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Jonathan Glickman has been appointed Miramax CEO, effective immediately, co-owners beIN Media Group and Paramount said on Tuesday.

Glickman, a former president MGM’s motion picture group, arrives from Panoramic Media, the company he founded in 2020 and where he produced Creed III and The Underdoggs for Amazon MGM Studios, and served as executive producer on Netflix’s Wednesday.

Under the terms of the hire Miramax has acquired select Panorama film and television projects as it seeks to build original content alongside its exploitation of the company’s storied stable of film and television.

Former Miramax CEO Bill Block departed last October.

Wednesday executive producer and former MGM President of Motion Picture Group Jonathan Glickman has been officially named CEO of Miramax, taking over for Bill Block who exited.

Glickman starts effective immediately and he’ll be responsible for building out the studio and exploiting its 700 title library which includes such Oscar lauded movies as Chicago, No Country for Old Men, The English Patient, and Shakespeare in Love as well as Pulp Fiction, Halloween, Scary Movie and Gangs of New York.

Miramax, which is a joint venture between beIN Media Group and Paramount Global, has acquired specific film, television and other projects from Glickman’s Panoramic Media, an independent film and tv production company he founded in 2020. Miramax has a first look with Paramount Pictures.

At Panoramic Media, he produced the films Creed 3 and The Underdoggs for Amazon/MGM as well as EP’ed Netflix’s Emmy nominated smash Wednesday. He...

Jonathan Glickman will join Miramax as its CEO, the film and TV studio officially said Tuesday. The executive will assume the role effective immediately.

The Hollywood Reporter first reported Glickman was in talks for the new role in January. Glickman replaces former CEO Bill Block, who departed last year after a six-year run.

As part of the new job, Miramax has also acquired certain film, television and other projects of Panoramic Media, the independent film and TV production company founded by Glickman in 2020. While at Panoramic, Glickman produced Amazon/MGM’s Creed 3 and The Underdoggs, and executive produced Netflix’s Wednesday. He is also currently exec producing the Netflix limited series Zero Day, starring Robert De Niro and Angela Bassett.

“With its world-renowned library and the united desire from its shareholders to produce IP-based as well as original projects, Miramax is uniquely placed to be the leading independent film...

Paris, Aug 12 (Ians) Ligue 1 champions Paris St-Germain on Saturday announced the signing of France forward Ousmane Dembele from Barcelona on a five-year deal.

Dembele joined Barcelona from Borussia Dortmund in 2017 and scored 40 goals in 185 games, winning three La Liga titles. The 2018 World Cup winner, who will wear the number 23.

“I’m delighted to be joining Paris Saint-Germain and can’t wait to play for my new club. I hope I can continue to grow here and make all the club’s fans proud,” said Dembele in a media release issued by his new club.

The 26-year-old played in the World Cup final in December, but a thigh injury meant he missed most of the second half of the season as Barca won the title. He has been capped 37 times by France, scoring four goals, and is Psg’s ninth signing of the summer transfer window.

Psg president Nasser Al-Khelaifi said...

Geneva, March 28 (Ians) Football’s global governing body FIFA has signed a renewed Memorandum of Understanding with the European Club Association (Eca) for a long-term relationship.

The agreement runs until December 31, 2030, to keep the commitment of European clubs to adhere to the International March Calendar, which was released by the FIFA Council on March 14.

The Eca confirmed their support for the new FIFA Club World Cup from 2025, featuring 12 European clubs, and for the future FIFA Women’s Club World Cup.

According to FIFA, the Club Benefits Programme, which compensates all clubs who release players for the men’s World Cup, will increase from 209 million U.S. dollars for the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup to 355 million US dollars for the 2026 and 2030 tournaments.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino and Eca Chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi signed the agreement at the 29th Eca General Assembly in Budapest, Hungary.

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Legendary actor Amitabh Bachchan met the biggest stars of the football world before the start of an exhibition match between Lionel Messi’s Paris St Germain and a Saudi All-star XI led by Cristiano Ronaldo in Riyadh on Thursday night, with netizens going gaga on social media.

The legendary actor was invited to Riyadh as the chief guest for the star-studded football match. He was escorted to the field in the presence of Psg chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi, where he met and shook hands with players from both teams, including Argentinian legend Messi, Portuguese icon Ronaldo, French sensation Kylian Mbappe, and Brazilian superstar Neymar.

