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Netflix wanted the original "wide release" to be shorter than most movie theater chains wanted and often adhere too and so the original deal fell through with this being the result. LOS ANGELES — After months of negotiations, Netflix couldn’t clinch the big-screen deal it wanted. The streaming giant, which has roots in Silicon Valley, has tried to appease its top-shelf directors as it expands further into the movie business. But when it came to a wide theatrical release for “The Irishman,” the $159 million gangster epic from the director Martin Scorsese, Netflix fell short. Netflix announced its fall releases on Tuesday with “The Irishman” set to debut in select theaters in New York and Los...
Full answer by Darth Locke: https://movies.stackexchange.com/a/104477 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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