This is a very sensitive issue for Netflix. My apologies to them in advance.
They have wanted, for years now, to make the claim that their awards films are theatrically released. And to some degree they are… but not in anything resembling the traditional way.
They basically 4-wall as many as 600 screens, including the theaters that they control in Los Angeles and New York. A few years back, they dramatically rented a Broadway theater and made it into a cinema for a few weeks for The Irishman. Very clever. A show of respect to Scorsese. And pricey for them.
Netflix announced their plans for this year’s line-up of fall/winter titles at the end of August. Did you know that Blonde has a 12-day theatrical before it was released onto the service last month? It did!
So today they announced that Glass Onion, the sequel to Knives Out, would get a 600-screen theatrical from Nov 23 - 29. They even added AMC to the list of chains that would show the film.
In other words… same old, same old.
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