George Clooney Applauds Universal for Taking a ‘Gamble’ on ‘Ticket to Paradise’ and Putting It in Theaters: ‘I’m Really Proud’

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are making romantic comedies — they’re making ‘em for Netflix and Amazon and saying, ‘Here, that’s where they go now.’ And so [‘Ticket to Paradise’] is saying, ‘No, we are still in the movie business,’ and I’m really proud of them for doing that,” Clooney said.No matter the genre, Clooney also lamented a world where going to the theater for movies could be taken over by streaming.

While platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video have revolutionized opportunities for actors, creators and viewers alike, he expressed he doesn’t “want us to ever” not go to the theater. “It’s still a great way to get outta the house,” he quipped.“You wanna see a comedy with people, you really do,” he said. “When I’m watching a comedy at home, I grin at it.

When you watch it in a theater, you really laugh.”While “Ticket to Paradise” may be an anomaly in 2022 – a mid-budget studio romantic comedy with two A-listers attached – Roberts enthused that she is seeing an uptick in interest in the genre. (Lionsgate and Amazon Studios have Jennifer Lopez’s “Shotgun Wedding” in the pipeline; Lindsay Lohan is making her return to Hollywood with Netflix’s “Falling for Christmas”; Billy Eichner just made history with “Bros,” also from Universal; and the list goes on.)“This is what I think: I feel that in this industry there are just this energetic sort of [collective], right?Where if there’s one movie comes out that’s about a father and son, you know, switch places in the night, all of a sudden there’s three more,” Roberts said.