{"id":1582,"date":"2007-05-07T22:06:00","date_gmt":"2007-05-07T22:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2007\/05\/warner-brothers-bans-previews-in-canada\/"},"modified":"2007-05-07T22:06:00","modified_gmt":"2007-05-07T22:06:00","slug":"warner-brothers-bans-previews-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2007\/05\/warner-brothers-bans-previews-in-canada.html","title":{"rendered":"Warner Brothers bans previews in Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Well this<\/a> sucks:<\/span><\/p>\n

Asserting that our neighbors to the north have become major suppliers of pirated pics around the globe, Warner Bros. is taking the unprecedented step of canceling all promotional and word of mouth screenings there until the Canadian government makes it illegal<\/a> to take camcorders into theaters.<\/p>\n

According to Warners, more than 70% of all pirated Warners titles released over the past 18 months originated in Canada.<\/p>\n

\u201cWithin the first week of a film\u2019s release, you can almost be certain that somewhere out there a Canadian copy will show up,\u201d said Darcy Antonellis, Warner Bros. senior VP of worldwide antipiracy operations.<\/p>\n

Policy, coming just as the busy summer box office season gets under way, will take effect beginning with \u201cOcean\u2019s Thirteen,\u201d which bows June 7. Ban also means that Canadian auds won\u2019t get a sneak peak at \u201cHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,\u201d which bows in July. Warners Bros. Pictures Canada will still hold press screenings for credentialed media.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thank goodness for that last sentence.<\/p>\n

But wait a minute \u2014 about 95% of the Warner advance screenings I have been to in the last dozen years were promo<\/i> screenings (e.g. screenings attended by people who won tickets via radio contests, usually at night or on weekends) and not press<\/i> screenings (i.e. screenings attended by professional critics only, usually in the morning). Does this mean Warner plans to replace<\/i> promo screenings with press screenings? Or does this mean credentialed media will see only a handful of Warner movies in advance?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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