'Road House' Director Slams Amazon For Killing His Theatrical Release To 'Sell More Toasters'

“Bourne Identity” director Doug Liman is firing shots at Amazon for “hurting” his new movie.

The frustrated filmmaker vowed Wednesday not to attend his own premiere for “Road House,” a Jake Gyllenhaal-led remake of the original 1989 film, after claiming in a Deadline op-ed that Amazon broke its promise to give his movie a theatrical release. “Road House” will premiere on March 8 at South by Southwest.

“When Amazon bought MGM, one of the remaining studios making big commercial films for the theatrical release (movies like Bond, Creed) they announced that they would put a billion dollars into theatrical motion pictures, releasing at least 12 a year,” Limon said.

“They touted it as ‘the largest commitment to cinemas by an internet company,’” he continued. “I can tell you what they then did to me and my film Road House, which is the opposite of what they promised when they took over MGM.”

Limon purportedly planned to “silently protest” his premiere until he realized “Amazon is hurting way more than just me” with their alleged decrease in theatrical output. He said they had even called his film, which marks UFC star Conor McGregor’s feature debut, a “smash hit.”

Limon wrote that this “tie-in to the UFC” has already “spawned over 1.5 billion social media impressions for the film, and marketing hasn’t even started yet,” adding that the “action is ground-breaking” and “Jake Gyllenhaal gives a career-defining performance in a role he was born to play.”

The filmmaker also noted that his “Road House” remake scored higher in test screenings than his biggest hits, including “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” (2005), but that Amazon MGM would rather release the movie on its Prime Video streaming platform than finance a theatrical release.

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