“Are streamers scaling back?” and “Is this a renaissance period for indie financed films?” were two of the questions at the heart of a Zurich Summit panel this morning, feat…
. “They’re developing more, which is good, but do those movies end up good? It’s a good question, and it depends how you define what is good.”
Black Bear’s John Friedberg highlighted the growing flexibility from streamers in terms of theatrical windowing: “Streamers are making inroads in terms of theatrical. From, to Courtney Valenti’s new division at Amazon which is supporting theatrical, it’s not only day and date, there are significant windows. They are increasingly participating in theatrical.”
“I think we’re still in the final stages of the pandemic,” commented Lesher. “Older audiences have been more sluggish to get back to cinemas. Besides Barbenheimer, which was great news for the business, there have been some successful horror movies and some genre successes. I’m optimistic about this fall.”
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