In the fall of 2012, A24 arrived at the Toronto International Film Festival with a plan to acquire several movies. A24 also released 2017s Lady Bird, an acclaimed coming-of-age story from Greta Gerwig, picking up a best picture nod. Aizenberg: I was already, like, putting together the distribution plans for Frances Ha. But its present success and continued survival are dependent on a massive deal that seems to directly contradict everything thats made the company so special. In 2016, A24 expanded into original production with Moonlight. It also put out some of its weirder and most singular movies to date: Trey Edward Shultss micro-budget family drama Krisha; Swiss Army Man, in which Daniel Radcliffe plays a corpse; and Yorgos Lanthimoss romantic tragedy, The Lobster. In February, Robert Eggerss The Witch, which A24 bought at Sundance for one million dollars, made $40 million and became the companys highest grossing film to date (Moonlight has since surpassed it). Place Beyond the Pines, wed worked with the producers before. Patrick Stewart (actor, Green Room): [The premiere of Green Room] was at the Toronto Film Festivals Midnight Madness. [8] In October 2012, Nicolette Aizenberg joined as head of publicity from 42West where she was senior publicity executive. Good A24 films anticipate the zeitgeist, and the best ones galvanize it. It wasnt disrespectful. Activity. And, I mean, there was one moment in the movie when my character was booed and hissed so vociferously, I felt as though I was in a Roman arena and my life was at stake. But youre in a tuxedo and everyone around you is older and theyre quiet Jenkins: It sucks, man, because of how it happened, none of us thanked them! And that question is the birth of fandom. They just seem like theyre the first company thats really abandoned a lot of the old models. He recently profiled Conor McGregor for GQ Style. Jenkins: We shot for five weeks, and they came down during the first week. [25], On November 13, 2019, A24 entered into a premium cable television broadcast deal with Showtime Networks, covering all film releases through November 1, 2022. I just trust, you know, Drag City or Merge or SST or Dischord. Gif excerpt from the film Slow West via A24 Films. Korine: I could tell that they were on some new shit, you know? How A24 is Disrupting Hollywood | GQ I liked the fact that they had never made a doc. 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Hodges had run A24 with David Fenkel and Daniel Katz as a ruling troika, albeit one that operated without offices (located in Chelsea, the company was known for its open space and banquette tables). A24 Co-Founder John Hodges Exits - Variety Focused on High Net Worth Policy holders where policy coverage exceeds $1 million. For a start, it was founded on the wrong coast - New York, not Los Angeles - by three relatively young arthouse film executives, Daniel Katz, David. Whether thats old white people in the Academy, or people all over the country, or frankly the rest of the world. Hollywood is run by accountants at this point. I actually tied with Jared [Leto], who obviously won the Oscar that year, for L.A. Film Critics. I think Spring Breakers really put them on the map, as far as I could tell. Thats very unusual. And she said it sucked. John Hodges will be leaving A24 to pursue other opportunities, the indie distributor announced Monday. Katz, Fenkel, Hodges launch A24 - Variety Since its inception in 2012, A24 has become one of the hottest destinations for indie filmmakers, ushering such edgy films to theaters as The Bling Ring and Spring Breakers. Fenkel: I think we had to sell them on, like, Hey, were gonna push this thing.. IMDb, the world's most popular and authoritative source for movie, TV and celebrity content. And Im not saying theyre magicians. John has been a trusted partner who helped conceive A24 and for that we will always be grateful, A24 noted. In 2016, films distributed by A24 won Academy Awards for Best Actress (Brie Larson in Room), Best Documentary Feature (Amy), and Best Visual Effects (Ex Machina). That was the first time it screened for U.S. audiences. Correction, Sept. 30, 2015: This article originally contained a photo of John Hodges, a film producer, rather than John Hodges, co-founder of A24. Kapadia: Theyve won Best Picture. She looked great. And weve been so consistent about thanking them. I felt bad that David had to be put through that. To revisit this article, visit My Profile, thenView saved stories. That broke the film out., For Room director Lenny Abrahamson, working with A24 on his films campaign has been a dramatic change. The tech titan is reportedly in the midst of dropping $1 billion on original content, but has yet to make a major film market move. And, like, within two blocks, I have to stop. Take the fate of John Macleans Slow West, one of the years best films, a neo-Western starring Michael Fassbender as a bounty hunter. Apple Not Buying A24, but Silicon Valley Increasingly Shapes Hollywood Theyre one of the few companies that have shown that indie films can still be viable. Gif excerpt from the film Room via A24 Films. 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No way., Katz: It was just like, Wait. I think when movie companies get started, people want to define you immediately. But then also do things that other companies arent doing. His net worth has been growing significantly in 2021-2022. Drinking champagne at nine in the morning. I think we lost control. 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Rowling More Grace and Listen to Her, Britain's $4 Billion Boss: ITV Chief Carolyn McCall Bets It All on Talent, 2023 Music Festivals: How to Buy Tickets to Coachella, Governors Ball, Lollapalooza and More. Fenkel: [Katz] is a better runner than I am. March 3, 2018. But we said, Lets invest in it. Theres a difference. Katz: Tusk, we were like, oh, Kevin Smith! It was crazy. This monster slowly stalks you when you sleep with the wrong person, and the only way to pass it on is to bed another partner. Johansson plays something between an android and alien symbiote who seduces men in order to envelop them in a dark, infinite pool of nothingness. And then over the course of, like, four months, we bought a lot of movies. Subsequent DirectTV titles havent fared much better (in fact, most have fared much worse), and it soon became clear that these early acquisitions were the unloved stepchildren of the A24 family. Without the same star power or effects as your typical studio horror film, these scary movies rely on mood, style and character to create a feeling of dread, rather than jump scares.
