Overseas is another matter, where Amazon and MGM movies will still be distributed by Warner Bros. UAR was the distribution apparatus that allowed MGM to release its movies directly into theaters - including 007 installment No Time to Die - versus having to partner with another studio, at least domestically. Behind the scenes, Amazon has absorbed United Artists Releasing, a distribution co-venture between MGM and Megan Ellison’s Annapurna Pictures. Salke’s operation is taking a different tact.
Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos has repeatedly made it clear that its subscribers are the priority, not moviegoers. In deference to filmmakers, Netflix has given many of its films an early release in theaters, but it still won’t report grosses. Nor is Amazon hiding grosses, as it has in the past when giving original films a select release in some cinemas. In another key move, Amazon Studios signaled in February that it will indeed use its newfound association with a legacy Hollywood studio to give at least some of its movies a splashy big-screen release when announcing that Ben Affleck’s upcoming movie Air, starring Matt Damon, will open exclusively in theaters across the globe in early April versus going straight to Amazon Prime Video.Īnd both Creed III and Air will have a proper window before appearing in the home (in the pandemic era, the average window has collapsed to between 31 and 45 days). “Nobody else is positioned the same way with a full-fledged theatrical, marketing and distribution team.” “Everything they are doing shows their commitment to theatrical,” says MGM’s head of distribution Erik Lomis, a veteran Hollywood executive who did an earlier stint at the studio during the days of Rocky. She’ll report to Amazon and MGM Studios chief Jennifer Salke. production executive Courtenay Valenti as Amazon and MGM’s new head of film. The ecommerce giant closed its $8.45 billion deal to buy the storied studio nearly a year ago, but it wasn’t until now that the picture became more clear, including the hire in recent days of veteran Warner Bros. Creed III caps months of speculation as to what MGM’s film operation will look like in the Amazon era.
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