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With its supporter and friend Dick Cook out the door, Miramax Films is rumored to be in some jeopardy at Disney, according to L.A. Times entertainment reporter Claudia Eller. "Miramax has never appeared to be a priority for Disney CEO Bob Iger," she writes, "nor does it fit his strategy to focus on Disney's 'branded' mass entertainment," etc. A studio spokesperson tells Eller "we have no plans to sell Miramax...as we have stated before, we continue to look at the best way to run our lines of businesses most efficiently." In my experience rhetorical references to "efficiency" by management are usually cause for concern.
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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on September 26, 2009 at 2:47 PM
comment #1
The Hoyk
says ...
This sounds like Warner Music's similar announcement about the future of Rhino Records; dump all but the most essential personnel, eliminate all the things that made the company special, and devalue it to the point where no one will notice when they finally shut it down. Rhino won't be doing any more elaborate box sets, Miramax won't be doing any expensive or controversial releases.
Posted by The Hoyk
at September 26, 2009 7:33 PM
comment #2
DeeZee
says ...
Remember when people were trash-talking Eisner for not respecting the artistic choices at the company? Meanwhile, we're still seeing straight-to-dvd 2-d sequels from Lasseter.
Posted by DeeZee
at September 26, 2009 9:00 PM
comment #3
Terry McCarty
says ...
The Hoyk wrote:
Miramax won't be doing any expensive or controversial releases.
Miramax's recent output has been pretty MOR--controversy left when Bob and Harvey did.
Posted by Terry McCarty
at September 26, 2009 10:54 PM
comment #4
CitizenKanedforChewingGum
says ...
And what exactly does a film going straight to DVD have to do with "artistic choices?"
Posted by CitizenKanedforChewingGum
at September 28, 2009 7:28 AM