Sentences with phrase «us theatrical distribution»

Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos told Variety that he was pulling the films from screening at Cannes after organizers set a rule that bars any film that doesn't have theatrical distribution from prize eligibility.

During a presentation at the exhibitors» conference CinemaCon in March, he told the industry audience that «Dunkirk» needed to «make you feel like you are there, and the only way to do that is through theatrical distribution.»

Major theater chains won't run movies backed by Netflix and the company was recently banned from competition at the Cannes Film Festival ostensibly because it lacked theatrical distribution in France.

The officials at Cannes set new rules preventing films without theatrical distribution in France from competing for the festival's prizes.

Several additional distributors were excluded because all of their films were released straight to VOD without regular theatrical distribution.

One reason might be that, including sub-brands Dimension and RADiUS (which emphasizes VOD over theatrical distribution), TWC released more films last year: 28, compared to just 20 the prior year.

Produced by venerable exploitation company Rapi Films, with assistance from South Korean giant CJ Entertainment, «Slaves» went ballistic at the Indonesian box office in its September release, with 4.2 million admissions, and has secured theatrical distribution in numerous Asian territories.

Dave Hollis, who is president of theatrical distribution at Disney (which owns Marvel Studios and distributes its movies), told Deadline Hollywood that «it just didn't seem possible» to the studio that Black Panther would overtake the Avengers movies.

It was the first theatrical distribution company dedicated to bringing international art - house films to U.S. audiences, including the work of Michelangelo Antonioni, Sergei Eisenstein, Ingmar Bergman, Federico Fellini, Akira Kurosawa, François Truffaut, and Yasujiro Ozu.

The Irishman officially began shooting two months ago, but Netflix head of film publicity Julie Fontaine told Variety that «it's premature to say anything at this point» about The Irishman «s potential theatrical distribution.

Variety, perhaps for click - bait purposes, acts like the theatrical release is in doubt but it is surely not; Scorsese would never sign a contract that doesn't give him at least some theatrical distribution so expect the usual limited release that no one goes to in theaters because its» also streaming for free on Netflix situation (upcoming with Mudbound) IndieWire Denis Villeneuve might direct Bond 25 but right now a relaunch of Dune is still his priority YouTube new trailer for The Greatest Showman.

Christine Jeffs) It speaks to the power of this coming - of - womanhood fable that I saw it over a year ago and it resonated into 2002, when the picture was finally picked up for North American theatrical distribution.

Runoff has yet to receive theatrical distribution, but it screens again at the LA Film Fest, Sunday, June 15th at 1:30 pm.

Starred Up has already received theatrical distribution in the UK, and is slated for a US release later this year.

In a maximum of 63 theaters, 10 Years grossed $ 203,373, the ninth highest total in the studio's six years of theatrical distribution.

Independent Australian film sales agency, ScreenLaunch, has expanded into Australian theatrical distribution, offering two female focused films to Australian cinemas...

The film has already secured theatrical distribution through Amazon Studios.

Netflix will never nab films with mainstream cinematic quality, simply because another studio would spend more to capture that film for theatrical distribution.

The magazine spotlights a rotating list of 25 films of note still without U.S. theatrical distribution.

Speaking to Deadline today, Walt Disney Studios President of Theatrical Distribution Dave Hollis stated that the studio is not concerned whatsoever with the low audience scores, and think that the conversations this film sparks will lead to good word - of - mouth for the holiday weekend next week:

In his new role, Reid will oversee the theatrical distribution of the company's current specialty, and forthcoming wide release slates, including theatrical sales, exhibitor relations, in - theatre marketing, and all associated operations in these areas.

He writes and directs one movie a year, attracting big name talent, receiving limited theatrical distribution, and often earning some accolades for himself and his cast members, especially the supporting actresses.

It always baffles me when movies boasting A-list actors are unable to secure wide theatrical distribution.

The director, for one, has been particularly burnt in the past by the theatrical distribution model: Snowpiercer, despite its all - star cast featuring the likes of Chris Evans and Octavia Spencer, was landed with a limited US theatrical run, and no UK distribution at all.

As always, the FILM COMMENT list of the year's best films is the result of polling over 100 colleagues and consists of two categories: 1) the best films that received theatrical runs in 2015 and 2) the year's best films that have no announced plans for U.S. theatrical distribution.

The $ 141 million (and counting) accrued from the staggered domestic theatrical distribution has made the film by far Fox Searchlight's most profitable; it has nearly doubled the gross of second place Sideways.

