Sentences with phrase «movies for theatrical release»

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Theater chains have fought against Netflix's incursion into movies, over its model of releasing films for theatrical debut the same day they're available to stream on Netflix.

Cannes organizers announced a rule last year that movies could not compete for awards without a French theatrical release, though they could still screen at the festival.

«The Interview» is now considered by experts a test case for simultaneous VOD and theatrical release, a taboo topic for the movie theater chains that want to retain their exclusive window.

«At the end of the day a theatrical release still generates a lot of publicity, it gets a movie reviewed — every person that goes to watch that movie is paying for it,» he said.

While Black Panther rode a huge wave of critical acclaim and fan excitement to the biggest opening weekend ever for the month of February (and the fifth - largest of all - time), raking in more than $ 426 million worldwide, a small number of Internet trolls still did what they could to dampen the good vibes surrounding the trailblazing film, which features Marvel's first African - American director (Ryan Coogler) and a cast led by black actors such as Chadwick Boseman and Lupita Nyong» o. Starting last week, in the first few days of Black Panther «s highly - anticipated theatrical release, some Twitter accounts started trying to spread false accounts of attacks at screenings of the movie.

Amazon (AMZN) said on Monday it was aiming to produce close to 12 movies a year for theatrical release which would then be available on its Prime video service within two months, significantly faster than the roughly one - year wait it normally faces to stream Hollywood releases.

Researchers at the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego State University looked at the top 700 highest - grossing movies of 2014 — which make up almost all of the year's major theatrical releases — to see how many featured women in prominent production roles.

But between then and its national release now, World creator Terrence Malick has trimmed some 15 minutes for what publicists have positioned as the movie's» theatrical» version (135 minutes), as opposed to the» Academy» version (150 minutes).

Find a guide to this weekend's new theatrical releases and watch all of the week's new movie trailers, including new looks at The Fantastic Four, Ted 2, and Child 44, and a preview of Super Bowl spots for Tomorrowland, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Insurgent, Terminator Genisys, and much more.

But true - blue auteurs have ended up using the pseudonym: not for theatrical releases, but for butchered, home entertainment versions of their movies.

For example, prior to digital distribution, horror films from filmmakers working in countries like Japan, Spain, and Italy were traded on VHS and DVDs by American fans of the genre, including movies that never saw an official theatrical release in the United States.

It's hard to imagine «Hit and Run» getting as large of a theatrical release as it did (or even one at all) without the involvement of Bradley Cooper, not only due to his box office drawing power, but because his amusing, against - type turn as a dreadlocked ex-con is about the only good thing the movie has going for it.

The revolutionary soundtrack is reproduced with utter clarity and fidelity; ambient effects in the nighttime camping sequences are convincing — and when they overwhelm George's auto - eulogy, it's understood for maybe the first time since the movie's theatrical release that this was done on purpose.

Universal Pictures just released the first theatrical movie poster for the upcoming comedy «Little Fockers» by director Paul Weitz (Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant, American Pie) and starring Ben Stiller, Jessica Alba and Robert De Niro.

For those who care, the movie retains the RKO Radio Pictures logo with which its original theatrical release opened, a rare case where it hasn't been updated by Disney logos.

Sacha Gervasi was a surprise nominee for the Lacoste Truer Than Fiction Award at this year's Independent Spirit Awards, and now it looks like the movie will finally be getting a proper U.S. theatrical release.

That led to rumors that changes were coming, to either force a more robust theatrical release for those movies, or else to prevent them from getting the full on Cannes treatment.

Netflix has already completely rewritten the movie and TV - viewing rulebook by pouring a hundred million dollar budget into a film without a theatrical release, and creating their now ubiquitous «binge - watch» format that the service rolled out for the first season of House of Cards.

The backing of Singer, who overcame scandalous accusations this year by making the best X-Men movie to date, did not secure a theatrical release for Taking.

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The movie is still scheduled for theatrical release later this year but has been reshot, cutting Spacey and replacing him with Christopher Plummer.

As a theatrical release, it doesn't quite satisfy, precisely because it feels like a made - for - TV movie.

2017 is gearing up to be a big year for Warner Bros. and their (if you will) LEGO cinematic universe, as the studio is releasing not one, but two theatrical movies in the coming months.

While trying to do the former, it becomes too preachy — especially during its last act — , and while doing the latter, it feels more like a cheesy made - for - TV movie than a theatrical release.

Instead, after movies much less popular in theatrical release eclipsed it in stature, it came to DVD in 2001 (day and date with its sequels) with little fanfare and just a trailer for company.

