Speaking at the Zurich Summit, Leonine CEO Fred Kogel said he expects 'huge consolidation' and called for a new generation of action stars.
, which distributes the “Expendables” and “John Wick” movies in Germany, made the case for a new generation of action stars during theHe noted that many of today’s action stars are the same ones he watched on the big screen back in the 1980s, among them Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Harrison Ford and Tom Cruise.
“I think it’s on us to build up new stars again, with the physicality, with the looks and with the sympathetic, great-acting factor – you need that. It’s in our own hands. He underscored a recent report about the future of linear free TV whose bottom line was, “Nobody can look into the future longer than six, eight or 12 months right now. So nobody has the straight answer to give.”
“Is there a future for independent film? Yes, I think so,” Kogel said, adding that independent companies could produce the kind of content that studios would never dare to do.“I’m a big lover of theatrical releases. We are quite successful with that. Everybody warned me about getting into theatrical distribution again. I love this business so I did it anyway, and thank God, because it’s now back.”
The films that do work in theaters right now are the tentpoles and four-quadrant movies, and “not necessarily superheroes anymore.” Those are the kinds of films Leonine is looking for, he said, noting that it would be a difficult future for medium products and IPs that are not very marketable.Kogel started the label “because, first of all, I love those guys. Sasha [Sasha Lloyd, A24’s CEO international and strategy] and the team there, they are great. And I wanted to learn how they market.
“I am not an arthouse kind of distributor. I’m the huge mass success distributor. I want to have success, maybe with an ‘Everything Everywhere’ when I understand the dynamics, or maybe with ‘John Wick.’”
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