Comment on Hollywood Execs Fear Ryan Coogler’s Sinners Deal ‘Could End the Studio System’
barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 2 days agoMy worry is that these rights reversion deals are going to the top tier film-makers for their top-tier films. In 25 years they’ll revert to the film-maker, and who knows what will happen to them?
What if the director has died? Now the film is in the hands of the estate, who might not know what to do with it, or even care. Some will handle it properly, others wont. Some will be greedy, some may be ashamed of it, some will neglect it, etc.
It’s inevitable that some of these classics will become innaccessible, and even lost.
xyzzy@lemm.ee 2 days ago
They don’t have to do anything. Licensing companies will come knocking with a briefcase of money, and all they have to do is sign. It will likely result in better availability, not worse, because it’s not bound to studios. Studios can hold back releases because they want to release them later, or tie them into a remake schedule, then the remake gets canceled and they never get around to it, etc.
(And although it’s just a hypothetical, in my system above, the rights holders would always be known.)
realcaseyrollins 1 day ago
My only fear is that I think this will make theatrical distribution harder. Give your movie to Lionsgate and they will use your connections to get your movie in the vast majority of theaters. Can one producer or even a team he hires compete with that type of network?
I love going to the movies but I'm sorry, I'm not driving 300 miles just to watch a movie before it hits streaming, even if I really like the director.
xyzzy@lemm.ee 1 day ago
The rights are reassigned after 25 years, so I don’t really think the theatrical release is a concern in this case.
realcaseyrollins 1 day ago
Yes but one fear is that eventually directors will go without the studio altogether, no?