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Sundance Film Festival Post-Strike “Has A Slate That Is Ready To Meet Its Audience” As Buyers Desperately Need Product – Opening-Day Presser


In the wake of the dual strikes, the 2024 theatrical release schedule is in a bind, even streamers are desperate for product. Sundance, save us. Eighty percent of this year’s film lineup is f…

“Without Sundance, the United States wouldn’t be where it is in terms of entertainment,” said Blum, the producer having launched Get Out here in a secret screening back in 2017, and also behind the 2014 movie Whiplash which went from festival acquisition title to ultimate 2015 3x Oscar winner. Earlier, Blum shared his highpoints and lowpoints (buying Happy, Texas) here at Park City with Whiplash and Get Out, which wound up being festivalgoers’ two fave movies out of Sundance at its hits 40 years: “Two very different experiences.” The fest which runs 11 days features 91 projects across films, episodic, and New Frontier Lineup for plus the addition of The Greatest Night in Pop — a documentary about the whirlwind creation of global mega-hit We Are the World.

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