ErosSTX Gerard Butler Thriller ‘Greenland’ Skipping U.S. Theatrical Release For PVOD; HBO Nabs Pay-TV & Streaming In Big Deal

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorAmazon, for the first time, will expand its NFL streaming game-plan to the league’s postseason.The ecommerce giant has acquired rights to the NFL’s Jan. 10 wildcard playoff game, one of two added by the league for the 2020 season, an NFL rep confirmed.

Also Read: Here Are All the Studio Movies Still Scheduled to Open in Theaters in 2020 (For Now)“Each time I work with Jackie, we are always trying to impress our audience with the best picture and idea. Especially this time, we put a lot of innovation in it.

Gerard Butler‘s latest movie, Greenland, is skipping theaters entirely.

Greenland is set to bypass U.S. theaters and will be made available via premium video-on-demand for a $19.99 rental for 48 hours from Dec.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmIn a pandemic moment where The War With Grandpa gets headlines for topping the weekend box office with just $3.6 million, is it possible for films with stars and reasonable budgets to make a go of it while the two biggest theatrical markets, New York and Los Angeles, remain closed? Next to try will be Honest Thief, the Liam Neeson action film that opens Friday.

Deadline had reported is between a whopping $20-30 million, “Greenland” has already brought in $45 million in revenue for STX on a $35 million production budget.Also Read: Here Are All the Studio Movies Still Scheduled to Open in Theaters in 2020 (For Now)The film is still rolling out in theaters abroad and opened #1 in both Italy and New Zealand this past weekend.“Greenland” stars Butler as a father who is desperately racing against the clock to reach a bunker that will hopefully protect those

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterGerard Butler’s apocalyptic thriller “Greenland” will premiere directly on premium video-on-demand platforms starting Dec. 18.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorGerard Butler’s action film Greenland, which we first told you was jumping from a theatrical release during the pandemic to PVOD and eventually HBO and HBO Max, will become available in homes on Dec. 18 at the price of $19.99 for a 48-hour rental period.The STXfilms movie has already opened No.

The highly anticipated movie Promising Young Woman was supposed to be released in theaters back in April and now the film has finally been given a new release date!

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorFocus Features’ femme thriller Promising Young Woman, which made its world premiere at Sundance back in January, has returned to the theatrical release calendar for a Christmas Day release.

Also Read: 'Promising Young Woman' Film Review: Bold Thriller Is a Film for the #MeToo Era“Promising Young Woman” is something of a cross between an exploitation revenge fantasy and a romantic comedy. It stars Mulligan as a woman who once had a bright future but is now stuck and grieving after a mysterious event derailed her future.

With the recent delays of “Dune” and “No Time to Die” into 2021, all eyes are on “Wonder Woman 1984” as the seemingly next in line blockbuster to bow out of 2020 altogether. Currently, the film sits on its Christmas release date, but given how Regal Cinemas has closed down in the US and studios are quicking removing all of their fall features from the release calendar, it’s all but certain ‘WW84’ will find a new date sometime in 2021.

Naman Ramachandran After several blockbuster postponements including James Bond film “No Time To Die,” the ongoing crisis in the U.K. and Ireland exhibition sector has claimed its first victim in Phyllida Lloyd’s Sundance Film Festival title “Herself.”Distributor Element Pictures announced Tuesday: “We can’t wait to share #HerselfFilm with UK & Irish audiences, but unfortunately we are going to have to wait a little longer.

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerEXCLUSIVE: Alexis Louder (Watchmen) has come on board to star opposite Gerard Butler and Frank Grillo in the Joe Carnahan-directed action thriller CopShop, which just resumed production in Georgia after being temporarily halted because three crew members tested positive for COVID-19.Carnahan penned the most recent draft based on the original screenplay by Kurt McLeod.

Gerard Butler has revealed that he almost quit Hollywood for good after he struggled to come back from a nasty motorbike crash. The hunk, who is originally from Paisley, spoke out recently saying he nearly gave up acting after the accident in 2017 which left him with five fractured bones in his right foot, a microfracture in each foot, a pinched nerve and a bruised bone, and injuries to his ankle and both knees.