Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorNetflix has set an October 16 streaming date for Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial of the Chicago 7, its $56M pickup from Paramount, in what looks to be the first of its 2020-21 awards season contenders.Paramount, which first had the movie, was eyeing a fall platform release, initially with a limited debut of September 25, then an expansion on October 9 and a full wide release of October 16 — hence Netflix’s drop date keeps with what was originally planned for theatrical prior to this year’s U.S.
presidential election.The pic follows protest organizers Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Tom Hayden and Bobby Seale at the 1968 Democratic National Convention, what went from a peaceful protest to a.
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