Jake Gyllenhaal’s new movie road house is set to debut on Amazon’s Prime Video on March 21 and the film will have its world premiere at the SXSW Film Festival, but don’t expect to see director Doug Liman there.
Doug just announced that he is protesting the SXSW premiere in response to Amazon’s decision to skip the theatrical release of the film, which he claims was made for theaters.
For those who don’t know, Doug is the director of movies like The Bourne Identity, MR. And Mrs. Smith, The Tomorrow Eraand American Made.
The new take road house It follows a former UFC fighter (Gyllenhaal) who takes a job as a bouncer at a roadside bar in the Florida Keys, but soon discovers that not everything is as it seems in this tropical paradise.
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“When road house SXSW film festival opens, I won’t be attending. The movie is fantastic, maybe the best, and I’m sure it will bring the house down and possibly have audiences dancing in their seats during the end credits. But I won’t be there,” Doug wrote in an op-ed for Deadline. “My plan had been to silently protest Amazon’s decision to stream a movie so clearly made for the big screen. But Amazon is hurting much more than just me and my film. If I don’t talk about Amazon, who will?”
Doug added: “Contrary to their public statements, Amazon has no interest in supporting movie theaters. Amazon will exclusively stream Road House on Amazon Prime. “Amazon asked me and the movie community to trust them and their public statements about supporting movie theaters, and then they turned around and are using Road House to sell plumbing fixtures.”
You can read the full article at Deadline.com.
Billy Magnussen, who also stars in the film, posted the article on Instagram and said, “I support Doug Liman and any other artist who dreams big.”
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