Many documentary filmmakers want their work on the big screen and not small.
So, what gives?
Why isnt that happening?
SXSW Panel “How to Tell True Stories: Narrative vs. Documentary” - L to R, Bryan Mooser, Prentice Penny, Lionsgate EVP Charlotte Koh and moderator Addie Morfoot.Deadline
The pandemic is partially to blame as audiences have savored non-fiction stories on streaming, i.e.
the Netflix series,Tiger King.
LikeFree Solo, um, can I count theEras Touras a documentary?
This coupled with packaging such stories with broadly appealing stars, i.e.
Henry Cavill and Henry Golding.
Some of the biggest franchises in Lionsgates history have stemmed from original stories likeJohn WickandSaw, said Koh.
Fresh stories often come from places that are not necessarily close to the movie business.
Roadside Attractions is a Lionsgate sister label that does documentary theatrical distribution and has the BAFTA-nominatedBeyond Utopia.
There was no thought to it.
