EXCLUSIVE It’s been turmoil all weekend for The Weinstein Company — well, turmoil for a long time, like since October 5, 2017 when all hell started breaking loose.

This weekend the board– whoever’s still on the board– fired COO David Glasser, who knows where all the bodies are buried. That’s what concerned the NY State AG Eric Schneiderman since Glasser was negotiating two ends to the middle– he was planning to run the new company TWC would become once it was sold.

But maybe the AG’s office didn’t realize that one of the three movies TWC still can call an unreleased asset is actually produced by Glasser’s brother, Philip. That’s “The War with Grandpa” which stars Robert DeNiro and– are you ready?– Uma Thurman. It was made last year, not in 1994. Last year.

Uma Thurman? She hates The Weinstein Company, right? Ms. Thurman didn’t mention to Maureen Dowd in their New York Times Opinion piece that she hated Harvey Weinstein so much she was starring in one of his new big productions. Seems like it escaped everyone’s attention. Thurman, who turned redder than the red carpet last October when asked about Weinstein, is still on his payroll. I do not get this. Uma Thurman is a BIG star. She’s headlining on Broadway right now. She could work with anyone. So how did she wind up back at the Weinstein Company?

But then again, how is the Chief Operating Officer’s brother producing “The War with Grandpa”? It’s a Robert DeNiro movie. Philip Glasser has 8 prior producer credits, all movies no one’s ever heard of even in Wakanda, starring people so anonymous they could be on milk cartons and never get rescued. Surprisingly, the Glassers’ father, Richard Glasser, is not the music supervisor on “Grandpa.” That’s odd, because he’s been on the TWC payroll since around 2009 when David joined the company.

Sunday’s LA Times story mentions some of the lawsuits David Glasser has been in before and during his time at TWC. But the Times didn’t get that all three Glassers– David, brother Philip and father Richard– were sued by a man named Jeffrey Cooper who wanted his $500,000 back after investing in the Glasser family’s movie production company– a company that existed while David was already working for the Weinsteins and his father was the company’s music supervisor.

The other MIA Weinstein movies are Garth Davis’s “Mary Magdalene,” starring Rooney Mara, which is going into international release in time for Easter; and “The Upside,” the American remake of “The Intouchables” by Neil Berger, with Bryan Cranston, Kevin Hart and Nicole Kidman, which played great in Toronto and is now in limbo.

There are a lot of plot holes in everyone’s stories, I’d say. Can’t wait to see them get filled in.

Well, we’re waiting for two things– the BAFTA Awards from Britain and the NBA All Star Game.

BAFTA comes first, but don’t expect the Brits to choose our Best Picture for the Oscars. They’ve been getting it wrong lately.

Last year, of course, the BAFTA went to “La La Land.” We all know how that turned out. “Moonlight” was the really surprising winner of our Oscar.

In 2016, BAFTA went for “The Revenant.” Luckily, our Academy dubbed “Spotlight” Best Picture. Sometimes the bear eats you, sometimes you eat the bear.

For 2015, BAFTA warmed to Richard Linklater’s “Boyhood,” which I thought was the right choice. But in America, the meta-theater piece “Birdman” flew away with Best Picture.

You’re getting the idea.

If you want to see BAFTA and our Academy on the same page, you have to go back to 2014 and “Argo.” For several years preceding, the two Academies were also in agreement on “The Hurt Locker,” “The King’s Speech,” “The Artist,” and “12 Years a Slave.”

Will they go for hometown boy Christopher Nolan and “Dunkirk” this year? Or will the Best Picture award go to “The Shape of Water”? We’ll know the answer around 6pm Eastern, right before the NBA where more important debates will ensue.

PS Someone at BAFTA should fix their website so the database is usable.

“Black Panther” had to battle — of all things– snow and really bad weather last night seemingly everywhere.

The result was about a 14% drop from Friday to Saturday, and $65 million at the box office. That brings it to $141 million in two days. Not bad! The 3 day weekend will fall somewhere between $190 million and $200 million. That’s a February record.

