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Apple May Be Interested in Acquiring A24 Film Studio
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You clearly haven’t seen much on Apple TV +. What are you talking about ‘family friendly’? And USA focused? that’s just mindless complaining.
This is one company Apple should leave alone.
A24 give wide releases to films that would otherwise not get as much exposure. They have built a reputation for quality and any acquisition like this risks not only their future slates being watered down but the brand itself disappearing.
If Apple buys A24, they'll either increase their output but the quality threshold will be lowered to fit any movie that is remotely on-brand with A24, or they'll change what A24 stands for and it'll just become generic. Worst case scenario it'll be merged into Apple's existing film/tv assets and the name will fade.
It would be a real shame.
A24 give wide releases to films that would otherwise not get as much exposure. They have built a reputation for quality and any acquisition like this risks not only their future slates being watered down but the brand itself disappearing.
If Apple buys A24, they'll either increase their output but the quality threshold will be lowered to fit any movie that is remotely on-brand with A24, or they'll change what A24 stands for and it'll just become generic. Worst case scenario it'll be merged into Apple's existing film/tv assets and the name will fade.
It would be a real shame.
Have you actually watched any Apple TV content? Both See and Servant are particularly family unfriendly. I feel like there was a pre-launch rumour that it was going to avoid violence and swearing and people have decided that rumour was true ever since without investigating any further.
Why the James Bond franchise could be complicated for Amazon after buying the MGM film studio
Producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson have final say on the direction of the Bond film series.
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Well of course if you didn't understand it then it is only natural that you wouldn't like it. I understood it and liked it, though Midsommer was more my cup-o-tea they were both good movies, well compared to much of the dreck coming out of Hollywood right now it isn't that high a bar to cross but they are movies that'll last the test of time.
I hope not. I don't really watch tv or movies anymore, very rare to watch anything and a24 style movies are the few I do like. I detest the typical Hollywood by the numbers corny and predictable movie, don't like comic bs and I would hate to see some woke sjw/Disney style bs ruin this studio and their movies
Right, I loved how conservative and anti-SJW stuff like Midsommar and False Positive were. Real anti-feminist, anti-woke messages in there.
I think we are talking about different things as the deal includes the 25 Bond films that have already been made but possibly not any future films. Currently Eon Productions hold the production rights while MGM have the finance and distribution rights, so Eon could switch to different financiers and distribution for the post Daniel Craig films. Whether they actually do that will probably depend on how much money Amazon are prepared to pay to keep the Bond franchise, along with how well No Time to Die performs once it is actually released.
Why the James Bond franchise could be complicated for Amazon after buying the MGM film studio
Producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson have final say on the direction of the Bond film series.
Apple would be buying A24 for their incredible talented executives. They have a really good nose for new, edgy and up-coming future jewels. And because they are so talented, I would not expect them accept nothing less than assuming VP duties out of Eddy Cue. I would personally love to see that. He seems to not really get it... look at the disastrous launch of lossless... like if he could not see Spotify coming out with this and had to rush out a half-good solution. So rushed that he does not even believe it, he didn't even tell the hardware people.
You're not describing greed as much as you're just describing basic business practices. Why would you expect a distributor to finance replication and distribution of a dying format like DVD for a small marketshare of people like you? And with a few exceptions of smaller films that fall through the distribution cracks (which has always happened since VHS) all of the movies you want to own or rent are available on iTunes, Google Play, Vudu and many others without any subscription required. If Apple bought A24, all of their films would still be available to all other platforms except Apple could implement a 30 day exclusive window or something to sweeten the pot for Apple TV + subscribers.
Why is it that when I search for midsommar the first Google question populated is “why is midsommar so bad?” Not a great look, especially for the horror genre.
also, photographic evidence:
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there's 7+ billion people on earth. for every person that likes something, you'll find someone who wants to hate it. such a thing bears no meaningful reflection on it
I mean, if a search engine pops it up as the first question and you’re not a horror fan, it’s going to make you form an opinion and click on it regardless, which makes the first impression pretty crappy.
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I guess the question is: if Apple is both producer and distributor of a show, will they bother making Blu-Ray releases?
(In most cases so far, Apple distributes shows produced by others. Those others then distribute physical media. Apple doesn't really have that facility, nor presumably the interest to build it. At least, they'd likely contract it out.)
Do you know anyone who can actually form an opinion on anything without an outside sourcing of the material to find out if it’s in their best interests to engage in that media, wether it be social or otherwise? I didn’t think so.