«Our long relationship with Quentin Tarantino is one of the cornerstones of this company, so it's incredibly special to us to be releasing his latest film in such a spectacular way on 70 mm — we can't think of a finer Christmas gift to be giving movie lovers and Tarantino fans this year,» TWC president of theatrical distribution and home entertainment Erik Lomis said in a statement.

In the first advance deal of the Toronto International Film Festival, Roadside Attractions bought U.S. theatrical distribution rights to Charlie Stratton's romantic thriller «Therese» starring Elizabeth Olsen, Oscar Isaac, Tom Felton and Jessica Lange.

Netflix is the company that's most aggressively trying to disrupt the current studio system, lobbing films at customers at an unprecedented rate (it's planning to release 80 in 2018 alone) and largely ignoring theatrical distribution.

The digital network is finally breaking into the game of theatrical distribution and will be experimenting with a release strategy of opening in theaters and Netflix at the same time.

The buzz surrounding Trick» r Treat, though, in particular the Internet outrage over the studio's alleged mishandling of it, is peculiarly deafening and — as with most buzz around most projects falsely promised theatrical distribution — in large part hysterical and unjustified.

RADiUS is the boutique label of the Weinstein Company (TWC) and the first studio division dedicated to both multi-platform VOD and theatrical distribution.

«It's clear that representation matters, and moviegoers have responded every time we've answered that demand,» said Dave Hollis, Disney's President of Theatrical Distribution.

Amazon's rights for its acquisitions so far have been limited to US theatrical distribution, with no sign yet of Chi - Raq in either UK cinemas or Amazon's British streaming line - up (The Neon Demon is being released in the UK by Icon this summer).

Though director Olivier Assayas» latest project, Idol's Eye, looks to have been shelved due to funding issues, his film Clouds of Sils Maria is just getting prepped for theatrical distribution here in the states after wowing audiences on the festival circuit.

Contrary to the nearly ironclad custom that sees competition entries filtering through to French cinema screens in the months following the festival (with each one, no matter how lukewarm its critical reception may have been, invariably touted by its promotional campaign as «la sensation de Cannes»), Netflix supremo Ted Sarandos brazenly declared his company's impatience with the requisite three years for his productions to make their plodding way from theatrical distribution, to DVD, premium cable and even free - to - air television before being allowed to air on the platform that had funded them in the first place.

The company has set a streaming premiere date for the fall, an individual familiar with the deal told TheWrap, and will also seek a theatrical distribution partner later this year.

What I didn't anticipate was that this film, which never received any sort of domestic theatrical distribution before being summarily dropped, supplement - free, onto the home video market, would be one of the best of its year — indeed, of its kind.

The streaming giant removed all of its films from consideration for the festival after Cannes implemented a rule banning films without French theatrical distribution from competing for the Palme d'Or.

MIRAMAX ®, which holds worldwide distribution rights, will determine its theatrical distribution partner at a future date.

But notably, «Daughters of Dust» would be the first film directed by an African American woman to gain theatrical distribution.

U.S. theatrical distribution will be handled by Universal Pictures, and Sony Pictures Releasing and SPWA's Stage 6 Films will distribute the film outside of the U.S.

The Florida Project (Sean Baker, 2017)-- demonstrating that a so - called «children's film» doesn't have to be saccharine sweet, and can still get decent theatrical distribution in the United States, despite the stranglehold of the multiplexes;

The company was the number one independent feature film theatrical distribution company on the west coast representing MGM, Rank, and hundreds of well - known titles.

On Sunday, Deadline reported that «Happy as Lazzaro» was acquired for North American distribution by Netflix, which pulled its films from Cannes this year in a dispute over theatrical distribution of its titles in France.

Without the state - sponsored funding available in Europe and Latin America, financing for independent projects remains scarce, with theatrical distribution even more challenging.

When we work out theatrical distribution in other countries, if we can, we'll look for ways to provide movie tickets.

At the same time, because they maintain a stranglehold on theatrical distribution, they're able to buy smaller films that have already been completed, thus reducing risk and development costs, which are shifted onto the creators.

The first episode of «Signal To Noise» which is planned to be based on the rise and fall of Atari is planned to be released to Xbox Live subscribers by the end of 2014, with the possibility of a small theatrical distribution thereafter.

She is developing Conscious, a feature length film for both gallery presentation and theatrical distribution.