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antovolk

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  1. I'd have thought maybe the UK gov would be vaccinating fast enough to be able to begin easing things back by April but the talk this weekend of this lockdown continuing to the May bank holiday has shot all that and even chances of a Tenet like staggered delay to hell. It's definitely moving significantly...
  2. Looks like we really might have to brace ourselves for a November move. First let slip in an interview by a major Dutch cinema owner... https://www.bndestem.nl/roosendaal/bios-niet-bang-voor-streamingdiensten-mensen-willen-dat-grote-scherm~a49e0452/?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F along with this...apparently the product placement partners (Omega etc) are prepping for a fall launch
  3. at least they've admitted the vaccine is the only way out of this current mess (of their own making)
  4. In terms of the UK - we're looking at hopefully everyone over 50 and underlying conditions vaccinated by the time this comes out...unlike last April and November cinemas are actually probably gonna be open this time around. It's in the Tenet position at the moment of first big film after this lockdown that's starting today, and I'd imagine restrictions will be identical to August, but it should be in theory easy to beat it because 1. Bond and 2. vaccine giving a confidence boost to the public. Question is, do MGM/Eon/Universal just go ahead with that, or keep waiting until the whole world is ready...
  5. @Avatree Not confirmed that's exactly what it will be but yeah, one month window until home release in January is what was reported, no day and date. I'd imagine they absolutely have to convince the chains of just say fuck it and bring it forward to Xmas day. I can't see it being a Pay Per View exclusive to Sky. It'll be either exclusive and free for Sky Cinema subscribers OR they do PVOD on all platforms.
  6. Cinemas in London closing from midnight Tuesday going into Wednesday (opening day)
  7. London's now officially confirmed heading into Tier 3 from Wednesday (!) so yeah..PVOD announcement by end of day surely.
  8. speaking of the international situation, is the UK the only country (outside the US) where a shortened window VOD release has been hinted at? Seems more and more countries that have cinemas closed in the coming weeks are just delaying this to January instead...
  9. And everyone needs to remember that sorting out HBO MAX in country X is only half the battle. (And hell will it matter anyway as they can always go PVOD or already have partners like Foxtel whom they can take the films to if they want SVOD) They need to actually convince (or have the balls to do what they did last night in the US) the chains to go along with this. In the UK, they seemingly managed to negotiate a shortening of the window to 1 month as a "COVID Emergency Window" for WW84...
  10. the problem is, getting the chains to go along with it. Skipping theatrical entirely with this, like with Mulan, I think that's something they would avoid. They got super lucky they managed to convince AMC etc. to allow the day and date release Stateside, and now Odeon and Vue in UK to have the one-month window.
  11. The CEO said they won't open for WW84 alone, not really expecting reopening until the spring, so count that out.
  12. Variety seems to suggest here what’s on the cards as a PVOD rental through Sky Store but I honestly highly doubt that’s what’s happening here - all of WB’s previous PVOD drops have been on all platforms. If they’re doing an exclusive with Sky, it’s as part of the subscription, no additional charge. In any case, the big story is Odeon/Vue agreeing to shorten the window here from 16 weeks to 1 month.
  13. yup, though not gonna have a larger effect on the situation and getting back to 'normal' until April really, when is when the over-50s are expected to be vaccinated. Priority for this month is gonna be key workers/NHS and the oldest/most vulnerable in hospitals and care homes.
  14. Sounds like internationally, they'll rather delay the film than attempt VOD or convincing cinemas to do day and date like domestically
  15. I believe what's out there is 1080p, yeah. But no 5.1 audio and indeed no IMAX - though the regular digital release won't have it either, only the Blu.
  16. Releasing next week...virtually (!) for one week only. Clearly purely to qualify for critics awards which are sticking to calendar year eligibility. Searchlight would have def delayed until Feb 19 as per the above article otherwise.
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