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Los Angeles, Dec 10 : Filmmakers Patty Jenkins and Aaron Sorkin are not entirely in favour of simultaneous release of films in theatres and on OTT platform, and fear that theatres will become like art houses in the times to come.
Jenkins as well as Sorkin made headlines this year when the studios attached to their films “Wonder Woman 1984” and “The Trial Of The Chicago 7”, and opted for streaming-centric release.
Warner Bros. will release “Wonder Woman 1984” in theatres and on HBO Max in the US on December 25. In the case of “The Trial Of The Chicago 7”, Paramount sold the film to Netflix, which gave the film a limited release in theatres in September and then released it on the streamer in October.
“We’re all scared that everything’s going to change now,” Sorkin said to Jenkins during a conversation for Variety‘s upcoming Virtual FYC Fest.
“That movie theatres are basically going to become, like, art houses, and that the films that you and I make will only be seen on streaming services,” he said, adding: “I don’t think that’s going to happen. I think that for 4,000 years, nothing has replaced the experience of being part of an audience. That shared experience — being in a theatre when the lights go down, everyone laughing at the same time, gasping at the same time, being silent at the same time, and having the final moment of the film reverberate at the same time.” Jenkins agreed with him, and shared that the “death of moviegoing” has been predicted since the advent of television. However, the director feels the industry is missing a considerable economic opportunity by making streaming the main point of their business.

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