Last year, Cannes director Thierry Fremaux boosted his Competition lineup with two Netflix movies, Bong Joon Ho's «Okja» and Noah Baumbach's «Meyerowitz Stories,» but he was unable to play that card again, given France's unforgiving 36 - month
theatrical exclusive window, which the streaming service can not abide.
Not exact matches
Hastings has long squabbled with the industry over the «
theatrical window» — the amount of time that theaters have
exclusive rights to a film.
«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.
Dark Universe just heard the awesome news that director Panos Cosmatos» horror action - thriller flick Mandy has been officially picked up by RLJE Films, which is heading to theaters this summer with an
exclusive theatrical window.
The previous pact gave Netflix
exclusive worldwide SVOD distribution rights following a short
theatrical release
window.
Margot Robbie, who stars in and produced «I, Tonya,» sold the film to Neon for less money than Netflix was offering in order to assure the picture an
exclusive theatrical window.