Later, the veteran actor posted a video of the memorable moment on Twitter, saying: “An evening in Riyadh… what an evening… Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Mbappee, Neymar all playing together… and yours truly invited as guest to inaugurate the game… Psg vs Riyadh Seasons… Incredible!!!”

In the video,...

Focus Features to release anticipated comedy drama in rest of world.

Screen has learned BeIN Media Group will distribute Alexander Payne’s new comedy drama The Holdovers – the biggest off-festival sales title here at TIFF – in the Middle East and Turkey.

Focus Features has acquired the 1970-set drama across the rest of the world following a deal reportedly in the 30m range struck with Miramax CEO Bill Block and CAA Media Finance.

Miramax produced and financed the film and shot in Massachusetts, opting to make it before shopping to distributors. Chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi’s Qatar-based BeIN Media Group will distribute...

Focus Features to release anticipated comedy drama in rest of world.

Screen has learned BeIN Media Group will distribute Alexander Payne’s new comedy drama The Holdovers – the biggest off-festival sales title here at TIFF – in the Middle East and Turkey.

Focus Features has acquired the 1970-set drama across the rest of the world following a deal reportedly in the 30m range struck with Miramax CEO Bill Block and CAA Media Finance.

Miramax produced and financed the film and shot in Massachusetts, opting to make it before shopping to distributors. Chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi’s Qatar-based BeIN Media Group will distribute...

Paris, June 26 (Ians) Neymar is reportedly considering leaving Paris Saint-Germain (Psg) this summer after feeling targeted by clubs president Nasser Al-Khelaifi’s criticism of the team’s performance last season. In 2017, Brazilian superstar Neymar became the most expensive player on the planet when Psg snapped him from Barcelona for 222 million euros but he has […]...

A former Egyptian footballer has described homosexuality as being “against humanity” and a “dangerous ideology that is becoming nasty” during a rant on Qatari network beIN Sports.

Mohamed Aboutrika, who played 100 times for Egypt from 2001 to 2013, was responding to a question last weekend on the UK Premier League’s Rainbow Laces campaign, which has seen the likes of fellow Egyptian Muslim and Liverpool superstar Mohamed Salah take part in a bid to stamp out homophobia in football.

During the two-minute rant, Aboutrika issued a string of slurs against homosexuality.

“This phenomenon is not only against Muslim nature but it’s against human nature,” he said. “Allah says in the Quran that we have to honor the children of Adam but by doing this homosexuality we are not honoring humans, we are humiliating them.”

BeIN acknowledged the comments, which were made in Arabic and translated online, but did not publicly condemn them or the presenter.

Director Guy Ritchie has revealed our first look at his upcoming action movie starring Jason Statham and Aubrey Plaza, which is currently untitled but has been called Five Eyes in the past. Courtesy of a behind-the-scenes video, Ritchie offers a backstage look at the principal cast of the movie, including Statham and Plaza, as well as footage of himself masked up and on directing duty.

Week two. Turkey. Some old friends and some new on set. #UntitledGuyRitchieFilm@TheBugzyMalone@evilhag@Cary_Elwespic.twitter.com/8IKFT7Om4o

— Guy Ritchie (@realguyritchie) January 26, 2021" Week two. Turkey. Some old friends and some new on set. #UntitledGuyRitchieFilm @TheBugzyMalone @evilhag @Cary_Elwes."

Aubrey Plaza shared the post along with a prayer hands emoji, with her co-star Cary Elwes posting the video to his page with the caption; "Having the time of my life working with the magnificently talented @realguyritchie on his latest action thriller starring the...

Parks and Recreation alumni, Aubrey Plaza, cannot wait to work alongside action superstar Jason Statham in director Guy Ritchie's upcoming action flick formally known as Five Eyes. But Statham needs to watch his back, as Plaza is not planning on messing about when the two eventually meet on screen, with the comedic actress threatening to "destroy" the action hero.

"I cannot wait to shoot this movie. I hope that it will allow me to be a bada** CIA agent with the ultimate bada**. There's no one more bada** than Statham - and I'm coming for Statham. He better watch out. Because I'm going to destroy him, and he's going to like it."

The thriller, which was shopped to buyers at the Toronto Film Festival as Five Eyes, finds Jason Statham in typical gruff-talking, action hero territory as Orson Fortune (because of course that's his name), an MI6 guns-and-steel agent...

