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For the general public, the way that it goes when a film releases is that a person will go to the movies then they will wait for a movie to release on digital or DVD. With the Covid-19 pandemic currently keeping people from going to the movies, this process becomes much more difficult. While we almost certainly won’t see movies that haven’t released to cinemas come out to the public, it is a possibility that movies in cinemas will release early. If movies haven’t made it to theaters yet, they can be released later as ordinary cinema releases, but the same can’t be said for films that were already in cinemas.

Due to just horrible timing and bad luck, many films don’t have much of a choice as to what can be done with them. The films have started their theatrical releases, so trying to reschedule them simply would not work out with full release plans and could result in even more money lost. With that in mind, studios are just releasing the films onto on-demand services so that they don’t lose out on even more money than they already are. Some people think that this will change the industry as a whole, but it really won’t, and it is just to keep some movies from completely flopping.

Companies, as already stated, are making the move to allow currently playing movies to become available to the general public on digital on-demand. Universal made the move to allow films like The Invisible Man, Emma, and The Hunt to be made available starting Friday March, 20th. Following, in suit, is Sony who plans to make Vin Diesel’s Bloodshot available digitally on March 24th after it had an eleven day run in the cinemas. Also planned for digital release on March 24th is Birds of Prey, a decision that had been made by Warner Bros. with the pandemic in effect.

Theaters being closed is just one of the massive impacts that are currently affecting the entertainment industry. There closing is up there as one of thee worst aspects of the pandemic in the industry and I would say it is included as part of the production process. With these processes ground to a halt, jobs have been lost or they are in danger and these companies doing what they are could be seen as a way of curbing the financial impact at least a little. This will also make it possible for people who are stuck at home to be able to watch the films, stay occupied, and support the films they had planned on seeing from the start.

To be honest, there is no telling what will happen in the industry post-virus, but with the actions that we are seeing now, many are confident in recovery. Those in the film industry have stated that they believe it is possible to make a recovery when everything is said and done. The best way to tell whether there is a strong recovery or not is how well theaters do when it is all over. Ticket sales for the year were already at a twenty year low before the outbreak started, so things aren’t all that great for them. Hopefully theaters will be capable of bouncing back and it won’t be too long before they are able to reopen to the public.