Street house : a complicated exit for the film with Jake Gyllenhaal
On paper there wasn’t necessarily much to expect Street house, remake of the 1989 film starring Patrick Swayze. But see Jake Gyllenhaal as sharp as ever, there was reason to think there would be an audience to discover the story of a former UFC fighter who becomes a bar bouncer and takes on a local gang. The trailer for the feature film was later revealed, promising a real dose of action and violence. All the lights were green, right up to the director Doug Liman announces that he wants to boycott his own film.
Doug Liman boycotts his film with Jake Gyllenhaal and takes on Amazon
The director expressed his disappointment at seeing Street house be transmitted only streaming on the Prime Video platform. He and Jake Gyllenhaal would have preferred a theatrical release. And the two even organized a private screening on Jeff Bezos’ yacht to try to convince the Amazon boss to offer them this kind of release. But when he didn’t win the case, Doug Liman pitched everything he thought about the companybelieving that films are of no use to society”than selling plumbing accessories“.
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Doug Liman’s exit was quite surprising. We then understood his frustration because, according to him, the promises had not been kept. However, there could be another version in this story. Believe VarietyDoug Liman and Jake Gyllenhaal would be directly responsible for this release only on Prime Video after opting for a larger budget.
“They took all the money”
Negotiations between MGM and the duo Street house development on the film had begun in 2021. At the time, it was just a matter of releasing films theatrically for the company. But after the acquisition of Amazon it was necessary to re-discuss future projects. Thus Jennifer Salke, the director of Amazon Studios, would have offered two choices to Doug Liman and Jake Gyllenhaal: “Make the film for 60 million dollars and get a theatrical release, or take $85 millionbut with an exclusively streaming broadcastAccording to a source close to the matter, they therefore opted for the second option:They took all the money“.
A statement that changes the situation, since Doug Liman would then have been fully aware of the plans for the release of the work Street house. So he only tried after the film was made lobby to get a theatrical release too. Producer Joel Silver also reportedly insisted that Amazon change its mind. Which wouldn’t have been to Jennifer Salke’s taste. A few months later, the producer was fired and put other projects aside because of “verbal violence towards several staff members“.
Finally, Doug Liman’s exit would not have gone down well with some people who worked on the film. This was reported by a source close to the case Variety :
This is really disrespectful to everyone who worked hard on this. This is a really fun streaming movie.
Street house will be released on Prime Video on March 21, 2024.
Source: Cine Serie
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