03-24-2018, 10:54 PM
(03-24-2018, 06:22 PM)cclark Wrote:(03-24-2018, 05:50 PM)bruttenholm Wrote: As you said, that's just for Netflix, Amazon studios releases its film in theaters. Besides, Amazon is just handling distribution of Quixote in America : the film will still be released theatrically worldwide by other distributors so it would absolutely not be banned from competition in Cannes.
Right. I forgot Amazon wasn't part of the worldwide distribution.
According to ComingSoon.net, Amazon Studios has acquired distribution rights for the US, Canada and the UK, and Telemunchen for Germany and Austria: http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/92...o-revealed
I'm guessing Amazon will let someone else fully distribute the film for cinemas and DVD in the UK. Amazon have a partnership with StudioCanal in UK, it might be them, but maybe not.
At least Amazon give their films cinema releases, unlike Netflix who have kept cinema releases at an arms length. HOWEVER, Netflix have the rights to Martin Scorsese's upcoming gangster epic The Irishman, and Scorsese has PROMISED it will be released in cinemas. The budget on that is set to be anywhere upwards of $175 million, so it'll need to be seen by the widest audience possible.