Director Guy Ritchie's upcoming action flick, which was shopped to buyers at the Toronto Film Festival as Five Eyes, has added Saw and The Princess Bride star Cary Elwes and rapper Bugzy Malone to the roster. Parks and Recreation star and cooky comedienne Aubrey Plaza has also now been confirmed to be joining the cast, which will be led by action star and frequent Ritchie collaborator Jason Statham.

The thriller finds Jason Statham in typical gruff-talking, action hero territory as the superbly named Orson Fortune, an MI6 guns-and-steel agent who is "recruited by a global intelligence alliance to track down and stop the sale of a deadly new weapons technology that threatens to disrupt the world order. Reluctantly paired with a CIA high-tech expert, Fortune sets off on a globe-trotting mission where he will have to use all his charm, ingenuity, and stealth to track down and infiltrate billionaire arms broker.

Exclusive: British rapper Bugzy Malone (The Gentlemen) has joined Jason Statham (Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw), Aubrey Plaza (Parks And Recreation) and Cary Elwes (Stranger Things) in Guy Ritchie’s untitled thriller movie, which gets underway in Doha, Qatar, tomorrow.

The film reunites Ritchie once again with leading man Statham, marking their second film together for Miramax following Wrath Of Man. Pic will also shoot in Antalya, Turkey.

“Guy and Jason have repeatedly impressed audiences with their collaborations, and we’re looking forward to bringing this production to the city of Doha, Qatar, a growing market in the entertainment and media space,” said Nasser Al-Khelaifi, chairman of Miramax-owner beIN Media Group.

“This film marks our third collaboration with Ritchie, adding to our expanding list of nearly 20 projects having been released or currently in production since beIN’s acquisition of Miramax – a testament to our continued success achieving the target...

Majid Majidi’s Venice prize winner Sun Children opened the festival on Wednesday evening.

The Doha Film Institute (Dfi) kicked off a hybrid eighth edition of its youth-focused Ajyal Film Festival on Wednesday with the Mena premiere of Iranian director Majid Majidi’s Venice prize winner Sun Children.

Running under the banner of “The show goes on” from November 18-23, the festival is showing 22 features and 58 shorts hailing from 46 countries, with a mix of socially-distanced physical and online screenings as well as a drive-in venue.

Majidi’s Tehran-set feature, which explores the topic of child labour through the adventures of four poor but resourceful boys,...

Majid Majidi’s Venice prize winner Sun Children opened the festival on Wednesday evening.

The Doha Film Institute (Dfi) kicked off a hybrid eighth edition of its youth-focused Ajyal Film Festival on Wednesday with the Mena premiere of Iranian director Majid Majidi’s Venice prize winner Sun Children.

Running under the banner of “The show goes on” from November 18-23, the festival is showing 22 features and 58 shorts hailing from 46 countries, with a mix of socially-distanced physical and online screenings as well as at Qatar’s first-ever drive-in venue.

Majidi’s Tehran-set feature, which explores the topic of child labour through...

ViacomCBS said on Friday that it has finalized its acquisition of a 49% stake in film and TV studio Miramax.

BeIN Media Group will retain the remaining 51% stake in the company. The two said that Miramax’s current leadership team will continue in their existing roles.

ViacomCBS acquired its stake in Miramax from beIN for a total of $375 million. Approximately $150 million was paid at closing, while ViacomCBS has committed to invest $225 million — comprised of $45 million annually over the next five years — to be used for new film and television productions and working capital.

“This represents a major investment in and endorsement of our thriving Miramax business, which has grown in value under beIN Media Group’s ownership and has a fantastic future ahead with major new movies and unexploited premium dramas,” beIN Media Group Chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi said in a statement. “We are thrilled to partner with ViacomCBS and Paramount to...

Paramount enters into distribution deal for Miramax film library, first-look arrangement to make content based on Miramax IP.

The newly formed ViacomCBS is closing on its first major acquisition and ended months of speculation, committing to pay $375m for a 49% stake in Miramax from beIN Media Group.

beIN will retain a 51% stake in the company known for films like Pulp Fiction, Shakespeare In Love, Good Will Hunting and The English Patient, and current leadership including CEO Bill ’Block will continue to serve.

The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close in the first quarter of...

Paramount enters into distribution deal for Miramax film library, first-look arrangement to make content based on Miramax IP.

