Netflix has set a Oct. 16 streaming date for its $56M pick-up from Paramount, Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial of the Chicago 7 in what looks to be the first of their 2020-2021 awards season contenders. Paramount, which first had the movie, was eyeing a fall platform release, initially with a limited debut of Sept. 25,
The Trial Of The Chicago 7
Suddenly, 2020 is a year of imponderables. Will there be a Cannes Film Festival? Given the coronavirus-induced cancellation of SXSW, MipTV, and the AFI Life Achievement Gala, who knows? Is Marvel’s Black Widow the big spring-summer hit, now that No Time To Die is bumped to November? Maybe, if an April/May release still looks wise