Rest in Peace Miramax Films

The arthouse portion of the all-powerful Walt Disney Company, originally founded by Harvey and Bob Weinstein, is going six feet under, reports The Wrap. The company has been around since 1979, and throughout that time has sustained to make a great number of films which include Clerks, The Crow, The Crying Game, Pulp Fiction, Shakespeare in Love, The English Patient, Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2 and The Cider House Rules out of the vast collection of features made under their belt.

It’s been a bumpy road for the production company, first being handled by the Weinstein brothers until the inevitable sale came through with Disney, warping it into a struggle between them and then-president Michael Eisner that lead to them walking away from their own creation. With only a few years of full control under Disney’s belt, the company started downsizing on the amount of features that would come out from Miramax from 2008 to now when Rich Ross’ final brigade through Disney made one final blow to completely wipe out the company.

The Weinstein brothers have shown interest in grabbing ahold of their beloved creation, trying to make bids with Disney to take it back. Unfortunately Bob Iger, the current president of the Walt Disney Company, threw a price tag on the place for $1.5 Billion. With a price like that, it would be no surprise that we never see any more Miramax films for a long while. You might be asking what the fate of the remaining films will be, and that is entirely up in the air at the moment. The notion of shelving them all has been debated within the realms of Disney, but some could still see the light of day in movie theaters depending on what they decide on each film.