Today met with a producer who produced a feature last year. Overenthusiastic, they hyped it as it was being finished in spring of 2012, said it would be distributed in summer of 2012, and then.....it vanished.
FYI guys the release schedules for films are calculated months if not years in advance. Every weekend, every release date -- all are calculated closely.
The producer says they are in negotiations with Lionsgate and another studio.
Actually, I think it is more likely that the film is unable to find a distributor. Young people read about indie producers creating a low budget film that clicks with audiences and figure they can make a film that will sell. They find some friends, shoot some footage, cut it together and put on a show.
What they do not realize is that here it is script, script script. And distribution has become more elusive than ever. Tentpoles are what studios make because they think that they can make a lot of money with them.
Its sad. I wonder whether his film is any good? I will likely never get to see it.
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