

Universal Studios Hollywood Universal CityWalk Universal Orlando Studio Tour, hollywood, blue, text, globe png 2000x940px 1.47MB.Universal s Film studio Illumination Entertainment Logo, hollywood sign, company, text, black png 1024x768px 27.97KB.Universal Studios logo, Universal Orlando Universal Studios Hollywood Universal s Logo Comcast, studio, studio, globe, world png 1340x813px 1.3MB.The studio intends to forge ahead with this tactic, announcing on Monday that Judd Apatow’s new Pete Davidson-led comedy The King of Staten Island would scrap its planned cinema release on 19 June and premiere on-demand instead. It also extends to any movie-maker who unilaterally abandons current windowing practices absent good faith negotiations between us.” He said: “AMC will no longer play any Universal movies in any of our theaters in the United States, Europe or the Middle East. The comments have incensed cinema owners who see the studios as using the coronavirus lockdown to test the sacrosanct tradition of the “theatrical window” that Netflix rails against.Ĭinemas have traditionally enjoyed being at the top of the pecking order for newly released films, with a three-month exclusivity period before they are released on other platforms such as pay-TV and DVD, in a strategy to maximise the value of every movie.Īron has fired off a letter to Universal Studios’ chair, Donna Langley, accusing the company of “breaking the business model and dealings between our two companies”.


“As soon as theaters reopen, we expect to release movies on both formats.” “The results for Trolls World Tour have exceeded our expectations and demonstrated the viability of PVOD,” said Jeff Shell, the chief executive of NBCUniversal, earlier this week.
