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ViacomCBS  said Friday it’s closed on the acquisition of a 49% stake in Miramax from owner beIN Media Group, whih will retain 51% in the company. The current Miramax leadership team will continue in their existing roles. ViacomCBS said that $150 million of the $375 million pricetag was paid at closing and it’s…

The names of Charlize Theron and Salma Hayek surfaced Wednesday during Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial in New York Supreme Court during testimony about his alleged intimidation tactics. Dawn Dunning, who says Weinstein sexually assaulted and threatened her in 2004, though she is not one of the two formal accusers in his…

EXCLUSIVE: Dreamgirls star Anika Noni Rose is about to be part of a horrific nightmare. The Tony Award-winning actress is set to star in the recently greenlit horror Limbo from Miramax, Barnyard Projects and Snoot Entertainment. Production is scheduled to begin in January. The film is directed by Chris Peckover, who…

3rd Update, Friday AM: It’s official now. ViacomCBS will take a 49% stake in beIN Media’s Miramax library for a total of $375M. This includes an upfront cash payment of roughly $150M per beIN along with a commitment of $45M annually over the next five years or $225M which will be used for new film/TV development. The…

A new New York law for individuals who were molested or sexually abused as children has  resurrected an old claim again Harvey Weinstein in a new lawsuit. Former model Kaja Sokola on Thursday filed a sexual abuse suit against the Oscar-winning producer and named his brother, Bob Weinstein, their old company Miramax…

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate vet Jean McDowell will join Miramax as their new SVP of Marketing. In the new role, McDowell will be responsible for overseeing the marketing strategy for the company, including promotions, partnerships, campaign development, communications, events, and research. Additionally, McDowell, who will…

EXCLUSIVE: The Virtues and Raised by Wolves' Niamh Algar is boarding Miramax's hot upcoming Guy Ritchie action thriller that stars Jason Statham. As Deadline previously revealed, the project, which reteams Ritchie and Statham for the first time since 2005’s Revolver, was acquired by MGM domestically and was one of the…

Adam Goldberg is the latest to board the Miramax supernatural thriller The Georgetown Project written and directed by Joshua John Miller and M.A. Fortin (Final Girls, Queen of the South). The film is currently in production in Wilmington N.C. Goldberg joins Academy Award-winning actor Russell Crowe as well as…

EXCLUSIVE: Miramax has concluded a raft of seven-figure deals on Guy Ritchie's untitled Jason Statham action-thriller which was launched by the firm and CAA Media Finance at the American Film Market earlier this month. Deals have now closed with Studiocanal for Germany and Australia/NZ, Metropolitan for France…

EXCLUSIVE: In a multi-million dollar deal, Lionsgate UK has boarded Guy Ritchie’s untitled Jason Statham action-thriller which was launched by Miramax and CAA Media Finance at the American Film Market. The project, which re-teams Ritchie and Statham for the first time since Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels and Snatc…

Veteran distribution executive Yvette Zhuang has been hired by Miramax as its SVP International Production and Distribution. Zhuang was most recently SVP of International Sales at STX Entertainment, the studio behind Bad Moms, The Upside, Molly's Game and Den of Thieves. She started her career in Australia ,working…

Word is that Viacom has sent a letter to Miramax owners beIN Media that the conglom is no longer looking purchase the award-winning 700-title library including such movies as Pulp Fiction, Shakespeare in Love and The English Patient. We hear that talks were getting drawn out and points changing all the time, hence the…