“While some of our competitors have dipped their toes in and out of the theatrical waters, for us, this isn’t a test or an experiment. Our commitment to release at least 15 films every year into your theaters is on schedule,” Mike Hopkins, head of Prime Video & Amazon MGM Studios, promised theater owners from the stage at CinemaCon on Wednesday night.
The studio currently has a massive hit on its hands in Project Hail Mary. Still, “As I say to our team constantly, our ambition for theatrical film is in the top half of the first inning. Project Hail Mary is just the beginning” he said.
To support that, the studio is building an international distribution organization that it hopes to have up and running later this year. Its been expanding its international footprint, bringing in executives across key territories including the U.K., France, Germany, Italy, Spain,
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