Okay, remember when I talked about how Miramax was pretty much getting castrated by Disney, seriously downsized, with only one release every other month?  Well, it’s getting worse out there.  A lot worse.

Miramax’s current president, Daniel Battsek, recently announced that he would step down as the head of Miramax following the recent defanging of same.  Disney had said that Battsek would remain in charge of day to day operations, but Battsek wasn’t having it, and left after a month.

Excuse me if I don’t smell a rat bugging out of a sinking ship.  After all, Battsek’s career looks pretty prime right now; he DID release No Country For Old Men, after all, not to mention Gone Baby Gone, so if this isn’t a move to go find greener pastures at another studio, I’ll be plenty surprised.

Stranger things have happened, of course, so it’s a move worth keeping an eye on.