Amazon and Netflix are spending money like drunken sailors at Sundance The Big Sick was the big prize at Sundance Film Festival this year — and with two fresh, hungry and deep-pocketed heavyweights **w slugging it out in Park City, it's a great time to be an indie darling.
In the end, it was Amazon, just two years ago a small fish in the big Park City pond, that nabbed the Judd Apatow-produced film for a jaw-dropping $12 million. That's a hefty pricetag for any Sundance film, especially a niche comedy without big stars or awards aspirations.
And by outbidding festival veterans Paramount, Fox Searchlight and Universal/Focus Features, Amazon has thrown down the gauntlet on the indie film world. Also in the running was Netflix, the other half of a ma**-a-ma** battle of streaming titans that have upended indie festival **rms by upping the ante.* Read more...
01-29-2017, 12:08 PM
Amazon and Netflix are spending money like drunken sailors at Sundance
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