Warner Bros. Shuts Down Picturehouse and WIP

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Breaking: WB Mothership Cuts Off Picturehouse and Warner Independent [Strictly Business]
Published 5/8/2008 by STV at Defamer
... last week, bad news rolled into Picturehouse HQ today in the form of a batch of pink slips. Warner Bros, is shuttering the art-house/indie/foreign distribution arm in the wake of its belt-tightening at Picturehouse's parent company New Line; we're a little more surprised, however, to read that Warners is also closing shop at Warner Independent Pictures. We knew Jeff Robinov and Alan Horn were unhappy with the boutique business, but Jesus. Picturehouse chief Bob Berney and WIP boss Polly Cohen, tagged for a possible (if implausible) power-sharing arrangement as recently as last ...

Warner Brothers Closes Picturehouse and Independent
Published 5/8/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Moviezzz) at The Moviezzz Blog
Warner Brothers has announced that it is closing both Picturehouse and Warner Independent Pictures. Many, including those in the independent film community, are up in arms about it meaning the end of their way of business. But is it really? Let’s face it, both of these arms were redundant. They didn’t need two art film distributors. And if you look at both studios, neither had much success moving beyond the arthouse. Look at some of the recent Warner Independent Releases. IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH went nowhere. I’ve yet to see FUNNY GAMES ...

Warner Bros. Shuts Down Picturehouse and Warner Independent
Published 5/9/2008 by Nathan Deen at Film School Rejects
... According to Anne Thompson’s Variety Blog, art house studios Picturehouse and Warner Independent Pictures, who brought us such great films as Pan’s Labyrinth, The Painted Veil, The Orphanage, The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, Before Sunset, and Good Night and Good Luck, have officialy been canned by their mother studio, Warner Bros. I don’t know about you, but I think that is an awesome and impressive list of movies, but for one reason or another, the sub-studios have failed to make a ...

Screenwriting News & Links! 5/13/08
Published 5/13/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Mystery Man) at Mystery Man on Film
... Voyage" for Fox, which is being produced by James Cameron and Roland Emmerich, who also is directing. The Wibberleys left UTA a month ago." "Picturehouse and Warner Independent Pictures are closing, it was announced by Alan Horn, president & COO of Warner Bros." Variety has the story; Anne Thompson has the press release. ...