clive Owen), the offbeat comedy-drama Transamerica (starring Felicity Huffman) the computer-animated family film Hoodwinked, the World War II-era dramedy Mrs. Henderson Presents (starring Judi Dench and Bob Hoskins) and the caper comedy The Matador (starring Pierce Brosnan and Greg Kinnear).

The Weinstein Company in March 2006 recently announced a distribution pact with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio. MGM will distribute the product domestically, while the Weinstein Company will retain long-term ownership of their product.

Weinstein films

Weinstein releases

• Derailed (2005) (The studio's first release)
• The Libertine (2005)
• Transamerica (2005)
• Hoodwinked (2005) (The studio's first animated film)
• Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005)
• The Matador (2005)
• Doogal (aka: 'The Magic Roundabout') (2006)

Releases under Dimension Branch

• Wolf Creek (2005)
• Scary Movie 4 (2006)

Releases with MGM Collaboration

• Lucky Number Slevin (2006)
• Clerks II (July 21st, 2006)

Soon to be released

• Bobby (November 2006)
• Pulse (July 2006)
• School for Scoundrels (July 2006)
• Stormbreaker (August 2006)
• Breaking and Entering (Summer 2006)
• Angels & Virgins (Summer 2006)
• Grind House (September 2006)
• Killshot (Fall 2006)
• The Last Legion (Fall 2006)
• Quelques jours en septembre (TBA)
• Feast (TBA)
• Sin City 2 (TBA)
• Behind the Mask (TBA)
• Hood vs. Evil (2007)

Other films

• The Promise: acquired North American distribution, then sold them to Warner Independent Pictures

See also

• Dimension Films

External links

• Official site

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