‘Salem’s Lot’ Officially Skipping Movie Theaters to Stream on Max in 2024
variety.comBrent Lang Executive Editor “Salem’s Lot,” the long-gestating adaptation of Stephen King’s 1975 bestselling novel about vampires, will debut on streaming instead of premiering in theaters.
New Line, the studio behind the horror film, officially announced that “Salem’s Lot” will appear on Max in 2024. Variety previously reported that the movie was forgoing a traditional theatrical rollout in favor of a streaming bow.
Both New Line and Max share a parent company in Warner Bros. Discovery. “Salem’s Lot” was originally intended as a September 2022 release, but the studio pushed the film to spring 2023, citing COVID-related postproduction delays.
It later took the movie off the release calendar. Since David Zaslav took over as CEO of the media conglomerate after AT&T spun-off WarnerMedia and merged it with Discovery, the company has mostly resisted debuting films straight-to-streaming, arguing that releasing them in cinemas raises their profile and adds revenues.
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