Anime begins screening in U.S. on August 12 // GKIDS began streaming a trailer on Wednesday for Inu-Oh, Masaaki Yuasa s musical anime feature film of Hideo.
Film opens in Japan on Saturday // GKIDS announced on Thursday that it will begin screening Inu-Oh, Masaaki Yuasa s musical anime feature film of Hideo Furukawa s.
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With streamers paying big for global rights to films already pre-sold to the foreign buyers see Apple s $25 million deal for Sundance hit Coda international distributors are worried sales companies could introduce mandatory kill fees to force them to sell back hits.
As Berlin s European Film Market kicks off Monday, international distributors are up in arms over an alleged proposal to introduce mandatory buy-back clauses to films being pre-sold to foreign territories.
The idea, which several sources say has been floated by the U.S. talent agencies, would require international distributors to promise to sell back a film they have bought for a small kill fee should the movie, once made, fetch a bigger price from a global buyer, such as a streamer or major studio.