Steven Spielberg's spat with Netflix taps into larger fight over the future of movies.
:"There’s nothing like going to a big dark theater with people you’ve never met before, and having the experience wash over you."
"In a world where consumer choice is driving everything — how we shop, how we order groceries, how we are entertained — we're trying to get to a place where consumers have theatrical viewing as a choice," Netflix film chief"But we also think it is critical that, if you don't have the means or access or the time to go to a theater, you are still able to see movies without a long wait," Stuber added.
, citing unnamed sources. A brief teaser trailer that aired during the Oscars contained what could be a clue, saying the film would drop"in theaters next fall."The recent reports that Spielberg plans to ask for an eligibility rules change at an upcoming meeting of the film academy's board of governors stoked intense debate online, drawing other directors into the spat.
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