Inglourious Basterds, remember that one? Yeah the movie that’s still making close to a million at the box office every day. Reportedly, the US free-tv rights just went to TNT (the pay-tv rights are with Showtime) for about $15 million. Despite all that, the Weinstein Company seems bound to consolidate their business, more lay-offs ahead. Time to make a sequel/prequel, Quentin :)
Basterds will also open the Morelia Film Festival in Mexico, and it’s yet …

I was already half way out the door when The Weinstein Company put a little New Year’s Eve gift out for us. Their website (they now allow linking to indivual movies, yay) lists August 21, 2009 (mark your calendards, you basterds!) as the official US release date for Inglourious Basterds. Now go and party! (thanks to Joblo and Comingsoon for the heads up)

Killshot is one of the lesser discussed films of the recent years, even though its story is very interesting, mostly because the film hasn’t been released yet, although it is about 3 years old already. The project dates back to Miramax years and was one title of many Elmore Leonard novels that were purchased by the Weinsteins. At one point Quentin Tarantino has even set to play one of the major roles in the …

As we reported earlier, the upcoming German DVD release of Grindhouse will be in a 1.85:1 format, which means Death Proof (which was shot in open-matte Super35mm or something, I guess) will be slightly more ‘open’ than its theatrical exhibition of 2.35:1 cinemascope format. The producers of the German DVD have confirmed that this is the official PAL master from The Weinstein Company, and they have also let it be known that the Japanese …

As reported over the last few weeks, The Weinstein Company was seeking a co-financier for Inglorious Bastards. According to Variety, a deal has been made now with Universal Pictures (Paramount was reportedly also final talks). Bear in mind that co-financing the film does not mean Universal is now the production company. The film is and has always been a Weinstein production. It is not uncommon for studios to cooperate, especially regarding international distribution. The …

Rumor control! This week started with a rumor from Scriptgirl that Miramax had bought the rights to Quentin Tarantino’s much hyped Inglorious Bastards script. Jeffrey Wells at Hollywood Elsewhere sais that’s bullshit, and … it is. Miramax wasn’t even mentioned when news came out that The Weinstein Company was “shopping” the script to the big four studios, just on a sidenote. The movie will be coming out of the cozy lap of The Weinstein …

Wow, news breaks faster than anyone can possibly defend the Weinsteins against their critics. Hollywood’s number script news femme fatale scriptgirl reports that Quentin Tarantino’s amazing script for Inglorious Bastards (check out our forum for an abundance of script reviews) sold – pause for dramatic effect – to Miramax. The Disney subsidiary and Quentin’s current godfathers Harvey and Bob Weinstein split shortly after Kill Bill, but it seems there will be a family reunion. …

I just read Defamer’s “rant” about Tarantino’s “overexposure” (regarding the publicity surrounding the scarce but exciting Inglorious Bastards news), basically an op-ed/open letter piece arguing for him to “free” himself from the cradle of the Weinstein Company (let me know if I understood that article wrongly). Defamer rolls out a lavish praise of Quentin Tarantino, only to conclude with the words “Is your loyalty to the Weinsteins worth suffocating your work in the crib …

Brought to you by your friends at The Weinstein Company? According to DeadlineHollywood, Quentin Tarantino has taken his project Inglorious Bastards to the big Hollywood Studios this week. The blog, which is a subsidiary of LAWeekly.com, writes Tarantino’s agency has sent out the script to the big four Warner Brothers, Sony Pictures, Universal, and Paramount. A former partner of Quentin’s and long time friend Lawrence Bender is apparently attached to the project as a …

As a little extra, I have uploaded the Weinstein Company’s Grindhouse production notes to the wiki for your reading pleasure. It is a 55 page text with lots of quotes and information. I have to go over the text some other day and work on the formatting, but as of now, head over and READ IT HERE . Enjoy.