Weinstein Co.’s liquidators are opposing a request by the former producer of “Project Runway” to have more than a million dollars in its expenses paid ahead of other studio creditors in a forthcoming debt-repayment plan, WSJ Pro Bankruptcy reported. Bunim/Murray Productions says that it’s entitled to more than $1.3 million in administrative expenses comprising its production fees and costs incurred while developing the 17th season of the reality television competition. Weinstein Co. filed an objection Friday in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Del. challenging the request. The dispute is part of the wrangling over how Weinstein Co.’s former production partners will be repaid after the studio collapsed after allegations of sexual assault and harassment were published in the New York Times and New Yorker magazine against studio co-founder Harvey Weinstein. Project Runway was a prized asset in Weinstein Co.’s television business but Bunim/Murray said in court papers last month that it was unsure after the allegations against Weinstein came to light that production on the next season of the show would continue. Before Weinstein Co. filed for bankruptcy in March it was rumored the studio would either be sold or shutdown, court papers say.
