In an interview with the New York Times published Wednesday, “The Fabelmans” director said that in recent years, filmmakers’ projects have been shoved aside to make the case for streaming services
Billed as Steven Spielberg’s most personal film, the semiautobiographical drama ‘The Fabelmans’ received its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival. The Q&A afterward answers your burning questions.that it would premiere its 2021 slate of movies — including “Dune” and “King Richard” — on HBO Max the same day those titles hit theaters. The “Schindler’s List” filmmaker said the controversial approach resonated differently with older viewers.
“I think older audiences were relieved that they didn’t have to step on sticky popcorn,” he said. “But I really believe those same older audiences, once they got into the theater, the magic of being in a social situation with a bunch of strangers is a tonic.”‘Elvis,’ in its first weekend, and ‘Top Gun: Maverick,’ in its fifth weekend, both topped the domestic box office with $30.5 million apiece.
As the COVID-19 pandemic progressed, some movies returned to a theatrical release before going to streaming services. One such film was“I found it encouraging that ‘Elvis’ broke $100 million at the domestic box office,” the “E.T.” director said. “A lot of older people went to see that film, and that gave me hope that people were starting to come back to the movies as the pandemic becomes an endemic.
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