The coronavirus outbreak has set back many companies and even crippled many industries. In the Film Industry, film-making tasks have started to get delayed and a lot of them had to be stopped indefinitely. Especially now that it’s August, film producers and theater owners have, for the first time in a very long time, missed out on the opportunity to showcase Summer Blockbusters. And one such unreleased Blockbuster was Christopher Nolan’s much anticipated time-themed thriller “TENET”.
After missing it’s July 17th, 2020 release date due to the pandemic, it also missed it’s second release date which was set on the 31st of the same month. Needless to say it has been frustrating for both the film-makers and film-goers alike. There was speculation regarding the release date, during the first change made and on the missing of the second date as well, that it might get released next year instead.
But the movie producers are losing money with the film collecting dust. The movie is said to have cost between 200 and 225 million dollars to make, Nolan’s most expensive film to date, with the final sum coming close to 300 to 350 million dollars after including the marketing. The Observer has said that the movie would probably need to make 450 – 500 million dollars to break even.
With all that in mind, the John David Washington/Robert Pattinson thriller (which was given a third release date by the way, set on August 12th, which also got cancelled) will be opening internationally first in 70 countries on August 26th. It will release in the United States in select theaters over a long labour day weekend beginning from September 3rd. Let’s hope that India is one of those 70 countries, and our coronavirus cases will have hopefully (fingers crossed) reduced by then.
For those who were expecting an OTT release, you should have known better. The “Interstellar” creator is well renowned for his ability to wow us with his vivid selection of light effects and more importantly sound effects. Experiencing his movies in a theater have always left a profound effect on us and it won’t give us the same feel when we watch it for the first time on our smart TV or hand held device.
Nolan himself is not a fan of releasing his movies straight to streaming platforms as he believes it will undercut the effort he has put in to create his films. But he knows the OTT platforms’ value and had even called Netflix ‘revolutionary’ once upon a time. But we probably won’t be seeing it on our OTT account(s), until the movie has run in theaters for at least 90 days.
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