Being an independent producer was never easy. But these days, it’s near impossible. Even before the dual writers and actors strikes, changes in the international film and TV market had made life tough for the indies. Old models of art house moviemaking have been ravaged by a combination of decline in the specialty box office, the collapse of ancillary revenue for home entertainment and TV licensing, and the more recent pullback by streaming companies, who have begun to back fewer, and more mainstream, movies.But one indie production company has gone from making just a handful of movies a year to dozens, finding a way to turn the turbulent new reality into a business model for making cutting-edge art house cinema that, shockingly, can actually turn a profit. It’s the company behind five of the most hotly anticipated titles at the Venice Film Festival this year: Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things, starring Emma Stone and Mark Ruffalo; Sofia Coppola’s Elvis-era biopic Priscilla (see page 28); Stefano Sollima’s crime drama Adagio, with Italian stars Pierfrancesco Favino (The Traitor) and Toni Servillo (The Great Beauty); Enea, Pietro Castellitto’s follow-up to his breakout debut, The Predators; and Saverio Costanzo’s Finally Dawn, featuring Lily James, Willem Dafoe and newcomer Rebecca Antonaci. The same company has an upcoming slate featuring Conclave, Edward Berger’s follow-up to Oscar sensation All Quiet on the Western Front; Without Blood, Angelina Jolie’s latest directorial effort, starring Salma Hayek; and Queer, Call Me by Your Name director Luca Guadagnino’s adaptation of the William S. Burroughs novel, starring Drew Starkey and Daniel Craig.https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/fremantle-art-house-cinema-venice-festival-angelina-jolie-poor-things-1235572285/ (ICE LOS ANGELES)

Fonte notizia: Hollywood Reporter