Variety reports that the Miramax duo Bob and Harvey Weinstein’s are having a hard time extending their contract with Disney beyond 2005.
Similar to how Pixar went their own way Miramax already has a private investor team — backed by financier Steven Rattner and Comcast CEO Brian Roberts along with several Wall Street lenders — prepared to back a new shingle for the Miramax founders. The dispute has apparently been fueled by the current dispute in which Disney refused to distribute the Michael Moore documentary “Fahrenheit 911” along with caps put on the unit’s budget, currently set at $700 million a year.
The Variety article goes on and on, and it looks like Eisner better take a second look at his faltering Disney before it completely hits the wall.
