6:00 AM 2/26/2021
by
Scott Roxborough
Dealmakers face ongoing uncertainty about theatrical releases thanks to COVID-19.
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Clockwise from top left: After We Fell, Petite Maman, I m Your Man, Best Sellers and Ninjababy.
A year of the coronavirus lockdowns, virtual film markets, online festivals and quarantined sets has left its mark. While virtual Cannes was a blockbuster with monster global deals for $50 million-plus indie packages, including
The Blacksmith (Nick Jonas and Laurence Fishburne),
Ferrari (Hugh Jackman) and
Armageddon Time (Oscar Isaac, Robert De Niro and Cate Blanchett) challenges in financing and producing under COVID-19, a continued uncertainty over theatrical s future and a backlog of finished but unreleased movies has put a damper on presales. AFM in November was marked by caution. A stron