Former MGM film govt Jonathan Glickman named CEO of Miramax

Previous MGM Movement Picture Group president Jonathan Glickman has been named chief govt of Miramax.

Glickman most just lately was main govt of unbiased film and Television creation organization Panoramic Media, which he launched in 2020. There, he generated the film “Creed 3” for Amazon MGM Studios and government produced the well known Netflix series “Wednesday.”

He served as MGM’s Motion Photo Team main for much more than 8 decades, and revived the Rocky franchise with “Creed” and “Creed 2,” in addition to overseeing numerous James Bond films.

Miramax will obtain “certain film, tv and other projects” of Panoramic Media, in accordance to a assertion from the studio, although it did not certain which ones. Beneath Glickman, Miramax is anticipated to capitalize on its intellectual house, as well as create unique material.

Launched in 1979 by movie mogul Harvey Weinstein and his brother Bob Weinstein, Miramax dominated the ‘90s and ’00s market place for indie films with these kinds of critically acclaimed hits as “Pulp Fiction” and “Shakespeare in Love.” Qatar-based broadcaster beIN Media Group acquired the studio in 2016, and Paramount Global (then regarded as ViacomCBS) obtained a 49% stake in the corporation in 2019.

“I are not able to wait to be a part of Miramax’s devoted group, alongside my companions at beIN and Paramount International, and go on this company’s custom of generating unforgettable stories for film, Television and outside of,” Glickman explained in a assertion. “With its environment-renowned library and the united need from its shareholders to create IP-based as very well as primary assignments, Miramax is uniquely put to be the primary impartial movie and television studio for the many years to come.”

Beyond the emphasis on IP and original content material, Miramax co-proprietor beIN Media Team also plans to lengthen the studio’s get to all around the globe with “local tale-telling and production outside the house of Hollywood, across videos and collection,” beIN chairman Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, reported in a assertion.

Glickman replaces Invoice Block, who was ousted from his function as Miramax main in Oct following a 6-year tenure.

However much considerably less potent than it was in its heyday, Miramax has experienced a hand in some wins in new years under Block, which include the most recent “Halloween” trilogy with Blumhouse and Alexander Payne’s “The Holdovers,” which was introduced by Target Options and was nominated for five Oscars, successful just one (Da’vine Pleasure Randolph, supporting actress).