Netflix Sets Release Schedule for 'THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7'

Kapanlagi.com - The film THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 is a crime drama film directed and written by Aaron Sorkin. He is an award-winning screenwriter, producer, and playwright. Some of his other works include A Few Good Men, The American President, The West Wing, Sports Night, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Charlie Wilson's War, The Social Network, Moneyball, and The Newsroom.

The film stars several Hollywood artists, including Sacha Baron Cohen, Mark Rylance, Eddie Redmayne, Danny Flaherty, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jeremy Strong, Frank Langella, John Carroll Lynch, and many others. It tells the story of the trial of the Chicago 7, a group of defendants charged with conspiracy and inciting riots among anti-Vietnam War protests in 1968.

Originally, the film was scheduled to be released in theaters on September 25, 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the release was postponed. In order to still profit from the film, which was produced by Paramount Pictures, it was eventually sold to Netflix for $50 million according to the agreement between both parties. There is no further news on whether the film will still be shown in theaters or not.

Paramount Pictures, which initially held the distribution rights for this film, planned its early debut on September 25, 2020, followed by expansion on October 9 and full release on October 16. This film was planned to be released before this year's United States presidential election. After the transaction, the distribution rights for this film were transferred to Netflix. Netflix has set the release schedule for the film THE TRIAL OF CHICAGO 7 according to the previous plan.

It has been confirmed that Netflix has set the streaming date for this film on October 16, 2020, as reported by Deadline on Wednesday (22/07/2020). It seems that this film is the first one from the competitors of the 2020-2021 awards season. For those of you who are curious about the film THE TRIAL OF CHICAGO 7, you can stream it on Netflix according to its release date!

Author: Zakiatul Mufaricha

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