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March 16th, 2005 @ 10:32 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by Justin McGill, Gordon McFarland, Fred Topel

  • IMDB reports on the Miramax split status given Disney’s announcement this week:
The naming of Robert Iger as Disney CEO will not heal the rupture that has resulted in Bob and Harvey Weinstein’s imminent departure from the company, Iger indicated Tuesday. “Negotiating a deal that will ultimately result in us parting company in some form is the right thing at this point,” Iger said in an interview with Bloomberg News, adding, “It will end amicably and it won’t be tense and there won’t be a lot of stress” Several reports have indicated that the separation could take place as early as this week. Meanwhile, the New York Post reported that the Weinsteins intend to include a book division in their new film company, even as Miramax Books is being absorbed into Disney’s Hyperion publishing house.

It seems Dimension is REALLY clearing the boards as well – With The Prophecy 4 scheduled to be released soon, 5 soon
after, Hellraiser: Deader (7) June 7, with the 8th entry Hellworld in Setpember, as well as Dracula 2000 III, which was
shot back to back with the second but held in the vaults, AND the long in exile Edward Furlong “Crow” Entry: Wicked
Prayer (with Angel good guy David Boreanaz as the baddie).

  • Our Jason Lee coverage continues this week, with Fred Topel asking Lee about that Fletch Won casting rumor we recently posted. Here’s a couple quotes from the full piece:
Jason Lee’s Fletch Won Casting Choices: “I think a lot of the View Askew guys were rooting for Ryan Reynolds for a while,” Lee said, which was news to me. “I think there’s a lot of hardcore View Askew fans out there that would like to see yours truly in the role, but you know, the powers that be, what can I say.”

Jason Lee Thanks You For Your Support: “The View Askew fans are amazing and they’ve always supported me. I like to check in on the board every once in a while and say hi and stuff like that. That means more to me than anything in the world. I get to pay the bills and do things that I like to do. There’s a pretty solid fan base out there. That’s a good place to be, I think. So I’m plenty satisfied.”

  • Comedy Central has two airdates for Dogma just announced for May: Saturday the 28th at 12:30 PM, then Sunday at 10:00 AM. All times eastern/pacific. It’ll be the edited version both times.
  • Congratulations to tstreet, who won Movies Askew’s Round 4 with “Earl’s Your Uncle”. Check out the just-announced
    finalists     of Round 5! They’ll be online for your viewing pleasure shortly.

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