Walt Disney Co., looking to rein in costs at its Hollywood studio as it focuses on mainstream movies, is slashing staff by 70% at its Miramax Films specialty label and is substantially reducing the ...

3RD UPDATE: Here’s Miramax Films president Daniel Battsek’s email to staff: Dear All- After further reflection and discussion about the change in direction for Miramax, Rich Ross and I have agreed ...

LOS ANGELESLOS ANGELES — The Walt Disney Co. said Friday its Miramax Films division will slash the number of movies it produces each year, which it says will lead to “significant cost savings.” The ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Daniel Battsek, head of Disney’s specialty movie label Miramax Films, is ...

The Mouse House is keeping Miramax Films off the endangered species list. While studios around town have pulled the plug on their specialty film labels, saying it’s become more difficult to recoup the ...

LOS ANGELESLOS ANGELES — Miramax Films, a niche movie label being downsized by The Walt Disney Co., is also changing its president. Recently appointed Walt Disney Studios Chairman Rich Ross said ...

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Walt Disney Studios has restructured Miramax Films, eliminating 50 jobs and cutting its art house label's annual release slate in half. "This restructuring maximizes ...

It seems to me that if I were the owner of the only independent-film distributor the general public has ever noticed or cared about, the company that brought the world “Pulp Fiction,” “The Crying Game ...

Walt Disney said its Miramax Films division will reduce annual production and fold some operations into the parent company’s movie studio. Daniel Battsek will continue to oversee Miramax, Burbank, ...