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[CoolioD1]

netflix/amazon becoming less concerned with festival acquisitions and just want to focus on making more brights i think.

[filmlover]

5 minutes ago, CoolioD1 said:

netflix/amazon becoming less concerned with festival acquisitions and just want to focus on making more brights i think.

Along with picking up trash that major studios are too embarrassed to release in theaters (Colverfield Paradox, Extinction), I guess.

[Jake Gittes]

3 minutes ago, filmlover said:

Speaking of which, it's kinda amazing how much of a no1curr Sundance turned out to be this year. Lots of stuff was well-reviewed but there wasn't a The Big Sick or a Call Me by Your Name or a Mudbound in the bunch. Hopefully the fall festivals provide some surprises for awards season that no one sees coming.

Nothing as big and undeniable I suppose, but I'm more interested in Hereditary than I ever was in Big Sick and Mudbound, and Madeline's Madeline got some really passionate raves as an Upstream Color-esque esoteric experimental thing. But bring on more heavy-hitters for sure. 

[Eric Atreides]

11 minutes ago, filmlover said:

Speaking of which, it's kinda amazing how much of a no1curr Sundance turned out to be this year. Lots of stuff was well-reviewed but there wasn't a The Big Sick or a Call Me by Your Name or a Mudbound in the bunch. Hopefully the fall festivals provide some surprises for awards season that no one sees coming.

Sorry to Bother You sounds super interesting, even though it'll probably only make about $2M at most in the box office. At the very least, having Terry Crews guarantees it will at least be entertaining.

[CoolioD1]

Just now, CoolEric258 said:

Sorry to Bother You sounds super interesting, even though it'll probably only make about $2M at most in the box office. At the very least, having Terry Crews guarantees it will at least be entertaining.

oh yeah that sounds great. only sundance premiere this year that really piqued my interest.

[Jake Gittes]

Amazon had such a phenomenal 2016 and now what. Guess they figured they can't just keep throwing money at Wonderstrucks of the world after all. At least we can thank them for ending Terry Gilliam's Don Quixote nightmare. 

[filmlover]

2 minutes ago, CoolEric258 said:

Sorry to Bother You sounds super interesting, even though it'll probably only make about $2M at most in the box office. At the very least, having Terry Crews guarantees it will at least be entertaining.

This sounds like the best movie ever.

[CoolioD1]

the head of film at amazon who got fired for sexual misconduct was the one signing checks for all the auteurs (as well as that unfortunate woody allen deal they're trying to find a way out of) and now they're very much "fuck all that noise"

[Cmasterclay]

My friend is second in line for the Amazon TV acquisitions and he said that the movie people want to move into blockbusters ASAP, they're not gonna be doing many indies beyond this year. 

[Jake Gittes]

Well, it was good while it lasted.

[filmlover]

Now we just need to see if Annapurna can get themselves into shape after a rocky start.

[WrathOfHan]

2 minutes ago, filmlover said:

Now we just need to see if Annapurna can get themselves into shape after a rocky start.

Picking up the Dick Cheney movie from Paramount will help them out big time.

[filmlover]

3 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

Picking up the Dick Cheney movie from Paramount will help them out big time.

Hopefully they will have learned how to market a movie in time. Their attempts at turning Detroit into The Movie of Our Time were the definition of "try-hard."

[CoolioD1]

6 minutes ago, filmlover said:

Now we just need to see if Annapurna can get themselves into shape after a rocky start.

aren't they the most likely choice to be distributing the next bond at this point? give it a big "daniel craig's last one" push it could probably make a billy.

[WrathOfHan]

3 minutes ago, CoolioD1 said:

aren't they the most likely choice to be distributing the next bond at this point? give it a big "daniel craig's last one" push it could probably make a billy.

They're only getting the domestic rights; international is going to someone else or staying with Sony

[Eric Atreides]

 

 

 

 

I just might get a Blu-Ray just to get these covers.

[Barnack]

1 hour ago, WrathOfHan said:

They're only getting the domestic rights; international is going to someone else or staying with Sony

Not sure MGM will distribute domestic with them on that one, it will depend of who and what they want to do OS, if that distributor want a worldwide platform I doubt they will reject it just to distribute domestic, the fact that Bond was not immediately part of MGM return to domestic distribution seem to indicate they are contractually free and open to suggestion.

[The Futurist]

You probably won't get this if you haven't followed latest Jlaw drama but this is great :

 

When your dress is so glam that you can’t wear a coat over it in the middle of winter. #JenniferLawrence pic.twitter.com/43aACGi75l

— VERSACE (@Versace) 23 février 2018

 

[Morieris]

23 minutes ago, CoolEric258 said:

 

 

 

 

I just might get a Blu-Ray just to get these covers.

 

Ugh, I need these. I have the DVDs...I think...either way, I'm in the middle of a rewatch/recap and I'd love to watch these on TV instead of a fan-remastered version I got from reddit.

[RichWS]

 

The "Did you know there was a four-hour version of that movie you like!" clickbait trend is so dumb.