Word just over the transom at Movieline HQ reports that the new owners of Miramax Films will partner with the studio's founders, Harvey and Bob Weinstein, to develop a set of sequels and TV projects mined from the Weinstein-era Miramax library. And hoo boy, have they chosen some interesting ones.
The deal expands an arrangement between the parties that previously resulted in the extension of the Scream, Spy Kids and Scary Movie franchises -- three series that got their starts under Miramax's genre spinoff Dimension Films and continued after the Weinstein Company opened for business in 2005. According to a joint statement issued this morning, the new agreement moves Miramax darlings Bad Santa, Rounders and 1998's Best Picture Oscar-winner Shakespeare in Love to the front of the line for sequelization of their own.
"The other potential sequels and TV projects are Bridget Jones's Diary, Copland, From Dusk Till Dawn, Swingers, Clerks, Shall We Dance, and The Amityville Horror," the statement adds, noting as well that Miramax and TWC have also agreed to develop "new, special-edition materials for Blu-ray releases, such as roundtables featuring cast and directors." Alas, no Kids sequel or Michael Bay-directed English Patient remake is forthcoming, so don't get too excited. [Miramax]