What is The Weinstein Company?
{{refimprove|date=September 2021}} [[Image:The Weinstein Company logo.svg|right|250px]] The '''Weinstein Company''' was an [[independent movie]] studio founded in March 2005 by brothers Bob and [[Harvey Weinstein]] after they left [[Miramax Films]]. The studio owned [[Dimension Films]]. TWC made [[melodrama]], [[horror movies]] and raunchy comedy. Its division Dimension handled the [[genre]] movies. After Harvey Weinstein was accused in 2017 of [[sexual assault|sexually attacking]] several women in Hollywood, then later convicted and sent to [[prison]] for his crimes,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/harvey-weinstein-found-guilty-rape-landmark-metoo-era-case-n1137956|title=Harvey Weinstein found guilty of rape but acquitted of top criminal charges|website=NBC News|language=en|access-date=February 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224171544/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/harvey-weinstein-found-guilty-rape-landmark-metoo-era-case-n1137956|archive-date=February 24, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> many companies, film makers, actors and actresses refused to work with Weinstein or his studio again, and many people in the company itself quit.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/10/weinstein-company-board-members-resign-tim-sarnoff-marc-lasry-harvey-weinstein-1202183874/|title=Two More Weinstein Company Board Members Quit Amid Harvey Weinstein Scandal|first=Erik|last=Pedersen|date=October 7, 2017|access-date=October 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007233739/http://deadline.com/2017/10/weinstein-company-board-members-resign-tim-sarnoff-marc-lasry-harvey-weinstein-1202183874/|archive-date=October 7, 2017|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The Weinstein Company was put up for sale and eventually renamed '''Lantern Entertainment''', which is now considered a separate company. ==References== {{reflist}} {{movie-stub}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Weinstein Company}} [[Category:2002 establishments in the United States]] [[Category:American m