Miramax chief Daniel Battsek is forced out
Daniel Battsek, head of Walt Disney Co.’s specialty label Miramax Films, has been forced out after a series of flops failed to turn around the struggling company, whose brighter moments included such prestige movies as “No Country for Old Men,” “The Queen” and “Doubt.”
Battsek’s departure comes on the heels of Disney’s move this month to slash 70% of Miramax’s staff, to 20 people, and drastically cut the number of movies it releases to only three annually. Miramax’s marketing and distribution were also consolidated into the larger Walt Disney Studios.
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