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Sheridan's 2011 horror movie, «Vile,» did not receive a theatrical release, allowing him to be eligible for the category, a DGA spokesperson said.

When: October 21st (limited) Why: Although it's technically been available on Video On Demand for a few weeks now, Kevin Smith's low - budget attempt at making a horror movie is getting a limited theatrical run towards the end of October in conjunction with its home video release.

The movie «10 Cloverfield Lane» performed fine, and worldwide theatrical revenue increased 6 % compared to the year earlier period, helped by ticket sales for the Oscar - nominated film «The Big Short,» and Will Ferrell's «Daddy's Home,» which were released toward the end of last year.

Amazon has released the pilot (you can watch it here for free), and while it's not awful, it feels like some kind of high school theatrical adaptation of the movie.

Vertical Entertainment has debuted an official trailer for an animated movie titled Bilal: A New Breed of Hero, which premiered back in 2015 and 2016 at film festivals but is just getting a theatrical release in the US in February of 2018, this year.

Ahead of its one night only theatrical release next month, a UK poster has arrived online for Shin Godzilla along with a batch of images from the 29th film in Toho's iconic kaiju; check them out below, and head on to the official site for an updated list of cinemas screening the movie on August 10th... SEE -LSB-...]

The first Yo - kai Watch movie was a tremendous success, with over 7.6 billion in revenue just for the theatrical release.

Right now we're in a bit of a dead zone for theatrical release, s with most movies released this month being neither good enough for a summer blockbuster release or hopeful enough for a debut during awards season.

The Young Victoria — The only film we saw at the festival to get any kind of real theatrical release, which is unfortunate because while it's a fine film for what it is, obviously I liked a lot of other movies a lot more.

For faction one, this release will be an exciting moment as the box boasts over 8 hours of bonus features, including: three movie versions — the original theatrical edition (which includes a family audio track with objectionable language removed), the special edition re-release (also includes the family audio track option), and the collector's extended cut with 16 additional minutes (including an alternate opening which takes place on Earth).

On Thursday, The Hollywood Reporter, revealed that 21st Century Fox is moving the theatrical release for Deadpool 2 up to May 18, just a week before Disney releases the Han Solo movie Solo: A Star Wars Story.

The movie is expected to get a limited theatrical release from Netflix to qualify it for the Oscars.

The deal, which will see the movie released on Netflix just 17 days after its theatrical debut, will result in traditional cinema distribution in the US, Canada and China, but use the streaming service for international reach.

The latest «effort» from Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, the guys responsible for Date Movie, Epic Movie and Meet the Spartans, is yet another bottom - feeding cash - grab that exploits current events, ridicules pop culture icons and compromises the integrity of the zeitgeist itself in order to create, oh, one - quarter to one - half of a funny joke within the shortest possible time frame that qualifies as a theatrical release.

The actress received an Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries nomination for «Grace of Monaco,» which is surprising because it only ended up on Lifetime after The Weinstein Company pulled it from theatrical release, and critics who saw it weren't very kind, either.

The streaming service promised to back the movie's ballooning budget, but apparently has made no promises about a theatrical release, which would qualify the movie for Oscar contention.

How the list was generated: Five members of the Screen Rant team listed their top 30 movies currently confirmed for wide theatrical release in 2017 at the time of writing (end of 2016) and is based on their interests at that time.

The long road to release for Martin Scorsese «s The Irishman just became a little more rocky, with Netflix remaining silent on whether the legendary director's ambitious mob movie will get a theatrical run.

When the streaming platform acquires or produces a viable prestige movie, Netflix will give the film a limited theatrical release in order to qualify it for various awards - season circles, especially the Academy — then makes it available for streaming, or has it debut on streaming the same day it premieres in theaters.

Fox has scheduled Kenneth Branagh's Death on the Nile movie adaptation for a theatrical release starting November 8, 2019, while at the same time shifting the release dates back for Shane Black's sequel / reboot The Predator and Robert Rodriguez's live - action anime / manga adaptation Alita Battle Angel.

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Spielberg is currently working on his adaptation of the best - selling sci - fi novel Ready Player One for a 2018 theatrical release date, with a fifth Indiana Jones movie scheduled for a 2019 release, waiting in the wings for the director.

Where Netflix prefers to purchase movies as «Netflix Presents,» reserving any theatrical release for only awards - seeking titles, Hulu still puts a priority on the big screen.

As tickets go on sale for the North American theatrical release, Funimation has debuted a new teaser for the two - movie adaptation of the bestselling manga.