6 Movies That Show How Sundance Could Save Hollywood
Several promising festival films—in genres that major studios tend to ignore—are getting snatched up by the likes of Amazon and Apple.
Early reports that the streaming boom at Sundance was over were greatly exaggerated. At least that’s true for Amazon, which has made several eight-figure purchases at this year’s festival, muscling its way back into the film market after a quieter year and a transition in leadership. Though Netflix has yet to make a big buy, Apple recently sealed its first deal, picking up the coming-of-age film Hala for a planned streaming service that doesn’t exist yet.
In 2019, Sundance is arguably more mainstream than ever. Many options at the festival this year are the kinds of projects major studios used to make all of the
