Miramax and Pixar talking

[Mr. Toad]

The New York Post reported today that Mirimax and Pixar are talking about doing a deal for distributions of their firms.

That could really make Disney and especially Eisner look silly if their two former partners get together and outshine them.

[MutantEnemy]

i thought disney owns miramax, I could be wrong

[GOGOinVegas]

why yes, it is a Disney Company,, some other stuff it owns if you are interested..............( thanks google)
talk about diversified


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[Mr. Toad]

Mirimax is also rumoured to be splitting with Disney after they refused to distribute the Michael Moore film made by Mirimax.

[DreamerQ18]

Mirimax is also rumoured to be splitting with Disney after they refused to distribute the Michael Moore film made by Mirimax.

So the question is :Is Mirimax currently still with Disney or have they already split and tlaking to pixar? Casue other wise what would be the point of the split between Disney and Pixar.

[AwallaceUNC]

Miramax is still owned by Disney. There's a lot of speculation that Eisner wants them gone and that the Weinsteins want to leave (marking possibly their first agreement in history). That's led a lot of people to suspect that the Weinsteins may buy out Miramax from Disney. Will it happen? Who knows. I think it's eventually a good idea, but not right now... especially with this bit of news. SURELY Eisner senses danger. But everytime I use "surely" along with "Eisner," I end up eating my words... so we'll see.

-Aaron

[yoda_four]

Miramax is still owned by Disney. There's a lot of speculation that Eisner wants them gone and that the Weinsteins want to leave (marking possibly their first agreement in history). That's led a lot of people to suspect that the Weinsteins may buy out Miramax from Disney. Will it happen? Who knows. I think it's eventually a good idea, but not right now... especially with this bit of news. SURELY Eisner senses danger. But everytime I use "surely" along with "Eisner," I end up eating my words... so we'll see.

-Aaron

Eisner....surely.......eating words

Found this story about it on SaveDisney.com: http://www.nypost.com/gossip/pagesix_u.html

[Ludwig Von Drake]

I doubt that they will leave since DIsney probabbly needs them for revenue.

[2099net]

I think it's not unfeasible that the Wienstiens could leave Disney, but I'm pretty sure Disney will want to keep the Miramax name (all the Oscar® connections and associations with the public you see). I can't see Disney wanting to keep the Dimension name though, so I suppose that could go - ironic as it brings in more money than the Miramax label does. (Note to aspiring film studio heads - always appeal to the lowest common denominator).

Loosing the name would hurt the brothers, as it was named after their parents (Miriam and Max I think).

As for Job's involvement I doubt he'll have much say on the Weinstein brother's films. One will still do Oscar® driven artistic films, the other will concentrate on horror and other genre films and Jobs will have his animated films. It sounds sort of like Dreamworks SKG to me. Katzenberg doesn't interfere with Speilberg's films, and vice versa.

Note, Dreamworks may be a studio, but still needs Universal for their distribution (or another studio in the case of co-production films). So this wouldn't solve the problem of Pixar's next distributor.

[EarthX]

Disney does own Mriamax, but the headline-grabbing Weinsteins could always move on:

http://24hour.startribune.com/24hour/en ... 5056c.html

"Both sides are engaged in sticky talks over extending the contracts of Miramax's founders, Bob and Harvey Weinstein. Their current deal expires next year, but Disney has an option to extend the contract through 2009."

Their relationship with Eisner is strained at best.
Will Disney feel the need to pick up their options to make sure Disney gets the Pixar rights instead of Fox or Universal?