Originally Posted by Jonwo:
“The Smurfs and Hotel Transylvania were Sony only but my guess is that MGM has done a deal with ITV but Hansel and Gretel which was Paramount/MGM debuted on Channel 5 so perhaps it's a shared deal for certain films. Will be interesting where GI Joe Retaliation and Carrie end up. Robocop is an interesting one because it was distributed by Studiocanal in the UK but MGM has international television rights.”
“The Smurfs and Hotel Transylvania were Sony only but my guess is that MGM has done a deal with ITV but Hansel and Gretel which was Paramount/MGM debuted on Channel 5 so perhaps it's a shared deal for certain films. Will be interesting where GI Joe Retaliation and Carrie end up. Robocop is an interesting one because it was distributed by Studiocanal in the UK but MGM has international television rights.”
Fair enough, I wasn't sure there had been any Sony-only premieres.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, the RoboCop deal is a 20 year deal, covering several platforms, including TV:
Quote:
“Studiocanal will release the new version of the sci-fi action classic from director José Padilha theatrically and across other platforms, including video, VOD and television, but, as the group added, “with certain limited exceptions.””
“Studiocanal will release the new version of the sci-fi action classic from director José Padilha theatrically and across other platforms, including video, VOD and television, but, as the group added, “with certain limited exceptions.””
So that could really mean anything...






