Director Doug Liman is boycotting the premiere of his upcoming Road House remake in protest to Amazon’s choice to launch the film straight-to-streaming on their Prime Video platform.
Road House’s premiere is ready to happen on the 2024 SXSW movie competition in March, and in a press release launched to Deadline, Liman stated that he gained’t be in attendance. According to Liman, his unique plan had been to “silently protest Amazon’s decision to stream a movie so clearly made for the big screen,” however that Amazon is “hurting way more than just me and my film,” so he’s talking up.
“When Amazon bought MGM, one of the few remaining studios making big commercial films for theatrical release (movies like Bond, Creed) they announced that they would put a billion dollars into theatrical motion pictures, releasing at least 12 a year,” stated Liman. “They touted it as ‘the largest commitment to cinemas by an internet company.’ I can tell you what they then did to me and my film Road House, which is the opposite of what they promised when they took over MGM.”
Liman says Amazon is extra all in favour of promoting toasters and plumbing fixtures
Liman went on to say that he “signed up to make a theatrical motion picture for MGM,” and that Amazon advised him to “make a great film and we will see what happens,” and he believes he did. The director stated Amazon declared the movie a “smash hit” amongst viewers check scores, and has additionally claimed it had the strongest press response of any movie since they acquired MGM.
Liman then stated that it seemingly didn’t matter what sort of movie he made, earlier than saying Amazon has “no interest in supporting cinemas,” however as a substitute desires “to sell plumbing fixtures.”
“Because contrary to their public statements, Amazon has no interest in supporting cinemas,” Liman stated. “Amazon will exclusively stream Road House on Amazon’s Prime. Amazon asked me and the film community to trust them and their public statements about supporting cinemas, and then they turned around and are using Road House to sell plumbing fixtures.”
Liman’s closed his assertion out by saying he isn’t against streaming films, however is against “Amazon gutting MGM and its theatrical business.”
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