Amazon Studios to Start Making Films That Will Skip Theatrical Release

Amazon Studios made waves at the Sundance Film Festival last month where they scooped up distribution rights to a number of high-profile films, but it appears as though Amazon may be making a significant shift when it comes to their feature film strategy. Amazon has long been held as a “gold standard” in cinephile circles because of the way it rolls out its original films. Rather than foregoing a theatrical experience like Netflix, Amazon played by theatrical rules, giving films like Manchester by the Sea and The Big Sick robust theatrical runs at least 90 days before those movies …

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