Is FilmStruck Saved? “New Iteration” Coming To Warner Media’s Streaming Service
Could it be? There, in the distance…is that…a sliver of good news? In 2018? It is!
After WarnerMedia announcedthe imminent demiseof movie subscription streaming serviceFilmStruck, apetition from fansanda pair of letters signed by dozens of high-profile filmmakersgained the attention of the powers that be. Now a new report says that a “new iteration” of FilmStruck will be coming to WarnerMedia’s new streaming service. But how long will we have to wait for it?
Is FilmStruck saved? Well, kind of.
Deadlinesays that WarnerMedia CEOJohn Stankeyis working on “something of a compromise” for those who still want to pay for access to rare, classic, foreign, arthouse, and independent films and the entirety of The Criterion Collection. Here’s how Deadline describes the current state of affairs:
We wrote a little about WarnerMedia’s new streaming serviceback in October, when we learned that HBO titles likeGame of Throneswill be dangled as a big draw for the service. But that’s not debuting until late next year, so the question remains: why on God’s green Earth would WarnerMedia leave money on the table by scrapping FilmStruck months before the new service is ready? Could the cost of keeping a streaming site like that really be enough to offset the ire of paying customers and tons of filmmakers with whom the studio surely wants to do business in the future?
Deadline says the outcry of support for FilmStruck by people like Christopher Nolan, Rian Johnson, Reed Morano, Barry Jenkins, and Bill Hader “might quicken the pace” of WarnerMedia, which could mean that potential customers may be given a new way to see that content at some point earlier than late next year. As of now, there’s no timetable on a solution, but I suppose we can rest a tiny bit easier knowing that this content won’t be disappearing forever…maybe just for a year.
