On July 16, 2018, the Dallas-based equity firm Lantern Capital Partners bought the assets of TWC for $289 million. Lantern Entertainment was formed and assumed the rights to TWC's 277-film library.[3][2][4] 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 $5.5 million.[5] In February 2019, Lantern was reported to be reaching a settlement with The Walt Disney Company, regarding several films that Lantern did not acquire (including Scream 4 and The Matador).[6] On March 13, 2019, Lantern and Gary Barber relaunched Spyglass Media Group, which would absorb all of TWC and Lantern Entertainment's assets into the new company.[7] Italian film distributor Eagle Pictures, cinema chain Cineworld (which owned and operated Regal Cinemas) and later WarnerMedia/AT&T's Warner Bros. were brought in as minority holders.[8] Lantern made a majority investment including its film library to Spyglass.[9] In July 2019, Spyglass settled two major claims, including $11 million for Viacom regarding the TV series Scream (whose last season was delayed until July 2019, three years after the second season finale) and the film Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (which Lantern did not acquire).[10] Mehr sehen