Thor Heyerdahl’s legendary journey from Peru to Polynesia on a raft was made famous in the Oscar winning documentary made in 1950, Kon-Tiki. In a new film of this voyage, Kon-Tiki, made with a fine cast of Norwegian actors, Thor … READ MORE

Octavia Spencer knows what it’s like to be center stage at the Oscars — she won Best Supporting Actress at the 2012 Academy Awards for her role in “The Help” — and she’s looking to get back in that spotlight. … READ MORE

EXCLUSIVE: Harvey Weinstein is salting his Oscar arsenal for next year. After a heated auction with numerous bidders, The Weinstein Company is in exclusive negotiations to acquire Fruitvale for a bit north of $2 million, and a commitment for a … READ MORE

EXCLUSIVE: The Weinstein Company has acquired theatrical rights to Salinger, the Shane Salerno-directed feature documentary on the reclusive author of The Catcher In The Rye. The deal is seven figures, around $2 million, and covers world rights except for the … READ MORE

EXCLUSIVE: Tim Burton will direct Christoph Waltz and Amy Adams in Big Eyes, the film that Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski scripted. At the same time, The Weinstein Company is closing a deal to fund and distribute. This is a … READ MORE

Wayne Blair makes a satisfying feature debut in this Vietnam-set tale of an Aborigine singing group entertaining American troops. Some diversions invite comparison more readily than others. Take “The Sapphires,” the most chipper film ever set in Vietnam. Already many … READ MORE

The Weinstein Company has acquired world rights and will screen the film at select festivals prior to a Sept 6 platform theatrical release. Shane Salerno, who most recently co-wrote Savages for Oliver Stone, directed Salinger and pulls together around 150 … READ MORE

Dimension Films is dipping their pen in INK AND BONE, a spec written by writer Zak Olkewicz. The spec, which was preemptively purchased, has been described as a horror thriller in the vein of Dimension’s hit film 1408. In the … READ MORE

‘The Sapphires’ Chronicles 4 Australian Singers in the 1960s “The Sapphires” tells the story of an all-female singing quartet on the way to stardom in the 1960s. As is usual in such tales, the group, known as the Cummeragunja Songbirds … READ MORE

Maybe they were reading our Premature Oscar Predictions? Just days after our series ended, looking way far at the horizon of next year’s potential Oscar nominees, The Weinstein Company has dated four films of their late fall awards season hopefuls. … READ MORE