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Not necessarily - piracy has always been an issue with home releases and yet Trolls makes double of what it was predicted to theatrically... And how much of the people pirating would have gone to see it in cinemas if they were open? Not all of piracy is necessarily lost sales.
I still think though if the crisis goes on for longer and cinemas don't reopen by November, the entire business model of theatrical will be changed irrevocably. Not only loads of cinemas - even major chains - may not survive closures that long, audiences will be even more used to consuming content at home. And distributors will have to adapt.
So do you believe if theaters are still closed in November or even August (when they'd need to start marketing again) they'd seriously consider VOD rather than another delay?
She should have premiered The Rhythm Section on VOD, it would have made more money. ;)
Don't disagree with you, but she's not the only one with a stake in NTTD.
Yes sure... anyway she will try to protect a theatrical release with all her strength.
Aston Martin and Bond
The 1964 James Bond film Goldfinger (pictured above) saw the introduction of a new car for 007, the Aston Martin DB5 – signalling the start of a relationship that now spans 13 films and more than 50 years of cinema history.
In the upcoming instalment, No Time To Die, no fewer than four Aston Martin’s are featured.
“First comes the DB5, then V8 Sedan, DBS Superleggera and finally the Valhalla. It’s a progression through time and it’s a great reflection of the relationship.
“We produce cars that are functional, elegant and powerful – they’re cars that allows James Bond to do his job effectively.”
Marek has an excellent working relationship with Barbara Broccoli, Michael Wilson and Daniel Craig.
“They typically come to my studio before they’re about to finalise the script and we take them through the cars we have in our line-up. It’s very much a mutual partnership – not a pay-to-play relationship,” he explains.
“In fact, when Sam Mendes introduced the cast of Spectre, he introduced the Aston Martin DB10 as one of the first cast members.”
You need to tell your President that! He seems to think it'll all be gone in a few weeks... :D
August - no problem as you don't need cinemas open to start marketing. November - yeah I genuinely think so. Remember that industry consensus for reopenings at the moment is July and many cinemas have cash reserves such that they can stay closed until then - but not necessarily beyond...
@Getafix they can and they will - if it's not deemed safe enough. That's the #1 priority. Doesn't matter if people are sick of lockdown.
@matt_u as much power BB may have, it's MGM's call. They paid for the film.
You have totally made your own point against yourself.
MGM need to make money on box-office from cinemas AND VOD.
The model you are suggesting sees them loosing their biggest market and instead focussing solely on their second biggest market, namely VOD. Why would anyone in the business world cut out an entire revenue stream? Especially if that revenue stream can produce a gross of $1billion. Even more so in light of your second biggest revenue stream not being comparable to the money you make in the first.
As I've said before, the economics of blockbuster films rely on global theatrical releases. Otherwise, you can't feasibly turn these big films into moneymakers.
MGM's tenuous financial position means they are more reliant on theatrical than ever. Releasing straight to VOD is another way to ensure they loose money and potentially destroy their own company.
As long as MGM is independent, Bond will be a theatrical series and that includes NTTD. If MGM get bought by Netflix or Apple things will change.
@antovolk your argument is for the birds.
And no shit, that's why Universal is pioneering a premium rental window, at a similar 90-day interval before going to Blu-ray, DVD, digital purchase to-own with extras and so on. Instead of dropping the film to own straight away.
Again, I'm only arguing about a VOD release for NTTD *if* and only if cinemas don't open up in November. If cinemas reopen in July, or August, or September as current consensus suggests and cinemas can financially weather without government bailouts, we'll almost certainly have the November release as planned.
Yup yup, feels like a foregone conclusion at this point.
https://www.insider.com/when-will-movie-theaters-reopen-masks-social-distancing-2020-4
For instance, with regards to Tenet:
@Pierce2Daniel the way you change your stance on things makes it seem like there's more than one person in charge of your account. Weren't you in favour of a phased rollout at one point, and downplayed the impact of piracy when everyone else raised it as an issue?
It doesn't seem like you actually read antovolk's post, either. These are just hypotheticals at this point, not an argument for it.
We don't listen to him. LOL
Absolutely! =D> :-bd But obviously in the real world it far easier said than done for many people.
Close doesn't count, i want the actual cinema experience. At some point i would think of that but not at the moment.
Most people are lazy. They would not seek out pirated versions if the official version is readily available at great quality.
We saw it in the music industry. Piracy dropped when proper digital versions were supported.
Surely it would improve your home video viewing? Wouldn't you rather watch films at home in a way that is closer to the theatrical experience? My setup is actually probably better than a lot of non mulitplex cinemas.
I could see a proper home set up would exceed the big-box theatre experience, and it wouldn't even need to be that complex. A big enough TV (or projector) and a good surround sound system (I would think this would be pretty key). Then you could include only those you want to (nobody on phones, talking, etc), no expensive snacks, etc.
Streaming would be a big no, but the opportunity to download and then watch offline, yes. And I agree having discussed it that the studios would never go this route, but I'm saying it wouldn't be as bad as it may seem.
Yes, exactly. And there are people who might want an intermission in a nearly-3-hour film, and they'd be able to have it their way as well.
Again, however, I think the thing most home setups are lacking nowadays are good theatre-class sound. Myself included.
Is it just the size of the screen for you then?
I do think there's something in the energy of being surrounded by people with the same anticipatory excitement as you. But aside from that intangible, I think a good theatre experience is replicable at home.
I mean there's no point in arguing with any of you on this, because you're obviously set in your ways, but the technical scale of a movie theatre is only the way it is so they can cram as many people into the theatre is possible, so they can make money. If you only have a few people in your living room, all of these "technical incomparable aspects" are obviously scalable. And there's also the cinema 'benefit' of a hundred noisy and annoying strangers.
May as well just leave it be now, so we can discuss all the new NTTD production news that's breaking. ;)