[size=150]Weinsteins step down from Miramax[/size]
The Weinsteins are to give up their positions as co-chief executives of Miramax, but will stay on as co-chairmen of the company, completing current projects and overseeing marketing and distribution.
Miramax Films and its catalogue of 550 films - which include pictures such as The English Patient, Cold Mountain and Scary Movie - will stay with Disney.
The Weinsteins and Disney have agreed to work together on sequels to the films Spy Kids and Scary Movie, as well as another 25 projects.
But The Weinstein Co will produce films by acclaimed directors such as Quentin Tarantino and Kevin Smith, both of whom have long working relationships with the Weinsteins.
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