With The Weinstein Co. now fully separated from the Miramax label, the two brothers are in the midst of gathering financing and seem to already have secured more than half of their ambitious $420 million goals to finance a slate of new projects to turn themselves into a distributor to rival reports The New York Times.
Two Michael Moore films, one this year ("Fahrenheit 9/11.5") and one next ("Sicko"), were projected to bring the Weinsteins their largest profits each year. More key though is the agreement with Disney has given the Weinstein's sequel rights to 15 franchise or potentially franchise projects.
Most high profile amongst these is a touted remake of John Carpenter classic "Halloween" released through Bob Weinstein's Dimension label, which has made genre films like the "Scream" and "Scary Movie" series. They've also taken thirteen TV projects from Disney, including future seasons of "Project Greenlight" and "Project Runway".
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