The newly formed ViacomCBS has made its first major acquisition and ended months of speculation, committing to pay $375m for a 49% stake in Miramax from beIN Media Group.

beIN will retain a 51% stake in the company known for films like Pulp Fiction, Shakespeare In Love, Good Will Hunting and The English Patient, and current leadership including CEO Bill ’Block will continue to serve.

The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close in the first quarter of 2020. ViacomCBS will pay $150m up front,...

3rd Update, Friday Am: It’s official now. ViacomCBS will take a 49% stake in beIN Media’s Miramax library for a total of $375M. This includes an upfront cash payment of roughly $150M per beIN along with a commitment of $45M annually over the next five years or $225M which will be used for new film/TV development. The deal is expected to close by the end of 1Q next year and beIN will retain a 51% stake. I hear that the current Miramax leadership including CEO Bill Block will not change. ViacomCBS’ pursuit of Miramax fell apart in early November when the former shot off a letter of disinterest, but our sources speculated that was just a hardball tactic: A stake in the Miramax library was too valuable for the media conglom as they seek to be a provider of content in the booming streaming era where competing media conglom...

ViacomCBS has struck a deal to acquire 49% of Miramax for $375 million. Under the terms of the deal, beIN Media Group will maintain 51% — and thus, control. The deal is expected to close in the first quarter of 2020.

That $375 million begins with an upfront cash payment of approximately $150 million. The remaining $225 million comes from a commitment to invest $45 million annually over the next five years, which will be used for new film and television productions as well as working capital.

As part of the pact, ViacomCBS’ Paramount Pictures has entered into an exclusive, long-term distribution agreement for Miramax’s film library, and can develop, produce, finance and distribute new film and television projects based on Miramax’s IP. ViacomCBS and beIN will explore other strategic partnership opportunities across content production and distribution, live events and recreation globally, the companies said on Friday.

Also Read: Jason Statham and Guy Ritchie Team up for...

ViacomCBS has reached a deal to acquire a 49% stake in Miramax from Qatar-based owner BeIN Media Group for a total of $375 million.

The deal calls for ViacomCBS to pay $150 million in cash up front, plus a commitment to invest $45 million a year for five years to fund new film and TV projects and working capital. ViacomCBS’ Paramount Pictures gets an exclusive long-term deal for worldwide distribution rights to Miramax’s library of about 700 movies. The partners will also work together on developing new projects and reboots and revivals of titles from the Miramax vault.

“Miramax is a renowned global studio, responsible for some of the most iconic films of the last three decades, including ‘Pulp Fiction,’ ‘Good Will Hunting,’ ‘Kill Bill’ and more,” said Bob Bakish, president-ceo of ViacomCBS. “This partnership with beIN will be a unique opportunity to gain access to a valuable library, deepening our already substantial pool...

Exclusive: In the biggest deal to emerge from the 2019 Efm, Stx has finalized a deal for U.S. rights to Guy Ritchie’s Miramax pic Bush — formerly known as Toff Guys — for around $7M.

Multiple suitors were in the mix for the star-studded crime-comedy, whose cast includes Matthew McConaughey, Hugh Grant, Colin Farrell, Charlie Hunnam, Henry Golding and Michelle Dockery. The deal was in the works in Berlin and has just been completed.

While the Efm was relatively sedate in comparison to a blockbuster Sundance, this is one of the biggest deals ever to come out of the Berlin market which wrapped last week. In 2016 Paramount paid around $10M for Suburbicon while TWC bought The Imitation Game for $7M in 2014.

Written by Ritchie with Marn Davies and Ivan Atkinson, Bush returns the Brit filmmaker to his Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch roots. But with a twist. Ritchie...

Exclusive: Hugh Grant is boarding Miramax’s Guy Ritchie-directed gangster feature Toff Guys.

Written by Ritchie with Marn Davies and Ivan Atkinson, Toff Guys returns the British filmmaker back to his Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch roots. The pic explores the collision between old-money European wealth and the modern marijuana industrial complex with new gang entrants swarming.

Grant joins Matthew McConaughey, Kate Beckinsale and Crazy Rich Asians breakout Henry Golding who have already been announced. The Four Weddings and a Funeral Star will play Fletcher, a British gossip journalist with a reputation of going into people’s lives, and undoing them. Miramax closed a $30 million-plus world rights deal and committed to finance the pic in May ahead of the Cannes market.

