I hope she goes with either Amazon or Netflix. The other streamers aren't it.

Maybe it's the stan in me but I find it VERY hard to believe that unless the price was HUGE, the streamers would pass on it just because of "low replay value."

4 minutes ago, Machete said:

This was one of my theories. Glad it now has some tea behind it.

Doesn’t give much hope though, if they are passing on price then what’s the odds of someone buying it. 

1 minute ago, Shelter said:

Doesn’t give much hope though, if they are passing on price then what’s the odds of someone buying it. 

Oh snap this is actually really concerning…

If it's true that no one bought it, I commend Beyoncé for holding out and not just giving in (releasing it some other way) or lowering her asking price. She knows her worth.

The fact some seen it like 6 months ago  she is just sitting on it  can we do a gofundme 

Is this some legit info or just twitter nonsense as usual?

 

She could literally sell it on her website and still make a profit, I don't see why selling it to a streaming service would be a problem 

4 minutes ago, swissman said:

Maybe it's the stan in me but I find it VERY hard to believe that unless the price was HUGE, the streamers would pass on it just because of "low replay value."

I mean if the price was HUGE but they're getting a ready-and-willing to promote Bey then it would be an instant take... It's the paying a HUGE price but then getting zero promotion from her besides an IG post then another IG post from her mom 10 months later accusing you of racism for "not promoting" combo that is probably turning people off. 

5 minutes ago, swissman said:

Maybe it's the stan in me but I find it VERY hard to believe that unless the price was HUGE, the streamers would pass on it just because of "low replay value."

Music videos aren't as big as they once were so it's absolutely true there would be concern about a whole feature length film's replay value.

 

That said, it further points out in the article the strike is probably making studios hungry for content and a lot of execs will be at the LA show this weekend so that's optimistic.

It’s so interesting to hear that they are passing on it  She must be charging up the ass for it which she’s entitled too but it’s sad that the price could be causing the hold up. I also don’t know how to feel about the replay value tidbit… So interesting. To be honest though Lem & BIK aren’t something I rewatch all the time so it’s not necessarily a negative to me. I would’ve thought that Netflix would lock her down off the goodwill of Homecoming that seemed like a hit for them. 

 

Not this is her Spencer 

Very inclined to believe this. The source is solid and is so left of usual music "insider" tea that it would be too random to not be true. 

 

Lots of thoughts. 

 

Hopefully, this silences the gworls screaming that the visuals were scrapped. At the same time this appears to explain the delay. 

 

I love our girl, but not putting this out in tandem with the album may bite her in the a** (see: the whole "concerns about replay value"). 

 

I doubt this was passed on in the conventional sense. Every streamer would want a piece of the Beyonce pie. But if she's asking for a sh*t load of money (which I imagine is the case to cover costs and turn a great profit) then that's where the issue may lie. 

 

The "weird" angle seems to line-up with the theories around Echoville etc. 

 

I imagine we'll see this in some form, but it'll be interesting to see where it lands. 

9 minutes ago, Machete said:

This was one of my theories. Glad it now has some tea behind it.

My only issue with the article is that it reads sort of like conjecture in the same breath of trying to report studios passed on it.  You can’t report something was passed on because studios felt there was no replay value, but then in the next line say there’s no deal because Beyoncé might be unhappy with the finished product.

 

That makes it all sound like speculation as to why it hasn’t dropped.  
 

Nevertheless, I’m just happy it’s being reported.  Maybe we’re close. 

1 minute ago, Machete said:

I mean if the price was HUGE but they're getting a ready-and-willing to promote Bey then it would be an instant take... It's the paying a HUGE price but then getting zero promotion from her besides an IG post then another IG post from her mom 10 months later accusing you of racism for "not promoting" combo that is probably turning people off. 

Well she couldn’t promote right now too since she’s a SAG member 

 

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though it’s not like she went across the picket lines before… 

 

I cannot believe there hasn't been a set release strategy in place for this for months. If she's really looking for distributors like an indie flick at Telluride

she finally saw us dragging the pimp outfit the other day and had to leak a nugget to calm us down 

1 minute ago, Mitsouko said:

I cannot believe there hasn't been a set release strategy in place for this for months. If she's really looking for distributors like an indie flick at Telluride

If someone bought it at this very moment I'd say we'll still be waiting like 2 months for a release

Passing it up? Meh… like Amazon wouldn’t just snatch it up. 
 

Plus if it’s already filmed and finished, she can just release it herself. 
 

I guess studios could pay a bit more right now given the strike, they don’t have much to work with and she has a  whole film ready to go. 

 

AT LEAST SHE'S NOT DIRECTING IT. That means she had more time to do other stuff and probably won't direct act ii/act iii visuals

6 minutes ago, AxelFox said:

Is this some legit info or just twitter nonsense as usual?

 

She could literally sell it on her website and still make a profit, I don't see why selling it to a streaming service would be a problem 

Well isn’t some streaming cutting back. I don’t think Black is King was huge for Disney so they’d obviously not take on another big budget project.
 

That deal with Netflix was probably for live shows/documentary, not some high budget film. 

2 minutes ago, EyesOnMe said:

Well she couldn’t promote right now too since she’s a SAG member 

 

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though it’s not like she went across the picket lines before… 

 

The project isn’t backed by a big studio so she could, but given who we’re talking about here that wouldn’t be an issue. 

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RENAISSANCE is described as "artsy" and "weirder" than LEMONADE and BLACK IS KING, but also "better" than the latter, and not nearly as "Disney-fied."

This is very promising.

Just looked at the directors work and it falls in line with all the imagery for this era…

Just now, ShouldersSideways said:

If someone bought it at this very moment I'd say we'll still be waiting like 2 months for a release

Begs the question... she's been in bed with Amazon this era. Would she really partner with them for the merch deal if they'd already passed on the film? Couldn't she just call up Bezos and say take the film or no deal? I'm confused

This doesn’t go well if she is planning another film for other acts. It will probably put her off.
 

Isn’t it possible she wants a deal for all 3 acts so maybe that’s the hold up?