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Other objectors to an asset sale include Leonardo DiCaprio , Jennifer Lawrence, Jake Gyllenhaal, Stephen King, Bill Murray, Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, and yes, Harvey Weinstein.

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00:00The Weinstein Company is currently taking bids for its assets, and the winner will be putting

00:04up at least $310 million. But famed director Quentin Tarantino says none of his agreements

00:10should be assigned because he's owed massive royalties. In court papers filed on Monday,

00:14Tarantino was among various stars posting objections and reserving rights.

00:18Tarantino has had a long-running relationship with Harvey Weinstein, whose alleged sexual

00:23misconduct caused the downfall of the once-prestigious indie studio. Tarantino's work

00:27with Weinstein dates back to the 1990s Miramax days of Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, and

00:32Jackie Brown. But his most immediate concern is with the four films he directed for the Weinstein

00:37Company in the past decade. According to bankruptcy papers, royalties are owed for

00:41Grindhouse Death Proof, Inglorious Bastards, Django Unchained, and Hateful Eight.

00:46Tarantino wants $300,000 for Grindhouse, $575,000 for Inglorious Bastards, $1.25 million for

00:53Django Unchained, and nearly $2.5 million for Hateful Eight. He's demanding an accounting for

00:59each of these films as well. As for the Miramax titles, he acknowledges that the Weinstein

01:03Company doesn't have right title or interest to those pictures, but nevertheless, he's

01:08reserving his rights to assert objections with more information. Leonardo DiCaprio is also

01:13contesting how the winning bidder would have to pay nothing to cure a default under his

01:17agreement for Django Unchained. Meanwhile, Jake Gyllenhaal and Rachel McAdams are fighting over money

01:22from the film Southpaw. And Jennifer Lawrence says she hasn't been given enough information

01:27for the proposed $102,623 amount to cure a contract breach for her deal over Silver Linings

01:34Playbook. Her attorneys want the opportunity to inspect the company's books and records to look

01:38at revenues generated by the award-winning film and assess her profit participation. Other big names

01:43making an appearance today include author Stephen King, Heidi Klum, Bill Murray, Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts,

01:50the estate of Wes Craven, Lin-Manuel Miranda's in the Heights, John Cusack, and even Harvey Weinstein himself.

01:56As for the objection from Weinstein, his lawyers write,

01:59In this case, the debtors are attempting to sell assets free and clear of any interest at the

02:03earliest stage of their bankruptcy cases. And the court should carefully scrutinize the debtors'

02:08heightened burden of proving the elements necessary for authorization.

02:12For more on this story, head to THR.com. Until next time, for The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.

02:20I'm Tiffany Taylor.

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