Films that were intended for theatrical release but instead premiered on television or home video (1 Viewer)

[Nathan_H]

It's a shame, either way, as Prey had great reviews and a relatively modest budget ($65 million). Seems like it would have been a good candidate for theaters last year in the late summer or early fall. It reportedly had good audience numbers on Hulu, but no mention anywhere of whether it generated the millions of dollars worth of new subscribers comparable to what it might have earned in theaters.

If it ever comes to home media, I'll likely buy it. But it's not something that will get me to subscribe to Hulu.

Coming. Finally. https://thedigitalbits.com/columns/my-two-cents/081723-0700

 

[Tom St Jones]

Coming. Finally. https://thedigitalbits.com/columns/my-two-cents/081723-0700

Well, there you go..

 

[Philip Verdieck]

If it's cinema run was only cancelled due to an (clearly significant and tragic) event such as that, it should be assumed the film was meant for theatrical release and therefore *would* count

No, you misinterpret. I am saying the artificially limited release shouldn't count as a theatrical release for the purposes of this discussion.

 

[DVBRD]

Snow White: A Tale of Terror was filmed for theatrical but ended up debuting on Showtime. Sigourney Weaver earned an Emmy nomination for playing the evil queen.

Also, I Could Never Be Your Woman went straight-to-video after a theatrical distribution deal collapsed. Entertainment Weekly did an entire article about why the movie ended up not getting a theatrical release.

 

[Tom St Jones]

DELIVERY BOYS -- 1984 comedy about rowdy multi-ethnic group of pizza delivery guys who start a breakdancing team. Intended New World Pictures release that instead went straight--to--video. Released on Blu ray via Scorpion Rls. several years ago.

 

[JoeStemme]

CLASS OF NUKE 'EM HIGH (1986) (video)

CLASS OF NUKE 'EM HIGH got a theatrical release. I know, because I unfortunately sat through it!

TRICK 'R TREAT also got a limited theatrical run