September
28
Rudin and Weinstein Agree on Reader Release
Well, all that arguing and posturing and phoning and sending of legal letters between Scott Rudin and Harvey Weinstein last week were all about one thing: convincing Weinstein to loosen up the reins on a punitive post-production schedule for Stephen Daldry's The Reader.
Yes, Harvey got what he wanted: The World War II era romance starring Kate Winslet will open December 12. But producer Scott Rudin fought hard to get his director what he needed to finish the movie properly. Harvey will have to spend more money to give him an extra month to work on the movie. And more support in the editing room. And they're moving the music production back to NYC.
I got a taste last week of what happens when Rudin fights for a director. And what happens when Weinstein fights for an Oscar campaign. He doesn't want to wait. This year is better for the movie, he says, although he is slated to release some seven other pics before the end of the year, movies he retrieved from MGM.
It's a win-win. Daldry gets support to finish the movie, and Weinstein gets a potential Oscar contender. He's fighting to make some dough this quarter, and needs all the winners in his corner that he can get. Who knows where he'll be a year from now? UPDATE: Meanwhile, while Weinstein Co. pocketed some $20 million when it sold rights to Project Runway to Lifetime, it may not have had the right to do so, explains Portfolio.



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