Christopher Nolan & Jon Favreau Join Fight Against Premium Video On Demand

bit.ly - Click to Subscribe! Facebook.com - Become a Fan! Twitter.com - Follow Us! Christopher Nolan and Jon Favreau join the fight against premium Video On Demand and its threat to film profitability. Will fill you in in seconds. Hey guys, Amanda Janner here with your update on the heated VOD debate. The Hollywood Reporter cites Jon Favreau and Christopher Nolan among the latest directors to join the force in opposing a new premium VOD service backed by Warner Bros., Sony, Universal and 20th Century Fox. Earlier this year, we reported that the National Association of Theater Owners was taking on studios participating in DirectTV’s VOD offering, which allows consumers to order a movie at home just two months after its theatrical release — that cuts a film's theater time nearly in half, and filmmakers are furious about the sizeable decrease in ticket sales that's sure to follow. Already speaking out against the deal are James Cameron, Peter Jackson, Michael Bay, Kathryn Bigelow, Brett Ratner and many others. Along with Favreau and Nolan, directors Quentin Tarantino and M. Night Shyamalan are also among the latest heavyweights to add their signatures to an open letter prepared by the National Association of Theater Owners slamming DirecTV's Home Premiere VOD service. For a pricey 30 dollars, viewers are granted a two-day pass to see a film just 60 days after its release date. THR says neither DirecTV nor the studios will say how the service is doing, but there's a lot of ...

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