John Ridley, whose documentary about the Los Angeles riots Let it Fall bows this month both theatrically and on ABC, has just sealed a deal with Miramax to write and direct his next feature. Entitled Needle in a Timestack, the film will be adapted from a the short story by Robert Silverberg about a devoted husband who…

2nd UPDATE, March 15: Miramax has set an August 19 opening for the Obamas’ first-date film Southside With You, which it is releasing in partnership with Roadside Attractions. UPDATED, February 13, 11:49 AM: Miramax has confirmed the story Deadline broke Friday, that it acquired rights to the Obamas’ first-date film Sou…

BREAKING: Miramax acquired U.S. distribution rights to the Bill Condon-directed Mr. Holmes, and Roadside Attractions will handle the domestic release. The film reunites Condon with his Gods And Monsters star Ian McKellen, who stars with Laura Linney. Pic’s an adaptation of the Mitch Cullin novel A Slight Trick Of The M…

BREAKING The Weinstein boys are back at Miramax. Colony Capital principal Tom Barrack Jr and The Weinstein Company co-chairmen Harvey and Bob Weinstein have set an alliance that will exploit the creative properties in the library that the brothers left behind when they exited Disney. The deal will span 20 years and…

Related: Richard Nanula Takes Leave Of Absence From Miramax & Colony Capital After Sex Scandal This week's sudden leave of absence for personal reasons isn't the only sex related problem for Richard Nanula and Colony Capital. The former Walt Disney Company exec and the investment firm were charged with sexual…

BREAKING… EXCLUSIVE… UPDATE: Few Hollywood business executives have as distinguished a record of success as Richard Nanula. Now Deadline has learned from Colony Capital that the former Walt Disney Company SEVP/CFO has taken an unexpected leave of absence for personal reasons from the investment firm where he is a…

Remember when Mike Lang came to Cannes with Rob Lowe to tout Miramax Films’ aspirations to freshen and expand the film library with new projects culled from the script arsenal they bought along with 700 titles in the $663 million Disney deal? The company, run by former Disney exec Richard Nanula for Colony Capital…

Miramax Films, which made a deal with Netflix for its library titles in May, announced that its films will now be available in Latin America through the streaming service. We know that Netflix is also bracing for a UK launch, after Lionsgate UK made a streaming deal for its library titles to be shown there through…

Exclusive: The Film Department Shutters LOS ANGELES, CA — Former Miramax Films and Warner Independent president Mark Gill has been named President of Millennium Films. The company plans to produce and finance five to eight star-driven, wide-release films per year with budgets between $20 and $80 million. Gill will…

BEVERLY HILLS and SANTA MONICA, CA – May 16, 2011 – Netflix, Inc. [NASDAQ: NFLX] and Miramax today announced a multi-year agreement under whichNetflix members in the U.S. will be able to instantly watch some of the world's most loved and acclaimed motion pictures from the Miramax film library.  It is the first time…

Miramax Films chief Mike Lang came into Cannes determined to dispel the notion that his backers handed $660 million over to Disney simply to manage a film library. Lang met me at the Majestic Friday alongside Rob Lowe, the strategic advisor and an investor in the Miramax deal, one of several he and Colony Capital's Tom…

Larry Angrisani has been appointed senior vice president of World Marketing and Publicity for Graham King’s GK Films. He’ll be responsible for campaigns for TV, film and new media, based out of GK’s Santa Monica offices. Angrisani spent 7 years at Miramax Films, where he was senior veep of International Publicity and…