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16 Sep

Will Christopher Nolan Deal Reshape Future of Theatrical Distribution?

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Like most things Christopher Nolan does these days, his historic deal with Universal Pictures is big. We’re still learning the finer details of this new business relationship which will give the world Nolan’s next film based on the life J. Robert Oppenheimer, the remorseful father of the atomic bomb, but thanks to The Hollywood Reporter, the biggest elements are coming into focus. In addition to securing a theatrical release and a $100 million (or so) budget for the “smaller” Nolan picture, the filmmaker behind Inception, Tenet, and The Dark Knight Trilogy also demanded his next studio put up an equally…

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10 Feb

Can 2021 Rebuild Movie Theaters’ Theatrical Window?

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Last year the theatrical window was broken, thoroughly and repeatedly, as if a rock managed to shatter every big screen in America. In the aftermath, and as movie theater owners waded through the debris, numerous reports made the same gloomy prognosis: audiences’ relationship with movies had changed. Perhaps. Yet it’s also fair to wonder if this change is temporary. We may now live in a world where superhero and Pixar movies can premiere on streaming, but the new year provides a new movie release calendar, and with it renewed commitments to bring audiences back to cinemas. There are exceptions, of…

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04 Dec

Warner Bros. and HBO Max 2021 Film Slate Destroys Theatrical Window

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When Warner Bros. made the historic decision to put Wonder Woman 1984, a blockbuster superhero movie and their biggest film slated for 2020, on HBO Max the same day as its Christmas premiere, we wondered if it would “end theatrical releases as we know them.” We don’t have to wonder anymore. In a significant transition to a day-and-date model that makes Wonder Woman’s break of the theatrical window look like a small crack, WB announced Thursday that its entire film slate for 2021 was going to premiere on HBO Max. The move will put all 17 of WB’s scheduled 2021…

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19 Nov

Wonder Woman 1984: Does HBO Max Premiere End Theatrical Releases as We Know Them?

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What once seemed unthinkable has happened. Warner Bros. decided to put a superhero movie, and what is the studio’s highest profile 2020 release, directly on streaming. Wonder Woman 1984 is going to HBO Max the same day it opens in theaters. And like that, the Hollywood movie industry as we know it has changed. Confirmation of the shift came from director Patty Jenkins, who verified the news via social media after rumors of an HBO Max debut for Wonder Woman 1984 began to leak. “THE TIME HAS COME,” Jenkins began. “At some point you have to share any love and…

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17 Aug

Netflix Theatrical Logo Was Scored by Hans Zimmer

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I still remember the first time I saw and heard the Netflix theatrical logo. Sitting among a group of journalists at a film festival, we were all taken by surprise when instead of the now iconic Netflix “ta-daum” sound effect, a Netflix original film began like a superhero movie: There’s a ray of light in the sky, then a sudden wave of colors, and finally a crescendo of drums and strings that wouldn’t be out of place in Man of Steel. There was still the “ta-dum” at the end, but it was as if Netflix was announcing this was cinema.…

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28 Jul

AMC Theatres and Universal Reach Agreement On 17-Day Theatrical Window

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Universal Pictures and AMC Theatres have ended a months-long feud over the distribution of the studio’s movies in both theaters and on premium VOD services. The battle, which began in April with Universal’s decision to premiere Trolls World Tour on PVOD instead of waiting for a theatrical release, had AMC CEO Adam Aron vowing at one point to ban all Universal product from AMC screens. According to Deadline, films released under a new multi-year agreement between the world’s biggest exhibitor and one of its largest content producers will have a 17-day exclusive theatrical window at AMC facilities, after which Universal…

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23 Jul

Tenet Will Be Theatrical Release But Other WB Movies May Not, CEO Confirms

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Tenet will be released in theaters. Eventually. While hardly shocking news, there had been some speculation this week after Christopher Nolan’s Tenet abandoned its Aug. 12 release date (the third it’s had scheduled) over just what Warner Bros. has planned for the time-bending epic. But though WB’s previous announcement that the film would not enjoy a “traditional global day-and-date release” confirms the studio is intending to stagger its release around the world, AT&T CEO John Stankey is now making it clear that Tenet will have only a theatrical release… even if other delayed WB films may not. The news comes…

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17 Jun

Saint Maud To Get Nationwide Theatrical Release on July 17

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All hail Saint Maud as we prepare to rejoice in her ascension. A24‘s psycho-evangelical thriller will be the first horror movie shown in theaters since COVID-19 Stephen-King-novelized us all. And if that’s not scary enough, it’s being compared to Hereditary and The Witch as the next great modern horror film. The film will open nationwide on July 17. Saint Maud is a “chilling and boldly original vision of faith, madness, and salvation in a fallen world,” according to its official website. “Maud, a newly devout hospice nurse, becomes obsessed with saving her dying patient’s soul — but sinister forces, and…

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02 Apr

A Quiet Place Part II Moves to September for Theatrical Release Date

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In what many in the film industry—or just self-quarantine—will take as a hopeful sign, Paramount Pictures has moved from being one of the first studios to delay a spring release in the face of the coronavirus crisis to now putting that same movie back on the calendar at the end of summer. Indeed, A Quiet Place Part II, which was supposed to come out last month, now has a release date of Sept. 4, 2020. The news, which came as Paramount further rearranged its 2020 release schedule by moving Top Gun: Maverick from June to December, is the latest sign…

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16 Sep

Why Wonder Woman Didn’t Tease Justice League In Its Theatrical Release

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Wonder Woman's home release features a major tease for Justice League, but Patty Jenkins recently opened up to CinemaBlend and explained exactly why it wasn't in the theatrical version. Wonder Woman's home release features a major tease for Justice League, but Patty Jenkins recently opened up to CinemaBlend and explained exactly why it wasn't in the theatrical version. Source from..

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16 Sep

Why Wonder Woman Didn’t Tease Justice League In Its Theatrical Release

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Wonder Woman's home release features a major tease for Justice League, but Patty Jenkins recently opened up to CinemaBlend and explained exactly why it wasn't in the theatrical version. Wonder Woman's home release features a major tease for Justice League, but Patty Jenkins recently opened up to CinemaBlend and explained exactly why it wasn't in the theatrical version. Source from..

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