The autumn premieres season is changing, like everything
WarningSemented by Jake Coyleassociated Press |SEP 08, 2021AT11: 37 am
New York - the filmmaker Cary Fukunaga has been waiting for more than a year and a half for the most important film of his career to reach the cinema: James Bond's film "No time to die" ("Without time to die").It has been a rare and surreal wait.Months before its premiere on October 8, its main theme, by Billie Eilish, already won a Grammy Award.
"Last night I had a dream in which Sam Mendes was," said Fukunaga in a recent interview, referring to the director of the two previous films of Bond."We were on vacation in an ice cream lake.He had ended Bond's movies and said: ‘Oh, you made a.Now you can take a break ’.Then we start skiing in the frozen lake ”.
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The autumn (boreal) premieres season, usually reliable and pleasant, this year is, like the last 18 months, a little disorienting.On the way there are films that were originally being released in April 2020, such as "No Time to Die", as well as summer tapes that expect to find better conditions now and others filmed and edited during the pandemic.
AdvertisementWhat has joined is a film hodgepod.But the recent increase in Covid-19 cases due to the Delta variant has added uncertainty to a time when Hollywood hoped to approach normality.
"Everything is variable and everything will continue to be variable," said Tom Rothman, president and executive director of Sony Pictures."It is the antithesis of what used to be.In the old days, you planted your flag and did not move raining, thunding or flashing.Now, being flexible and agile has a great advantage ".
The universal universal universal.While Disney (with Disney+) andWarner Bros.(with HBO Max) have sought to increase subscriptions to their streaming services with large releases in 2021, Sony, Universal, Paramount and MGM (Bond Home) have mostly strain the plan to release first on a large screen on a large screen.
In all the films that will be released this fall - among them "The Last Duel" (October 15), "Dune" (October 22), "Eternals" (November 5) and "House of Gucci" (November 24) - Nothing can be as tense as the current drama around the old cinema.Citing the increase in Covid cases due to the Delta variant, Paramount has been uprooted from the season by postponing “Top Gun: Maverick” until next year.But after the promising performance of some films at the box office, many great productions and Oscar candidates are doubling their bets on the cinema and their cultural impact, even if it is a risk.
"We have a lot of inventory.You don't want to continue postponing all movies, ”said Rothman."At a certain moment, you have to leave".
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After regenerating confidence in the cinema during the summer, the Delta has undermined the Hollywood impulse.The National Research Group had recorded that more than 80% of the spectators felt comfortable by going to the cinema in July.But that number was reduced to 67% last month.
However, the last great production released in the summer, "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" ("Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings") of Marvel, gave the fall an impulse with an estimate with an estimate with an estimatedof 90 million dollars in ticket sales during the last long weekend for Labor Day, one of the best premieres in Pandemia.Notably, it only appeared in theaters.
Even before all the figures were published, Rothman and Sony advanced the launch of "Venom: Let There Be Carnage" ("Venom: Carnage released"), the sequel to its success of superheroes of 856 million dollars, to theOctober 1.This will be followed by "Ghostbusters: afterlife" ("Ghostbusters: the legacy") on November 19, "a Journal for Jordan" by Denzel Washington on December 10 and "Spider-Man: no Way Home" ("Spider-Man: No road home) on December 17.
No study is betting on both movie theaters this fall and Sony.The study lacks an important streaming platform, but has signed lucrative pacts with Netflix and Disney to transmit movies after its film premieres.When discussing the disappointing results of tapes such as "The Suicide Squad" ("The Suicide Squad") byWarner Bros.versus a cinematographic success as "Free Guy" by Disney, Rothman recently explained that it is due to the exhibition window.
“There is no economic model, much less obtaining profits,...Without a universe with windows (exhibition).It doesn't exist, ”said Rothman.
That debate of what films will be released, where and when will surely still be resolved in the coming months and beyond.Warner Bros.He has pledged to resume exclusive cinematographic premieres, for 45 days, next year.But little is this fall, including the premieres calendar.
"Until we left the pandemic really behind, I don't think you can forecast what the future of cinema will be," said Rothman."We are still in an emergency situation at this time".
AdvertisementSo that Hollywood summer limbo will last until autumn.However, there are more scheduled films than at any previous time in pandemic.The Venice and Telluride film festivals have aroused interest in a wide range of films, including Netflix drama by Jane Campion "The Power of the Dog" ("The Power of the Dog") with Benedict Cumberbatch, whose premiere isplanned for November 17.The Oscar race would also bring great performances.Among the first prominent: Kristen Stewart such as Princess Diana in "Spencer" (November 5) by Pablo Larraín and Will Smith as Richard Williams, Venus and Serena's father, in "King Richard" (November 19).
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“We like that communal experience, especially after a year and a half passing hungry.It does not mean that streaming will disappear.Come to stay, ”said Chastain, who also stars with Oscar Isaac the HBO miniseries" Scenes from a Marriage "(" Secrets of a marriage ")."In my mind, I only see that the industry is expanding".
The number of films that have been released during the pandemic is often underestimated.But even with some high profile debuts, next season is crowded.Apple has "The Tragedy of Macbeth" by Joel Coen, with Denzel Washington.Amazon, the musical adaptation "Everybody’s Talking About Jamie" (September 17).There are new world -class filmmakers such as Paul Thomas Anderson, Guillermo del Toro ("Nightmare Alley", December 3), Pedro Almodóvar ("Parallel Mothers", December 24), Asghar Farhadi ("A Hero", 7 fromJanuary) and Paolo Sorrentino ("It was the hand of God", November 24).
There is also a feast of documentaries that include Julia Child's portrait of Julie Cohen and Betsy West, "Julia" (still without date);“Becoming Cousteau” by Liz Garbus (October 22);"The rescue" by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin (October), on the rescue of the 2018 Thai cave;And, properly, a portrait of one of the most omnipresent faces of the pandemic, Dr. Anthony Fauci, an expert in infectious diseases, in "Fauci" by John Hoffman and Janet Tobias (September 10).
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AdvertisementJust before production began at the beginning of this year, Fuqua entered close contact with someone who tested positive for coronavirus.To maintain the distance of his cast and team, he directed the film from a truck parked outside the set.
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With luck, the long delay of a series of films that have been waiting between racks for more than a year, including "West Side Story" ("Love without barriers") by Steven Spielberg (December 10), "The French Dispatch"("The French chronicle") by Wes Anderson (October 22) and yes, "No time to die" will soon end.
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"What I have not obtained in this case is the satisfaction that someone else will see the movie and say‘ I hate it ’or‘ I liked it, "said Fukunaga."That is the part that one is waiting for.Some people will like.Some people will not like.But you still want to listen to it.Even if you don't want to hear it, you want to hear it ".
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