Three of South Korea’s largest exhibitors – CJ CGV, Lotte Cinema and Megabox – are shutting Netflix’s Tilda Swinton and Jake Gyllenhaal-starring Okja out of their theatres.
Okja was booed as soon as the Netflix logo came up at its Cannes premiere last month.
CGV, the largest of the three, said screening Okja in theatres would damage the “distribution order” in the film industry and called for a three-week holdback from VOD.
The exhibitors are upset with the distribution model for the film and won’t play it unless Netflix budges.