History Creator / TheWeinsteinCompany

In October of 2017, a pair of exposés in ''The New Yorker'' and ''The New York Times'' exposed Harvey's extensive history of sexual misconduct, ranging from verbal harassment to violent rape to blackmail. Though he'd been accused of aggressive behavior and even bullying in the past, these articles swiftly changed his public perception from loudmouthed {{jerkass}} to actual violent criminal, making his name shorthand for sexual predators in showbusiness. He was [[RoleEndingMisdemeanor immediately fired from the company]], permanently ending his career in film, and the resulting scandal kickstarted the [=#MeToo=] movement, which encouraged victims of harassment and assault to call for justice against their high-profile abusers, creating a domino effect of several other powerful men in Hollywood (such as Creator/KevinSpacey, [[Creator/PixarRegulars John Lasseter]], Creator/JamesFranco and Creator/ChrisSavino, just to name a few) having their careers similarly permanently soured. In March of 2020, Harvey was tried and convicted of his crimes and sent to to Rikers Island to serve a 23-year sentence, later being transferred to Wende after testing positive for coronavirus so he could be put in isolation.

Much like Miramax, the company was [[NeverLiveItDown infamous]] for often [[ExecutiveMeddling taking creative control from directors]], delaying films, giving them the InvisibleAdvertising treatment, and releasing mostly flops (though their fortunes later improved with back-to-back Best Picture winners ''Film/TheKingsSpeech'' and ''Film/TheArtist''). Their biggest success to date is Creator/QuentinTarantino's ''Film/DjangoUnchained'', released in 2012.

In October of 2017, a pair of exposés in ''The New Yorker'' and ''The New York Times'' exposed Harvey's extensive history of sexual misconduct, ranging from verbal harassment to violent rape to blackmail. Though he'd been accused of aggressive behavior and even bullying in the past, these articles swiftly changed his public perception from loudmouthed {{jerkass}} to actual violent criminal, making his name shorthand for sexual predators in showbusiness and permanently ending his career in film. He was [[RoleEndingMisdemeanor immediately fired from the company]] and the resulting scandal kickstarted the [=#MeToo=] movement, which encouraged victims of harassment and assault to call for justice against powerful men in entertainment (and thensome) who had taken advantage of them, creating a domino effect of several powerful men in Hollywood having their careers permanently soured. In March of 2020, he was tried and convicted of his crimes and sent to to Rikers Island to serve a 23-year sentence, later being transferred to Wende after testing positive for coronavirus so he could be put in isolation.

In October of 2017, a pair of exposés in ''The New Yorker'' and ''The New York Times'' exposed Harvey's extensive history of sexual misconduct, ranging from verbal harassment to violent rape to blackmail. Though he'd been accused of aggressive behavior and even bullying in the past, these articles swiftly changed his public perception from loudmouthed {{jerkass}} to actual violent criminal, making his name shorthand for sexual predators in showbusiness and permanently ending his career in film. He was immediately fired from the company and the resulting scandal kickstarted the [=#MeToo=] movement, which encouraged victims of harassment and assault to call for justice against powerful men in entertainment (and thensome) who had taken advantage of them. In March of 2020, he was tried and convicted of his crimes and sent to to Rikers Island to serve a 23-year sentence, later being transferred to Wende after testing positive for coronavirus so he could be put in isolation.

[[OvershadowedByControvery That probably isn't what you know them for, though.]]

In October 2017, Harvey was fired from the company after numerous allegations of sexual misconduct, ranging from verbal harassment to violent rape, exploded into the mainstream following a pair of exposés in ''The New Yorker'' and ''The New York Times''. Harvey became the poster child of sexual predators in Hollywood; his public fall from grace encouraged other victims of harassment and assault to come forward, resulting in a string of allegations against figures in Hollywood and many other industries that comprised a major part of the growing [=#MeToo=] movement. Weinstein was eventually declared guilty and convicted of his crimes in March 2020, eventually being sent to Rikers Island to serve a 23-year sentence but then was transferred to Wende, where he tested positive for coronavirus and was put in isolation for this.

