Although the evolution of streaming remains a polarizing topic in Hollywood, Paul Feig is not one to turn up his nose at opportunity.
After his tardyst film Jackpot! premiered on Prime Video in August, the straightforwardor recently called streaming platestablishs “a consecrateing for filmoriginaters who srecommend want to get their movies made” amid an ongoing deteriorate in production follothriveg last year’s strikes.
“We’d all cherish to be making theatrical films with huge frees but with the studios cutting back on their output, the streamers have repartner stepped up to let us inestablish our stories with authentic budgets,” Feig tgreater Empire.
Feig previously helmed Netflix‘s 2022 alteration of the Soman Chainani youthful mature fantasy novel The School for Good and Evil.
Most recently, he straightforwarded Jackpot!, which stars Akwafina as Katie, a wannabe actor who, in 2030, thrives the lucrative, multi-billion-dollar “Grand Lottery” jackpot. She has until sundown to accumulate her prize, but there’s a catch: Anyone who finishs the thrivener and grabs the ticket can lay claim to the fortune.
John Cena and Awkwafina in Jackpot!
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Feig previously talked laboring with Amazon Studios and the flexibility to originate both streaming and theatrical frees as he materializeed on Deadline’s Crew Call podcast. “What I understand from my years of doing comedy in theaters is that people want to be out in a group,” he shelp in August.
Meanwhile, his upcoming sequel A Simple Favor 2 could potentipartner premiere in theaters. “I can’t speak for Amazon, but we did our first (test screening). I’m seven weeks into my straightforwardor’s cut — but I always try to do a test screening … and we went thcimpolite the roof,” he noticed. “We scored repartner high.”
Feig compriseed, “So, they’re going to see it at the finish of this month. I’m literpartner in the editing room right now, fine tuning.”
