 In June 2020, Miramax and ViacomCBS announced their first co-production, "The Turkish Detective", a television series based on the "Cetin Ikmen" novels by Barbara Nadel.The company has been criticized for delaying or withholding release of Asian films to which it acquires the U.S. distribution rights while trying to bar retailers from legally exporting authentic DVDs of the films.In a 2005 interview, Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki related that Harvey Weinstein aggressively sought a large number of edits to Miyazaki's anime film "Princess Mononoke" for the film's U.S. release.