The remake star discusses his director's decision to sit out their film's upcoming SXSW premiere.
Jake Gyllenhaal Responds to Doug Liman Boycotting Their ‘Road House’ Premiere
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BertramDitore@lemmy.world 3 months ago
This is a meaningless and stupid controversy. Here it is in a nutshell:
Director makes an informed decision to take an extra $25 million dollars from the studio knowing that it means the movie won’t hit theaters. He could have taken $60 million and gotten a theatrical release. Instead, he took $85 million and a streaming only deal.
Director boycotts the premiere because he says it’s one of his best movies and it deserves to be in theaters.
Okay cool, that may be the case, but what about the deal he agreed to? Seems pretty cut and dry to me.
Meanwhile, Jake Gyllenhaal is like, eh whatever, I’ve watched movies on laptops, and it’s fine, it’s a great movie and now a ton of people can watch it.