The Weinstein Company is an American film studio founded by Bob and Harvey Weinstein in 2005 after the brothers left the then-Disney-owned Miramax Films, which they had co-founded in 1979. They retained ownership of the Dimension Films label of Miramax. Their first releases in 2005 included the dramatic thriller Derailed , the offbeat comedy-drama Transamerica the computer-animated family film Hoodwinked, the World War II-era comedy-drama Mrs. Henderson Presents and the caper comedy The Matador . In February 2006, TWC announced a distribution pact with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. MGM distributed... the product domestically in theatres, while TWC will retain long-term ownership of their product. In July 2006, the Weinsteins and Robert L. Johnson announced the creation of a joint venture studio titled Our Stories Films, which will distribute African-American-oriented films. In late August 2006, it was announced that TWC and co-investors Hubbard Media Group purchased Ovation TV, an arts-focused cable channel.
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