Following the scandal, it was initially suspected that the company would be sold off to someone else or renamed, but in February 2018, TWC confirmed it would declare bankruptcy after sales talks fell through with potential buyers. After a few more attempted deals, the company declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy on March 20, 2018. It was purchased on July 16, 2018 by Lantern Capital and subsequently renamed Lantern Entertainment. Then in early 2019, Lantern folded their TWC assets into Spyglass Media Group (the revived Spyglass Entertainment), with Creator/WarnerBros acquiring a minority stake.

The Weinstein Company was an independent American film studio founded by brothers Harvey and Bob Weinstein in 2005 after the pair left the then-[[Creator/{{Disney}} Disney]]-owned Creator/MiramaxFilms. The Creator/DimensionFilms label of Miramax followed the brothers to their new company.

* ''Film/Fanboys''

* ''WesternAnimation/TMNT''

* ''WesternAnimation/EscapeFromPlanetEarth''

In October 2017, Harvey was fired from the company after numerous allegations of sexual misconduct, ranging from verbal harassment to violent rape, exploded into the mainstream following a pair of exposés in ''The New Yorker'' and ''The New York Times''. Harvey became the poster child of sexual predators in Hollywood; his public fall from grace encouraged other victims of harassment and assault to come forward, resulting in a string of allegations against figures in Hollywood and many other industries that comprised a major part of the growing [=#MeToo=] movement. Weinstein was eventually declared guilty and convicted of his crimes in March 2020, eventually being sent to Rikers Island to serve a 23-year sentence.

In October 2017, Harvey was fired from the company after numerous allegations of sexual misconduct, ranging from verbal harassment to violent rape, exploded into the mainstream following a pair of exposés in ''The New Yorker'' and ''The New York Times''. Harvey became the poster child of sexual predators in Hollywood; his public fall from grace encouraged other victims of harassment and assault to come forward, resulting in a string of allegations against figures in Hollywood and many other industries that comprised a major part of the growing [=#MeToo=] movement. Weinstein was eventually declared guilty and convicted of his crimes in March 2020, eventually being sent to Riker's Island to serve a 23-year sentence.

In October 2017, Harvey was fired from the company after numerous allegations of sexual misconduct, ranging from verbal harassment to violent rape, exploded into the mainstream following a pair of exposés in ''The New Yorker'' and ''The New York Times''. Harvey became the poster child of sexual predators in Hollywood; his public fall from grace encouraged other victims of harassment and assault to come forward, resulting in a string of allegations against figures in Hollywood and many other industries that comprised a major part of the growing [=#MeToo=] movement.

The company also has sub-labels Dimension Films (for B-movie fare) and Radius (for fare given theatrical and VOD releases, similar to Magnolia and IFC Films).

Following the scandal, it was initially suspected that the company would be sold off to someone else or renamed, but in February 2018, TWC confirmed it would declare bankruptcy after sales talks fell through with potential buyers. After a few more attempted deals, the company declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy on March 20, 2018. It was purchased on July 16, 2018 by Lantern Capital and subsequently renamed Lantern Entertainment. Then in early 2019, Lantern folded their TWC assets into Spyglass Media Group, a successor to Spyglass Entertainment, with Creator/WarnerBros acquiring a minority stake.

The company is [[NeverLiveItDown infamous]] for often [[ExecutiveMeddling taking creative control from directors]], delaying films, giving them the InvisibleAdvertising treatment, and releasing mostly flops (though their fortunes have improved with back-to-back Best Picture winners ''Film/TheKingsSpeech'' and ''Film/TheArtist''). Their biggest success to date is Creator/QuentinTarantino's ''Film/DjangoUnchained'', released in 2012.

