New Indie Distributors Test Market With Buzzy Sundance Film ‘Good One’, Iain Glen In ‘The Last Front’ – Specialty Preview
deadline.comIain Glen, Ser Jorah Mormont in Game Of Thrones, is feisty as ever as a family man facing down the tumultuous start of World War I in The Last Front by Belgian filmmaker Julien Hayet-Kerknawi, the first release by his new indie label Enigma.
It opens on 250 screens. Metrograph Pictures is out with Good One, its first title since expanding into theatrical releasing under the leadership of former A24 executive David Laub.
The debut feature by India Donaldson has great reviews at 96% with critics on Rotten Tomatoes and starts in limited release on three screens in New York and LA.
The theatrical market is pretty complicated right now and original independent films have fewer champions. These new indie distributors — and there are others — see a necessity and a business proposition in nurturing them. “There is still very much an audience for these movies when they are really good,” Laub tells Deadline.
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