That means that many of the movies that are left looking for
distribution after filming has wrapped are of more dubious appeal.
Not exact matches
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.
Netflix is expected to push the
film as an Oscars contender
after reportedly outmaneuvering several other bidders for
distribution rights.
After a successful and decorated festival run in which it won awards ceremonies Sundance, Venice New York Film Festival and Toronto, In the Soup was acquired by a boutique distribution company that went out of business a week after the film's theatrical release, in effect making it unavailable to the pu
After a successful and decorated festival run in which it won awards ceremonies Sundance, Venice New York
Film Festival and Toronto, In the Soup was acquired by a boutique
distribution company that went out of business a week
after the film's theatrical release, in effect making it unavailable to the pu
after the
film's theatrical release, in effect making it unavailable to the public.
It figures the day
after I offer up my first set of Oscar predictions, a
film I have an eye on as a potential awards vehicle finds
distribution.
To hear Williams and Forsythe tell it, the making of the
film was a dream come true,
after which they continued with their careers and saw from the sidelines the heartbreak that followed the production: the death of Hayden in 1983 from a heroin overdose, the mutilation of the
film for U.S.
distribution, which threw director Sergio Leone into an understandable funk, and more.
And because of A24's canny
distribution strategy, the
film is getting a glossy December 8 rollout —
after earning rapturous reviews at the Toronto International
Film Festival — and being positioned as an awards - season dark horse.
Of course, due to the vagaries of
film distribution, many great
films from that year were only released (or became available to me) long
after I handed them out.
Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures picked up the
film for
distribution after its successful debuts at Telluride and Toronto and releases it beginning Friday.
The
film is due to be released on February 23 in North America and China, but its studio, Paramount, has sold all other international
distribution rights to Netflix, which will premiere the
film abroad just seventeen days
after its North American release.
PREVIOUS EXCLUSIVE, THURSDAY, 1:36 PM: Open Road Films has acquired U.S.
distribution rights to the untitled Oliver Stone - directed
film that will star Joseph Gordon - Levitt as Edward Snowden, the American who fled to Russia seeking asylum
after making public more classified documents than anyone since Daniel Ellsberg leaked the Pentagon Papers during the Vietnam War.
In a fantastic pair of video interviews with Gazzara and producer Al Ruban, we are told that the
film was pulled from
distribution after one week of release.
Some articles about the
film and its circuitous route towards wide release (
after receiving generally positive reviews at the 06 TIFF, it fell into
distribution hell for nearly 7 years) would have you believe that it's a sleeper indie with a sharp style, a biting wit, and surprisingly meta - ending reminiscent of Joss Whedon's much - delayed 2012 flick, Cabin in the Woods.
This indie horror has been playing at various genre
film festivals the last few months, including Fantasy Filmfest in Germany and Toronto
After Dark, but still doesn't have any US
distribution set yet.
After 2005's semi-successful «Dark Water,» his 2008 co-directed
film «Linha de Passe» failed to ever score
distribution in North America.
The morning
after the premiere of «Everybody Knows,» the news broke that Focus Features had acquired the
film for U.S.
distribution, beating out Netflix, Variety reported, «because Farhadi and company wanted a traditional theatrical release.»
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.
Unfairly disposed to doomed
distribution prospects and perhaps unfortunate dismissal during its initial reception comes Lucrecia Martel's long - awaited fourth feature, Zama an epically staged period piece, which premiered out - of - competition at the 2017 Venice
Film Festival
after over four years in the making and arriving nearly a decade
after her last
film, 2008's The Headless Woman.
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.
No U.S. release date or
distribution yet, but the
film opens in France on September 10th, only ten days
after it hits TIFF.
Cannes and Netflix are feuding right now, and Netflix pulled their
films from Cannes
after the prestigious
film fest's new rule that bans
films from competition that don't commit to
distribution in French theaters — which seemed to particularly target Netflix.
As DeSmog reported,
after a «red carpet premier» of the
film that Morano modestly claims will «rock the climate debate», CFACT wants a US cinema release for the documentary, followed by DVD sales and then
distribution in schools and colleges.
HBO's exclusive deals with Fox and Universal restrict access to the studios»
films from digital
distribution once they enter the pay TV window, which generally comes six months
after DVD release and lasts about a year.
The company has
distribution deals in place with major studios like Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox, and Lionsgate that allow them to offer their
films for rental soon
after they're released on home video.
MoviePass hasn't shared many details about its
film distribution plans, but the company will be heading to SXSW's
film festival
after Sundance.