Road House Director Doug Liman Boycotts Premiere, Issues Statement

Director Doug Liman is boycotting the premiere of his upcoming Road House remake in objection to Amazon’s choice to launch the motion picture straight-to-streaming on their Prime Video clip system.

Road House’s premiere is readied to happen at the 2024 SXSW movie celebration in March, and in a statement launched to Due date, Liman claimed that he will not remain in participation. According to Liman, his initial strategy had actually been to “silently protest Amazon’s decision to stream a movie so clearly made for the big screen,” yet that Amazon is “hurting way more than just me and my film,” so he’s speaking out.

“When Amazon bought MGM, one of the few remaining studios making big commercial films for theatrical release (movies like Bond, Creed) they announced that they would put a billion dollars into theatrical motion pictures, releasing at least 12 a year,” claimedLiman “They touted it as ‘the largest commitment to cinemas by an internet company.’ I can tell you what they then did to me and my film Road House, which is the opposite of what they promised when they took over MGM.”

Liman claims Amazon is much more thinking about offering toaster ovens and pipes components

Liman took place to claim that he “signed up to make a theatrical motion picture for MGM,” which Amazon informed him to “make a great film and we will see what happens,” and he thinks he did. The director claimed Amazon proclaimed the movie a “smash hit” among target market examination ratings, and has actually additionally asserted it had the greatest press reaction of any kind of movie given that they obtained MGM.

Liman after that claimed that it apparently really did not matter what sort of movie he made, prior to stating Amazon has “no interest in supporting cinemas,” yet rather desires “to sell plumbing fixtures.”

“Because contrary to their public statements, Amazon has no interest in supporting cinemas,” Liman claimed. “Amazon will exclusively stream Road House on Amazon’s Prime. Amazon asked me and the film community to trust them and their public statements about supporting cinemas, and then they turned around and are using Road House to sell plumbing fixtures.”

Liman’s shut his statement out by stating he isn’t opposed to streaming motion pictures, yet is opposed to “Amazon gutting MGM and its theatrical business.”