The Independent Cinema Alliance, a volunteer alliance of independent cinemas operating in North America, has responded to WarnerMedia’s theatrical-HBO Max 2021 slate day and date release strategy and they’re not pleased. They’re calling on studio of Stanley Kubrick, Clint Eastwood and Harry Potter to recommit to theatrical exclusivity, for that is what drives value to movies, not streaming. Also, the COVID-19 vaccine is around the corner. ICA welcomes “hybrid distribution models” during the pandemic as along as they have fair terms, and that they don’t “reflect long-term, formal shifts in distribution strategies for studio films.”
Source: https://deadline.com/theatrical-window-independent-cinema-alliance-nato-1234651973/