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Print Movies once owned by the Weinstein Co., including Oscar winner “The King’s Speech,” have found yet another home. The film and television studio Lionsgate said Thursday that it has “acquired the vast majority” of the 200-film library held by Spyglass Media Group, which controls the catalog once owned by Harvey Weinstein’s former company. Lionsgate is adding acclaimed titles such as “Django Unchained,” “Silver Linings Playbook” and “Fruitvale Station” to its arsenal of content as it looks to better compete amid an entertainment arms race. Santa Monica-based Lion...

Lionsgate Acquires Bulk of Weinstein Film Library in Spyglass Deal Gene Maddaus, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail The afterlife of the Weinstein Co. continues. On Thursday, Spyglass Media — which acquired the Weinstein Co.’s film and TV library in a bankruptcy auction three years ago — announced that it had sold the bulk of the feature film library to Lionsgate Entertainment. More from Variety The sale is part of a broader partnership, under which Lionsgate takes a 20% equity stake in Spyglass, and Spyglass gets a first-look TV deal with Lionsgate. The financial terms were not disclose...

ADVERTISEMENT Weinstein Accuser Defends Bid For Ch. 11 Expenses Law360 (July 1, 2021, 8:59 PM EDT) -- An accuser of disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein is seeking approval of a modified request for reimbursement of legal expenses for contributions to the Chapter 11 case of The Weinstein Co., saying she has reached a compromise with the company's liquidating trustee in the face of several objections. In a reply filed Wednesday, former actress, screenwriter and producer Louisette Geiss, who is serving as co-chair of the official committee of unsecured creditors, asked the Delaware bankruptcy...

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June 9, 2021 Share NEW YORK — As a student at Wesleyan, Lin-Manuel Miranda began writing what would become “In the Heights,” the musical that would launch him as a playwright and performer and that would lead, two decades later, to Jon M. Chu’s upcoming lavish big-screen adaptation. He was motivated, like any confident young artist, by ambition. But also by something else. “It was a lot of fear, honestly,” Miranda said in a recent interview. “I had a real wake-up call when I was 18, 19 and starting to study theater. The fear was: I’m going into a field that has no spac...