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Doug Liman Is Still Mad About Amazon’s Treatment of ‘Road House’: ‘Nobody Got Compensated’

The filmmaker behind 'Edge of Tomorrow' and 'The Bourne Identity' discusses how he feels about streaming.

and Mrs. Smith” and “Edge of Tomorrow,” Liman was brought aboard MGM ’s remake of the Patrick Swayze-starring cult action movie, “ Road House,” in 2021, according to an announcement in Variety, with production commencing in 2022. Even if Amazon’s theatrical vs. streaming offer was, as reported, put forward to Liman and the rest of the team prior to production being greenlit, his current issue seems to be rooted in how the creatives behind “Road House” were not properly compensated on the backend. Another factor that made “The Instigators” a smoother ride for Liman than “Road House” was having the support of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck through their company Artists Equity.

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