{"id":64998,"date":"2013-03-01T22:50:14","date_gmt":"2013-03-01T22:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2013\/03\/01\/weinstein-co-set-release-dates-for-ryan-cooglers-fruitvale-idris-elbas-mandela-film\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T09:33:43","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T09:33:43","slug":"weinstein-co-set-release-dates-for-ryan-cooglers-fruitvale-idris-elbas-mandela-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/weinstein-co-set-release-dates-for-ryan-cooglers-fruitvale-idris-elbas-mandela-film\/","title":{"rendered":"Weinstein Co. set release dates for Ryan Coogler’s Fruitvale, Idris Elba’s Mandela film"},"content":{"rendered":"

Weinstein Co. set release dates for Ryan Coogler’s Fruitvale, Idris Elba’s Mandela film<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n

March 1. 2013<\/p>\n

Source: Comingsoon.net<\/a><\/p>\n

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Now that the Academy Awards are over, it’s time to look at the 2013 season, and The Weinstein Co.<\/strong> are wasting no time setting up their films that will hopefully in contention for 2014 awards. In 2012, they had a slew of films that received accolades and Oscar nominations, including The Master, Silver Linings Playbook<\/strong>, and Django Unchained<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

For 2013, things kick off on October 18 with Ryan Coogler’s Fruitvale<\/a><\/strong>, a movie that The Weinstein Company picked up in a fierce auction at the Sundance Film Festival before it won two of the festival’s top prizes<\/a>, the grand jury prize and the audience award for dramatic feature. The film stars Michael B. Jordan<\/strong> and Octavia Spencer<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Next, on November 8, they’re releasing John Wells’ adaptation of the award-winning Tracy Letts<\/strong> play August: Osage County<\/strong>, starring Oscar winners Julia Roberts, Meryl Streep<\/strong> and Chris Cooper<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Weinstein Company’s most recent pick-up, the biopic Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom<\/a><\/strong> starring Idris Elba<\/strong> and Naomie Harris<\/strong> will be released on November 29.<\/p>\n

Finally, they’re going to try to get Oscar winner Nicole Kidman<\/strong> back into the Oscar race with her portrayal of Grace of Monaco<\/strong>, which will be released over Christmas weekend on December 27.<\/p>\n

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No date has been set for Lee Daniels’ The Butler<\/strong>, which stars Forest Whitaker as an African-American man who served as a butler to eight Presidents in the White House for over thirty years. The film is loaded with bevy of talent (Oprah Winfrey, Jane Fonda<\/strong>, Mariah Carey<\/strong>, John Cusack<\/strong>, Cuba Gooding, Jr.<\/strong>, Terrence Howard<\/strong>, Minka Kelly<\/strong>, Lenny Kravitz<\/strong>, Melissa Leo<\/strong>, James Marsden<\/strong>, David Oyelowo<\/strong>, Alex Pettyfer<\/strong>, Vanessa Redgrave<\/strong>, Alan Rickman<\/strong> , Liev Schreiber<\/strong>, and Robin Williams.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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