But that also keeps “Panther” as the sixth highest opening ever, well behind Marvel’s “The Avengers.”

Still, Ryan Coogler gets all the credit for delivering a movie with characters and a theme unseen before– not a sequel but an original idea. Remember when Ryan went to Forest Whitaker for help making “Fruitvale Station”? Wasn’t that like, last month? (Kidding. Close.)

Internationally, “Black Panther” breaks the myth that black movies won’t play to a global crowd. The worldwide total is $361 million for three days. So much for that myth. Hollywood has new rules with movies like “Black Panther,” “Get Out,” and “Girls Trip” all going through the roof!

The struggle to find records for “Black Panther” to shatter continues…

Ryan Coogler’s fun and well crafted comic book movie made $75 million from Thursday and Friday nights total. It’s on track for a $185 million three day opening. That will make it the sixth biggest opening weekend ever. Hey, that’s not bad!

If you want to make it a four day test, “Black Panther” will come in 5th all time. We think. Sunday is still a mystery since snow is coming to the Northeast. And on Monday, “Get Out” is free everywhere.

Still, “Black Panther” regardless of what number it is all time, etc is a very enjoyable movie. And it has a lot of cultural significance.

Meantime, the right wing and completely nutty Breitbart website tried to spin “Black Panther” as a Trump-endorsing vehicle. Their reviewer, who must have taken too much Sudafed, said that Trump was the hero of the movie and the villain was Black Lives Matter. John Nolte also wrote that T’Challa was keeping immigrants out of Wakanda, which made him a Trump philosopher. The guy must be on LSD. I am not providing a link.

Nolte maybe didn’t stay until the very end of the movie– to the post- credits scene where T’Challa brings Wakanda to the United Nations. He is a globalist, not an isolationist, and I do believe Wakanda welcomes anyone who can find it. There were some isolationists at work this week, but they weren’t from Wakanda. They were from Disney.

Late last night the Weinstein Company board– whoever’s left– fired COO David Glasser for cause. A statement read: “The Board of The Weinstein Company has unanimously voted to terminate David Glasser for cause.”

This comes at the end of a week that saw NY State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman sue TWC, Harvey and Bob Weinstein in a civil rights action– a posturing move to be sure but one that has up-ended the sale of the company to a group that included former Obama administration Small Business chief Maria Contreras Sweet and supermarket mogul Ron Burkle.

Glasser, who started with TWC in 2008, almost left over the summer of 2015 and actually had declared his independence. But over Labor Day weekend Harvey and Bob went into tense negotiations with him and Glasser decided to remain with the company. David’s father, Richard Glasser, a musician and composer, in the company’s payroll as music supervisor for soundtracks since around 2009. His credits include “Lion” and “Silver Linings Playbook.”

The Academy Awards are already shaping up to be a great night. The first 12 presenters have been announced. Half of them are not white and only white guy is on the list– Tom Holland, aka Spider Man. If all the announcements are like this, it’s going to be a much more embraceable night. Chadwick Boseman, aka the Black Panther, is in that first group.

My guess? Everyone from “Black Panther” will be seen on Oscar night– it’s an ABC/Disney tie in with the Oscars and Marvel of positive synergy. After all, Lupitz Nyong’o has an Oscar, Michael B. Jordan will get one eventually, Daniel Kaluuya is nominated for one this year. And the world has to meet Letitia Wright. The stars are aligning nicely!

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— The Academy (@TheAcademy) February 16, 2018

“Black Panther” earned $25 million Thursday night, second only in the Marvel Universe to “Avengers: Age of Ultron.”

Expectations are that the ground breaking comic book movie directed by Ryan Coogler could make north of $150 million for the three day weekend including last night.

But nothing is a certainty. And don’t forget, “Get Out” is playing for free on Monday, which might cut into the “Panther” numbers.

Stay tuned…