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Originally posted by SykkBoy2
Disney, as a business, has the right to distribute the movies it sees fit.
Major studios drop releases all the time.
As much as I hate Disney and truly believe they are what's wrong with not only movies today, but a lot of television, I would support their right to run their business as they see fit.
Believe me, Moore won't have any problems picking up a distribution deal from someone else. His last movie made a lot of money and was very profitable. That profit means someone will take a chance.
Lion's Gate has certainly grown a huge set of balls and they could very well pick up the rights.
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Makes sense ... but it is not what will happen....
In the case of the "Mel Gibson" film, he produced it independently with his own money. Gibson owns the whole thing, no partners. So when majors refused to handle the so-called " anti-semite" film, he was able to shop it around, ending up with an independent distribution outfit called " NewMarket" ( they also had the hit with the best actress winner... forgot the title).
In the case of Moore, this film was produced by MIRAMAX, with money from Miramax. Moore has no saying in distribution. I doubt that Miramax will give the film to another distribution outfit, since this would be defeating the whole process of shelving it to please the neo-cons.
