Late last year, they announced MoviePass Ventures as a way to expand their brand into
theatrical film distribution.
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.
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.
As the production grew, the airline continued to fund it and gave it in - flight
distribution long before its
theatrical release; in spite of this, it was still the highest grossing
film in Japan that year.
Lee's latest
film went to the festival with
distribution already in place — in April, Focus Features set the fact - based feature for an August 10
theatrical release date, picked to reflect the one - year anniversary of the Charlottesville protests, which took place on August 12, 2017.
Thanks to the vagaries of
film distribution and the increasing difficulties of small
films and foreign language productions to get
theatrical releases, Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Turkish drama, which won the Best Director award at Cannes 2008, this one - week Seattle engagement at the Varsity Theatre is the
film's American
theatrical debut.
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.
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.
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.
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 public.
PBS
Distribution hired two new executives just in time for Sundance who will be looking to acquire
theatrical, non-
theatrical, home entertainment and VOD rights of
films, and Tim League and Tom Quinn's recently named Neon also announced its presence just before the fest.
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.
I see that Starz has now picked it up for
distribution, which I guess is good news for the
film, although I really think it deserves a full
theatrical release.
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:
Formed in 2014 from a merger of innovative
theatrical distributor Variance Films («Sound City,» «Red Hook Summer») and leading digital distributor GoDigital, Amplify uses cutting edge marketing and
distribution techniques with a focus on working directly with filmmakers to craft hand - tailored release campaigns for each
film.
Hope has made Amazon the anti-Netflix — many believing Netflix is burying their quality
films — bringing aboard indie
distribution veteran Bob Berney to make sure each
film took full advantage of each
distribution window, including
theatrical, before hitting Prime for free.
Film Comment offers an additional poll ranking
films currently lacking U.S.
distribution, but neither tally takes into account what are often the year's most truly
theatrical experiences: festival screenings.
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.
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 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.
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.
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;
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse will open in theaters October 30th, and as part of a new
distribution deal, will arrive on home video and VOD within 17 days of the
film nearing its
theatrical exit.
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.
The festival took place from May 5 - 9 in Bentonville, Arkansas, and was the first and only
film competition in the world to offer guaranteed
theatrical, television, digital and retail home entertainment
distribution for its winners.
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.
She is developing Conscious, a feature length
film for both gallery presentation and
theatrical distribution.
At Sony, I worked with a team of lawyers and business team members from multiple studios to create a business model for replacing physical
film use in
theatrical feature
film distribution, with the use of digital projection.
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