I'm uncertain what storylines remained unresolved that justified a sequel? Everything seemed to be wrapped up neatly at the conclusion of the film.
On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 1:12 PM, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 3:03 PM, Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> The Weinstein Company and Netflix announced that a sequel to "Crouching >> Tiger, Hidden Dragon" will open in IMAX theaters *and* on the streaming >> service in August of next year--Regal and Cinemark, the nation's two >> largest film exhibitors, say "not at our multiplexes": >> >> >> http://www.thewrap.com/regal-cinemark-will-not-screen-crouching-tiger-hidden-dragon-sequel-due-to-netflix-release/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=contactology >> >> Weinstein isn't a member of the MPAA (which has pretty much said that its >> members will not open movies in theaters and on TV simultaneously) and its >> Radius arm distributes arthouse and indie titles to cable VOD and iTunes >> simultaneously with theatrical distribution (with only Landmark, the >> arthouse chain owned by Mark Cuban, whose Magnolia also releases films to >> theaters and VOD simultaneously, the only notable chain to exhibit the >> films). By and large, the big chains have continued to say that they will >> not show anything that's on what they broadly consider home video outside >> of one-night Fantom Events screenings of classics or one-week IMAX reissues >> (like "Forrest Gump" a few weeks ago) and <Don LaFontaine> in a world where >> most mainstream releases have to make their money on the first weekend >> <DL>, it's highly unlikely that they will give in. Even IFC Films, another >> indie distributor big on VOD, released "Boyhood" in theaters only in the >> hopes that it would get some crossover into mainstream plexes. >> > > </Don LaFontaine> > > Fixed that for you, Mark. > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
