When Universal, Disney and Warner Bros. revealed changes to their film release plans during the past nine months, the focus had been on tentpoles.
What largely hasn’t been addressed yet by these studios are the independent films, smaller titles with tiny budgets. These are films that over the years have been discovered at film festivals like Sundance, Berlin, Cannes and Toronto.
Or perhaps they were financed by the nowDisney-owned Fox Searchlight or now-defunct specialty labels. It seems reasonable to think the major studios’ push to prioritize streaming will take away significant attendance from movie theaters.
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