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Right, this is the whole end game. They own the content so they can sell it forever to everyone and their library only grows. The Studios and traditional movie
by snarf21 10y ago
Right, this is the whole end game. They own the content so they can sell it forever to everyone and their library only grows. The Studios and traditional movie powers saw all the interest and decided to squeeze out as much juice as they can. I wouldn't be surprised to see Netflix and Amazon eventually start releasing their movies to the theaters directly and then they later add it exclusively to their streaming platform.
- ajmurmann 10y agoThey are already releasing movies to cinemas. Just the exclusive part isn't happening which made cinemas unhappy. I think they mainly release to cinemas to qualify for the Oscars.
- nojvek 10y agoI wonder if I have a hd movie, how much does it cost to put them in the cinemas?
- vermontdevil 10y agohttps://drafthouse.com/news/see-your-film-on-the-big-screen-this-year-with-a-special-filmmaker-rental-o https://drafthouse.com/news/see-your-film-on-the-big-screen-... Seems the Drafthouse offers this deal.
- runevault 10y agoI don't know who handled distribution but Manchester by the Sea was an Amazon original production that was in theaters but will be part of Prime Free streaming in a few months.
- drather19 10y agoI think you have that backwards.. Manchester by the Sea distribution rights were picked up by Amazon (for ~$10M at Sundance last year). I don't believe they were involved at all in the production.