The new studio under beIN Media Group Chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi and CEO Bill Block is on a roll this month with Halloween which they co-financed with Blumhouse and produced.

Jonah Hill feature directorial debut Mid90s opens on thunderous $64,539 per-theatre average.

October 22 Update: A powerhouse October continued to deliver the goods as Universal/Blumhouse’s horror reboot Halloween starring Jamie Lee Curtis stormed to the top of the North American charts on a franchise-best $76.2m that produced the second best October debut in history behind recent release Venom.

This was the second highest debut for an R-rated horror behind last year’s It on $123.4m, and, 40 years after John Carpenter’s iconic horror classic first hit the screens, the latest entry in the saga of crazed killer Michael Myers...

Jonah Hill feature directorial debut Mid90s opens on thunderous $62,375 per-theatre average.

A powerhouse October continued to deliver the goods as Universal/Blumhouse’s horror reboot Halloween starring Jamie Lee Curtis stormed to the top of the North American charts on a franchise-best $77.5m that produced the second best October debut in history behind recent release Venom.

This was the second highest debut for an R-rated horror behind last year’s It on $123.4m, and, 40 years after John Carpenter’s iconic horror classic first hit the screens, the latest entry in the saga of crazed killer Michael Myers and defiant...

Exclusive: From the veranda of their suite on the Croisette, beIn Media Group founder Nasser al-Khelaifi, his general counsel Sophie Jordan and new Miramax CEO Bill Block had a message for Hollywood as it wonders what to expect from a once-heralded film label under new ownership. "Our message is that Miramax is back," al-Khelaifi told Deadline. "The day we bought Miramax, we looked at it as a brand with an engine that had been stuck for a couple of years, to be honest. At…...

beIN Media Group and Miramax chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi announces hire of industry veteran.

Miramax on Wednesday announced that industry veteran Bill Block has been appointed the company’s CEO.

Block, the producer, former agent, founder of Qed International and a former president of Artisan Entertainment, will lead efforts to create content across a range of platforms.

The executive and his team will mine the company’s library and source new properties to exploit through film, television, mobile platforms and other channels.

“Bill’s extensive experience across numerous platforms, combined with his deep knowledge of the industry, makes him outstandingly qualified to propel Miramax into this new and transformative world of distribution, content and sales,” Al-Khelaifi said.

“Miramax is committed to expand production and acquisitions in film and television and Bill’s strong leadership will surely lead Miramax successfully into the future, and we are thrilled to have him on board.”

“Miramax is a storied...

Miramax has named veteran film exec Bill Block its new CEO, the company announced Wednesday. Block, the founder and former CEO of production company Qed, most recently produced the comedy hit “Bad Moms,” which earned $184 million globally. Before Qed, Block served as the president of Artisan Entertainment. “Bill’s extensive experience across numerous platforms, combined with his deep knowledge of the industry, makes him outstandingly qualified to propel Miramax into this new and transformative world of distribution, content and sales,” said Nasser Al-Khelaifi, Chairman of beIN Media Group and Miramax in a statement. “Miramax is committed to expand production and acquisitions in.

Breaking: Miramax today has named Bill Block its Chief Executive Officer. He will oversee a reboot that will put the library-based company squarely back into the film and TV production businesses. The appointment was made by Nasser Al-Khelaifi, the Chairman of beIN Media Group and Miramax. Al-Khelaifi, a Qatar businessman and former tennis player who is chairman/CEO of the Paris Saint-Germain football club, will spearhead the reboot of Miramax and certainly has the…...

John Carpenter just gave Michael Myers fans a huge reason to mark their calendars by announcing an October 19th, 2018 release date for Blumhouse and Miramax's new Halloween movie, which will be directed by David Gordon Green (Joe, Pineapple Express) from a screenplay he's writing with Danny McBride (Alien: Covenant, Eastbound & Down).

In addition to executive producing the new Halloween film, Carpenter might also help guide the franchise he began back in 1978 by providing the music for the film. Green and McBride will also be executive producing the anticipated project, along with Malek Akkad and Jason Blum. We have the official press release below with full details, including Carpenter's initial announcement of Green and McBride's involvement:

Press Release (via HalloweenMovies.com): Los Angeles, February 9, 2017 – John Carpenter announced today via his Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/JohnCarpenterTheMasterofHorror/) that David Gordon Green (Stronger, Our Brand Is Crisis, Joe, Pineapple Express...

