Lantern Entertainment

Lantern Entertainment, LLC is an American independent film studio and the successor to The Weinstein Company after its bankruptcy filing (which was a result of co-founder Harvey Weinstein being accused of sexual harassment, assault, and rape). It is a separate company and purchased the entire assets of the former studio in a bankruptcy auction.
==History==
On July 16, 2018, the Dallas-based equity firm Lantern Capital Partners bought the assets of The Weinstein Company for $289 million. Lantern Entertainment was formed and assumed the rights to TWC's 277-film library. In November 2018, Lantern acquired full control of three Quentin Tarantino films (Inglourious Basterds, Django Unchained and The Hateful Eight), originally released by The Weinstein Company, for $6.1 million.
In February 2019, Lantern was reported to be reaching a settlement with The Walt Disney Company, regarding several films that Lantern that did not acquire (including Scream 4 and The Matador). 
On March 13, 2019, Lantern and Gary Barber relaunched Spyglass Media Group, which will host the former TWC library. Italian film distributor Eagle Pictures, cinema chain Cineworld (which own Regal Cinemas) and later AT&T's Warner Bros. were brought in as minority holders.https://deadline.com/2019/03/lantern-entertainment-and-gary-barber-launch-spyglass-media-group-a-new-home-for-former-weinstein-co-assets-1202574918 Lantern made a majority investment including its film library to Spyglass. In March 2020, a federal judge ruled that Spyglass was not responsible for any of TWC's outgoing royalties.
In July 2019, Spyglass settled two major claims, including $11 million for Viacom regarding the TV series Scream and the film Sin City 2 (which Lantern did not acquire).
==Assets ==
Motion Pictures
* Dimension Films
* Spyglass Media Group
* RADiUS
Television
* Lantern Television
==RADiUS==
RADiUS-TWC (or simply Radius) is a film label to Lantern Entertainment, formerly to TWC's division, for distribution of multi-platform video-on-demand and theatrical productions. It was launched in 2012, and specialized in niche and independent films rather than those aimed at mainstream audiences."Tom Quinn and Jason Janego Exit Radius-TWC (EXCLUSIVE)" . Variety, by Ramin Setoodeh and Brent Lang, August 5, 2015 , Radius had released about 35 films,It Follows' Expands as Radius-TWC Bets on Box Office Over VOD" . The Wrap | By Todd Cunningham on March 19, 2015 including Bachelorette, Butter, 20 Feet from Stardom, Only God Forgives, Lovelace, All the Boys Love Mandy Lane, Man of Tai Chi, Fed Up, Snowpiercer,The Overnight' Crosses $1 Million in Digital, On-Demand Revenue (EXCLUSIVE)" . Variety, October 4, 2015 Brent Lang Citizenfour, Horns, The Last Five Years, and It Follows.It Follows' on Track to Be Radius-TWC’s Highest-Grossing Release". Variety, March 29, 2015, Brent Lang.
== Filmography ==
=== Film ===
Film 	Release date 	Notes
The Upside 	January 11, 2019 	Co-distribution with STX Entertainment
Polaroid 	September 17, 2019	International co-distribution with 13 Films; distributed in the US by Vertical Entertainment
The Current War 	October 25, 2019 	International co-distribution with Lantern Entertainment; distributed in the US by 101 Studios
The Boys in the Boat	TBD 	produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Tempesta FilmsUS co-distribution with United Artists Releasingdistributed internationally by Universal Pictures
=== Television ===
Show 	Network 	Years
Project Runway	BravoLifetime	2018–present
Scream 	VH1 	2019
The Reaper 	NBC 	TBA
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Category:Film production companies of the United States
Category:Film distributors of the United States
Category:Companies based in Dallas
Category:Media companies established in 2018
Category:2018 establishments in Texas
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