‘Freaky’ Director Blasts Studios Over Day-and-Date Releases Amid ‘Halloween Ends’ Launch: “It Destroyed Us”

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‘Freaky’ Director Blasts Studios Over Day-and-Date Releases Amid ‘Halloween Ends’ Launch: “It Destroyed Us”
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Christopher Landon urged studios to 'stop gambling with filmmakers and their movies to try and prop up your fledgling streaming services.'

“Stop doing this,” Landon posted about day-and-date-releases. “Please. It doesn’t work. Studios: stop gambling with filmmakers and their movies to try and prop up your fledgling streaming services. This happened to me onand it destroyed us. We worked SO HARD to make a fun movie. Blood sweat and tears. Months away from our families. And for what?”

Landon said that films are being used as Guinea pigs to experiment with the viability of at-home viewing and that he “begged” the studio to change itsstrategy. “Either circle the wagons and protect it for theatrical or just go all in on streaming,” continued Landon, who

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