Lantern Entertainment: Difference between revisions

'''Lantern Entertainment, LLC''' is an American independent [[film studio]]. It was formed by Lantern Capital Partners after it acquired the assets of [[The Weinstein Company]] (TWC) on July 16, 2018, after the latter company's bankruptcy filing (which was a result of co-founder [[Harvey Weinstein]] being [[Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse cases|convicted of sexual harassment, assault, and rape]]). Lantern is a separate company unaffiliated with the Weinsteins and purchased the entire assets of the former studio in a bankruptcy auction.<ref name="chmielewski">{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2018/07/lantern-entertainment-closes-289-million-acquisition-weinstein-co-s-assets-1202427141/|title=Lantern Entertainment Closes $289 Million Acquisition of The Weinstein Co.'s Assets|last=Chmielewski|first=Dawn C.|date=2018-07-16|work=Deadline|access-date=2018-10-20|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180724101524/https://deadline.com/2018/07/lantern-entertainment-closes-289-million-acquisition-weinstein-co-s-assets-1202427141/|archive-date=July 24, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>