It was initially suspected that the company would be sold off to someone else or renamed, but in February 2018, the Weinsteins confirmed that the company would declare bankruptcy after sales talks fell through with potential buyers. After a few attempted deals, the company declared Chapter 11 Bankruptcy on March 20, 2018. It was purchased on July 16, 2018 by Lantern Capital. In early 2019, Lantern folded their TWC assets into Spyglass Media Group, a successor to Spyglass Entertainment, with Creator/WarnerBros acquiring a minority stake.

It was initially suspected that the company would be sold off to someone else or renamed, but in February 2018, the Weinsteins confirmed that the company would declare bankruptcy after sales talks fell through with potential buyers. After a few attempted deals, the company declared Chapter 11 Bankruptcy on March 20, 2018. It was purchased on July 16, 2018 by Lantern Capital. In early 2019, Lantern folded their TWC assets into Spyglass Media Group, a successor to Creator/SpyglassEntertainment, with Creator/WarnerBros acquiring a minority stake.

It was initially suspected that the company would be sold off to someone else or renamed, but in February 2018, the Weinsteins confirmed that the company would declare bankruptcy after sales talks fell through with potential buyers. After a few attempted deals, the company declared Chapter 11 Bankruptcy on March 20, 2018. It was purchased on July 16, 2018 by Lantern Capital and the studio is planned to be relaunched as ''Lantern Entertainment''.

* ''Film/TheLibertine''

* ''Film/EscapeFromPlanetEarth''

An independent American film studio founded by brothers Harvey and Bob Weinstein in 2005 after the pair left the then-[[Creator/{{Disney}} Disney]]-owned Creator/MiramaxFilms. The Creator/DimensionFilms label of Miramax followed the brothers to their new company.

In October 2017, Harvey was fired from the company after numerous allegations of sexual misconduct, ranging from verbal harassment to violent rape, exploded into the mainstream following a pair of exposés in ''The New Yorker'' and ''The New York Times''. Harvey became the poster child of sexual predators in Hollywood; his public fall from grace encouraged other victims of harassment and assault to come forward, resulting in a string of allegations against figures in Hollywood and many other industries that comprised a major part of the growing Main/MeToo movement.

In October 2017, Harvey was fired from the company after numerous allegations of sexual misconduct, ranging from verbal harassment to violent rape, exploded into the mainstream following a pair of exposés in ''The New Yorker'' and ''The New York Times''. Harvey became the poster child of sexual predators in Hollywood; his public fall from grace encouraged other victims of harassment and assault to come forward, resulting in a string of allegations against figures in Hollywood and many other industries that comprised a major part of the growing #UsefulNotes/MeToo movement.

In October 2017, Harvey was fired from the company after numerous allegations of sexual misconduct, ranging from verbal harassment to violent rape, exploded into the mainstream following a pair of exposés in ''The New Yorker'' and ''The New York Times''. Harvey became the poster child of sexual predators in Hollywood; his public fall from grace encouraged other victims of harassment and assault to come forward, resulting in a string of allegations against figures in Hollywood and many other industries that comprised a major part of the growing #Creator/MeToo movement.

In October 2017, Harvey was fired from the company after numerous allegations of sexual misconduct, ranging from verbal harassment to violent rape, exploded into the mainstream following a pair of exposés in ''The New Yorker'' and ''The New York Times''. Harvey became the poster child of sexual predators in Hollywood; his public fall from grace encouraged other victims of harassment and assault to come forward, resulting in a string of allegations against figures in Hollywood and many other industries that comprised a major part of the growing #[=MeToo=] movement.

In October 2017, Harvey was fired from the company after numerous allegations of sexual misconduct, ranging from verbal harassment to violent rape, exploded into the mainstream following a ''New York Times'' exposé. Harvey became the poster child of sexual predators in Hollywood; his public fall from grace encouraged other victims of harassment and assault to come forward, resulting in a string of allegations against figures in Hollywood and many other industries that comprised a major part of the growing #[=MeToo=] movement.