Amazon Plans To Release 12 Movies a Year In Theaters and On Prime

Posted by samzenpus on Monday January 19, 2015 @05:18AM from the watching-more dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Amazon has announced that it will begin to produce and acquire original movies for theatrical release and early window distribution on Amazon Prime Instant Video. From the article: "This is a big move from Amazon, as it seeks to narrow the theatrical release window to between four and eight weeks. It can often take up to a year for films to land on subscription video-on-demand (SVoD) services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime Instant Video, however they do typically land on DVD/Blu-ray within around four months. Production for the aptly titled 'Amazon Original Movies' program will kick off in 2015, and plans are afoot to create around a dozen original titles for release in cinemas each year."

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Re:Wow! Cool! by TubeSteak · 2015-01-19 06:14 · Score: 4, Informative

Does Amazon have any history of producing good content? Or is this just out of the blue?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Studios
They've been at it since 2013.
One of their original shows just won Best TV and Best Actor at the Golden Globes.

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