Why It Might Succeed: Recently announced for a prime awards season release date of September 23, Mira Nair's Queen of Katwe has all the makings of an Oscar contender. (awardscircuit.com)
Robert Zemeckis» (The Walk) as yet untitled romantic thriller, starring Brad Pitt (Fury) and Marion Cotillard (Macbeth), has been earmarked for a prime awards season release date in November 2016. (flickeringmyth.com)
The festival and Netflix reached an impasse over showing its films at the festival — overly dramatic, because Alfonso Cuaron's Roma and Paul Greengrass's Norway both would have been hard pressed to be ready, said sources, and both are better positioned for awards season release after Venice, Toronto or Telluride bows — Netflix made several sizeable deals during Cannes. (deadline.com)