First Paramount partnered with the streaming giant to put Michael Showwalter’s The Lovebirds out into the world, and then just a few weeks ago it was announced that Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial Of The Chicago 7 will not be getting the big screen treatment.
If this sounds somewhat familiar, it’s because Paramount does have a history of pulling off this kind of maneuver.
A few years ago the studio set up a whole surprise release for Julius Onah’s The Cloverfield Paradox when they dropped it on Netflix immediately following the Super Bowl, and in 2020 they’ve made two similar deals.