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. 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. , Radius had released about 35 films, including Bachelorette, Butter, 20 Feet from Stardom, Only God Forgives, Lovelace, All the Boys Love Mandy Lane, Man of Tai Chi, Fed Up, Snowpiercer, Citizenfour, Horns, The Last Five Years, and It Follows.