Trailer released for film approximately child soldiers in an African civil war,which caused consternation in the film industry after it was bought by NetflixNetflix’s purchase of the distribution rights for Beasts of No Nation was a definite gamechanger: although it wasn’t the first feature film acquired by a streaming site, it was the first really tall-profile, and awards-bait film that had been sold in this way,and signalled the streamers’ intent to move into areas that had hitherto been seen as the preserve of the cinema-only circuit.
Fears that Netflix would only show the film on its streaming service possess so far been allayed, as it has been booked in for a world premiere at the Venice film festival before a US release in October – though its simultaneous availability on VoD means that major cinema chains will boycott it.
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Source: theguardian.com