Neck-chomping culebras will make house calls this February when Entertainment One unleashes the third season of El Rey Network's From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series on Blu-ray and DVD, and we have a look at the cover art and sizable list of bonus features for the ravenous release.

Press Release: From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series - Season Three

Street Date: February 7, 2017

Blu-ray/DVD Srp: $49.99/$38.99

The Loaded 3-Disc Set Features All 10 Unedited Episodes and Exclusive Extras from the Recently-Wrapped Third Season of the Action-Packed, Horror-Filled Series Starring D.J. Cotrona, Zane Holtz, Eiza González and Guest Stars Including Ana de la Reguara and Tom Savini

Program Synopsis:

This February, home audiences will be whisked deep into the vortex of a culebra underworld on the verge exploding in From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series - Season Three. Across 10 new horror-packed episodes, Miramax and El Rey's fan-favorite, supernatural crime saga returns on loaded blu-ray and DVD,...

Miramax CEO Stephen Schoch is stepping down before the end of the year and will be replaced by chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi on an interim basis, the company announced Tuesday. Schoch has served as Miramax CEO since 2012, and previously worked as chief financial officer for two years before that. Disney, which had acquired Miramax from co-founders Bob and Harvey Weinstein in 1993, sold the indie unit to a group of investors for $660 million in 2010. BeIN Media Group, which is owned by Qatar’s Al Jazeera, then acquired the company in March of this year. Also Read: Margot Robbie Biopic About Tonya Harding Goes.

Miramax CEO Steven Schoch will leave the company this month. Schoch held that post since 2012, rising from CFO, a post he held since 2010. Nasser Al-Khelaifi will add interim CEO to his Chairman title while the company looks for Schoch’s replacement. Miramax chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi said, “I would like to thank Steven for his many years of leadership at Miramax and we wish him well for his future plans.”

Hatched by Harvey and Bob Weinstein in the late ’70s, Miramax was built by the siblings into a prestige film powerhouse. They sold it to Disney in 1993 and continued to build the library with Oscar-winning prestige titles. Disney kept it when the brothers exited in 2005, and it was sold to a consortium of investors. It is now fully owned by beIN Media Group. Its primary business is exploiting the library of nearly 800 titles (the company renewed its deal with Netflix in...

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Miramax CEO Steven Schoch will leave the company this month. Schoch held that post since 2012, rising from CFO, a post he held since 2010. nm7969120 autoNasser nm7969120 autoAl-Khelaifi[/link][/link] will add interim CEO to his Chairman title while the company looks for Schoch's replacement. Miramax chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi said, "I would like to thank Steven for his many years of leadership at Miramax and we wish him well for his future plans." Hatched by Harvey and Bob Weinstein in the late ’70s, Miramax was…...

The senior executive will leave the company before the end of the year, it emerged on Tuesday.

Schoch has served as CEO since 2012 and prior to that was COO for two years at the company, which was fully acquired by Doha-based media and entertainment giant beIN earlier in the year.

Miramax and beIN Media Group chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi, who becomes interim CEO during the search for a replacement, said, “I would like to thank Steven for his many years of leadership at Miramax and we wish him well for his future plans.”

Schoch played a key role in rebuilding Miramax after Disney acquired it in 2010. Representatives for Miramax declined to say why the executive was departing.

The storied entertainment label has emerged as a strategic and tasteful content creator and distributor that continues to seek new ways to exploit a library of nearly 800 titles.

The catalogue includes Reservoir Dogs (pictured), which screens in all its restored glory at...

Miramax today joined the long list of companies protesting a new anti-gay law that the governor of North Carolina signed last week. But the new owner of Miramax, Qatari businessman Nasser Al-Khelaifi, is also a minister without portfolio in the government of the oil- and gas-rich nation of Qatar, where it remains illegal to be gay. According to the most recent U.S. State Department report on human rights, in Qatar "a man convicted of having same-sex sexual relations with…...

Miramax today joined the long list of companies protesting a new anti-gay law that the governor of North Carolina signed last week. But the new owner of Miramax, Qatari businessman Nasser Al-Khelaifi, is also a minister without portfolio in the government of the oil- and gas-rich nation of Qatar, where it remains illegal to be gay. According to the most recent U.S. State Department report on human rights, in Qatar "a man convicted of having same-sex sexual relations with…...